Re: You know you're addicted to FIRST when...
 

yeah thats fun but when it comes to reading emails its harder to access them b/c you gotta type in the link and everything

Re: You know you're addicted to FIRST when...
 

...when you watch the movie Frequency and automaticly notice the adress number to be a FIRST teams, "343" Lol. (Yay Metal-In-Motion)

Re: You know you're addicted to FIRST when...
 

When your at Target the day after ship and you try to find the cheapest tools they have in the sizes your team used this year.

Re: You know you're addicted to FIRST when...
 

...when you come home and empty your pockets producing a roll of electrical tape, 3 screw drivers, a pair of diagnal wire cutters, a razor blade, a sharpie, a tape mesure, a pair of neetle nose pliars, and a standoff
...when you then say to your self "so THATS where that standoff went"

Re: You know you're addicted to FIRST when...
 

I did the same exact thing on my computer.

...when you don't know what to do on the weekend since you don't have a FIRST meeting anymore and it's the end of the build season.

Re: You know you're addicted to FIRST when...
 

i just have to say i know when i'm addicted is when my photography teacher says why don't u just create something that moves because you are on the robotics team-- quote "you know things about gears, your project can be move, it'll be great"--- and in your head u think omg yes but like i really want to do that yes but ummm i better get a good grade on it

Re: You know you're addicted to FIRST when...
 

...when it starts governing your life.

Re: You know you're addicted to FIRST when...
 

uh, when you set your homepage to CD after your first visit there (which just happened to be about 3 hours long)

Re: You know you're addicted to FIRST when...
 

CD isn't my homepage thats my team's site but CD is always the second site I go to.

When you find pnuematics couplings in your pockets, metal shavings in your shoes, and your pants are covered in metal shavings and machine oil.

Re: You know you're addicted to FIRST when...
 

When you purchase a second laptop off Ebay so you don't have to carry your "good one" around to robot meetings all the time.

(As I type and submit this on my "second" Toshiba Satellite)

Re: You know you're addicted to FIRST when...
 

is that all? we worked several weekends nonstop from like 8 am- 12:30 pm... and weekdays from right after school till after 12 midnight... 3 days in a row!

Re: You know you're addicted to FIRST when...
 

...when meeting end times are determined by the state of florida law (17 year olds driver's license dictates that you may not drive after 1am or before 6am...our last meetings were pretty much "uhh...guys? its 12:30 and it takes me a half hour to get home...")

Re: You know you're addicted to FIRST when...
 

Ah since when does the law matter Jim?- I MEAN.. uh yeah.

You know you're addicted to FIRST when...
...you sit down to draw an illustration as a birthday present to a friend, and five hours later you realize all you've drawn are concepts for next years Team Logo, then you spend another three hours in photoshop working on the new logo design. Well now I have a new logo (*points to signature*)... but no illustration.

Re: You know you're addicted to FIRST when...
 

.. when its your sweet 16 bday party and your cousin makes a short speech about you and mentions robotics (and how you are addicted to it) at least 7 or 8 times

Re: You know you're addicted to FIRST when...
 

... when you think that the meetings are more entertaining than your TV favorite shows