What's up with everyone calling each other HAND on the CB?????

[earthbrown]

Originally Posted by BUZZSAW

Not really.....In the old west days a worker an a ranch was called a "hired Hand" and you can't deny the link between truckdrivers & the "OLD WEST" especially when you consider how many drivers wear the western gear ( Boots, belts, etc. )

I linked it for different reasons.....smoking, drinking, hookers, hours in the saddle, spitting, eating out of a can, trying to avoid johnny law....etc, etc etc


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[bubbaja]

10fer bubbaja

[truckerdave]

I always thought of it as more of a demeaning term. Your nothing more than a hand to steer the truck down the road. Either way I find it very annoying.

[bubbaja]

nother city boy 10fer bubbaja

[BUZZSAW]

Originally Posted by bubbaja

nother city boy 10fer bubbaja

I agree bubbaj ! I always considered it an honor to "make a 'hand" ---that means you had "earned your stripes", "made the grade" & were worthy to be a "PROFESSIONAL DRIVER" ! Any of y'all remember the OLD DAYS , when the sign in the Truckstop read......RESERVED FOR PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS??

[sevenmph]

When I was younger (20 about) my first wife's dad was a driver, then he owned a truck tire business. This was about 1980. He used the word hand quite often, but not always. Reflecting back now, I realize he used it as a term of respect. I remember two situations where drivers looking for tires were rude and what I thought was somewhat degrading to him. He called them "bud"!