Do you remember before we all had Usernames when we all had Handles (CB Names) instead?
Do you remember before smart phones, when the only way to talk to somebody if you were further away than the cord on your landline phone would reach, was by CB (Citizens Band Radio)?
Do you remember before the shorthand expressions we use today like "LOL" and "OMG" and "TBH" when there was CB Lingo? Back when there was "Breaker One Nine" (break in on channel 19), "What's your 20?" (where are you?), "Bears" (as in Smokey Bear meaning police), You wanna 10-9 that?" (repeat please), "Doing double-nickles" (driving speed limit 55), and "I have to go 10-100" (better than having to go 10-200).
And while I don't condone this kind of disrespect for law enforcement, C.W. McCall's song "Convoy" from 1975 was immensely popular and came out during the height of the CB Craze. When truck drivers were looked on as the modern version of cowboys, living free and working hard. So I give you "Convoy" as told by Rubber Duck.
No Mustangs were damaged in the making of this video, but I can't say the same for Dodge police cars.
Lol I never used CB radio, but I recall this song. Thanks for thinking of me. Sam Elliot would have done a great job with the voice, but it's still good as it is. 😊
It was the 70's and I believe after we celebrated our 200-year anniversary things began going down a slippery slope with laws that gradually took away rights and gave police the right to stop and ticket people, such as the seat belt laws....started out with "protecting children" and carseats.
@cherokeepatti, 10-4 and how things were so different then. In many ways a simpler time, and certainly a time with much more freedom and personal responsibility.
@RealMustangGuy: It was simpler, not a bunch of damn petty laws to complicate life. I remember when people didn't have to buy permits to have a cat and dog in this city, they could have a garage sale and sell off their unwanted items without having to buy a permit (and risk not making much because of that extra expense), you could do a little babysitting without having to get a day-care license, etc.
I used to date a guy who had CB, and I have a couple online friends still involved with them and in a club, lol. God, it's amazing at much things have changed since my youth. Good song!:)
10-4 Ravenwind. That was a long time ago, and younger people probably can't fathom what that era was like. As for your online friends having them I didn't even realize that anyone still used them today. I'm glad that some still do.
Oh yea, I imagine there are still clubs scattered across the U.S. People remember and they want to hang onto it. It's like my postcard collection. It's a long dead hobby but I still enjoy it and do it, lol.
@Stereoguy: True about the range of shortwaves, but something about CB's and that era that shortwaves will never have or equal. CB's truly were a social phenomenon and were like the social media of their era perhaps.
