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23 August 2017, 12:19 AM | #1 |
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why need a blind man wear a watch?
watching Penn & Teller tonite... s4e2 with Richard Turner, card mechanic who's blind since age 9 (& karate black belt!)
https://m.imgur.com/t/card_trick/XNLrvnh [IMG]https://*******/images/nJ8p71[/IMG] Super smooth operator but I got intrigued - why need a blind man wear a watch? especially that iconic super shiny ice blue dial |
23 August 2017, 01:59 AM | #2 |
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What about minute repeaters?
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23 August 2017, 03:58 AM | #3 |
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What's wrong with a blind person looking stylish? When I wear a speedo, everyone around me probably wishes they were blind.
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23 August 2017, 04:33 AM | #5 |
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23 August 2017, 05:03 AM | #6 |
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Sold a car to a blind lady once. Literally. Titled, registered and insured it to her. Her caretaker drove her around in it. True story.
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Can't get a good view of the watch but the colors look like a platona. There are braille watches out there.
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23 August 2017, 06:07 PM | #8 | |
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Got me intrigued. |
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23 August 2017, 06:24 PM | #9 | |
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I imagine it's for the same reasoning that we wear Rolex's instead of Timex's. |
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23 August 2017, 06:35 PM | #10 | |
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The guy is a "card mechanic", stage show card trick magician if you aren't familiar with Penn & Teller. He takes a huge long speil explaining he's gone blind since 9 etc etc etc etc and has trained his fingers to be his 10 eyeballs etc etc etc etc... He's got a bling gold chain peeking out under his open collared shirt, he's got a chunky gold bracelet on his left wrist and wears platona on the right. I'm just curious:- 1, is he really blind or all that jazz just a show routine 2, would a blind man spend that much on a bling watch that he can't read? Didn't know what the local time at filming is so can't tell if watch is set to correct time |
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23 August 2017, 09:03 PM | #11 |
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Blind doesn't always mean 100% blind. Many people listed as blind have partial vision. Maybe the guy can see basic shapes really close up.
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Just found out my wife wears her DJ without the time even being set correctly...
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Yup, sad day. Here I was thinking she was starting to like watches.
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Was just reading Richard Turner's bio. He named his son, Asa Spades Turner.
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