pic: This is what happens when a mentor goes to Kentucky... [Archive]

fordchrist675

21-01-2009, 22:36

Holy Crap! If only I could get to Kentucky.

Lol that is quite a few to have

Tom I

21-01-2009, 22:42

Road trip to kentucky! Lets go, who's comming?;)

Thermal

21-01-2009, 22:45

Hahah and I thought the forsyth alliance got all the balls in the south east! :-p

smurfgirl

21-01-2009, 22:50

:ahh: :ahh: :ahh: :ahh: :ahh:

...and to think I have yet to lay my hands on even a SINGLE orbit ball!

Greg Needel

21-01-2009, 23:06

I must say that having a team in the south east is a nice treat. We were able to buy ~30 balls without much hassle at all. And even decided to leave a bunch in the stores a bit further away so if teams wanted to road trip to use they could.

Hopefully in the future we will have the same problems as everyone else in the country when there are loads of teams in this area. I would be more then willing to trade not having so many game balls for having a few more teams in the area.

DonRotolo

21-01-2009, 23:23

What? No Blue Grass?

Ryan Dognaux

21-01-2009, 23:28

Haha I love it when everyone is taking pictures and I don't know who to look at.

Also, our Caterpillar sponsor is basically awesome for finding all of these balls.

JaneYoung

21-01-2009, 23:52

What? No Blue Grass?

I know you probably mean something else, Don - punster that you are but - it reminded me of the beauty of Kentucky. The grass really is beautiful. And the horses. It's a great state.

Enigma's puzzle

22-01-2009, 09:03

Kentucky, the land of plenty

JDeCola

22-01-2009, 09:51

Road trip to kentucky! Lets go, who's comming?;)

im in! used to live just south of the KY border! lol

sirmichael

22-01-2009, 10:59

Ryan Dognaux

22-01-2009, 12:03

So much Kentucky...yet so few FRC teams! There has only been 1 KY team for the past several years, this year 3 rookies will emerge. It's been awesome to see so much support coming from teams in surrounding states :)

There does seem to be quite a few orbit balls at every Wal-Mart we go to.

- Mike

We're very excited to see more Kentucky teams popping up now and will be glad to help you all with whatever you need at the Boilermaker Regional!

JoeArnold

22-01-2009, 12:04

Man, we have like 6 balls :(

guakam0li1089

22-01-2009, 13:10

Man, we have like 6 balls :(

we share your pain. weve spent hours on the phones with various walmarts and driven up and down new jersey and we only have come up with 6 orbit balls

IKE

22-01-2009, 13:14

I got 16 by calling up a Walmart off of the list on Bill's Blog in an area where I knew there were not many nearby teams.

We made 18 out of polycarb for packaging and human player practice. These are much more durable than the real ones.

My recommendation would be to call up Walmarts in Arkansas. There are very few FRC teams and a whole bunch of Walmarts. Or contact Baxter Bomb Squad and make it worth there while.

Black Claw

22-01-2009, 13:28

We have 12, but are trying to help other teams in the Tulsa district find them and aquire them

WhiteShadow1474

22-01-2009, 13:32

*Fumbles around trying to make orbit balls* That's it! I'm moving my highschool to Kentucky

EricH

22-01-2009, 14:10

I know that the Rapid City, SD Walmart was listed as having 2. Previously, they had 3. I think they've got zero, because I got two there last week. Those are heading for L.A.

I'd have also raided the one in Spearfish, SD, but it's out of my range.

drueb12

22-01-2009, 14:57

we have 15 but we sent someone from oklahoma to missouri to get them
yes they ae that important

Rachel2177

22-01-2009, 15:23

My team, the Robettes, were lucky enough to have a similar situation happen to us. The parents of one of our mentors were driving back from Texas up to Minnesota, so they stopped at all the Walmarts on the way back for us :D We received 25 from that road trip; without that we probably wouldn't have any since all the Walmarts in Minnesota were sold out two days after the kickoff

Nica F.

22-01-2009, 17:03

While i was back home in LA with the team i graduated from, i called up many many walmart and toys r us stores asking if they had them as well as visiting them. I found ZERO orbit balls.
And theeen coming back to Purdue and ripping walmart bags open full of orbit balls definitely made my list of most satisfying experiences in FIRST. Haha.

P.S. Kyle, there were definitely more attractive pictures you could've posted instead of this one, with both Ryan and Diaz actually looking. :P

amariealbrecht

22-01-2009, 17:05

wow very nice...leave it to the crazy roadtrippers to find the orbit balls!

DJCJX

22-01-2009, 21:59

I live in the south but my team is from the north. I have only done about a 50 mile radius from my home but i have sent back 9 orbit balls to them. Alabama is the place to find them. :cool: