Why does the cb radio attract so many wazzocks?

carlos_jackson · 12/05/14 - 20:35

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Flat Matt · 12/05/14 - 20:37

Because anyone still using CB radios some 30 years after they went out of fashion is likely to be a friendless weirdo who lives with their nan.

TheTruth1983 · 12/05/14 - 20:47

'Wazzock', f**k I haven't heard that word in years :eek:

blueblade · 12/05/14 - 20:51

I don't think I've heard the word "wazzock" since the 1990's

FairyFeet1964 · 12/05/14 - 20:55

TheTruth1983 wrote: »

'Wazzock', f**k I haven't heard that word in years :eek:

nor me - reminds me of Capstick comes home! http://youtu.be/I2AcJSkUw6M

Sorry got distracted .. Sorry OP - not been on CB since 1982 my handle was Fairyfeet! I kind of kept it - used to use it around 1981/1982 period it was great back then for getting in touch with friends etc who had CB's I didn't have one myself but I know a few people on my road who did so it was a free way of speaking to people I knew! Even back then though there were some people who were erm well yes Wazzocks!

10 10 Good buddy

NX-74205 · 12/05/14 - 21:00

This reminds me, I must buy Convoy on blu-ray.

stoatie · 12/05/14 - 21:01

Yeah, I think the last time I heard the word "wazzock" was probably round about the same time as I last heard anyone talking about CB radio.

jzee · 12/05/14 - 21:09

Have you been 'away' Carlos?

WellHiddenMark · 12/05/14 - 21:27

It's exactly the same with Zello (A "CB simulator" on mobile phones)

If you give people the opportunity to converse with each other with no structure or purpose and a high level of anonymity, the talk will inevitably turn immediately to filth, racism and ad-hominem attacks.

Both CB (including 27.555) and Zello appear to be extremely popular with gobshites from Scotland and people shouting in "fake" Arabic. Make of that what you will.

Si_Crewe · 12/05/14 - 21:49

Well, here's a thread that I would have bet money had been resurrected from, erm, about 1988.

WellHiddenMark · 12/05/14 - 23:53

Si_Crewe wrote: »

Well, here's a thread that I would have bet money had been resurrected from, erm, about 1988.

In Manchester, illegal power PMR446 and CB are both still used today as a "DoleNet". They use the internet as well obviously, but there is a hardcore community of people shouting at each other from the towerblocks.

Chris Frost · 13/05/14 - 00:06

O.M.G. CB?!...seriously?

WellHiddenMark wrote: »

If you give people the opportunity to converse with each other with no structure or purpose and a high level of anonymity, the talk will inevitably turn immediately to filth, racism and ad-hominem attacks.

Hmm.... nothing like internet forum sites then? ;-) lol

WellHiddenMark · 13/05/14 - 00:09

Chris Frost wrote: »

O.M.G. CB?!...seriously?

Hmm.... nothing like internet forum sites then? ;-) lol

Nothing like it.

Hogzilla · 13/05/14 - 00:18

Ah my creepy neighbour appears to have one of these. He's of indeterminate age (uses the F word a lot and has very young kids yet wears beige, is bald as a coot and listens to something that sounds remarkably like Daniel O'Donnel/Des O'Connor). Doesn't live with his mum but the only bird he seems to have been able to pull is a druggie. Not sure he fits the stereotype but yes, in the age of the internet, some sad wazzocks (nice word, due a re-boot) are definitely still pleasuring themselves whilst they talk to sweaty lorry drivers.

Hypnodisc · 13/05/14 - 00:22

Somebody I know has a CB and a bloody great antenna, so it's not an entirely dead hobby. He must be about 40 though so I guess he grew up with that sort of tech.

SULLA · 13/05/14 - 01:36

TheTruth1983 wrote: »

'Wazzock', f**k I haven't heard that word in years :eek:

blueblade wrote: »

I don't think I've heard the word "wazzock" since the 1990's

stoatie wrote: »

Yeah, I think the last time I heard the word "wazzock" was probably round about the same time as I last heard anyone talking about CB radio.

A great word. A proper word

Wazzock...A stupid or annoying person.......Oxford Dictionary.

[Deleted User] · 13/05/14 - 01:49

Hypnodisc wrote: »

Somebody I know has a CB and a bloody great antenna, so it's not an entirely dead hobby. He must be about 40 though so I guess he grew up with that sort of tech.

That's what I believe is called a hobby.

Hypnodisc · 13/05/14 - 02:02

motsy wrote: »

That's what I believe is called a hobby.

No shit.

stoatie · 13/05/14 - 08:06

SULLA wrote: »

A great word. A proper word

Wazzock...A stupid or annoying person.......Oxford Dictionary.

Brings to mind Mike Harding- "ye great spawny-eyed parrot-faced wazzock..."

Biffo the Bear · 13/05/14 - 08:11

When I take a break from working out/having sex, I sometimes listen to my shortwave radio and you do still hear a lot of ham radio enthusiasts on the amateur bands.

stoatie · 13/05/14 - 08:23

The ham radio reception in some branches of Subway's non-existent, though.

Hypnodisc · 13/05/14 - 08:27

stoatie wrote: »

The ham radio reception in some branches of Subway's non-existent, though.

Well it's halal so technically it's a turkey radio..

:cool:

^_^

Fizix · 13/05/14 - 08:35

I vaguely remember when I was young, this guy down the road had this massive "mast"/antenna thing up the side of his house, it was taller than his house I think. That was apparently a CB radio, they had well gone out of fashion by then I think.

So I am surprised there are still people using them.

comedyfish · 13/05/14 - 09:04

No idea. I'll ask the members* of my BetaMax video club tonight

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