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Old 01-20-11, 01:47 PM
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Guys at work were looking at Google Streetview when I vaguely remembered having seen their car go by while I was out for a ride last summer, after five minutes of looking, there I was. What the heck am I doing with my arms .



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Old 01-20-11, 01:49 PM
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nice, I found an ex coworker outside the shop selling a cargo bike...
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So can you sue them now because you were suppose to be "at work" at that hour of day?
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Old 01-20-11, 03:03 PM
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ha! that's awesome! they caught my dad outside his building...but I guess they came through the area again and updated a bunch of views.
They originally did my house in the winter, now its a pic that was taken this past summer.
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Awesome! I wish that would happen to me!
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They took a the pictures of the other side of the street on a different day. Maybe even in a different season or year:

https://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&laye....68,,0,7.8&hq=
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Awesome
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I love the Norwegian guys who dressed in scuba gear and chased the car with pitchforks.
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i remember a google camera car driving by when i was trying to shove a gigantic sandwich into my mouth. Luckily it never made it into the final cut.
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Originally Posted by PhotoJoe
I love the Norwegian guys who dressed in scuba gear and chased the car with pitchforks.
I had to look that up... that's freakin' hilarious!
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Sorry, here is just one of the many links:
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Originally Posted by coasting
i remember a google camera car driving by when i was trying to shove a gigantic sandwich into my mouth. Luckily it never made it into the final cut.
I'm just glad I wasn't blowing a snot rocket.
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...or adjusting your package.
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Originally Posted by rat fink
...or adjusting your package.
Actually I am pretty embarrassed about the seat pack.. that's what you meant, right?
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[QUOTE=RacerOne;12105291] What the heck am I doing with my arms : My guess is you are giving yourself a very stiff neck but at least you have the sun at your back.
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Originally Posted by RacerOne
Actually I am pretty embarrassed about the seat pack.. that's what you meant, right?
For shame! Only Freds and pros use seat bags.
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Here I am, caught from a bit of a distance. I actually went right by the streetview car but on a section of street that was photographed at a slightly different time, so this was about as close as I appear on camera.

I'm doing the stiff-arm as well, oddly enough.



I was commuting to work, hence the panniers. My seat bag is probably hiding inside one of them.

Link here
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Originally Posted by RacerOne
What the heck am I doing with my arms
locking them.
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I just google mapped my neighborhood looking for myself. No luck.
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That's cool! The most I've ever found is my car parked in my driveway only a few months after I moved there.
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thay even took the time to burr your face
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famous I tell ya!
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Originally Posted by Juan Torres
thay even took the time to burr your face
Can you imagine having that job? Bo-ring.
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Originally Posted by RacerOne
Can you imagine having that job? Bo-ring.
They have an auto face recognizing system that blurs faces.

Could you imagine loosing that job to a computer?
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That's pretty cool - talk about finding a needle in a haystack!
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