The farmer and the cheerleader

Marie ridgeway

I know a man in his mid 40s who lives alone on a farm in a rural village in the west of ireland, ye guys here in after hours would call him a looser but he is not really, back in the mid 80s he had a girlfriend, a beautiful blond cheerleader from los angeles, they met over a cb radio. He went to visit her in La but he just couldnt settle in over there, it was just too much of a culture shock for him and he missed his mammy so he went home as soon as he could. Now 24 years later his mammy is dead and he is all alone and he wonders every moment of his day what if he stayed in LA with the girl of his dreams ?

alwaysadub

Er..what??!

Midnight_EG

She'd have broken his heart and fucked him over, then he would have probably wandered the streets and wrote a few songs about himself standing on a corner of the street looking for her with her picture in his hand. He'd then employ a few people to play guitar and keyboard, then call themselves The Script and make millions of moneys.

starbelgrade

Great title for a soft porn movie.

admiralofthefleet

/looks up marie ridgeway in galway phone book and plans pranks

Mr Benevolent

The Script? I was in Brisbane when I heard the lyrics 'Dublin city on a Friday night,' I nearly choked with laughter. Dublin city is about as romantic as a wheelie bin and only half as sophisticated.

partyatmygaff

Cool Story Bro

chin_grin

How can the door be a jar? Why would they put a jar on a car?

chin_grin

starbelgrade wrote: »

Great title for a soft porn movie.

Seen it..................erm..............cof............I mean. F*ck.

kowloon

starbelgrade wrote: »

Great title for a soft porn movie.

The farmer could be there to fix her washing machine...

And something about ploughing, I'm not sure it works...

Pookah

If she'd really loved him she'd have followed him to the West. He was better off with his Mammy.

Earthhorse

I have a CB radio.

Nolanger

Marie ridgeway wrote: »

ye guys here in after hours would call him a looser

Nah, we'd call him a loser!

chin_grin

Earthhorse wrote: »

I have a CB radio.

Is The King alive? Were you talkin' to him?

Pompey Magnus

How on Earth could a farmer in western Ireland possibly pick up a CB radio signal from LA? I suspect someone is telling porkies...

Turtyturd

Can't speak for anyone else around here but I've never called anyone a looser.

Terry

Turtyturd wrote: »

Can't speak for anyone else around here but I've never called anyone a looser.

Me neither.
What is a looser anyway?

OP, Google Russian brides and you'll be grand.

Sofiztikated

I don't get it.

Is there a punch line?

Oh wait....His Ma? Is that right?

dxhound2005

Pompey Magnus wrote: »

How on Earth could a farmer in western Ireland possibly pick up a CB radio signal from LA? I suspect someone is telling porkies...

On a CB radio.

OutlawPete

Sell the farm Marie Mr Farmer, and head back to LA.

If you can't find her, just spend all your money and high class hookers and coke.

Then when you get tired of that, buy and Mustang and drive to New York.

Post pics in the KYN thread every now and then also, so we know you're doing okay.

cml387

I heard about a little boy who had a CB radio.
His father was dead and his mother had to go out to work to support them.The little boy got on the CB and described his sad plight (the boy was also paraplegic-did I mention that?)
Anyway he says on the radio how he'd aways been promised a ride on a big truck but now he'd never get the chance.
So anyway a trucker hears this and (sniff) he risks missing his delivery schedule to go and pick up the little boy and give him a spin in his truck,

But when he gets to the boy's house (sorry,I can hardly type for the tears) he find a line of trucks whose drivers had also heard the little boy's tragic story.

The boy gets his trip on the truck,and the drivers take up a collection for him and his mother,and she goes on the CB radio to thank them for all their kindness.

So yes,it could happen.

Poor Uncle Tom

CQ CQ CQDX

Pompey Magnus

dxhound2005 wrote: »

On a CB radio.

CB radios have ranges of a few miles, not thousands of miles.

cml387

Pompey Magnus wrote: »

CB radios have ranges of a few miles, not thousands of miles.

Not true,Single Sideband CB can be subject to ionospheric skip covering large distance of over 2000 miles.
Oh the useless things that I know.

Iwannahurl

Poor Uncle Tom wrote: »

CQ CQ CQDX

How do you greet a ham radio operator?

With a short wave.

dxhound2005

Pompey Magnus wrote: »

CB radios have ranges of a few miles, not thousands of miles.

Really good conditions the last couple of days on 27mhz.
Plenty of USA, Caribbean, and south america booming in.

Conditions are really starting to pick up.

That was posted on the Hobby Radio forum on Oct 12. CB operates on 27 mHz, signals can propogate all round the world at times. You shouldn't make statements when you don't know what you are talking about.

FoxT

Well, ye are both right...

CB radios have a reliable range of a few miles, but depending on various factors can at times communicate over 000's of miles. I'll warrant that the West of Ireland-LA connection via CB is not reliable enough or private enough for 2 people to use it to develop a relationship .

I still don't get the point of the OP though.

bonerjams03

Confab wrote: »

The Script? I was in Brisbane when I heard the lyrics 'Dublin city on a Friday night,' I nearly choked with laughter. Dublin city is about as romantic as a wheelie bin and only half as sophisticated.

It doesn't mention it as if it's Paris. It goes on to say she was on Vodkas and Cokes and him on the Guinness all night. That's Irish/Dublin Romance. Anywhere that was home is Romantic or sentimental to someone. Especially looking back like in the song. I'm not even a Script fan. Just sayin.

krudler

wheres the op?! this could be a legendary thread in the making

dxhound2005

FoxT wrote: »

Well, ye are both right...

CB radios have a reliable range of a few miles, but depending on various factors can at times communicate over 000's of miles. I'll warrant that the West of Ireland-LA connection via CB is not reliable enough or private enough for 2 people to use it to develop a relationship .

I still don't get the point of the OP though.

Read it again and you will see that they "met over a cb radio", it doesn't say that it was used to develop the relationship subsequently. And Pompey Magnus is not right.

Athlone_Bhoy

Candy Cane waiting in room 17 as promised!

karlog

THE WORLD IS F*CKED!!!!

Marie ridgeway

Athlone_Bhoy wrote: »

Candy Cane waiting in room 17 as promised!

who is candy cane ?

chughes

Poor guy. He's probably ploughing a lonely furrow every night now.

HarryPotter41

cml387 wrote: »

I heard about a little boy who had a CB radio.
His father was dead and his mother had to go out to work to support them.The little boy got on the CB and described his sad plight (the boy was also paraplegic-did I mention that?)
Anyway he says on the radio how he'd aways been promised a ride on a big truck but now he'd never get the chance.
So anyway a trucker hears this and (sniff) he risks missing his delivery schedule to go and pick up the little boy and give him a spin in his truck,

But when he gets to the boy's house (sorry,I can hardly type for the tears) he find a line of trucks whose drivers had also heard the little boy's tragic story.

The boy gets his trip on the truck,and the drivers take up a collection for him and his mother,and she goes on the CB radio to thank them for all their kindness.

So yes,it could happen.

Red Savine, not a true story :-)

HarryPotter41

dxhound2005 wrote: »

Really good conditions the last couple of days on 27mhz.
Plenty of USA, Caribbean, and south america booming in.

Conditions are really starting to pick up.

That was posted on the Hobby Radio forum on Oct 12. CB operates on 27 mHz, signals can propogate all round the world at times. You shouldn't make statements when you don't know what you are talking about.

If people start coming on boards and only post about things when they know what they are talkign about the site will close in a week. Are you mad????

Marie ridgeway

karlog wrote: »

THE WORLD IS F*CKED!!!!

why ?

Marie ridgeway

krudler wrote: »

wheres the op?! this could be a legendary thread in the making

Im here. It seems most of ye think im talking about myself in this thread, that i am the loser farmer.

Pookah

Marie ridgeway wrote: »

Im here. It seems most of ye think im talking about myself in this thread, that i am the loser farmer.

Are you the cheerleader, perchance, posting in the hope of rekindling your relationship with your former lover?

pablomakaveli

Marie ridgeway wrote: »

I know a man in his mid 40s who lives alone on a farm in a rural village in the west of ireland, ye guys here in after hours would call him a looser but he is not really, back in the mid 80s he had a girlfriend, a beautiful blond cheerleader from los angeles, they met over a cb radio. He went to visit her in La but he just couldnt settle in over there, it was just too much of a culture shock for him and he missed his mammy so he went home as soon as he could. Now 24 years later his mammy is dead and he is all alone and he wonders every moment of his day what if he stayed in LA with the girl of his dreams ?

This is actually pretty strange because i know a guy in his mid-forties who used to pretend he was a blonde cheerleader from LA on his CB radio. He said he convinced one guy who was a farmer to go to LA and the guy i know went out there as well dressed in a blonde wig and a dress and they went out with each other for a while.

But after a few months the farmer finally realised he was dating a man and ran back to Ireland.

cml387

HarryPotter41 wrote: »

Red Savine, not a true story :-)

OK so they wrote a song about it.

dxhound2005

HarryPotter41 wrote: »

If people start coming on boards and only post about things when they know what they are talkign about the site will close in a week. Are you mad????

But if their ignorance of a technical subject leads them to accuse other people of lying (post #15) I think that is wrong.

Pompey Magnus

dxhound2005 wrote: »

But if their ignorance of a technical subject leads them to accuse other people of lying (post #15) I think that is wrong.

Someone is taking this very personally, you wouldn't happen to be that lonely farmer in the west of Ireland upset that your one and only claim for a romantic conquest has been called into question by any chance?

maxfresh

i wonder what her "handle" was, maybe something like big pom poms

PeterIanStaker

Marie ridgeway wrote: »

who is candy cane ?

Pobably this guy:
http://www.cyclelikethesedins.com/images/stories/lumberjack.jpg

dxhound2005

Pompey Magnus wrote: »

Someone is taking this very personally, you wouldn't happen to be that lonely farmer in the west of Ireland upset that your one and only claim for a romantic conquest has been called into question by any chance?

Yeah, I'm in Dundalk Co Mayo. And my Honda 50 can do 600 mph.

ejmaztec

chin_grin wrote: »

How can the door be a jar? Why would they put a jar on a car?

To help you get out of a jam.

aine-maire

Pookah wrote: »

If she'd really loved him she'd have followed him to the West. He was better off with his Mammy.

But by your logic if he'd really loved her he would have stayed.

HarryPotter41

dxhound2005 wrote: »

But if their ignorance of a technical subject leads them to accuse other people of lying (post #15) I think that is wrong.

Such is life on boards.ie

sponsoredwalk

This is your storyline for the RTE Irish version of She's All That mixed with the Notebook isn't it?

Marie ridgeway

sponsoredwalk wrote: »

This is your storyline for the RTE Irish version of She's All That mixed with the Notebook isn't it?

No