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Groovy CB radios, bell-bottom trousers, and the astounding WeChat application

Groovy. You bet.

I come from a generation that had phones that were stuck on walls, and the idea of a cell phone was a science fiction adventure on Star Trek. In fact, our house had a rotary dial phone that was stuck on the wall in the kitchen.

It was yellow.

It fit in the orange decour with the olive colored refrigerator, and stove, and the red countertops.

Back in those days, I didn’t use the phone often. My sister was the one hogging up the phone all the time.

Oh, did she have a gift for chatting away. It got to be so bad that my father bought an extra one for her to use so that “she would get out of our hair” in the kitchen all the time.

She treated the telephone as her own private kingdom. Outside our local township, the phone rates were extremely enormous (this was before the breakup of “Ma Bell”) and to call a girlfriend in Pittsburgh (around a 2-hour drive away) would cost me more than what I could make a week in the mines and the grocery store combined.

So it was special.

Indeed, the two most important items in the household were the telephone and the television.

We got five channels on the television!

We were fortunate.

In Pittsburgh, my grandparents were lucky to get two. Or course, as a growing boy, the refrigerator and microwave fought for those top spots.

I must have eaten my weight in food many times a week. I was always scrounging in the ‘fridge for some leftover pot roast to make up a sandwich with cheese and microwave it in the “microwave oven” as we called it then.

A growing boy.

Then later, when I was around 16 years old or so, I discovered girls, FM music, cars and alcohol.

Not all at once, mind you, but all within months of each other. (Truth be told, I had an interest in the old throwaway Playboy magazines that I scrounged in the garbage cans since I was five years old, but it wasn’t until when I hit 16 did everything “come together”.)

My life has never been the same since.

You know, or should rightfully assume, I was a pretty groovy guy.

I had bell bottom pants, a choker necklace, a MIA braclet, and a big belt buckle with my astrological sign on the front. I had longish hair, and rockstar shoes.

I was the guy in the purple shirt. LOL.

Anyways, if we wanted to place a telephone call from outside our home, we would use these tiny little rooms called “phone booths”.

And they would frequently have this big yellow book inside. Where you could find the telephone numbers of everyone in the city that you were calling from.

A phone booth.

And if you were attending college, or were in a Navy barracks, you would use the line-up of phones at the end of the hallway.

Privacy was obtained by these little foot-sized dividers to provide the illusion of privacy.

They didn’t do anything more than that and often had graffiti on them colored by bored college students.

Rack of phones in a college dorm.

Times came and went. I began my teens with “muscle cars” and boy oh boy do I miss my GTO, but things merged in the haze of the 1970s.

We still drove those cars around, but we were starting to complain about the high cost of gas, and we were all afraid that it would break the $1 gallon ceiling.

1970 Dodge Charger.

Ah… When cars were cars!

When you went into a turn in these babies, boy oh boy could you feel it.

It was a time when people would take off all their clothes and go a “streaking” in public areas. It was a time whenpeople asked if President Jimmy Carter dropped acid, and if the cost of coffee would go back to being five cents a cup.

As time moved on, my GTO was replaced by an AMC Pacer (due to finances) and then that too was replaced with a 1974 Dodge tradesman minivan. I was so hip and so cool.

Dodge van.

My van was carpeted in lime green shag carpeting, and had a couple of sky roofs. I was proud of my pumped up shocks on it, and the state-of-the-art cassette player with FM radio!

No phone though.

I had a CB.

CB Radios

Mention ‘CB Radio’ to most people and they will instantly mime holding a mic and spew phrases like ‘breaker-breaker-9’, ‘big 10-4 rubber duck’ in a bad US accent or even start singing the theme tune to ‘Convoy’. Interestingly for a craze that burned out over 30 years ago, the social and linguistic paraphernalia of the CB world continues to live on strongly even today.

  • The CB radio was invented in 1945 by Al Gross, the inventor of the walkie-talkie and owner of the Citizens Radio Corporation.

The radio became popular with small businesses and blue collar workers like carpenters, plumbers, and electricians who used the radio as a tool to communicate with coworkers.

  • By 1960, the costs to produce the 23 channel radio were low enough that everyday Joes could afford to buy one.
  • By 1973, coinciding with the onset of the oil crisis, the CB Radio craze erupted.

FCC opens up CB radio channels to the public

When Al Gross invented the CB radio in 1945, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) quickly opened up radio services for personal users of the radio.

Most countries have similar radio services. In the United States, Citizen’s Band Radios operate on the 27-Mhz band whereas in Canada it is known as General Radio Services and operates on the 26 Mhz and 28 Mhz bands.

CB Radio.

Unlike amateur radio, CB radio does not require a license (although at one time, they did require a license to operate). CB radio channels are shared by many users at the same time and other stations must listen and wait for the shared channel to be available.

By the 1960’s, the CB radio was popular with businesses and radio hobbyists. By the late 1960’s, advancements in solid state electronics allowed the size of the radio to be greatly reduced as well as the cost.

Suddenly, the general public had access to a communications medium that previously had only been available to specialists. CB radio clubs were formed and hobbyists developed their own unique CB slang language along with 10-codes similar to the codes used by emergency services.

The CB Radio Craze

By 1973, the oil crisis caused the cost of gasoline to skyrocket and shortages quickly developed. In response, the United States government issued a 55 MPH nationwide speed limit.

This caused an angry fury in the ‘States. “How dare the government tell us how to drive!”.

Smokey and the Bandit.

Drivers quickly learned that CB radios could be used to communicate with other drivers to inform them of gas stations that had gas and to notify speeders where police (smokeys) had speed traps set up.

The CB radio became so popular, by 1977 additional channels were opened up and 40 channel radios were introduced to the market.

Newsworthy events related to CB radios further added to the excitement. Truck drivers used the radios to organize convoys ( huge lines of trucks that travelled down the nation’s highways).

In several instances, blockades were organized using CB Radios where trucks would fill all available highway lanes in protest of the high gas prices and new trucking regulations.

CB Radios began to play prominent roles in movies such as Smokey and the Bandit and Movin’ On. Novelty songs about the new electronic toy, such as CW McCall’s Convoy and Cletus Maggard’s White Knight (see lyrics below), were played regularly on the radio.

Smokey and the Bandit

During the CB radio craze, citizens of Great Britain began illegally using American made CBs.

We deserve to live like Americans they demanded! The British government told its citizens that the CB radio would never be legalized on the 27 Mhz wavelength and instead, proposed a different technology on the 860 Mhz “open channel” instead.

The citizens of the United Kingdom took to the streets in high profile public demonstrations and UK government officials bent to the will of the people. Al Gross made the first British ceremonial CB radio call from Trafalgar Square in London.

Later the United Kingdom added more than 40 channels giving UK citizens 80 CB radio channels to work with.

Handles

Years prior, CB radios required a licensed to operate. The license cost about $20 in the early 1970’s and was reduced to $4 in the late 1970’s.

In addition, there were many rules and regulations concerning antenna height, distance restrictions, allowable transmitter power, and call sign rules. People ignored the laws and to hide their identity, developed “handles” or fake names to identify themselves on the radio.

After the FCC started receiving over 1,000,000 license applications a month, the license requirement was dropped entirely but as the culture had already developed, people continued using handles such as “Big Mama” or “Timberwolf” to identify themselves while on the air. Some famous celebrity handles include:

  • Betty Ford, a former First Lady of the United States, whose CB handle was “First Mama”.
  • Voice actor Mel Blanc , an active CB Radio operator, often used the CB handles Bugs or Daffy and talked over the air in the Los Angeles area using his many voices.

Channels

Channels evolved to fill specific purposes. For instance, channel 9 was kept open for emergency use and channel 19 was used for highway communication west of the Mississippi River.

Eventually channel 19 became the “trucker’s channel” and was used for highway communication all over the United States.

In the early days of the CB radio craze, channel 11 was used solely for the purpose of initiating communications (after which the two radio callers switched to a mutually agreed upon channel).

Towns that were close together often adopted a specific channel as their “home” channel so that they could communicate with each other.

Talking the Talk

CD etiquette developed and evolved during the craze. CB radios were intended to be used to warn other drivers of Smokeys up the road or to report roadside emergencies.

Chit chatting with other CB radio users is ok but it is not considered courteous to hold up a channel for more than a few minutes. Cursing is also frowned upon. It is common for CB radio operators to use hidden code or unique slang to communicate.

For instance, when giving a warning that a police officer is running a hidden speedtrap, they might say “smokey in the bush” or to warn truckers to watch out for a broken down school bus they might say “watch out for the kiddy car at mile marker 200″.

Many of the CB slang from the 1970’s hung around and became slang that continued to be used outside the realm of CB radio communications. Below is a large list of CB radio slang used during the 1970’s CB radio craze.

CD Radio slang from a to z
  • ACE – an important or well known CB radio operator
  • Apple – a person who is addicted to the CB radio
  • AF -Audio Frequency
  • Afterburner – Linear amplifier
  • ALERT – Affiliated League of Emergency Radio Teams
  • All the good numbers –  good luck and best wishes to all
  • Alligator – shredded tread from the tires of an 18 wheeler truck
  • Amigo – friend or good buddy
  • ANL – Automatic noise limiter
  • Ankle biter- a little kid
  • Antenna Farm- a CB radio ase station with many antennas strung up in the air
  • Antler Alley – an area known for deer crossings
  • Appliance Operator – degrading term for a non-technical person who barely knows how to turn on their radio
  • AM -Amplitude Modulation
  • Ancient Mariner –  someone who uses AM radio
  • Baby Bear – a rookie police officer
  • Backdoor – vehicle behind the one who is ahead of it.
  • Backdoor closed – the rear of a convey with trucks stacked across the lanes to keep the Smokeys out
  • Back em up – slow down or reduce speed
  • Back off the hammer – slow down or reduce speed
  • Backslide – return trip from a trucker’s run
  • Bad scene – a crowded CB radio channel
  • Ballet Dancer – a CB radio antenna that sways and bends in the wind
  • Base Station – a CB radio installed at a fixed location such as a house
  • Beast  -a very good CB radio rig
  • Beam – Directional Antenna
  • Bean House Bull –  trucker conversation carried on at a truck stop
  • Bear Bait – a speeding car
  • Bear Cage- police station or jail cell
  • Bear Cave – police station
  • Bearmobile – police car
  • Bear Trap – stationary police car running a radar trap
  • Bear in the air- police in their helicopter
  • Bear – police officer
  • Beat the bushes – driving ahead of the other truckers in an effort to draw the police out of hiding
  • Beaver – good looking female
  • Beaver Bear – female police officer
  • Beaver Fever – missing the wife or girlfriend
  • Beaver Palace – a club or bar known for loose female patrons
  • Beaver Patrol – looking for a good looking woman to spend time with
  • Big Charlie or Big Daddy – the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
  • Big Mack – Mack truck
  • Big Slab – freeway or highway
  • Big 10-4-  hearty agreement.
  • Bit on the seat of the britches – pulled over and issued a speeding ticket
  • Black and White – police car
  • Black Ice – patch of iced over blacktop road
  • Bleeding/Bleedover – strong signals from a base station on another channel that interferes with another channel’s reception
  • Blew my doors off – car passed by at high speed
  • Blue Slip- speeding ticket
  • Boast Toastie – CB expert
  • Boat Anchor – an old, broken radio that can no longer be repaired
  • Bodacious- Awesome
  • Boy Scouts – State Police
  • Box -Tractor Trailer
  • Break (or breaker, break for) – request to use the channel
  • Breaking Up – CB radio reception is poor
  • Breaking the “˜ol needle – very strong CB radio signal
  • Bring it back – answer the question that was posed
  • Brown paper bag – unmarked Police car
  • Bubble gum machine- police car with flashing lights
  • Bucket Mouth – obnoxious radio operator or someone who cusses a lot on the air
  • Bug Out – signing off or leaving the radio channel
  • Bumper Lane – the left most passing lane
  • Button Pusher – another CB radio operator who is trying to breakup your communication with another station by keying the microphone
  • Camera -police radar
  • Candy Man – Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
  • Casa – house
  • Cash Register – toll booth
  • Catch you on the flip-flop – will talk to you on my return trip
  • Channel 25 – the telephone
  • Charlie – Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
  • Chew and choke – Restaurant or truck stop eatery
  • Checking My Eyelinds For Pin Holes – I am tired or sleepy
  • Check the seatcovers – look at that passengers in the passing car
  • Chicken Coup – weigh station
  • Chicken Coup is Clean – weigh station is closed.
  • Chicken Inspector – weigh station inspector
  • Chopped Top- a very short antenna
  • Christmas Card – speeding ticket
  • Chrome Dome – a mobile radio with a dome antenna on top of the car
  • Clean Cat – a unmodified CB radio
  • Clean Shot – the road ahead is free of obstructions, construction, and police
  • Cleaner channel – CB radio channel with less traffic on it
  • Clear – Final transmission “This is 505 and I’m clear”
  • Clear after you  – you are ending transmission after the other person finishes signing off
  • Coffee Bean – Waiter or waitress
  • Cold Rig – 18-wheeler pulling a refrigerated trailer
  • Collect Call – call for a specific CB radio operator
  • Colorado Kool Aid – beer
  • Come again – repeat your last transmission
  • Come Back – answer my call
  • Comic Book  -truckers log book
  • Coming in Loud ‘n Proud – loud and clear signal
  • Concrete Blonde – prostitute
  • Convoy – 2 or more vehicles traveling the same route in a row
  • Cooking – driving
  • Cooking Good – reached desired speed.
  • Copy – receiving a message
  • Copying the mail – listening to the communications on the channel
  • County Mountie – county police or sheriff
  • Covered Up – transmission was blocked by interference
  • Crack ’em Up – traffic accident
  • Cradle Baby – radio operator who is afraid to ask someone to stand by
  • Cup of Mud – cup of coffee
  • Cut Out – leaving the channel
  • Cut Some Z’s – get some sleep
  • Cut The Coax – turn off the radio
  • Daddy-O – Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
  • Dead Pedal – slow moving car or truck
  • Dead Key – keying the mike without talking
  • Decoy – empty or unmanned police car
  • Diesel Digit – cchannel 19
  • Diesel Juice – truck fuel
  • Dime Channel – channel 10
  • Dirty Side – Eastern Seaboard
  • Dixie Cup-  female operator with southern accent
  • Doing the Five-Five- traveling at 55mph
  • Doin’ it to it – Full speed
  • Doing our thing in the left-hand lane – full speed in the passing or left-hand lane
  • Do it to me – answer back
  • Do you copy? – Do you understand?
  • Don’t Tense – calm down
  • Don’t Feed The Bears – don’t get a ticket
  • Double key – two radio operators talking at the same time
  • Double L – telephone call
  • Double Nickel – 55mph (the speed limit during the 1970’s CB radio craze)
  • Down “˜n Out or Down and gone – signing off
  • Down and on the side – through talking but will continue listening
  • Drag Your Feet – wait a few seconds before transmitting to see if someone else wants to break in
  • Dream Weaver – sleepy driver who is weaving across the lanes
  • Dress For Sale – prostitute or dressed like a prostitute
  • Drop Out – fading signal
  • Drop Stop Destination – where freight will be dropped off
  • Drop the Hammer – drive fast
  • Dropped it off the shoulder – ran off the shoulder of the road
  • Dusted your britches – keyed up at the same time
  • Dusted my britches – passed me very fast
  • Dusted Your Ears- transmission interrupted
  • DX – Long Distance
  • Eager beaver – anxious young woman
  • Ears ON – CB radio turned ON
  • Eights or Eighty-eights – love and kisses
  • Eights and other good numbers – love and kisses, and best wishes
  • Eighty-eight’s around the house – good luck and best wishes to you and yours
  • Eyeball- Personal meeting
  • Everybody must be walking the dog – all channels are busy
  • Evil Knievel – motorcycle policeman
  • Fake brake – driver riding with his foot on the brake
  • Fat load – overweight or big truck load
  • Feed The Bears – paying a speeding fine
  • Fender bender – traffic accident
  • Fifty Dollar Lane – passing lane
  • First Sargent – wife
  • Flag waver – highway repair crew
  • Flaps down – slow down
  • Flappers -ears
  • Flip flop – return trip
  • Flip-Flopping Bears – police reversing direction or turning around
  • Flop it – turn around
  • Flop box – motel or room in truck stop
  • FM – Frequency Modulation
  • Follow the stripes home – have a safe trip
  • Footwarmer – Linear amplifier
  • Forty weight – coffee
  • Four Wheeler – cCar
  • Four lane parking lot – highway with traffic backed up
  • Four legged go-go dancers – ugly women
  • Fox – pretty female
  • Fox Charile Charlie – FCC
  • Fox hunt – FCC hunting for illegal operators
  • Fox jaws – Ffemale with nice voice, but not necessarily a body to match
  • Free Ride – prostitute
  • Freight Box – trailer for the truck
  • Friendly Candy Company – FCC
  • Front Door – the lead in a convoy
  • Full of vitamins – running all out
  • Full Bore – driving fast as you can
  • Full Throttle – driving fast as the truck will let you
  • Funny Candy Company – FCC
  • Funny channels – channels that are outside the legal band
  • Gallon – 1000 watts of power
  • Garbage – too much small talk on a channel
  • Gas Jockey – gas station attendant
  • Gear – overnight bag or supplies
  • Get horizontal – go to sleep
  • Get Trucking – start driving
  • Girlie Bear – female police officer
  • Give me a shout – call me on the radio
  • Glory Card – Class D License
  • Go Breaker – OK to go ahead and break into the channel
  • Go Ahead – your turn to talk or reply
  • Go Juice – truck fuel
  • Go to channel 41 – a joke to get someone off the radio (there is no channel 41)
  • Going Horizontal – going to sleep
  • Gone – leaving the channel
  • Gone 10-7 – permanently dead
  • Good Buddy – friend (modern day means homosexual)
  • Goon Squad – persons who do not share the channel
  • Got my shoes on – Switched the linear ON
  • Got your ears on? – are you listening on this channel
  • Got my eyeballs peeled – looking hard
  • Got my foot in it – speeding up
  • Go to 100 – go to the bathroom
  • Green Stamps – cash money
  • Green Stamp Collector – police with radar
  • Green Stamp lane – passing lane
  • Green Stamp Road – toll road.
  • Grease monkey – mechanic
  • Greasy Spoon – restaurant with bad food
  • Ground Clouds – fFog
  • Gypsy – trucker who drives for an independent company
  • Hack – taxi cab
  • Hag Feast – group of female CB radio operators on the channel
  • Haircut palace – bridge or overpass with low clearance
  • Hairpin – sharp curve
  • Hamburger helper – Linear Amp
  • Hammer – gas pedal
  • Hammer Off – slow down
  • Hammer Down – speed up
  • Hang it in your ear – that was a stupid comment
  • Handle – CB radio code name
  • Hay Shaker – truck transporting a mobile home
  • Heading for a hole – about to head into a low spot where radio transmission may not be possible
  • Heater – Linear amplifier
  • Hell bent for leather – driving fast
  • Hiding in the grass – police parked on a median strip
  • Hiding in the bushes, sitting under the leaves – hidden police car
  • Highball – drive non-stop to the destination
  • High Rise – large bridge or overpass
  • Hippie Chippie – female hitchhiker
  • Hip Pocket – glove box
  • Hit the cobblestones – hit the road
  • Hog – Harley Davidson
  • Home Twenty – location of your home
  • How tall are you? – How tall is your truck?
  • Hundred mile coffee – very strong coffee
  • Ice Box – Refrigerated trailer.
  • Idiot Box – TV set
  • In a short – soon
  • In a short-short – very soon
  • In the mud – noise on the channel
  • In the Pokey with Smokey – arrested
  • Jack – good friend
  • Jack Rabbit – police officers
  • Jam – deliberately interfere with another station.
  • Japanese toy – CB
  • Jargon – CB lingo
  • Jaw Jacking – talking, talking needlessly
  • Jewelry – lights on a rig
  • Jingle – call on the telephone
  • Johnny Law – police officer
  • Juke Joint – small or out-of-the-way place to eat
  • Jump Down – switch to a lower channel
  • Jump Up – switch to a higher channel
  • Keep “˜em Between the Ditches – have a safe trip
  • Keep the shiny side up and the greasy side down – drive safely
  • Keep the wheels spinning – drive safely
  • Keep your noise between the ditches and smokey out of your britches – drive carefully, lookout for police
  • Keying the mike – activating the microphone without speaking
  • Kicker – Linear amplifier
  • Kiddie car – school bus
  • Knock the stack out – speed up
  • Knuckle Buster – fight
  • Kojak – police officer
  • Kojak with a Kodak – policeman with a radar
  • Lady Bear – female police officer
  • Lady Breaker – Ffemale CB operator asking for a break.
  • Lame – broken down vehicle
  • Land Line – telephone
  • Land Yacht – mobile home or camper
  • Lane Flipper – car or truck that keeps changing lanes
  • Lane Lover – driver who will not get out of the lane
  • Latrine Lips – radio operator who cusses
  • Let the channel roll – it’s ok to break in and request use of the channel
  • Legal Beagle – person who always follows the rules
  • Lettuce – money
  • Lights green, bring on the machine – road is clear of police and other slowdowns
  • Linear – RF amplifier
  • Little Bear – local police officer
  • Little Beaver – daughter
  • Little Bit – prostitute
  • Little Brother – friend
  • Local Bear – local police officer
  • Local Yokel – small town police officer
  • Log some Z’s – get some sleep
  • Loot Limo – armored car
  • M20 – place to meet
  • Magic Mile – the end of a trip
  • Mama – girlfriend or wife
  • Mama Bear – female police officer
  • Man in White – doctor
  • Mashing the mike – keying the mike (usually without talking)
  • Meatwagon – ambulance.
  • Modulate – talk
  • Modulating – talking
  • Money Bus – armored truck
  • Motion Lotion – fuel
  • Motorcycle Mama – woman riding on a motorcycle
  • Muck Truck – cement truck
  • Nap Trap – hotel or other place to sleep
  • Negative – no
  • Negative Copy – did not hear
  • Neon, Freon, Ion Jockey – truck driver with many lights on his rig
  • Nightcrawlers – many police in the area
  • Niner – channel 9
  • Ninety Weight – alcohol
  • Oil burner – diesel truck
  • On the by or on the standby – listening but not talking.
  • One foot on the floor, one hanging out the door, and she just won’t do no more – driving as fast as I can
  • Other Half – girlfriend or wife
  • Out – through transmitting
  • Over – your turn to transmit
  • Over modulation – talking so loud that audio is distorted
  • Pack it in – ending transmission
  • Pair of sevens – no contact or answer
  • Papa Bear – state trooper with CB radio
  • Paper hanger – police giving ticket
  • Parking Lot – traffic jam
  • Pavement Princess – prostitute
  • Peanut butter in his ears – is not listening
  • Pedal to the metal – drive fast
  • Peeling Off – getting of the freeway
  • Plain Wrapper – unmarked police car
  • Play Dead – stand by
  • Picture taking machine – radar
  • Pit Stop – stop for a bathroom break
  • Popcorn – hal
  • Porcupine – cr with a lot of antennas on it
  • Pounding the pavement – waking
  • Press some sheets – slep
  • Pull the hammer back – slow down
  • Pull the plug – signoff and turn the radio off
  • Put an eyeball on him – saw or see
  • Put it on the floor and looking for some more – trying to drive as fast as possible
  • QSL Card – Personalized postcard sent to confirm a conversation
  • QSK – break
  • QRM – nise or interference
  • Q-R-Mary – nose or interference
  • QSY – changing channels/frequency.
  • QRT – signing off
  • QRX – wait
  • QSB – nise
  • QSO – conversation
  • QTH – location
  • Quasar – female
  • Radio Runt – child breaking in on a channel.
  • Rain Locker – shower
  • Rake the leaves – last vehicle in a convoy
  • Ratchet-Jaw – non-stop talker
  • REACT – Radio Emergency Associated Citizens Teams
  • Rebound – return trip
  • Red Lighted – pulled over by police
  • REST – Radio Emergency Safety Teams
  • RF – Radio Frequency
  • Road Jockey – truck driver
  • Road Ranger – police officer
  • Rock – slang for crystal
  • Rockin’ chair – car in the middle of a convoy
  • Roger – O.K.
  • Roller Skate – car
  • Rolling – driving
  • Rolling Bears – police officers driving
  • Rugrats – children
  • Rubberneckers – onlookers
  • Running Barefoot – using a radio at the legal output
  • Running on rags – driving a vehicle with little to no tread on the tires.
  • Running Shotgun – driving partner
  • San Quentin Jailbait – under age female hitch hiker
  • Seatcover – good looking female
  • Shaking the windows – loud and clear reception
  • Shim – illegally amplified transmitter
  • Shoot the breeze – casual conversation
  • Shovelling coal – speeding up
  • Show-off lane – passing lane
  • Skip – atmospheric conditions that cause signals to travel much farther than they normally would
  • Skippers – radio operators talking long distance
  • Sidedoor – oassing lane
  • Sitting in the saddle – middle truck in a convoy
  • “S” Meter – meter on your radio which which indicates the signal strength
  • Smokey – State Police
  • Smokey Bear – State Police
  • Smokey report – police location report
  • Smokey Dozing – police sitting in a parked car
  • Smokey’s thick – police are everywhere
  • Smokey with a camera – police with radar
  • Smokey with ears – policeman with CB radio in their car
  • Somebody stepped on you – someone transmitted while you were talking
  • Splatter – bleedover from another channel
  • Squelch – control on radio which silences the speaker until a signal of a certain strength breaks through it
  • Three’s and eights – signing off, best wishes
  • Thin – very weak signal
  • Twelves – I have company present
  • Twenty – Location
  • Two Stool beaver – very fat woman
  • Uncle Charlie – FCC
  • Walking on you – someone talking over you
  • Wall-to-wall and treetop tall – strong, clear signal
  • Wall-to-wall and ten feet tall – strong clear signal
  • Warden – girlfriend or wife
  • Watch the pavement – drive safely
  • Water hole – truck stop
  • Wear your bumper out – following too close
  • Wearing socks – has linear amplifier
  • What am I putting on you? – how strong is my signal
  • What’s your twenty? – what is your location
  • Whip – long cb antenna
  • Who do you pull for? – who do you work for?
  • Wooly Bear – female
  • Z’s – Sleep

In addition to CB radio slang, CB radio operators used a series of “10 codes” similar to the codes used by emergency radio operators.

The Complete CB 10 codes
  • 10-1 Receiving Poorly
  • 10-2 Receiving Well
  • 10-3 Stop Transmitting
  • 10-4 Ok, Message Received
  • 10-5 Relay Message
  • 10-6 Busy, Stand By
  • 10-7 Out of Service, Leaving Air
  • 10-8 In Service, subject to call
  • 10-9 Repeat Message
  • 10-10 Transmission Completed, Standing By
  • 10-11 Talking too Rapidly
  • 10-12 Visitors Present
  • 10-13 Advise weather/road conditions
  • 10-16 Make Pickup at…
  • 10-17 Urgent Business
  • 10-18 Anything for us?
  • 10-19 Nothing for you, return to base
  • 10-20 My Location is ……… or What’s your Location?
  • 10-21 Call by Telephone
  • 10-22 Report in Person too ……
  • 10-23 Stand by
  • 10-24 Completed last assignment
  • 10-25 Can you Contact …….
  • 10-26 Disregard Last Information/Cancel Last Message/Ignore
  • 10-27 I am moving to Channel ……
  • 10-28 Identify your station
  • 10-29 Time is up for contact
  • 10-30 Does not conform to FCC Rules
  • 10-32 I will give you a radio check
  • 10-33 Emergency Traffic at this station
  • 10-34 Trouble at this station, help needed
  • 10-35 Confidential Information
  • 10-36 Correct Time is ………
  • 10-38 Ambulance needed at ………
  • 10-39 Your message delivered
  • 10-41 Please tune to channel ……..
  • 10-42 Traffic Accident at ……….
  • 10-43 Traffic tie-up at ………
  • 10-44 I have a message for you
  • 10-45 All units within range please report
  • 10-50 Break Channel
  • 10-62 Unable to copy, use phone
  • 10-62sl unable to copy on AM, use Sideband – Lower (not an official code)
  • 10-62su unable to copy on AM, use Sideband – Upper (not an official code)
  • 10-65 Awaiting your next message/assignment
  • 10-67 All units comply
  • 10-70 Fire at …….
  • 10-73 Speed Trap at …………
  • 10-75 You are causing interference
  • 10-77 Negative Contact
  • 10-84 My telephone number is ………
  • 10-85 My address is ………..
  • 10-91 Talk closer to the mike
  • 10-92 Your transmitter is out of adjustment
  • 10-93 Check my frequency on this channel
  • 10-94 Please give me a long count
  • 10-95 Transmit dead carrier for 5 sec.
  • 10-99 Mission completed, all units secure
  • 10-100 Need to take a break
  • 10-200 Police needed at ……….

How to operate a CB radio

There it an etiquette that CB radio operators follow in order to be “polite” and courteous to the other CB radio users.  The following rules should always be followed.

  • When two or more people are talking on a channel they are said to “own the channel”.  FCC regulations require they give other users an opportunity to use the channel so they should not hold the channel hostage for more than several minutes.
  • CB radio users should not “step on” other units.  “Step on” means to transmit at the same time another radio operator is transmitting.  They should also never key over someone else.
  • If you hear one unit break for another unit, give some time for the unit to respond before you say anything yourself.  It may take a radio user time to grab the mic or get from the kitchen to the living room radio unit.
  • After your break has been acknowledged, keep the next transmission short.  For example, a break might go something like this: “Break one-nine for Super Trooper.  Super Trooper, do you have your ears on?”.  if Super Trooper does not answer after a minute or so, it is nice to acknowledge that you are finished by saying something like “thanks for the break”.
  • If you are carrying on a conversation and someone “walks over” you, you have one of two options.  You can ask the person you were speaking to to repeat.  For example, “10-9, you were stepped on.  Please repeat”.  Alternatively, you can hand the channel over to the breaker.
  • If your break is not acknowledged, wait several minutes before attempting to contact them again.

Enough of the CB craze in the 1970s in the USA…

Of course, today is quite different. There are all sorts of systems competing for our telecommunication needs. They vary from Skype to zoom, and everything in between.

Dilbert.

But I live in China, and EVERYONE uses WeChat.

Man oh man! 

WeChat is far more than I ever realized it was, and I have to tell you all that I am just blown away by some of the many features and functions that it has. And you all must realize that I have been using it for many, many years.

Over a decade.

So whether you have the APP, or are considering the APP, check out this “discovery tour” of WeChat.

First off, it’s a handy communication platform.

Duh! In fact, I will tell you that it is an all-in-one phone, instant messaging, video conference, and teleconference package.

All for free.

No costs to use.

You see, in China, the government has decreed that communication is a basic right and need. It should not be part of a for-profit model.

Sure, in the “old days” you used to have to pay for landlines, and maintenance, but now, since the infrastructure is in place, the costs to use this (and other applications) this APP is free to communicate with.

While my cell-phone certainly has telephony (telephone access), I find that it is often far easier to just  communicate back and forth with people using WeChat.

You just select your contact… and you can call, text, video immediately with zero charges anywhere in the world…

Connect with your friends.

But it’s more than that. You see you can have family, business, or friends groupings.

And while I am sure that it is available on other APP platforms, it’s just so deliciously easy to use on WeChat. You set up a group call, a group chat, a group message board, or a group video. Oh, and did I say that it’s all free?

The WeChat group chat, text, phone, or video are all so very easy to set up and use. It’s almost instinctive.

Now, these two aspects of the entire WeChat platform are reason enough to have it on your phone. If that’s all that you ever use your phone for, then it is most certainly worth it.

But there’s so much more.

You see, there’s all kinds of things that you can do when you are chatting on the phone using WeChat. It’s more than just chatting away.

You can text while chatting, video while chatting, translate things while chatting, read a text in Icelandic and have it instantly translated into English.

You can point your phone at a strange road sign in Afghanistan and have it instantly translated, and if you are unable to see the translation, it will read the translation out to you in English for you.

Translate Text

Sometimes you will get messages in Chinese and, unless you can read Chinese characters fluently, this can be a problem.

So, WeChat has added this feature that will translate messages for you. Press and hold on the message you want to translate and then select the right arrow and then press ‘Translate’ and it will automatically translate the message.

So there’s a message.

You click on it, and select translate.

Translate.

And low and behold, it will translate to your assigned default language on your phone. Pretty cool. I will tell you that living inside of China, I use this feature extensively. But also when I travel to Thailand, Japan, Korea, or Saudi Arabia it most certainly comes in handy.

Scan

One of the most used applications inside of China is the scan function. You scan for everything. You scan to enter buildings.

You scan to pay.

You scan to get information.

You scan to visit internet and government websites. All you need to is go to the top of the APP and click on Scan QR Code…

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And then scan the code. It’s just like this…

Scan the QR code.

Now…

Here’s a power tip.

Scan and Translate

Can’t read the instructions or menus in China?

China’s most popular social platform offers AR-based real-time translation.

This feature can be accessed from the scan feature in the upright corner, which is regularly used to scan QR codes.

To use the real-time translator, simply capture an image of anything with either Chinese or English text in it, operating on a point and translate model.

First, go to the + sign > Scan > Translate, Then take a photo to translate or select a photo from your gallery. Finally, wait for the text to be translated and understand the text in English.

The default is on the lower left. It will scan the QR code. However, if you click on “Translate”, something else happens… [1] You are prompted to take a photo.

Take a photo.
[2] It is translated for you.

Currently, WeChat Translate only supports Chinese and English, it works similarly to the Waygo App, which was designed to help non-Chinese speakers translate food menus and signs. An indication that WeChat wants to appeal to foreign users and tourists living in China.

WeChat’s trend of taking successful features from apps and integrating the technology into their platform shows their ambition to grow and compete with US tech giants: Google, Snapchat and Instagram.

However, WeChat still has a long way to go to reach the levels of Google Translate augmented reality feature, which now supports 30 languages.

Translate Image Text

“Translate Image Text” is another cool hidden feature that you will want to know. Instead of scanning and translating, you can now choose any image that you have in either your phone gallery or chat and long-press until the menu appears with the option of translate image to text. [1] Pull up the image. [2] Long press until the menu comes up. [3] Translate. Now, all this is really cool, but that all isn’t the really great stuff. Let’s get to some of the really cool things…

Voice messages to text

I use this all the time. It’s a dictation feature on the text messaging section of WeChat. You just click on the button and dictate. What you speak is automatically converted from voice to text, and you can send the message so easily. It sure beats the singular thumb method of typing on a little screen.

This voice input function allows users to speak into WeChat and immediately convert their words into text. All you have to do is to long-press the voice message button, say what you want to be translated to text and just before letting go, swipe up and right and let go when you reach the bubble on the right side. 

WeChat voice to text feature.

Shazam

Want to find the name for that TV show you’re watching? Under the Shake feature you can also select ‘TV show’ and, when you shake, WeChat will act like Shazam and tell you the name of the TV show you’re watching.

What’s that show, or that song?

It is also useful for Douxing videos, music and many other things. This is a great way to identify music you like on a video. Because when the answer comes up, a link is provided to the QQ application that allows you to put that particular song in your play list.

More, more and MORE!

There is so much more that you can do. From sharing videos to creating facebook like environments, to group collaborating to dressing up and editing presentations.

It’s an all inclusive complete platform. But I am really not up to go through all the nuiances of it. Others have, and they have been doing a better job than I.

Let me just say that time has changes, and the advances in technology are truly wonderful.

Let’s appreciate what they are and use them to the fullest, so that we can benefit from their use.

Becuase sooner or later they will go away and be replaced with something different. And you will long for the days that you have RIGHT NOW.

Enjoy what you have and eat it all up!

It’s a new world

As some of these meme’s attest to… Great cat, by the way. Some of these are just funny… I suppose there are many more… As I said. Some are really spot on…

Well all this talk about communicaiton makes me hungry…

Maybe something simple delicious and easy to make. Maybe something a little bit like this…

An easy to make, healthy and delicious meal.

It’s better than fast food, I’ll tell you what. However, if you really are in the mood, why not make a home made pizza? It’s not all that hard, and it’s cheap. If you make the dough from scratch a entire pizza is only a few dollars tops. Maybe something like this…

Homemade pizza.

Of course, while you are a smunching, you can go forth and invite some friends over to your porch and “shoot the breeze”… you know, talk a bit. It doesn’t matter what you talk about. Just chat. Everyone has things to say. Just listen. Maybe you can impress them with your local knowledge. Maybe something like this… .

Maybe if they are some neighborhood kids, you can teach them how to whittle, or something similiar.

Most kids these days need some real uncle-like behaviors in their neighborhoods.

Don’t wait for others to take action.

You go ahead and do it yourself. Whittle.

Whittling.

Just take the time and make friends.

Whittling.

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And you know, it doesn’t hurt to smoke a cigarette, drink a beer, or share a pizza with some neighborhood friends.

Do you want more?

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A message for non-native English speakers to this blog. (And you’se guys too!)

Summary: Life is too short to hide away in your basement eating potato chips and drinking king-size Cokes. You really do need to get yourself a pretty girl, start eating steaks, and drinking some fine delicious alcohol. I'll tell you what!

I have noted that a significant number of the negative comments on this blog come from non-native speakers of English. Their comments and responses are always about a “trigger phrase” that upsets them. They get angry at the phrase, and hurriedly type off an angry response to me.

A response that I do not print.

When I say…

"America is blowing up mud huts in third-world shit holes..."

I mean…

"America is wasting, time, money, and lives on things it has no business being involved in."

Jeeze!

Come on! Give me a break, why don't you. I really don't need some of the nonsense that spews forth from some of ya.
Come on! Give me a break, why don’t you. I really don’t need some of the nonsense that spews forth from some of ya.

Yet, even the most childish responses and comments, I do ponder about. And in so thinking, I wonder what is going on. Some of the responses are predictable…

  • Radical progressive Marxist.
  • Flag-waving hard-boiled Pro-America cannon-fodder (in their 20’s).
  • University professor type.
  • Joe Smo with a beer in one hand and pork rinds in the other.
  • A 11 year old child alone at home.
  • The basement troll who lives for making life miserable for others.
  • A “know nothing”, know-it-all.

Well, this post here is for a different kind of person. It is one who I turned off by my use of the English language, and the way that I speak.

Hey! Bud! You'se got a problem with the way I express myself?
Hey! Bud! You’se got a problem with the way I express myself?

I well remember when my boss ordered me to change my signature. And being the beta chuck I was, I obeyed.

Never again.

Now I live my life on my own terms. If you cannot handle it, you can leave.

It is particularly true for those of you whom watched my video(s). I come across as energetic, impassioned, and convinced. I am not what people would assume an “enlightened”, or “knowledgeable”, or otherwise “well bred” person would look like, sound like, or act like.

I played those roles. I lived that life.

It sucked.

So now I’m just having fun.

I do not act like the stereotype of what I am supposed to be. That's fine. Maybe I'm here to break some of those "glass barriers" of nonsense created to corral the ignorant. Eh?
I do not act like the stereotype of what I am supposed to be. That’s fine. Maybe I’m here to break some of those “glass barriers” of nonsense created to corral the ignorant. Eh?

You follow your own path.

You know, like Donald Trump, David Lee Roth, Pauly Shore, or Rodney Dangerfield.

Be unique.

Be you.

Pauly Shore and "Encino Man".
Pauly Shore and “Encino Man”.

Well, I don’t wear white robes or a wreath of clusters of gold coated olive leaves. I don’t have a halo. I have no red “bat phone” to God. I am a human, and I act like a human.

Deal with it.

I just wanna munch.
I just wanna munch.

Some Notes

I find that many people are repelled by my use of American idioms.

They take them literally.

Mainly because the language is foreign to them, or that they use machine translation that does not convey American idioms very well.

Do not take the literal meaning of an idiom. It is a terrible mistake.

For instance, well imagine the confusion that would insure if you used direct machine translation for the following idioms…

  • Shit a brick.
  • Piece of cake
  • Behind the Eight Ball
  • Scoot over.
  • Ballpark.
  • Put lipstick on a pig.
  • Bought the Farm
  • Knock on wood.
  • Break a leg.
  • Jump on the Bandwagon
  • Break a bill.

It’s going to confuse the living shit out of people.

Who doesn’t want to get laid?

Here’s some of the idioms that I use (that some people are in an uproar over) and what they mean.

[1] Blowing up mud huts

The idea behind this idiom is that America is using weapons, very expensive weapons, to do things that are just simply not necessary. As well as being used for things that they are not designed for.

John Bolton, he is a neocon. He is the type of American that loves war. He wants to rule the world. He thinks that anyone outside of America are lowly animals, and can be killed or done with however he feels. He is ignorant, arrogant and dangerous. And today, he has power within Washington DC.
John Bolton, he is a neocon. He is the type of American that loves war. He wants to rule the world. He thinks that anyone outside of America are lowly animals, and can be killed or done with however he feels. He is ignorant, arrogant and dangerous. And today, he has power within Washington DC.

Here, the US military will fire a $30,000,000 missile at at low-value target. Like a car parked under a fig tree, a pile of bricks, and (my favorite) a cabbage patch.

What’s their malfunction?

They hate gardens, back yards, and farm animals?

American wars for the last 70 years have been proxy adventures.

The missile is designed to shoot down other high-value targets. It has expensive electronics, expensive stealth systems, and expensive counter measures. It is tested against simulations of the most advanced Russian and Chinese weapons systems. It is tested under simulated EMC and nuclear conditions. It is tested to be used under all extremes of weather from the hottest climate to the arctic winter.

But…

But it is being used to blow up and destroy something that it was not designed for.

It is like buying a very expensive steak, at the most expensive restaurant in the city. Then taking it and throwing it on the street for the village dogs to eat.

It’s a waste of resources, and a true shame.

Hellfire Missile. Often used by drones in the Middle East.
The budget for the purchase of the Hellfire Missiles, and what the money could be spent on instead...

 5,950 Hellfire Missiles – Housing & Smart TVs for 19,807 People
 
 $654,500,000 – $248,558,282 = $405,941,718
 $405,941,718 – Replacing 10,000 Lead Pipes in Flint
 $405,941,718 – $216,000,000 = $189,941,718
 $189,941,718 ÷ Average Monthly Grocery Expenses
 $189,941,718 ÷ $214.75 = 884,478.3

When I use this idiom, I mean that the military should NOT be shooting these weapons unless it is in a defensive role to defend the citizens of the United States, on United States soil.

And they most certainly should not be shooting it at average families living in rural, undeveloped areas.

Donald Trump with a presidential national Security Advisor John Bolton. This neocon wants to use nuclear weapons against any threat; real or imagined against the United States.
Donald Trump with a presidential national Security Advisor John Bolton. This neocon wants to use nuclear weapons against any threat; real or imagined against the United States.

We should call all the troops home. Stop killing strangers, and concentrate on things that really matters.

Like friends, family, good food and high times!

What, you don’t want to have fun?

Listen up! Pay attention!

This is how it’s done…

Party on, Earl.

[2] Third World Shit Hole

This is an American idiom that generally means a (crappy) poorer nation. It is used by most Americans negatively, but that is NOT how I use it.

When I use it, I mean it to be a small nation, minding their own business…

…and that America has no business being there at all.

It may or may not be corrupt (though, no other nation could approach the level of corruption that the USA has), and it may or may not have depreciated infrastructure. (Though many places in the USA would easily fit this description. Like Detroit for instance.)

War, war, war. Most Americans never heard of these places that America is involved in. After all, America is fighting eight simultaneous wars right now. Most Americans can't even name all the wars, let alone point to them on a map.
War, war, war. Most Americans never heard of these places that America is involved in. After all, America is fighting eight simultaneous wars right now. Most Americans can’t even name all the wars, let alone point to them on a map.

In my mind, the term “third world shithole” means;

  • Small nation.
  • Far away nation.
  • Poorer nation.
  • A nation turned into rubble by the US Military / CIA / NED / NID. (Most of the smaller nations.)
  • A nation turned corrupt by the CIA and “pro democracy” regime change apparatus.

Conclusion

If you rely on computer, machine, or google translation services, they will fail you. They will give you an incorrect translation of this blog. Be advised, and take care.

Fun Fact:

The word " Covfefe " (the word that Donald Trump tweeted) is an Arabic word. It means "I will stand up". Google deleted this reference in their translation software, and the engineer responsible for the deletion of that entry came forth and described why he was told to delete it.

The internet is all about how stupid and silly Donald Trump is by misspelling an English word, when the truth is something very different.

Do not rely on internet software.

Being friends is much better than killing each other.

In my mind, there are many, many “third-world shit-holes” that I would be very happy living in. Seriously, like…

  • Bolivia
  • Chile
  • Zambia (Been there.)
  • Algeria
  • Cambodia (Been there.)
  • Indonesia (Been there.)
  • Burma

For me, I see these “far away” lands as refreshing alternatives to the nightmare that the United States has devolved into.

Refreshing. Live your life on your own terms.

The people live their lives easily, casually and spend time with friends, family and have fun. They do not worry about reporting their earnings to their governments, walking down the street, or driving too fast. They do not worry about drinking, smoking, or fishing. They do not worry about what their leaders are doing.

They are off living their own lives.

In my mind, many blown up mud huts” should still be untouched and standing. Not a smoldering crater in the dirt.

We should all be spending the time enjoying ourselves. Why not? Please tell me why not. Please tell me....
We should all be spending the time enjoying ourselves. Why not? Please tell me why not. Please tell me….

Life is far too short to waste it on war, death and destruction. That is my official take on these matters. I hope that you all agree with me.

Life is too short to waste on war.

We all should be enjoying ourselves. Singing, dancing, spending time with loved ones. Eating good and delicious food. Drinking the beverages that we enjoy and playing games and getting involved in activities that matter to us.

We should all be spending the time enjoying ourselves. Why not? Please tell me why not. Please tell me....
We should all be spending the time enjoying ourselves. Why not? Please tell me why not. Please tell me….

We should be spending time with pets, smelling nature, and honoring our God… no matter what you call him. Or how you worship or praise him.

Have fun.

Two girls are better than one…

… if you are up to the challenge.

We should all be spending the time enjoying ourselves. Why not? Please tell me why not. Please tell me....
We should all be spending the time enjoying ourselves. Why not? Please tell me why not. Please tell me….

We need to spend more time in appreciation of the good blessings that we have been entrusted with (by our God), and less time dealing with the evil machinations of others in power.

And yes. Whether you have someone cooking for you, or you are skilled and talented enough to make your own food, it does not matter. Cook some delicious food! And… EAT IT!

What’s stopping you?

I hope that I clarified some things here. Most people will shake their head and say WTF?

All Americans understand what those two idioms mean…

… though they might not understand why I am so aggressive in promoting enjoyment.

Don’t take things so gosh darn personally.

I mean that there should not be any kind of war or fighting. That we should spend the time helping others and improving the human species, not trying to fight each other so that some rich people get richer. I mean the top top 1% of the humans already have enough money to buy Jupiter, so what's their malfunction? Eh?
I mean that there should not be any kind of war or fighting. That we should spend the time helping others and improving the human species, not trying to fight each other so that some rich people get richer. I mean the top top 1% of the humans already have enough money to buy Jupiter, so what’s their malfunction? Eh?

True, but about 25% of my audience lies outside of America.

Bet ya all didn’t know that!

And misunderstandings do occur. I do hope that this can clear some issues up.

Let me be your guide.

I hope that you enjoyed this little post. I have more in my Happiness Index… here…

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Assorted Influencer Driven FAQ’s Regarding this MAJestic Disclosure (part 8)

This is part eight of a multi-part post.

Fake News

Why do you include obviously proven fake and fabricated data in your manuscript?  Don’t you think that it would detract from the content’s value?

No. The reader is advised to ignore what they cannot understand.

What might be garbage to one reader might be quite valuable to another reader. Everything is thrown in this blog.  I have done so with a degree of carelessness bounding on criminality.  As such some things that are included that a more cautious person or editor would have deleted.

I have tried to put passages in this written manuscript (blog) and borrowed from others with the understanding that there would be a risk involved.  That risk would rely on the relative truth or falsehood of the borrowed passage. It’s a risk that once encounters every time they open up their web browser.

I believe in the 80/20 rule. 

Which means that as long as I present SOMETHING, it is better to have the bulk of the content correct, even though others might find fault with a minority of issues.  (Thus, the 80/20 rule.)

This in mind, the reader must please note that those who are searching for discrediting passages and concepts will find them, no matter how truthful and accurate they are.  Searchers will find what they need, no matter what other people might think.

It is easy to discredit anything. 

Just look at Google, Wikipedia, and Snopes. According to these organizations, there is only one reality; theirs.  As such they will bend the truth; the narrative, and history to make their truth yours; the readers. What is real…well, that is decided upon by the reader. There are no perfect absolutes.  Only relative absolutes pertaining to one’s occupied reality.

Time Travel

You say that you were not involved in time travel, yet how can you explain your “off world” experience where you were away for one entire week?

My probes did not permit me to conduct “apparent” time travel.

However, there might have been a way to do it, but I was not aware (or trained) in the method necessary.

As far as the “off world” event is concerned, I cannot comment on what exactly transpired as I was unconscious from the moment I entered the portal until the time I got up and left the table.

It might have been “apparent” time travel, or something else. 

I present it as is, and let others who are smarter than I am, figure out what actually transpired. My personal opinion is that the fixed dimensional portal can permit dimensional travel with time variance. My core kit #2 probes has limited functionality in this regard.

The handout

In the “handout” that you filled out, you said that your favorite animal was a cat.  Yet, you say that you like dogs.  Which is it?

My favorite animal is a cat.  They are independent, clean, and precise hunters. 

cute and funny kitties.
Best picture. Indeed.

However, I also like dogs.  They are loyal, obedient, playful and make great buddies.  I like both.

In fact, my house is a regular zoo with both dogs and cats. 

We have considered getting a turtle, but no one has the patience to take it out for a walk (perhaps a little skateboard under the belly might speed it up). 

We considered birds, but their life span is rather short (I hear.). Snakes?  The wife says “No!”.

Ferret?  Maybe, if we can find one in China.

Rabbit? I’m not a fan, but the wife thinks it might make a good companion for the dog. WTF?

It is useful to note that during the entire time that I was in MAJestic, I had cats.  It wasn’t until after I left the organization and was retired that I started to own dogs again.

Alex Jones

Alex Jones says that the Globalists believe that they will be “gifted” with “special powers” that will be provided to them by inter-dimensional beings as long as they promote a satanic behavior and assist in large-scale depopulation efforts. Is this true?

I like Alex Jones.

However, I cannot pretend to guess the motivations of others.  So I actually, have no idea. 

What I do know is that all of the beings that I know of (although, only a mere few) are all of the “service to others” sentience. 

Alex has framed his conclusions around the understanding or belief that Satanists are “service to self” sentience’s. While it is possible that one sentience can employ others of another sentience to perform tasks (for example the Mantids and the Type-I greys),  I just cannot imagine that this impression is correct. (But I could very well be wrong.)

A more plausible explanation for the Globalist behavior is of a desire to create a chaotic environment for the purging of sentience strongholds.  Thus, once the seeds of discord are planted, the “service of self” sentience can go ahead and create situations whereby they can profit from it.

Discovery

Give me a break will ya?

It has been reported that various elements of this manuscript; the unpublished elements, and the uncompleted elements, we discovered auto-saved in “the cloud”. Is this true?

Yes and no.

Numerous applications have tried repeatedly to copy information on both my laptop, and my cellphones to save backups “to the cloud”.  These applications include WPS, and even Microsoft.  I have rebuffed every attempt, including, but not limited to, disabling my wifi connection, and Internet access (on my editing computer). 

In 2017, I moved all any papers and manuscripts to a dedicated computer that I physically disabled Internet access to. (Easy enough to do with a solder iron, and a pair of wire cutters.) That’s one of the things that I have to ability to do in this physical world. I can modify and hack all kinds of electronic hardware.

Then, I periodically physically move the files via USB to a second computer that uploads to a OneDrive “cloud” backup system. I have never used any other electronic backup system. There is nothing of value outside of this manuscript.  Any stories that the reader might come across, no matter how plausible, are absolutely false, and should be ignored.

All official and valid documents are only associated with the Metallicman blog. Anything else is nonsensical.

A good smunch

You say that you like Chinese and Asian food (as a “foodie”), but you miss cheese and fresh tomato sandwiches. Isn’t that contradictory?

No.  Not at all.

Chinese, Japanese, and Thai food are awesome. However, I do miss some American staples.

One thing that the reader must take into account is the great impact that the establishment of the Federal Reserve had on American culture.  As the purchase power of the United States dollar declined, the quality of food that the average American consumed declined as well. 

By the 1970’s the number of formal meals with quality meats and vegetables decreased substantially.  In its place were super-processed foods, and foods (globally) considered to be “cheap eats”. These are basic and cheap food items consisting of wheat, ground up meat, and sugar flavored water. (And, as an aside, the typical American ballooned up into large obese pig.)

We began to look like pigs because we were eating (being fed by the mega-corporations) super-processed foods.  Foods, I must add, that are functionally similar to what pigs and cows  eat. Ouch!

In China, you can eat lobster, crab and steak for only slightly more than typical “American food fare”.  (Don’t believe me?  Go to LouHu, in Shenzhen China.  Compare the prices between a lobster at a Chinese seafood restaurant, and the price of a Whopper at Burger King.) Identical! 

Same size of meat by gram. Let’s be honest and compare by weight.

Yet, you certainly cannot do that in the United States.  In the USA, lobster is for more expensive than a hamburger. (Try finding cheap ground up hamburger in China! Nearly impossible to find.  Hamburger is ground up steak, and pricey as hell. Ugh!)

Typical foods consumed by Americans during the Obama Presidency consisted of the cheapest foods, often super-processed. Think people! Pizza is really just plain flour with simple tomato sauce and cheese. 

A processed hamburger is ground beef (of the cheapest cuts) in a simple bun. French fries are only deep fried potatoes. 

Most American ice cream is really ice-water with “enhancements” to make it taste like ice cream.  

With the exception of the more pricey brands. Ben & Jerry’s ice cream is the real thing. So is Häagen-Dazs.

Bottled “spring water” is just “tap water” repackaged. Americans eat the cheapest foods, and that equates in the shortest life spans.

Coca - Cola Admits That Dasani is Nothing But Tap Water. https://www.commondreams.org/dasani-nothing-but-tap-water

It just seems that the American “Powers that be” are hell bent, not only turning Americans into serfs, but making them eat, dress and act like them as well. Fashions are all about torn clothes, rags (really), with worn areas, and thread bare “enhancements”. 

Americans Face Shorter Life Span Than the Rest of the world. http://www.aarp.org/health/brain-health/info-02-2013/americans-face-shorter-life-span.html
It is very fashionable to dress act and look like a serf or slave.
It is very fashionable to dress act and look like a serf or slave.

Food is the cheapest to make and distribute. Education teaches conformity, with zero independent thought, and zero civics and history lessons. Housing is now subsidized by the state (either directly through mortgages, or indirectly through Federal and state welfare programs of various types)…

So, why it is the same feudal model straight out of the books on the middle ages. (The king provided low quality shelter, and meager simple foods, to the uneducated peasants who worked the land.) Identical!

What is the difference, aside from technology, between a middle-ages serf and your typical American? Not much of substance, I am afraid. The only difference is that during the middle ages, the serfs had more free time, more holidays. Today we had electronic media to entertain us. 

It has been widely lamented of late that the average worker is sinking into a state of near serfdom—especially with respect to onerous debt, dubbed “debt serfdom”, increasing work hours and the need to hold down multiple jobs, often at lower wages and salaries than previously held, expected or baby-boomer jobs.

Whether or not this is an accurate portrayal of the lot of the average worker, to Millennials saddled with huge student loans, poor career prospects and a patchwork of multiple low-pay jobs or no-pay internships, this has to sound all too familiar and too much like what they imagine the lives of medieval serfs to have been.

But, despite the negative popular image of serf lifestyles, the discovered facts of medieval serf life warrant asking whether having the work life and workload of a real serf would really be such a bad thing? Surprisingly, as some historical research—cited in the quote above and below—suggests, the answer may be “no”.

“Manorial records from fourteenth-century England indicate an extremely short working year—175 days—for servile laborers”.

— Juliet B. Schor

This point is that medieval serfs had it BETTER than what Americans have today.  Yes! Really. Go here; https://www.recruiter.com/i/serfs-up-modern-debt-serfdom-vs-the-enviable-leisure-time-of-a-medieval-peasant/

The Mrs Metallicman

What does your wife think of all this?

She doesn’t care. 

She doesn’t want to know anything about it, because it all happened prior to us getting married. 

She knows nothing.

All she knows is that I have these “things” inside my skull. And when I go to the hospital for a MRI she explains it away to the doctor as some kind of “experiment”.

Other than that, to her, it’s just a “tall tale” that I talk about when I am really drunk. She lets me type up my manuscript and keeps my beverage of choice filled beside me. 

Depending on the day and time, it could be coffee, tea, VSOP, red wine or Jin Jiu.

The dogs, cats and children come by from time to time and say hello. The cat will jump onto the table and watch me type. The dog will curl up on a chair and look at me. Usually, the children share the same table with me as they are busy working their assignments. They are quite comfortable with that arrangement as it looks like we are both “studying” and doing our “assignments”.

What’s it like?

If I were standing next to you, and you dimensionally shifted to a different world-line what would I see?

You would see no difference. 

That is because I will have changed my world-line within MY reality.  But, you are not in my reality. 

You have your own reality.

Since you occupy a different reality, what you would actually see would be my “quantum shadow” performing (what ever action fits your reality) a “something”.  That “something” might be anything from disappearing from your reality, to absolutely no change what so ever.

Individual Realities

How confident or comfortable are you with the idea of individual separate realities, instead of a one single reality that we all share?

I am very comfortable with it, but that wasn’t always the case.

Initially, I could not reconcile the idea or concept that all these different realities all seem to fit within the same template.  Which means, our separate realities both have mail boxes, drink lemonade, climb trees, and have roads.

However, that discomfort went away when I came to understand that all of our separate realities “cross-talk” to each other.  They all share common elements.

You can call this a “shared template” if you wish, or a “level playing field” if that what helps you understand it. 

FYI. Yes. There are multiple templates.

Reality template(s) are a function of what the communities of souls have already learned. It is a common functional aggregate of prior experiences for a given species.

Cross Talk

What do you mean by “cross talk” between world-lines?

World-lines cluster together.

The more similar a world-line is to another one, the greater the ability of one world-line to influence the other. This influence is what I refer to as “cross talk”.

It seems to me that MOST (but not all) of the human related world-lines cluster together and form groups or clusters of similar world-lines.

The more extreme the world-line, the greater the deviance from the cluster.  And thus, the greater the influence of change when it is experienced by myself. (Not by the other world-lines themselves.)

Fate

How can our reality be fated if you can change it?

Once a reality is constructed by a given soul, the consciousness is “programmed” to inhabit that reality. 

Within that reality, the consciousness can control and move the physical body about. There is all matter of control by the consciousness (through thought) to alter that reality.  However, the overall results that the consciousness will experience will be fated by the initial conditions as set up by the soul. 

Think of it like a quiz where every answer can be one of five choices. This is also known as a multiple-choice answer quiz. You have to take the quiz, but the choices before you are fixed. You might make all the bad choices, and “fail” the quiz. If you do so, you might need to take remedial classes, and retake the quiz. 

Otherwise, you can answer enough questions correctly to pass, and move on to newer classes and greater lessons. So, yes we live in a fated reality. It is structured, but how and what we learn is determined by our individual actions.

In other words, the soul creates a fated reality. The soul also creates a consciousness to experience and learn from the experiences generated by the thoughts manifest within that reality. 

The conscious can alter and change that reality but ONLY within the constraints of the goals (lessons) of the soul.

However, in the case of large-scale mass thought-manipulation, the lessons setup by the soul can be confused and thwarted by the lessons and thoughts of other souls.

They don’t always work together in harmony, don’t you know. Individual souls have their own individual agendas. Therefore, to prevent this, world-line anchoring is desirable to keep all the individual consciousnesses segregated and working within their own individualized learning parameters.

So yes, we live in a fated reality. However, we have a great deal of control on what can happen within our reality.

Therefore, we enter this reality. We make decisions. We either learn enough to move forward, or we do not. If we fail to learn, we need to take remedial “classes” and retake the reality (in one form or another). That is how this “fated” reality works.

If the reality “quiz” is too hard, we might elect to escape (run out the room and leave the building) and kill ourselves. What happens? Boom! We have to retake the “class” in the same reality that we just left. We still need to learn the lessons and pass the quiz before we can move forward.

Sorry. There just isn't an easy way out.

World History

How can you possibly know what the history of the world is, when by your own admission you have been going in and out of different world-lines for decades?

That is correct.

I have been going in and out of different world-lines for decades.  The one that I am in now, and the one that this manuscript is written in, is a different world-line than the one that I grew up in.  

My best example of this is the differences in breakfasts. My “original” world-line reality had baked beans with eggs. This world-line reality has potatoes with the eggs.

It is different than the one(s) where I “studied” the history of our species, and of our galaxy.  It is different than the one(s) where I was trained at China Lake.

While the reality world-lines kept on cycling, the truth is that the history that I was informed of remained pretty much unchanged (from an overview point of view). 

While all the world-lines were different, they pretty much fell under a similar template. 

I have reached the conclusion that many of the histories that I know about, and the documents that I have read have similar analogs in this world-line. This manuscript is based upon that assumption.

Oxia Palus Facilities

Why did you need the Oxia Palus <redacted>, when all you needed to do was to ask the Drone Pilot questions?

In the pure sense, I did not need to have any training.  Once I was proficient in <redacted> and doing basic world-line slides, I could have well been left alone to live a normal life.  But that is not what happened.

Because I was entangled I could think and ask questions.  The Drone Pilot would answer them (not always, but for the most part).

I do not think that MAJestic was aware that that would happen when I was EBP entangled.

So, in other words, direct communication with the extraterrestrial manifested as a consequence of my entanglement.  It was unplanned for, and due to the nature of the organization, no one else knew about this aspect of the program.

I do believe that MAJestic management believed that all of us in the program were taking risks. 

They believed that in some way we risked our lives, memories and thoughts to an extraterrestrial species.  Because of that, they wanted to equip us with whatever training or information they could so as to help us defend against the unknown. 

To this end, <redacted> was established at Oxia Palus. It was put there by the MAJestic organization. However, it was rarely used. From what I could tell, it was used mostly by <redacted> from time to time.

Life after Death

Do you believe in a life after death?

This should be obvious.  Yes, of course I do.

I, as the writer of this manuscript, consist as a consciousness that occupies this physical body.  My consciousness whether in a particle state (attached to the physical body) or in a wave state (non-attached) will move about within this reality whether or not my body is “alive”.

None of that has to do with my soul. My soul is sort of the “home” for my consciousness.  It lies outside of a reality that I now inhabit.

When I “die” my consciousness will change from a particle-form to a waveform.  As such, it can then move about in the non-physical reality that surrounds this physical reality. If I am not careful, it will want to reoccupy other physical forms. As is the nature of this consciousness.  It has grown accustomed to controlling a physical body within a physical reality. It is comfortable with it.

There is a pretty involved process involved in this, and I discussed it elsewhere.  For now, let’s just keep it simple.  Consciousness will tend to stay within a given reality (physical and non-physical) by its’ very nature.

Through conscious control, and (maybe) some help from non-physical “friends”, the consciousness will exit this manufactured reality (both the non-physical and the physical). It will travel outside of this world-line reality. (Not every consciousness does this. Those that artificially terminate their existence through suicide, and those of strong “karma” bonds will immediately search out nearby (physical, emotional or spiritual) locations to reposition their consciousness within.) 

Suicide. They cycle back immediately and tend to occupy an “open slot” within the same friggin’ reality that they left. You cannot escape the reality that you are assigned. It is up to you to make the best of that reality and endure it. 

Only through completion of your learning exercise, within your reality, can you grow to a NEW reality in a NEW life.  

The reality that you occupy is set aside especially for you to learn from. You cannot parachute away from it. 

You need to endure it. That is how your soul grows, and like it or not, you must pass this stage to grow to the next level. 

So, make this life the best one that you can. Endure. Grow. Be good. Be kind. Think well. Think well and good thoughts. No matter how much trouble and strife; think good thoughts. Be kind. (Did I say that twice?) Be kind. Be thoughtful.

Once the consciousness leaves the reality and non-physical reality it can go “beyond”, and enter the realm of “Heaven”. As such, it will merge with the soul.  In so doing, it will merge with other consciousnesses.

Then, depending on the growth concerns of the individual soul, it will be determined whether or not a new consciousness will need to be spawned.  This will be to inhabit a new human body, or whether or not non-human growth is desirable. 

That is my hope, at the very least; non-human advancement.  I really do not want to go through being a human again.  This life, while comfortable now, was very trying.

Use of Intention

You say that our consciousness resides within our own bubble of reality. If so, then why not simply change your reality by intention alone? You don’t really need a biological artifice to conduct world-line travel.

Bingo!

This is an absolute truth.

Yes, people can change their own reality by using intention.  You simply verbalize what you want and it will manifest.  It is not immediate, but in general it will take from six months to three years depending on your intensity of desire, strength of consciousness, and living situation.  It works, and you don’t need to be a member of MAJestic to utilize this skill.  All humans have this ability.

Using Intention to make your life sparkle.

Try it. 

  • I have done [1] I have a big nice luxury car (which ended up needing a very expensive new transmission. Ouch!),
  • [2] I will have a hot sexy girlfriend that will want sex with me all the time (yup.  Happened, but that wanting to have sex meant that I had ED, at a time when Viagra was not available. It was very frustrating for my hot sexy girlfriend. The poor girl was very very frustrated.) LOL.
  • Also [3] Live in China (duh), and many others.  All manifest.  It works. After all, we do exist in our own bubble of reality, and we CAN control the physical manifestations within it by our thoughts.

However you need to be careful what you intend upon.  (Watch what you wish for, just like the story of Aladdin and his three wishes.) Don’t wish for specifics, they all come with a “price tag”.  Sometimes the price is more than we can afford. It is part of our initial soul conditions when the reality was constructed.

Today, I still conduct intention verbalization.  It is a part of my normal life.  In general today I no longer ask for specific things.  Instead I ask for the following.  Note how I ask for it;

  • I am happy.
  • I am healthy and I eat well.
  • Those around me are happy.
  • I am secure.
  • My finances are just fine and just what I need.

However, my role in MAJestic was NOT to alter my own personal reality. It was to alter the underlying “template” that all human beings base their realities off of. 

To use a Microsoft word analogy; I did not change the *.docx file, I changed the *.dotx file.

To do so, I needed to be connected to a biological artifice that connected me to an extraterrestrial multi-dimensional being that “plugged it” into the underlying “code” that would enable this kind of transformation.

Unproven MWI

Why do you talk about world-line changes, when the MWI has not yet been proven?

Oh, it’s been proven all right.  It’s just the people who know that it is proven are developing the technologies to traverse it.  The rest of the world can go fuck themselves.

Let the others live their fantasies of a world without WMI. 

They can have one where there is a God on a throne in Heaven, and if they die trying to kill a non-Muslim they would be rewarded with virgins with black eyes.  

Alternatively they can live in a world where everyone is equal. (As if THAT is ever going to happen!) Like the “reality” in the movie ‘The lathe of Heaven”, where the hero creates a reality where everyone is “equal”, and there isn’t any racial discrimination. Answer; everything is grey and bland.

The Lathe of Heaven is a 1971 science fiction novel by American writer Ursula K. Le Guin. The plot revolves around a character whose dreams alter past and present reality. The story was first serialized in the American science fiction magazine Amazing Stories. The novel received nominations for the 1972 Hugo and the 1971 Nebula Award, and won the Locus Award for Best Novel in 1972. Two television film adaptations have been released: the PBS production, The Lathe of Heaven (1980), and Lathe of Heaven (2002), a remake produced by the A&E Network.

 George begins attending therapy sessions with an ambitious psychiatrist  and sleep researcher named William Haber. Orr claims that he has the  power to dream "effectively" and Haber, gradually coming to believe it,  seeks to use George's power to change the world. His experiments with a  biofeedback/EEG machine, nicknamed the Augmentor, enhance Orr's  abilities and produce a series of increasingly intolerable alternative  worlds, based on an assortment of utopian (and dystopian) premises: 

 When Haber directs George to dream a world without racism, the skin of everyone on the planet becomes a uniform light gray. 

 An attempt to solve the problem of overpopulation proves disastrous when  George dreams a devastating plague which wipes out much of humanity and  gives the current world a population of one billion rather than seven  billion. 

 George attempts to dream into existence "peace on Earth" – resulting in  an alien invasion of the Moon which unites all the nations of Earth  against the threat. 

 Each effective dream gives Haber more wealth and status, until he is  effectively ruler of the world. Orr's economic status also improves, but  he is unhappy with Haber's meddling and just wants to let things be.  Increasingly frightened by Haber's lust for power and delusions of  Godhood, Orr seeks out a lawyer named Heather Lelache to represent him  against Haber. Heather is present at one therapeutic session, and comes  to understand George's situation. He falls in love with Heather, and  even marries her in one reality; however, he is unsuccessful in getting  out of therapy. 

 George tells Heather that the "real world" had been destroyed in a  nuclear war in April 1998. George dreamed it back into existence as he  lay dying in the ruins. He doubts the reality of what now exists, hence  his fear of Haber's efforts to improve it.

However, back to the point at hand.

Steve Jobs didn’t wait until the “experts” made a functional computer tool for artists. Albert Einstein didn’t wait until the “experts” proved that matter was energy.

There are technologies available to us right now.  Just because some some “expert” isn’t promoting it on a widespread popular media platform does not negate that fact. That is the truth. It’s harsh, but it’s what is going on.

Yippie Kai Yay

How did the “Yippie- Kai-Yay” catch-phrase assist you in your dimensional anchoring activities?

It didn’t. 

The catch phrase had a role, but it was not a mission specific role.  Instead, the role was simply to remind me of my importance, or to remind me of the importance of my role. 

Whenever I actually heard the phrase, I became stronger or more positive in regards to my personal feelings and situation. 

The fact is, that during the times when I was an autonomous vagabond, I had a very difficult time coming to grips with not flying, or not being a spaceman.  This was aggravated by my poverty-riddled situation and the difficulties that I had to endure.  However, whenever I heard that phrase, my personality changed, and I became emboldened and recharged.

Without that trigger phrase, I do not think that I would have persisted though the extreme hardships that I experienced.

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If you want to go to the start of this series of posts, then please click HERE.

MAJestic Related Posts – Training

These are posts and articles that revolve around how I was recruited for MAJestic and my training. Also discussed is the nature of secret programs. I really do not know why the organization was kept so secret. It really wasn’t because of any kind of military concern, and the technologies were way too involved for any kind of information transfer. The only conclusion that I can come to is that we were obligated to maintain secrecy at the behalf of our extraterrestrial benefactors.

How to tell...
How to tell -2
Top Secrets
Sales Pitch
Feducial Training
Implantation
Probe Calibration - 1
Probe Calibration - 2
Leaving the USA

MAJestic Related Posts – Our Universe

These particular posts are concerned about the universe that we are all part of. Being entangled as I was, and involved in the crazy things that I was, I was given some insight. This insight wasn’t anything super special. Rather it offered me perception along with advantage. Here, I try to impart some of that knowledge through discussion.

Enjoy.

Secrets of the universe
Alpha Centauri
Our Galaxy the Milky Way
Sirius solar system
Alpha Centauri
The fuselage embedded within the rocks of Victoria Falls.
The Hammer inside the rock.
The Hollow Moon
The Mystery of the Lapulapu Ridge.
The Mystery of the Baltic UFO.
Mystery of the bronze bell.
Mystery of the oil lamp found inside a block of coal.
Did extraterrestrials set up a colony in Pennsylvania?
The Oxia Palus Facility
Brown Dwarfs
Apollo Space Exploration
CARET
The Nature of the Universe
Type-1 Grey Extraterrestrial
The mysterious flying contraptions.

Influencer Questions

Here are posts that have gathered a series of questions from various influencers. They are interesting in many ways and could help all of us unravel the mysteries of the lives that we live.

Interview with an Influencer.
More discussions with an influencer.
Using Intention to make your life sparkle.

MAJestic Related Posts – World-Line Travel

These posts are related to “reality slides”. Other more common terms are “world-line travel”, or the MWI. What people fail to grasp is that when a person has the ability to slide into a different reality (pass into a different world-line), they are able to “touch” Heaven to some extent. Here are posts that  cover this topic.

Cat Heaven
MWI
Things I miss
How MWI allows world-line travel.
An Observed World-Line switch.
Vehicular world-line travel
Soul is not consciousness.

John Titor Related Posts

Another person, collectively known by the identity of “John Titor” claimed to utilize world-line (MWI egress) travel to collect artifacts from the past. He is an interesting subject to discuss. Here we have multiple posts in this regard.

They are;

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