WARNING SIGNS OF BECOMMING A SCANNER-NUT: Can you ID a radio's freq by looking at the antenna? Do you know what fire station is being dispatched by listening to the pager tones? Do you start reading plates by the police phonetics? Can you quickly translate a vanity plate read in phonetics? Do you have a 'favorite' dispatcher? Do you curse the newspaper for not printing anything about what you heard last night? Do you know at least 15 vehicle/penal code sections? Are you on a constant search for the 'best' frequency manager program? Do you yell at TV shows that use scanners in place of 2-way radios? (trivia- wha t scanner was used as a 2-way radio on 'Starskey & Hutch'?) When you promise to sell your old scanner when you upgrade, do you find a conveniant use for it SOMEWHERE? Can you rattle off at least 10 local PD/Fire freqs by memory? Do you put off everything on Saturday night to see "Cops"? Do you have twin spotlights on your car? Have you ever slipped and said '10-81'when taking lunch, and you're an accountant? Do you know exactly when you are leaving one 'beat'and entering another? When someone says 'trunk' you don't think elephant or car compartment, you think 'ARRRRRGH!' This list stolen from David(?)