The Kneeslider

Doers Builders and Positive People

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...]

Biker Build Off marathon

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Discovery Channel is going to replay all of the Biker Build Off shows on Tuesday, March 29th. So if you are interested in seeing any of those shows again, this would be a good time to set your VCR or digital recorder. … [Read more...]

911 says “Too Bad”

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A Connecticut caller to 911 trying to get help for an injured motorcyclist gets the response of "Yeah, too bad" and then they hang up! The call was routed to the State Police barracks and was answered by Trooper Robert Peasley. Thinking they got a wrong number the caller tried again and the next trooper said "Yeah, help will get there. Shouldn't be playing games." A third call … [Read more...]