T'was the night before Ship date

[team66t-money]

Twas the night before ship date. the hustle and bustle of team 66 was stirring all through GM, they had created a winning robot. On the last walk through the plant they all shouted MERRY SHIP DATE AND TO ALL GOOD LUCK. LOL i was bored i know it's corny but any ways good luck to all and may you all get to bed At a decent time tonight.god bless.

[Marc P.]

Sorry everyone... I read the title to this thread, and couldn't help it-


Twas the night before ship date, and all through the shop,
everyone was working, trying to beat out the clock.
the drill bits and taps placed on the shelf with care,
In hopes that the electronics team soon would be there.

The programmers fell sleep, reading Chiefdelphi threads,
while vision tetras and autonomous code danced in their heads.
Heads on their keyboards, dreaming of how to cap,
They'd just figured out how high they can stack.

When out from the practice field came such a noise,
They awoke, looked around and said "what's going on guys?"
Off to the player stations they flew like a flash,
"Looks like the robot's software just had a crash."

The "Code error" light gave off a red glow,
while a smoke plume curled up from a fisher price below.
When much to surprised eyes should appear,
but the ghost of Dave Lavery, with the toys of an engineer!

With CMU cam and calipers firmly in hand,
We knew in a moment it was really the Mars Man.
More rapid than a free speed CIM his tools all came,
And he whistled and called them all out by name:

Now bridgeport! now wire strippers! now random drill press!
On grinder! on lathe! on welder and band saw!
To the top of the arm! To the top with the sawsall,
Now chop away! chop away! chop away all!

As aluminum shavings flying off the mill,
when they met with a problem, they'd break out the drill.
So up to the tetra grabber with design changes they flew,
With Inventor printouts, and Lavery too!

And then with a spark, they made the decision,
They'd have to rebuild the entire transmission.
The fisher prices ended up being useless,
With them in the drive, they kept blowing fuses.

There still was the drive system that came in the kit,
And it could be assembled in just a little bit.
A bundle of CIMs were flung on the table,
They just hoped their chasis was stable.

The chain, how it twinkled, the sprockets so sturdy,
As the gears came together, they began to not worry.
The dual CIMs all locked right into place,
And as time rolled on, their hearts began to race.

The ring lugs were screwed on the Victors so tight,
and the pneumatic fittings didn't even put up a fight.
The breaker was switched on, and the fans started to spin,
And alas! No smoke! There's a good chance they can win!

The robot was tall, and had a high CG,
Who ever said these six weeks would be easy!
With a wink of an eye, and some much longer chain,
The arm's motor was on the drive train's plane.

Dave spoke not a word, and he started to work,
And tensioned the chains, with a quick little jerk.
When he was done, out came some Krispy Kremes,
and I knew at that point, it was all just a dream.

As I awoke, I heard a loud bang,
And Dave drove away like a synapse in my brain.
But I heard him yell out, and it gave me a fright,
"Happy Ship Day to All, You'll Sleep Well Tonight!!

[DCA Fan]

Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. hahaha

[half geek]

'Twas the night before ship date and team 38 clearly had nothing to keep them busy.

hehe great idea Travis and awesome poetry Marc!

[Amanda N.]

wow, that is a beautiful piece of poetry

haha, I love it

[mizscience]

lol, that's awesome!

[Ashley_05]

Yeah, so Marc's poem clearly states that he isn't here at the shop working with us right now ... Although there is a hustle and bustle going on... the robot is complete and now we are just making it gorgeous. Props to Marc on his creative mind and oh how I missed it during the actual programming sessions. Obviously he was home working on this poem and just waiting to post it.
Good Luck to everyone and try to get some rest tonight.

[Rick TYler]

Nice poem. Saved me the trouble of composing one.

We crated our robot Saturday after the practice tournament. Sunday-Tuesday were supposed to be for fixing the problems we discovered Saturday, but the thing worked, so we just voted on a name and boxed it up. We need to do some decorating in Portland, but unless it breaks in shipping it should be good to go. (The programmers still don't have the autonomous code done, but they are testing with last year's 'bot.)

My warmest wishes to those pulling an all-nighter tonight. Enjoy your Godfather's Pizza, Krispy Kremes, Nacho Doritos and Mountain Dew.

[psych0gambit]

twas the night before ship date....what!!!!!!!!! today is night before ship date!!! I thought it was next week, well, g2g work on the robot now.

[Ryan Albright]

wow the poem brought a tear to my eye

[Embok]

Busy programming right now, all four of us. Yay for all-nighters. Gotta get back to work now.

[- Raven -]

Originally Posted by Marc P.

Sorry everyone... I read the title to this thread, and couldn't help it

Go ahead, by all means. That was pure genius.

Whee. Stayed up late to do some last-minute tweaking without coffee to aid the task of remaining awake. By the time we'd finished for the evening there were only 4 students and 2 mentors left who hadn't yet run off home.

[Denman]

twas the night before ship date, and no one had booked the crate pickup...
twas the day of the ship date, and the pickup is booked by phone 7:30 in the morning for "sometime before 5pm"

[JVGazeley]

Originally Posted by - Raven -

Go ahead, by all means. That was pure genius.

Whee. Stayed up late to do some last-minute tweaking without coffee to aid the task of remaining awake. By the time we'd finished for the evening there were only 4 students and 2 mentors left who hadn't yet run off home.

...and some of us who left slightly earlier ended up stranded in the City due to the last bus not turning up

Been a fun 6 weeks, now how much did it all cost... ::Goes off to nag the team AGAIN!::

[killerofkiller]

yay for staying at school till 2am blasting Queen on my laptop! w00t

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