Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

When you start checking ChiefDelphi - multiple times - during a vacation, you know you're overdosed on FIRST. :eek:

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

When you go to a college summer program and only two people in your class are not involved with a FIRST team.

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

When the last two posters in a thread are sitting within 10 feet of you, and instead of talking to each other, you post on CD instead.

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

And you look around the room, and half of the people are on CD. :)

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

...When you realize that chain grease actually tastes good and begin to lick the rest of it off of your fingers.

...when you start measuring character based off of how many triplets you've seen on license plates.

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

...you go to summer school for your tech class where one of the teachers is also a mentor for your teams and a large portion of the day is spent talking about FIRST and the team :rolleyes:

...you've done countless layouts for your teams site in the past 6 months

....3/4ths of your buddy list is FIRSTers

...you have a FIRST bookbag

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

When the only nightmare you've had for years is your computer crashing... :ahh:

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

When you had a nightmare (last night) about being the only member of your team at a competition at the time of your first match and you have to drive the robot by yourself. (And you aren't usually the driver.)

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

...When you read through the entire thread on bad pickup lines in Chit Chat

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

When you volunteer for FIRST Place camps nonstop.

When you start a thread about FIRST Place camps (ahem, Libby....)

When you hug the old Wildstang 'bot in FIRST Place.

When you can't get through dinner without talking about FIRST.

When you're posting on CD from 200 Bedford St.

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

When you see a phone number with the last four digits "7111" and you think "Whoa, that's like a 111/71 hybrid! BEATTYSTANG!"

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

...When your sad because you had to miss the fourth of july parade where your team was marching because you were on vacation

...your relatives can now tell you exactly how long a chairmans submission must be, what the woodie flowers award is, who won it on your team, all of the awards your team has won, what HOT stands for, what FIRST stands for, how long build season is, what your standings were at regionals, and can recite those facts off the top of their heads when asked. then they shoot me a dirty look for rambling about FIRST again :D .

...when everything goes back to robotics, no matter what your talking about

...when you start taking pictures of 67's, just for fun.

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

When a good portion of your friends on Facebook have a status that involves IRI in some way...

When your buddy list has only 20 or so people on, the rest are at IRI

When you get a letter from someone who isn't going to have power until the end of August, and they ask for a summary on IRI because they know you're gonna watch the web cast ::cough :: Kayla13 :: cough ::

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

when you're working at FIRST Place, with Julia [see above]

and you find this year's FRC Regional Operator/Championship Operator/Safety Captain badges,

...you root through them to find teams you & julia were just talking about,

and you & julia think about making a thread on CD with "pm me if you want your team's badges"

....and then you incorporate that into a thread that's pretty unrelated.

[we were told to "throw them out" and i couldn't bring myself to do it.]

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

-you see and clear donation box with a red circle on it and automatically go "wheres the green light?!?!?!?!?!"

-you start to refer to other teams as your "extended family" *cough*233*cough*

-you accidently call you team mentors mom or dad :p