On 3/25/2012 10:37 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
On Sun, 25 Mar 2012 20:38:08 -0500, wrote:

I remember it as 3 pills and 5 pills, but I listened to it yesterday and
he, well he just wasn't.

Maybe pills are tubes?

Nope. A "pill" is a ceramic case RF power transistor that looks like
a large pill.
http://www.cbslang.com/dictionary/pills

This might help (or ruin your technical vocabulary):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_CB_slang
http://www.cbslang.com

We gone...



Thanks Jeff, I missed that part of history I guess.

tom
K0TAR

On Mon, 26 Mar 2012 21:54:11 -0500, tom wrote:

On 3/25/2012 10:37 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
We gone...

Thanks Jeff, I missed that part of history I guess.
tom
K0TAR

Full disclosu I got my start in radio in about 1965 with an EICO
model something CB radio. Ham radio was available, but I was too lazy
to study for the license. CB was also cheaper and easier. Many years
later, I worked for several companies that manufactured or sold CB
radios in addition to their commercial radio products. I also
designed a CB paging system (that was never produced). When I owned
part of a land mobile radio shop, we also sold and serviced CB radios.
It's really difficult to work in commercial radio, and also avoid CB.
I don't see how you've made it this far, and missed all the CB
history.

While much of the CB lingo is fairly new and amazingly creative, some
of it is based on ham radio lingo, which is not so new or as creative.
Somehow, I think we missed a splendid opportunity to add our mark on
technical slang.



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Somehow, I think we missed a splendid opportunity to add our mark on
technical slang.

How about this story:

A mad scientist invented the Ultimate Brain Machine. At the press of a
button, he could aim a ray at somebody's head and change their IQ.

First, he tested it on a plumber. He pressed "UP," waited a few seconds and
pressed "STOP." The plumber started quoting Shakespeare and explained
relativity in simple terms.

Next , he tested it on an electrical engineering professor, who was also an
Extra Class ham. He pressed the "DOWN" button and waited a few moments.
Just then, the phone rang. It was a call from his nasty, old wife and he
got into a shouting match with her.

When he hung up, he raced over to the machine, now overheated and smoking.
He pressed "STOP and asked the professor if he was all right.

The professor replied, "That's a big 10-4, good buddy!"

Sal

On 3/27/2012 9:29 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:

Full disclosu I got my start in radio in about 1965 with an EICO
model something CB radio. Ham radio was available, but I was too lazy
to study for the license. CB was also cheaper and easier. Many years
later, I worked for several companies that manufactured or sold CB
radios in addition to their commercial radio products. I also
designed a CB paging system (that was never produced). When I owned
part of a land mobile radio shop, we also sold and serviced CB radios.
It's really difficult to work in commercial radio, and also avoid CB.
I don't see how you've made it this far, and missed all the CB
history.

While much of the CB lingo is fairly new and amazingly creative, some
of it is based on ham radio lingo, which is not so new or as creative.
Somehow, I think we missed a splendid opportunity to add our mark on
technical slang.

I think I've heard most of it, I just hadn't heard "pill". The short
time I was into the CB craze it was in a pretty rural part of northern
NY, so maybe that term hadn't made it there.

tom