[NSP] Re: Over the hill?

2008-10-24 Thread tim rolls BT
I shouldn't worry too much Richard, a brief extract from the summary says males tap faster than females, the dominant hand is faster than the non-dominant hand the slow down is apparantly only about 10-15% for the over 50s compared to the 16-24s, and if you want all the stats. and have

[NSP] Re: Over the hill?

2008-10-24 Thread Julia . Say
On 24 Oct 2008, tim rolls BT wrote: Just make sure you play with a group of older females and you should be able to keep your end up! Has someone been telling you stories about Jack Armstrong, Tim? Meanwhile, as an older female, it appears I should live in hope.. Taps finger

[NSP] Re: Over the hill?

2008-10-24 Thread colin
I suspect that, had they had a few pipers (male and female) in their sample, they would have given up and gone home at it would have thrown their results out :) Colin Hill - Original Message - From: tim rolls BT [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Richard York [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc:

[NSP] Re: Over the hill?

2008-10-24 Thread Mike Sharp
...The test was to see how rapidly they could keep tapping their index fingers... The test they are afraid to do is to see how rapidly you can tap your ring fingers without moving any other finger. :-) --Mike -- To get on or off this list see list information at

[NSP] Re: Over the hill?

2008-10-24 Thread Ian Lawther
The test for Northumbrian pipers would be how fast you can tap your index finger and any other finger alternately making sure that finger A is down before finger B comes up. Ian Mike Sharp wrote: ...The test was to see how rapidly they could keep tapping their index