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to watch the road instead of looking back over my shoulder at a yard 
whose trees have floodlights in their branches, or at an empty parking 
lot so bright that you could deliver babies in it."

...WTH?



"the study subsequently revealed a strong association between working 
the night shift and an increased risk of breast cancer."

"I lay on my back on a bench and watched for meteors, which streaked 
past every few minutes: in a truly dark sky, shooting stars are too 
numerous to bother wishing on. We stayed until we noticed the first glow 
of the approaching sunrise. Stars near the eastern horizon melted away 
ahead of it, as though the darkness itself were dissolving."

Wait... so... staying awake at night causes cancer... so you decided to 
stay awake all night? ;-)

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Orchid XP v3 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> Wait... so... staying awake at night causes cancer... so you decided to 
> stay awake all night? ;-)

  No, light during sleep.

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On Sun, 09 Sep 2007 20:13:21 +0100, Orchid XP v3 wrote:

> "Most people don’t notice bad nighttime lighting; if you do, it can make
> you slightly crazed. When I’m driving at night, my wife has to tell me
> to watch the road instead of looking back over my shoulder at a yard
> whose trees have floodlights in their branches, or at an empty parking
> lot so bright that you could deliver babies in it."
> 
> ...WTH?

Actually, I do this, but not to that great an extent.  But when someone's 
coming at me with their bright lights on, I can't help but stare into 
them for some reason.

Jim

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And lo on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 01:55:28 +0100, Jim Henderson  
<nos### [at] nospamcom> did spake, saying:

> On Sun, 09 Sep 2007 20:13:21 +0100, Orchid XP v3 wrote:
>
>> "Most people don’t notice bad nighttime lighting; if you do, it can make
>> you slightly crazed. When I’m driving at night, my wife has to tell me
>> to watch the road instead of looking back over my shoulder at a yard
>> whose trees have floodlights in their branches, or at an empty parking
>> lot so bright that you could deliver babies in it."
>>
>> ...WTH?
>
> Actually, I do this, but not to that great an extent.

What deliver babies in parking lots?

>  But when someone's
> coming at me with their bright lights on, I can't help but stare into
> them for some reason.

It's a pain - hello where did the road go. The road is grey, the pavement  
(if any) is grey, the kerbstones (again if any) are grey; drive along our  
up and down and side to side roads and it's real good fun.

Oh wait we'll stick some cat's eyes down the middle of the road, great  
except the standard cleaning mechanism relies on them being run over and  
that clearly hasn't happened in years so they reflect as much light as a  
speck of glass.

Hmm how about glow sticks down the road, same styling as the cat's eyes,  
but with a sturdy little solar panel on top just enough to trickle charge  
some LEDs. The input from the charger drops the lights come on, I also  
know that they've come up with a better cleaning method. Brighter and  
cleaner.

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Phil Cook wrote:

>>> ...WTH?
>>
>> Actually, I do this, but not to that great an extent.
> 
> What deliver babies in parking lots?

I was wondering...

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>
> What deliver babies in parking lots?

I was told ... storks?

Marc

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M_a_r_c wrote:

> I was told ... storks?

+15

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On Tue, 11 Sep 2007 15:46:04 +0100, Phil Cook wrote:

> And lo on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 01:55:28 +0100, Jim Henderson
> <nos### [at] nospamcom> did spake, saying:
> 
>> On Sun, 09 Sep 2007 20:13:21 +0100, Orchid XP v3 wrote:
>>
>>> "Most people don’t notice bad nighttime lighting; if you do, it can
>>> make you slightly crazed. When I’m driving at night, my wife has to
>>> tell me to watch the road instead of looking back over my shoulder at
>>> a yard whose trees have floodlights in their branches, or at an empty
>>> parking lot so bright that you could deliver babies in it."
>>>
>>> ...WTH?
>>
>> Actually, I do this, but not to that great an extent.
> 
> What deliver babies in parking lots?

Um, no, I leave that to my wife. ;-)

>>  But when someone's
>> coming at me with their bright lights on, I can't help but stare into
>> them for some reason.
> 
> It's a pain - hello where did the road go. The road is grey, the
> pavement (if any) is grey, the kerbstones (again if any) are grey; drive
> along our up and down and side to side roads and it's real good fun.

Yeah, it's difficult at best - I've gotten better the last couple of 
years, but there's still a bit of that 'moth' reaction - bright light, 
must stare at it...

My wife's got occular albinism, so she *can't* drive at night (bright 
lights blind her for 10-15 seconds, which is an eternity when driving), 
so I have to.

> Oh wait we'll stick some cat's eyes down the middle of the road, great
> except the standard cleaning mechanism relies on them being run over and
> that clearly hasn't happened in years so they reflect as much light as a
> speck of glass.
> 
> Hmm how about glow sticks down the road, same styling as the cat's eyes,
> but with a sturdy little solar panel on top just enough to trickle
> charge some LEDs. The input from the charger drops the lights come on, I
> also know that they've come up with a better cleaning method. Brighter
> and cleaner.

Well, you still want headlights, though - otherwise you can't see the 
cars coming at you from any direction.  That's one of my pet peeves about 
driving, people who drive after dark without their lights.  Makes me want 
to ram them...

Jim

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And lo on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 20:55:30 +0100, Jim Henderson  
<nos### [at] nospamcom> did spake, saying:

> On Tue, 11 Sep 2007 15:46:04 +0100, Phil Cook wrote:
>
>> And lo on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 01:55:28 +0100, Jim Henderson
>> <nos### [at] nospamcom> did spake, saying:
>>
>>> On Sun, 09 Sep 2007 20:13:21 +0100, Orchid XP v3 wrote:
>>>
>>>> "Most people don’t notice bad nighttime lighting; if you do, it can
>>>> make you slightly crazed. When I’m driving at night, my wife has to
>>>> tell me to watch the road instead of looking back over my shoulder at
>>>> a yard whose trees have floodlights in their branches, or at an empty
>>>> parking lot so bright that you could deliver babies in it."
>>>>
>>>> ...WTH?
>>>
>>> Actually, I do this, but not to that great an extent.
>>
>> What deliver babies in parking lots?
>
> Um, no, I leave that to my wife. ;-)

Good call, you just drive her there.

>>>  But when someone's
>>> coming at me with their bright lights on, I can't help but stare into
>>> them for some reason.
>>
>> It's a pain - hello where did the road go. The road is grey, the
>> pavement (if any) is grey, the kerbstones (again if any) are grey; drive
>> along our up and down and side to side roads and it's real good fun.
>
> Yeah, it's difficult at best - I've gotten better the last couple of
> years, but there's still a bit of that 'moth' reaction - bright light,
> must stare at it...

But even if you don't everything vanishes, especially regarding the ponces  
with halogens 'Well it allows me to see where I'm going more clearly'  
shame it prevents anyone else.

> My wife's got occular albinism, so she *can't* drive at night (bright
> lights blind her for 10-15 seconds, which is an eternity when driving),
> so I have to.

That must be an annoyance for her, making you the default designated  
driver.

>> Oh wait we'll stick some cat's eyes down the middle of the road, great
>> except the standard cleaning mechanism relies on them being run over and
>> that clearly hasn't happened in years so they reflect as much light as a
>> speck of glass.
>>
>> Hmm how about glow sticks down the road, same styling as the cat's eyes,
>> but with a sturdy little solar panel on top just enough to trickle
>> charge some LEDs. The input from the charger drops the lights come on, I
>> also know that they've come up with a better cleaning method. Brighter
>> and cleaner.
>
> Well, you still want headlights, though - otherwise you can't see the
> cars coming at you from any direction.

Oh sure, but why do they need to be angled where they are; why do you need  
two pair I wonder what would happen if we went back to war-time conditions  
with cardboard stuck over the lights with just small slits cut out of them.

>  That's one of my pet peeves about
> driving, people who drive after dark without their lights.  Makes me want
> to ram them...

Mines the reverse, people driving along with full lights on when they  
don't need to. Really don't see many people driving without lights at  
night, some faulty ones perhaps or just side-lights (which is legal in  
street-lit areas). Biggest bugbear now is those cars that switch the  
side-lights on automatically regardless of light conditions Seriously  
people if I can't see your car in full bloody daylight having two dim  
lights on at the front ain't gonna make a difference.

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