CB konversations in the 80s

Hi all, true story. I once tried this CB thingy in the UK, back in the early
80's. I used SSB for a couple of years, but then I tried this new "legal"
band. A totally different class of people there. Here is a transcript of a
recording of one conversation:

ME: "One-nine for a coffee"
HIM: "Ya got yer coppy, breaker, this is the WOODCUTTER. Pick a window."
ME: "Go down 5 channels"
HIM: "Ok."

click, click, click, click, click.

ME: "Yo woodcutter, you there?"
HIM: "Yes. But this is the homebase breaking channel 14. Pick another."
ME: "Ok, go down another five channels."
HIM: "Ok."

click, click, click, click, click.

ME: "You there woodcutter?"
HIM: "Yes. But this is the EMERGENCY channel 9. Pick another."
ME: "Oh Jesus! Go down yet another five channels."
HIM: "Ok"

click, click, click, click, click.

ME: "Yo there?"
HIM: "Yep. thats a big ten-fower. What's your handle?"
ME: "Harry"
HIM: "Negatory. Thats your PERSONAL. Whats you HANDLE: your CB handle?"
ME: Ok, then thats HARRY as well, but whats a NEGATORY?"
HIM: "It means NO but you put a posh bit on the end to make it sound cool.
Get the idea!"
ME: "Yes, that supository."
HIM: "What? Look, breaker, you cant keep taking the piss, especially when
you are so in the back of the box like that, if'n you want folk to talk to
you."
ME: "Back of the box?"
HIM: "Yes. Back of the box - you probably need a 'swerrr'"
ME: "A 'swerrr'?"
HIM: "Yeh, a 'swerrr'. Its a fing wot you put in yer twig cable so you can
get out better."

I switched OFF and went back to the the 145MHz hamband. Perhaps GB3PI was
not so silly after all!

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Harry Lethall	CB konversations in the 80s Hi all, true story. I once tried this CB thingy in the UK, back in the early 80's. I used SSB for a couple of years, but then I tried this new "legal" band. A totally different class of people there. Here is a transcript of a recording of one conversation: ME: "One-nine for a coffee" HIM: "Ya got yer coppy, breaker, this is the WOODCUTTER. Pick a window." ME: "Go down 5 channels" HIM: "Ok." click, click, click, click, click. ME: "Yo woodcutter, you there?" HIM: "Yes. But this is the homebase breaking channel 14. Pick another." ME: "Ok, go down another five channels." HIM: "Ok." click, click, click, click, click. ME: "You there woodcutter?" HIM: "Yes. But this is the EMERGENCY channel 9. Pick another." ME: "Oh Jesus! Go down yet another five channels." HIM: "Ok" click, click, click, click, click. ME: "Yo there?" HIM: "Yep. thats a big ten-fower. What's your handle?" ME: "Harry" HIM: "Negatory. Thats your PERSONAL. Whats you HANDLE: your CB handle?" ME: Ok, then thats HARRY as well, but whats a NEGATORY?" HIM: "It means NO but you put a posh bit on the end to make it sound cool. Get the idea!" ME: "Yes, that supository." HIM: "What? Look, breaker, you cant keep taking the piss, especially when you are so in the back of the box like that, if'n you want folk to talk to you." ME: "Back of the box?" HIM: "Yes. Back of the box - you probably need a 'swerrr'" ME: "A 'swerrr'?" HIM: "Yeh, a 'swerrr'. Its a fing wot you put in yer twig cable so you can get out better." I switched OFF and went back to the the 145MHz hamband. Perhaps GB3PI was not so silly after all!