I’m 51 and as I’ve gotten older, and especially the last few years, I struggle a lot more now when there is low ambient light. I have no idea how my brain tracks the ball (s) in play, but in low light, I am a lot more likely to “lose track” of the ball (s) for just an instant and I find myself making mistakes because I react too late to save the situation or, I react incorrectly, for instance, raising the wrong flipper first, or worst of all, I don’t react at all because I wasn’t aware of the situation until it was too late. Some drains are unavoidable, but if I hit the bottom of a flipper with the ball, then I know it was saveable, I just did the wrong thing. And absolutely, the darker it is, the more likely this happens to me. I take full responsibility for each and every one of my 140 drains this weekend at Pinburgh, each one well deserved, but I definitely drained “worse” on the banks in the rows where the overhead lights were turned off. I know there was a wicked glare on some of these games with the lights on, so it was damned-if-you-do / damned-if-you-dont, but I will definitely be bringing my headlamp next year. @drgnlair has already promised to bring me a walker to help get around, too, so I should be all set! To all you kids out there, enjoy your Rods and Cones and fast twitch muscles and the rest. They won’t last forever, lol. #GrumpyOldMan, #FearTheDark, #TakeResponsibilityForYourDrain
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