Prints formatted time to stdout at the start of a line, as well as a "."
        whenever the length of the line is equal or lesser than 80 "." long

def dotter(self):
        """Prints formatted time to stdout at the start of a line, as well as a "."
        whenever the length of the line is equal or lesser than 80 "." long"""
        if self.globalcount <= 80:
            sys.stdout.write('.')
            self.globalcount += 1
        else:
            sys.stdout.write('\n.')
            self.globalcount = 1