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President Bill FCC

I did install stupid filters in radios but every time I did the customer complained he wasn't able to hear his buddies talk anymore. so I had to put them on a switch and label it "sss" stop stupid switch. then they would bitch anyway some even said why don't I just turn the radio off instead of paying you 100 bucks for a stupid switch. but a lot of them figured that was stupid. oh sorry, this was about the president Bill pretty stupid of me.

(Disclaimer: this is not directed at anyone stupid or implying that anyone is stupid or never mind)
 
If President asked where the "service shop" is located, then saying "In a camper down by the Rio Grande" may not be what they want to hear.

I don't repair radios for money, but I do work on some radios for local friends who talk on our home channel.

You see RPC, I may not be a "CB radio tech", but I am a "techie".
My first real job was working in a computer repair shop, building and repairing P.C.'s.

Having a credible business goes a long way when you contact a company for support.

Being professional in this industry means a lot more than simply "not clipping limiters".

Here is a little taste directly from the factory service manual.

Step your game up buddy (or go back to driving).
If I can obtain this document and you can't, that says a lot about where you stand in the industry.
 

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In the past you have presented yourself as just a dumb truck driver.....your words....that did not understand much about radios only that you knew when you liked something.
After 260 technicians from coast to coast, it's kind of difficult to remain a dumb truck driver and sort of inevitable that I'd absorb a little bit of knowledge along the way. (That was the whole point)
I'm always learning something new and sharing that knowledge whenever someone has a question.
(I thought that was the point of forums)
 
I’d comment but I’d probably get censored again.

Good to see someone has that service manual, someone creditable, honest, has integrity, isn’t a troll, insightful and interesting. Oh and most importantly, doesn’t have a hidden agenda.

LeapFrog, can I have a copy of that service manual?
 
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I’d comment but I’d probably get censored again.

Good to see someone has that service manual, someone creditable, honest, has integrity, isn’t a troll, insightful and interesting. Oh and most importantly, doesn’t have a hidden agenda.

LeapFrog, can I have a copy of that service manual?
yes sir my friend
 
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Dumb truck driver? I drive a truck and id took that offensive.but im me too
 
Dumb truck driver? I drive a truck and id took that offensive.but im me too

A self-description. We’ve all used it, true or not. Has to fit the occasion. “Hey, what do I know, I’m . . . . “

But you have to look the part. Cut your own hair quarterly. Wear tee shirts and bagged jeans. Prison tatts. Chain-drive wallet. Chinese boots that have never seen oil or polish. And be missing a few obvious teeth.

It’s the rank odor of the monthly bath you missed that’s the cake icing.

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A self-description. We’ve all used it, true or not. Has to fit the occasion. “Hey, what do I know, I’m . . . . “

But you have to look the part. Cut your own hair quarterly. Wear tee shirts and bagged jeans. Prison tatts. Chain-drive wallet. Chinese boots that have never seen oil or polish. And be missing a few obvious teeth.

It’s the rank odor of the monthly bath you missed that’s the cake icing.

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Someone once told me truckers spend most of their life polishing an over sized belt buckle while crying over Red Sovine’s "Teddy Bear" song 4-5 times daily. Giddy Up Go…Giddy Up Go…
 
Someone once told me truckers spend most of their life polishing an over sized belt buckle while crying over Red Sovine’s "Teddy Bear" song 4-5 times daily. Giddy Up Go…Giddy Up Go…

A feature of the life:
Dunlop’s Disease (my belly done lopped over my belt).

Giddy-up, Go hits all the important marks. How hard it is to become good (since you ALWAYS lose money while so doing); the sacrifice of family; and the unexpected impression you made nonetheless.

It’s one thing to read a description of the work, it’s quite another to have to do it. I call it, The Ten Thousand Details, as only experience being gained brings them up as questions.

The day doesn’t have an end. All the things civilians can separate from their work life help as a barrier to being overwhelmed.

My favorite of these pop songs is Dave Dudley’s, Six Days on the Road, because I know how hard it is to put together a good week like that.
And THEN a top finish.

But you have to start every week that way. And accept yesterday’s setbacks as not affecting today’s possibilities.

There’s talking it. And there’s doing it. No choice in this line of work.

Due to that the best drivers you get to meet have a quality of equanimity rarely found outside of trucking. As no man is exempted. The job, the conditions, the difficulties.

So when this job is good, it can really be good. Is the flip side.

The CB Radio is part of all of it. Bad to worst. Best to just okay.

Without question some of the funniest things I’ve heard in this lifetime came across that speaker.

Strong feelings come & go quickly. They aren’t events. Diary entries.

Not if you expect to get under that next load.

So the sentiment — real or contrived — is quick to act upon a driver. Can’t ignore feelings. They’re real and they’re present. They don’t deserve special treatment.

By the time you see him at 1430, he’s already been up more than 13-hours and covered over 500-miles. He’s already ridden the emotional roller coaster.
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