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Old 22-11-2005, 03:31 PM   #1
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Old 22-11-2005, 04:25 PM   #2
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about 7 or 8 goes , and 13 seconds. I am all the while expecting to get the loud screaming scary face to try scar the shyte out of me ! Maybe 13 seconds isnt long enough !
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Old 22-11-2005, 04:32 PM   #3
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its not exactly a puzzle.

mind you i got over 18sec on my 2nd attempt, i've probably had too much coffee...
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Old 22-11-2005, 04:35 PM   #4
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19.070 on my 8th shot
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Old 22-11-2005, 05:09 PM   #5
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11.03 or something. My attention span is too short.
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Old 22-11-2005, 05:11 PM   #6
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28.46, easy. Now 35.2
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Old 22-11-2005, 05:50 PM   #7
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4 seconds, but then again it aint easy on a laptop!
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Old 22-11-2005, 05:57 PM   #8
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4 seconds, but then again it aint easy on a laptop!
ditto. 7.3 seconds on a laptop touchpad
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Old 22-11-2005, 06:03 PM   #9
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I am all the while expecting to get the loud screaming scary face to try scar the shyte out of me!
Bwahahahaha. Thats exactly what I was thinking when I read the title of the thread... :hihi:
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Old 22-11-2005, 06:06 PM   #10
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23.36 seconds... But I'm a public servant...
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Old 22-11-2005, 06:15 PM   #11
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Old 22-11-2005, 06:43 PM   #12
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24.69... Would've gone longer but I got a gay Outlook alert from some lame teleconference I'm supposed to be in...
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Old 22-11-2005, 06:59 PM   #13
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18.937 is the best i can manage (hint: top left hand cnr is safe from 2-11 seconds time, after that things get nasty)
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Old 22-11-2005, 07:02 PM   #14
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....... just got 20.969 seconds
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Old 22-11-2005, 07:02 PM   #15
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lol thats stoopid..

i guess it could help you office types pass time though
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Old 22-11-2005, 07:28 PM   #16
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Since it follows the same pattern every time you just try to remember where is safe to go in the opposite kind of pattern.
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Old 22-11-2005, 07:37 PM   #17
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21.735 seconds.
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Old 22-11-2005, 08:03 PM   #18
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34.93 seconds, its not too hard

EDIT: just scored 49.43
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Old 22-11-2005, 08:13 PM   #19
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29.32.on my first go .......Little bit too much manual dexterity (spl) me thinks. haha :
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