HAWKS " SILLY SURFERS " MODEL, HODAD MAKIN' THE SCENE WITH A SIX PACK, 1960's WEIRD-OHS

This is another cool model from the early 1960's. They were fun to paint and add your own inventive touches to them. The hardest part of the process was waiting for the paint and glue to dry so that you could complete the next step. Enjoy. 

Trivia:  There are 41 references to dogs in the Bible.....and most of them are negative.

Old Russian proverb:  " Do not spit into the well--you may have to drink out of it."

EDISON BLUE AMBEROL RECORD, 1913, (THE REASON WHY WE HAVE ROCK AND ROLL)

This record is what helped to start the music world we live in now. Thomas Alva Edisons inventions have made a HUGE impact on our world of today. This is just one of his many inventions. This record revolved on a turntable with a needle going through the grooves making the sound just like future record players would (remember those?). This round disc would play a song for just over 4 minutes at a speed of 160 RPM. The number on this song is 1538 and played the tune," I Will Love You When". It was manufactured in December of 1913.Other inventions by Edison are : the incandescent light bulb, kinetoscope, phonograph, motion picture camera and many more. He had over 1300 patents. Born in 1847 he died october 18, 1931 on the anniversary of the invention of the light bulb.


Trvia:  Scientists say that you have more nightmares when your bedroom is cold. (And that's the cold truth)

Did You Know?  Lobster was so plentiful in the 1800's that it was considered a
"poor mans" food. In Maine servants often wrote into their contracts that they would not be fed lobster more than two times per week.

HAWKS " SILLY SURFERS " MODEL , (HOT DOGGER HANGIN' TEN) 1960's, WEIR-DOH MODEL

Here is another silly model from the 1960's. It was cool to own one at that time and they were a "blast" to paint and put together. Enjoy

Ttrivia: A day on the planet Mercury is 1400 hours long. That is over 58 days in time. Can you imagine what the nights would be like? Loooooooong

Did You Know?  Son Weiguo of Jiangyan, China, has preserved his amputated leg in formaldehyde for more than 20 years to warn others of the perils of drunk driving because he lost his left leg in a motorcycle crash in 1989 due to his driving intoxicated. He puts it on display every year on the anniversary of his mistake.