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Major Nikon

(36,818 posts) Wed Jul 20, 2016, 01:25 AM Jul 2016

Buster Keaton on a Segway

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Buster Keaton on a Segway (Original Post) Major Nikon Jul 2016 OP

Looks like a train brake. malthaussen Jul 2016 #1

Buster Keaton was a crack mechanic Brother Buzz Jul 2016 #3

Cowabunga! Brother Buzz Jul 2016 #2

Saw him on the Twilight Zone last night before I went to sleep Tom Kitten Jul 2016 #4

malthaussen

(17,175 posts)

1. Looks like a train brake.

Reply to Major Nikon (Original post)

Wed Jul 20, 2016, 10:50 AM

Jul 2016

Probably being used in a movie -- you can see the cameras. Tires so it can be moved, the shot was probably from around waist up or thereabouts.

He's probably taking a break and mugging it for the still, as though he were driving the thing. But you notice there is no source of propulsion.

Having said that, it does look like the steering wheel can turn the wheels, which is interesting.

-- Mal

Brother Buzz

(36,375 posts)

3. Buster Keaton was a crack mechanic

Reply to malthaussen (Reply #1)

Wed Jul 20, 2016, 11:48 AM

Jul 2016

He cobbled that Segway together to continue his pursuit after his car fell apart

Hell, he was a dapper man too, he changed his clothes before continuing!

Brother Buzz

(36,375 posts)

2. Cowabunga!

Reply to Major Nikon (Original post)

Wed Jul 20, 2016, 11:29 AM

Jul 2016

Tom Kitten

(7,343 posts)

4. Saw him on the Twilight Zone last night before I went to sleep

Reply to Major Nikon (Original post)

Wed Jul 20, 2016, 12:17 PM

Jul 2016

The episode where he time travels into the future but then goes back to his own time. Now, drinking my morning coffee, I see this. Or am I still watching the Twilight Zone?

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