On Aug 13, 1:54*pm, Bob Dobbs wrote:
The Dude! wrote:
If you are using a CB and
agreeing to the rules

Who's agreeing to anything?

and then violate those rules, you are showing your
lack of character (not to mention violating federal regulations).

Maybe you'd better drop the dime, channel cop

--

Operator Bob
Echo Charlie 42

Well, I agree with the original poster that foul language doesn't
belong on the CB. However, the original poster seems to
not grasp the concept that what is considered foul language in his
part of the country isn't necessarilly considered
foul language in other parts of the country.

Such as in the original poster's part of the country, wherever that
is, "tits" is considered foul language the same as
F.U. and other words he mentioned, while in my part of the country,
"tits" was never considered a foul or obscene
word like F.U. and other words the original poster mentioned.

While sentences like "She gave me a poke" is considered X-rated foul
language that kids should never hear, in my
part of the country, the exact same sentence is considered perfectly
acceptable G-rated language that is okay for
even little kids to hear and say, in Appalachia.

It means something different there than it does hear.

CB is meant for mobile operation. And for some reason seems to be
associated with Appalachia, so when a self-
appointed radio cop hears someone from Appalachia say that while
driving elsewhere, the self-appointed radio cop
just assumes that the person said X-rated material that doesn't belong
on the public airwaves and turns him in.

Even though what was said was really G-rated material that does belong
on the CB.


When what's perfectly acceptable G-rated material in one part of the
country is non-acceptable X-rated material in another
part of the country, and the rmobile adio operator is of course used
to speaking the way people in his own part of the
country do.

One of the funniest things I seen, a long time ago, was a CB website
written by a ham radio operator, complaining about CB'ers using CB-
lingo to disguse the meaning of words instead of using plain English
like the FCC rules require.

And he gave examples. (and he really believed what he wrote)

And the examples were all what is plain English (in Appalachia) just
as the FCC rules require.

Except for one example he gave which was plain English all over the
country while I was growing up and before that.

I don't know wherever he got the notion that "nose" was secret CB-
lingo for the front of a vehicle.

When I was growing up and before that, "nose" to the mean the front of
a vehicle was common plain English all over
the country. The only vehicle I never heard it used for was boats,
which havve their own terminology.

As for the other examples he gave, those type of hams need to learn
that

"Drawers" is NOT secret CB-lingo to disguise the meaning of
"underwear". It IS plain English.

"Britches" is NOT secret CB-lingo to disguise the meaning of "pants"
It IS plain English

"Pedal to the metal" IS not secret CB lingo. It IS plain English.

"Booger" is NOT secret CB lingo to disguise the meaning of "ghosts".
It IS plain English.

"Poke: is NOT secret CB lingo to disguise the meaning of "bag" or
"sack". It IS plain English.

"Roadhouse" is NOT secret CB lingo to disguise the meaning of "bar" so
that the smokies don't know the CB'ers and truckers are going to a bar
to get drunk. It IS plain English.

Such as in the original poster's part of the country, wherever that
is, "tits" is considered foul language the same as
F.U. and other words he mentioned, while in my part of the country,
"tits" was never considered a foul or obscene
word like F.U. and other words the original poster mentioned.

The words were an allusion to George Carlin's famouse, "seven words you can
never say on television" routine. Since it was all over the news that he
died recently, I figured most people would have gotten the reference.

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The words were an allusion to George Carlin's famouse, "seven words you can
never say on television" routine. *Since it was all over the news that he
died recently, I figured most people would have gotten the reference.


I didn't know he died. I don't watch much tv anymore or listen to the
broadcast
radio. And my isp's newslinks didn't mention it.

Why watch something you can't follow or hear what's going on?

Analog cable tv keeps breaking up into unwatchable unlistenable
blocks,
since the cable company picks everything up digitally now and
retransmits it
over the analog.

Other people at my house thought that effect is caused by poor cable
wiring in
our house and can be fixed by us replacing the cable with new.

Well, that won't and doesn't work. Analog cable doesn't break up into
blocks even with a poor signal.

So since it is, the problem is obvious (to me) on the cable company's
end.

They just can't pick up a watchable digital signal around here even
with their
very expensive antennas and equipment.

Other people with much better antennas than we ever had can't even
pick up
digital tv over the air from here. It keeps breaking up into blocks
and is totally
unlistenable when it does so.

So in about six months, no one around here will have any watchable tv
at all.

Satellite won't work from here either. Way too many trees for that.

So it's the end of tv period, in about six months.

Which will probably cause a huge backlash by the public.