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Feb 06, 2008 17:56

I hate stopwatches. Its probably mostly because I'm a clutz. I have to manage two stopwatches at th same time in my thesis stopping one when the participant says they feel that a cold ice bath feels painful and the other when they pull their hand out of the water. I usually try to write the times down right away but sometimes the participant can't ( Read more... )

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buzzgirl February 7 2008, 00:13:10 UTC
It's okay to be a bit anal, it's science! I'd rather be a bit anal than sloppy.

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zur_the_weird February 7 2008, 00:34:29 UTC
i just hate being a clutz. I needz meh dataz.

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unseulfeu February 8 2008, 00:13:47 UTC
Sounds like a towel on lap plan is in order. This reminds me a bit of what happens when I'm not completely organized for a pap and already have started.

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zur_the_weird February 8 2008, 02:31:56 UTC
I actually figured out today that my stopwatch has split timing though it is not immediately obvious because it doesn't say it does and I only figured it out because I was screwing around with it and hitting random buttons. So now I only have to use one stop watch and can now have a pen in the other hand to write down the numbers as they come up. I still have to be a non-klutz and not double press the buttons though:)

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unseulfeu February 8 2008, 05:03:37 UTC
Oh, the excitement of data gathering! See you tomorrow night!

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zur_the_weird February 8 2008, 15:13:49 UTC
Yay!

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dailyfake February 8 2008, 22:15:24 UTC
Oh yeah I checked my old cell and it doesn't have a timer.

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zur_the_weird February 8 2008, 22:53:17 UTC
Don't worry I just found out (by accident) the stopwatch I have does indeed have a split timer. It was cleverly hidden behind a veil of obscurity.

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