Bridges of The Past

You can find info such as locations, lots of technical data, historical background, design type, maps of historical bridges and more. It also includes current news. It is a good site if you like to travel and enjoy the old country and see old bridges. Some of these old bridges have long or recently collapsed. They have maps, so you can find out how to get to a particular bridges. Note that some of these bridges (I think) do not exist anymore.

Below are the photograph information:

First photograph from the top is the "Auburn Branch covered Bridge" Clark County, Illinois. Photo taken by Robert Stephenson.

Middle photograph is the "Base Road Bridge", Jennings County, Indiana. Photo taken by Chris Light.

The bottom photograph is the "Sutherline Ford Bridge", Putnam County, Indiana. Photo taken by Anthony Dillon.

Historic Bridges of The U.S
http://bridgehunter.com/

How Do You Make A Bubble Gum?

Here you can see how is the bubble gum made:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z69N3zwJUIE

I just saw this site and thought I'd add it too. History of the vending machines and chewing gum. I might have posted this before though.

Gumballs
http://www.gumballs.com/history.html

10 Strange Japanese Chewing Gums

I don't really have anything to say here. This page shows the top 10 strange and unusual japanese chewing gums.

Inventor Spot
http://inventorspot.com/articles/top_ten_strange_and_unusual_japa_7125

no posts today and on the 22nd.

I'm sorry I havn't posted. I've been ill and sad. On April 22, 2009 (which just started 11 minutes ago in California) it will be the 6 months anniversary for my dog Bodie's untimely death. He was only 6. As some of you know, he was killed on October 22 (I wrote about him in October) in a dog park by a Pitbull. So, I will most likely still be too sad to post. I am planning to at least light a candle for him, and hopefully put nice flowers on his grave.

Bless you all, take a good care of yourself, your family and your pets.

The 1970's...Those Were The Days

I admit, I didn't really read the blog much, but it looks nice and I liked most of the pictures from the 1970's.

The Real 1970's
http://real70s.blogspot.com

Where's The Toilet Paper?

History of the Toilet Paper... this isn't the kind of topic that crossed my mind every now and then. Nor a subject of conversation in general. But I did find the trivia and the rest of this site full of good information. It focuses on fun facts, surveys, stories, manufacturers, worldwide and zingers. There is also a timeline. Did you know the history goes back eons ago?

Toilet Paper Encyclopedia
http://encyclopedia.toiletpaperworld.com/

**Also check out these fantastic old time toilet paper photographs at "Tag Yerit Presents: Toilet Paper Curiosities". You gotta check out that site. They have fantastic stuff. It has additional informatioal, but both are great sites. The big differences is that the site below has photos.

Toilet Paper Curiosities
http://www.tagyerit.com/curiosities.htm

The image above is from the Tag Yerit Presents site. The toilet paper in the image is so very rare. It was made between 1871-1884. There is more information on this particular paper. Very interesting. I'm glad they don't make it anymore, ha. It is the first image on the site.

Ronald Visits Thailand & More

This is an interesting page. It's about pictures of political correctness. Some I liked and some I didn't. Some things the author said, but it's the some pictures that I find thought provoking at times. He feels some are funny and some are serious. This particular page is about cultural dysfunction & Political Incorrectness around the world, So these sort of things tend to make me think. Especially, when it involve discrimination. Being deaf, I actually haven't experienced much of it, and I am grateful for it, So far, I can only recall discrimination twice. One was the Social Security in NYC via the phone, and another whom I also talked on the phone because he does'nt sell furniture to deaf people.

The author took the picture himself, so these are the his copyright (I did not ask for permission and I hope its okay with him). The image above is of Ronald in Thailand who is using the Sawadee greeting. I think this one is not discrimnates (my Thai friends taught me that. Wasn't easy). The other one is a candy which approximately translated to "Little Congo Baby".

Political Incorrectness Around the World
http://www.esquilax.com/cutural_dysfunction/political_incorrectness_around_the_world.html

eBay - Coles House Of Memorabilia

Wow, lots of TV memorabilia (and some other stuff). Most of them are actually media that consists of books, comics, comedy, children books and and paperback books. But there are also non books collectibles that have both TV and non TV themes. So, check out "Coles House of Collectibles" eBay store. What really surprised me though, that there is a section devoted to Soap Opera only.

eBay - Coles House Of Collectibles
http://stores.shop.ebay.com/Coles-House-of-Collectibles__W0QQ_armrsZ1

if the link does not work use the shortened version.
http://tinyurl.com/cyr427

Printeresting Your Curiosity

If you are a printer or interested in ads and graphic design you'll probably enjoy this. There are some odd photographs here. Some of the posts are fun and and have humor. Some are serious. There are also SGC product fairs information. The owner of the site describes the site as ""Since 2008, the thinking person's favorite online resource for interesting printmaking miscellany." There are also videos, but I have not checked them out. Personally, I like the fun posts and the strange stuff the best.

Printeresting
http://printeresting.org/

Blog - The Cartoonist

The Cartoonist is a blog with a lot of cool posts with interesting stuff.His blog is so different than mine. He describes his site: "Links and Things from a Cartoonist, Advertising Agent and Space Explorer."

I just realized (April 11, 2009) that I forgot to add the link! I wish someone would have alerted this to me.

The Cartoonist
http://www.zeigermann.com/cartoonist/