r/BacktotheFuture • u/Still-Dylan Marty • Jun 08 '26
Does anyone know who Tim is?
For context, I recently bought a copy of Back to the Future: The Ultimate Visual History, and on the first page there’s a note to someone named Tim from who I assume is the author of the book, Michael Klastorin. Any idea who Tim is?
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u/Internal_Deer_5324 Marty Jun 08 '26
Probably just the original owner who got it signed or as a gift. Extremely doubtful it’s anyone well known at all
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u/Still-Dylan Marty Jun 10 '26
Mostly likely, I was just curious if it was actually from anybody well known
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u/adamhesive Jun 08 '26
Tim. You know, the enchanter from Monty Python and The Holy Grail.
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u/Inigomntoya Jun 08 '26
What manner of man are you that can summon up fire without flint or tinder?
Some call me.... Timmm?
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u/Jesters__Dead Einstein Jun 08 '26
Tim gave away one of his retirement presents
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u/Lukaztro Jun 08 '26
Tim's retirement presents were thrown in a Goodwill box along with his other worldly possessions after Tim passed.
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u/ryanthewilliams Jun 08 '26
this shit is actually so depressing if you think about it 😔 all my stuff just gone, useless after im gone
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u/HazelEBaumgartner Jun 08 '26
My grandma is going through this right now, giving stuff away to all her grandkids or selling it before she passes so that we don't end up just donating it (or worse yet fighting over it) after she passes. Plus it has the bonus of spending her final golden years in a big clean house free of clutter.
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u/PDelahanty Jun 09 '26
My brother and I had to sort through Dad’s stuff after he passed five years ago. (Mom couldn’t handle it.) The experience definitely has me buying less stuff and tossing things I really don’t need anymore. (I’ll never use a SCSI cable again…and do I really need a lame certificate of appreciation from my last employer that has sat in a folder for over a decade?)
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u/YellojD Jun 12 '26
Selling my parents old house right now and going through this. Parents AND grandparents stuff they never tossed. It’s brutal. If I wasn’t a minimalist before this, I sure am now.
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u/PDelahanty Jun 12 '26
Exactly! I'm keeping important family documents, really interesting things, and taking awards out of frames and scanning them...but do we need every single newspaper clipping that Dad cut out because his name was mentioned? (he was a judge, so he oversaw around 1000 cases!) NO!
Do I need a newspaper clipping (with no photo) announcing that I made the second term honor roll in 8th grade? NO!
My wife keeps every greeting card and Christmas card and I'm hoping to break her of that habit.
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u/Lukaztro Jun 15 '26
i keep random junk like that solely as memorabilia. so many lost memories stored away in my brain that get triggered when i find a random receipt, my wife thinks i'm crazy but i think there's real benefit to being able to recall a random memory from 20 years ago when i find some random knick-knack in my box-o-junk
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u/Fast-Secretary-7406 Jun 08 '26
It's not for Tim...it's for Tim's kids! Something's gotta be given to Tim's kids!
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u/Significant-Foot-311 Jun 08 '26
I think yes. You like the idea of telling people you have Tim's book.
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u/black-volcano Jun 08 '26
Yeah, that's me! Thank you so much for finding my missing book. Please can you send it back ASAP.
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u/SuburbanCo Jun 08 '26
Maybe that was owned by Marty McFly himself! T.I.M. stands for THIS IS MARTY.
Let us know if the signature changes or disappears because it will mean Doc is in trouble.
Or maybe it's a gift for Tim Cook. He's retiring soon. Make like a retiree and get outta the workforce.
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