I got rid of mine after seeing how much I was spending on rc :mdr::mdr:.

Addictions.
 

Well my name is Jerry and I have an addiction. Yes some of you have already read some of my story before. Growing up in the Philli projects and never having any money to play was a crappy way to grow up. I have wanted to get into this hobby most of my life, but just could not afford to. A few years ago eight kids later my wife heard me talking about the hobby and decided to release my demons and make my dreams come true. She bought me the EMAXX RTR kit with all of the usual starter trimmings for my birthday and I was hooked right from the start. I tried to tell her then, that she had no idea what she had done/started.

Luckily my wife is fully supportive and she also agrees that this is better then a lot of other things that a husband can get into for stimulous pleasure. I have never smoked and as some have already said I just don't get it. I joined the Navy at 18 and stayed drunk for the first couple of years, before comming to the conclusion that it was just as bad if not worse than smoking. So now I spend most of my hard earned Navy penssion on R/C stuff. In the three years I have been playing with this stuff I have racked up well over $20K just getting started in this. I still have lots of wants, needs, and dreams for motors, ESC's, and custom RCM parts like the upcoming Maxx center diff kit, and slipperential, so I dare say that there is no end in sight for me either.

The wife kind of knows, but she never really says anything, because she always knows where I am and what I am doing right here at home. AND now I have my two boys getting into this. I may well spend more than I wish to, but I am happy and having fun doing what all of us love. So yes I am addicted and have no plans on kicking the habit any time soon. I will be 50 in Feb and I figure that I will be involved in this one way or another until I can no longer see, walk, or remember what an R/C is. Life is too short.

i figured before everyone thinks i am scum i should clear this up. i always crack jokes about the wife but in all honesty she is my queen. in fact, she reads my posts and gets a laugh out of them too. i work from home and spend a ton of time with my wife and 3 daughters. i am surrounded by women and absolutely love it!! and i have the coolest wife in the world. we both spoil each other and never forget it. and as far as the RC stuff. she knows all about it. and most of the time she gives me one of those "oh brother" looks when she sees me not working and spending all my time and money on RC. she knows we will always be just fine and i love that she has trust in me to not say a word about it.

Good to hear from you Jerry. How's Seoul? It has been raining here in Yokosuka for the past 5 days but it's slowly starting to clear up.

I can't wait for my retirement. I'm actually thinking of retiring in the Philippines so I don't have to work anymore or just get into an internet cafe business. At least over there, my Navy pension will be more than enough :angel::angel::lol:.

can i just say it is awesome reading everyones posts. how cool would it be to have a big RCM party at the Farm or some sick track like that and race all day and just have a great time. actually put a face with the name. if only......

Doing Fine.
 

Doing ok Geroge, and Seoul is pretty cool for the most part. Thanks for asking. Of course you may have read that my wife is dealing with breast cancer right now. No worries as she is fine. Luckily we caught it early, and surgery went great. She is stateside right now awaiting radiation treatments, and we hope to have her back here at home by late Jan/09. With just getting custody of my three youngest(after 7 years) after losing their mother to cancer at 35 this past Feb, Xmas is kind of tough this year. Even in the midst of dealing with her issues, we just received three huge boxes from her full of Xmas gifts. This is the third union for both of us, and we love spoiling each other after being treated like crap by teh EX's. Life goes on and we will overcome.

Glad to hear that you are retiring soon. We discussed retiring overseas, but we love the states too darned much and want to be close to the kids and all of our family when that time comes. I have not had as much time with the R/C stuff as I would like with everything that we have going on, but I still have a lot of stuff arriving in the mail for when I do have the time. Plus I have my heart set on one of Mikes Slipperentials, and the new Maxx center diff kit hopefully sometime in Jan/09. Plus Plettenbergs new chassis setup. So 2009 is shaping up to be quite a year for us. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year guys.

You Bet.
 

Yea we have mentioned this before, and it would be very cool if that could be arranged, but getting everyone together considering some of the places that we are writing from would be very difficult in deed. If you have been around here long enough you know that we probably have at least 20 countries represented here on RCM. Funny to mention that though. I jsut had a call last night from a friend about getting together again for the NASCAR race week in NC next October and I plan on doing some R/C racing while there. These are guys who I served with in the Navy in Holy Loch Scotland from 1977 to 1990, and one of them has a 45' custom motor coach. This will be our second gathering, but more guys have found out about it and want to join in on the fun. Having something like this with the RCM gang would be a blast.

Hehe, I have one vice, and that is trying to push my luck as far as I can... I am pretty good at it, but I tend to get carried away sometimes, that is when the fun (problems) start. I am a decent wordsmith and make my living talking myself up and making people like/trust me. Not really sure if i am a decent guy, or just full of shit (honestly, I have thought about it). I just feel like a complex contadiction, I like people, yet love to be by myself while working. I listen to loud music, but like dead silence when I work. I can focus for hours, yet most conversation bores me in seconds. I guess I am selfish, shallow, and an elitist... But at least I have decent manners (thanks mom and dad) and try to make people laugh, even at my own expense (self-depreciating humor is easy). I do tend to over think things though...

Anyway, we have a great group here and we all enjoy spending money and building stuff! Can't go wrong with that!

Aa
 

:rofl::lol::rofl: yea linc admitting that you have a problem is the first step to recovery. Of course you have to want to recover.:rofl::na: We all have our issues to deal with for sure linc, and none of us is perfect. I think alot of us in here have our own social issues, because we are somewhat anti-social in some way hiding from the rest of the world in our R/C shops, or we would not be into R/C and talking with people through a forum. Don't you think?? Just from some of the conversations that we have in this place lends me to believe that there are some pretty cool souls in here. All in all I think that the RCM gang is a pretty nice bunch of guys, and MIKE is the somewhat GOD of our communications.:lol:

Hey all, I am new here and am quite certain I have a problem. Over the past 5 years RC has immersed itself into my life to an extent which I couldn't have foreseen. It enabled me to get a job doing things not too different from what I had already been doing at home, and as a result, gave me more money to spend. Unfortunately, though, RC has taken back a good portion of my earnings due to having no expenses to account for.

In the past my spending went too far, to the point where I had no money to cover a small $500 accident without dipping into my [meager] savings. And there I went, for the longest time without savings. That is, until the summer rolled around and I could work more hours. I built my savings up, and then disaster struck: the rear derailleur on my mountain bike broke, bending the frame at that point. Thus I knew I needed a new bike and wanted to fork over a decent amount of cash. $800 later, I had blown about half my savings (keep in mind I was working part-time minimum wage, and had summer school)

Yet again it went downhill from there. I felt compelled to maintain my brushless/Lipo superiority at the LHS I work at and splurged on items like 5s Lipos and MMM ESCs. And that is not to mention the oh-so-custom projects I had going on! Let me tell you, custom builds aren't as cheap as they can seem! A few hundred screws here, another few hundred screws there, some bearings all around, more materials, and of course tools all add up!

I'm not much of the type to seek external help, so over the last couple months I have managed to reason with myself - and as a result my hobby spending has dropped drastically, my savings account has been skyrocketing (relative to my income), and I've been talking and going out with a girl I am interested in. This is not to mention that Josh (jnev) has resparked my interest in mountain biking (remember the bike I purchased?), so I must say, things have been turning around.

If you would like you can call this a success story for the self-help treatment. Now please, take this with a grain of salt. Oh and Neil, if you read this, there is hope :angel:.

Happy Is Relitive.
 

DOn't get too happy patting yourself on the back MetalMan. You must know by now that just when everything seems to be going your way that the inevitable catastrophy will strike. Enjoy your well deserved repreave while it lasts, because you will be back on her sharing bad news down the road. Be careful with your motorbike hobby, because it can hurt you much quicker than R/C can. We enjoy your support in here and love hearing good news when it comes our way. Stay safe and have fun(within reason of course). :lol:

my e-revo has gone 350+ mph. it got shipped via air. haha. not nearly as cool as yours

You're right Jerry, I must work hard to maintain my current position in life so it doesn't go to waste. For some this would mean backing out of RC, but I just can't let that happen :whistle:. Instead I must cut back on my technical side, and let my emotional side out to see the light. It is in my nature to be stoic when it comes to my emotions, but we shall see where that ends up!

Now if you think I need to be safe, then take a look at Josh (jnev). Recently he posted up some pictures of some extremely intense mountain biking, the sort I can only imagine in my dreams! Thanks for the kind words!

where are the pics of Jnev on his bike? would like to see those. i used to do extreme mtn biking before getting married and adding 30 pounds to my body. now i must live vicariously through people like Jnev who've still got it. post a link to the pics if you can.

Yeah, I did that for about 3 months when I was in my 20's. Bought a 1200 bike to keep up with my buds, then I figured out real fast that I preferred something with more power than I had in my body. Sold it for 400. Kind of the same R.O.I. as RC's

sounds kinda like me. I had to take a psychiatric evaluation and they found I had traits of an anti-social personality disorder, and that my relationships were superficial. But I'll go with elitist:intello:

oh, and i gotta move to CA:intello:

By Coax I meant coaxial heli
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Kl6HTE-lTNE/SU...yLamaBig01.jpg

And this is what we call a wheelie bin. These are the bins we stick out on the side of the road and I'm sure yours are probably the same. They aren't actually that strong though and I think wheelie bin vs the 6kg savage the savage would have come out a lot better then the bin.
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Kl6HTE-lTNE/SU...heelie_Bin.jpg

There are some great stories in here. I think the day I buy a house will probably be the day when I have say enough is enough on this hobby at least for a few years. I'll just spend more time mountain biking.

i thought id give me story lol

NOt to sound corny but rc actually did bring my drinking down. I wont lie, i was a straight drunk in high school. Drank atleast twice a week and when i partied...i partied hard. After RC...i dont go to parties cuz im "too busy" or have "too many projects open."
now In college, i drink maybe once every month. Now i just get yelled at by my girl of 6 years (been dating since 9th grade)

i just may get her that ring...or buy a 1/5 scale buggy and do a 12s BL conversion....:lol::lol:

well, here she goes yelling agian...but i say :na::na:

Trust Me.
 

Trust me dude if she is already yelling at you, then once you put that ring on her finger it is only going to get worse. Don't be one of those guys who thinks that getting married will change everything for the better. IT WON'T. Once you get married then come the ultimatems, and threats that if you don't do things her way you will be on your own, with HALF of your stuff and HALF of your money gone. Life is too short to put up with the ridicule and torture if your relationship is already heading in that direction.

I have been married twice before and I kept on trying thinking that things would get better, and believe me it never does:diablo:. If you are not compatible then you are not compatible:eyes:. Twice burned, but this time I found someone who truly cares about my feelings and what I want out of life:angel:, and she had to put up with the same kind of crap before from her EX's, and loves knowing that things really can be as good as our dreams tell us:party:. We spoil one another all the time now:yes:. It is nice to give and know that it comes back to you one way or another, and without any expectations when two people can recipricate:yipi:. Good luck with that man.

RC has had a big influence in my life.I lost my drivers lisense 8 years ago.Yea I had a bad drinking habit plus pills.I had allways had a classic car project but whats the point if you cant drive.Rc satisfied that loss.If I saved all the money I have spent over the past 7 years I could have had a bought a new car.I now have my lisense.My wife has also supported my RC habit but at times I push the envelope.Yes and have had no alcohol for 7 years.I live in a small town in Iowa 60 miles from Des Moines so I realy dont have a local hobby shop.I consider all you guys my LHS.I am in the habit of building blinged out RCs and selling them on p-bay when I binge a new RC project.Also with all the crap that I had during that terrible time I quit my job as a Sous Chef at a posh Country Club.No way to get to work.120 miles round trip.I ended up getting a entry level job as a Roof Truss Manufacturing company 1 mile from my house.I am now the shop superviser and life is good.What a bunch of mushhhhh.

Thanks

Will

I hear you dude, but in all honesty if she told me to get rid of all my stuff, i say OK. But THANK GOD she dosent cuz she thinks there kinda cool. She only tells me to stop working on it when i stay home for days watching tv, work on rc, eat, and craping. :lol:

She wants some of your attention. You need to give her a little bit of that once in a while too :intello::yes:. I know it worked well for me.

Seems like a good medical experiment hooking some of us up to brain diodes and suction things that may explain some seritonan (sp?) or endorfin (sp?) levels that lead us to why when we quit booze we want lots and lots of RCs LOL. Who needs rehab at $25k a month. $500 emaxx or 8T and you're cured. Send payment to DrJay@comcast.net

Send some of your patients to me. I'm a Certified Substance Abuse Counselor :lol::lol:. I can take payments in form of hopup parts for my trucks or cash :intello::rofl:.

My buddy was the Marines like the uncertified version of you for his barracks in the Phillipines. They came to him to say they smoked the herb or other stuff and his position was to tell them they are screwed and their options without ending up in the brig or something lol He was the worlds biggest boozer nicknamed "The Fish", Unfortuantly he died before I could show him my RCs.,, May have helped

Oh yeah. That happened a lot back there when the bases were still around. My local friends used to know a lot of those marines on a first name basis :whistle::whistle:.

Okay I might have a problem. This year I cut back and got rid of my 8th scale brushless stuff. Sold my losi 8 and 8t along with all the electronics. Also sold a xxx-t mf2 and my b44.

The thing is since doing that I have replaced them with an rb5, zx-5, t4, slash and an erevo. Then its the electronics itself. I got rid of my helios to get the dx3r now I am selling that because I got an m11. Not to meantion new esc's, motors, servo's.

I never thought I had a problem but with a new house, and a kid its a little different now.

So basically I think the problem is I need a raise. :) The problem can't be rc because its my way of releasing stress and getting away from everything else even if its only for 1 night a week, when I get to go to the track.

Me being from Brasil and having Fighting Cocks myself, I see one thing missing in the picture(s). The Cock's weapons, where are the spurs? I used to have a metal spur cover for my Cocks. BTW the best fighting cocks were half the size of the Roosters and they kicked butt for sure. SOrry to keep this going, but I like it lol.

lutach,
thats awesome you have real fighting cocks. its illegal in the states. can you send me any pics of cocks with their spurs on? i am not super familiar with the sport other than little research done with the energy drink. i knew they used spurs but havent seen them before.
i really hope it works out. i have alot put into this. i think that people just laugh and cant help smile when they see it. its contagious. most people have just wanted to try because they love the name. then they're hooked.....due to the high levels of cocaine in it...j/k. lol. but it does taste great. has 120mg of caffeine per 8oz, gaurana, b6, b12, taurine, the usual. might be a while before its avail in brazil but pm me your address and i will send you some samples when i can.

I think cock fighting is legal in one state here in the US, but I'm not sure which one. I saw a special about it once. Here are a few pictures: http://www.flickr.com/photos/52356011@N00/512288121/, http://www.flickr.com/photos/1stlady/254036825/ and http://www.flickr.com/photos/jansochor/3062822539/ (That is what my cocks used to wear lol). Guarana is some good stuff that Brasil has to offer and we have a soda that is called Guarana that is just the most amazing soda you can have. There are also other Brasilian fruits that just give you explosive energy the can last the whole day. Some places makes soup, yogurt, drinks and energy bars out of it.

Edit: I had one like this as well, but for show only: http://www.flickr.com/photos/allanjunior/216500777/. I can't find any pictures of my little white fighters anywhere.

I think it's legal in Arizona. That's where my friends used ot go to when we were still stationed in San Diego.

Anyway, I just watch a cockfight when we were in the Philippines. However, they won't let me have my camera inside the arena. And you're right Luciano, the picture don't have those razor-sharp metal spurs.

thanks guys,
gonna have my design guy do some quick editing and have it fixed tomorrow. luckily the first run of cans havent been printed yet.

i have had that Guarana drink too. its great. i buy it at the local Mexican stores all over here.

that show Rooster is gorgeous btw. there is a mexican restaurant here called El Gallo Giro and their logo is a rooster like that.

The metal spur were only used for big money fights and if the owners of the cocks would agree to it. Many places don't allow cameras mainly because of the cruelty level. I think it's illegal in Brasil now.

I'll be waiting for a check in the mail :lol:. I love Guarana. I miss my show rooster, I used to get paid to have him do his things with the chickens :lol::party:.