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(08-02-2018, 11:01 AM)panamaniac Wrote: (08-02-2018, 10:41 AM)Canard Wrote: I’d like a public contest so everyone has a chance to try out!
Lots of discussion on twitter about this, and I don’t like the idea of just blindly giving it to someon... everyone should have some input in this.
I wanted a vote or contest for unique door close chimes too, but that didn’t happen.
Indeed, I'm still pining for the first seven notes of the Chicken Dance song! 
Bob and Doug's Coo Loo Coo Coo.
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Three tones would be good, but just some different notes, I think. SkyTrain (Vancouver) has an ascending three-tone chime and it's very ethereal.
I've played around on my keyboard with some fun ones, I'd love to submit them or be involved in the process. Four notes is good too.
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(08-02-2018, 11:39 AM)Chris Wrote: (08-02-2018, 11:01 AM)panamaniac Wrote: Indeed, I'm still pining for the first seven notes of the Chicken Dance song!
Bob and Doug's Coo Loo Coo Coo.
Yes, followed by their song "take off" upon exit..
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(08-02-2018, 11:01 AM)panamaniac Wrote: Indeed, I'm still pining for the first seven notes of the Chicken Dance song!
I'm writing you in for Regional Chair.
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How does the regulation work for this? Is it just that there needs to be a warning tone, or there needs to be a specific warning tone? Timio mentioned Sesame Street, which is the TTC subway tone (C, A, F or 'sun-ny-days') and the warning bell at TMMC for some reason.
But I think "take off, eh!" should be considered.  Ion riders would appreciate being called hosers.
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Fun fact: “the TTC Chime” isn’t. It’s the Bombardier Chime, or more specifically; the UTDC Chime! It was first introduced on the ICTS (Linear Induction Motor powered) project, and since then many systems around the world have inherited it.
Everyone in Ontario thinks it belongs to the TTC, but it’s just because they have so much Bombardier equipment.
We got stuck with it because Metrolinx wanted it on the Crosstown vehicles for consistency, and our order is a slice of theirs... or was.
Perhaps now that we’re out of that attachment, we can have some creative freedom...
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So the Bombardier chime, more specifically the UTDC chime, is not specifically specified in the regulation, just that some type of warning be implemented? Meaning we could actually use the chicken dance if that's what we decided on?
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(08-02-2018, 07:31 PM)Chicopee Wrote: So the Bombardier chime, more specifically the UTDC chime, is not specifically specified in the regulation, just that some type of warning be implemented? Meaning we could actually use the chicken dance if that's what we decided on?
Wouldn't the Chicken Dance chime just encourage people to do the chicken dance in the doorway rather than warn that the doors are closing and people need to get out of the way
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(08-02-2018, 08:08 PM)trainspotter139 Wrote: (08-02-2018, 07:31 PM)Chicopee Wrote: So the Bombardier chime, more specifically the UTDC chime, is not specifically specified in the regulation, just that some type of warning be implemented? Meaning we could actually use the chicken dance if that's what we decided on?
Wouldn't the Chicken Dance chime just encourage people to do the chicken dance in the doorway rather than warn that the doors are closing and people need to get out of the way
Possibly, yes. But it'd be a hit at Oktoberfest.
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On Thursday I stopped by the OMSF on a bike ride and noticed one of the LRV's was parked outside.
I suppose now that there are 8 here, they'll start leaving a couple outside so they have more room inside.
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Last Saturday, there were 3 outside. My wife asked me if it made my day.
Spoiler alert: It did.
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It's great we're at this point, where if we have a craving for some FLEXITY, all we have to do is show up. They've been squirreled away and so elusive for so long, but now the nest is getting pretty full.
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Personally, I like the Bombardier chime.
I'd toss chunk if we had the chicken dance, just my opinion. Maybe at Oktoberfest.
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