"CRaSH" wrote in message
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Metal screens in front of your windshield (windscreen) and headlights were
a common sight............

You never (rarely) see them now days, since the introduction of the
laminated windscreen. The weather is doing silly things though. The last 2
days, we had 38 degrees Celsius, and yet today, we're having 23 degrees
Celsius, and it's raining!
Oz/Crash Lander