Hi there you guys! Feel free to tell me if this has been already posted, but let's have some fun! Okay, so I'll start the list out and then you guys keep it going:
You know you're a CAP member if you use military time in all situations, even civilian ones.
You don't mind getting up early at 0dark30 to go on a mition.

You KNOW you are a CAP member if your organization has more uniform combinations than the entire U.S. military combined.   

I couldn't resist!

You Know your a CAP member when you finally realize that CAP stands for Come And Pay

You Know your a CAP member when you finally realize that CAP stands for Complete All Paperwork.

You Know your a CAP member when no one knows who you are and mistakes you for your father (USAF).

You know you're a CAP member when you have a few hundred bucks in gear that might only use twice a year.

You know your a CAP member when you make your daughters boyfriend sign a MOU before the second date.

....you have to think twice before deciding to answer your phone at 1 am...

I have a great big list thanks to facebook:
...You can't walk next to anyone without keeping in perfect step, even if it requires numerous change steps.

...You've ever said "Senior Member", "Lieutenant", or some other CAP grade before your teacher's name.

...Shortly after encampment, you jumped to attention when your teacher entered the classroom and barely caught yourself in time to keep from calling the room to attention.
...Grade has nothing to do with homework.

...You've taught your unsuspecting siblings how to march, salute, report, and a host of other things relating to CAP protocol.

...Your significant other is in the Civil Air Patrol, and so is anyone you've ever dated.

...Almost all of your friends are from your squadron, or in CAP.

...Your idea of doing nothing on a boring day is shining your boots and starching/ironing the bejeebers out of your uniform.

...Your bed has hospital corners.

...Your favorite "books" include the Air Force Drill and Ceremonies manual, Ground & Urban Direction Finding Team Handbook, regs in general, and pretty much any ES-related handbooks out there.

...Your friends ask you for the time and you answer in military time.......or worse, Zulu.

...You're instructed to bring something to drink to a non-CAP event, and you bring a canteen and web belt.

...You don't think "doctor" when someone tells you you're bleeding.

...You've ever said "Honor Cadet" when you meant "Honors Student".

...Anytime you refer to a group of people (or individual) under the age of 21 you call them "cadets."

...You have your next 12 summers planned out for special activities.

...You have actually made fun of someone who is NOT in CAP.

...You've returned home from an activity, sleep deprived, sweaty, exhausted; and your first thought is "Man, I wanna go back.."

...You consider encampments highly therapeutic.

...At least half your family is in CAP.

...Most of your groups on Facebook are about C.A.P.

...You sing cadences in the shower.

...You change step an average of 25 times per day.

...Instead of dreaming of Orlando Bloom, you dream of your next promotion and how beautiful your new grade will look next to your name.

...Your idea of wearing a low cut shirt is blues without a tie-tab.

...You find yourself explaining to your non-CAP friends, "It's a CAP thing" at least three times per day.

...You take CAP in school - your study hall has converted into CAP because you only do CAP work during it.

...Your email address has a reference to CAP, the Air Force, your unit charter number, or CAPID.

...Abercrombie models are no longer attractive. However, you drool at the sight of a man with a starched shirt, a perfect military tuck, and Corfams.

...You can only write in black pen.

...You have written at least one school essay in memorandum format.

...You have your own personal portable CAP filing cabinet.

...You have ever passed up a tent for paracord and a poncho.

...You sharpen your knives with a rock.

...You have had 5 absent days and they were all because you were giving recruiting presentations.

...Every day you ever took off of school was for a CAP activity.

...The local Air Force recruiter has limited you to two calls per day.

...When the kids you are babysitting as for you to make up a story, you tell them about the time Oscar and Charlie went to a Hotel in Quebec to Golf.

...Your idea of a vacation is going to COS.

...You have sung a baby to sleep with The Air Force Colors.

...You have a panic attack when you see an actor giving a HORRIBLE salute.

...You think the WORST fashion in the world is when people put their belt buckle on the side of their jeans, or even worse, in the back.

...You bring a canteen to sports practices.

...Your idea of fashion is the Army Surplus Store.

...You have told the McDonald's employees that their name tag is crooked and you can't order until they fix it.

...You have told your mom it would be easier to get up in the morning if she would start yelling.

...You have friends by the names of Alabama, Texas, Ohio, and Jersey; they call you Wisconsin.

...You don't respond to your first name.

...You have called your dog "sir." (Sgt Radke)

...You have a split personality - IE personality 1. John, personality 2. C/Major Smith

... When you are not doing something, you feel like you are failing CAP.

...You've shouted "At ease!" in youth group, school, work, etc.

...You have squared your corners at home or in the store.

...You've caught yourself doing the Air Force shuffle in Burger King.

...You consider anytime after dusk and before dawn O'Dark 30.

...95% of the people you chill with are former or current cadets.

...You wear old parts of your uniform becuase they're more comfortable than the civilian version.

...Your freaking profile picture on Facebook is you in your uniform.

...When you're out late, it's because of a SAR mission.

...Your weekend plans consist of SARCAPs and airshows.

...A little kid comes up to you and asks, "How many people have you killed??"

...You're walking in town with BDUs on and someone says, "Look at that Army dude!"

...Meanwhile, you sigh in your head and wonder if anyone in this country knows how to read nametapes that say "CIVIL AIR PATROL," not "U.S. ARMY."

...You wish you had a Chief handy whenever your class is unruly.

...You take a professional interest in all protocols at the airport, particularly the marshallers.

...Most of your stories involve Encampment.

...You spit out a soda after your basic Encampment because you hadn't had sugar all week.

...When your friends tell you about flying their uncle's 172, you talk about flying a USAFA T-6 sim

...For a week after encampment, you inadvertantly say "good morning, sir" to everybody on the street who resembles a senior member.

...Your favorite food is MREs.

...You accidentally fall into step with the person in front of you (at school), and you think you hear "CLOSE IT UP!!" Then you get really close to the person in front of you, making everyone look at you wierd.

...You realize that you grew up way too fast.

...The worst thing to tell someone when you're really mad is "Go to Hawk."

...The large majority of your friends answer the question, "What do you want to do when you grow up?" with something related to "Go into the military." (usually/preferably the Air Force!)

...You call cadence in your head to the tiniest repitition of noise.

...Wearing civilian clothes is such a drag.

...To draw you, your smaller siblings use their "camo crayons."

...You get a call at 0' dark 30, and know exactly what your GTL means when he says, "Do you wanna play?"

...Your favorite bug spray (or perfume, for that matter) is 100% Deet.

...The only phone numbers in your cell phone are from your squadron's alert roster.

...You can recite from memory your CAPID, squadron charter number, the date you joined CAP, the entire COC from your Basic Encampment, and the Spaatz numbers of every C/Col you've ever met... but can't remember your boyfriend's/girlfriend's birthday.

...You have your phone set to Zulu time.

...Your idea of sleeping in is sleeping until 0600.

...You know how to make an IED out of an MRE.

...You have ever gotten out of a speeding ticket because you were on the way to/from CAP, and therefore in uniform.

...A little kid has ever come up to you at an airshow and asked, "Is each of those ribbons for the number of times you've been shot??"

...YOU LOVE MREs.

...Each time one of the items on the list happens to you, you die a little inside.

...You begin to list the ways you know you've been in CAP too long.
You say 'regs' instead of 'rules' at school (referring to the code of student conduct). I did that twice today.
- When a teacher asks you a question you don't know the answer to, you respond with your variant of "This cadet does not know, but will find out, sir/ma'am.-
-When you come home from encamment: you hit the wall when an adult walks by- you have your room looking inspection ready, in case the SET team drops by-
every day, you pray you will get honor cadet.-
You wake up at 5 AM to do PT.-
When told you will be going out, you try to find your CoC and thank him/her for giving them a drill-free day

.....When you change......Ohhh Never mind

You know you're a CAP member when you think there are 52 states. 

Quote from: CCSE on March 30, 2008, 06:00:59 AM
You know you're a CAP member when you think there are 52 states. 

I swear, I have to keep reminding myself that there are only 50.  I'm not even kidding.

Quote from: ♠SARKID♠ on March 30, 2008, 08:13:14 PM

Quote from: CCSE on March 30, 2008, 06:00:59 AM
You know you're a CAP member when you think there are 52 states. 

I swear, I have to keep reminding myself that there are only 50.  I'm not even kidding.

Me too. I was at an activity the other day with some Boy and Cub Scouts. One of the cubs was pestering all of us with his vast knowledge of America. He came up to me and asked, " Can you name all 50 states? 'Cause I can!" I looked at him funny for a secod before I came to. I was thinking, there's 52 ki - oh... Kind of funny actually.

You know your a CAP member if you have to justify reminding yourself that there are only 50 states, not 52.

When someone says you have a communication problem, and you show them your ROA.

When someone yells may I have your attention, and you only hear the word attention.

When you answer people who ask you to do something with WILCO.

By the way, this thread has been done before.

http://captalk.net/index.php?topic=361.0

So has boonies.  I'll allow it.

QuoteI'll allow it.

Thank you Mills Lane 

You know you're a CAP member when you realize CAP means "Change All Plans"!

You know you're a CAP member when you have to salute your - (chose one) husband, wife, mother, father or sibling - because they outrank you! 

(This is an experience my husband, son and brother have all had!)

You know you're a CAP member when your summer plans revolve around the National Board meeting and encampments