Meeting FIRST People in odd places

[Libby K]

well, i didn't actuallly MEET him, but my dad and i were driving through princeton, and i saw a student walking down the street.....wearing a FIRST shirt. i couldn't catch the number, we were driving by too fast.

technically, i guess this could go into the "overdosed on FIRST" thread because as soon as i saw it, i thought "OMG! I SHUOLD PUT THIS ON THAT CD THREAD!"

....oops.

[amos229]

Originally Posted by GaryV1188

Aww, geez, I hope he was a mentor. If someone on a 1997 team is an "older gentleman" I'd hate to think what that makes me!

he was a professor at clarkson whoms department supported the team, sorry but he looked to be 50 or 60

[Electr0k1dd]

I go to a summer camp called SYMS for music geeks basically and I wore my First shirt and like 14 people came over and started talking about their ideas for next years game.
I guess First attracts band kids there are 10 musicians on or team and 7 of them are in our high school band

[StephLee]

Our driver from last year works at a dock on the lake with a business that rents jet skiis and boats. A few weeks ago he was talking to a customer from Annapolis and mentioned that he competes with a team there every year, and that we did pretty well this year (didn't say anything about the team being a robotics team). She asked if he was on a robotics team, and how well exactly they did this year. When he told her we won, she said, "I knew I recognized you!" Apparently, we were on the cover of the Baltimore Sun and this woman was a parent of someone at Dulaney High School, 1727's school.

[Sam Lipscomb]

Last night I went to a graduation party with my friend, not really knowing anyone who was there, including the person the party was for. As it turns out, the kid's older sister is dating someone who graduated from Platt Tech and was on team 905 for two years. When one of the adults asked me about my wristband and I started talking about first, he turned around and got right into the conversation, talking about how he'd watched his old team at competitions. and asking what I thought of this year's game. It made the party that much better!

[anna~marie]

[ yes! a whole five day revival! ]

I saw someone wearing a Juggernauts shirt at Pirates of the Caribbean tonight at Emagine in Novi!!!

[RoboMom]

I was in Seaside OR a couple of weeks ago, while on a vacation road trip with my family throughout Oregon and Washington. One of my sons said 'Mom, you're slipping. Someone with a FIRST shirt just went into that hotel. I think it was a 300 number."

I did not follow them. Otherwise I would be posting in the "been in FIRST too long" thread...

[Jill1022]

I was on a flight Wednesday July 12 from San Francisco to Dallas and I saw someone ahead of me with a shirt that said Robotics on it.

I was going to ask if he was on a FIRST team but he was with his family and a fwe seats ahead of me.

[Rohith Surampudi]

OO i was taking chem at Rutgers Prepatory School, and i spotted 2 people wearing 25 shirts,

[anna~marie]

hehe
I was at LABC this week for camp and I spied this kid:

I ran up and asked for a picture of his shirt for proof... poor kid was terrified. Turns out his friend gave him the shirt.

[Pirate_Nelly354]

One day I was at the guitar center playing piano and there was another kid that came over cause he was playing too. Starting talking, turns out he was on team 1211!

[taggartbg]

i knew this guy via email and a forum, i'd had multiple conversations with him, i'd beta tested a firefox extension with him...then one day i mentioned FIRST, and turns out he'd been involved during highschool.

It's not IRl...but it was close enough

[The Revolver]

I was at Cedar Point and I saw someone with a first logo on their shirt, I think they were from team 1501... maybe

[Nica F.]

Maybe this isnt too odd of a place. but the fact that it was someone from another team, is pretty random.

We had a LAN party at our school thats open to the public, and i saw this kid with a FIRST shirt on and it happened to be the little brother of a guy on team Duct Tape.

oh and my Godfather's nephew was sitting next to me, and after about 2 hours of talking about none sense, i found out that he was on a robotics team too

[Otaku]

I've seen FIRSTers in strange places.

In the stands, yelling at a robot (and some roboticists) and/or singing/dancing/etc.


=D

(You have to admit, Regionals are pretty strange places, albiet cool).