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

[Alaina]

When you have loads of schoolwork to get done and all you really do is write letters to sponsors...

[aaronbr28040]

You have more posts on chiefdelphi than the CD-47 bot.

===stolen from another thread

-Aaron

[Pierson]

When you take a break from finshing up a writing paper and out of the 7 new e-mails received in the last 4 hours, 5 of them are from CD.

[Jay H 237]

When you're trying to figure out how much work you'll be able to do on your car this winter and still have time to be on the team.

[Squirrelrock]

Originally Posted by OneAngryDaisy

-When you haven't said Hi to your little brother for a month because you're in the shop until after his bedtime

Dude, that happens to me for over 6 weeks every Jan-March. I get up before he does to go in early to school, and don't get back until he's been asleep for hours.

-The only reason you're still in school, (and half your classes) is to be able to stay on the FIRST team.

[Elgin Clock]

You bid on and win a poster on ebay from a robot inspired movie, even though the movie doesn't open for 4 months.
w00t to winning it for $1. (plus 7 dollars shipping?)

http://www.robotsmovie.com

Originally Posted by aaronbr28040

You have more posts on chiefdelphi than the CD-47 bot.
===stolen from another thread
-Aaron

Originally Posted by Jay H 237

When you're trying to figure out how much work you'll be able to do on your car this winter and still have time to be on the team.

Just bring it in the shop and we'll work on it at Dinner time.

[Kyle Love]

...say your JVN!
...instead of waiting for new year you wait for kickoff

[BandChick]

When bored you make a FIRST-opoly game. And then draw the FIRST logo on your car with window paint.

[Arefin Bari]

when you realize that its 2 in the morning and most of the chiefdelphi users online are mentors and engineers who are looking through threads to answer our questions...

[Dorienne]

...you plan on giving your parents the URL to the FIRST online store for possibilities of Christmas gifts...*twiddles thumbs innocently*

[Bcahn836]

...When your mentors give you homework to look up something on chief delphi

[Arefin Bari]

... when you realize you have so many friends in FIRST who appreciates you and cares about you... (no i am not going to make a list again... but i will direct you to this post )

[JanineF]

I only made it through the first three pages, so I may be repeating, but some things just need to be said.

-You no longer talk about a BAC (Blood Alchohol Content) but instead your BCC (Blood Caffeine Content)

-You have dumped a non-FIRSTer because they just did not understand

-The robot can be described as sexy

-You have a friend to whom you tried to point out an attractive individual and instead they looked at a gear ratio in that attractive individuals vicinity

-You start calling your head engineer "Dad" on accident

-You have a designated "nap area" in your machine shop

-You add to this list instead of researching for a history paper (not that I know this from VERY RECENT experience ::cough:: )

-You understand everything said on this forum

-You can look at a set of numbers and understand why they are funny

-As soon as someone mentions something which is even remotely related to robotics you are there

-People tried to vote you "Most Robotics Oriented" in your high school yearbook

-You follow my quote that "FIRST is not a hobby, it is a lifestyle!"

-After dumping that non-FIRSTer...you cannot remember ever dating anyone who was not from FIRST

-Online you have added T#(team number) to the end of A/S/L/P (age/sex/location/picture) just in case

[RbtGal1351]

Originally Posted by JanineF

-The robot can be described as sexy
....
-You have a designated "nap area" in your machine shop
-You add to this list instead of researching for a history paper (not that I know this from VERY RECENT experience ::cough:: )
...
-Online you have added T#(team number) to the end of A/S/L/P (age/sex/location/picture) just in case

ummmmmm wow those all describe my WHOLE TEAM...
-ok first of all NO i dont describe the robot as sexy.. but all the guys do...
-"nap area"? WE WISH!!!
-history paper? what history paper? i dont have a history paper do i? ooooo shoot........
-well where do you think the 1351 came from?

and some more:
-when you turn in the robot schematics you were doing during math class in instead of the hw
-when all of your friends are FIRSTers... whether this is because you made them all join, or because you dont associate with anyone else, we wont say...
-when you wouldnt even consider dating a nonFIRSTer
-when you've officially been the first girl at school because you had to stay past midnight

<edit> -you know ur addicted to FIRST when in order to figure out how many days til xmas, you subtract 13 from however many days are left til kickoff instead of subtracting todays date from 25. </edit>


~Stephanie

[Squirrelrock]

Actually did accidentaly turn in IR sensor trig in instead of my trig hw last year.
Yeah, I subtract 13 days. Makes more sense, don't it?

... when you skimp on the physics hw you should be doing now to post this (then on to check the rest of your subscribed threads, and the latest Unofficial Caption Contest)
... when the only people you really know include your second family, the team, and your family is just the people you spend parts of your weekend with .

<edit>
dave lavery was the latest poster on UCC #22
</edit>

[pakrat]

-When your car fails, you say, "darn program"

-You start to call people by their CD IDs instead of their names

-You stop studying for finals afer january 8

-Extreme case: You stop doing homework after january 8

-You havent eaten at home in 6 weeks

-You refer to games, and any other computer application as "the software"

- You start finding Achronyms for everything in your life

-Instead of calling your FIRST significant other, you PM them

-You keep random peices of metal, claiming "this was part of the robot of '03

-You draw schematics for fun

- When people sing "hail to the victors" you start thinking (speed controillers)"

[Jaine Perotti]

Originally Posted by pakrat

-Extreme case: You stop doing homework after january 8

...when you don't think this is an extreme case...

[Squirrelrock]

Originally Posted by pakrat

Extreme case: you stop doing homework after Jan 8

... when extreme case becomes going to school just to work on the robot, and you skip every class to do so ...

[pakrat]

yeah, i guess so. I never had to do that stuff, i was always pretty busy, but i just programmed at home.

-if someone asks you when new years is, istead of saying, "a week after christmas" you say, "a week before kickoff"

-you read this whole thread

[J15.5h]

Originally Posted by Jferrante

ok. i'm really scared because i can relate to about 90% of those.
- parents understanding <-- never gonna happen
- 45 miles to go work on the bot <-- i would but the shops alot closer than that


- Miss 3 days of school with 103+ fever, yet only half of one robotics meeting.

- Have holes and saw marks in your furniture for lack of a better workplace.

- give yourself a nosebleed due to programming for to long at one time (yes i did this my rookie year)

- Write the majority of your college/scholarship essays about your experience in FIRST (i did this... and it worked. )

-First thing you do when waking up is to check for any new information on chiefdelphi or FIRST's websight

I agree with U, I can relate. PLUS I AGREE WITH U GOD BLESS THE U.S.ofA. (I AM A FIRE EXPLORER IN NEW HAMPSHIRE)

[shyra1353]

Originally Posted by Squirrelrock

... when extreme case becomes going to school just to work on the robot, and you skip every class to do so ...

when this is normal and teachers dont expect you in class so they email your assignments to you with 8 week extensions so you have time to do them

[scitobor 617]

...when all you can think about in physics(which by the way is the greatest class in the world!) is the awesome autonomous mode your a writing and it is only September.

[Squirrelrock]

Originally Posted by shyra1353

when this is normal and teachers dont expect you in class so they email your assignments to you with 8 week extensions so you have time to do them

I wish they'd do that for me.
Then, of course, I would skip school entirely the week I got all of that work to get it all done and skip school the next seven weeks to work on the robot.

... when you learn physics and calulus so that you can calculate the exact arc of a projectile for a hang idea, even though nationals has come and gone .

[Elgin Clock]

You actually read THIS WHOLE THREAD and NONE of your posts have started with the comment, "I don't know if this has been said before, but..."

[Rich Wong]

I don't know if this has been said before, but...
Did anyone get the Midnight posting on New Year Evening? I saw a couple of postings just after Midnight.
I thought about how people got to get a life... but than I was checking CD also. duh!

[Bcahn836]

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

When you skip your lunch period at school to go to the workshop and work on the robot.

[JulieB]

I agree as well its bad u hope for good luck for the day when u wake up at ur team number 5:38 am(freaky)

[lsmith243]

Originally Posted by Bcahn836

...When your mentors give you homework to look up something on chief delphi

I can TOTALLY relate to that... One of our mentors is constantly telling us to check Chief Delphi for blah blah blah.... The scary thing is, I actually checked once and now I'm hooked... But that's not necessarily a BAD thing..

Your Chief Delphi handle becomes your License Plate:

[lsmith243]

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

"The bags under your eyes are packed for Houston" - Mr. Indelicato
^Just though I'd share that since it made me laugh like a crazy person..

[RbtGal1351]

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

...when you think of staying up for new years as practice for build period all nighters

[shyra1353]

when you paint your nails red with a blue stripe down the middle and then have SWAT 771 written in yellow and you cannot wait to go to school to show everyone what you did instead of your physics lab because you cannot get your mind off of kickoff ...

[BandChick]

...when driving to a FIRST meeting, you pass a road sign that says "FIRST." then, turn around at the next intersection, drive back, take a picture of the sign with your camera phone, turn around again, and end up STILL being early for your meeting.

[Pierson]

Originally Posted by BandChick

...when driving to a FIRST meeting, you pass a road sign that says "FIRST." then, turn around at the next intersection, drive back, take a picture of the sign with your camera phone, turn around again, and end up STILL being early for your meeting.

Well... Are you going to post the picture? or are you going to leave us hanging here???

[Alaina]

When you're sitting in class browsing CD instead of writing the 1500 word research paper that's due on Monday...

I just figure, I'm researching FIRST. How difficult can it be???

[Lisa Perez]

When you're just driving about, and keep applying physics formulas you learned in FIRST to everything about your car..

[Steve Horn]

When you have two pairs of safety glasses and a roll of duct tape in your room.

[JamizzleHavok13]

When you paint your nails red, white and blue especially for kickoff. (Although it WAS Dori's idea.)

[BandChick]

Peciv, I'm going to try and get a shot with my DIGITAL camera so I don't have to spend the money to email the photo to myself. Mostly because I'm a poor college student, plus the quality of the picture on my camera isn't that good.

....when you skip out of work 4 and a half hours early just to talk to your co-mentor about strategy, without high school students.

[Sakura141]

You know your addicted to FIRST when:

You steal your cousins "Wacky Wigglers" Gear block set and play with it when your bored because it's in the shape of gears.

When you give someone a 10 minute lecture on what a prototype is when they ask, "What's a prototype?"

You jump up in the middle of a lecture in chem yelling, "Eureka" because you finally found an idea that would work.

You have actually READ this far into this thread

You make "You know your addicted to FIRST when..." lists in english when you should be doing an in-class essay.