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Subject: 
Re: ISD Build record has been broken.
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.events, lugnet.org.us.nelug
Date: 
Tue, 2 Nov 2004 05:20:32 GMT
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In lugnet.events, Scott Lyttle wrote:
> I only regret I wasn't able to be there to see it in person (or participate!)
> I couldn't get there--I had to do my local (i.e. Outlet store) part to keep
> our favorite toy company to come out of the red.  For once, I'm glad I wasn't
> consulted on building it...goes to show you just because one has experience,
> sometimes it's better to go a different route...

Actually, some of your suggestions were spot-on--

We had to change strategies quite a few times after seeing what worked and what
didn't! The preceeding Sunday we had a dry-run practice which took us about 1
hour, 20 minutes, plus we sorta... "worked around" a couple mistakes that day,
so if we had taken the time to correct them on the dry-run, maybe even an hour
and a half.

As I believe you had pointed out to us, our initial "piece reservoir" was indeed
too small, and got enlarged just before the event. And the amount of time spent
piece-sorting was cut down quite a bit, and made a bit more logical rather than
memorized by piece utility. (A "practice sorting drill" 20 minutes or so before
the event revealed a piece-sort time of ... uh... 6+ minutes?)

Apparently those changes plus the experience of doing one already really helped
out on the actual event day!

> Hm...what's next?  30 minutes?

I definitely think it could still be sped up-- there were some bits of idle time
floating around here and there, but not a whole lot.

> Seriously, I'm happy you got the record back on this side of the pond!

I'm looking forward to seeing the 50 minute mark get broken next!

DaveE



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(...) Congrats, gang! I only regret I wasn't able to be there to see it in person (or participate!) I couldn't get there--I had to do my local (i.e. Outlet store) part to keep our favorite toy company to come out of the red. For once, I'm glad I (...) (22 years ago, 2-Nov-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.org.us.nelug)

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