27-04-2006 23:27

Billfred

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Man, that was fast posting.

I suppose an explanation is due before everyone thinks that Jessica has lost her mind or anything. Last night at the volunteer dinner, they mentioned the volunteer head-type folks working each field. They told us that Jessica was working Archimedes. (She wasn't.) I relayed this misinformation via AIM, and the rest is pretty much explained by the picture.

Oh, and I got a haircut.

27-04-2006 23:34

KenWittlief

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Ad Hoc caption contest #1:

"Jessica and Billfred demonstrate the traditional FIRST Championship courting ritual"

28-04-2006 00:00

Lil' Lavery

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Good to see Billfred finally got what he deserved

28-04-2006 00:49

Heretic121

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it looks like billfred was enjoying this onslaught from jess... but i guess when you mess with the powers that be things kick ya in the... well i guess its more of a clipboard to the head =D

28-04-2006 01:14

DCA Fan

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Hahaha fantastic picture! Have fun in Atlanta!

28-04-2006 02:31

Rich Wong

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I am speechless......
but I will think of something by the time it becomes an obvious candidate for the photo caption contest.

28-04-2006 15:45

Michelle Celio

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Nooo!! Not the hair!! NOT THE HAIR!! It was so cool.

Haircuts are evil.

And now I see all the fun I'm missing in Atlanta...

28-04-2006 15:48

RogerR

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a haircut? boy howdy, if anyone 'deserved' a haircut, it was him. now he looks (almost) human.

28-04-2006 22:19

Billfred

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Actually, the haircut is what happens when you gamble and lose.

Picture it: Palmetto 2006, Saturday morning. After a rough two days of competition, 1293 is 2-4. The three matches that morning included such top-billing opponents as 1676, 422, and 343. I told the team that if we won all three matches that morning, I'd (after about two years of not getting one) get a haircut.

1293 went on to post its first winning record in qualifying. Ever.

(Granted, we had some great partners over those matches, including 818, 1319, and even 343 themselves, but still, it was quite a feat to us.)

28-04-2006 22:40

Richard Wallace

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Billfred, you are heading down a glorious path with that kind of bet. Keep giving your team incentives, and you'll end up like Karthik!

(We should all aspire to this!)

P.S. Made a similar bet with my team regarding the 2005 STL Regional CA, and was rewarded with green hair at our next event.

28-04-2006 22:44

Billfred

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Heh, I figured it was for a decent reason. (For an encore performance, though, they'll have to get FIRST gold in one of its two flavors--I won't be picky.)

28-04-2006 23:17

Lil' Lavery

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Kinda makes me glad 116 didn't win Chairman's at peachtree, otherwise I'd be toting a mowhawk in Atlanta right now. Why do people in FIRST always bet their hair?

28-04-2006 23:27

Richard Wallace

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Maybe Karthik will have to bet something else next.

30-04-2006 10:08

anna~marie

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aw darn I'm in that pic lol

01-05-2006 15:58

Jon K.

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So is this what happens when Jess finds out that Billfred skipped out on helping the vex field so he could go to the webhug?

03-05-2006 11:19

Jessica Boucher

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This was also the product of not sleeping the night before to fly down to Atlanta to make it just in time to hug. ::shakes fist at Billfred for making me worry::

You also get a rare view of my clipboard. The "got bot" sticker has almost worn away, but the "Babo" sticker (Babson Police) and an Olin College sticker are now joined by an AndyMark sticker.

Mark, I had no idea that was you! Why didn't you say hello?

03-05-2006 11:28

Tim Baird

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Your kung-foo is weak, Jess. I was up for 55 hours straight prior to coming to the ATL...

03-05-2006 11:31

Billfred

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Upper arm (protected by an FVC referee shirt and a just-worn-to-Palmetto-before 1293 shirt), actually.

03-05-2006 12:40

Jessica Boucher

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Or, I kick you off my field...Jon knows that firsthand!

5 seconds later I forgave him and allowed him back on the field...but man, I have never seen a pout like that!

03-05-2006 12:43

Jon K.

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Hey I wasn't pouting just cowering in fear because I actually thought you were mad at me... I didn't want a clipboard to the head like billfred here.

04-05-2006 09:17

KathieK

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And had I known that Billfred skipped out on his Vex responsibilities to go to the webhug I would have hit him on the other side with MY clipboard! The rest of us Vex folks performed our designated volunteer duties...
(OK, I wasn't on the Vex fields AND I missed it because I was escorting Vex VIPs to the Hospitality Suite and preparing for the NEMO meeting...)

04-05-2006 09:40

Mark McLeod

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One of those things I learned in kindergarten - never introduce myself to an “enraged” woman wielding a clipboard.

You know, there might be a history here. If you look closely you can be spotted fleeing the scene of a spectacular blow up.

04-05-2006 09:53

KathieK

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Wow, I missed that. When/what was that all about? And Jess, were you shirking your duties and really running away???

04-05-2006 10:17

JaneYoung

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Kathie I think this was the balloon display with the FIRST logo
At some point in the opening ceremony all of the balloons exploded/popped
The engineers would have to explain how it happened but it was cool
Like fireworks.

but then again - it could have been a robot

04-05-2006 10:53

Jessica Boucher

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See that silver pipe&drape? thats the start of Galileo. And we were all shooed away from that area past it because there was a TON of judges lined up for introductions on my field. The explosion was the balloon structure of the FIRST logo. So, not exactly running away, I'm moreso milling around until we could get started.

Plus, by the way my hand looks, I was on the radio, pressing the button to talk that was clipped on my shirt. I didn't realize I was caught on camera this much - I'm supposed to blend in!

(Furthermore, no one seems to have mentioned...I'm not even tall enough to hit Billfred in the head )

04-05-2006 13:04

Mark Pierce

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Now you're really stretching your credibility. Does anyone remember Jessica blending in anywhere?

I just wish I could have stuck around the webhug longer.

04-05-2006 13:18

Billfred

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Nope. (Those dark blue FIRST shirts just scream "HEY! I'M IN CHARGE HERE!" more than the average crew shirt--or even the average ref shirt.)

04-05-2006 13:50

KathieK

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Aha! I missed all the FRC opening ceremony stuff. Did they do this on each field? (I guess I will search for a thread on the Opening Ceremonies to see what I missed!)

24-01-2013 20:17

DonRotolo

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Resurrecting an old thread. Wow, everyone looks so young in those photos

24-01-2013 22:07

GaryVoshol

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And thus is born a multitude of caption contest entries.

25-01-2013 11:14

Jessica Boucher

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(turning 30 this year)

25-01-2013 11:23

Koko Ed

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I'm turning 46 tomorrow.

25-01-2013 11:42

Taylor

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I would say cry me a river but I've already got one after TU3.

(btw thanks for refining that, GDC!)

25-01-2013 11:53

Richard Wallace

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Whippersnappers!

55 is not a speed limit, it is the age of enlightenment.

25-01-2013 12:56

Mark McLeod

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I'm feeling a little too enlightened, or perhaps I'm beyond enlightenment?

25-01-2013 13:09

Rosiebotboss

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"55 is not a speed limit, it is the age of enlightenment."



I SEEN the light!

25-01-2013 22:06

DonRotolo

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Thanks for making me feel OLD!


Then I remember that I was 30, once. I didn't ache as much, my eyes were better, but I had only 4 MB RAM in my '486-DX50.....

25-01-2013 22:09

waialua359

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I was 28 when I heard what FIRST was.
That was a long time ago.