You know you've been in FIRST too long...

[InnocentBlond]

when you get excited about getting zip ties for christmas (even though it was just a joke gift)

[ChuNalt787]

when you break out the legos to prototype some designs. Sadly it didnt work

[InnocentBlond]

when your dinning room tabel turns into a design table the day after kick off, covered in tissue boxes, toilet paper rolls, and pitiful model robots held together with tape.

[dude__hi]

When you get groupies for successes in FIRST.

[mtaman02]

When someone mentions kickoff to you and you automatically get a headache just thinking about what the 3 amigos have in store for everyone =)

3 Amigos = Dave Dean and Woody =)

When the above happens and your still working on last seasons game and robot

[atomikitten]

how about...
someone says something about pride in being a part of FIRST and then people go on for days about their pride, so they post ideas...
and post
and post
and post
and post....

[hallk]

-when the janitors know your name but your parents forgot
-when your dining table still is covered from last years designs
-when you know you have been in too long but you just want to stay in longer
-when you run out of space to store robots so you decide to paint them on the wall
-when you are looking randomly online (during "off season") and say this would really cool on a robot

[Uberbots]

my dad is my mentor, and i dont drink red bull. it gives you wings.

but i have only been in robotcs for 2 years now...


n+1) you see the triangle, sphere, and cube in your sleep.

[Hikel team 319]

You remember "the DONGLE"

[Rick TYler]

When you disassemble your own shop power tools to use the parts to build a mechanism prototype because you can't wait 24 hours for a build session at the school.

And you are a mentor who is *cough* years old.

[Dorienne]

...when you call mentors by names on CD...

EX: One of our mentor's name is Ken..and I accidentally called him Ken Wittlief...LOL.

[Cuog]

When you cary two bags around school:
One for books etc and the other with your programming laptop, soldering iron and various bits that you havent found a use for yet

[riboSquirrel]

Originally Posted by kireitenshi00

Hey everyone, I found this little list while I was digging through some of my old school stuff. Some members of our team made this list up at about 2 or 3 am on the way back from nationals. So please enjoy and feel free to add your own.

10 things that tell you if you've been in FIRST too long (courtesy of 677):

1. You know all the words to the Vengaboys Party Album
2. Red Bull and coffee are food groups
3. You start incorporating you mentors' mannerisms into you own everyday life
4. Your mentors no longer feel bad about calling you names
5. 3 AM becomes an early time to go to bed
6. When "CAR" does not refer to a moving vehicle
7. When one of your team members is considered a possession of VEX
8. When baked goods are the preferred form of currency
9. You spend Easter Sunday inside Home Depot looking for the PERFECT pair of safety glasses
10. You know stories about your mentors' childhoods complete with song and dance

you know you are addicted when you have a hard time remembering that you kow people outside of your teammates..that you have a job to do... and someone has to TELL you to leave school...tee hee... i'm not a builder on the team... just the crafty creativity leader person... ish... thing... errr... team squirrel... yeah... lets stick with that lol

[pyroslev]

When you draw out the playing field in a snow drift, on a foggy window or anything you can to bounce ideas around.
When you keep changes of clothes in your car to be able to stay the night and still keep up appearances.
When you blow off a major concert that you spent big money to get tickets for.
When you throw parties for Kickoff, to celebrate Auton working (in any way), send off, or any other reason you can find...

[riboSquirrel]

Originally Posted by pyroslev

When you draw out the playing field in a snow drift, on a foggy window or anything you can to bounce ideas around.
When you keep changes of clothes in your car to be able to stay the night and still keep up appearances.
When you blow off a major concert that you spent big money to get tickets for.
When you throw parties for Kickoff, to celebrate Auton working (in any way), send off, or any other reason you can find...

haha i do that... only i doodle plans for funding... i live for robotics... this is my first time being in FIRST...
you know you are a FIRSTer when you have to cook breakfast and bring it in for your team just so they will have something to eat..
when you no longer have a 'liunch prd' but an hour of robotics durring the day
when you and your team mates can finish eachothers sentances...
when you say "one time, at robotics...'
when your team acts like siblings and when you introduce them to people you say "this is my brother..."
when you hate weekends because you don't get to be at robotics meetings
when you hate having to get a ride from parents becaus eyou can't drive so you have to leave at 8 instead of 11 pm or 2 am like the others