Battery Swapmeet Run for Robot Juice

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User1 at 02.25.09 - 2:24 pm
Info on the non-ride
Hey kids, nows the time to get batteries for your bike killing robot!  Join us this Saturday as we go to a monthly swap meet that has killer prices on robot juice!
Inevitably there's always a fluffa that's is going to point out the word "juice".  The definition of this term is, 
a medium (as electricity or gasoline) that supplies power.
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a bump for all the nerds!!!
User102.26.09 - 11:53 am
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I love going to that swap meet but I never wake up in time.  I could use another oscilloscope thoe....
Mook02.26.09 - 9:20 pm
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a bump for all the nerdettes!
User102.27.09 - 12:30 pm
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I heard about this swap meet about 5 months ago and have been wanting to go.  Someone told me about a lady vendor that announces the price for items placed on the blue tarp.  She gets all worked up when you ask her the prices for the items.  I think I'll go just to see if she really exists.  I'm also interested to see what electronic components are available.  Any slide rules?
Ed02.28.09 - 12:41 am
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Got back from this about an hour or so ago.  There wasn't that many vendors selling AA and AAA rechargeable, but I did find some nice AAA 1000mAh for $1.50 each.  Got a new SLA battery for my UPS and a network storage device too.
What I noticed alot of today was camera stuff.  Digital, SLR, and video was around alot.  Anywhere from piled in a box, to laid out all pretty and asking over a grand.  Of course there was alot of laptops too.
The economy is hitting the swapmeets too, cause I remember more vendors out there before.
Oh, and even though a few peeps said they were going to make it, I was out there on my lonesome.  :-(
User102.28.09 - 12:38 pm
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CT:  That's great!  Thanks.  The last time I had a slide rule I was in the 5th grade.
Ed03.1.09 - 12:37 am
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User 1:  I got there about 10 am.  I had my kids with me.  I saw some interesting stuff:  theodolites, oscilloscopes, vacuum tubes, and some knobs (not the vendors).
Ed03.1.09 - 12:48 am
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I'm heading out to this swap meet tomorrow, Saturday morning.  Sorry for the late warning, I should have bumped this up a day or two ago.  
Meet up at the end of the Green Line at 7:51 to 8:06am if you want to go.  Details are posted on the right. 
User108.28.09 - 11:24 am
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Have fun.  I will miss it.  Gotta work in the a.m.
Ed responding to a 
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08.28.09 - 3:18 pm
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