You might be a FIRSTER if...

[Lisa Perez]

When you use those shaded safety glasses as actual sunglasses

When your costume is your school uniform, only made out of duct tape

When the announcements for robotics come on the PA, and everyone turns around and goes, "(Insert your name here)!!!"

[greencactus3]

Originally Posted by CourtneyB

At one of my crosscountry invites they used little microchip thingys on ur ankles so they calculate your time when you finish, and me, val and roxanna(2 girls on crosscountry that are in WildStang), got all excited because technolgy was used in a sport. yes, we jumped up and down and though it was cool when everyone else didnt think so. people thought we were wierd, but we didnt think so!
-Court-

yup us too!! i just wish the plastic stuff was juuust a bit more smaller. the thing itself was tiny but where the shoelaces go through was too big. it was annoying while running for me. rc cars have been using them alot but for a cc meet it was interesting. too bad they didnt get the split times.

[karinka13]

...if you've ever worn a skirt/ pants to school full of buttons to show your spirit

...if you find yourself two weeks behind in chem homework because the robot is so much more important

...if going to a competition is a natural high

...if your robot is your baby

[Frank(Aflak)]

You drill speed-holes in your car.

[shamuwong]

If you find zip-ties that are 3 feet long and go crazy.

You smell like WD40 and like it

You yell out team names if you see their number somewhere.

You wear nothing but robotics shirts to school, the grocery store, weddings...

You're wearing something robotics as you read this (Team 71 shirt and 830 carabiner for me).

Your doctor tells you to lose weight and you whip out the hole saw.

1:00 AM is too early to sleep.

Every discussion somehow evolves into robotics.

[Kyle Love]

If all you want for Christmas is Kickoff...you might be a FIRSTer!

['lil Gach]

If instead of counting down to Christmas or your birthday you have a count till kickoff..( I have a count down on my cell phone! )

[Lisa Perez]

If you use terminals and drill motors as paperweights

[Matt Attallah]

When you worry about limit switch weight on your real-life jobs...

(During the 4 Vs 0 year one of our engineers seriously worried that 1 or 2 limit switches where going to put us over weight, but it didn't)

[AndrewMorrison]

...If you have have random broken parts off last years robot (basket wings, tired treads) decorating your room!

[Noah Melamed]

You might be a FIRSTER if... your reply to threads entitled "You might be a FIRSTER if.." on CD

[Lisa Rodriguez]

You might be a FIRSTER if.....

your hair-tie breaks, so you put of you hair up with a zip-tie
you PLAN on dying your hair tips fire engine red for competitions, just like your brother did his senior year
a miniature model of your hand was on the robot in 2002 and many engineers claim that "Lisa's hand made us win"
you're taking up to 3 weeks off of work for robotics
you get a job, and have to wear denim button down shirts and think DEAN!!!
you talking about going to a pre-kickoff party at lunch, and no one gets it
you are ultra excited about the pre-kickoff party
you try to lobby a donation for you team from your place of employment, even though you KNOW they can't do that
you're posting on this thread

[Steve Horn]

You might be a FIRSTER if...

You get one of your team shirts signed by Dean
You have set Chief Delphi as your home page
You have more than one pair of safety glasses at home

[Bcahn836]

You might be a FIRSTER if...

you consider Jan, 8 a religious holiday
if there is a space on your wall dedicated to FIRST team buttons
If you have FIRST shirts hanging on your bedroom wall as decoration

[TheShadow]

...when someone says "chalupa" you instantly think of a motor