We used to have big screen TVs in the pits at Rutgers. I don't know what happened to them. In may opinion a lot of the activity in the pit was rather subdued. The "Small Parts" area was especially underdeveloped.
As for knocking out power- well you should know better than to try to weld by putting aluminum angle across the prongs of plugs. Yeah it melts but it doesn't work well!!!
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