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

[anna~marie]

... when even your bus driver asks you about it (FREAKY it just happened today... to save gas I ride the bus and he happened to be our bus driver for GLR and today he stopped me and wanted to ask me some stuff... it was weird)
... when you convince your friends that the W MI Regional will be a great way to spend their weekend, even if it is on the opposide side of the state

[Michelle Celio]

Originally Posted by Danielle H

Hah.. just experienced this one...
-When you want to go somewhere else on the web, you automatically open up another window entirely so you can stay logged on to Chief Delphi

Or when you use firefox and when you first come to chief delphi, you open each thread you want to read in a new tab and you land up with 15+ tabs.

[mtaman02]

You know your addicted to FIRST when.....

you decide to go to a local regional right after work and got lost in the process but was determined to get there reguardless of how much gas was in the tank.

This was a true incident Short and Simple Version.
I work in the BX (NY) decided to go to the NJ Regional The trip itself was pre determined to be max 1 1/2 hrs and I had a lil over 1/2 a tank of gas. What had happened was i wasn't paying ENOUGH attention to the exits and ended up in PA, so instead of the trip only being 1 1/2 hrs it ended up to be 4 hrs and I ended up in having a lil over 1/4 tank left and to add to that instead of fueling up in NJ where gas is cheaper I almost ran out of gas 2 blocks away from my house which only took me about an 1 hr to get to since I live in SI (NY) What I do for FIRST =)

you re-read the entire thread starting from where you last posted to the current post to see what you've missed

[anna~marie]

When people in your household are afraid to walk barefoot or in socks because they have stepped on metal shavings that you have accidently taken home from the shop... many times...

[thatphotochick]

when you sneak on the library's computer just to talk about FIRST with people you actually might understand you...without having to compare FIRST to basketball

[Michelle Celio]

Originally Posted by thatphotochick

when you sneak on the library's computer just to talk about FIRST with people you actually might understand you...without having to compare FIRST to basketball

When you can explain FIRST with out having to relate to "common people" terms

[supertinni]

Originally Posted by narenr

....your robot is your valentine.

....your coach/teacher has to get you an extension on a class project so you can work on the robot.

Or, you know you are obsessed with FIRST when you try and nominate your robot for the sophomore class homecoming princess

[Joe J.]

When your in China on a business trip and are still on Chief Delphi. [cough]Not2b[/cough]

[i_am_Doug]

When you start to abbrivate like a Nascar driver.

[anna~marie]

when somehow you get a tool magazine sent to you... and you have no idea how but you don't really care

[gizmoman1089]

when you get your team number bleached then died on the side of your head and the first logo tattooed on your upper back

[thatphotochick]

when in the middle of a conversation, having nothing to do with FIRST, and you randomly blurt out your team name, robot, shooter, dumper, herder, or anything else only having to do with FIRST

(or when you start doing the MOE dance and you start imagining "we like to party" in your head....in the middle of a conversation having nothing to do with FIRST)

[JackN]

When at every night the dinner table conversation turns into what you read about on ChiefDelphi.

[Sharkbyte]

You relabled the speedometer in your parents car so that 0 is 127

[Koko Ed]

WHen looking to buy a house the street number of the house matching your own teams number is an actual deciding factor in buying it!

[Tim Baird]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

WHen looking to buy a house the street number of the house matching your own teams number is an actual deciding factor in buying it!

The exit number for Clinton off of 495 south is "26". The thought has crossed my mind more than once of how funny it would be to paint a "1" in front of the two to help people find the home of Gael Force easier.

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by Tim Baird

The exit number for Clinton off of 495 south is "26". The thought has crossed my mind more than once of how funny it would be to paint a "1" in front of the two to help people find the home of Gael Force easier.

My wife would stab me in the neck with a pen if I tried to buy a house because it was numbered 191.

[Joe J.]

When you and you team's head mentor play the spot the team number game while on the 7 hour bus ride to Milwaukee.

[anna~marie]

When you and most of your pit crew begin to bet on the robot's (and the bumpers') weight... for a nickle a bet each
When someone on your pit crew bets the exact weight of the robot (and the bumpers!) - to the tenth!

[thatphotochick]

when you see the clock and it says 10:38 you're like..how long is it until the championships?

[Shiny1629]

i was half asleep and lying on the bed in our hotel when i looked at the pic above the bed. I screamed "It's a BLT!" The pic was supposed to be of a Roman column.

[Pavan Dave]

when you have your desktop as an active IE thing and on it it has a counter of how long until i leave for nationals.

or atleast that was the case until my dad got on my comp and told me to put up the old desktop that I made with the quote from hellboy

Pavan

[Artless_Grace]

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

At the Arizona regionals, you spontaneously jump on the field with three of your friends during a time out and dance the Cotton Eyed Joe, while fearing that your dad might be laughing at you from a television another state.

And you keep dancing anyways, laughing as the camera zooms in..

Tee hee- I'm never doing that again. ^_^'

[anna~marie]

When on your physics test you answer using team names in place of team numbers...
When you tell another robotics person about ^above stated^ they talk about how they use team names to remember codes for cheeses at a local deli they work at (LOL)

*edit*
when you love the fact that your friend's cell number has a lot of 6's and 7's in a row

[JaneYoung]

Road Trip to LSR '06

- two of the cars can't make the trip at the last minute and we say, 'oh - no biggie - we'll find the room and the seat belts,' while team members wander among the cars.

- one of the cars' battery won't start and the rest of the caravan has left the school parking lot. We get the call and say, 'oh - no biggie - glad it happened now,' and we circle back to jump the battery.

- we get a serious flat tire with a fully loaded trailer during a lunch stop on the way to Houston and say, 'oh - no biggie - I'm glad it happened now rather than later -'

- we get to Houston and there is a room mix-up with our hotel and we say, 'oh - no biggie - it's nice outside, overcast, not raining just rumbling, it'll work out.'

Life is good. It's all about F.I.R.S.T.

[Michelle Celio]

When you're on ChiefDelphi at 4am EST and you're the only one not in cali.

[thatphotochick]

when you spend all your time after school doing extra work and thinking of ideas for buttons, mottos, and scouting instead of homework

[Joohoo]

when you rejoice when the time corresponds with your team number

[Morgan Gillespie]

You root for a certain nascar driver to win because they have the same team number as you do.

[Hiteak]

When you do a project on FIRST pneumatics for an engineering class and aim it more for recruiting more people.

[Gabe]

...you fall asleep with your DeWalt drill.
...hearing restaurant order numbers makes you look around.
...you are constantly reaching up to adjust imaginary safety glasses.
...anything edible becomes a gourmet.
...you are asked to think of your best friend and you have to explain that they are all over the country.
...you set your alarm clock for 6:04 am.
...you've memorized everything in McMaster-Carr.
...you become addicted to ChiefDelphi

Who's the Big Cheese?

[Michelle Celio]

When you're cleaning out from underneath your bed and you find the following items

1. 2 Poof Balls
2. A FIRST information book (its got random information, I'm not even sure what it is..)
3. 2 years worth of your teams Summer Camp flyers
4. FIRST Impressions from Fall 2001 (Keep in mind, this is my first year...)
5. An AIM HIGH book
6. A "FIRST Frenzy: Rasing the Bar" book
7. A CD of pictures from before I was on the team..
8. A 186 Coach Badge.. (im on 1065 and 186 disapated before I joined FIRST...)

[Storcky]

...you freak out every time you see a Segway(none any where close to here )
...you count down minutes to the next FIRST event whatever it may be
...you set numerous alarms when a FIRST event is occurring even if you are there
...you have your watch alarm go off at 1629 military time every day even though it doesn't read military time
...you have numerous windows up on your compuer and all of them relate to FIRST and 3 of them are CD

[Tetraman]

...You cheer everytime your team number appears anywhere
...You use your Nickname you got from your team members in fourms other than FIRST fourms.
...People think you are nuts when you start talking about Thunder Chickens, Explodeing Bacon, and Mad Cows.
...You call any intervention a Bovine Intervention.
...You swear Tricorner hats with long cyan feathers were stolen from Tech Fusion
...The weather forcast predicts wind and rain, you say 1511 is coming.
...You all Go Nuts (robots, robots!)
...You never have trouble finding Waldo.
...On your last test, when asked what was Newton's greatest accomplishment, you answered "He got my team to visit Einstien"
...You can prove to your friends Martians exist! And this time they broguth more!
...You tell your gym coach you want 10 seconds automous mode before the start of the dodgeball game.
...At the end of the dodgeball game to run to the end of your side of the field for 5 bonus points.
...to you: 4's company, 5's a crowd, and 6 is someone off-sides.
...You actually dream to be an MC
...Flowers is an awsome last name.
...Legos are a serious business
...Atlanta is your Mecca.

[anna~marie]

...when you go back to school and see people wearing pink and yell "go think pink!!"
...when you hear Bohemian Rhapsody and think of your field in ATL
...when you consider flying out to NJ to go to Monty Madness and meet up with some robotics people

[Michelle Celio]

Originally Posted by anna~marie

...when you go back to school and see people wearing pink and yell "go think pink!!"

Or when you see a team mate wearing a 233 button, and proceed to tell them the whole story about the finals on Archimedes

Or when you yell at the rest of your team mates for not watching the web cast and refuse to tell them who won, that they must download it and watch it in all it's glory.

[anna~marie]

when you go to your POPs concert rehersal and see a guy in your school's other choir wearing this crazy outfit for this crazy number (aka cowboy hat and pink boa) and you can't help but think of tech fusion's driver

[Tetraman]

...You know at least 50 team names and their numbers by heart.
...You believe 71 is possibly the greatest number of all time.
...You know who's hot.
...You watch scary swamp movies and swear 179 leaped out of the bog!
...You see '33' enscribed on most bumble bees.
...You believe cheering for your high school's basketball team will give you the Team Spirit award.
...You've got designs, plans, names, and ideas all ready to begin your own FIRST team.
...To you, the name Technobots is like the last name Smith.
...You don't make Canada jokes anymore. It's not very Gratious and Professional.
...Your best English essay included FIRST
...You only listen to songs on the DJ list.
...You can't wait for Winter. (build season)
...Your Myspace has at least one Atlanta/Regional Picture.
...You don't feel akward when Dave, Woodie and Dean partisipate in the "You-ought-to-know" Gameshow during kickoff
...You want to play a FIRST video game SOOOOOOOO badly
...You want a water game challenge for one year no matter how hard it would be.
...Friends hear you talk about FIRST and they think you got draged into a cult.
...Mountain Dew is the beverage of builders.
...You have a medal from a year you mentored.
...You school grades drop a letter in Janurary than go up two after April.
...You have a FIRST keychain on your keychain. (I got ours and 71's)
...You accidently called a Triangle a Tetra in Math class
...Your photo project for Photography includes a Robotics picture
...Regionals pwn that Kindergarten Field Trip to the zoo you had.

[Joe Matt]

...you realize your student ID number is xx365xxx

[Mark McLeod]

...Your return flight# from Atlanta has to match your team number