Subj : My pet peeves
To   : Mike Powell
From : Sean Dennis
Date : Sat May 04 2019 10:58:42

Hello Mike,

03 May 19 20:19 at you wrote to HOLGER GRANHOLM:

 MP> I learned some of it because my uncle was a truck driver and, when I
 MP> was young, there were a lot of pop culture references in the US about
 MP> truckers (a hit TV show about a trucker and his pet monkey, a hit song
 MP> about a truck convoy, etc.).   I do not remember much of it now,
 MP> except that:

 MP> 10-4 is over and out
 MP> 10-20 is location (as in "what is your 10-20"?)

Those 10 codes were originally used by law enforcement.

10-100 is "Using the bathroom".

Oh, you're talking about "BJ and the Bear" and "Convoy". :D

Later,
Sean

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