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Oh it was a joy walking to class today at Purdue...

Not a whole lot of snow yet, just a lot of it blowing in your face.

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This might be a good time to put in a pitch for the Arizona Regional. Great Competition and GREAT Weather in the same place at the same time. Start your fund raising for next year right after you ship your robot.

Ken

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School's closed at UD. Despite our presence in the great state of Ohio, we have the snow patroll quality of Richmond, VA. :rolleyes: :p ;)

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This is not good news. When last I looked (late Saturday) we had a chassis and we had an arm, but the two had not been properly introduced. Looks like they are in for a whirlwind courtship when the weather improves.

No joy in frozen St. Louis. :(

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Class canceled at Purdue for the next 24 hours - hasn't happen in a long time, I'm happy :)

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Last time it happened was in 1999 - they canceled school the night before, expecting temperatures in the -teens; turns out the meteorologists were wrong that time and we spent a balmy 30* day on Slayter Hill.
I'm sure you've figured out by now that they don't so much clear the sidewalks as they polish them.

IndySam - come on over, and if you want, you can bring your bot too. Got this big ol' rack and nobody to play with.

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[quote=Richard;577407]This is not good news. When last I looked (late Saturday) we had a chassis and we had an arm, but the two had not been properly introduced. Looks like they are in for a whirlwind courtship when the weather improves.

Richard,

Kinda makes you yearn for the good old days when you would finished the robot in two weeks, drive the robot for a week, tweak the robot for two weeks, then drive for another week.....Yea like that actually happened. you may be ahead of us and we can't blame the weather.

Ken

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so far we've lost SEVERAL build days due to the weather and the roads being TERRIBLE. we're trying to make up the time whenever we can at the moment.

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Pontiac Northern Has a 50% chance of no school tomorrow. And its a Count Day, so its gonna be a pain. WOOHOO Michigan weather..and were supposed to have an early spring? We had a late winter, how does that happen.

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We will be working all weekend. It would be fun to come over for a pre-ship scrimmage. How far along are you guys?

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In Houghton, we're at 101 inches of snow for the season and we have 36 inches on the ground right now ... lucky for us, only one school day has been canceled. The good (and bad) thing about living where it snows a lot is school is hardly ever canceled. Of course, that doesn't mean getting around is easy! :eek:

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Slight lake effect snow is starting in mid to western NY state. The storm from the midwest should be nicely recharged once it crosses Lake Erie/Ontario and hits the frigid air coming from Canada.

We're expecting 1-1.5 ft starting tonight till tomorrow night/Thursday AM.

Our plan is to get the robot out of the school when we leave tonight, and safely in a Jeep for transport to our sponsor's plant if necessary for tomorrow night's work. The plant won't close even if the forecast calls for "blizzards, freezing rain, tsunamis, deadly lava flows, and precision-guided ball lightning. And radiation-enlarged swarms of killer bees." (Thanks Dilbert)

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I agree, when we went to Arizona in 2005 we had a great time, and the weather was really really nice. We came out of a big snow storm in NJ to nice, warm sunny AZ. It was a fun trip.

As for right now? I'm in Pittsburgh hiding out in the University Center trying to avoid the cold and the snow.

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Assuming all the fabricated parts come in tomorrow and we are in school the rest of the week, we should be fully assembled by Friday. We're anxious to play with (and fully program) Lollipop.
I understand 234 is very close as well; I haven't heard from any of the other Indy teams (868, 1018, 1024, 1741, 2277). How about you?

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You're sending it off to us! Thanks.:ahh:

Looks like we're going to miss 2 build days: today and tomorrow because of early dismissal followed by a snow day. And our schools are in the middle of state testing! Help!!!