As I reported in my previous article, ‘World’s Top 10 Silly Lorry Stories’, lorries and lorry drivers seem to have a habit of being involved in some of the world’s quirkiest news stories. Well, with a little delving, I’ve discovered many more ridiculous lorry stories. Here is my second top 10!

Chicken run

A lorry driver made a 100-mile trip with a live chicken under his bonnet. The truck driver only heard the hen clucking when he arrived at an Asda depot near Chepstow, Monmouthshire. Transport clerk Alex Viljoen said: ‘The lorry driver was afraid to pick the bird up. She was a bit warm and there was oil on her feathers, but she seemed quite happy.’ The chicken was taken to vet Caroline Marlow and given a clean bill of health - then laid an egg. Caroline said: ‘We think she was copying Chicken Run and trying to escape.’

False alert

A German lorry driver caused a crash on a busy autobahn after biting into an apple and swallowing his false teeth. Peter Seiler, 57, was driving on the A3 motorway near Wuerzburg when he decided to tuck into the apple. But he chocked on a piece of the apple and as he coughed he ended up swallowing his false teeth. As he struggled for air he lost control and crashed his haulage vehicle into another car. No one was hurt in the incident.

Bow-wowing 747

A retired lorry driver and his wife halted a packed jet just before take-off - after seeing their dog bounding alongside on the runway. Terry and Susan Smith, both 58, were set to fly to a new life in Lanzarote when they spotted spaniel Poppy, who is believed to have chewed her way out of her crate as the plane was about to taxi to the runway. Terry said: ‘we were in our seats ready for take-off when we suddenly saw Poppy on the runway. I was really worried about her.’ Pet transport firm Animal Airlines said it was the first time a dog had escaped in their 40 years of business.

Strange signs

Road signs in Polish have been put up in Cheshire to stop Polish-speaking lorry drivers getting confused. One sign reads ‘Do A 49 Whitchurch skrec w nastepna droge w prawo’ which means ‘For A49 to Whitchurch turn right at next junction’. The council said there was a significant Polish population in the Crewe area, thought to be about 3,000, and a number made their living as commercial truck drivers. Cheshire County Council’s county engineer, Steve Kent, said: ‘Polish people are part of the community and we need to cater for their needs.’

Snake break

A lorry driver who stopped for a toilet break in a lay-by got a shock when he discovered he was being watched by an 8ft python. The snake weaved its way toward his feet as he stopped his haulage vehicle for the break on the A59, near York. He called police who alerted RSPCA staff, reports the York Press. Animal collection officer Helen Martindale said: ‘The lorry driver said he got the shock of his life when he saw it crawling out of the bushes.’ The snake was put in a box and taken to a sanctuary in Knaresborough.

Haunted house

A former long-distance lorry driver is preparing to sue the previous owners of their house for not telling them it was haunted. Gaetano Bastianelli, 57, and his wife Stefania bought the home in the Umbrian town of Spoleto in 2005. ‘The ghosts started their haunting on the first night,’ said Mr Bastianelli. He claimed that malevolent spirits had left ‘luminous green mould all over the walls’, and that the lawnmower and his wife’s car had spontaneously combusted. A local historian, Sergio Grifoni, confirmed that an exorcism had been performed on a girl in the house in 1977.

Lorry driver lockout

A lorry driver got home to find himself locked out and his clothes dumped in the street - after a bank repossessed the wrong house. Robin Naylor, 57, said: ‘I tried to open the door and found the locks had been changed.’ Mr Booth finally got to the bottom of the mystery when he discovered that bailiffs had been sent to the wrong address by Halifax Bank after ‘an administrative error’. Angry Robin said: ‘I can’t believe how they can get it wrong with something so important.’ The Halifax said: ‘we are very sorry. It was a human error.’

Look - no hands!

Police who pulled up an overloaded haulage vehicle in China were amazed to find the lorry driver had no hands. The lorry was stopped for carrying five times its permitted load of six tonnes. ‘When we came to the cab window, we were surprised to see the driver was handless,’ said a Jimo city traffic police spokesman. The driver, Zhang, was handling the unadapted lorry with the stumps on his wrists - and didn’t even have a driving licence. Police gave Zhang, whose hands were blown off by firecrackers when he was 12, a £15 ticket and he promised never to drive again.

Helmet-head

A Chinese truck driver whose vehicle was wrecked in a smash bought a crash helmet and carried on his journey. Officers could not believe their eyes when they saw the driver wearing his crash helmet in the crushed shell of his cab. A police spokesman said: ‘We signalled the driver to stop immediately, and he told us he had to continue, since he was under contract and had a very tight schedule.’ The driver, Mr Zhao, of Wuhan city, told them he had an accident delivering vegetables to Hunan province. ‘I found the truck was still functional, so I bought myself a helmet and continued,’ he said. Police forced Zhao to get the truck fixed before driving it again.

The one about the 55 anteaters

Police in Thailand have arrested a man on suspicion of trying to smuggle 55 anteaters out of the country in a lorry. The man claimed he had been employed to deliver the anteaters, a protected species in Thailand, to Nong Khai province where a smuggler planned to take them across the border to Laos, The Bangkok Post reports. He told police the animals would have continued their journey to China, where they would eventually have been killed and eaten.

Lyall Cresswell is the Managing Director for the Transport Exchange Group. Haulage Exchange, their freight exchange for the 7.5 tonne and above market, offers an independent environment for its members to swap haulage loads.

Trusting children to the care of people who are practically strangers is difficult for any parent. Even if parents would rather stay home and watch the kids, not everyone can afford to. But there is something you can do to make sure their kids are in good care. Nanny cameras have been around for a long time now and have constantly been upgraded to provide maximum performance.

Single Parents and Nanny Cameras

When you’re a single parent, raising children becomes twice as challenging than it should be when you have a partner to share responsibilities with. Single parents are caught in the dilemma of whether to keep a job and be away each day in order to provide for the children, or to stay home and attend to the children’s needs.

Unfortunately, most single parents are forced to work and leave the kids in the care of nannies. If you’re in the same predicament as millions of single parents are, you need to know that you can keep an eye on your kids and the nanny even while at work with nanny cameras.

A nanny camera will give you the reassurance that you need when you leave your kids in the care of nannies. True, nothing compares to staying home and watching over the kids yourself, but when you have to leave home, you can at least have peace of mind with the thought that you’re doing something to keep tabs on your kids’ safety.

What You Need

First of all, you need to have a video cam to serve as your nanny camera. But keep in mind that you need an inconspicuous camera, something you can install without the nanny knowing it’s there. These days, you can find a nanny camera in many different forms. There are nanny cameras that come in the shape of air fresheners, clocks, stereos, picture frames, and stuffed toys.

Aside from the nanny camera, you need a video surveillance software, which usually comes with the nanny camera, and of course, a computer and an Internet connection in your workplace. Once installed, the software will turn your computer into a video recorder and receptor which will allow you to view the images from the nanny camera at any time of the day.

Where You Need It

There are three key areas in your house that should be installed with a nanny camera. These places are where your kids interact most with the nanny - the bedroom, the living room, and the kitchen. But if you can afford to get more than three nanny cameras, you can mount one in every room of the house.

Nanny cameras are usually easy to install and mount. Your only concern would be to choose a spot that offers a good, wide view of the room and to make sure that the camera looks as unobtrusive and as natural as possible. You want to catch see your nanny interacting with your kids the way she would when she thinks no one is around.

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When printing a picture to give as a gift or hang up in your house, most people are accustomed to getting their photos printed on standard photo paper and getting that picture framed. While this traditional method can have a very classic look and be very beautiful, sometimes using a more unique and unconventional method to print and display your photos can be much more interesting and often makes better gifts. One way to do this is to have a gallery wrapped photo on a canvas medium.

Having a gallery wrapped photo on canvas can be more or less expensive than traditional framing based on the type of frame you get, and although the picture is not protected behind glass, it will retain its color and magnificence just as long. Canvas pictures can often close to a century in pristine condition if kept in the right conditions. Photos on canvas can be reproductions of traditional color or black and white photos, reprints of paintings, or prints of digital photos. Canvas photos give a more artistic look than traditional photo paper having a unique texture and look.

The process of putting your images on a gallery wrapped photo on canvas is much different than the traditional method of printing photos. No developing is required; instead it simply uses canvas and a high quality printer. It is important to pick a producer that will use high quality products to ensure the durability and quality of your picture. The process of making your gallery wrapped photo on canvas begins with the printing of the desired image. This is often done using high quality oil based ink and special printers to create a high quality image that is identical to the original. The image is then treated with a water resistant sealer giving the canvas added protection from moisture and stains that may occur because the picture is not hidden behind a frame.

The last step in making a gallery wrapped photo on canvas is what makes gallery wrapping unique. In most canvas printing, when the image is stapled to the wooden frame behind it, the edges are usually left white. With gallery wrapping, the image is made large enough so that it can be wrapped around the frame completely, making parts of the image visible from every angle. The wooden frame is not a frame in the traditional sense, it is more to maintain tautness of the canvas and make the photo easy to hang and display. If there are two extra inches of wooden framing on each side, then the image appears to be almost 3D and can pop out to the viewer.

Having a gallery wrapped photo on canvas gives images a unique look. Canvas and oil based inks can make photographs can look like paintings, and makes reproductions of paintings look just like the originals. It allows art buffs to own their favorite works of art, and allows families to uniquely display their favorite memories and share them with relatives and friends. They make great gifts, and are sure to make a great addition to any house

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Throughout recent years, camera film has become somewhat obsolete to the everyday photographer with digital cameras becoming more prominent and widespread. It is not that the disposable cameras and 35mm film of the past have decreased in quality, it is simply that consumers have become accustomed to having everything instantaneously done. Photographers enjoy seeing their photos immediately so they know if they achieved the shot they were trying to get.

Although most people keep their digital pictures on their computer, there are those that still do develop their pictures, and websites have made this easy by allowing users to upload their pictures and mailing their photographs within a day or two. Although these photo sites do produce a consistent quality product, there are alternatives to standard photo paper that can be useful in a number of situations. One of these alternatives is printing digital photos on canvas mediums. Canvas provides a more durable and stronger print while maintaining the same quality as traditional photos.

There are many people who might hold a strong interest in printing digital photos on canvas. Some of the ideal customers for this medium selection are businesses who concentrate on reproducing art prints. This may include museums, museum gift shops, and art vendors. Canvas prints are perfect for these businesses because it is an artist quality material and is able to maintain the eminence and unique look that paintings hold. These reprints are able to hold an oil painting like quality and have a unique look that will leave customers wondering whether they have bought a photograph or an actual painting. People love art, but not everyone is able to afford it and printing recreations of art from digital photos on to canvas is an easy and profitable way to allow everyone to take home a piece of history.

Other businesses that may be interested in printing digital photos on canvas include those that have large exhibits either in their stores, during presentations, or at tradeshows. Exhibits will often include very large prints and normal photo paper simply is not durable enough to withstand the wear and tear of being rolled up and hung up day after day. Canvas comes in a large number or sizes and provides the strength and quality that is needed for a company to look professional and increase their reputation. A canvas picture, which does not only need to hold a photograph, but also computer graphics, allows companies to display their logo, and products in a professional and unique way. Companies that rely on standard prints often learn there are just too many ways that the paper can get torn or ruined and later turn to canvas as a suitable alternative.

Businesses are not the only ones that can enjoy and benefit from printing on canvas. Individuals can enjoy printing digital photos on canvas as well. There are many online vendors that will do this, and canvas provides the ideal medium for landscape or family photos. Canvas provides a unique and art-like quality that will have everyone talking. They make superb gifts and will last through the generations. For individuals looking for an alternative to traditional photos and picture frames, canvas is the ideal solution.

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Digital photography has changed the way people take and share photos. In the days before digital cameras existed, people were not as trigger-happy with the shutter button on their cameras as they are today. This is because each camera could only shoot one roll of film of anywhere between approximately ten and thirty pictures at a time. While not obscenely expensive, rolls of film still cost money, and each roll had to be developed which also cost money. Nowadays, with the advent of the digital camera, it is possible to take hundreds of photos and have them stored on the camera’s memory card. And these digital pictures can easily be transferred to a computer, where various websites and software applications offer a plethora of options for sharing these photos with practically anybody connected to the web.

Digital photos are great because they are very easy to share. But there is still something special about having a hard copy of a picture. After all, if you have some great pictures and you want to send them as a gift to family members or friends, chances are good that you aren’t going to want to e-mail them, but instead you’ll want to send them something tangible. One unique way to share your digital photos is to put these digital photos on canvas.

You can’t hang a digital picture up on your wall like a museum painting. Or can you? It is now possible to take cherished digital photos and put these digital photos on canvas. The canvas is the same type of high quality material used for oil paintings. This process will be able to preserve your photograph for up to a hundred years. Once the process of putting the digital photos on canvas is complete, the picture can be hung with or without a frame.

Why is it worthwhile to put digital photos on canvas? While digital photos are easy to share with people outside your home, digital photos are not an ideal median for sharing and displaying photos within your home. What is a person to do when he has guests over and his entire photograph collection is stored on his portable hard drive? It is clear that in situations like these, having your files stored digitally is not beneficial at all. By putting your digital photos on canvas you can create your own art gallery in your own home. Except the art wasn’t made by a famous artists and the subjects aren’t foreign. Instead, you are the artists, and the subjects of your “paintings” are whatever you’ve taken pictures of: friends, family, vacation spots, etc.

The median of digital photos on canvas offers an elegance of display that simply cannot be matched by viewing digital photos on a computer screen. While the process can be a little pricey (especially when compared with the fact that sharing digital photos is practically free), it is important to remember that the canvas photos are constructed by hand to the most exacting standards, using the highest quality material. And these canvases, when kept in museum conditions, are expected to last over one hundred years.

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Digital photography has revolutionized the way people take pictures. Digital cameras have become accessible to most individuals, and completely transformed the way people take pictures. Now it is possible to take hundreds of pictures at a particular event without having to change film, while also having the advantage being able to delete bad pictures immediately. When once blinking during a picture ruined it and proved embarrassing to the individual when the film finally got developed, now it is a simple mistaken that can be easily caught, laughed at, and forgotten while taking the picture again.

Digital cameras and digital photography has become so popular that computer companies have developed software to allow people to edit their photographs more easily on their computer. Now everyone can alter their photographs and truly become master photographers. With the large amounts of people who are now able to take and create lovely photographs using their digital cameras. New technology has emerged to allow these people to show them off to their liking. Such technology has made it possible for people to print their digital photos on canvas, which they can then frame and place in their home or office.

Like a work of art, these digital photos on canvas take digital photography to a new level. Like a painting, people can make their favorite pictures come alive and show them off with wonderful frames, just like in a museum. Placing digital photos on canvas add a different quality that cannot be found by printing digital photos graphs traditionally using regular paper and ink. The canvas and ink used when creating these high quality pictures, give the photo a more authentic quality, rich with high-quality, vibrant colors. The texture and surface of the canvas is also much nicer than traditional paper, and much more suitable than paper for hanging on the wall. Thus printing digital photos on canvas, as opposed to paper, is a good idea for anyone trying make an extra special photograph or memory, and extra special picture that can be enjoyed by all to its fullest potential.

Printing digital photos on canvas is suitable for many different settings. Not only can a canvas serve as a great surface for a huge variety of pictures, but it can also add to a huge variety of places, as digital photos on canvas serve as great decoration for any room. With a more formal frame, canvas pictures can fit well in any upscale room, such as a dining room. But when fitted into a simpler frame, a digital photo on canvas can look great in a living room, office, or lobby. There is so much room for creativity and imagination with a canvas picture, as compared to a picture printed on simple paper, that make it much more versatile for any number of settings. Thus printing digital photos on canvas, when compared to paper, serves as a better option for almost any person or group trying to print out their pictures. Whether attempting to decorate or room, or simply having fun with the hobby of digital photography, putting your favorite pictures on canvas is always a good idea because they allow for more possibilities of visual expression.

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Most amateur and professional photographers consider only one or two different mediums when developing their photos. The most common is standard photo paper, which is what you would get when developing your photos at any photo store. Photo paper comes in different styles including matte, semi-glossed, or glossy. Most people do not even think about other possibilities including printing pictures on canvas.

There are many reasons why an amateur or professional photographer would consider printing pictures on canvas. First of all, canvases are more durable and have more texture than traditional photo paper. Photo paper can tear, fade, and comes in different levels of quality. In recent years, many people have taken to printing their own photos off of home printers, but this often results in poorer quality photos.

Canvas provides a unique and long-lasting way to preserve memories. If kept in the right conditions, printing pictures on canvas will allow your memories to last nearly 100 years in pristine condition. Even storing your digital photos on the computer does not create such a long life expectancy. This long lasting quality will allow your memories to last throughout the generations for your family and friends to enjoy.

Canvas also can turn amateur photographers into great artists. Canvas gives photos an artistic quality similar to those seen with oil paintings. This unique quality allows you to show off your pictures and make your hobby into something more. You can sell your canvas pictures, give them away as presents, and share your pastime with all of your friends.

Because of the unique texture and painting like effects that are created with printing pictures on canvas, landscapes and portraits are the ideal types of photos you would want to print. Printing landscapes on canvas will invoke curiosity and awe from onlookers. They will not be sure if they are looking at a great painting or a great photograph. Colors are enhanced, and the texture really makes your image stand out. Portraits also look great on canvas causing similar reactions in those that decide to take a look.

Printing photos on canvas wasn’t always available to everyone. There were few photo shops that had the professionals with the skills or tools to print such photos, and few people even knew about the option. However, with the dramatic increase in the use of digital photography and the Internet over the last decade, photographers have a plethora of new resources that they can use to print such photos. There are many online stores and resources that will print your photos on canvas and for a reasonable price. Although more expensive than traditional photos, the value added by printing on canvas makes it well worth it.

Developing photos on canvas is something that every photographer should try at least once to see how they could change the artistic look of their photos. The photos do not lose any quality from the original if being reprinted, and if anything they add quality. They are long lasting, interesting, and make great gifts. If you have never printed a photo on canvas before, you will soon see that it will not be something you regret.

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