I for one would like to thank Ig for posting an ON TOPIC post.

Considering that the pole is a metal one, the posting is definitely on
topic for the metal working discussion group.

Way to go Ig!!!!! ;)

Do you think it is American made or a cheap Harbor Freight import?

Perhaps she had a local HSMer build it for her?

Thanks again Ig for contributing to this fine group.

TMT
Ignoramus23068 wrote:
On Sat, 04 Nov 2006 16:45:45 -0800, JR North wrote:
I pity the poor fool, lives under the boot of a Homeowners Association.
I can sit on my fence naked and play the Kazoo if I want. How many of
youse guys can say the same?

http://www.stp.georgiasouthern.edu/G.../0407life.html

ONLY IN AMERICA...

1 Indiana
Stripper asked not
to dance in yard

The Associated Press

LAFAYETTE, Ind. * For the past two years the neighbors of an exotic
dancer have been tolerant, even though the woman occasionally
practices her routine in the front yard.

But now that she's incorporated a 10-foot-tall pole into her outdoor
act, and started drawing an audience of curious high school kids and
beer-drinking gawkers, the fountain of tolerance has run dry.

Neighbors of Kim Mattes brought the issue before Tippecanoe County
officials Monday, and commissioner John Knochel said it will be
discussed during an April 17 meeting.

"I would assume they're coming up with some kind of plan of attack,"
Knochel said about the neighbors. "Conversations I've had with law
enforcement people indicate that she's just right on the fine line of
crossing over into probably what's deemed public indecency."

Adding to the intrigue, Mattes' white duplex is located, pole and all,
across from an Indiana State Police post.

"She knows the law," Knochel explained. "When law enforcement officers
have been out there before she's quoted it to them, so she's very
aware of what she's doing."

As are her neighbors. They allege that Mattes performs routines in her
yard while scantily clad, often while school buses drive past. The
activities have gone on for two years, but the last straw was when the
pole was installed a few weeks ago, said Mitch Robbins.

He said he was one of approximately 30 people who spoke to police.

Mattes has an unlisted phone number and could not be reached for
comment by The Associated Press. When contacted by the Journal and
Courier of Lafayette, Mattes had no comment.

Tippecanoe County Sheriff Dave Murtaugh confirmed that police have
received complaints.

"We are in the middle of conducting an investigation that we're
working on with the prosecutor's office," he said.

Robbins said he called the police and Knochel, but was told Mattes was
within her legal rights, stepping gingerly along the line of Indiana
public indecency laws. The show attracts high school kids and
obnoxious men who leave beer cans strewn in the driveway, said Mattes'
next-door neighbors Jason Lowry and Tim Hopkins.

"I don't know how many guys we've had to run off the yard," Hopkins said.

Lowry said he asked her to stop when his parents came over. He said
she complied with the request.

Sherri Desenfants said parents have to drive past the exhibition to
take children to a nearby day care center, which has eight to 10
children. "Preteen girls see her," Desenfants said. "What kind of
example is she setting for them?" Knochel said he's received several
e-mails and calls from concerned neighbors. "A lot of people are
working on this," he said, "but you have to work within the law."