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The Fellowship Of The Travelling Parts Box @ Savage///Circuits

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  • NWCCTVNWCCTV Posts: 3,629
    edited 2013-03-06 16:11
    So Phil is the culprit!!!! All this time I thought it was stuck back east and it has been in my own backyard! Can't wait to get my hands on it and get the next one rolling.
  • SavageCircuitsSavageCircuits Posts: 257
    edited 2013-04-08 09:37
    Just a reminder, The Fellowship Of The Travelling Parts Box has moved to this group on these forums due to slow follow-up on the Savage///Circuits website. Please request access if you're in the mailing list.

    As a note, as of today the box has been unaccounted for exactly 1 month. If anyone can shed any light on where it is that would be great since the new one is delayed until we finish the old one.
  • NWCCTVNWCCTV Posts: 3,629
    edited 2013-04-08 09:47
    Can I get access to the new site? Also, I believe W9GFO (Rich)has the box.
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2013-04-08 10:25
    NWCCTV wrote:
    Also, I believe WG9FO has the box.
    I sent it on to Rich a few weeks ago. Dunno if he still has it, though.

    BTW, I would prefer to be excluded from the next round.

    Thanks,
    -Phil
  • SavageCircuitsSavageCircuits Posts: 257
    edited 2013-04-08 10:42
    That's okay Phil, at the rate we're going there may not be a next round. :frown:
  • TumblerTumbler Posts: 323
    edited 2013-04-08 10:58
    We (on the other side of the pool) need such a box too! :)
  • NWCCTVNWCCTV Posts: 3,629
    edited 2013-04-08 13:10
    I sent it on to Rich a few weeks ago. Dunno if he still has it, though.

    I am next in line and have not received it as of yet, so Rich must still have it.
  • DaveJensonDaveJenson Posts: 375
    edited 2013-04-09 10:01
    Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) wrote: »
    I sent it on to Rich a few weeks ago. Dunno if he still has it, though.

    BTW, I would prefer to be excluded from the next round.

    Thanks,
    -Phil

    Hey Phil, do you know when exactly you sent the box on?
    I have been keeping an unofficial tracking list on the Box.

    Since I'm last on the list, I'm a bit anxious to receive it.

    DJ
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2013-04-09 10:06
    Dave,

    It left here on March 8th via priority mail to Bellevue, WA.

    -Phil
  • DaveJensonDaveJenson Posts: 375
    edited 2013-04-09 13:37
    W9GFO wrote: »
    No problem, you've got a few days. I'll be knocking on your door Saturday afternoon, dressed in black, wearing sunglasses.

    So, do YOU still have the box?
  • NWCCTVNWCCTV Posts: 3,629
    edited 2013-04-09 20:32
    Unless he just shipped it he must still have it because I am next on the list!!!! Go figure!
  • SavageCircuitsSavageCircuits Posts: 257
    edited 2013-04-10 08:09
    Only three people from the current group have joined the new group on this site. I will be posting the logs (when I get the box back), so please remember to join or accept the invite I sent out to some I knew were on here.
  • NWCCTVNWCCTV Posts: 3,629
    edited 2013-04-12 16:17
    Well, I guess I need to place an order with Parallax since it does not look like I will be getting the SC box after all.
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2013-04-12 19:20
    @NWCCTV: Please note that Rich has been offline since 30 March. It may well be that something has come up in his life, as it did in mine, that pre-empts parts-box consideration. I think patience is called for.

    @Chris: Sorry, man, I just don't do groups. This open forum is about all I can handle online-social-media-wise.

    -Phil
  • NWCCTVNWCCTV Posts: 3,629
    edited 2013-04-12 20:48
    Yes, I understand this. I was just hoping to have the box before I place my order for items I am needing for the Micro Medic contest. That way maybe there would have been something in there that I could swap out rather than having to buy it.
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2013-04-12 20:57
    NWCCTV,

    Having witnessed the recent contents of the parts box -- especially for your stated needs -- I can tell you right now that you're probably better off just ordering form Parallax. :)

    -Phil
  • NWCCTVNWCCTV Posts: 3,629
    edited 2013-04-12 20:59
    OK. Well that's somewhat of a let down relief!!!!
  • Ken GraceyKen Gracey Posts: 7,392
    edited 2013-04-12 21:04
    Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) wrote: »
    NWCCTV,

    Having witnessed the recent contents of the parts box -- especially for your stated needs -- I can tell you right now that you're probably better off just ordering form Parallax. :)

    -Phil

    I can change this very quickly. Does anybody know how quickly really nice hardware multiples in my office? Like tribbles! I've got amazing prototypes, production parts, machined parts, sensors, LEDs and all kinds of cool stuff. I could fill whole POD container.

    Somebody sign me up and send that box to me! I

    Ken Gracey
    Parallax
    599 Menlo Drive
    Rocklin, CA 95765

    Send that darned box over here so I don't have to liquidate at the OPC Junk Table!
  • Ken GraceyKen Gracey Posts: 7,392
    edited 2013-04-12 21:05
    NWCCTV wrote: »
    Yes, I understand this. I was just hoping to have the box before I place my order for items I am needing for the Micro Medic contest. That way maybe there would have been something in there that I could swap out rather than having to buy it.

    Yeah, I also have every part we sampled for the microMedic contest in my office. You could build an android or restore life in my office. Send the box!
  • electromanjelectromanj Posts: 270
    edited 2013-04-12 21:12
    electromanj is calculating the price of a POD unit from Rocklin California to Garden City Kansas.....
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2013-04-12 21:14
    Ken,

    The effect I noticed from the TPB is that the Parallax stuff disappeared rather quickly, to be replaced by disused dev tools from competing vendors and other knick-knacks. Not that the replacement stuff was uninteresting, mind you, but it wasn't Parallax stuff -- or at least not Parallax stuff that I had a need for. I guess this speaks well for the perceived value of Parallax products! :)

    -Phil
  • NWCCTVNWCCTV Posts: 3,629
    edited 2013-04-12 21:27
    So I guess Rich can send the box to Ken and then Ken can send it my way. Being almost last I guess I will not be getting any of the Parallax items I was hoping for. I really do not have much use(or time) for items that are not related to Parallax products. I got a Raspberry Pi for Christmas and still have not had time to tinker with it!!!The items I planned on putting back in the box are pretty much all Parallax or Parallax related items.
  • NWCCTVNWCCTV Posts: 3,629
    edited 2013-04-12 22:42
    So Chris, Maybe the next box should be shipped in reverse of the first one. That way everyone gets a fair shake at getting Parallax products!!!!!
  • ajwardajward Posts: 1,130
    edited 2013-04-13 08:17
    I think I responded for the next round, but...

    Amanda Ward, same location as before!

    @
  • SavageCircuitsSavageCircuits Posts: 257
    edited 2013-04-15 08:52
    I posted a link earlier in the thread and I sent many of you an invite (not actually sure how vBulletin handles the invites). If you didn't receive an invite you can go to the group from the link I posted and request access. I intended to keep community related SIGs on the Parallax website for several reasons. Mainly so more people can be involved. But as Phil said (as have many others) he doesn't have time for more than this site. The Savage///Circuits website will be reverting back to what it once was, so it makes sense to keep the community stuff in a more popular location. Besides, the interest is primarily in Parallax products, so this is where the Parallax community should be.

    As for the box, Ken was already signed up originally and we'll be running things somewhat in reverse next time, though mainly I may change some placeholders so keep things running faster.

    Amanda, I did get your reply (I got them all) and I will migrate that list over here as soon as we get the current box situation settled.
  • NWCCTVNWCCTV Posts: 3,629
    edited 2013-04-23 14:24
    Good news. I just received a PM from Rich and he said the box is on the way to me. Had some things come up. @Chris, I still have not received an Invite for the next go round on the box.
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2013-04-23 14:40
    NWCCTV wrote:
    ... Had some things come up. ...
    Same thing happened to me when I received it. Maybe the box is cursed. :)

    -Phil
  • frank freedmanfrank freedman Posts: 1,983
    edited 2013-04-23 16:15
    Good thing I turned it as fast as I could, (knocking wood) the curse was therefore bypassed here.....
  • W9GFOW9GFO Posts: 4,010
    edited 2013-04-23 16:18
    Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) wrote: »
    Same thing happened to me when I received it. Maybe the box is cursed. :)

    I was thinking the same thing...

    Brace yourself Andy.
  • NWCCTVNWCCTV Posts: 3,629
    edited 2013-04-23 16:40
    Maybe it will bring some good luck my way. I can't say that my year can get much worse than it has already been, but I guess one never knows!!!!
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