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Go Greyhound, And Leave The Driving To Us! :p

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OK, you both caught me. I was trying to get Mark lost by telling him to keep Pittsburgh on his right, but not to go there. Following that advice, he would end up circling Pittsburgh forever, and would never reach Bedford, Ohio. So David (blakcheez) would be safe. :)

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Hehe, I'm safe anyway. When you get here, what would happen nex-- nevermind, I'll stop while I'm ahead. :D

Back on topic... I seriously want our team to attend Conneticut(sp?) but I'm sure we won't. Regardless of that, I'm planning on visiting other (relatively) local regionals just for fun.

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In the interest of geographical enlightenment and to keep Cynette amused I also updated my last list with all the states, provinces, territories of every FIRST country. The counts are a little out of date now but I left them alone.



Let's see if you're still laughing when that haggis arrives on your doorstep at Christmas. And you thought fruitcake was all you had to worry about!

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Haggis, you say? Well, as a descendant of the Braveheart, I would not want David to miss out on haggis.

So here are some updated directions for reaching Ohio from your locale:

From Hauppauge take route 347 northeast to Port Jefferson and board the ferry for Bridgeport, Connecticut. From Bridgeport, follow route 25 to Upper Stepney, and from there proceed northwest to Dodgingtown where you will turn to the west on route 302 to Danbury. Then take Interstate 84 west to Scranton, where you will turn southwest on Interstate 81 and follow that until it meets Interstate 80 just north of Hazelton. Follow Interstate 80 all the way to the Cleveland area, turning northwest on Interstate 480 which will lead directly to Bedford. Deposit the haggis on David's porch, then retrace your route back to Long Island as fast as you can. :)

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Sorry Richard, This is a FIRST Road Trip...
Get off the ferry in Bridgeport, take Rt 8 North past FRC 230 (Gaelhawks),
take a left at FRC 237 (TRIBE) :D , drive past FRC 2064 (Southbury), then into Penn.
Mark... Stop by and we'll give you cookies for the trip

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Wow! And you thought I got you off track! :ahh:

Although I know the veiled threat wasn't for me, I'll pass on the haggis too, thank you. Although I'm usually up for trying most things at least once... Other unique Scottish blends would be welcome though. ;)

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Team 239?!! :yikes:


Although if they're coming up to New England, after visiting the GaelHawks in Shelton, they could take Route 34 to Route 15 which would bring them to Meriden, home of GUS, (FRC) Team 228 / (FTC) Team 10. From there, they could go five minutes north, northwest, or west and come across teams 155 (Techno Nuts), 195 (Cyber Knights), or 999 (C.R.A.S.H.) respectively. From there, they could go west along the Meriden-Waterbury Turnpike, which would bring them through Wolcott, home of Team 1071, MAX.

From there, they could continue west to Watertown to visit FRC Team 237 (TRIBE) and resume their normally scheduled tour.

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Looks like Mark is going to need some extra haggis for all those stops in New England. No FIRST team should miss the opportunity ...:)

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Somehow, there always seems to be plenty of haggis left over whenever we serve it. Even at Robert Burns dinners. So one might do for the whole trip, very similar to fruitcake in that respect. I love it though, so I get to finish it up.
I'll start with John's cookies though. I've always been of the opinion that desert, as the most important part of any meal, should come first.

But since you'd like to try some other Scottish dishes Cynette I'll whip up some blood pudding especially for you.

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Shouldn't he also take a little side trip to North Dumpling Island, if he's crossing Long Island Sound to CT on a FIRST road trip?:rolleyes:

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That's only a little bit out of his way. After visiting several CT FIRST teams, Mark could take the ferry from New London out to Fishers Island, rent a boat and make the short (~2 mile) voyage out to North Dumpling?

For some haggis, maybe Dean will give Mark an early game hint ... ;)

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Geography aside, we're down to 140 missing teams by my data. We're inches from the 90% retention mark at 89.24%, a number I expect to climb a bit as the deadline approaches (and hopefully not shrink as the payment deadline hits).

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Mark, as long as you're venturing into Connecticut on the way to Ohio (is ANYTHING on the way to Ohio????) be sure to take the trip on the Saturday after FRC ship and stop by Manchester, CT, home to FRC 809 TechnoWizards, and the new FTC team from Manchester High School, and join us for a few hours at the FTC Championship Tournament. :)

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1505 teams are registered!
A net gain of 204 teams over last year.
Greatest % gain since the 2004 season.

15 vets returning after 1 year off (10) or 2 years off (5)

322 Rookies.
I plan to sleep the whole Saturday after ship :)

P.S. Numbers are still changing a day after Registration closed. They just won't quit...