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I met my girlfriend at a UCSC coffee shop and after talking for a while learned she is a team 100 alumni. That was a pretty sweet coincidence!

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I found a retired mentor in a Five Guys once. He saw that I was wearing my team T-Shirt and asked me about it. I also found a member of another team at a church camp.

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Barcelona, Spain in an AirBnB. He was on one of the really good teams from Mexico and was studying in Spain for the summer.

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At an SAT subject test.

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My entire ACT front row was wearing FRC shirts.

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At an FRC Competition

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Really? Who would've thought FIRSTers would be at one of those? :p

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I've lost count but I'll throw in Scout Camp, JCPenny and the Boston Aquarium.

*slow clap*

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Outside the U.S. in China, Japan and Australia. Maybe Montreal and Netherlands one day soon.;)

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I was meeting my son at the camp where he works this summer. As I was waiting for him, a group of campers returned from a canoe or backpack trip. One was wearing a team shirt - from the FRC team my daughter was on about 8 years ago. I went over to say hi.

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Met a former mentor of my team (from before my time) at the seafood fest put on by the local Rotary.

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We had a booth at a maker faire today and met an organizer for an offseason event we're going to in October. The event is a bit over 2 hours away, so that was kind of a weird coincidence.

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Kinda an odd story. I have been a part of a teamspeak for about 4 years now which I used to go on pretty regularly. Its very global with about 30-40 people in my friend group only like 10 that are actually from North America.

I mentioned I was going to robotics worlds and found out another member from Canada joined a rookie team this year and made worlds. Ended up meeting up shortly which was pretty cool.

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At Disney California Adventure last March. Saw a gentleman wearing a 254 hoodie, ran up to him and introduced myself (I was wearing a Team 4 sweathshirt). Had a nice chat for a few minutes and found out he was a dad of a student. Only meeting a fellow FIRSTer can make a day at Disney better.