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I was just getting into my car this morning when I saw a car coming down the road with a bit tripod thing on the roof.

It had Google livery on the doors and so I stayed where I was until it went down and back up the road just to make sure I got maximum exposure .

Having said that I'm embarrassed to admit that last year I fell for an April fool prank when my local radio station spent a week building up a story about the Google satellite going overhead in our area. Yes, I was stood on the car park at work at 9am hoping my image would be captured for posterity. It took about 10 minutes for the penny to drop and for me to realise the date .

bit big

Your claim to fame

They blank out faces..
Shame really.

No YANBU - and although they blank out faces, if you were wearing something distinctive, you'll be able to see yourself.

My dh is on google maps - thank god they blank out faces, because with what he was wearing to work that day he looked like where's wally dressed like a tramp and I would have been a little if he was recognisable.

YANBU.
I am excited for you!

Please tell me you're in S London, and I will go out and do the front garden, wearing all the neon I can find

There's a very funny Google maps sequence in Dublin. If you move forward in the direction the car was going you can see a man looking at the car. Then man's friend comes out of house to look at care. Then they're conversing and laughing. Then turning their back to the car (you know what's coming don't you). Then just as the car goes by they both moon at the camera.

I think you missed an opportunity by just standing there OP, you could have proved to the world that you do indeed have a tidy bush.

I am surprised they blank out faces - on our Google streetview there is a bloke in the yard next door baring his bum at the camera, and they didn't blank
THAT out!!

You should have flashed your tits.

I was standing at the window looking out when I saw ours last year...

It is a huge picture window and I realised that if I could see it, it could see me..... Fortunately the windows seem blacked out.

Our green recycling box however looks very fetching by the front door.

oh oh You all have to look at these amazing pictures from Google Street View

Lol at tit flashing. I was telling my mate about the Google cars so she insisted we found her house and there she was putting her rubbish out looking a right royal mess

There was a funny thread about that once. I liked the post from the lady who had an empty wine bottle visible in her window

Lol I found my sister on street view and text her to tell her.She didn't even notice there was a camera there.I had to laugh at that tbh and I also seen dps dad in the front room window asleep haha

I'm getting DD out of the car on mine. You can't really make out my face very clearly but I look rough as a bear's arse and dead pissed off. I didn't notice the car either!

Sorry for not coming back yesterday I was on one of my very rare nights out .

I'm in the Midlands but I'd guess there is more than one car or the poor bloke would be driving around for years.

I did consider a bit of flashing but I'm a fine upstanding member of the community and it would not have gone down well (although I'm very proud of my naturally tidy bush ).

TBH if I'd have flashed my s he'd have needed a wide angle lens .

I found myself on google street view. Never even noticed the car go by

My cat was in the google street view of our old house! I wonder when they're doing our new one?!?!

I must admit my first thought on reading your thread title was "I wonder if she mooned it?"

But then I am just very, very childish.

Hoi!

Where was my HeadsUp?

I could have wunked at them.



<<lives 2 minutes away>>

I followed a Google car in Sheffield on Wednesday! I over took him when I had chance to have a good look accross

We got lost in a village looking for a bakery and ended up in loads of the shots cos the Google car was driving round at the same time we were... it's bizarre but quite exciting.

Didn't notice the car either. I got caught in my previous car, waiting for the kids to get out of school. Unfortunately I was preening myself in the rear view mirror and making a troll-like face. Oops!

I got very pissed off when I discovered that the day the google street view camera came to my house, the only car on the drive was the cleaner's measly specimen, and not either of our rather nice expensive ones.

So anyone I haven't seen for years who is interested enough to spy on my house and see how much money I've got will think it's mine. I think there should be a right to reply on this very important matter of misrepresentation.
I feel affronted.

Plus, we should be given advance notice so we can sweep the driveway and trim the hedges. [sad middle class Margot/Hyacinth emoticon]