Disc Dog Over Timing
Early, Early, Early!
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Thanks for this, Ron. This has been one of my biggest problems with Brick is the over timing. Much appreciated!
-LT
Happy it was helpful to you. It’s kind of crazy when you think about it…
Peace!
I can’t download the videos — I’m using Mac OSX and the “Save As” option isn’t presented. What can I do?
What Browser are you using?
It might be called something else.