@Sharingm: I still have my Realistic 40 channel CB. Kept it as a keepsake from that era.

Are you kidding does it work?

@Sharingm: I don't really know. I suppose it does. I haven't had it out of the box I stored it in for probably 20 years.

Thanks, Carrissmi, and you're welcome. 10-4 (meaning yes to this voice too).

@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.

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.

I can't even comprehend what the next 50 years will bring in the way of changes, softspokenman. Not sure I will be ready either.

Thanks hami, very good to have all those definitions. And never hurts to listen to a good Jerry Reed song either. 🚛🚔

Yes, I remember doing the same. And I remember riding bikes and talking to each other using CB lingo while we were riding around.

Thanks, jakey, I'll catch you on the flip-flop.

Thanks, sweetpea, 10-4 and Mustang out.

@RealMustangGuy: 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.