View Single Post
  #5   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 19-09-2006, 14:38
Tim Baird's Avatar
Tim Baird Tim Baird is offline
Design Ninja
FRC #0126 (Gael Force)
Team Role: Engineer
 
Join Date: May 2001
Rookie Year: 1999
Location: Clinton, MA
Posts: 241
Tim Baird has a reputation beyond reputeTim Baird has a reputation beyond reputeTim Baird has a reputation beyond reputeTim Baird has a reputation beyond reputeTim Baird has a reputation beyond reputeTim Baird has a reputation beyond reputeTim Baird has a reputation beyond reputeTim Baird has a reputation beyond reputeTim Baird has a reputation beyond reputeTim Baird has a reputation beyond reputeTim Baird has a reputation beyond repute
Send a message via AIM to Tim Baird
Re: pic: Bar-Loks exist!

Quote:
Originally Posted by sanddrag
I'm guessing there was some sort of story behind this. Care to fill the rest of us in?
Haha, yes. For years, Nypro has bought this one brand of 'cable ties' called "Bar-Loks". Due to this, Gael Force has also always used this brand, and past/present members of the team lovingly refer to the products by their brand name. This is much like someone calling a tissue a "Kleenex" or an adhesive bandage a "band-aid".

So, if you know myself, Andy Grady, Colleen Shaver, or any other Gael Force members/alumni, you know that we call them by the name Bar-Lok, and that this usage of the name is typically followed by jesting and teasing from our friends on non-bar-lok-using-teams.
__________________
Tim Baird
FRC Alum and FRC/FLL Volunteer
Project Engineer @ Nypro

History:
Gael Force 126: 1999-2000
WPI 190: 2001-2004
Gael Force 126: 2005-2010
Event Volunteer Only: 2011-Present
Reply With Quote