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

[cadandcookies]

Originally Posted by dubiousSwain

I actually asked for the new crescent wrench for Christmas. And got it. And named it. Is that weird?

EDIT: This baby: http://www.amazon.com/Crescent-ATR28.../dp/B008NM6VIC

To be fair, that is a pretty ratchet wrench.

[TOTCoach]

You are at the clothing store wondering where all the long sleeve denim shirts are.

[vladtheimpaled]

When ever you see your team number somewhere you have the urge to yell it out.
examples include the time,
in movies,
and readings for home work

[jyaple]

Originally Posted by KarenH

Do they make such a thing?

No, but it's funny to send first year FRC members looking for it in the back room where we keep the tools.

[Msumat17]

when you find aluminum shavings in your iPhone case

[Rob269]

...when you start asking yourself "What do normal people do on Saturday?"

[Grey Mann]

You no longer have pupils.

[ToddF]

Your wife asks you what you want to do for your birthday, and you say, "Let's get dinner and see a movie."

But, what you're really thinking is, "I want to work on the robot with the team."

After build season you have this dream. (Yes I actually had this dream this morning.)

Queue up Twilight Zone music:

You just have regained consciousness; it's Thursday morning in the pits. You can't find your pit, when you finally find the pit the robot is still in the bag and nobody from your team can be found. When you get the robot un-bagged. It appears to be almost completely un-assembled. As you frantically try to put it all together it appears to exceed the frame perimeter by at least 400% and weight by 100lbs. With a sinking feeling you realize you will never, ever pass inspection this season.

I am hoping this nightmare isn't someone else's real past life experience I am channeling. I think I have a new psychological disorder. I am calling it "FPRBTSD(FIRST Post Robotic Build Traumatic Stress Disorder)" The only cure is a big dose of FIRST.


.... and after Robert Palmer, if your dreams are like this ....

You better well face it, you're addicted to FIRST.

[Canon reeves]

When you seriously don't know what normal people do in their free time, and so you spend hours after school making to do lists for competition and posting on Chief Delphi.

[starbound1332]

In my English class, when I have to write about an certain experience you had in your life, I write about how our team won Chairman's!

[xXhunter47Xx]

When your friends question if you have a life outside of robotics
When you start dreaming on how to better the robot in both programming and the 45 lb allotment.
When you start predicting what the next game is going to be.
When you start designing a robot for that game.

[cgmv123]

Originally Posted by starbound1332

In my English class, when I have to write about an certain experience you had in your life, I write about how our team won Chairman's!

Try having the only thing you feel able to write about in English class be robotics. I put the over/under on 2 papers before my English teacher makes me choose a different topic.

[Koko Ed]

you're willing to risk your life to go to a competition.

[jyaple]

When you go on vacation and find out that there is a robotics competition there and beg your mom to go. (If anyone in Utah is going to the competition on Thursday, message me!! )