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SCseagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz
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Jan 16, 2012 - 10:31pm PT
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Is this the same guy that sold Timex Watches, lickin and tickin or something like that? Perhaps I am an old broad (or far) cuz I can't keep them straight.
Susan
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Tony Bird
climber
Northridge, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 17, 2012 - 09:13am PT
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you're thinking of john cameron swayze, susan, actually a little before gib's heyday. he was NBC's first anchorman, but the timex commercials--he would strap a watch to the propeller of an outboard motor, run the thing in a barrel of water for a few seconds, then hold the watch up to the camera so you could see the second hand moving--made him sort of immortal.
chris, do i have to explain what a second hand is?
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Gary
climber
That Long Black Cloud Is Coming Down
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Jan 17, 2012 - 11:14am PT
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Chris ain't that young, Tony!
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jan 17, 2012 - 11:26am PT
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Grape Nuts are the green alternative to road salt.
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scuffy b
climber
heading slowly NNW
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Jan 17, 2012 - 12:35pm PT
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John Cameron Swayze performed a variety of stunts to demonstrate the
toughness of timex watches, but the outboard motor trick is most
memorable for me, as well, Tony.
I somewhat recently saw a blooper clip, filmed from live television.
He strapped the watch onto the propellor blade, fired up the rig, and
lifted the motor out of the water to find a bare propellor.
Didn't skip a beat. To paraphrase:
"Well, Folks, when we did this during rehearsal, I assure you the watch
was still ticking!"
(takes a licking and keeps on ticking)
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Jan 17, 2012 - 05:54pm PT
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hey there say, tony... thanks for sharing about euell...
i enjoyed reading up on him...
he DID die early from a syndrom, that affect the brain... i read up on that too...
he had a real outdoor life, that stated in texas...
don't know of his personal life, but he seemed like a good sincere man, and by reading about him, i LEANRED, too, how to fry pine-trees, to EAT...
and, if my garden does not grow, (though i learned this in the past) i just MAY decide to let the at least three editble weeds grow, and simply eat them, this year... there really is more food about, for use, than we realize...
thanks for the fun share, about a man that knew...
god bless to his family, too, i am sure they really miss him,...
*can't remember is the syndrom i hereditary or not?, but, no matter what, he left a way of 'do the best you can' for your body, that would be a great
legacy to his future kids, or kin...
:)
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FRUMY
Trad climber
SHERMAN OAKS,CA
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Jan 24, 2012 - 08:09pm PT
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