Re: You know you've been in FIRST too long...
 

when your give up carring about appearance because it is a sign of your dedication

and when you are in one of the bands playing at the concert(our lead vocalist actually drove all the way to my school to pick me up so i couldnt say i forgot)

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... its possible to be in FIRST too long....?

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Immediately after an auto-accident, you rely on the fact that you were in your bumper zone and you do not deserve any penalties.

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When you see Tracy Byrd lyrics and think, forget that we're from the country; we build robots, and we like it that way. Then you intercept the lyrics so that you can correct them:
When you notice that if you rearrange the letters in ELEVEN PLUS TWO you get TWELVE PLUS ONE
think it's the best thing since the number system and have a new appreciation for Scrabble

When you convince your cheerleader friends to write robot cheers with you.

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When you have more food in the robot building room than at home...seriously we have four microwaves, a fridge, a dishwasher and some blow torches we could barbacue with...yummy fiberglass :D

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When you buy clothes by "Can I wear it in the machine shop?" more often than "How does it look?"

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When a 24hour trip from your home to a hotel in the US is a commom thing!

Re: You know you've been in FIRST too long...
 

...when you can look at this list after being in robotics for less than a year and read through this list laughing because you already have done most of these things

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when you spend time reading all of these lists in all fourms having to do with this... forgetting about sleep to design... and when you say you are mwahaha

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when you read the robotics manual for pleasure reading.

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When as soon as you get home at 6pm you log onto chief delphi...

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or how about 830pm? =]

When you bring your laptop everyday to school with you because you are "Game rule monitor" even if you don't have a robotics meeting, just in case you think of something and need to check it against the rules

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When you start having dreams about FIRST (I did last night and this is my rookie year!)

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It seems a bit freaky to mew but the night before kickoff while i was sleeping I had some sort of Deja Vu and could almost tell that we were going to be shooting stuff this year. I think when u can predict the future you have been in FIRST way to long. :D

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when you develop the ability to eat pizza while keeping both hands on the angle grinder.

Im so gonna get ulcers from aluminium flavored pizza