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Old Fri Oct 21, 2022, 03:45pm
BillyMac BillyMac is offline
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Three Seconds !!!

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Originally Posted by Raymond View Post
If you knew you had a "slightly fast count", why would you dismiss his complaint?
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Originally Posted by BillyMac View Post
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Because I was 100% sure that my visible count wasn't a full three seconds too fast. One full second over ten visible counts? Sure. Two seconds? Maybe. Three seconds? No way.

Also, as I time my count several times each season, I tend to be a slightly slow counter, never a fast counter.

Figured (incorrectly) that the timekeeper started the game clock late.

I was wrong, my error was for a completely different reason having nothing to do with a fast count or a slow starting game clock that I only realized well after the game.
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