The Kneeslider

Doers Builders and Positive People

Cop handcuffs doctor on way to baby delivery

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Maybe I see more of this because I noticed it the first time and it just pops up on my radar. A doctor riding his motorcycle on the way to the hospital to deliver a baby is stopped by a traffic cop. Dr. Anthony Chidiac was driving his motorcycle 35 mph in a 25 mph zone last March when he was stopped by 15-year veteran Officer William Lilliston, who said the doctor was slow … [Read more...]

Naked women and traffic cops

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Got your attention, didn't it? Now I have nothing against traffic cops, for the overwhelming majority who do great work, stories like this just make them look bad. But explain to me why a stop on suspicion of drunk driving led these two cops to confiscate the woman's cell phone, search it for photos and, finding some nude pictures, download them to their PDA and show those … [Read more...]

Biker Build Off – Matt Hotch

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Just watched a rerun of the Biker Build Off with Matt Hotch. I'll admit up front that choppers are not my preferred form of two wheeler but Matt Hotch does some very nice work. I like the fact that he is entirely self taught, welding, metal work, everything. His bike, the V Lux, used a Harley V Rod engine and looked really cool. He created a single sided swingarm with the brake … [Read more...]

Hubcap Creatures

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These sculptures are another example of scrap art that I find oddly fascinating. This fellow, Hubcap Creatures by Ptolemy, takes hubcaps found on the roadside and turns them into all sorts of creatures, lots of fish and aquatic life but some other stuff, too. I ran across this sometime in the last week or so and I can't remember where. I previously pointed out scrap art here … [Read more...]