poopshovel again
poopshovel again MegaDork
7/9/20 8:43 p.m.

With 20 acres to roam, and the oldest girl having just turned 9 years old, I just bought a set of decent walkie talkies. I'm not quite ready for them to have "real phones."

We're comin up with our respective handles. And I'm teaching them CB speak.

Running through this list I found a ton of funny ones I've never heard.

ENJOY!

1988RedT2
1988RedT2 MegaDork
7/9/20 9:07 p.m.

Time to dust off the C.W. McCall records.

mr2s2000elise
mr2s2000elise SuperDork
7/9/20 9:15 p.m.

commercial company 

40-60-80

Lot lizard

Woody
Woody GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
7/9/20 9:22 p.m.

I’ve been using Rolling Roadblock and Roger Ramjet since around 1975. 

Datsun310Guy
Datsun310Guy UltimaDork
7/9/20 9:30 p.m.

My dad bought a Radio Shack CB radio back in the day and you had to apply for a CB license with the FCC.  He mailed it in along with a few million others and a license was all of a sudden not required.   
 

In the late 90's some kid at work illegally tuned it up to reach farther and I would piss off truckers if they were next to me as I blew out their radio.  Then she died....

Streetwiseguy
Streetwiseguy MegaDork
7/9/20 9:36 p.m.

Xm-20431, iirc. 

Break 19, Mr Speed is asking for a smokey report.

That is a very long time ago.

Appleseed
Appleseed MegaDork
7/9/20 10:32 p.m.

Negatory on the cost o this here mosheen, there Red Rider. 

My old man was an over the road trucker. Picked up a lot of the lingo. 

 

bearmtnmartin
bearmtnmartin GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
7/9/20 11:07 p.m.

getting your stack polished - what lot lizards do

dispatcher brains - empty trailer

sailboat fuel - see above

jewelry - tire chains

I was a trucker for quite a few years as well.  There are plenty more nsfw

 

 

 

Stampie (FS)
Stampie (FS) GRM+ Memberand UltimaDork
7/10/20 6:30 a.m.

Is "exquisite hand whammy" trucker slang?

914Driver
914Driver MegaDork
7/10/20 6:51 a.m.

DO NOT Google that and click images.  (just a guess)

Peabody
Peabody UltimaDork
7/10/20 6:54 a.m.

Let me see if I can find my Gene Tracy tapes

poopshovel again
poopshovel again MegaDork
7/10/20 7:05 a.m.

I liked the "Evil Knievel" for "bike cop."

John Welsh (Moderate Supporter)
John Welsh (Moderate Supporter) Mod Squad
7/10/20 7:32 a.m.

Side note, slightly related...

I happened to recently drive by the ole Drive-In Movie Theater out in the country, one county over from me.  On the marque was that week's features of:

  • Smokey and the Bandit
  • Convoy

Down the road from my MIL is a guy with a restomod '78 Bandit Trans Am.  I envisioned going to Smokey and the Bandit in a Bandit Trans Am.  Actually they should reserve and entire row for Trans Am parking only.  

jharry3
jharry3 GRM+ Memberand HalfDork
7/10/20 7:52 a.m.

CB saved me from tickets in the days of the double nickle.    Plus provided entertainment while driving.    What's not to like?

bigdaddylee82
bigdaddylee82 UltraDork
7/10/20 8:24 a.m.

My cousin and I used my grandparents' base station a lot as kids.  Didn't have an actual CB antenna, but we figured an antenna was an antenna, and we Jerry rigged a roof top TV antenna to the thing.  We were in central AR and there were half a dozen or more times, we caught the weather right, and skipped signal to talk to shrimp boats in Gulf.

We mostly just annoyed truck drivers.  Walmart truckers always seemed the nicest and willing to chat to kids.  Hmm, that seems a little off, after reading it.  I don't recall anything creepy, just nice folks.

My first 2-1/2 years of college, I-40 in western AR was constantly under construction, and school was 3 hours from my family, through I-40 construction.  I had a CB in my Jeep and used it about as much as the radio.

 

ultraclyde (Forum Supporter)
ultraclyde (Forum Supporter) UltimaDork
7/10/20 10:04 a.m.

My dad usually had one on road trips when I was kid. I've got the dual band ham and FRS set in my truck now and I keep thinking about adding a CB. Mostly I use it as an insurance policy when adventuring solo which makes the 2m logical but I miss the open forum you get on the highways with CB. The Bandit is my hero. 

plus most of the Jeepers around here are still stuck on CB
 

btw Convoy is on streaming somewhere. Prime I think. 

Stealthtercel
Stealthtercel Dork
7/10/20 11:40 a.m.

I just want to say that the expression "dispatcher brains" has made my week.

poopshovel again
poopshovel again MegaDork
7/10/20 12:43 p.m.

Obviously I'm "Snowman." 6-year-old randomly selected "Reindeer" Waitin on the 9-year-old. I suggested "Booger" but she's not feelin it.

Streetwiseguy
Streetwiseguy MegaDork
7/10/20 2:41 p.m.
Peabody said:

Let me see if I can find my Gene Tracy tapes

"Hyyy-ahhh!  And wax shot out both of his ears."

Peabody
Peabody UltimaDork
7/10/20 3:34 p.m.

Wasn't sure if anybody would get the reference cheeky

Streetwiseguy
Streetwiseguy MegaDork
7/10/20 4:26 p.m.

In reply to Peabody :

It is entirely possible we are showing our age.  And maybe the culture we were born into.laugh

Peabody
Peabody UltimaDork
7/10/20 5:05 p.m.

Don't worry, your secret's safe with me

ShawnG
ShawnG UltimaDork
7/10/20 5:15 p.m.

CB radio = redneck internet.

LarryNH (Forum Supporter)
LarryNH (Forum Supporter) GRM+ Memberand Reader
7/10/20 6:30 p.m.

I didn't see "Put the hammer down, good buddy"

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