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Saturday
Aug222009

all I know is what I saw

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Working to extract a child from a wreckclick to embiggen
As I was finishing up a round of golf, just before 6PM, in Lake Placid last evening, a virtual parade of emergency vehicles - fire trucks, ambulance / rescue trucks, state police cars, volunteer rescue / firemen in their personal vehicles - rushed past the golf course on their way out of town. After finishing the round, I got in the car and headed in the same direction, which is the only way home. A few miles down the road I came upon this scene.

A local newspaper had this account on their website this AM:

LAKE PLACID - A head-on collision Friday evening sent five people to the hospital and closed state Route 86 between Lake Placid and River Road for two hours, according to Lake Placid Volunteer Fire Department members.

An Ashley's Carpet Cleaning van and a silver truck collided at about 5:40 p.m. at the corner of state Route 86 and River Road. Wilmington, Lake Placid, Saranac Lake and Keene volunteer fire departments, as well as state police, responded to the scene.

Two people were transported to Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital in Plattsburgh and three were transported to Adirondack Medical Center in Lake Placid. One victim, who was brought to CVPH, needed to be extricated from the vehicle by the Jaws of Life. The names and conditions of the victims were not available as of press time and state police had no further information.

My picture above depicts emergency personnel working at removing a victim - a child who appeared to be about 10 years old - from the wreckage.

As the article mentions, no details regarding the accident have been released. From all appearances, it seems that one vehicle or the other crossed over the centerline. As can be noticed in the picture, the red van did not appear to have braked - there are no skid marks of any kind in evidence. That said, no skid marks could be attributable to the fact that the road was damp from some rain that fell an hour or two prior to the accident.

Saturday
May302009

getting around ~ raised to high art/fetish

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Frenched to the nth degreeclick to embiggen
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Bitchin' '57 Chevyclick to embiggen

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Pink Cadillacclick to embiggen
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Big Dogclick to embiggen
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Cowboy Hogclick to embiggen
Over the past 24 hours our area has been treated to a great display of Rolling American Iron, heavy metal style - and I don't mean music. Although, when all of those hogs fired up this AM on Main Street, I'm sure that it was sweet music to some ears.

This weekend Lake Placid is host to an annual custom/classic car show and auction. Hugo and I (that's us reflected in the '57 Chevy Continental Kit's spare wheel cover) stopped in at the '80 Olympic Arena, home of the Miracle On Ice, to see the cars roll in. Say what you will about these things, but one thing is certain - these guys know how to paint a car. The paint is flawless, looks liquid, and seems to be about 12 inches deep, especially the candy metalflake jobs.

Although not pictured here, one thing that some of the custom cars and many of the bikes have in common is a liberal display of skulls and crossbones. On the cars its things like gearshift knobs and steering wheel hubs. On bikes its usually applied with painted emblems and, of course, on the backs of leather jackets and on helmets. And, of course, there were plenty of painted flames on both cars and bikes.

Although I am not a Harley guy - I ride a Rice-Burner Crotch-Rocket - I was kind of impressed by Cowboy-Edition Harley - you gotta love all that rawhide fringe and those whitewall tires. The only thing I'd change is the saddle because I'd want a 2-seater so the wife could ride bitch.