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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JReding, post: 5395499, member: 152267&quot;]The CB may be dying, but I&#039;m hoping for enough people to try to revive it.</p><p>If you don&#039;t care to have it on, that&#039;s your prerogative, but I&#039;m a little surprised at the outright hostility towards it.</p><p>There are many a night where I won&#039;t hear a single peep, and then there&#039;s other nights where I can&#039;t wait to get far enough down the road so that I&#039;m out of range of our local base tower dweebs, spending all their time talking about how big their radio is, and shouting down any driver who tries to get a word in edgewise (they&#039;re usually drunk or stoned at this point).</p><p>What amuses me constantly is when there IS a problem, and we&#039;re all caught at a standstill, suddenly EVERYBODY has their radio on, griping about being caught in the traffic. I know almost nobody will hear me, but I&#039;ll still call out to drivers heading the other direction when the road is blocked by a collision, or a stalled vehicle, or debris or a dead elk in the road. I&#039;ve been thanked enough time&#039;s know that the radio is still a very useful tool if enough people would implement it once again.</p><p>It&#039;s always nice on my return trip from Portland in the morning to hear the loggers around the Longview area give their shoutouts in the morning, especially on Fridays. These folks are a throwback to what I would guess were the &quot;good old days&quot; of radio traffic:</p><p>&quot;&#039;Mornin&#039;, Bob. Where you off to?&quot;</p><p>&quot;&#039;Mornin&#039;, Al. Heading up to the...&quot;(usually I have no idea what they&#039;re talking about at this point).</p><p>&quot;Okay. Just be aware they&#039;re doing some paving out there today, you may want to go around the back way.&quot;</p><p>&quot;Thanks, Al. You got big plans this weekend?&quot;</p><p>&quot;Oh, me and the wife are heading to the coast, the kids are staying with their grandparents.&quot;</p><p>&quot;Sounds great. Well, you both have a good time, I&#039;ll talk to you Monday.&quot;</p><p>&quot;You too, stay safe.&quot;</p><p>These loggers have helped me out a couple times, as well. Great bunch of drivers.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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