The Plight of a Hamster in Flight

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Posted by colleen - T190 at 04/03/2001 11:28 PM EST


Engineer on team #190, Gompei, from Massachusetts Academy of Math and Science and WPI.



You could never imagine that trying to bring a hamster on vacation with you could be such a difficult task. But as team 190 found out this past week, it's not something that is looked kindly on by airline officials.

So after some amazingly valiant efforts by our Hamster keeper and Thundergod extraordinare Tim Baird, we found that it really is impossible to travel legally with a hamster.

So, unfortunately, Team190 will have to go through nationals without their beloved Whatnot's power. She will be missed.

However, not to fear, Team190 will have hamster power in Florida!! We will be braving the wild of the Florida roads to get NotWhat, our national hamster representative, to power us through the National Competition.

So all you folks in Archimedes, come by and say hi to the hamster for good luck.. all those in other divisions.. just start trembling now.. the force of a hamster is nothing to write off!

Best of luck to you all-- be sure to visit team 190 in our NEW Hamster Power t-shirts.. and say hi to NotWhat..

See ya in the sun!

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Posted by Jon - T190 at 04/06/2001 8:26 AM EST


Engineer on team #190, Gompei, from Mass Academy of Math and Science and Worcester Polytechnic Institute.


In Reply to: The Plight of a Hamster in Flight
Posted by colleen - T190 on 04/03/2001 11:28 PM EST:



When we first met NotWhat, we realized that he is a hampster true to the Team 190 spirit. LOTS of Hampster Power! NotWhat is a year old teddy bear hampster and so is fairly large... some have confused him with a small dog.

But never fear... the hampster only attacks if you anger him.

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Posted by Erin at 04/08/2001 4:06 PM EST


Other on team #65, Huskie Brigade, from Pontiac Northern High School and GM Powertrain.


In Reply to: NotWhat update
Posted by Jon - T190 on 04/06/2001 8:26 AM EST:



Team 65's reaction when 190's robot cart went by:

DID YOU KNOW THAT WAS A REAL HAMPSTER?

Hope you guys have luck smuggling NotWhat home.

Live from DisneyQuest,
Erin

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Posted by colleen - T190 at 04/08/2001 5:21 PM EST


Engineer on team #190, Gompei, from Massachusetts Academy of Math and Science and WPI.


In Reply to: Re: NotWhat update
Posted by Erin on 04/08/2001 4:06 PM EST:



NotWhat was our "rent-a-hamster"... we took him from his home in the pet store for 3 days to explore the wonderful world of Disney and then brought him back.. So just as little Whatnot had to spend the 5 days here in Massachusetts.. NotWhat will continue his stay in Florida...

And a couple of the girls on your team didn't believe us it was a hamster it was so big! we don't know what they feed it either.. but Whatnot definitely isn't that size..