How far off were they when they set the time on the microwave?
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Bladewelder

Thursday, August 15, 2002 - 06:26 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Someone with live feeds must know. Just out of curiosity, were they off by a long shot or fairly close?? I'm figuring 'long shot'.

Amylousc

Thursday, August 15, 2002 - 06:34 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Last night I figured the were off by 10 minutes.
10 minutes ahead.

Maris

Thursday, August 15, 2002 - 06:39 am EditMoveDeleteIP
BB ought to sneak into the kitchen when they are asleep and change the time. They should do that everytime there is a lockdown outside, just to mess with their heads.

Amylousc

Thursday, August 15, 2002 - 06:42 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Oh that would be great!! Good idea Maris.

Missy2

Thursday, August 15, 2002 - 06:46 am EditMoveDeleteIP
OH THATS GOOD... hehehe

Cajunrambler

Thursday, August 15, 2002 - 07:28 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I remember when Josh had to secretly tamper with the potato clock on BB1 as a challenge. That was fun to watch.

Jack_Russell

Thursday, August 15, 2002 - 07:35 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Cajun "That was fun to watch" No pun intended I'm sure! lol :)

Bluescreen

Thursday, August 15, 2002 - 01:49 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I had heard they were about 7 minutes off. On the live feeds a few HGs mentioned that BB might mess with the clock during a lock down. They plan to check the clock against the live show since they know what time it occurs in "real time". Jason's estimates of what time it "feels like" (before the microwave) were usually within 15 to 30 minutes of the actual time.

Guiltyviewer

Thursday, August 15, 2002 - 03:40 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
On live feeds at actual 2:24BB time, Gerry asked Josh what time was on the micro---it was 2:34!!!
They're only off by ten minutes, so that's a pretty good guesstimate they made.

What if BB required them to unplug the micro after they used it each time? Think they'd have to reset the clock each time though in order for the timer to work...depends on that model.

Crazydog

Thursday, August 15, 2002 - 03:57 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I hope they are allowed to keep the clock. It shows their resourcefulness. They have talked about not knowing what time it is, whether it is time to eat or get up or shower, etc. Good for them to set a clock and call it "BB time". If BB really didn't want them to know the time surely they could have found a microwave without a clock.

Cameltoes

Thursday, August 15, 2002 - 04:01 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I've never really understood the point of keeping them in the dark about the exact time. It's not that hard to get a good guestimate especially considering how structured certain days are around challenges, the live show, etc.

Cmc209

Thursday, August 15, 2002 - 04:13 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Maybe giving them a microwave with a clock was good because now they have some sort of sense of time - maybe they'll see the clock say 4:30 AM and realize it's pretty late. Hopefully we won't have HG's snoozing until noon anymore once they realize how late they all sleep in.

Roamjotiba

Friday, August 16, 2002 - 12:25 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
They were 4 minutes fast when Jason set it Sunday but Gerry recalibrated it Monday morning and now it's 10 minutes slow

or 4 slow
and 10 fast?