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Re: POST YOU WAR WOUNDS HERE <--------
Posted by mike oleary at 2/19/2001 11:16 PM EST
Student on team #419, rambots, from bc high. In Reply to: Re: POST YOU WAR WOUNDS HERE Posted by erik lundoy on 2/18/2001 11:21 AM EST: yup mistakes happen...im living proof of that...also my fingerll be ok...i thought the whole incident was rather amusing : hey man, mistakes happen, hope your finger is ok, that sounds really painful! |
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Re: POST YOU WAR WOUNDS HERE <--------
Posted by Andy Alvarenga at 2/20/2001 2:45 AM EST
Student on team #95, UVR-(LRT), from Hanover High. In Reply to: Re: POST YOU WAR WOUNDS HERE Posted by erik lundoy on 2/18/2001 11:21 AM EST: My first year on a FIRST team and I hurt my self. I burned my self twice on the same soldering iron, on the same day, 10 minutes apart. It was just a fluke, not like it could have been my fault I grabbed it, twice... interestingly, the burns took the shape of hawaii and a square. Could that mean something? Moral of my little plight? don't mess with soldering irons, and don't grab them by the tip, even if you know they are off. -Andy |
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Re: POST YOU WAR WOUNDS HERE <--------
Posted by Adrienne at 2/18/2001 8:04 PM EST
Student on team #191, X-Cats, from Wilson and Xerox. In Reply to: Re: POST YOU WAR WOUNDS HERE Posted by mike oleary on 2/16/2001 11:58 PM EST: In October we had demo of all the rochester teams. The night before i was fixing the robot and I went to step into the playing field and I tripped over the bar. I ended up chipping a bone in my ankle and tearing all my ligaments. It landed me on crutches and in a cast for almost six weeks! LOL |
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Not me, but....
Posted by Kevin Sevcik at 2/19/2001 12:10 AM EST
Other on team #57, Leopards, from BT Washington and the High School for Engineering Professions and Exxon, Kellog Brown & Root, Powell Electrical. In Reply to: Re: POST YOU WAR WOUNDS HERE Posted by mike oleary on 2/16/2001 11:58 PM EST: This is only slightly first related, and involves my brother, not me, so I'll keep it short. Basically, the entire FIRST team made an entiry into Houston's "Anything That Floats" competition. The raft involved a lot of cable ties and PVC. My bro was cutting some with a friend's knife, when the knife slipped and slit his had pretty deep. He's fine now after an emergency room trip and some surgery to restore feeling to his thumb, though. The moral of this stry is two-fold. First, always cut cable ties by pressing a knife down on them. Second, never, ever, ever use a Boy Scout's knife for anything. |
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Re: Not me, but....
Posted by Pat Bogard at 2/19/2001 9:15 PM EST
Student on team #103, Cybersonics, from Palisades High School and Lutron, Amplifier Research, Lucent Technologies. In Reply to: Not me, but.... Posted by Kevin Sevcik on 2/19/2001 12:10 AM EST: :Second, never, ever, ever use a Boy Scout's knife for anything. Whats wrong with a boy scouts knife? We just keep them sharp. |
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precisely
Posted by Kevin Sevcik at 2/19/2001 9:37 PM EST
Other on team #57, Leopards, from BT Washington and the High School for Engineering Professions and Exxon, Kellog Brown & Root, Powell Electrical. In Reply to: Re: Not me, but.... Posted by Pat Bogard on 2/19/2001 9:15 PM EST: Exactly my point. I'm scared to use my friend's knife on just about anything now. I mean... it's got a taste for blood, and my gloves aren't that thick.... :^) |
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Just last night...
Posted by Nate Smith at 2/20/2001 12:38 PM EST
Other on team #66, Frostbite, from Willow Run High School and GM Powertrain. In Reply to: Re: POST YOU WAR WOUNDS HERE Posted by mike oleary on 2/16/2001 11:58 PM EST: It's not just the robot that can cause pain...we were working on putting our shipping box together, and were using some pieces of threaded rod as studs to line everything up...and I just happened to run my arm across the top of one of them(we'd only taken the time to clean one end)....can we say OUCH... Nate |
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Not allowed to do the fun things
Posted by Em Youngberg at 02/21/2001 7:10 PM EST
Student on team #86, Resistance, from Stanton College Prep and Vistakon/JEA. In Reply to: Just last night... Posted by Nate Smith on 2/20/2001 12:38 PM EST: I've got war wounds - three years ago I was the first casulty for our team- I had stitches during Nationals. Now, after an incident with last year's bot, I'm in a cast. The stupid thing is, I did it in December and they waited two months to operate. I even learned to weld lefty. I've still got a freakin cast! (And yes, I'm driving this year. Watch Out. Did I mention I drove into a reporter yesterday?) See you at the comps |
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Almost cutting off my finger
Posted by David Kelly at 2/3/2001 8:58 AM EST
Student on team #234, Cyber Blue, from Perry Meridian High School [IUPUI] and NASA KSC/ Rolls-Royce/ Trilithic/ Peregrine. In Reply to: Grady personal injury avoidance tip #2 Posted by Andy Grady on 2/2/2001 8:52 PM EST: My worst injury happened last year. It was shipping day and we were in weight reduction time. We were down to the last hour. As you could imagine, it was getting a little crazy. I was using a hacksaw to cut off a piece of angle and it slipped. Unforturnately my thumb was right in it's path. The saw managed to work it's way 1/4" into the top part of my thumb and nail and prob. close to the bone. I prob. should have gotten stiches but I didn't. I have never seen a robot with that much blood on it. David Kelly Student Captain/ Webmaster Team 234 |
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Re: Grady personal injury avoidance tip #2
Posted by Matt Ryan at 2/3/2001 9:17 PM EST
Student on team #69, HYPER, from Quincy Public Schools and Gillette. In Reply to: Grady personal injury avoidance tip #2 Posted by Andy Grady on 2/2/2001 8:52 PM EST: We have had only ONE, count 'em, ONE casualty all last year and all this year (so far, that is). The casualty resulted from jumping over the playing field border and smashing one's elbow on the ground (broke the joint). Oh yes, I've had personal experience with staples suddenly stabbing into fingers too...you're not alone (thats what I get for not paying attention). |
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Re: Casualties
Posted by Chris Orimoto at 2/5/2001 3:07 AM EST
Student on team #368, Kika Mana, from McKinley High School and Nasa Ames/Hawaiian Electric/Weinberg Foundation. In Reply to: Grady personal injury avoidance tip #2 Posted by Andy Grady on 2/2/2001 8:52 PM EST: Well we were fortunate NOT to have any injuries last year. HOWEVER, I had a little "accident" with a cordless drill yesterday. I was screwing two wooden pieces together, when the screw split the wood horizontally and I stabbed my thumb with the screw bit. PAIN, SCREAMING, AGONY, BLOOD, etc etc etc. Well, it wasn't ALL that bad. Although I only have 9 fingers now (JOKING, I still have 'em all). Moral of the story: Respect your power tools and they shall respect you. Chris, #368 PS: Nevermind about respecting the power tools, be AFRAID..."When power tools go wrong..." |
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Re: Casualties
Posted by Matt Leese at 2/5/2001 10:08 AM EST
Other on team #73, Tigerbolt, from Edison Technical HS and Alstom & Rochester Institute of Technology. In Reply to: Re: Casualties Posted by Chris Orimoto on 2/5/2001 3:07 AM EST: That just reminds me more so of my reasoning behind saying that we know it's a bad sign when they start letting me use power tools....... Matt who's much better with the control system than that silly mechanical stuff |
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A Reminder about saftey glasses...
Posted by Robby at 2/5/2001 9:32 PM EST
Other on team #108, The SigmaC@Ts, from AIFL and Motorola. In Reply to: Grady personal injury avoidance tip #2 Posted by Andy Grady on 2/2/2001 8:52 PM EST: The worst I've ever had was looking over last years robot, when the tensed up arms sprung loose and smacked me right in the face, and hard. If it werent for my safety glasses I coulda lost an eye or two. And a little bit more coulda left me with a broken nose or a burst lip. Other than that, I have had a robot go outta control on me and take out part of a ceiling (one dumb senior messed with the joystick settings) -Robby O |
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