The "Can" Proposal

[Amar Shah]

We keep on inadvertently calling them trash cans.

[nixiebunny]

I've already instructed my team members that when the word "bin" escapes my mouth, it refers to a rectangular solid. "Can" is a hollow cylinder.

And I can't stop humming the song "Tote Stacking Annie" to myself.

[cglrcng]

When I walked into the Classroom portion of the shop tonight, there were so many Totes on the floor, some empty, some still full that they nearly had half a field set up and all were in the proper order or right side up and upside down....And not a "Golden Tote" in the whole stinking bunch. I think I'll steal one soon and spray paint that thing Yellow w/ some fast drying enamel just for fun. (Luckily, it is a team 60 color!)

(They must have emptied the entire shipping container to find them all yesterday as I thought we had only a few). Now, what to store all those contained items in when we go to practice once the bot is actually built? Ever emptied 20 of those totes/bins into an uncontained pile? It will look like a mountain of junk unless I go buy some temporary cardboard boxes at U-haul I guess.

Tote, bin, crate, or box. (We be stackiiiiin!)
Recyclin' Container, can, trash can. (We be capin' that stack & recyclin' our litter!)
"The GOLDEN TOTE." (We be stackiiiin big!)
Litter, trash, noodle. (Don't you dare lift that anywhere higher than a single tote without that Litter stickin' out now or ever!) But, I'm also stealing your Po-No's too.

[Mike Marandola]

Originally Posted by rtfgnow

The advantage to using the correct terms are when people later search for these terms, relevant info actually comes up. FIRST gave them official names so as to avoid confusion.

I was joking of course. We actually call them litter/noodles.

[nathannfm]

Originally Posted by cglrcng

When I walked into the Classroom portion of the shop tonight, there were so many Totes on the floor, some empty, some still full that they nearly had half a field set up and all were in the proper order or right side up and upside down....And not a "Golden Tote" in the whole stinking bunch. I think I'll steal one soon and spray paint that thing Yellow w/ some fast drying enamel just for fun. (Luckily, it is a team 60 color!)

(They must have emptied the entire shipping container to find them all yesterday as I thought we had only a few). Now, what to store all those contained items in when we go to practice once the bot is actually built? Ever emptied 20 of those totes/bins into an uncontained pile? It will look like a mountain of junk unless I go buy some temporary cardboard boxes at U-haul I guess.

A word of warning, the blue box on 2.3.1, not all of your totes are going to be exactily the same, some are larger and heavier.

[Lil' Lavery]

Originally Posted by SoccerTaco

So I propose that we call this fourth zone the "Zone That Shall Not Be Named".

Zonedemort?

[Richard Wallace]

It's easy to call the stacking elements "totes".

Maybe the green recycling containers should be called "caps", since that is their scoring function -- they score nothing if not placed atop at tote.

Then the green pool noodles can be called "feathers", since they enhance the value of a "cap".

[Nathan Streeter]

It'll be hard to learn (and I've struggled with proper terminology so far), but I think we'll all be better off if we stick close to FIRST's terminology... Totes, Yellow Totes, RCs, and litter/noodles all work just fine.

The 'Noodle Agreement' is quite different, as FIRST never alluded to such a thing and it was quickly identified by many parties indepednetly.

Originally Posted by Richard Wallace

It's easy to call the stacking elements "totes".

Maybe the green recycling containers should be called "caps", since that is their scoring function -- they score nothing if not placed atop at tote.

Then the green pool noodles can be called "feathers", since they enhance the value of a "cap".

That said, this sounds pretty good too... :-)

[Bruceb]

I think it would be least confusing if we retained the names used in the manuals.

[JVN]

On 148 we've standardized on calling everything "bins" so everyone only needs to remember one term -- it really promotes a healthy sense of confusion during strategy discussions. I definitely recommend everyone try it.

[Al Skierkiewicz]

Here in the land of recycling (Chicago and burbs) our municipal recycling containers are called "bins". This is also an Australian term so we are using the "bin" reference in honor of one of our mentors and family.

[orangemoore]

Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz

Here in the land of recycling (Chicago and burbs) our municipal recycling containers are called "bins". This is also an Australian term so we are using the "bin" reference in honor of one of our mentors and family.

We have ended up getting so confused when we speak we point at what we talking about.

[Sparkyshires]

Well, I'm gonna call them bins for now because that's what they were called in the kickoff vid.

[scca229]

Hey Pop,

Make sure that you guys know exactly which two Totes were the ones received at Kickoff this year (we received a grey and a yellow @ Phoenix Kickoff) along with the black one from last year. Those are the only ones that are the exact size/weight as the game pieces for this game per the blue box in the manual.


Nate

Originally Posted by cglrcng

When I walked into the Classroom portion of the shop tonight, there were so many Totes on the floor, some empty, some still full that they nearly had half a field set up and all were in the proper order or right side up and upside down....And not a "Golden Tote" in the whole stinking bunch. I think I'll steal one soon and spray paint that thing Yellow w/ some fast drying enamel just for fun. (Luckily, it is a team 60 color!)

(They must have emptied the entire shipping container to find them all yesterday as I thought we had only a few). Now, what to store all those contained items in when we go to practice once the bot is actually built? Ever emptied 20 of those totes/bins into an uncontained pile? It will look like a mountain of junk unless I go buy some temporary cardboard boxes at U-haul I guess.

Tote, bin, crate, or box. (We be stackiiiiin!)
Recyclin' Container, can, trash can. (We be capin' that stack & recyclin' our litter!)
"The GOLDEN TOTE." (We be stackiiiin big!)
Litter, trash, noodle. (Don't you dare lift that anywhere higher than a single tote without that Litter stickin' out now or ever!) But, I'm also stealing your Po-No's too.

[MattRain]

Originally Posted by scca229

Hey Pop,

Make sure that you guys know exactly which two Totes were the ones received at Kickoff this year (we received a grey and a yellow @ Phoenix Kickoff) along with the black one from last year. Those are the only ones that are the exact size/weight as the game pieces for this game per the blue box in the manual.


Nate

We found some after-Christmas discounts on cheap storage bins/totes, so we can steal all the old containers to use that currently hold most of our scrap metal and other items.

Yes, some of the totes are not the "correct" height, some range between a half of in inch taller to an inch. We don't really care, as we are not having to pay 19 dollars a tote from Andymark.