From the monthly archives:

January 2009

More trailer hitch fun

by MrChemistry on January 12, 2009

I can see unique trailer hitches becoming a reoccurring theme here at DWT. I saw these in Austin awhile back (sorry for the grainy photos; iPhone + moving car). What you can’t tell from the photo is that whenever the brakes were pressed, the deer would start to move it’s legs up and down frantically. Tasteless? [...]

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Righteous Space City sidecar

by MrChemistry on January 9, 2009

Baldy and I stumbled upon this in a parking garage outside of the loop. It is quite possibly the coolest motorcycle sidecar I have ever seen. I especially like the lone headlight (tinted the shade of the windshield!) and four turn signals.
Makes me wonder what Batman’s sidecar would be like…

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Asset Protection

by MrChemistry on January 8, 2009

I’ve only just recently seen these awesome beasts at Target (check out the disc brakes!). I assume they’re for chasing down fleety shoplifters, but they bring up so many questions.
Is this really necessary? (this particular Target was in one of the more upscale neighborhoods of Htown)
How fast do they go?
How many times did something occur [...]

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Non-Texas Highway Signs

by MrChemistry on January 7, 2009

Is it me or do other state signs just look flat out funny? Whenever I travel outside of the state lines (don’t worry, I take a little bit of Texas soil with me) I find myself staring at their highway signs.  I shot this while venturing into Arkansas a bit ago, it just looks so [...]

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