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Brenny
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| Easy fix, stop taking the clock off the screen at 2 seconds and show decimals after the 0. |
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MagpieMad 
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| Brenny wrote: | | Easy fix, stop taking the clock off the screen at 2 seconds and show decimals after the 0. |
or blow the siren at the correct point..
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AN_Inkling
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It's a bit beside the point anyway. There's already a delay built into the rules, as the quarter only ends when the umpire has heard the siren. Not when the siren actually sounds or when the clock reaches 0.
I actually reckon this rule should change. It's the perfect opportunity for the video review crap to be of some use. End of the quarter or game, so the wait's not so much of a problem. Even though getting the timing exactly right very rarely matters, it could one day cost a club a Premiership  .
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| Flashman wrote: | | 1061 wrote: | Accident nah I call bullshit on that this was an on purpose. Eddies been around too long to just drop it and think about it if he did just drop it that word must be a common word in his daily life.
Sad isn't it. |
There always has to be one doesn't there? 
A funny television moment taken in exactly the right spirit by Kane Cornes.
If they had a Logie for on air gaffes then Eddie is a shoo in for the gold next year.  |
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| David wrote: | ^
(Ironic that you use another swear-word to express your displeasure, lol.) |
Hahah! Good pick up!
It's a horrible word though, bloody just sounds awful- I've used it at lease 10 times this morning trying to set up a network repeater, and spring clean blinds that keep going zing
It's just a satisfying word to pump out.
**** has lost it's magic, overused
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King Monkey
Joined: 15 Apr 2009
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| think positive wrote: |
It's just a satisfying word to pump out.
**** has lost it's magic, overused |
Interesting and strange discussion had after a few too many beers at the cricket club a couple of months back - we've come to the conclusion the c word in Aussie lingo has become a bit run-of-the-mill, if you REALLY want someone to know what you think of them, pronounce it like they do in the northern parts if England..........
"Cooont"!!
Sounds far more aggressive than "caaarnt".
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Brenny
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^ At work it goes down like this...
Boss: Do this...
Me: I can't.
Boss: What did you call me?
Me: I said 'I can't'.
Boss: You mean you're unable to.
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King Monkey
Joined: 15 Apr 2009
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| Brenny wrote: | | Lazza wrote: | | King Monkey wrote: | Big whoop!!!! Move on........
More disturbing for mine, and I love ya Ed - was that embarrassing rant about the time clock.
Mate, when a countdown clock without going into decimal fractions reaches a point that displays "0", there is still 0.9 seconds to go mate!!
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Yeah, I was thinking the very same thing! The time between 0.9 to 0.0 didn't seem to exist for Eddie. |
Actually I had the same thought but wasn't so sure.
Surely, the 0.9 would come after 1.0
so 1, .9, .8, .7, .6, .5, .4, .3, .2, .1, 0. Surely after 0 it's -0.9, -0.8 and so on...
FYI, Math was never my strong subject. |
If a countdown digit clock has no decimal displayed, the reading is as follows:
Number 3 is displayed for the period of 3.9 seconds left to 3.0 seconds left, "2" covers 2.9 to 2.0, "1" is 1.9 to 1.0, "0" is 0.9 to siren.
I hope this piece of information eliminates world poverty, hunger, and war.......
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Lazza
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Location: Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
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| AN_Inkling wrote: | | Even though getting the timing exactly right very rarely matters, it could one day cost a club a Premiership . |
That is exactly what Eddie said and I agree with him. The AFL reminds me of the scenario of a railway crossing where the authorities need to have an accident before any safety action is taken. Except for changing the rules of the game every 15 minutes, the AFL are rarely proactive to preventing a problem rather than reacting to one in typical knee jerk style which they are bloody brilliant at doing.... |
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Neil Appleby 
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I'm pretty sure the umpires are wired up to the time keepers already.
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Lazza
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| Neil Appleby wrote: | | I'm pretty sure the umpires are wired up to the time keepers already. |
Then there is absolutely no excuse for any delay except for convenient deafness...... |
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King Monkey
Joined: 15 Apr 2009
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Lazza, there is no delay............. (refer higher up the page.)
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Side By Side
Joined: 30 Jun 2005
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| King Monkey wrote: | | think positive wrote: |
It's just a satisfying word to pump out.
**** has lost it's magic, overused |
Interesting and strange discussion had after a few too many beers at the cricket club a couple of months back - we've come to the conclusion the c word in Aussie lingo has become a bit run-of-the-mill, if you REALLY want someone to know what you think of them, pronounce it like they do in the northern parts if England..........
"Cooont"!!
Sounds far more aggressive than "caaarnt".
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Hmm being a pom I might get away with that, ta, I'll give it a go!
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| Brenny wrote: | ^ At work it goes down like this...
Boss: Do this...
Me: I can't.
Boss: What did you call me?
Me: I said 'I can't'.
Boss: You mean you're unable to. |
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John Wren 
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at the start of each quarter, doesn't the time clock start when the ball hits the ground and not when the siren goes?
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