void TIMERS_test(void *thingy){
	unsigned char *j_ptr;
	static unsigned char result;


	//cast the pointer into something that we know we are expecting
	j_ptr = (unsigned char *)thingy;

	result = *j_ptr;	//grab the value of the pointer 
	result ++;			//add one to it
	*j_ptr = result;	//write the result back to the thing pointed to by j_ptr.

}