Apparel in the pits

[Rick TYler]

I don't know about the rest of you, but my apparel has been in the pits since 1974.

[KC1AJT]

Originally Posted by Cynette

I believe that shorts are fine, especially following Ed's guidance for tastefullness. There are several all-girl teams that compete in skirts (school uniform) and at some point I remember a team in kilts.

there's also the Firebirds from Philly who wear skirts

[Rasmus]

Talking about Apparel in the pits, the last couple of years i noticed that a few teams were wearing nice shirts and ties. Props for having a good style, but wearing a tie in a robotics environment is not really ideal. I have seen some people with a tie clip, but unfortunately not everyone. This concerns me because we would not want anyone getting their tie's caught in something. Unfortunately i do not know the teams or people that wear ties, but hopefully some reader can forward this message

Stay safe guys!
-Rasmus Rossen
-Team 8

Team 114 has, is, and will be rocking the lab coats. The best part of FIRST is all the awesome imagery at competitions!

[Carol]

Originally Posted by Rasmus

Talking about Apparel in the pits, the last couple of years i noticed that a few teams were wearing nice shirts and ties. Props for having a good style, but wearing a tie in a robotics environment is not really ideal. I have seen some people with a tie clip, but unfortunately not everyone. This concerns me because we would not want anyone getting their tie's caught in something. Unfortunately i do not know the teams or people that wear ties, but hopefully some reader can forward this message

Stay safe guys!
-Rasmus Rossen
-Team 8

The classic way to identify an engineer is that he's the one with his tie tucked into his shirt between the buttons. But very few engineers wear ties to work anymore!

I say he because females rarely wear ties

[Chuck Glick]

Originally Posted by Cynette

Maybe, but I really thought they were guys in kilts. Other than Karthik, that is.

Who knows, maybe the picture of Lavery in a kilt may make it's way onto CD?


*hint hint*

[Carol]

Originally Posted by Peter Matteson

I've seen one or two MOE (365) mentors wandering around the pits and field in kilts.

In 2004 the MOE drive team wore kilts, to go along with the theme of the robot that year.

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/18932

And we won the Imagery Award that year as well:

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/18934

Upon losing a bet, Dave Lavery wore one of their kilts at the end of the competition:

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/18271

[Peter Matteson]

Originally Posted by Carol

In 2004 the MOE drive team wore kilts, to go along with the theme of the robot that year.

That's why I remember it so well. We picked you (MOE) at the Championship that year to round out our underdog 8th seed Division Finalist alliance with Rush (27).

I must have some pictures of our drive team with them.

[Karibou]

Originally Posted by Carol

Upon losing a bet, Dave Lavery wore one of their kilts at the end of the competition:

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/18271

Hey Dave, nice legs...is that part of your Robot Horror Picture Show costume?

[EricH]

Kara, you should probably look around CD for the "best legs" bet between Mr. Lavery and another person (who shall remain nameless for now). It turned into a Krispy Kreme eating contest, back in 2005.

Do this only if a) you like laughing at videos and b) you have an hour or so to spare. The picture of Dave in a kilt made its way in there, as did some other funny pictures (like the Robot Horror Picture Show one). The video is the priceless one, though.

[Gary Dillard]

This is kind of a sore subject for me. I was volunteering at the Florida Regional a couple of years ago, and I wore shorts since it was expected to be warm and I would be running around and working (plus I have the legs for it ). I was informed by one of the UL Safety guys ( in the green shirts) that I could not wear shorts because it was a safety hazard. I asked Mike Walker who informed me that somewhere on the volunteer information it said we could not wear shorts, so out of respect for Mike I drove back to my mom's house and changed clothes. When I got back the safety guy told me that he didn't expect me to change clothes and we got into a friendly debate on whether or not shorts were safe (I worked in an OSHA controlled plant where plenty of workers wore shorts).
I haven't worn shorts to a competition since then.

[KC1AJT]

Originally Posted by Gary Dillard

This is kind of a sore subject for me. I was volunteering at the Florida Regional a couple of years ago, and I wore shorts since it was expected to be warm and I would be running around and working (plus I have the legs for it ). I was informed by one of the UL Safety guys ( in the green shirts) that I could not wear shorts because it was a safety hazard. I asked Mike Walker who informed me that somewhere on the volunteer information it said we could not wear shorts, so out of respect for Mike I drove back to my mom's house and changed clothes. When I got back the safety guy told me that he didn't expect me to change clothes and we got into a friendly debate on whether or not shorts were safe (I worked in an OSHA controlled plant where plenty of workers wore shorts).
I haven't worn shorts to a competition since then.

i think for safe measure we will require the pit crew to wear jeans we dont want to get on anyones bad side