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    From Mortar M.@21:2/101 to poindexter FORTRAN on Mon May 5 01:04:20 2025
    Re: Re: Computers
    By: Jimmy Anderson to poindexter FORTRAN on Sat May 03 2025 23:43:00

    It seems like such a great way to pass time with
    whoever's around you when you're on the road...

    10-4 on that! As a teen back in the '70s, I used a moble rig hooked up to an external power supply as my "base" setup, with the antennae up in the attic. I'd have it sitting by my bed so I could be comfy and talk into the wee hours. I was even licened, which didn't mean anything but I liked having it. I went by the handle, Red Five ("Red Five standing by.")

    In the '80s I took a road trip with my Sister and Bro-inlaw down to Myrtle Beach, SC. We brought along a CB my Bro-inlaw had and he and I would chat with whomever was around. Sometimes, I pretended to be CB Savage (a novelty song) which got some hilarious reactions from the truckers. That was a fun trip.
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  • From Jimmy Anderson@21:2/127 to Mortar M. on Mon May 5 07:11:00 2025
    Mortar M. wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

    Re: Re: Computers
    By: Jimmy Anderson to poindexter FORTRAN on Sat May 03 2025 23:43:00

    It seems like such a great way to pass time with
    whoever's around you when you're on the road...

    10-4 on that! As a teen back in the '70s, I used a moble rig hooked up
    to an external power supply as my "base" setup, with the antennae up in the attic. I'd have it sitting by my bed so I could be comfy and talk into the wee hours. I was even licened, which didn't mean anything but
    I liked having it. I went by the handle, Red Five ("Red Five standing by.")

    In the '80s I took a road trip with my Sister and Bro-inlaw down to
    Myrtle Beach, SC. We brought along a CB my Bro-inlaw had and he and I would chat with whomever was around. Sometimes, I pretended to be CB Savage (a novelty song) which got some hilarious reactions from the truckers. That was a fun trip. --- SBBSecho 3.24-Linux

    Ah - those were some good ole days for sure! And I seem to remember
    more (better?) traffic at night. Might be for the conditions, or maybe
    just more people on. But even traveling - if you were driving at night
    there seemed to be more people to talk to. :-)

    Yep - ran my mouth even back then - LOL



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