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07.07.07... MacRumors London Picnic
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Omg ahh I so want to come but I am 13 and if I came (I would like have to bring my mum which would kinda suck..) I fear I would feel like a fish out of water...
It's to allow the windows to be closed from the outside (from the ground via a long pole with hook at the end) before the bus is put through the bus wash thus negating the need for a worker to have to go inside each and every bus shutting them.
Both the sliding and the hinged type side windows have a similar device to allow them to be closed from the outside. it's a time saver basically.
So no mention of the picnic? Would be nice to meet the iGav. Wintermute said he might make it... if that's any incentive.
Excellent. The park and King's College are both very central... come and cure your jetlag with us.
Will you be bringing Manuel and Sybil?
Sybil is coming.
As long as they bring Polly too!!
running the hotel, of course.
Poo, Give her the day off. The Major and Terry in charge!!
Oooh, I wish I could be there. I almost got to London last week for my grandmother's funeral but lack of funds kept me from going to that as well
London, macrumors friends, summer: what could be better? When every one sobers up, post some pictures and gossip, please!
London, macrumors friends, summer: what could be better?
When every one sobers up, post some pictures and gossip, please!
Bad description in the sig... I'd understand those type of handles. I mean the kind of hanging on handles that are on the top of the front deck - where the windows don't open... I can't see any reason other than hanging off them while washing the windows by hand.... which I'd think was unlikely...
I'm fairly sure those are to prevent low-hanging tree branches smashing against the windows and to prune the smaller branches away... That seat on the left-hand side front of the top deck is always my preferred spot, and I've occasionally jumped out of my skin when there's a huge crash on the window while going down some of the leafier streets.
I'm intrigued you're going to have to get a picture with your phone the next time you encounter them so we can see exactly what you mean.
Some of the buses here have a handle like apparatus on the front of the upper deck, just on the front right hand corner (if you're stood right in front of the bus, looking straight at it). They're there to prevent damage to the bus/window if it clips a sign or traffic light or something. Is that the sort of thing you mean?
EDIT: great minds think alike, and apparently me and BV do too.
Oh! Thank you, I've wondered about that for awhile now.
'Cause everytime I see an image of those buses, I giggle 'cause it just looks like ears or feelers or something silly like that. 
I've found a pic to demonstrate the handles I'm talking about...
Please note I don't have a collection of bus pictures or owt, this is from Google. Honest.
Please note I don't have a collection of bus pictures or owt, this is from Google. Honest.
Damn. That's a much better image than what I found.
(But do I get bonus points for making mine easier to see?
It was originally all in color.)