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Re: Play the "2009 Withholding Allowance" Game!!

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Originally Posted by Rob View Post
Item List:
1) A nylock nut that has been threaded on and removed from a bolt.

2) Spare wire (not a whole spool, just 10 or so feet cut off of it)

3) A tube of 5 minute epoxy that has been opened. there is some cured epoxy crusted on the nozzle.

4) Approximately 1/3 a sheet of Lexan cut because a full sheet takes up too much space in the pit.

5) Some material for bumpers that were left over after cutting what is on the competition bot.

6) Some scraps of metal tube leftover from some previous build season (unknown year).

7) A rover wheel that has been used adn reconditioned per the "restoring damaged wheels" document on usfirst.org.

8) A driver station modified per the "grounding the driver station" document on usfirst.org.

9) The orbit ball from the KOP that has a broken strap riveted back together.

10) A vision target for a practice trailer made with the colored fabric in the KOP.
#8 is in the allowance, however, it does not count against your weight. #9 and #10 aren't robot parts, so they aren't counted (or shouldn't be--unless the GDC changes their minds).

#1-#6 would probably be counted. None of the items is COTS. #3, epoxy, might be excluded, as it is a fastener and is simply in its opened container. However, I doubt it.

#7 probably would count, too. It's reconditioned--not new, but made almost new.


It's sad when a rule comes to this in interpretation. Sometimes, things just get ridiculous.
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