Re: RC: RE: holds at rides

[CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com]

In a message dated 8/25/99 10:09:15 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
Coujurs1@aol.com writes:

<< << One minor problem is a 45 minute hold is this puts a big requirement on
  the pulse takers (or out timer or whoever does it at a given ride) to
  calculate the out time in a hurry. Thirty minutes is easy and 40 minutes
  is much easier than 45 minutes.  So I would vote for 40 minute holds
  over 45 minute holds.  >>
 
 Easiest way to calculate a 45 minute hold, subtract 15 min. and add an hour. 
 
 ie  P & R time:  12:36  out time 1:21 >>

We use a "cheat sheet" along the side of the timer's clipboard with the 
minutes already calculated, such as:  

:00 -- :45
:01 -- :46
:02 -- :47
:03 -- :48
:04 -- :49
<snip>
:14 -- :59
:15 -- :00
:16 -- :01
:17 -- :02

etc.

Then all the timer has to do is get the hour right--no math at all.  If the 
pulse is down at 10:02, the rider goes out at 10:47.  If down at 10:16, then 
out at 11:01.  It is pretty easy to tell when you have to skip up to the next 
hour--if you don't, you have the rider leaving before he pulsed down, which 
is pretty obvious.  We do the same thing for 15 minute holds:

:00 -- :15
:01 -- :16
:02 -- :17

etc.

Heidi


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