Eyeballs
Having an eyeball was CB slang for meeting someone off air. This was particularly popular with teenage users who used CB radio to improve their social circle. More mature users often formed clubs that met up in bars and licenced clubs and these were also referred to as 'eyeballs' - on 'eyeball night'. CB Clubs caught on in a big way.
Impromptu mobile meetings between two users could sometimes grow larger as others who were passing by joined in. In some cases, especially before legalisation, disguised antennas were used to evaluate a possible 'eyeball', checking for some kind of set-up.
In the late 1970s, the home office actually enticed breakers to eyeballs in Glasgow by replying to "14 for a copy", meeting them and a police car promptly arrived as back up, to search the vehicle and enforce a prosecution and confiscation of the equipment.
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Famous quotes containing the word eyeballs:
“I’ve never heard of Timothy Leary before, but I want to get into advertising, so I liked when he talked about how whoever controls your eyeballs controls your mind.”
—Amy Stewart (b. 1975)