Subj : Re: CBs
To   : Mortar M.
From : Jimmy Anderson
Date : Mon May 05 2025 07:11:00

-=> Mortar M. wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

 MM>   Re: Re: Computers
 MM>   By: Jimmy Anderson to poindexter FORTRAN on Sat May 03 2025 23:43:00

 pF> It seems like such a great way to pass time with
 pF> whoever's around you when you're on the road...

 MM> 10-4 on that!  As a teen back in the '70s, I used a moble rig hooked up
 MM> to an external power supply as my "base" setup, with the antennae up in
 MM> the attic.  I'd have it sitting by my bed so I could be comfy and talk
 MM> into the wee hours.  I was even licened, which didn't mean anything but
 MM> I liked having it.  I went by the handle, Red Five ("Red Five standing
 MM> by.")

 MM> In the '80s I took a road trip with my Sister and Bro-inlaw down to
 MM> Myrtle Beach, SC.  We brought along a CB my Bro-inlaw had and he and I
 MM> would chat with whomever was around.  Sometimes, I pretended to be CB
 MM> Savage (a novelty song) which got some hilarious reactions from the
 MM> truckers. That was a fun trip. --- SBBSecho 3.24-Linux

Ah - those were some good ole days for sure! And I seem to remember
more (better?) traffic at night. Might be for the conditions, or maybe
just more people on. But even traveling - if you were driving at night
there seemed to be more people to talk to. :-)

Yep - ran my mouth even back then - LOL



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