I held a radio amateurs licence and had a 2m rig in my Cortina back in the late 70's. I was regularly being stopped by plod and despite carrying my RSGB certificate, most didn't know that licensed radio bands existed. Unfortunately the UK's CB offering was so bad that many people simply used ham equipment and cluttered up the 2m band with their trolling that I gave up.
Now what was that song ...
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i was into cb before it became legal ,cant remember my handle though.
Once it became legal then all the fun went out of it and i never really used my set after that.
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One handle? ONE HANDLE?
I changed my handle more often than my socks.
at least one a month
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TourVanMan TM < Ex RF >
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I changed my handle more often than my socks.
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i never had a lynch mob looking for me so kept the same name and same cb good buddies ;)
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Cor yes i remember all that.
All the tractors on the farm had a rig in and i had a huge Dipole and home base for the missus to call me up on.Compared to mobile phones ,a lack of privacy was a downer and anything personal had to be in code.
But, with PAs on the front and huge whippy ariels on the Land Rover (mag mounts were not much cop on them)they were a good laugh.
A mate gave me a beam ariel which was cone shaped and and pointed in the right direction sent and received from miles away.
When i took it down the neighbours said thank god for that as it was knocking their tv reception out, whoops.
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My 1KW burner used to light up the flourescent tubes in the garage,
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TourVanMan TM < Ex RF >
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I had my rig in my Hilman Hunter 1725 GL Auto. My handle was Mr Motion.
God, how I cringe at the memories!!
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All that effort to hide th equipment ! Did anyone actually get done for illegal operation of a radio ?
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Remember it was the film Convoy that was her to blame, rubber duck.
Remember Dave Lee Travis's version of the Theme tune ?.
My Handle went from Sheep Pen (One of the film characters handle was Pig Pen and i was working with sheep) ,then ended up as Badger as i began to look like one.
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It had to be posted:
Yeah breaker one nine this here's the Rubber Duck
Uh, you got a copy on me Pig Pen C'mon
Uh yeah Ten-Four Pig Pen fer sure fer sure.
By golly it's clean clear to Flag Town, C'mon
Yeah its a big Ten -Four there Pig Pen
Yeah we definitely got the front door, good buddy
Mercy Sakes Alive looks like we've got us a convoy
It was a dark a the moon
On the sixth of June
And a Kenworth pullin logs
Cab over Pete with a refer on
And a Jimmy haulin hogs
We was headed for bear
On I-1-0
Bout a mile out Shakey Town
I says Pig Pen this here's the rubber duck
And I'm about to put the hammer down.
Cause we got a little 'ole convoy
Rockin through the night
Yeah we got a little 'ole convoy
Ain't she a beautiful sight
C'mon and join our Convoy
Ain't nothin gonna get in our way
We gonna roll this truckin convoy 'cross the USA
Convoy....Convoy.....
Gotta breaker Pig Pen this here's the Duck
And uh you wanna back off them hogs
Ten-four Roger 'bout five mile or so
Ten-Roger them hogs is gettin intense up here
By the time we got into Tulsa Town
We had eighty-five trucks in all
But they's a road block up on the clover leaf
And them bears is wall to wall
Yeah them smokies was thick as bugs on a bumper
They even had a bear in the air
I says callin all trucks
This here's the Duck
We're about to go a huntin bear
'Cause we got a great big convoy
Rockin through the night
Yeah we got a great big convoy
Ain't she a beautiful sight
C'mon and join our convoy
Aint nothin gonna get in our way
We gonna roll this truckin convoy 'cross the USA
Convoy.....Convoy
Hey you wanna give me a ten-nine on that Pig Pen
Negatory Pig Pen you're still too close
Yeah them hogs is startin to close up my sinuses
Mercy Sakes you'd better back off another ten.
Well we rolled up Innerstate fourty-four
Like a rocket sled on rails
We tore up all of our swindel sheets
and left 'em settin on the scales
By the time we hit that Chi Town
Them bears was a gettin smart
They'd brought up some reinforcements
From the Illinois national guard
There was armored cars and tanks and jeeps
And rigs of every size
Yeah them chicken coops was full of bears
And choppers filled the skies.
Well we shot the line
And we went for broke
With a thousand screamin trucks
And eleven long haired Friends of Jesus
In a Chartreuse microbus
Yeah Rubber Duck this is Sod Buster
C'mon there yeah Ten-Four Sod Buster
Listen you wanna put that microbus in behind that suicide jockey?
Yeah he's haulin dynamite and he needs all the help he can get
Well we laid a strip for the Jersey Shore
And prepared to cross the line
I could see the bridge was lined with bears
But I didn't have a doggone dime
I says Pig Pen this here's the Rubber Duck
We just ain't a gonna pay no toll
So we crashed the gate doin 98
I said let them truckers roll,
Ten-Four.
'Cause we got a mighty convoy
Rockin through the night
Yeah we got a mighty convoy
Ain't she a beautiful sight
C'mon and join our convoy
Aint nothin gonna get in our way
We gonna roll this truckin convoy 'cross the USA
Convoy.....Convoy
That's ten-Four Pig Pen what's you're Twenty?
Omaha?!
Well they oughtta know what to do with them hogs out there fer sure
[fading]
Well mercy sakes good buddy we gonna back on outta here
So keep the bugs off yer glass and the bears off yer...tail
We'll catch you on the flip flop
This here's the Rubber Duck on the side
We gone - Bye Bye
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Was Charles {P} but someone c o p i e d my name with spaces.
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Can i nominate you for the Sad Man of the Year.
I was going to ask how you know all those lyrics, but, on second thought maybe not.
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Didn't know those lyrics!
Thought of the film/song that epitomised the US CB era and did a search on a lyric database.
Just a blast from the past that everyone about 35 plus will remember well if they were into CB.
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Was Charles {P} but someone c o p i e d my name with spaces.
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All right then, what were the lyrics to the Hairy Cornflakes version.
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And the film was based on the SONG. Not the other way round.
I'll get me coat...
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The HC version...
It was a foggy day on the sixth of May
In a Scammell haulin' bricks
It was just crackin' dawn and I started to yawn
Cos I couldn't find any nice chicks.
I'd tried Newport Pagnell, Toddington,
And even Watford Gap,
But after so many eggs and chips, sausage and beans
What I really needed was a nap.
It's a lonely life, truck driving
But it's better than a bike
Cos when you're up in the cab, you're the king of the road
And it's dead romantic, like.
And then I remembered my two-way radio,
So I started feelin' better,
And I thought "I'll start a convoy"
"You know, just like that American feller."
[Chorus]
Thus began the saga
On the M1 Motorway
Of the biggest bloomin' convoy
Outside the USA.
Why not join our line-up?
It's completely free.
All you need is transport
And a current MOT.
Convoy!
[On the CB]
Hello, this is Super Scouse callin'. Anyone out there, come on?
Hello, hello, this is Plastic Chicken, go off?
That's "come on" - what's your load, Plastic Chicken?
Er, well it would have been quick-drying cement, but the rain got in - do you know anyone who wants to buy a three-ton brick?
So there we were, the two of us,
At the start of something big.
There was Plastic Chicken with his brick on wheels,
And me in my big rig.
With every junction that we passed
Others would tag on
There was even a London Transport bus
"Hey, that's a nice wagon - fares please..."
It certainly was an impressive sight,
To see us on the road
There was vehicles of every shape and size
It certainly had growed.
Suddenly there was this commotion,
There was a circus, and a fair.
There was an animal acrobatic act
"Ooh look - a bear in the air!"
[Chorus]
You're listening to the saga,
On the M1 Motorway.
Of the biggest blooming convoy,
Outside the USA.
We're half-way through our story,
But please don't go away.
They're on Spaghetti Junction
"We could be here all day..."
Convoy!
[On the CB] Hello, Plastic Chicken to Super Scouse, gerroff, I mean come in, er, come on - oh, do I have to say this every time?
Yeah - have you seen any fuzzboxes? - that's slang for police cars.
Er, Jackanory, Super Scouse - that's slang for No!
That's Negatory, you berk...
Ooh I say, is this a private convoy or can anyone join in?
What's your wheels, our kid?
Would you believe, a camper...?
Spaghetti Junction was coming up
So we were bound to lose a few.
And sure enough, the fork-lift truck,
Disappeared heading up towards Crewe.
The combine harvester shred a wheel,
And the driver lost control.
And a mobile DJ crashed his van,
So we ain't gonna play no Soul, 10 - 4.
[Chorus]
So we end our story,
On the M1 Motorway.
Of the biggest blooming convoy,
Outside the USA.
This record is good value,
As you can plainly see.
It's labelled as a tax disc
Though it's [words indistinct]
Convoy!
[On the CB]
Er, Plastic Chicken to Super Scouse, there's a big black limo coming up behind...
Er, what about it?
Well it's got a flag on the front and a funny number plate - "HRH 1"
Mercy sakes, good buddy, you'd better give it the front door and wave her on, like...
Will do, Super Scouse, I'm waving her on - ooh look, she's waving back, isn't that nice...
Plastic Chicken, do you want to stick it in behind that suicide jockey?
What's a suicide jockey?
As it happens, How's about...
Er, Plastic Chicken, don't you think you'd better change gear for this hill?
What's wrong with the gear I've got on, doesn't it look right?
Change gear, ram your foot on the floor and change the gear, what you talking about, you don't know how to drive a truck do you, you've no idea how to drive a truck, you're mad... (continue to fade)
Time I left for another year methinks...
M.M (D.W)
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And if you really have to hear it one more time....
www.cybertrucker.co.uk/convoygb.mp3 (Is there a link policy on the site now?)
M.M (D.W)
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I have a confession to make. I have the vinyl version lurking in the nether regions of PU Towers' attic.
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I suppose it's too late to claim that I got it to undertake a Post Graduate thesis on the fundemental differences between American and British cultures.
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(Is there a link policy on the site now?)
Only if it soaks up HJ's bandwidth. eg, clickable links to vid clips, music, and the like.
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Just to drag this thread back towards Earth (but thanks for the lyrics, I once saw Convoy dubbed into French for TV, it was enough to make you cry with laughing).
French car boot sales usually feature a few odd rigs for 20-30 euros and when I went on a 4x4 rally with a pal last year most people seemed to have CB to keep in touch when off road. But does anybody else use it any more?
I have a pair of brand new Logicom 'talkie walkies' (as the French insist on calling them) that I've never taken out of the packing. They claim a range of about 5km (3 miles). Is this what people use now?
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