My wife is selling her old Lafayette tube CB on eBay right now. We got it
out and played with it for a little while to see if it worked. It was so
cool to watch the tubes heat up before the radio would work. Once they got
warm, we hooked a speaker to it and put in PA mode and drove the cats crazy
for a while, before she boxed it all back up.

She and I both spent many hours chatting on our home and mobile CBs back in
the mid 70s, back before she and ever met each other. We actually chatted
with each other part of the time, but she had her good buddies and I had
mine. We drifted apart, married other people, and found each other again 8
years ago. But I digress.

In a wistful moment today, I said it's a shame our kids will never know the
fun of getting on the radio and chatting with people across town. Then she
reminded me that her kids do the same thing, but it's called AIM and MSN.

But they'll never appreciate radio like we do. Sigh...

= = = "Corbin Ray" wrote in message
= = = ...

My wife is selling her old Lafayette tube CB on eBay right now. We got it
out and played with it for a little while to see if it worked. It was so
cool to watch the tubes heat up before the radio would work. Once they got
warm, we hooked a speaker to it and put in PA mode and drove the cats crazy
for a while, before she boxed it all back up.

She and I both spent many hours chatting on our home and mobile CBs back in
the mid 70s, back before she and ever met each other. We actually chatted
with each other part of the time, but she had her good buddies and I had
mine. We drifted apart, married other people, and found each other again 8
years ago. But I digress.

In a wistful moment today, I said it's a shame our kids will never know the
fun of getting on the radio and chatting with people across town. Then she
reminded me that her kids do the same thing, but it's called AIM and MSN.

But they'll never appreciate radio like we do. Sigh...


CB,

Try a Nextel Celphone with the "Walky-Talky" feature.

At least the CBers were in they Cars and Trucks and
NOT setting next to you in a restaurant or at the movies.

jm2cw ~ RHF

..

"Corbin Ray" wrote in message
...
My wife is selling her old Lafayette tube CB on eBay right now. We got it
out and played with it for a little while to see if it worked. It was so
cool to watch the tubes heat up before the radio would work. Once they got
warm, we hooked a speaker to it and put in PA mode and drove the cats
crazy
for a while, before she boxed it all back up.

She and I both spent many hours chatting on our home and mobile CBs back
in
the mid 70s, back before she and ever met each other. We actually chatted
with each other part of the time, but she had her good buddies and I had
mine. We drifted apart, married other people, and found each other again 8
years ago. But I digress.

In a wistful moment today, I said it's a shame our kids will never know
the
fun of getting on the radio and chatting with people across town. Then she
reminded me that her kids do the same thing, but it's called AIM and MSN.

But they'll never appreciate radio like we do. Sigh...



Rediscover the magic of radio by becoming an amateur radio operator. There
are so many marvelous things to do these days. Check out www.arrl.org

Dee D. Flint, N8UZE

In article ,
"Dee D. Flint" wrote:

"Corbin Ray" wrote in message
...
My wife is selling her old Lafayette tube CB on eBay right now. We got it
out and played with it for a little while to see if it worked. It was so
cool to watch the tubes heat up before the radio would work. Once they got
warm, we hooked a speaker to it and put in PA mode and drove the cats
crazy
for a while, before she boxed it all back up.

She and I both spent many hours chatting on our home and mobile CBs back
in
the mid 70s, back before she and ever met each other. We actually chatted
with each other part of the time, but she had her good buddies and I had
mine. We drifted apart, married other people, and found each other again 8
years ago. But I digress.

In a wistful moment today, I said it's a shame our kids will never know
the
fun of getting on the radio and chatting with people across town. Then she
reminded me that her kids do the same thing, but it's called AIM and MSN.

But they'll never appreciate radio like we do. Sigh...



Rediscover the magic of radio by becoming an amateur radio operator. There
are so many marvelous things to do these days. Check out www.arrl.org


I have listened to ham radio and did not hear any magic only boring
conversations.

--
Telamon
Ventura, California

On Sat, 27 Mar 2004 19:46:08 GMT, Telamon
wrote:

In article ,
"Dee D. Flint" wrote:

"Corbin Ray" wrote in message
...
My wife is selling her old Lafayette tube CB on eBay right now. We got it
out and played with it for a little while to see if it worked. It was so
cool to watch the tubes heat up before the radio would work. Once they got
warm, we hooked a speaker to it and put in PA mode and drove the cats
crazy
for a while, before she boxed it all back up.

She and I both spent many hours chatting on our home and mobile CBs back
in
the mid 70s, back before she and ever met each other. We actually chatted
with each other part of the time, but she had her good buddies and I had
mine. We drifted apart, married other people, and found each other again 8
years ago. But I digress.

In a wistful moment today, I said it's a shame our kids will never know
the
fun of getting on the radio and chatting with people across town. Then she
reminded me that her kids do the same thing, but it's called AIM and MSN.

But they'll never appreciate radio like we do. Sigh...



Rediscover the magic of radio by becoming an amateur radio operator. There
are so many marvelous things to do these days. Check out www.arrl.org


I have listened to ham radio and did not hear any magic only boring
conversations.

Finally decide to quit spanking your telamonkey long enough to
listen?

Tracy

Telamon wrote:

In article ,
"Dee D. Flint" wrote:

"Corbin Ray" wrote in message
...
My wife is selling her old Lafayette tube CB on eBay right now. We got it
out and played with it for a little while to see if it worked. It was so
cool to watch the tubes heat up before the radio would work. Once they got
warm, we hooked a speaker to it and put in PA mode and drove the cats
crazy
for a while, before she boxed it all back up.

She and I both spent many hours chatting on our home and mobile CBs back
in
the mid 70s, back before she and ever met each other. We actually chatted
with each other part of the time, but she had her good buddies and I had
mine. We drifted apart, married other people, and found each other again 8
years ago. But I digress.

In a wistful moment today, I said it's a shame our kids will never know
the
fun of getting on the radio and chatting with people across town. Then she
reminded me that her kids do the same thing, but it's called AIM and MSN.

But they'll never appreciate radio like we do. Sigh...



Rediscover the magic of radio by becoming an amateur radio operator. There
are so many marvelous things to do these days. Check out www.arrl.org

I have listened to ham radio and did not hear any magic only boring
conversations.

--
Telamon
Ventura, California



I think ham radio operators are good folks, and they can be
lifesavers in emergency situations - willing to stay at the mike for 24
hours straight if need be.

But aside from that - I have to agree. Most of them are bores. 45
minutes on changing a tire on one's car is a typical ham conversation.
Better than Sominex.

Tony


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Rediscover the magic of radio by becoming an amateur radio operator. There
are so many marvelous things to do these days. Check out www.arrl.org

I have listened to ham radio and did not hear any magic only boring
conversations.

--
Telamon
Ventura, California



I think ham radio operators are good folks, and they can be
lifesavers in emergency situations - willing to stay at the mike for 24
hours straight if need be.

But aside from that - I have to agree. Most of them are bores. 45
minutes on changing a tire on one's car is a typical ham conversation.
Better than Sominex.

Tony

Let's not forget the ever-popular (and very boring) conversations about health
problems and doctor visits I often hear on the local 2 meter repeaters as well
as the HF bands. With some hams, it seems like ailments are just about all
they can talk about. These conversations are part of the reason why ham radio
still has a reputation as a hobby that's associated with boring old men. Yes,
I realize there are a lot of interesting modes out there on the bands (PSK31,
SSTV, packet, etc.), but what's most people's first experience with amateur
radio? In many instances, it's listening to hams on 2 meters or HF drone on
endlessly about their health problems.

CB isn't much better. In fact, many truckers don't even turn on their CB's any
more unless they are at a truck stop, preferring to listen to XM Radio instead.
Where I live, channel 19 is dead most of the time, even on the weekends. The
few miscreants still on CB locally just seem to want to harass the truck
drivers, or key their mikes over and over to hear their roger beeps on a
talkback radio. That having been said, you still can't beat CB radio for
traffic information on the interstates, especially if you are miles away from
the big cities where all the dorks with the "big radios" take out their
frustrations on anyone who will argue with them.

73,
David