You know it's the off-season when...

Other Chit-Chat
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You’ve been sitting here on CD, refreshing every minute, and there has only been one post in the last half-hour…

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whats the offseason?

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When it only takes 7 minutes to read 11 hours of posts.

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My life has shifted from FIRST to my WDW trip.

Wo-ho. Only 80ish more days.

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…when when cant figure out wut to do for the next six months
…when u post on delphi almost every day
…when u browse delphi and discover that u are the only user online

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…when you check out all the websites from all other teams just because you dont know what else to do

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*Originally posted by computhief263 *
**…when when cant figure out wut to do for the next six months
…when u post on delphi almost every day
…when u browse delphi and discover that u are the only user online **

you mean that that doesn happen normally in the season?

when you read threads like these
when threads like these exist
when you post bi-hourly instead of hourly
ummmm cant think…

Cory

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…all you seem to be thinking about is IRI
…all you seem to be thinking about is IRI
…all you seem to be thinking about is IRI

what is IRI? :confused:

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when you actually pay attention in school (not after today though :D)

when you can look at the gas mailage and wonder why its taking so long for it to go up since there is no longer robotics meeting

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When you go find something else to do…
…like go outside and witness that the sun actually does exist.

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… when your focus has shifted from your team to starting a new team(s) around the area.

… when you have been trying for a month to recruit your engineers to go to IRI.

… when you can’t wait 'til IRI! :smiley:

  • Katie
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*Originally posted by Koko Ed *
**When you go find something else to do…
…like go outside and witness that the sun actually does exist. **

Is this the daystar](http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=19991208) you speak of?

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…when your old habits of getting on CD (first thing when you wake up, between classes, after classes, and three times in the evening - once before bed) are broken because you’ve already replied to everything you’d want to talk about.

…when your parents, coworkers, siblings, and friends all tell you that they’ve heard enough about IRI… so you go talk to a FIRST friend about it because you know they’ll understand your enthusiasm.

…when threads like these start popping up because some FIRSTers don’t know how to handle the off-season. :stuck_out_tongue:

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…when you get excited because 12 people actually replied to this post

…when you can actually read everything on CD instead of just skimming

…when you refresh the “new posts” search page repeatedly, hoping someone will post something for you to read

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…when all you get emails about is demos
…when all you get emails about is IRI
…when all you can think about is IRI

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…you are going to goto Indiana

Wetzel

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…people start posting “You know it’s the off-season when…” threads… and people are actually replying to them.

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…when you get really, really bored EVERY day because you don’t have anything to do after school anymore but go on CD :P…

…when you are no longer suffering from sleep deprivation(staying at the autoshop from 8 am until 2 am of the nest day for days on end during the build season, and before and during comps)

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…when you actuly skip robotics meetings for “other” things!
…when CD just doesn’t satisfy your needs anymore. :yikes:
…um when the above sentence just typed itself. :confused:

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…when for some reason, you don’t know why, you just don’t feel like being on CD as much as you used to and you end up spending that time on things that you did before you joined robotics. Ex. Computer/Video Games. (Yup, that’s me alright.)