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Re: Transporting Engineering Events
Posted: August 8th, 2010, 8:51 pm
by paleonaps
Never trust public transportation for building events. EVER.
Re: Transporting Engineering Events
Posted: August 9th, 2010, 9:07 am
by starpug
paleonaps95 wrote:Never trust public transportation for building events. EVER.
Care to elaborate
Re: Transporting Engineering Events
Posted: August 9th, 2010, 11:09 am
by paleonaps
That's what our coach told us. He said it applies especially to the precision events, because damage is very likely to occur. You know, the bump the wrong way that causes a small, almost imperceptible discrepancy in the alignment of the mission possible that causes losing of the event.
Re: Transporting Engineering Events
Posted: August 9th, 2010, 11:41 am
by starpug
paleonaps95 wrote:That's what our coach told us. He said it applies especially to the precision events, because damage is very likely to occur. You know, the bump the wrong way that causes a small, almost imperceptible discrepancy in the alignment of the mission possible that causes losing of the event.
What does that have to do with Public transport?
Re: Transporting Engineering Events
Posted: August 9th, 2010, 4:58 pm
by crazyhorse
UPS busted our Trajectory base board in half. 1 inch oak. We were able to fix it before comp. We were more lucky than that team from FL who had their device lost.
Re: Transporting Engineering Events
Posted: August 10th, 2010, 5:29 am
by paleonaps
That's what I meant. Public transporters can be very unscrupulous.
Re: Transporting Engineering Events
Posted: August 10th, 2010, 6:16 pm
by AustinRHL
Re: Transporting Engineering Events
Posted: August 12th, 2010, 7:55 am
by gneissisnice
starpug wrote:paleonaps95 wrote:That's what our coach told us. He said it applies especially to the precision events, because damage is very likely to occur. You know, the bump the wrong way that causes a small, almost imperceptible discrepancy in the alignment of the mission possible that causes losing of the event.
What does that have to do with Public transport?
People loading the stuff on the plane aren't likely to be gentle with it.
Re: Transporting Engineering Events
Posted: August 12th, 2010, 10:12 am
by AlphaTauri
Even if you stick tons of "FRAGILE" stickers all over the box, it doesn't help. At the luggage carousel at various airports, I've seen tons of half-flattened/slightly crushed/definitely beat-up boxes with said stickers plastered all over.
Re: Transporting Engineering Events
Posted: August 12th, 2010, 10:36 am
by Paradox21
Yeah, I don't trust anyone else to handle my devices. I had my Mission Possible at my feet for the entire trip to Illinois and my Mousetrap Vehicle was in the trunk. If you want things done right, transport them yourself.