You know you are a FIRST-a-holic when......

Posted by Dante.

Student on team #47, Chief Delphi, from Pontiac Central High School and Delphi Automotive Systems.

Posted on 5/26/2000 4:24 AM MST

Well, one day I was talking to my partner in action(arm operator)and she mentioned something about her pillow, when all of a sudden somebody says, ‘You sleep with a floppy for one of your pillows?’

Have you ever heard of somebody sleeping with a Floppy? I never heard of it. I thought I would share that with you guys. I found that so funny!

Dante

Posted by Lora Knepper.

Student on team #69, HYPER (Helping Youth Pursue Engineering & Robotics), from Quincy Public Schools and The Gillette Company.

Posted on 5/26/2000 7:51 AM MST

In Reply to: You know you are a FIRST-a-holic when… posted by Dante on 5/26/2000 4:24 AM MST:

: Have you ever heard of somebody sleeping with a Floppy? I never heard of it. I thought I would share that with you guys. I found that so funny!
:
:Dante

I did in the New England Regional pits last year…does that count?? =) Though all I remember that ours were kinda itchy because we made our basket out of fiberglass fabric. Fiberglass is nasty stuff shudders

Lora

Posted by Dante.

Student on team #47, Chief Delphi, from Pontiac Central High School and Delphi Automotive Systems.

Posted on 5/26/2000 10:39 AM MST

In Reply to: Floppy=Pillow…doesn’t it?? posted by Lora Knepper on 5/26/2000 7:51 AM MST:

: I did in the New England Regional pits last year…does that count?? =) Though all I remember that ours were kinda itchy because we made our basket out of fiberglass fabric. Fiberglass is nasty stuff shudders

: Lora

Lora, Yes, I guess that could count. But she sleeps with it every night.

Posted by Amy .

Student on team #126, Gael Force, from Clinton High and NYPRO.

Posted on 5/26/2000 2:06 PM MST

In Reply to: Re: Floppy=Pillow…doesn’t it?? posted by Dante on 5/26/2000 10:39 AM MST:

there’s a picture of one of the girls on GaelForce sleeping on a floppy on the tool bench one night…that’s funny! Everyone else is hammering, drilling, etc., and there’s rachel sleeping…she worked extra-hard that week!

Posted by Erin.   [PICTURE: SAME | NEW | HELP]

Student on team #1, The Juggernauts, from Oakland Technical Center-Northeast Campus and 3-Dimensional Services.

Posted on 5/26/2000 11:14 AM MST

In Reply to: You know you are a FIRST-a-holic when… posted by Dante on 5/26/2000 4:24 AM MST:

Last year during nationals as I was dying of heat exhaustion, i crept behind the red cloth covering the back of our pit and slept happily on a pile of floppies :slight_smile:

my teacher made some baby-blue ones and i got to take it home… the foam makes noises when you move your head, so it gets kind of annoying.

-Erin

Posted by Jon.

Engineer on team #190, Gompei, from Mass Academy of Math and Science and Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

Posted on 5/26/2000 6:32 PM MST

In Reply to: Re: You know you are a FIRST-a-holic when… posted by Erin on 5/26/2000 11:14 AM MST:

i took a floppy home from river rage last year and kept it on my sofa for napping. my roomate systematically destroyed it though… he’d just sit there and crush all the foam… punk.
i need new foam peanuts.

Posted by S. Krussell.

Coach on team #349, Robahamas, from International Academy and Ford Motor Co…

Posted on 5/27/2000 11:29 AM MST

In Reply to: Re: You know you are a FIRST-a-holic when… posted by Jon on 5/26/2000 6:32 PM MST:

Hey Jon,

Don’t be too harsh on your punk roommate for breaking all your floppy peanuts…I spent many happy minutes crunching those things…almost as much fun as popping packing bubbles!

Posted by Jon.

Engineer on team #190, Gompei, from Mass Academy of Math and Science and Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

Posted on 5/30/2000 9:11 AM MST

In Reply to: wrecking the floppies posted by S. Krussell on 5/27/2000 11:29 AM MST:

i know… i know…
still…

Posted by colleen.   [PICTURE: SAME | NEW | HELP]

Coach on team #246, a FIRST-aholic, from John D. O’Byrant High School/Boston Latin Academy and NSTAR/Boston University/UTC/Raytheon/MassPEP.

Posted on 5/26/2000 9:54 PM MST

In Reply to: You know you are a FIRST-a-holic when… posted by Dante on 5/26/2000 4:24 AM MST:

hehe :slight_smile:

one red, one blue… blue one signed by Dean (we woke him up at riverrage to get it :-)… they are amongst the many ‘pillows’ on my bed…

and hey, we had some left over in the shop this year during building… those combined with the goal ramp made a comfy spot for ‘power naps’ for the 4 days straight we didn’t go back to the dorms (to shower of course the exception… thank god we had that monday off!)

i want one of the big 24’ or 36’ rubber balls from past years… those make great bouncy things like they sell in toys-r-us for the little kids… we spent more time sitting on those balls than we did pickin’ them up :slight_smile:

happy slinky-ing to all :slight_smile:

Posted by Kate.   [PICTURE: SAME | NEW | HELP]

Engineer on team #190, Gompei, from Mass Academy of Math and Science and Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

Posted on 5/27/2000 10:23 PM MST

In Reply to: You know you are a FIRST-a-holic when… posted by Dante on 5/26/2000 4:24 AM MST:

So this is anti-floppy related… But anyway…

Anyone ever seen American Pie?? My friend jokes with me all the time about this… ‘And one time… At FIRST camp…’

Posted by Amy .

Student on team #126, Gael Force, from Clinton High and NYPRO.

Posted on 5/28/2000 1:05 PM MST

In Reply to: Re: You know you are a FIRST-a-holic when… posted by Kate on 5/27/2000 10:23 PM MST:

: So this is anti-floppy related… But anyway…

: Anyone ever seen American Pie?? My friend jokes with me all the time about this… 'And one time… At FIRST camp…

I hear you, Kate…everything reminds me of something in FIRST…FIRST stories are interesting, though!! I don’t know how anyone could get sick of THOSE!

Posted by Vanessa Bessner.

Student on team #16, Baxter Bomb Squad, from Mountain Home High School and Baxter Healthcare Corporation.

Posted on 5/29/2000 10:43 PM MST

In Reply to: You know you are a FIRST-a-holic when… posted by Dante on 5/26/2000 4:24 AM MST:

Hey, don’t knock sleeping with floppies. Just kidding…I don’t actually use them as pillows to sleep on…But I have a red and a blue one from last year’s game and at first they were used to kindof decorate…but now both of them are hanging on my wall.

Vanessa

Posted by S. Krussell.

Coach on team #349, Robahamas, from International Academy and Ford Motor Co…

Posted on 5/30/2000 8:21 AM MST

In Reply to: Re: You know you are a FIRST-a-holic when… posted by Vanessa Bessner on 5/29/2000 10:43 PM MST:

Hey Vanessa,

How are you going to hang those yellow balls from this year’s games on your wall?? :slight_smile: