Yup, around here CB was big until the stupids killed it. When I lived "up north" on "the dirty side" across the Arthur Kill from Static Island screwballs were everywhere but various groups had their home channels so I knew where to find everybody. We really had some great fun talking about everything from soup to nuts and the technically minded which were most of my friends had fun and learned a lot experimenting with all sorts of things, frankly it laid the foundation for many of us who moved up to Amateur Radio. Not only that but it played a big part in my turning a hobby into a career, spending money is one thing but earning money is much better. If I had to live those days over I wouldn't change a thing, it was the time of my life.

"Channel 16 was like 14.313..."
Pardon me for the chuckles, when SSB came on the scene it was still 23 channels and that was the only SSB channel. Historically SSB ops were the only bolts in a box full of nuts, quite the opposite of the 20M hash mash and trash.