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Re: Funniest/Wierdest thing you have done while building your robot

On the Saturday before ship date we transported the bot and a bunch of tools to a members house so we could work on it that Sunday (we weren't allowed in the school on Sunday). Then on Sunday, we were having some motor troubles and wanted to go back to the shop at school to get a spare one. We took two car loads of guys down to the school, sneaked in through a break in the fence and got to the large bay door to our shop. We all tried lifting it but we couldnt budge it. We decided to get some jacks to help us. One of the members went to his trunk to get the jack out, but ended up locking his keys in there. So all six of us piled into one small car and went to that person's house to get a spare set of keys and too another member's house to get some jacks and a pry bar. We got back to the school and began to work on the door again, inching it up a little at a time. In the mean time, one of the member's father showed up and just said to give up and there was other stuff we could work on. But we were determined to get into our shop. A few minutes later we hear "COPS! ITS THE COPS!" It is the father yelling at us. We look up and see a cop car pulling into the school We drop the tools and start running, well everyone starts running except me, because I think it looks sort of stupid if you run from the cops. But all and all it was a pretty eventful and amusing day. If onyl you could have seen the face on some of the guys faces when the daw the cop car. But as it turns our, the door was locked shut for some reason and we ended p bending a plate of steel that was holding the chain. Those were some good times.
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