Pete, are you using a regular police type whistle?
Do you keep it in your mouth all the time? Those sound like some quick reactions.
Hey, Technogirl, I almost got something called an Air Zound. It is an air horn that you pump up with a bike pump. Supposedly good for quite a few toots per charge and as loud as a truck's air horn.
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