The Ticking Has Returned
05-10-26 | 06:01 PM
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The Ticking Has Returned
The ticking has reasserted itself, becoming all-consuming, like the constant "tick-tock" of a clock inside the crocodile that ate Captain Hook's hand. Is the beast getting close? Speeding down an incline, these thoughts persist.
05-10-26 | 07:10 PM
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05-10-26 | 07:59 PM
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05-11-26 | 09:23 AM
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Unlike Captain Hook, the ticking likely denotes danger, but I have yet to discover the “crocodile”. A steady rhythmic ticking that discounts cadence and speed as mere flapdoodle for its incessant beat.
There is a Poe analogy here also but I am too weary to grasp it.
There is a Poe analogy here also but I am too weary to grasp it.
05-11-26 | 09:34 AM
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Are you sure it's the bike? Maybe it's coming from inside you, like a heart valve or something. Do you have a Jarvik-7?
05-11-26 | 09:35 AM
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If you are actually looking for advice (and based on this and past threads, it doesn't seem like you are) then you should provide a whole bunch of information about the sound, when it occurs, etc.
05-11-26 | 10:15 AM
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What now? You seem to be saying your bike's tick denotes danger, but the croc's ticking clock didnt denote danger to Hook.
The crocodile eats Captain Hook. The ticking absolutely meant 'danger'. The guys hand had already been chewed off and the croc was hunting him.
The crocodile eats Captain Hook. The ticking absolutely meant 'danger'. The guys hand had already been chewed off and the croc was hunting him.
05-11-26 | 10:39 AM
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05-11-26 | 12:35 PM
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The commencement and cessation of the ticking are random, and the ticks are rhythmic with no correlation to speed or cadence.
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05-11-26 | 04:04 PM
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05-11-26 | 04:49 PM
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