Essential items to pack for Atlanta?
 

So, I have to go shopping this weekend for things for Atlanta, and I'm wondering what everyone here considers essential items that no one should be without when attending The Championship event, or just leaving home for an extended period.

Clothes, accessories, things for the plane/bus/car ride.. you name it!

What are you planning on bringing?

Help me trigger my memory so I don't forget anything!

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Toothbrush ;)

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Elgin,
Duct tape and super glue, but only for the things that you break while at Championships :ahh: or did that slip your memory.....

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• tooth brush
• Advil (especially since you are a mentor) ;)
�• laptop or portable dvd player
• Money for Food
• Ipod, mp3 player, or cd player
• SAFETY GLASSES!!!!!!
• Camera
• any medication you need...obviously
• cell phone and/or walkie takies
• !!!!!!!Gracious Proffesionalism!!!!!!!!!

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your sense of humor - don't leave home without it.

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REALLY ESSENTIAL:
--Your spirit
--Your "street smarts"
--Your gracious professionalism representing your school & sponsor
--Your team "buddy" at all times

PRETTY IMPORTANT:
--duh, your robot
--duh, extra batteries. That's a crying shame when your robot runs out of juice (bring along 8 jigawatts worth.....)
--duh, your knee pads to grovel when borrowing parts and tools from other teams since you forgot everything at home
--clothing; like lots of layers since it could be 30-80 degrees (F that is)
--safety-consciousness all the way around (not just in the pits)

SOMEWHAT IMPORTANT:
--your toothbrush

FOR EVERYTHING ELSE:
--there's begging and borrowing
or mastercard!

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batteries... extra batteries... never know when they will come in handy! :)

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Advil/Tylenol
Gatorade/Instant Lemonade mix
Gum (I go through a pack a day at least)
Layerable clothing (Friday is hot and saturday snow)
Common sense skills
Sense of humility and humanity
A weeks worth of sleep

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no walkie Talkies, as they are prohibited (as far as I know) but cellphones are great.

Let's see:
Laptop (w/wireless card if applicable)
cloths
Duct Tape
Cell Phones
SPARE PARTS!
dry-erase board (W/MARKERS!)
Tools
Money (Cash,Check, and/or Credit Card)
Team Shirt(S)
Giveaways
Movies (Season Collections seem to be great, expecially "Family Guy" and "The Simpsons")
AC/DC Power converter (if applicable)
BATTERYS!
Camera
SAFETY GLASSES

last but not least...
Your Team!!!!

Tomasz Bania

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Only in the pits and the field area. If you want, you can use them for team communication outside the event.

One more thing I need to add to this list is your CD webhug raffle ticket.

Don't forget that!!! (I say this cause I just found mine lol )

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Elgin, I think it is *time* for you to pack. Seriously.

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at least one of those collapsing chairs for the pit. Having a nice chair in your pit area is priceless (esp when you are working on your code).

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1. Safety Glasses definitely! I'm very picky about safety glasses so i bring my own.
2. Leatherman/ similar device...

this year i think im going to have to leave my leatherman home... I don't want to check a bag and I'm traveling alone. Which reminds me! Make sure you remind everyone to not try to get on a plane with one! :rolleyes:

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Hmmmmmmm

-Clothes
-Toiletries
-FIRSTcast Buttions & Posters
-Religion book to work on finals
-Safety glasses
-hats
-PowerBook w/ mic, headphones, & mouse
-iPod
-fleece/windbreaker
-wallet
-room keys

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ummmm, clean socks? :rolleyes:

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Let's see...

- NERD button (notice that its my number one item)

- Clothes, which include my spiffy tie dye skirt that matches my team shirt, as well as clothes to wear while hanging out after competition hours.

- A sweater/fleece, just in case it is cold like last year.

- BATHING SUIT - I swear to god I will go swimming at the hotel pool this time. (and I have about 4 new ones that I am dying to try out).

- "toiletries"

- iPod for plane ride

- Logos for Arefin's offseason competition (Mission Mayhem)

- Embroidery thread, beads, hairties, and tin foil, so that I can give everyone (at least the girls) hair wraps in our team colors.

- All my Mardi Gras beads that I have collected over the years!

- Safety glasses

- Money

- Cell phone

- Raffle Ticket for Webhug

- Painkiller of some sort (for headaches)

- Caffeine of some sort

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I went to Sam's Club last night and got some peppered beef jerky for the trip down. Gotta have beef jerky.

AB

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Don't forget your Charge2Go.

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Krispy Kremes.

More Krispy Kremes.

Oh yeah, some Krispy Kremes.

(and if you forget them, you can get more here).

-dave

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EAR PLUGS!!!!

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I hate to be the one to tell you, but you cannot take Krispy Kremes on a commercial aircraft

they are highly flammable! :ahh:

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wait, is that true?

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Thanks for the trip down memory lane, Dave!

I fondly recall many a late night trip to the KK on Ponce during my years at Georgia Tech. We always hoped we'd see the "Hot Now" sign switch on just as we parked the car. Nearly crashed once, trying to make a quick left turn on the way back from Decatur, when that sign switched on while we were passing Krispy Kreme!

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Mountain Dew and random other munchies
Deck of Cards
Camera

Re: Essential items to pack for Atlanta?
 

a. sense of humor
2. deo-der-ant

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shoes. flip flops only wont work in the pits.

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laptop(s)
psp w/ giant headphones + games
money for food
change of clothes
toothbrush
safety glasses
thumb drive (essential if you have to run code back and forth between 2 laptops)
three stooges dvd
matrix trilogy
camera
magic cards
extra money for monsters.

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Laptop
Fluid Mechanics Book
FIRST Scoring System Reference Guide to give to David Kelly
TI-89
My Black Daily Planner
Plane Tickets
Airport Passage Van Service Ticket
Cell Phone
Toothbrush
ER Season 1 for plane ride
Weird New England Book
Sudoku
Digital Camera
Leatherman
Caffine

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AP test prep stuff/homework....i'll be studyin' for my BC Calc test on the plane.

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Not just a checklist of what you're going to pack, but a checklist of what you DID pack so you don't forget anything!

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remember your gameboy!

chargers for: phone, gameboy, laptop, camcorder, camera, ipod, drill (and maybe even the robot)

extra clean socks

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Your chargers
E-charges
Extra Chargers
Tertiary Charges
Extra batteries
Rechargeable batteries
Battery Chargers
Plus a bag of chips if you are going on an airplane (DO NOT OPEN THEM BEFORE/WHILE ON THE PLANE)
You will see why you need that last item on the list, when the time comes.

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Programmers, they may be small, quite and easy to miss while leaving for Atlanta but its hard to do anything robotic without them, I've tried

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Let's see, there's only so much I can pack, but I'll fit it all somehow:

iPod Mini (I don't care if it's ancient, it plays music and the battery lasts)
Nintendo DS w/ Metroid Prime: Hunters and Mario Kart DS
Cell Phone with plenty of minutes
CHARGERS!!
Bathing Suit
Various combos of pants and shorts
The two team T-Shirts I'll be swapping inbetween throughout the 5 days
Sweatshirt for the plane and the social
Thumbdrive for swapping code
Duct Tape Wallet
MONEY!!
Gracious Professionalism
Pre-E3 Tension with no internet for 5 days
Scouting papers from SBPLI
Blank scouting papers
Whiteboard with Red, Blue, and Black markers
Quarters for arcade machines at hotel
Enough internal and stored energy to last 5 days

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50% grease
49% sugar
1% flour

its amazing they dont spontaneously combust while you are eating them!

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All though 114 isn't going to nationals this year, team 100 has been kind enough to let me bunk with them as an "honorary team member". Mabye I'll even get a famous orange and black Dr. Suess hat. :rolleyes: 971 did offer too, but bureaucratic hold ups prevented me from staying with them. :(

So anyways, don't forget the XBOX! I've been informed that 100 is gonna be doing some hardcore Halo playing, and I look forward to getting in on the action.

Hope to see everyone at the webhug and pack light!

Michael C.

Re: Essential items to pack for Atlanta?
 

1. GP
2. Food
3. Thank you cards for your team mentors.
4. Thank you cards to Dean and the FIRST family
5. Anything else you feel you will need.

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All of this I found essential at the regional competition, or at one point really wished I had brought:

-Machinery's Handbook
-extension cord
-colored sharpies (for scratches on painted parts)
-flashlight
-small broom and dustpan (or better yet, a shop vac)
-extra long zip-ties
-7.2 V backup battery charger
-extra tether cables
-paper towels
-bottled water (the team will love you!)
-Lexan sheet assortment (to cover up vulnerable components)
-First Aid kit
-1.5" hole saw (hopefully you will never need to use this, but if you are over 120 pounds...)
-SCHOOLWORK :D


Have you hugged your programmer today?

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Plenty of time.. I got till Wednesday morning sometime..
I should really find out what time we are leaving eh?

Wait.. what? Do they do what I think they do, and will I get blamed for making a loud noise when it happens..
LOL I don't think I'll personally be the one doing that. LOL

Hehehe.. Thanks for reminding me, but that's not what WE use them for.


Thanks for the suggestions people, and keep them coming. I have to do my shopping & packing this weekend, and Monday and Tuesday nights.

See you all in Atlanta!!!

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This year's packing is going to be very different for me (I've always packed a suitcase full of games, pit displays, goodie bags for the students, team buttons, etc. in my previous years as mentor on a team!)

This year I need to remember to bring:
NEMO buttons
NEMO CDs
NEMO business cards
clipboard
sharpie
Vex lanyard
Vex earrings (if I finish them in time!)
My specialty buttons- "I support CT FLL", "I Found NEMO", "Ask me about FIRST", my CD profile button, n.e.rd. button, 5-yr FIRST volunteer pin
My shirts - NEMO, n.e.r.d., RAGE Travel shirt (I'm traveling with them)
Money to buy something at LogoLoc store
CD raffle tickets
Sudoku book for on the plane
Other clothes, toiletries, etc.

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I think instead of trying to clone, you should triplicate
NEMO, Vex, FLL, n.e.r.d., FIRST, RAGE, CD
no make that - septuplicate (is that a word?) :ahh: -more suitcase room and it would give Big Mike something to do trying to find all of you to hug.

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I think I may just sew the front of one shirt to the back of another and then do the same with another set and sew THAT into the inside of the first set and make it reversable. Then I'd have 4 shirts in one and could just switch it around when I needed it! :D (how's that for thinking outside the box?)

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Elgin you really have until Tuesday night to pack. The bus leaves at 9:30 A.M. :ahh:

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I'm sorry I just can't help myself -
that would be a really n.e.r.d.-y shirtbox.

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As is true for any trip, for Championships I would bring half the stuff I think I need and twice the money.

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OK, ok.. for some reason I thought 3pm departure.. but.. in any case, I guess I have until early Wednesday morning-ish then to pack..

I'm good to go. :cool:

I see no problem with that.. lol Buy all the stuff you forget, and add a suitcase to carry it all back home to the shopping list as well.

I've only had to do that once.. We bought way to many souvenirs, and had to buy another suitcase to bring it all home in.

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-Clothes (including the most important FIRSTfem item, the skort)
-VC Handbook & Shirt
-Clipboard
-Cell phone, Palm Pilot & Chargers
-Sunglasses/Visor (I haven't decided yet)
-"Toiletries", including wrinkle releaser & nail polish
-Current editions of the NY Times & Cosmo

Elgin, I know this doesn't help you much, but I thought I would share ;)

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We have a NEMO shirt? Where was I :o

Most important is the "the vest" for those times I'm working.... 13 pockets, about 2 lbs (before adding the radio) ready to go: business cards, nemo cards, tiny first aid kit, waterless hand cleaner, zip ties, pens, markers, safety glasses (2), reading glasses, sun glasses, distance glasses (it's tough getting old), chapstick, gum & breathmints, one really old granola bar, quarters, ibuprophen, earplugs, thumbdrive, tissues, raffle tickets, cell phone, even holds a clipboard, and finally, those all-important color-coded index cards :)

I guess I will also need a suitcase for my toothbrush, bathing suit, and socks..

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You were too busy with other FIRST things when I was doing the NEMO Fall 2005 East Coast tour so you missed the boat on the shirt, Jenny, sorry! :yikes:

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My planned packing list:

-Clothing (including dark pants--khakis get too dirty too quickly around robots)
-Toiletries (obviously)
-iPod full of some good music for the four-hour drive each way, plus the obligatory FM transmitter. (Maybe by the end, I'll have the entire White Album memorized. Hellll-tah skellllll-tah....)
-Swim trunks, if I can find them. (I haven't broken them out in about a year, so it'll be an experience trying to hunt them down.)
-Webhug raffle tickets, natch
-My good tennis shoes, handy for playing catch with Genia ;)

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For me there isn't an extensive list, but here it goes anyways.

-MONEY
-Team awards to hand out
-pocket knife and multi-tool (Remember to pack these in my checked luggage)
-t-shirts I owe people
-Clothing, including jeans, shorts, and the all important 217 shirt for Saturday.
-Toiletries
-gum and breath mints
-camera... if I can find it
-iPod and headphones
-three frisbees, you can never have enough frisbees
-Industrial grade sharpies
-the few pins i actually wear at competition. (including my "Dave says'That's pimp too!'" button)
-scouting sheets
-room for FIRST store stuff

That about covers it I think

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If you've got a little spare room, pack a used paperback book to drop off at the All Rookie Meet and Greet for OperationPaperback. Or pack a new one and read it while you are traveling and then donate it!

The event is planned for the Rookies, but anyone can bring a book and a buck!

Friday at 11:30 on the mall between the pits (GWCC) and the Georgia Dome

Team 1511 is again sponsoring the All-Rookie Meet & Greet event; a well-attended fun event started in 2005.

***bring a used paperback book and a dollar. We'll be shipping the collected books to OperationPaperback for the US troops overseas! (No romance novels please)
here is the link to the info on the all rookie meet and greet!

Happy Packing!

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Bring warm clothes. The nights are going down to the low 50's. we froze last year and we are from upstate NY. Also bring plenty of spare safety glasses.

JBARRA
Team 20
Rocketeers