It's 4th of July, 2016. Let's Wave The American Flag.
June 29, 2016 Post a Comment 
This gadget is long out of production, but it’s still available on Ebay if you do a search. It’s called The Wave because it was billed as the first windless, self-waving flag. You push a button to start the realistic flag waving action. And as the flag waves, it plays one of three songs: The Star Spangled Banner, My Country Tis of Thee or Stars and Strips forever. The Wave is a touch over 17” tall. There's a built in volume control which can be turned all the way down to zero if you just wish to watch the flag’s self-waving action. It's battery operated and it runs on three AA batteries. SRM Entertainment, partnered with the co-inventor of the Atari 2600 and a co-inventor of Furby to develop The Wave technology. This was back in 2005 when it hit the marketplace and sold for about $60. If you do a web search, you can find a couple of places that still sell it for about $60.
Giz Wiz Video: https://youtu.be/K1iezQ2YRF8
As of 6/30/16 there was one exactly like mine for sale on Ebay for $19.99, plus $10 S&H here:
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The letter of the week:
It's a holiday weekend, so here's a timely place to visit if you live near Asbury Park, NJ or Delray Beach, Florida:
Bob Davis writes:
Here is a place for Dick to check out, it is a pinball museum. It is about 30-40 miles south of NYC on the oceanfront.
Silver Ball Museum – Asbury Park, NJ (And one in Delray Beach, Florida.)
http://www.silverballmuseum.com/
Bob Davis
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