Bins, Boxes, Containers?
 

Ok...

Now, not that this really matters, but what should we call the 'containers'?

I know that in the manuals they call them containers. However, since we are so used to saying 'balls' should the name have a 'b' like bin or box. I'm sorry, but i just don't think i can rattle off my toung 'container' like i can box or bin.

SO... vote! Whatever term is the most popular, is the one that i will be using in all the scouting stuff that i will be creating for the first community. :)

Jack

PS: You know, we don't have to say container just becasue that is what is in the book. :)

PPS: Do YOU call them something else?

Tubs!
 

Tubs or Totes.

I happen to have 4 of these in the garage (and another 4 coming from Walmart- on sale now for $3.44!!). We have always called them storage tubs.

I would guess there will be quite a number of FIRST families buying coordingated storage containers this coming week...

I think box since they will be rivited shut

I would say "bin," myself.

bin all the way. it's the shortest and easiest to say.

I say box, if only because it uses the letter X. (It's such an underappreciated letter...)

We asked the same question earlier today... the common concensus is to call it a "Tub" or a "Bin". Box or container just doesn't work for us. If you notice FIRST uses "containers" in all their documents.

I'll call them bins.

I think "bin" is the easiest to say. Container is just too long.

I noticed that by the end of the night, many on our team were calling them balls. To many years of balls....

Otherwise, box has been the most used.

-Andy A.

Tubs!!! :)

CAN: So when you win you can say... "we kicked their CAN". LOL

Bins all the way. Long live bins.

TOTE

Go box! If you use bin, it could be confused with 'pin' or could seem to be short for 'binary.' I guess box could be confused for 'bots'...but ehh.. Bin, in my opinion, is like a barrel without a top. Then again, that's coming from my mind...so who knows :P

bin.

Totes For Eva!!!!!!

~Pyro

How about polyethylene contoured extruded cubical storage devices???

A couple weeks ago there was a community college person at our site and she wrote on the board Zerox. At least she got the last x right.

Bins
 

call them bins. thats what they are

How about Sterlite model #1730 73 quart Glacier Blue storage bins. Or we could just call them bins, but it would be funny to hear annoucer read off the first one.

Manoel and I were discussing about it today and we decided to call it CAIXA. :D

In english I vote for box. Container is way too long, and we say A LOT the field and robot components' names during the 6 weeks, so I like the idea of having this little votation. :)

Bin. Definatly Bin.

Caixa? is that portuguese for bin or box. Maybe we could get that to catch on here. That is if I knew how to say it.

...right
 

well, i would call it a ichboo, whis is swahelieh for bin or box

-brian schmidtke

Hahahaha, funny as heck. We just say "Box"

that's a great idea!
 

you will not hear me say any of those. No way. I don't like those names. Kufsa is what I am going to call them! (that's Hebrew for box)

Although, this is true, and all day today we called them boxes. I'm thinking bins, because i just can't see a plastic rubbermaid type thing as a box.:)

weve been calling them rubbermaids
 

yep

Where the heck did you see this? If they were riveted on why would it mention the tops coming off in the rules? I didn't see any rivets during kickoff...

And they aren't rubbermaids, they are difficult to find Sterilites!

whatever. the brand name isn't important. but it is in the manual that they are going to be pop-riveted shut. so thats why they say box.

Got my vote.

"The tops of the containers will be fastened securely to the container bodies with plastic pop-rivets. Retroreflective tape will be applied to the human-player handled containers only."

The containers are also very poorly made, so they will probably break where the rivets connect in there too.

I've been calling them buckets and sometimes ammo. =P

-Joel

I use boxes for talking and bins for writing.

After dealing with them for way too long, I now call them

"those #$^%@$ %#% pain-in-the-@#(*%^% #**$% unweildy &^*(^ <:#^#^ volume consuming (^*&^(& square things."


-dave

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Y = AX^2 + B.... ehhh, whatever.

Tote! nuff said.

bin! Beeeeeeeeeeeen.

:D

I tend to end up using both all the time, though

LMAO! since kickoff, i havn't called them anything else..lol:rolleyes:

@#$&@#$^ing #$&*^@#$&*(^@#$&*(@#$^&*(@#$^(&*@#$^&*#$^@#$&*(^($ &*^*(@%^)^&#$@*(@#$^#$&*$ pieces of &*(@^$@#&*($# :D

We call them Boomer Closets (BCs) around these parts, why? I have no idea, on of our engineers says it..I should find out that reason :D

I take mine back. I call them "Baby Storage" :p

i just find it wrong to call them containers when they really aren't meant to be "containing" anything.

binn or box
 

how about Blue thingy?:ahh: