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Re: Meter speed

Sun, Nov 17 2024 9:00 AM (6 replies)
  • Juanasteros
    14 Posts
    Sat, Sep 14 2024 5:53 PM

    Sorry if this seems dumb, but I'm still unsure about 'meter speed' ratings when I'm checking out equipment in the Pro Shop.  Does a meter with speed 2 move faster or slower than a meter with speed 4? Many thanks.

  • SimonTheBeetle
    3,643 Posts
    Sat, Sep 14 2024 7:36 PM

    The lower the number is, the faster the meter runs.

    FAST <<<   1   2   3   4   5   >>> SLOW

    And this question is coming from someone who's been here for 15 years, hmmmm... Well, what the heck!

  • Juanasteros
    14 Posts
    Sat, Sep 14 2024 10:11 PM

    Thank you for the reply, for which I am very grateful, though a short answer would have sufficed, without the additional aside! Anyhoo, when you get to my age, you're allowed to ask an occasional witless question . . . . Incidentally, call me old-fashioned, but logically speaking, a low number infers a slow speed, shirley? Conversely, faster speed is generally indicated by use of a higher number, as with a speedometer! Wottevah, give me another 15 years or so and I should get the hang of it. :-)  P.s. Maybe you & I could play a head-to-head sometime? 

  • SimonTheBeetle
    3,643 Posts
    Sun, Sep 15 2024 12:46 PM

    I'm sorry you didn't like my comment at the end. But wouldn't anyone find it strange? How could someone who's been playing for 15 years not know that? And I was not saying your question was dumb, I was just surprised that after 15 years, you still didn't know, that's all.

    Juanasteros:
    P.s. Maybe you & I could play a head-to-head sometime?

    Yes, I'd be more than happy to. Cheers.

  • Juanasteros
    14 Posts
    Wed, Sep 18 2024 4:11 PM

    ????

  • Juanasteros
    14 Posts
    Sun, Nov 17 2024 9:00 AM

    3 2 1 . . . Back in the room!

    I shall have to rely on you to organise a game, Simon, so could you contact me at some stage, please, and we can set it up. Many thanks.

    Btw, I should have made it clear that, when I wrote the above post, it was only a day or two after I rejoined WGT following a break of approximately twelve years!                          I had been signing in every day for 4 or 5 years, building my XP. 
    Then I went on a holiday abroad where the destination had no internet.
    When I returned, my XP was, of course, erased entirely and set back to zero.
    My feeling was that it would not be unreasonable for clients to expect there to be an arrangement available whereby XP accounts could be temporarily 'frozen' in exceptional circumstances.
    WGT's response was negative and unbending.
    Basically, I had a hissy fit. Pram - thrown -toys - are words that come to mind, and so I decided to rid myself of the daily burden.                         
    Returning to the present day, I was forced into retirement when my family business of 41 years was wiped out in the Covid epidemic.
    At the same time, due to ill health, my real golf handicap crashed from single figure and, under the new (ridiculous) american system, rose by a factor of four!
    A multiple whammy!
    I think I can hear the faint sound of tiny violins playing, so I shall bid you farewell, Simon, and hope to hear from you again. Kind regards, Jonathan (Juanasteros).

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