I had a CB in my work truck to get traffic info from the truckers around Washington DC for a while, but too much time with it on 19 listening to them started to lower my IQ and I had to stop. Democracy is a scary idea.
Coast Guard pretty accurately and quickly locates false Maydays and other infractions on Marine Band. Important to know exact location of real Maydays.
There is a good chance that it won't work within the building. If the structure is the common corrugated metal with concrete, it will be blocked. A repeater to work within a building with that structure ... would be adjacent to the building rather than in it or on top.
Lucky in central MD. Good round tables on both ham and GMRS. When a couple guys start talking about the best pizza place we can have 6 or 7 in very good order for 15 or 20 minutes sometimes.
Shaking Elvis's hand would be icky considering how long he's been cold. Meeting him would be even worse, because that would mean I was with him. Not sure if Randy has been complimented or insulted.
I have been able to tilt my HT far enough out of polarization to have my signal go from full readable to barely readable when in contact with a repeater 20 miles away. Also whether the ISS repeater was readable or not (yes, with a regular verticle on a HT).