THATS RIGHT IN CB LINGO DRIVERS

Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn January 3rd 1976, C.W.Catch on the filp side, Sonny One is out and gone. but always wondered why Jimmys were calle Jimmys? does anyone know. Jennifur Sun from RamonaAH YES them CB days.Jennifur Sun from RamonaWell James from Anaheim, it's because Frisco has it's share of earthquakes too, so I can see why people would think that way.Jennifur Sun from RamonaOH J Brain if they could only bring back those Mustangs, bet a lot of Smokey's would love that.There's usually one animal with impeccable aim. Oh and be very careful not to walk right next to a loaded livestock trailer. But in the song, this is quite exaggerated for emphasis. The trailers can get very rank, and the smell does permeate the air.

Jim of Pleasant Hill, if you've ever been around livestock haulers, you'd learn fast that you can smell them long before you can spot them. You wouldn't want vegetables and fruits smelling like fish.

Refiner from WashingtonVincent of Rogers, the little door is rarely used for inspection of the load, but to air the trailer out after hauling loads which have peculiar odors.

Canadian from CanadaPaul Brandt also did a version called Christmas Convoy, where the lyrics are changed to be about the convoy helping deliver presents during a bad snow storm, and the cops are replaced by the Grinch.

Seventhmist from 7th HeavenA few years later, a sequel to this song was released, ''Round the World with the Rubber Duck.' RD, Pig Pen and the convoy take their act overseas.

Paul Bunyan from West Of OmahaWhile a 'suicide jockey' must be a motorcycle, I've always wondered what the 'load of dynamite' was that he hauled that required all the help he can get.

THATS RIGHT IN CB LINGO DRIVERS

I'm guessing the help he needed was cushioning & buffering between his explosive load and the road & drivers around him. George Pope from Vancouver BcA suicide jockey is hauling dynamite or gasoline - so might be the 'dynamite' was literal, &/or could be generically referring to anything explosive.'Catch you on the flip-flop' - 'I'll talk to you on my return trip (on the way back home).' A typical CB sign-off that means to drive carefully and watch out for speedtraps. tail' - The real phrase is 'keep the bugs off your glass and the bears off your ass'. 'Keep the bugs off your glass and the bears off your. Another popular song that mentions the Volkswagen Microbus is ' Alice's Restaurant Massacree' by Arlo Guthrie. Very popular vehicle among the hippies during the 1960s and 1970s. These 'swindle sheets' must be presented to Department Of Transportation officers on request. Truckers have to keep logs of what they were hauling. 'Bear' is the CB slang term for 'police.' Headin' for bear - Coming up on a police blockade.

Some of the CB terms used and their meanings:

A follow-up single, 'Wolf Creek Pass,' was even more successful. In 1974, Fries decided to cut a record under the McCall moniker, and the single, a monologue with country backing titled after the aforementioned cafe, became a hit. A trucker for the fictional Old Home Bread company who spent much of his time in a diner called The Old Home Filler-Up-an'-Keep-On-a-Truckin' Cafe, the McCall character was a huge hit with viewers, and the radio campaign won Fries the advertising industry's prestigious Clio Award. McCall as a selling tool for an area bakery. After five years there, he was hosting his own program, where he drew caricatures of celebrities.įries signed on as the art director for an Omaha advertising agency in the early '60s, and it was there that he created the character C.W. While attending the University of Iowa, Fries studied music and played in the school's concert band, but his major was in fine arts, and after graduation he began handling the art chores at an Omaha, Nebraska television station.

While he displayed musical promise as a child, he was more interested in graphic design. McCall is a character created by songwriter Bill Fries.

Thats right in cb lingo