Strange. The vast majority of stuff I see on Facebook comes from my 'friends'. If anyone posts lots of rubbish I just stop 'following' them. But only had to do this twice. One was a lady friend who liked to post pictures of shoes. Several times a day. ;-) Never knew of her excessive interest in them in all the years I've know her.
There are groups on Facebook you can join. Same as forums, really. Join those for your interests and you'll get posts that (usually) interest you.
Billy Bunter here. Can still see Gerald Champion saying it. They'd never get away with a middle aged man playing a boy on TV these days. ;-)
My French teacher was a Pakistani, very strong accent in both languages. if you couldn't understand his English you were being racist, if you couldn't understand his French you were just thick.
My spanish teacher was welsh. Similar problem :)
Standing Wave Ratio (Bridge) meter. It showed the ratio of transmitted current or voltage to reflected current or voltage (actually voltage in the case of a VSWR meter). Most VSWR meters were, in essence, "Reflectometers" designed to show reflected voltage versus transmitted voltage.
When the load (antenna in this case) matched the feeder impedance, the reflected voltage would be zero, an ideal that would be aimed for when 'tuning' the antenna for maximum performance by 'cutting' the length of its element(s) or using an ATU interposed between the "Rig" and the antenna.
BTW, the common CB parlance was to refer to this piece of measuring kit as a "Swar-meter". :-)
I wasn't aware of Packard Bell (End) being involved in the manufacture of CB radio equipment in any shape or form. Perhaps you're referring to the practice of being a "Potty Mouth", to use the American expression (Bucket Mouth in the parlance of the UK CB fraternity) meaning the tendency to lace one's communications with gratuitous swear words and pejorative expressions (not unlike certain Australian trolls who frequent other news groups).
As far as the pre-existing "Illegal CB Users" were concerned, here in the UK, 'Bucket Mouthing' didn't become a problem until the very first of the UK FM CB rigs went on sale just prior to the start of the legalised FM CB service back in 1981/2 (I can't remember the exact date offhand). I suppose you could describe the UK's version of CB, in hindsight, as "The Facebook of CB radio". :-(
As per usual, the moment such valued facilities are extended to the "Great Unwashed", it all turns to s**te. In the case of the internet, most of the s**te was down to crass commercialism. inevitably the fate for every new innovation in communication technology, the consequences of which we all have to learn to live with as best we can.
Coincidentally, that's how I refer to that radio show's host. :-)
I do like to derail crass commercialism in product names such as, for example, that electric griddle named after a boxing champion which I always refer to as "The George Formby" after hearing this mentioned by a stand up comic offering up an anecdote about one of his aged female relatives misnaming said domestic appliance.
If a name is to be immortalised, I'd rather it was for a more worthy personage than the one chosen by the marketing division of a commercial enterprise.
Ahhhhhh
My first Internet computer was a Packard Bell.............................. click?
It was known as bucket mouthing in Tower Town.
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