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Old 06-24-2012, 01:34 PM
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Seems like I've heard before that Baird was sorta, uhh, "Difficult", to say the least. "One fry short of a Happy Meal", as we might say here in the States. Seems like that was alluded to in Tim Hunkin's "Secret Life of Machines" segment on "Tellies"...And I've seen a pic of him that makes him look a bit "Disturbed". But don't be insulted, my British colleagues-Edison was kinda "Teched", too.. Sarnoff was a meglomaniac who drove Armstrong to suicide-and Armstrong was reportedly pretty bombastic in his own right. Commander Eugene F. McDonald, the ramrod behind Zenith, was a sorta imperious guy, too, who DESPISED Sarnoff. Seems like a LOT of these guys who developed "Electronics" were pretty much a half-bubble or so off plumb in one respect or another.
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