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:: Thursday, May 29, 2008 ::

Tandy Headphone Radio

Tandy Headphone Radio
Originally uploaded by gusset.

Extract from the Tandy 1980-81 Electronics Catalogue.
"Tandy FM/AM and AM Headphone Radios
Listen While You Walk, Jog, Cycle or Do Housework
FM/AM £19.95
AM £12.95"
More to follow.

Labels: Electronics, Flickr, Retro, Skate

:: Dan 29.5.08 [Arc] [1 comments] [links to this post] ::
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A couple of years ago I was in the back of a London cab, just off the Eurostar from Brussles, and was surprised to find a TV screen playing a travel video about Paris. Presumably to distract from viewing London whilst there. Having seen the capital before, I watched the video, which showed a man wearing a suit made out of in-line skates rolling around the city in a surprising accomplished and impressive manner. Despite searching for the video later I never found out any more about it until now, when Grom writes:

Another person to add to the certified nutter list. Jean Yves Blondeau looks like one of the Wheelers from Return to Oz (if you've ever had the mis/fortune to see that movie) as he wears his custom-made suit consisting of lots of inline skate wheels and then launching himself down Swiss roads. Make sure you also see parts 1 & 3 for more details about the suit and to see him attempt to go faster than a motorbike in the dark.

It reminds me of this joke:
Q: What's the hardest part of in-line skating?
A: Telling your parents you're gay.

Labels: Humour, Skate, Travel, Video

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