![]() Here are a few words and phrases you will most likely hear on your CB. A truck driver has his own language within the English language that must be learned if you want to really know what’s going on around you. Now that you have your new radio, you need to learn how to communicate with other drivers. You can have them really cranked up for about a hundred bucks more, and they will easily hold their own on the road. You can grab one of these radios for about a hundred bucks at most CB shops (used of course) and usually they will already be peaked and tuned for optimum performance. A Cobra 29 will get the job done and save you a bundle of cash too. When you buy a CB, especially your first one, you don’t need to spend five hundred bucks on it. Your first step will most likely be to purchase a CB radio for your rig. So, you’re a brand new truck driver and you’re excited over having your very own truck assigned to you by your company and now you want to begin making it your very own. or What's your Location?ġ0-26 Disregard Last Information/Cancel Last Message/Ignoreġ0-34 Trouble at this station, help neededġ0-44 I have a message for you (or. These number codes are at least a century old.ġ0-10 Transmission Completed, Standing Byġ0-20 My Location is. Sometimes the 88 or 73 is pluralized by appending an s. It is considered rather more intimate than '73', which (roughly) means 'best wishes', and therefore 73 is more often used. It is used in spoken word (radiotelephony) morse code (radiotelegraphy) and in various digital modes. This form of the number has inspired the naming of the groups Column 88, Unit 88, and White Legion 88.Ĩ8 is used as shorthand for 'hugs and kisses' when signing a message in Amateur (ham) Radio. The late convicted Order terrorist David Lane wrote "Fourteen Words" and 88 Precepts, and the numbers are often found in combination (1488, 14/88, etc.). ![]() For example, the number is used in the song "88 rock'n'roll band" by the neo-**Censored** group Landser. H is the 8th letter of the alphabet, so 88 is taken to stand for HH which in turn means Heil Hitler. 88 is pronounced in Chinese Mandarin language as "ba ba" ("bā bā" to be precise), simulating the sound of the English language farewell "bye bye".Įighty-eight is used as code among Neo-**Censored** to identify each other. The 2008 Beijing Olympics opened on 8/8/08 at 8 p.m.Ĩ8 is used to mean "bye bye" found in Chinese-language chat, text, SMS, IM. ![]() The Chinese government has even been auctioning auto license plates containing many 8s for tens of thousands of dollars. The number 8 is considered to be the luckiest number of all in Chinese culture and prices in Chinese supermarkets can often be found containing many 8's (see numbers in Chinese culture). You can read about the news stories when they pulled all the 88 clothing accessories etc by a simple Google searchĮighty-eight (88) symbolizes fortune and good luck since the word 8 sounds similar to the word Fā (发, which implies 发财, or wealth, in Mandarin). PS-here is a Wikipedia link on the various meanings. Definitely an opposite meaning of the radio term "88's". Now I'm fairly well-read and know a great deal of world military history, but had never heard of this until I saw a news program back in the early 2000's saying that several major national department store chains were pulling all their clothing and hats etc-that had the numbers "88" on them, as they were popular with youth wanting to emulate the prior mentioned groups. You'll see it in tattoo's, clothing, decals etc, it's so one can immediately identify another. The 8th letter of the alphabet is "H", and "HH" (Heil Hitler) is synonymous with "88". "88" and/or "Eighty Eight" is/was an underground code term used by neo-**Censored**'s/skinheads/white supremacists ultimately meaning or standing for "Heil Hitler"-"HH". It's true and you're memory was partially correct about it. Now since you brought the possibility of "another" meaning for "88"-yes let me comment on that. Sort of a version of 73 but an affectionate one, perhaps sent to a mate or sweetheart-or "good buddy". I was using the radio term sending someone on the other end "88's"-"hugs and kisses" or "love and kisses" lol. ![]() You know.I read some place that 88's had to do with Hitler and the Third Reich.But for the love of GOD.I can't find the article anymore. Foxhunter wrote:Hey watch out for guys on the radio not sending you 73's but instead "88's"
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