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Post by Worthy4England » Thu Jul 10, 2008 8:01 pm

FD wrote:
enfieldwhite wrote::oops:

Showing my age.

It's CB talk for current location.

As a fellow Big Smoke resident I was curious as to your current abode. :mrgreen:
I thought CB talk for that question was "What's your twenty?" actually, not "What's your 10-20?" :S

Heard it on a podcast before anyone cries "geek", never into CB sheisse myself.

Welcome Megs Eleven though! :mrgreen:
:oops: Both is correct - what's your twenty is a contraction of what's your 10-20....There were others like that's a big 10-4 etc...
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Post by Montreal Wanderer » Thu Jul 10, 2008 8:08 pm

"Both is correct" doesn't sound very correct to me. :wink:
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Post by FD » Thu Jul 10, 2008 8:16 pm

Worthy4England wrote:
FD wrote:
enfieldwhite wrote::oops:

Showing my age.

It's CB talk for current location.

As a fellow Big Smoke resident I was curious as to your current abode. :mrgreen:
I thought CB talk for that question was "What's your twenty?" actually, not "What's your 10-20?" :S

Heard it on a podcast before anyone cries "geek", never into CB sheisse myself.

Welcome Megs Eleven though! :mrgreen:
:oops: Both is correct - what's your twenty is a contraction of what's your 10-20....There were others like that's a big 10-4 etc...
"How many candles are you burning?"

"What are you burning?"

Two further CB questions that I believe sound the same but are completely different questions!
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Post by Worthy4England » Thu Jul 10, 2008 8:26 pm

Montreal Wanderer wrote:"Both is correct" doesn't sound very correct to me. :wink:
Interesting one.... :mrgreen:
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Post by Montreal Wanderer » Thu Jul 10, 2008 8:34 pm

All CB shorthand communications begin with 10-
Eg, the following conversation

“Can you give me a 10-13 (Advise on road conditions)?”

“What’s your 10-20 (what's your location)?”

“Main Street and First Avenue.”

“There’s a 10-42 (traffic accident) two blocks ahead.”

“Yes I can see it now. It looks like a 10-200.(Police are needed)”

“10-4 (Okay). I’ll 10-21 (call by telephone) the Police to your 10-20. (location)”

“10-10 (Transmission complete - standing by)”

Seems worse than textspeak to me...
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Post by TANGODANCER » Thu Jul 10, 2008 8:41 pm

Montreal Wanderer wrote:All CB shorthand communications begin with 10-
Eg, the following conversation

“Can you give me a 10-13 (Advise on road conditions)?”

“What’s your 10-20 (what's your location)?”

“Main Street and First Avenue.”

“There’s a 10-42 (traffic accident) two blocks ahead.”

“Yes I can see it now. It looks like a 10-200.(Police are needed)”

“10-4 (Okay). I’ll 10-21 (call by telephone) the Police to your 10-20. (location)”

“10-10 (Transmission complete - standing by)”

Seems worse than textspeak to me...
Shades of "Convoy" and Rubber Duck. :wink:
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Post by Montreal Wanderer » Thu Jul 10, 2008 9:12 pm

FD wrote:
"How many candles are you burning?"

How old are you???

"What are you burning?"

How fast are you going???

Two further CB questions that I believe sound the same but are completely different questions!
Just a guess :?
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Post by Worthy4England » Thu Jul 10, 2008 9:22 pm

Montreal Wanderer wrote:
FD wrote:
"How many candles are you burning?"

How old are you???

"What are you burning?"

How fast are you going???

Two further CB questions that I believe sound the same but are completely different questions!
Just a guess :?
Not sure the first one didn't also relate to whether you we're using boosted wattage (illegal) to switch the neighbours TV's off. So "Yes I'm burning 20 candles" meant 20 W burner attached (I know "are you wearing boots" was also used in a similar context)
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Post by FD » Thu Jul 10, 2008 9:39 pm

As I understood it (and bare in mind I've only used a CB radio once so am definitely NOT an authority on the subject)...

"How many candles are you burning?"
How old are you?

"What are you burning?"
How's my signal strength?
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Post by Montreal Wanderer » Thu Jul 10, 2008 10:05 pm

FD wrote:As I understood it (and bare in mind I've only used a CB radio once so am definitely NOT an authority on the subject)...

"How many candles are you burning?"
How old are you?

"What are you burning?"
How's my signal strength?
50% - must try harder....
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Post by Lennon'sEleven » Fri Jul 11, 2008 9:29 am

What on earth have I created...
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Post by enfieldwhite » Fri Jul 11, 2008 9:42 am

Meg'sEleven wrote:What on earth have I created...
:oops: I think I may have had a little to do with it too.

All part of the fun. :mrgreen:
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Post by Worthy4England » Fri Jul 11, 2008 9:45 am

Meg'sEleven wrote:What on earth have I created...
Give us a clue? 1) The Pyramids 2) A cure for baldness 3) Frankenstein's Monster?

Further information like "I have my own laboratory, in an old castle, and I laugh insanely whenever there's a lightning flash" might also help us to guess the answer
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Post by Lennon'sEleven » Fri Jul 11, 2008 10:33 am

Worthy4England wrote:
Meg'sEleven wrote:What on earth have I created...
Give us a clue? 1) The Pyramids 2) A cure for baldness 3) Frankenstein's Monster?

Further information like "I have my own laboratory, in an old castle, and I laugh insanely whenever there's a lightning flash" might also help us to guess the answer
I was referring to this thread- which although interesting is confusing me an awful lot!
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Post by Worthy4England » Fri Jul 11, 2008 10:49 am

Meg'sEleven wrote:
Worthy4England wrote:
Meg'sEleven wrote:What on earth have I created...
Give us a clue? 1) The Pyramids 2) A cure for baldness 3) Frankenstein's Monster?

Further information like "I have my own laboratory, in an old castle, and I laugh insanely whenever there's a lightning flash" might also help us to guess the answer
I was referring to this thread- which although interesting is confusing me an awful lot!
:mrgreen:
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Post by TANGODANCER » Fri Jul 11, 2008 10:49 am

Thread hi-jacking is not unknown on TW, Megs. At times it gets so far away from topic that nobody knows what anyone else is on about. Round about then, someone comes in with "Aquaplane". You'll get used to it. :mrgreen:
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Post by CrazyHorse » Fri Jul 11, 2008 12:39 pm

I'll have some of that cure for baldness if there's any spare please M11. :D
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Post by communistworkethic » Fri Jul 11, 2008 12:39 pm

Aquaplane!!!!
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Post by FD » Fri Jul 11, 2008 12:40 pm

Montreal Wanderer wrote:
FD wrote:As I understood it (and bare in mind I've only used a CB radio once so am definitely NOT an authority on the subject)...

"How many candles are you burning?"
How old are you?

"What are you burning?"
How's my signal strength?
50% - must try harder....
I wouldn't bother mate, we're in dangerous territory here... :mrgreen:
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Post by Hoboh » Fri Jul 11, 2008 1:23 pm

This threads gone abit 10-1 it has
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