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Title: Eddie Timanus profile on The Health Network
Post by: thgames65 on August 06, 2003, 01:19:12 AM

Caught the tail end of a segment on Jeopardy! Masters contestant Eddie Timanus on the basic cable channel The Health Network tonight.  The title of the program is called Health Specials, and the theme appeared to be \"Beating the Odds.\"  They followed him on his job at USA Today, showing how he is able to report on sporting events with the assistance of a sighted person.  For his hobbies, showed a couple of clips from J! along with showing him bowling (!) using a handrail to guide him on the approach, but the actual lane/gutter area is as usual.  It looks like this show might be replayed on Wednesday, if anyone is interested in trying to catch it.

Title: Eddie Timanus profile on The Health Network
Post by: Brandon Brooks on August 06, 2003, 06:53:46 PM

That guy is simply amazing and very inspiring, even though I don't think he tries to be.  I wouldn't be surprised if he knew how to drive.

Brandon Brooks

Title: Eddie Timanus profile on The Health Network
Post by: uncamark on August 06, 2003, 06:56:50 PM

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That guy is simply amazing and very inspiring, even though I don't think he tries to be.  I wouldn't be surprised if he knew how to drive.

Eddie just takes everything in stride with no remorse and no regrets and I don't think would have it any other way.  He is a continual inspiration and someone I'm very happy to know.

Title: Eddie Timanus profile on The Health Network
Post by: Matt Ottinger on August 06, 2003, 08:22:08 PM

Please let him know that we'd love to have him as a member here.  For those of you who don't know, Eddie was an occasional contributor to the Usenet group.  I'm not sure, however, whether the special software he uses is advanced enough to read a message board like this, which is probably a lot more complicated than a Usenet server would be.

Title: Eddie Timanus profile on The Health Network
Post by: dmota104 on August 07, 2003, 06:41:59 AM

In search of a feel-good story for the holidays on my radio show, I had Eddie join me on RockTrax via telephone from his USA Today office.

The interview aired several weeks after his original $69,700 five-day reign as champ.  Wish I had it still on tape -- darn machine didn't record it!  :(

Title: Eddie Timanus profile on The Health Network
Post by: Timsterino on August 07, 2003, 07:30:08 AM

Wow, did I admire Eddie on Jeopardy! He just amazed me. Every show he was on was awesome to watch.  Just to memorize the categories and available dollar amounts was amazing. Not withstanding that he kicked butt despite his obstacles.

Tim :-)

Title: Eddie Timanus profile on The Health Network
Post by: SteveRep on August 07, 2003, 11:52:41 AM

That sighted person -- for most of the time -- would be his father, Chuck. You couldn't wish to meet two nicer, more down-to-earth people .... ever.

I met Chuck when doing volunteer work at one of the DC-area public TV stations (one that isn't PBS, if you can imagine that) and then met Eddie at the lacrosse Final Four one year at the U of Maryland.

He winds up with a better understanding of the game he's attending that I do.