The snow you get is crazy!! This country comes to a halt with 2 inches.. haha. Best of luck with it Robert and keep safe! 
The digits are BIG.. but I'd rather they were big than maybe not big enough!? The thing is, they need to be read at fast speeds so I am hoping the size is perfect.
Warren - the Led's are amazings. Where are you buy it?
Hi David, I got them from http://proto-pic.co.uk/products/7%252dSegment-Red-6.5"-Display.html in the UK.
They originally come from Sparkfun here: 7-Segment Display - 6.5" (Red) - COM-08530 - SparkFun Electronics
For what you get, they are very cheap and surprisingly good quality, I was really pleased.
Robert, I tried your download link again but got a blank page again.
I was just wondering if you still had the old sketch from when it paused perfectly.. so you could compare as to why it's now not working. If you need it I keep copies of all the stages we have been going through.
Warren