# There I am! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 24, 2018, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-i-am/823408 "2018-10-24T00:06:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2018, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-i-am/823408/1 "2018-10-24T00:06:50Z")
Six months ago, I noticed a Google street-view car approaching an intersection near my house. I caught up to it, and made a note to check back in six months. Sure enough, my car is in two frames. They do a pretty good job of blurring any identifying features, but it has to be me. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2018, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-i-am/823408/2 "2018-10-24T00:46:13Z")
No link? ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2018, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-i-am/823408/3 "2018-10-24T00:54:46Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > No link? Yes, it’s a dilemma. I guess it’s a small enough risk that I can post it: [My car is the silver one entering the intersection.](https://www.google.com/maps/@33.6036005,-111.9692279,3a,15y,90t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sOKC74yeLARs5THGWUS84TQ!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo2.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DOKC74yeLARs5THGWUS84TQ%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D326.44968%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192) ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2018, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-i-am/823408/4 "2018-10-24T01:27:01Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > Yes, it’s a dilemma. > I guess it’s a small enough risk that I can post it: Risk of what? ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2018, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-i-am/823408/5 "2018-10-24T01:29:39Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Risk of what? I take pains to keep my online persona isolated from my physical identity. I don’t do a prefect job, but the fewer data leaks, the happier I am. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2018, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-i-am/823408/6 "2018-10-24T01:39:18Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > I don’t do a prefect job Heh. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2018, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-i-am/823408/7 "2018-10-24T01:42:23Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Heh. And now you know my first name! D’oh! ---
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2018, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-i-am/823408/8 "2018-10-24T02:50:53Z")
About 6 months ago my wife comes home and says “hey, I saw the Google Street View camera car today!” Sure enough, a couple of weeks ago street view was updated and there she is. Fame and glory, here we come! ---
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2018, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-i-am/823408/9 "2018-10-24T02:53:49Z")
And btw, in case nobody was aware (this is the Dope, so y’all knew this I’m sure), you can use street view to explore Machu Picchu as well the cemetery where Earnest Shackleton is buried. Pretty cool. I’m always on the lookout for new street views to explore. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2018, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-i-am/823408/10 "2018-10-24T03:34:37Z")
Not Google Street View-related, but Hey-there-I-am-on-the-internet related: some forty-two years ago, I played a role in a new musical at my community college. The musical had never been staged before (although last week, I found that a rumor existed that there had been an off-Broadway production of it. That rumor remains unconfirmed). A couple of months ago, I learned from some of my fellow actors in the musical, that the show was available for licensing from Samuel French. I went to their online catalog, and did a search that found not only the listing for the play, but a few pages from the front of the script, in which information about the original staging of the show was listed. Among the information was the cast list, _with my name in it_! :eek: 🆒 😃 So, Hey! There I am on the internet! ---
**Author:** ![txjim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f07891/32.png) [@txjim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/txjim)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2018, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-i-am/823408/11 "2018-10-24T14:36:43Z")
I would \*not \*have chosen that outfit… ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2018, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-i-am/823408/12 "2018-10-24T16:47:09Z")
I checked the street view for my place. Now, I live in the middle of nowhere, and I had a old muscle car that hid in the garage for over 20 years. It maybe saw the light of day once every 2 or 3 years for maybe an hour, just to hose off the dust. Street view not only caught that exact day and time, but also my wife walking across the yard. Bizarro! ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2018, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-i-am/823408/13 "2018-10-24T16:50:37Z")
Not Google related, I also ended up, _TWICE_, in the photo booklet for my favorite band’s live album. I can die happy now. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2018, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-i-am/823408/14 "2018-10-24T19:07:02Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > Yes, it’s a dilemma…My car is the silver one entering the intersection. Looks more like a Nissan. > [@beowulff](#): > > And now you know my first name! > D’oh! Ford? Ford Prefect?!? ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2018, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-i-am/823408/15 "2018-10-24T19:33:57Z")
> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > Ford? Ford Prefect?!? Why…he’s not from anywhere NEAR Scottsdale! ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2018, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-i-am/823408/16 "2018-10-24T19:37:14Z")
> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > Looks more like a Nissan. > Ford? Ford Prefect?!? And here I thought that would be nicely inconspicuous… ---
**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2018, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-i-am/823408/17 "2018-10-24T19:58:40Z")
I’m on Bing Maps streetview, waiting outside the Neon Graveyard in Las Vegas. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2018, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-i-am/823408/18 "2018-10-24T20:07:55Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > And now you know my first name! > D’oh! Is it not **snfaulkner**? 😕 Liable to cause a bit of confusion! ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2018, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-i-am/823408/19 "2018-10-24T20:59:32Z")
> [@Anamorphic](#): > > I’m on Bing Maps streetview, waiting outside the Neon Graveyard in Las Vegas. Yeah, but who uses Bing? ---
**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2018, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-i-am/823408/20 "2018-10-24T21:15:35Z")
> [@MEBuckner](#): > > Yeah, but who uses Bing? Quite honestly, if I hadn’t seen their streetview car driving by that day taking the photos, I probably wouldn’t even know it existed. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-i-am/823408.md?page=2)