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Re: "Quotes" that were said during build season

About two weeks before Bayou, our tote stacks weren't level, so we decided to add a few washers behind the "foot" that holds the bottom of the tote away from the robot and therefore level. We were afraid that if we went out too far, we couln't pick up totes at all, so we figured we'd have to tweak it in and out a few times. After the kids tested the best estimate from some measurements, I went back to Jesse (head coach).
Me: Y' know how we were afraid that we couldn't pick up totes if we put those spacers behind the foot?
Jesse: Yes.
Me: Well, build added 3/8 of an inch, and the drivers say it picks up better than ever.
Jesse: (shrugs) Better is better.

This one is from yesterday, as we were designing upgrades for St. Louis:
Me: "We can't use hose clamps to hold it on"
Jim: "Why not?"
Me: <make wrapping horizontal motion with finger and pull the lift plate up and down>
Jim: "You're crushing my dreams."
And a few one-liners:
  • (At Bayou, while the robot was in the queue) "Don't throw the pointed noodles in the pit" (a mitered bumper piece)
  • (Said many times to many people): "That's using your noodle, <name>"
  • "Do the thing!"
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