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later, the sister goes downstairs, opens a door, and sees her mother in a similar situation (taking a picture?). mother is embarassed. they pretend it didn't happen.

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[something about leaving town.. a large truck.. coming back, concrete area outside a school.. lots of something else]

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decide to look for a new sbc for the tank/car thing. the first thing i find is a 'robot computer' kit, which appears to be everything it's supposed to be. it's small, has a full computer in it, has 10 servo channels, etc.

i'm talking to the people who are selling it for a while.. it turns out it's a new product and they haven't sold many, and are sort of weird sales people.. no literature, etc., but eventually she starts explaining it to me.

there are 2 other guys in the hum-v, apparently also engineers (one of whom makes a point of being a designer as well). they explain the water in the camera enclosure that helps keep it more stable. i'm concerned that it's heavier, if i want to make it pan, but she seems to think it'd be fine (just need more leverage, or rotate around it's cog).

brad is with me. eventually i get around to wanting to buy it, realize i haven't asked the price. ask, and (thankfully) it's pretty reasonable.

remember to ask about the transmitter. it's something that connects to a regular controller. there's some hemming and hawing, from which we realize that the design is still a work in progress, and they're not sure what it's actually going to look like. it doesn't matter that much it doesn't seem, though.

later i realize that i didn't make sure the cpu is fast enough to compress video. but they were showing cameras, so i'm confused.

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