Things you always wanted to know the answer to [Vol. 4]
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V8mate said:
Yep - pretty sure the Elite and Eclat popped up to flash too. Can't recall what TR7s did.
On mine the pop-ups weren't even halfway up before the flash happened. By the time they were fully up the flash had been and gone, which meant nobody really saw the flash. Although that could have been a quirk of my particular car and something needed adjusting. Clockwork Cupcake said:
227bhp said:
I can't see new Aston, Rolls or Ferrari owners waving at each other somehow though, older ones would.
True. I think it has to be rare *and* enthusiast really. As SpeckledJim says, the poseurs are going to consider themselves above such things and are more likely to turn their noses up at each other than to wave at each other.
Clockwork Cupcake said:
On mine the pop-ups weren't even halfway up before the flash happened. By the time they were fully up the flash had been and gone, which meant nobody really saw the flash. Although that could have been a quirk of my particular car and something needed adjusting.
Indeed. That was the crankiness of the era to which I was referring^^ 
gothatway said:
V8mate said:
Yep - you wouldn't want to flash your lights if you had a 70s/80s car with pop-up headlamps. One would, for certain, stay down, and the other would creak and judder up so slowly, you'd have passed the oncoming vehicle and would just confuse another driver 500 yards later.
Do they pop up just for a flash ? The 924/944's certainly don't - the auxiliary lights in the bumper (in the sidelight housing) do the flash.
MrScroggs said:
After pj’s epic post, mine is rather pedestrian. Ever since Woolworths shut down I’ve been wondering what happened to the big red weighing machines they used to have. Were they scrapped or did someone buy them? There must have been hundreds of them.
They turn up every so often in Architectural Salvage Yards, so some would have made their way into the trade. Although I'm sure many were weighed in (pun intended) for scrap. 
SpeckledJim said:
227bhp said:
House spiders:
When I throw spiders out of the house can they survive outside? There seem to be two types, what I would call a normal house spider and those with tiny bodies and really long almost microscopic legs which gyrate or swing up and down on the web when disturbed.
Also, how do they survive in there and what do they eat? House spiders seem to have no webs and there aren't many insects anyhow. Do they just get in somehow and starve?
There's loads of stuff in your house for a spider to eat. We just don't want to be aware of it. Imagine how little fuel a spider (cold-blooded, and stationary 99.9% of the time) actually needs.When I throw spiders out of the house can they survive outside? There seem to be two types, what I would call a normal house spider and those with tiny bodies and really long almost microscopic legs which gyrate or swing up and down on the web when disturbed.
Also, how do they survive in there and what do they eat? House spiders seem to have no webs and there aren't many insects anyhow. Do they just get in somehow and starve?
As for daddy long legs, arnt they one of the most poisonous spiders, but after being created they were messing about so much that God took their fangs off them
Source - Ricky Gervais 'Animals'
Frimley111R said:
alorotom said:
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98elise said:
There really can't be many homes without it now?
The early stuff is knackered now though. And everyone wants grey/brown, not white. 
SCEtoAUX said:
Fermit and Sexy Sarah said:
It doesn't. You have a setting wrong somewhere.227bhp said:
House spiders:
When I throw spiders out of the house can they survive outside? There seem to be two types, what I would call a normal house spider and those with tiny bodies and really long almost microscopic legs which gyrate or swing up and down on the web when disturbed.
Also, how do they survive in there and what do they eat? House spiders seem to have no webs and there aren't many insects anyhow. Do they just get in somehow and starve?
Who cares? With any luck a bird will eat them and then burst into flames to be certain the spider is dead.When I throw spiders out of the house can they survive outside? There seem to be two types, what I would call a normal house spider and those with tiny bodies and really long almost microscopic legs which gyrate or swing up and down on the web when disturbed.
Also, how do they survive in there and what do they eat? House spiders seem to have no webs and there aren't many insects anyhow. Do they just get in somehow and starve?
Alternatively it moves into my door mirror and gets a free sauna every time I turn on the heated mirrors.
98elise said:
gothatway said:
V8mate said:
Yep - you wouldn't want to flash your lights if you had a 70s/80s car with pop-up headlamps. One would, for certain, stay down, and the other would creak and judder up so slowly, you'd have passed the oncoming vehicle and would just confuse another driver 500 yards later.
Do they pop up just for a flash ? The 924/944's certainly don't - the auxiliary lights in the bumper (in the sidelight housing) do the flash.Talking of things you've always wondered and daddy-long-legs (which I just googled as it occured to me that can't be their real name- they're Crane Fly apparently)- how the hell have they survived this long? They must be the blindest, stupidest insect in the world. I'd swear our drones are already more intelligent.
Fermit and Sexy Sarah said:
SCEtoAUX said:
Where could I start to figure this out then, anyone any ideas? Sky is full screen, the Amazon stick has just been stuck in the USB and it's always done this. Gassing Station | The Lounge | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff