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July 11, 2015 by tomdalzell

Gabby’s Naughty QSL Cards (NSFW)

A QSL card is a written confirmation of communication from a CB or short wave broadcasting station.  They are the size of a postcard, and most are sent through the mail.  The name comes from the Q code.  A Q code message can stand for a statement or a question (when the code is followed by a question mark). In this case, QSL? means “do you confirm receipt of my transmission?” while QSL means “I confirm receipt of your transmission”.  The CB cards were especially popular in the mid 1970s when the CB craze swept the country.

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Gabby is amused by vernacular sexual art.  One weekend he assembled a modest collection of QSL cards depicting nudity or sexual activity.  Naughty!

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But his collection of naughty cards  –  pretty cool, no?  What did my friend think?

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