"Carl R. Stevenson" wrote:

"Dave Heil" wrote in message
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"Carl R. Stevenson" wrote:

"Larry Roll K3LT" wrote in message
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In article , Radio Amateur
KC2HMZ
writes:

QR10-4, QGB! I'm QPM, so QBD me!

(Translation: "Ten-Fawhar, Good Buddie! I'll be putting the pedal
to
the
metal now, so watch my back door!)

73 de Larry, K3LT

You seem to toss that CB jargon around pretty well, Larry. Don't tell
me...no, it couldn't be...could it?

73 DE John, KC2HMZ

John:

Yep, it is true! I was once a CB'er, for a whole six months! I was
the
Asst. Mgr. of the Radio Shack store in Depew, NY at the time,

We should have known ... "Radio Shack, you've got questions, we're
clueless,"
I'm sure Larry fit in quite well.

So where is Kim? Shouldn't she be jumping on Carl over irrelevant
comments directed at Larry?

Dave ... it's not irrelevant ... Larry has always spoken quite freely of his
disdain for CBers and other "lower forms of life" (knuckle-draggers, etc.)

Sure it is irrelevant. My own experience is that most CBers I've met
don't have much technical knowledge, know little about propagation and
have poor operating skills and habits. If you see someone driving a
primer gray and blue pickup truck sporting a CB whip, hauling a second
hand mattress and the truck is driven by an unshaven guy with a ball cap
and a T-shirt featuring the Confederate battle flag, do you say to
yourself, "Now there's a fellow I'd like to hang out with"?

The fact that Larry was a CBer, yet talks down to folks with such a
superior attitude, shows what a hypocrite he is ...

The operative phrase here is "Larry was a CBer..." That's probably how
he came to realize the limitations of CB radio with its low range and
population of those doing bad "Smokey and the Bandit" imitations.
Larry chose ham radio. I don't choose to spend my time with NASCAR fans
or those who think an evening of fun is going to a karaoke bar. That's
freedom of association.

Dave K8MN