You know you're a ham when you...

The other day I got a referral to my blog on the search "You know you're a ham if". This piqued my curiosity, so I asked my Twitter followers to complete the sentence "You know you're a ham when you...". I got quite a few responses; here's the best, for your satisfaction. (Some have been edited to undo IM-speak imposed by Twitter's 140 character limit.)

Obsessive operation:

• "... stand in your driveway with two HT's watching an approching thunderstorm giving continuous updates on the radio" Dave Hoffman (via FriendFeed)
  
• "... see a meteor fall and wonder who you could've worked on meteor scatter" k4hsm
  
• "... participating in SkyWarn is more important than your brother's wedding." karmagurl, channeling her husband
  
• "... go to bed with your wife and an HT in case someone calls you on the local repeater" AF3LMike
  
• "... can predict the weather better then the weatherman by noises on the bands" N3PRO
  
• "... look forward to new solar activity cycle instead of fearing it" ttanilsoo
  

Too much equipment:

• "... have an aerial farm covered in tinsel at christmas" ai4ri
  
• "... other people are no longer surprised when you pull an oscilloscope from the trunk of your car." N9VLS
  
• "... get excited that Radio Shack starts carrying a new style connector/adapter that you don't have already" charlieray
  
• "... there's not enough room in the passenger seat of the truck for you; ham equip. takes it all up!" karmagurl
  

Obsessive jargon:

• "... end your work emails w/ 73s and reference your RL-in-person convos as QSOs" enjaysauce
  
• "... tell your friend there's QSB when a cell phone is cutting out" thebuca
  
• "... start giving RST reports over the telephone" AF3LMike
  

Just obsessed:

• "... see a radio station / TV tower and wonder how a repeater would work from up there" k4hsm
  
• "... are walking in the city and stare at the antennas on the rooftops of the buildings and analyze their type" ttanilsoo
  
• "... know 23cm means more than just a really good date." Ben Hallert (via Facebook)
  
• "... named your kid Yagi" enjaysauce
  

Morse code pervades all

• "... tap out hi on your car horn to another ham" AF3LMike
  
• "-.-- --- ..- / - .... .. -. -.- / .. -. / -- --- .-. ... ." gwbrown1
  

And for the more culinary crowd:

• "... continually find yourself covered with mustard" strategy_samba
  
• "... find yourself between a bit of bread and some cheese" wwward
  

Enjoy.