Mind The Ladder, Tim!

Welcome to the Corona Virus Chronicles... Tim is now self-isolating, and presenting his videos directly from his apartment, via a web link.
Tim continues his exploration of 'Jacob's Ladder' toys.
Firstly, there is a bit of a trick in holding the topmost block, and turning over by 180 degrees in such a way that your fingers do not get in the way of the tumbling blocks. So some Jacob's Ladders have been made with a handle attached to the top block, which makes it so much easier. As Tim says, it is a bit like having an 'L' plate!
Tim then demonstrates a version that came out about 20 years ago from a UK company (he thinks it was the Bliss company) and the blocks, which are plastic in this case, have curved edges which make the blocks roll very smoothly as the blocks tumble down. This toy has a giraffe design on one side, and monkey on the other side. Only one design will appear properly at a time. So when the giraffe is shown properly, the picture of the monkeys is all jumbled up; let the blocks tumble down, and now the monkeys are fine, but the giraffe is all mixed up!
Another version is a London souvenir, with a guardsman on one side, and 'I Love London' on the other side.
Then a circus theme, with an elephant on one side, and a group of clowns on the other side.
Next, a Jacob's Ladder with different phases of the moon. It is not obvious in daylight, but these images are luminous!
Finally, a version with frogspawn, tadpoles and frogs.
VIDEO QUALITY
We know that the video quality of Tim's Corona Virus Chronicles videos has not been all that great. We have upgraded the camera twice, ditto the microphone; he has also upgraded his broadband connection, and when he took his laptop into the local repair shop, they diagnosed that the hard disk was slowing things down, and replaced it with a solid state disc. However the video and audio quality were still disappointing. On asking around, we were advised that video conferencing needs the computer to have 8GB of RAM and 2GB of RAM on the graphics card. Tim's laptop is only 2 years old, but it only had 4GB of RAM, and the graphics card was just what was built into the motherboard. So we bought Tim a brand new laptop, with 16GB of RAM, and 6GB of RAM on the graphics card, and today was the first time we used it. The quality of the picture is better, we hope you will agree! We think the sound could be better, and it is true that Tim's headset is a fairly budget model. So we plan to get him a better headset, and hopefully that will improve the sound quality. Tim often needs to move back when demonstrating a bigger toy, and the headset means he is always close miked.

[@thrice1888]

Tim with his now Gamer setup: “Now this little game I love is called ‘GTA 5’, ‘Grand Theft Auto’ is American terminology for car jacking. Now, one peculiar part of this game is when you park on a certain street. A certain stranger will come and visit you. Oh could that be? Yes! A lady of the night”

[@elviejodelabolsa8263]

LOL

[@user-xn3kt6bn5r]

I don't know why, but I think I'm starting to really like this format. It gives off the feel of early KZbin v-logs with people just talking into their web cams. Very comfy.

[@jimbob3332]

Are you watching in 240p for the authentic experience?

[@VirtualKid]

Hey Tim! I love your videos so much. I hope your safe.

[@LeAnimal65]

Hey, the video quality is much better. Kudos!

[@sonixthatsme]

I always find these so fascinating.

[@babinhasp]

Thanks for the content Tim! Hope you and the team stay safe and well! 😊

[@toastybeans9909]

Quality is looking good!!

[@sugarpuff2978]

My uncle was a Guard when he did his national service. Tim is actually very similar to him.

[@barbelhansen6837]

Nice, video Quality really improved over time ! Good job !

[@grubkilla7731]

TIIIM, what kind games you got man? Csgo, overwatch, cod, gears? I'm looking for a new teammate and you seem perfect

[@lilyliao9521]

tim tams innit

[@HawtAsianChica]

🥰🥰🥰

[@hpalpha7323]

oh I had one of those when I was a kid

[@TheHappyKamper]

*That's not a Beefeater, it's a Royal Guard.*

[@soodless4159]

He should probably record the video with a dedicated webcam or a different camera since this corona thing might last a while

[@johnnycats5157]

the technical name is "Frogblorble"

[@bhanukalpa2196]

Can you teach me

[@15-Peter-20]

Da ja vu 🤔?

[@nigelbourne5785]

Laugh yourself wiser needs to be on a t-shirt.

[@erve-vo4xm]

FIRST!!

[@richardslakehouse3901]

First very first

[@memile]

First!!!!!

[@15-Peter-20]

First at being gay

[@memile]

Thanks!

[@RivudoesStuff]

Tim essentially has a gaming set up now Update: 69 likes... nice.

[@danforbes3573]

Yeah.All he needs to do now is learn to play Minecraft. :)

[@Joso997]

He is going to beat pewdiepie

[@jimbob3332]

@@danforbes3573 No no, tabletop simulator

[@patrickbudding7406]

The handle reveal at the beginning was pretty slick.

[@Roman-ji7iu]

Yeah that had me doing a double take

[@ZenkaiBoostx]

Tim is the best still trying to entertain in these hard times

[@benjackson1077]

And he manages it too

[@jackrabbit5155]

I love Tim's videos so much, always entertaining and funny :D

[@user-hs2hc7kl4c]

the first one looks amazing keep safe grandpa tim

[@-.-draco2042]

Legend

[@mohdsabricheman5689]

I only watched a some of tim's video because im afraid that im gonna ran out of his videos . 😊😊😊

[@MCD183]

i have one of those! it’s just colourful wooden blocks but i found it very interesting when i was a child

[@min_3577]

Ok.... But I'm so fascinated to this that I want one !

[@Catawampa]

How many toys do you own in total? And where do you keep them all?

[@min_3577]

Pls take care specially at times like these :)

[@idiotfr]

Tim is the ultimate gamer

[@benjackson1077]

Thank you for keeping us sane :)

[@cookiebookiedroopie]

Lovely video!

[@leonynovita3864]

wow this is cool

[@celesefernal2490]

I guess you could say America is "in trouble" right now. HEHEHEHE

[@skyzoanakbaik5860]

Ada kah penonton grand ilusionis dari Indonesia????? Kalo ada angkat tangan ☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️

[@danforbes3573]

Well,hes got the full set of tools.

[@lolaparis1244]

Lol legend

[@overmichal]

why this grandpa have 1,4 mln subscribers and so low views and likes

[@MCD183]

i have one of those! it’s just colourful wooden blocks but i found it very interesting when i was a child

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

Quite fascinating to play with, these toys are.

[@Hayzhu]

PewDiePie has been on this platform a lot longer than I realized.

[@decodedbunny101]

LEGENDS SHALL NOT DIE

[@vallesisrinivas]

A child at heart.

[@memedealer313]

He’s alive

[@recklessroges]

That's not a Beefeater, that's one of the soldiers from a Foot Guards regiments, (Scots, Irish, Welsh; depending on the button arrangement and the coloured plume in the hat.)

[@gogoprofit]

You missed grenadier and coldstream guards and he did correct himself in the video

[@Brekner]

Man, the handle makes so much sense, lol.

[@snorgonofborkkad]

I know. It seems so obvious now.

[@thealertkid4630]

Yess im early

[@-kashvihaha-5962]

17th comment

[@fbi7yrago738]

No views 13 comments youtube why do i smell whiskey?

[@Schattengewaechs99]

2:20 It‘s a grenadier. ;)

[@phonotical]

They should add an oled screen to every surface, then you could always have a new image appear

[@johnnynotty]

Second

[@Mudge-xv4jg]

Ladder from the Nile

[@LimpNood1e]

First comment 😂

[@lilyliao9521]

fuq up

[@TechsScience]

Sorry to say but Tim betting boring these days

[@bungwohlio]

You got lewd toys, grandpa?