I thought you took a dayoff after your retirement ceremony from the Navy :lol::lol::na::na:.

Reno- I enjoyed reading this thread and learning about you. It's clear by your thoughts/ideas/spelling/grammar that you are smarter than the average bear. Most here are. The members and advice here on RCM keep me coming back for more.

I hold on to my r/c builds because nobody can appreciate the attention to detail of my builds but me. Well, not as much as me anyway. I'm proud of the research I did to find the best parts,and the time and work I put into them.


Just be glad you aren't this guy, now he has a problem-

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Prove it...
 

Never... Prove it... Actually as I was approaching my retirement from US Naval service(02/May/1997) I had already setup my follow on employment and started working part time on that job three months before my retirement date(while on active duty). From then on when I changed from one job to the next I always had things setup so that I never missed a days work. That is until I married the wife(03/Dec/2004) and began moving from one country to another as the following spouse. Now I set jobs up well in advance of heading for the next post, and fortunately the Department lets spouses accumulate work time towards a US Gov retirement from post to post to post. I know thats just me. For me there is no reason to leave a job unless another one is lined up so that my family never goes without. Unless of course you get fired, but that has never happened to me so I cannot share any experiences about that. Proper planning is all it takes.

I agree with you on terms on planning well ahead of time. Aside from having patience, that's one of the most important things I learned from the U.S. Navy after almost 19 years of service :yes::yes:.

Lito
 

Lito alot of people leaving the services do exactly that. They fail to maintain proper planning and fall flat on their faces, because they get spoiled with the idea of not being under the military umbrella anymore. I truly hope to see you move on to another career once you retire and realize that gaining two retirements is the way to go so that once you hit your 60's and onward there are no financial fears in your future. We will talk more about this when you are ready to move on.

I know it's an older thread but this is the only one that was interesting and doesn't have a yes or no answer for it. Plus it had space left at the end for my ramblings and the older thread usually no one reads. So you can get away with talking about your shin splints and hemriods and feel better with out annoying anyone or them calling your house and telling on you for sniffing bicycle seat outside the grocery store.

It's tough to let go of some of the RCs you build up. It all the fun building them. Gathering the parts to make the stronger and faster. It always fun to open the mailbox and get your new parts. Rip open the box to install your new gold flanged locknuts which aren't going to make it go any faster but it gives me a reason to get excited like a kid. There for a while I think had a package every other day coming in. I enjoy the hobby and it sucks the resale value on these are so low. That might be why I still have most of the ones I built. No I think it nice to hang onto something that helped the winter months go by faster while I was putting it together. Like Harold says not many people appreciate the time and effort that was put into them like we all know goes into it. With all the RC and RC project piles I got around here there is always something to do.

You’re still plenty young and to be depressed at your age is a bit premature. You'll have time to be depressed later in life. You don't want to get up one morning and say were the f*** did the last 20 years go. Most of us have just accepted that we will be working 8 hours or more a day for 40+ years. I've got 28 years in and it looks like I will still have 20 more years to go. Now I am depressed. :) I've been lucky it has been pretty much at the same place but the jobs have changed. Have to take the good with the bad and hopefully your next job you can convince yourself the pros of the job make the cons manageable. I have never hired anyone from just because their resume was in the pile. It was the individuals that contacted me more then once after they submitted a resume. If you see a job you’re interested in let them know you want it. Don't be afraid to try something different for a while. You may like it and find a career doing it. I was in college to be a Park Ranger when I took a temp job doing data entry. Turned into a career in IT for me. Getting out working might help you feel better and fight the depression. I mean daytime TV sucks, all the commercials are for menstrual cycles, yazmin, house hold cleaners, cemetery plots, AARP, or some law firm wanting to know if I know anyone who has died while using some prescription drug. Next they will be asking if anyone I know died while driving a Toyota. Really is there anything on to watch during the days besides Barkers Beauties. I guess the Drew Carey Beauties now. Doesn't have the same ring.

If you’re selling off some rcs you may get more if you part them out. Depending on which one it is. You got some time so research eBay, keep on eye on the prices, what is listed and when. You don't want to list your RC when there are 7 others listed if you can help it. If you watch the listing you can try and get yours listed so it's not surrounded by something similar ending before and after yours does. Seems most people list for 7 days. If you part them out check out the chops shops. They have a schedule they go by and you don't want your parts ending the same time theirs does. The toughest thing for me to do when selling on eBay is to hand my ass out there on a no reserve listing. So far it's turned out fine and the price eventually gets up close to what I am looking for but they sale faster that way. I've done pretty well on the older collector RC by watching what's being sold. It good to catch an auction where there a few different bids going on then list yours towards the end of the auction with almost identical description. The people that don't win will more then likely search for another one they just got outbid on. Good luck.

I've got a bunch of projects and completed projects I need to decide what to do with too. Since I got the HPI 5b, I don't run anything else. Well once in a while I run a pack or two through a brushless but the Baja Bug hit.

Good knew doctor says I don't need surgery.

Yep well I never said I was depressed the Doctor did...
I feel great and better than I did working under the corporate monster UPS. I have had three interviews in just this week alone. I am insuring that my name is out there in the job Market. I have a few tricks that, unlike others, will most likely place a few points towards my name. Ever heard of a "Thank you for the interview" letter. Yep I have only sent out two so far, to the two employers I would really enjoy working for. One of which would be extremely ideal.

As for my RC's I managed to rid myself of two and acquire two new ones at the same time... Well I traded my Caster Fusion for a really well built crawler w/Dx3r, see crawler section, and my E-Revo went for a trade plus cash for a slightly modified Mini Revo. So I am still at seven cars, but with an added 350 dollars. Not bad in my books. The only money I have spent on them was a new lid for the Crawler, CKRC baja which are thick as hell, and some new paint. I finished that one yesterday, but since it has been some interesting weather lately here in Reno I haven't yet been able to take her out.

Rc sickness?
 

Hi guys ,I've had depression for 21 years,it's bollocks!!! When it kicks in,so does self doubt,paranoia,black thoughts,The list goes on.I can't even go out sometimes:oops: I'll have my batteries charged ,everything! Just too down to do it. Rc helps,I get frustrated with the trucks instead of my own insecurities. I got sick dog syndrome with my mlst,it's cost £ 250 to try and get it running.And it still won't work!!!!!!:diablo:.

Dog $hit.
 

Well it sounds like you stepped in some dog$hit and have not been able to get it off of your shoe for some reason or antother. Sorry for me it is simple. I just refuse to let anything or anyone keep me down for too long. When I divorced my 2nd wife and she moved 4000 miles away with our kids just to prove a point I thought my life was pure $hit. I was depressed for a few months while I muddled around in the hosue remembering every little thing the kids did in that house. I had good friends who tried to help me out of it, but the bottom line is it is all up to us to find our own way out the the crap when it hits the fan.

I knew I had to find a way to overcome the craphole she left me in, and there was no one to blame but myself if I let it keep me down. There are positive aspects to every little thing that happens to us, but we have to see them and move on for our own good will. I rebuilt my life, and found a way to pay off every debt no matter how hard she tried to make my life. I missed my kids terribly and it was hard to move on without them in my daily life. That was in 2000. In 2004 I was working two full time jobs and had three room mates paying me rent. I met my thrid wife, and #2 was diagnosed with breast cancer in Jan/2004. In 2008 #2 past away and we now have custody of my three youngest children.

Life handed me a basket of crap in 2000, but I held my ground and overcame everything that was thrown at me for several years until I was able to see the light and move on with life and live it the best way that I knew how. Now in 2010 life is good and I wake up with a smile every morning knowing what the day holds for us. We push our kids hard, but we also let them know every single day that they are loved, and we know that there will be rewards for every one of us if we work hard and do what is right no matter what crap we may step in along the way.

We all have the same choices in life and it is up to us how we lay our own groundwork along the way so that the later years may be kind to us. No whining or self pitty will help make that route a positive one.

chemical imbalance
 

Hi.I see your of the pick yourself up way of thinking.If only! My depression is genetic,grandma,mum,aunt,cousins(1 dead) and sister. I've been on pills forever,anti psychotics damaged the nerves in my feet:rofl:.and made me trip out when I was driving:rofl:. Some people just can't do it.Years back they'd have tied me to a tree in the forest,and visited every 2 weeks with food:oh:.

bumsnogger meet Jerry, Jerry bumsnogger. Long moral filled conversation is about to begin.

On brighter news, I am back working. I have been since March, which was a little after I hit this bump in the road. My wife starts internship here in a few weeks and we will officially go down to one income. I have been applying for just about everything in Reno I appear qualified for just in case something better comes available. Reason behind this is I took the job I have now out of desperation, it fit the glove for the time being. Now that I have a steady source, I am seeking a more reliable source with medical benefits for the wife.

To top it off we had also moved to a new place, adding to the chaos. Too many life changes all at once will make you crazy. So far we have been enjoying the new place. Much closer to a bunch of local stuff to do. I am particularly excited about being a few miles away from the Marina, where I will see some boating action as soon as Traxxas gets that boat on the shelf for me to purchase.

Good to hear Reno. The road is uphill, but the view is worth it.

Yeh, good on ya Reno! A change is as good as a holiday and it seems a lot has changed lately, like turning a new leaf. Your not making any excuses either. Unlike snogger, no offence snog, but it sounds like your from a long line of hypercondriacts.

hypochondriacs?
 

Hi ,Hypochondria didn't exist when my mums family were topping themselves back in the 1800's. If you've got a genetic chemical inbalance there's nothing you can do! Like having ginger hair,.Having an IQ of 142 don't help.Us mentalists are often more intelligent than average,but can't use it,we just think dark thoughts.So it looks like you're saying schizophrenics,post traumatic stress victims ,abuse victims,etc should "pull themselves together"? I've wished for years that I could swap "problems" with someone who thinks like that,they'd be dead within a few months!

bumsnogger, I believe you. I don't know much about genetic depression, but I do know that on this planet we have one too many people. With all these people finding what it is that you want to do and how to do it is extremely difficult. As small as your life is and how original you think it is there is someone down the block doing that better than you. It is hard to accept a life that so many people live exactly the same for someone with a bit higher intelligence gap. Trust me, without the new form of intelligence, a degree, you are in line with everyone else to get the scraps. Not that having a degree in certain areas means a damn either...