Whatnot goes West! (no rumor!!) :):)

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Posted by colleen - T190 at 04/25/2001 12:53 AM EST


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



The mid-west better watch out, cause Hamster Power is heading their way!!

T190 will be taking our SpiderGoat and little Whatnot out to the Indiana Robotics Invitational.. "Hoosier Havoc 2"

So what teams/people are going to be there to greet us east-coasters as we try to strut our stuff with some of the best robots in the field?!

We can't wait!! We should be in Wednesday night/Thursday morning... and we'll be looking for some fun times... so talk to us!! who'll be around?! this will be your chance to meet some infamous Delphi Forum Post-ers (me , Deej, and Timmy.. who you'll recognize from your FIRST 2001 Pnuematics Box!)

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Posted by Wayne Doenges at 04/25/2001 7:18 AM EST


Engineer on team #535, G-Force, from Huntington North High School and UT Electronic Controls.


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Posted by colleen - T190 on 04/25/2001 12:53 AM EST:



We will also be there at HH II.
Stop by and say hi to team 535 (aka G-Force).
Just look for the Tiki hut and one awesome robot (Viking I).

: The mid-west better watch out, cause Hamster Power is heading their way!!

: T190 will be taking our SpiderGoat and little Whatnot out to the Indiana Robotics Invitational.. "Hoosier Havoc 2"

: So what teams/people are going to be there to greet us east-coasters as we try to strut our stuff with some of the best robots in the field?!

: We can't wait!! We should be in Wednesday night/Thursday morning... and we'll be looking for some fun times... so talk to us!! who'll be around?! this will be your chance to meet some infamous Delphi Forum Post-ers (me , Deej, and Timmy.. who you'll recognize from your FIRST 2001 Pnuematics Box!)

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Posted by Chris Hibner at 04/25/2001 8:02 AM EST


Coach on team #308, Walled Lake Monster, from Walled Lake Schools and TRW Automotive Electronics.


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Posted by colleen - T190 on 04/25/2001 12:53 AM EST:



We'll be there! (Although, we won't be there until Friday night.)

-Chris

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Posted by Erin at 04/25/2001 10:10 AM EST


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


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Posted by colleen - T190 on 04/25/2001 12:53 AM EST:



As is becoming my tradition, I go and hang with the boys and girls in Kokomo the night before, so I will be around. If you can come see the TechnoKats playground (their awesome shop area) and hang out with them, you will see what a cool team they have.

I can't wait!

Erin, WHO IS DONE WITH SCHOOL UNTIL SEPTEMBER TODAY!!!

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Posted by Andy Baker at 04/25/2001 10:41 AM EST


Engineer on team #45, TechnoKats, from Kokomo High School and Delphi Automotive Systems.


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Posted by colleen - T190 on 04/25/2001 12:53 AM EST:



Colleen,

Since you and the boys will be getting in on Thursday, here are a few things that you just gotta check out while in Kokomo:

1. Go to Highland Park and see "Old Ben", the stuffed steer. He's pretty big, so when he died, his owner had him stuffed... about 80 years ago.

2. Right next to "Old Ben" is the "Sycamore Stump". It's also big... at one time there was a phone booth inside of it. Seeing these two amazing sights will make your 17 hour drive to Indiana well worth it.

3. You gotta eat lunch at "Louie's Coney Island" and have a "baked hamburger". This kinda looks like a hotdog, but it's a rolled hamburger that is cooked in chili sauce. You not only get to eat the "bake", but you get to taste it all day long. Yum!

4. We will be setting up the playing field at Memorial Gym on Thursday and Friday. Thursday (5/3), we will be taking things from the TechnoKat shop over to the Gym... you can help us out with that. Friday, we'll be making sure everything is wired correctly and put together right. We'll start loading stuff at our shop on Thursday around 2:30pm, and work until 8:00pm.

4. You can't miss the cookout we are having on Friday night at Delco Park. You will even get to play mini-golf for $1! The cookout starts at 7:00pm. For those of you who are taking your SAT's on May 5th (David Kelly and all), please show up to the cook-out! Just let me know if you will be there, so we'll have enough food.

5. If we can find a pool table somewhere, you can teach us hicks your game of "Crud". Sounds pretty neat to me.

6. There are some other things to do also. We do have 2 malls, some movie theatres (kinda crappy, though), and there's a place to go-kart. If you really get uppity, you can visit Grissom Air Force base, about 15 miles north of Kokomo... they have a good museum. Oh, yeah, if you like old cars, there is a auto museum at the "Kokomo Visitor Center" on the north side of town.

Or... you can just hang out with us TechnoKats. We're kinda cool, since we build robots.

Andy B.

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Posted by colleen - T190 at 04/25/2001 10:55 AM EST


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


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Posted by Andy Baker on 04/25/2001 10:41 AM EST:



If there is anything us east-coasters can teach you folks, it's CRUD..

We'd love to see your potential skills and if you have a bit higher of a learning curve than Dean! (check out www.wpi.edu/~timbaird/deancrud.html)

We'll be sure to check out those places, have some fun with the Technokats and others... we can't wait!!

We'll be ready @ 2:30.. just tell us where we should meet you!!

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Posted by Deej- T190 at 04/25/2001 11:00 AM EST


Engineer on team #190, Gompeii, from Mass Academy and WPI.


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Posted by Andy Baker on 04/25/2001 10:41 AM EST:



Woohoo Old cars!!!!!!! We have to do that Coll....Just letting you all know out in the midwest, T-190 is really looking forward to coming out and playing once again with you guys. It is truely an honor. Can't wait to see you all next Thursday. Andy, if you can find that pool table, you can be on my crud team. Whatnot is back in training camp for the next week, so that she'll be a lean mean offensive scoring machine. Those big balls aren't going to know what hit them...Heres to high scores and good times!!!!!!:



Colleen,

: Since you and the boys will be getting in on Thursday, here are a few things that you just gotta check out while in Kokomo:

: 1. Go to Highland Park and see "Old Ben", the stuffed steer. He's pretty big, so when he died, his owner had him stuffed... about 80 years ago.

: 2. Right next to "Old Ben" is the "Sycamore Stump". It's also big... at one time there was a phone booth inside of it. Seeing these two amazing sights will make your 17 hour drive to Indiana well worth it.

: 3. You gotta eat lunch at "Louie's Coney Island" and have a "baked hamburger". This kinda looks like a hotdog, but it's a rolled hamburger that is cooked in chili sauce. You not only get to eat the "bake", but you get to taste it all day long. Yum!

: 4. We will be setting up the playing field at Memorial Gym on Thursday and Friday. Thursday (5/3), we will be taking things from the TechnoKat shop over to the Gym... you can help us out with that. Friday, we'll be making sure everything is wired correctly and put together right. We'll start loading stuff at our shop on Thursday around 2:30pm, and work until 8:00pm.

: 4. You can't miss the cookout we are having on Friday night at Delco Park. You will even get to play mini-golf for $1! The cookout starts at 7:00pm. For those of you who are taking your SAT's on May 5th (David Kelly and all), please show up to the cook-out! Just let me know if you will be there, so we'll have enough food.

: 5. If we can find a pool table somewhere, you can teach us hicks your game of "Crud". Sounds pretty neat to me.

: 6. There are some other things to do also. We do have 2 malls, some movie theatres (kinda crappy, though), and there's a place to go-kart. If you really get uppity, you can visit Grissom Air Force base, about 15 miles north of Kokomo... they have a good museum. Oh, yeah, if you like old cars, there is a auto museum at the "Kokomo Visitor Center" on the north side of town.

: Or... you can just hang out with us TechnoKats. We're kinda cool, since we build robots.

: Andy B.
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Posted by bill whitley at 04/25/2001 12:27 PM EST


Student on team #70, Auto City Bandits, from Powers Catholic High School and Kettering University.


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Posted by Andy Baker on 04/25/2001 10:41 AM EST:



I'll be there some time between 6 & 7 Friday night. Save me some food . Eek, gotta go. Bell just rang. Time for AP Economics, yay!


Bill