Abusing Truckers on the CB Radio

Mister Jellyfish Mister · Post by **Mister Jellyfish Mister** » Sun Oct 10, 2004 7:48 am

Did you talk to truckers on the ride home on your Citizens Band Radio? The intersection of US 395 and I-80 makes Sparks, Nevada a truck stop mecca. There is a growing counter culture of trucker abuse on the CB. Go to www.CBabuse.com and check out some of the audio clips. Do you think they get the joke?

b00m3rang · Post by **b00m3rang** » Mon Oct 11, 2004 11:24 am

I have no comment on the abuse subject, but it is funny as hell to hear them talk about the art cars and vehicles loaded with statues and whatnot going by on the highway.

Post by **AntiM** » Mon Oct 11, 2004 2:08 pm

Uh folks, my hubby Larry is a trucker and a burner. Wears his BRC necklace all the time. Has a picture of the Utah Sun Tunnels at summer solstice in his cab. Any food we have leftover from Burning Man goes straight into his truck for road food.

Making a few assumptions about truckers, hmm?

Oh well, I love a man with a big rig.

Simply Joel · Post by **Simply Joel** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 6:56 am

AntiM wrote:Making a few assumptions about truckers, hmm?

worth saying twice.

Woodrow · Post by **Woodrow** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 7:57 am

Anti-M wrote:

Oh well, I love a man with a big rig.

?????

So... when's he on the road again... Baby?

Bob · Post by **Bob** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 8:20 am

Mister Jellyfish Mister wrote:...Do you think they get the joke?

"They" meaning truck drivers or face-painted fuckwits in minivans overstuffed with fake fur and PVC pipe?

Mister Jellyfish Mister · Post by **Mister Jellyfish Mister** » Tue Oct 19, 2004 6:47 am

Bob wrote:
Mister Jellyfish Mister wrote:...Do you think they get the joke?
"They" meaning truck drivers or face-painted fuckwits in minivans overstuffed with fake fur and PVC pipe?

Sprinkle a little crystal-meth on top and you get one of the CB Abuse charactors... Kranky the Klown!

Post by **AntiM** » Tue Oct 19, 2004 9:01 am

eh, Kranky has a simple case of Krank envy.

thinkcooper · Post by **thinkcooper** » Tue Oct 19, 2004 9:55 am

I must have missed the part where truckers had turned into saints on the CB.

I travel with SSB/CB less than I used to, but on more than one occasion, I've heard a trucker we're passing broadcast to every CB'er in a five mile radius nasty comments about seeing my wife's short skirted legs while sitting indian style in the passenger seat. Big juvenile leches, all except Anit-M's hubby of course.

Frankly, hearing Kranky live would be pretty damn entertaining to me.

Post by **AntiM** » Tue Oct 19, 2004 10:39 am

Uh, duh, I was jokiiiiiing Mr Kranky ..... and I refuse to use a smiley to indicate humor.

Oh, I agree there's assholes driving semis out there; the good ones shut up and tend to business. Some of the guys in those tractors are outright criminals, very scary. And yeah, my Larry's an exception, yet he can camoflague himself into a hillbilly any moment, so is practically invisible at truckstops.

Although it is weird when you think about trucks, almost everything in your home has been on a truck at some point.

thinkcooper · Post by **thinkcooper** » Tue Oct 19, 2004 12:21 pm

AntiM wrote:
almost everything in your home has been on a truck at some point.

I'm hoping my step-daughter is an exception to that one....

samtzu · Post by **samtzu** » Tue Oct 19, 2004 2:05 pm

thinkcooper wrote:
AntiM wrote:
almost everything in your home has been on a truck at some point.
I'm hoping my step-daughter is an exception to that one....

Mister Jellyfish Mister · Post by **Mister Jellyfish Mister** » Sat Oct 23, 2004 8:21 am

AntiM wrote: Although it is weird when you think about trucks, almost everything in your home has been on a truck at some point.

You are not alone in your sentiment there, AntiM. Here is a link to another trucker's wife that complained about the CBabuse website:
http://members.tripod.com/krankytheklow ... 20Back.htm

I would love to have one of those flip-down mullets attached to a trucker hat so I too could disguise myself. As we make the pilgrimage through Reno/Sparks to BM 2005, it would be cool if all those with CB's decided to key up and sing the same song to the truck stops. Hmmm... what song would that be?

Post by **AntiM** » Sat Oct 23, 2004 9:27 am

Rant mode on: Normally I have a sense of humor, but today's posts are snarly and mean, I probably should be over on the fuck thread ... I'm headed into yet another major surgery while my trucker is halfway across the country and the run to bring him home fell through. Today I have very little patience for the defense of sophomoric morons like kranky and co. or idiot drivers who give all truckers a bad name. Stay off the Cb if you can't shut the fuck up.

There's assholes everywhere and some of them like to jerk off verbally with their CBs. So far not one of them has impressed me as clever. Ooh look, I have a potty mouth and an easy target. Let me put up a site so I can show you my doodie. OOh, I'm in a big truck and I can be abusive right back. Ooh, so fucking mature.

Just curious, MJM, why are you so enamoured of the trucker abuse anyway? Honestly, as humor goes it isn't that funny or original, as satire it falls flat, and I'm not even taking that stance as a Mrs. Trucker. Still, the woman's email was right, there would be no food, no clothing, nothing in your home, including your PC and that CB if it weren't for truckers. No, they're not all heros, but neither are they all drooling rednecks in mullets. Can't pigeonhole them anymore than you can burners, i.e. we're not all naked drugged hippies/ravers/freaks; we're not all yahoos and frat boys either. Just people doing their thing, a job, a life.

I'm done. I must learn not to feed trolls. Rant over.

Mister Jellyfish Mister · Post by **Mister Jellyfish Mister** » Sat Oct 23, 2004 1:18 pm

Hey there, AntiM. I'm sorry to hear about your situation and my best wishes to you and your family.

I wish my rant mode had an on/off switch, but I will say this: I refuse to explain a joke. Especially one that is told by a fictional character. Good comedic delivery requires a straight man. The best is the kind that takes themselves rather seriously. I fear that we are running out of them. You can't poke fun at any general groupings of people anymore except for professions and politicians. Ever heard a good lawer joke?

Like other media, most of what's out there is crap. CB radio is one of the last frequency spectrums remaining free to the public until the FCC decides to sell it off. A great place for creative minds to try new ideas against a backdrop of people who mostly don't get it. A poor man's internet.

I welcome you to keep an open mind and pass it on to your husband upon his timely return. I would love to know which character he likes the best.

Post by **AntiM** » Sat Oct 23, 2004 5:10 pm

Darn it MJM, you're simply too reasonable. And I doubt I could even get a simple knock-knock joke today.

Since humor's so pesonal, I have to admit that CBTA just isn't my cup of tea. Odd, I'm normally warped.

I'll have to sharpen my tongue and get my brain back into gear for the times when I go on the road with Larry. Hmmm, fodder.

Sensei · Post by **Sensei** » Sat Oct 23, 2004 5:13 pm

AntiM wrote: Odd, I'm normally warped.

I'll stand up in court and swear to this. AntiM has cracked Sensei up numerous times. Hope the surgery goes well, kid. We're thinkin' 'bout you up here...

Mister Jellyfish Mister · Post by **Mister Jellyfish Mister** » Sat Oct 23, 2004 5:27 pm

AntiM wrote:Darn it MJM, you're simply too reasonable. And I doubt I could even get a simple knock-knock joke today.

Since humor's so pesonal, I have to admit that CBTA just isn't my cup of tea. Odd, I'm normally warped.

I'll have to sharpen my tongue and get my brain back into gear for the times when I go on the road with Larry. Hmmm, fodder.

Mister Jellyfish Mister · Post by **Mister Jellyfish Mister** » Sat Oct 23, 2004 5:38 pm

AntiM wrote:Darn it MJM, you're simply too reasonable. And I doubt I could even get a simple knock-knock joke today.

Since humor's so pesonal, I have to admit that CBTA just isn't my cup of tea. Odd, I'm normally warped.

I'll have to sharpen my tongue and get my brain back into gear for the times when I go on the road with Larry. Hmmm, fodder.

Ha! I'm so jet lagged I can't even quote you correctly, AntiM! For a guy who gets so preachy about humor I just realized I have not had one good belly laugh today. I'm a Fuckin' hippocritter!

I'm visualizing a successful surgery for you and a warm cup of good vibe I send your way... here... drink this... now doesn't that feel a better? Just don't take anything Kranky the Klown gives you.

spectabillis · Post by **spectabillis** » Sat Oct 23, 2004 7:59 pm

thinkcooper wrote:
AntiM wrote:
almost everything in your home has been on a truck at some point.
I'm hoping my step-daughter is an exception to that one....

I can fix that. How old? How much?

thinkcooper · Post by **thinkcooper** » Sun Oct 24, 2004 10:06 am

spectabillis wrote:
thinkcooper wrote:
AntiM wrote:
almost everything in your home has been on a truck at some point.
I'm hoping my step-daughter is an exception to that one....

I can fix that. How old? How much?

Old enough. Too much.

Please refer back to my post endorsing your post about making BM better by permitting firearms on the playa. Just know that I'll be hanging out with a franchi spas 12 if you ever get through the date interview process.

Post by **AntiM** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 7:20 am

mm, thank you MJM. The vibe was what I needed, although I'm still wound up very tightly ... Larry won't be home tonight (MOnday) he'll be home early the morning I go into surgery. I may not see him until I'm coming out of anethesia and this bothers me. And it started snowing down here in the valley, so he'll not only be navigating the canyons from Wyoming to Utah in the dark, in the snow, but he'll be doing so with 17 tons of Proctor and Gamble products pushing him downhill, 54,000 lbs. including the truck itself.

See why my sense of humor has evaporated lately?

Talk to you next week ... Kiss Kranky for me. Or not.

Captain Goddammit · Post by **Captain Goddammit** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 10:15 pm

I'm not a "trucker", but I am in a business using a lot of heavy equipment, cranes, dump trucks, etc. and we use big trucks. They have CBs in them.
And Jellyfish, I'm willing to bet that you hate it when someone "trolls" up this message board. You're just another troll using a different medium. No margaritas for you next year.
Damn, you just don't know WHO might be in that big truck...

cowboyangel · Post by **cowboyangel** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 10:19 pm

When climbing Mnt Shasta in the "old days" it was alot easier raising truckers on I5 on a cb than anything else. I believe they actually assisted in some rescues. Nowadays, they're connected to the internet too with satellite dsl and stuff.

Captain Goddammit · Post by **Captain Goddammit** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 10:23 pm

AntiM wrote: 54,000 lbs. including the truck itself.

In our world (rock biz), that's VERY light...

unjonharley · Post by **unjonharley** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 9:19 am

I was pulliing 84 grand in he 50s over the hump into Ca. and back. Had a 6 speed tran, three in the browny and two in the axel. Thats 36 speeds. We would use then all coming home to Medford. The hump was 500ft above the new grade. On the Ca. side it droped all the way to the river. Many feet below today hwy. We would hit it as hard as we could. Then drop gears until we were in compound in the main box low in the browy and low axel. By then the cab was so hot we would get out and walk along. Going down the Or. side was a real ride. Only 8 miles in Ashland. Poped out of gear once. Burned the brakes to no shoe and could'nt shit for a week. Goinng up that grade was a pull of up to 45 min. Don't miss that shit a all.

Alpha · Post by **Alpha** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 9:30 am

unjonharley wrote:could'nt shit for a week.

Wow, that MUST have been some kind of ride! ;-)

Mister Jellyfish Mister · Post by **Mister Jellyfish Mister** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 1:59 pm

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