On Sun, 31 Aug 2003 19:31:01 -0400, "Dave or Debby"
wrote:

In the past, one bought a base when he wanted to talk from the house.
Mobiles were used from cars. Walki-Talkies (that's HAND HELDS for you
YUPPIES and Hamsters) were used for people that WALKED AROUND the block OR
in the woods OR for camping. NONE of them ever switched jurisdictions. NO
ONE would of ever think of using a base when walking around, OR a WALKI
TALKIE in the car (unless you were under 15 just experimenting). Because of
the advent of SMT technology for the Hambos, the "walki-talki" has DIED and
now EVERYTHING has got to be HAND HELD ! Hence the hand held CB for the
car, which is something that should NEVER BE even thought of ! Just POKE
that antenna in the passengers eye while driving and see what I'm talking
about!!!!
Dave!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The only thing that has died because of SMT technology is CB shops
like yours that haven't kept up.