ahhhh, kids. in the 70's the radios used by truck drivers to communicate with one another, called "citizen's band" radios or cb's, emerged into the national consciousness for a brief shining moment. due to movies such as
smokey and the bandit,
convoy (inspired by the song of the same name) and country songs such as
teddy bear by the great red sovine and
rubber duck, truckers and cb's were very popular.
those using cb's had names. much like our screennames, only they called them handles. the cb was seen as somewhat exotic by middle america because of the strange language it used. police were bears or smokeys. a rolling brothel was a honey wagon. a load of hogs was, well, a pig pen. to gain access (or to strike up a conversation with someone on the cb) one would press down the mic button and call out "breaker, breaker."
for a moment these terms took on a life in the public eye. but as with most things of the 70's they faded from view with the advent of new technologies and hipper trends leaving those who lived through it wondering how they would explain the "keep on truckin'" shirts and the life-size cutout of burt reynolds and jackie gleason.
r.i.p. marco, my guardian angel.
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
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Updated On: 3/7/06 at 04:02 PM
