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|    Sean Dennis to Mike Powell    |
|    My pet peeves    |
|    04 May 19 10:58:42    |
      REPLY: 9481.fi_ham@1:2320/105 213235b2       MSGID: 1:18/200@fidonet 5ccda8e6       CHRS: CP437 2       TZUTC: -0400       TID: MBSE-FIDO 1.0.7.12 (GNU/Linux-x86_64)       Hello Mike,              03 May 19 20:19 at you wrote to HOLGER GRANHOLM:               MP> I learned some of it because my uncle was a truck driver and, when I        MP> was young, there were a lot of pop culture references in the US about        MP> truckers (a hit TV show about a trucker and his pet monkey, a hit song        MP> about a truck convoy, etc.). I do not remember much of it now,        MP> except that:               MP> 10-4 is over and out        MP> 10-20 is location (as in "what is your 10-20"?)              Those 10 codes were originally used by law enforcement.              10-100 is "Using the bathroom".              Oh, you're talking about "BJ and the Bear" and "Convoy". :D              Later,       Sean              ... A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore. - Yogi Berra       --- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20180707        * Origin: Outpost BBS * Limestone, TN, USA (1:18/200)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 15/2 18/200 226/16 17 229/200 312 354 426 728 1014       SEEN-BY: 240/5832 249/206 317 400 292/854 317/3 322/757 342/200 393/68       PATH: 18/200 229/426           |
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