The ESC Gods must have been angry. We shall see what the "maker" has to say. It is on it's way home to Irvine.

Thanks for the clarification Jess! We all know it is usually your brother that smokes the ESCs in this house. Wow! That makes three ESCs we have toasted in a year. That must be some sort of record. Maybe we should go back to MSCs...

Still.... I have a qualified "Darn Kids"..... :lol:

indeed.

Still.... I have a qualified "Darn Kids"..... :lol:heh.. and i'm still a kid at heart....

-Tone

heh.. and i'm still a kid at heart....

-Tone
Yeah me too. At HEART... And my mind doesn't think much different that it did when I was 20 or so either, It's my body that says "WHOAAA THERE FELLA!! DO THAT AND YOU'LL BE SORRY!"

Yeah me too. At HEART... And my mind doesn't think much different that it did when I was 20 or so either, It's my body that says "WHOAAA THERE FELLA!! DO THAT AND YOU'LL BE SORRY!"rofl... at 27 i'm prolly a kid to a lot of ya.... i feel so old..... yet i'm only 27... hmmmm... and i act like i'm 12....
my body gives me warnings like that all the time too... i just got my tail kicked by my 17 year old brother in the pool today... it was not cool... now my back and arms and neck are killing me... damn old age!!

-Tone

Magnify that feeling by 17 years.... Good grief....

I didn't get my first reality check on age until I was 35 & broke my first bone ever. It's been down hill from there.

Well, it ain't all bad getting old. I mean, now you have a legit excuse for getting slower!

I did a big charity bicycle ride a couple years ago. The second day was ONLY 82 miles. One of my teammates was really pushing the pace, charging up all the hills and just keeping the hammer down while I was dying just trying to hold his wheel. As the ride wore on he started to falter and like a horse heading for the barn, my energy got higher and higher as we got into the last 20 miles. I just put my head down and hammered to end the darn thing. After about 10 miles of that (we are not talking fast here but I think I was running about 23-25 on the flats) The guy yells from the back that he had to slow down! I was thrilled that I had finally gotten him to give up. The punch line? The guy was 60!!! And I was a mere 44 at the time. :rolleyes:

It ain't over until you say it is over.

Well, it ain't all bad getting old. I mean, now you have a legit excuse for getting slower!

I did a big charity bicycle ride a couple years ago. The second day was ONLY 82 miles. One of my teammates was really pushing the pace, charging up all the hills and just keeping the hammer down while I was dying just trying to hold his wheel. As the ride wore on he started to falter and like a horse heading for the barn, my energy got higher and higher as we got into the last 20 miles. I just put my head down and hammered to end the darn thing. After about 10 miles of that (we are not talking fast here but I think I was running about 23-25 on the flats) The guy yells from the back that he had to slow down! I was thrilled that I had finally gotten him to give up. The punch line? The guy was 60!!! And I was a mere 44 at the time. :rolleyes:

It ain't over until you say it is over.
hahahahaha... thats a reviving story.. i've gotta get more active. i NEED to.. Doctors orders... oh well... i'm sittin here watching Calorie Commando on Food Network... Grrrrrrrrrrrr......

-Tone

Age really is a state of mind. I've always been physical at play and at work. My body has never let me down and it is a strong today as it was when I was in my 20's. I've always worked outdoors and it has been physical work in nature.

But I did start to feel older when I had my son 12 years ago. But, again not physicaly but in a mental way. It changed my perception and my way of thinking.

Just spent 2 10 hour days building a large deck. At the end of the first day I had a sore neck from drilling 25 lbs of deck screws but was good to go the next day.

Why am I telling all of you this?

Besides this is an RC site so based on what I've read Tom's servo is a little sticky, Tone's added an extra battery pack, Peter is having his chassis fixed, and Chris can't keep his ESC working....:rolleyes:

On one hand I greatly enjoy the work I do but I am also jealous of folk like Bill who get to be outdoors all the time working their bodies. No doubt there are PLENTY of days when you would rather be in the air conditioned shade or rainlessness/dustlessness of my lab but I will never be as fit, regardless of how hard I try to find the time to get out and ride. Exercise for the sake of exercise is tough. Exercise because it is part of a project, life or fun is just a bonus!

Oh yeah, I will never be as tanned either. We ahve had two straight weeks of rain and temps int he 50's. It is getting really old.

Ive been working at a desk for years, so my physical inactiveness shows in my body shape. I started working a job that was in a warehouse that was alot more physical & I started seeing a difference in my weight and strength in just 2 weeks of it, but then I fell and broke my leg, Shattered it actually.... Was laid up for a year & restricted so I couldn't return to the Warehouse job. Can't work a job where I have to be on my feet the majority of the time anymore either.

Besides this is an RC site so based on what I've read Tom's servo is a little sticky, Tone's added an extra battery pack, Peter is having his chassis fixed, and Chris can't keep his ESC working....:rolleyes:HAHAHAHaHA.. more like 4 battery packs.....

-Tone

Ive been working at a desk for years, so my physical inactiveness shows in my body shape. I started working a job that was in a warehouse that was alot more physical & I started seeing a difference in my weight and strength in just 2 weeks of it, but then I fell and broke my leg, Shattered it actually.... Was laid up for a year & restricted so I couldn't return to the Warehouse job. Can't work a job where I have to be on my feet the majority of the time anymore either.Unf.... That really sucks... especially when you find a job that you kinda like.
i got fired last thursday form my desk job (Sys Admin on Wall St.) and now that i am home... i am a lot more active... and i am feeling a little better....

-Tone

We really do play the hand we are delt. Sorry to here about the leg Tom and how it had changed your life. Tone, sorry to here about the job loss but glad it is letting you get out and about.

We really do play the hand we are delt. Sorry to here about the leg Tom and how it had changed your life. Tone, sorry to here about the job loss but glad it is letting you get out and about.yah, actually, for me, it couldnt have come at a better time.... i was going craaazy....

Tom- when you shattered it, did the guy who put it back together put pins and plates? that just totally blows... if i ever broke my wheel.... i'd go friggin nuts...

-tone

Sorry to hear about the job Tone. I have to say though that sometimes losing your job can be the best thing that can happen. Especially at your age! It is so easy to get into a rut (groove?) and let inertia take over. I lost what I thought was an awesome job out in Boulder CO and i ended up here doing what I am doing. I can't even imagine getting as far as I have if I had stayed out there. I think I was 26 at the time. I've been at Lincoln now for 18 yrs!

It most certainly would suck to bust up a leg permanently! To put things in perspective though, I just heard about a guy at work who, while driving his old convertible something-or-other, lost control and crashed, with the car on top of him. It severed his spine. He was in a coma for quite some time. When he came out, they found that not only is he paralized from the waist down but he is blind. I could probably rally behind either of those but both? Wow.

OK, sorry that was too gloomy for a Friday morning. let's see, what else can I say? Oh yeah, it is raining for like the 12th straight day...('cept yesterday when it was actually kinda nice had I not been indoors working all day).

But it is FRIDAY!

Yup! Got me a little hardware store in my leg! and the arthritis is creeping into my ankle. I had a ladder start sliding out from under me at work, I could tell it wasn't gonna be fun so I bailed off. About 8ft down to a cement floor. I did that parachutists "tuck & roll" when I landed, but it didn't work out so well. Doctor told me that 30% of the people who break their leg the way I did actually loose that leg. I had about an inch of bone completely disentegrated. Yuck. But I survived and can walk around today with no limp unless Ive been on my feet too much.

Enough about me.. Tone, sorry to hear of the Job loss, but it sounds like you don't mind so "Bonus for you!" I hope you get something better when you want.

What's everybody doing for the weekend? I'm supposed to go racing tomorrow & then go pick up my camper from storage on Sunday.

hey tom you have probs getting through airport security with that leg;)
i will be close to the same in the chassis department(my back).

this weeend, well no school today. emilee's b-day party saturday. 8, 9-11yr old girls at the movies(i am not going this time:)). it looks like it will be a house cleaning, getting ready for a garage sale, and maybe getting ready for a softball all-star team this weekend. and maybe building another tlt only pack and fixing my rear axle(if my parts come in). going to try some thicker ofna diff lock fluid in the diffs.

have a nice weekend all.
tone sorry to hear about the job, but sounds like you need some down time.
peter
:)

Ah, this will be the first weekend in two months without a soccer game! Not that I get to sleep in. The "guys" are heading out for another trail work day at a local park. This one ain't so local though. Gotta hit the road by 7:30!:freak:
Should be a good time though. Especially if the sun shines as they promise it will.

Hope to get the crawlers out some this weekend. Might just have to slap the Intellispeed back into the Pede while I await word from Novak.

OK, that had gone far enough done the page. Needed to do something.

speaking of getting old ;) , Did that trail day yesterday and I am sore as hell! 3.5 hours of swinging tools. I figure I am good for two these days! Trail came out looking awesome though so we will just smile. And take Ibuprophin.

I am trying to rally the troups to crash a Memorial day parade tomorrow. Our town's parade goes within 1/2 mile of our house and I was thinking it could be a blast to bring a couple/few trucks over and run them around through the groups of -what do you call people taking place in a parade anyway? Marchers? Well, The TLT with it's cute crabwalk thing, a Speedy Pede and/or my race Clod could be fun. Of course the race Clod got somewhat cannibilized for the crawler. And the Pede is motor/ESC-less at the moment. Guess that would mean a bit of bench time huh? good thing that parade is tomorrow! I have a cool trailer that I can pull behiind one of my bikes so we could, in theory, haul it all down. That in itself could be a cool part of the parade!

I was told this morning my Jesse that he did NOT want to do the parade thing. Seems that he has been getting teased at school because of his r/c interest. He could not face the ridicule that he might take if his friends (?) saw him at the parade "playing with his toys". He says he still wants to driv ethem. Just not quite so publically. And this after a couple schoolmates had been over driving the Clod just last week. These are from the same group that give him grief. Only in front of other kids, of course. As I said, must suck to be 12. I don't miss it at all!

So, the Clod, TLT and Pede are all ready to go with no place to go. And I dismantled the crawler for electronics for the fast one... That will take at least 3 minutes to remedy if we choose to crawl.

Growing pains... Kids are probably jealous of his "toys" so they tease him about them.

Well, he goes to school with a bunch of low brow mouth breathers and he takes a lot of grief from all too many for all to many things. When you are SO much smarter than most of them it would help to have a thicker skin than Jess has.

When my kids were in school I don't think they talked with their friends about R/C, none of their freinds really showed any interest in it when they came by. It was kind of a good thing, because I didn't have a basher I would have been comfortable having them drive back then. Now I have the Pede... I've had 4 different people that have never wheeled an R/C before use/race it. So far that's only cost me a Front bulkhead, Diff gears, a Spur gear, & a couple bearings (prior to the RPM upgrades). Pedes are tough.

They certainly are, especially after the RPM upgrade- including the bumper! I am always amazed and how hard you can crash and have it bounce off and keep going.

Sorry to hear about the kids hasseling Jess. The weekend was an adventure. And no time to tell you guys about it. Heading overtown today and will be back the next.

Take care.

Welcome back and have a good trip again... Or something like that.:)

"heading Overtown" What exactly does that mean? Going to the other side of the island?

Had a great talk with JAy Jordan last night. That is a name you guys may not be familiar with if you don't frequent RCMT but I know him from there. His thing is motors. he has an amazing deal where he will rework your motor for $5 plus shipping! That includes comm cutting and brushes and springs if needed. You tell him what truck it will go in, the application (racing/bashing), and how many cells and he will tune accordingly. Such an incredible deal! he is also going to be at Monster Jam tuning motors theere. I am sending him a bunch of mine now to see how they run and then I will probably have him do what is left when I get there. Hopefully he can breath some life into a couple I have that just aren't playing right for me. He has tons of brushesw and the knowledge as to which to use. I can give you his address if you want it!

chris sounds like a great deal.
is jess still being teased? sorry to hear about that. kids between 11-up can be cruel, just to be cruel. i was teased about comic books, back in the day.

but are softball season was cut short by a fall in the parking lot, and 7 stiches later. emilee might have to miss the all star team as well. ohhh well. we can hope for a early recovery.

have a good day all.
peter
smile it could always be worse.
;)

It is an especially good deal when you know how well his motors perform in competetion. Tons of monster truck races have been won or placed using them. Now, I know my driving (to say nothign of my clunky home-made truck) will keep me from being big dog at ANY race but it is nice to know the motors will do the job!

Yup, Jess is a tease magnet. It's pretty tough on him. We are just trying to get through the year right now.:rolleyes:

Hi Guys,

I've really been out of the loop these days. I read everyday that I'm by the comupter but just have not had the time or mind set to sit down and type anything to you.

Tom, Catalina Island is shaped like a figure 8 with a smaller 0 on the top. As the compass goes this small piece is west of the larger O and the isthmus is where they join. Having said that I live on the west end of the island, the smaller portion of Catalina. and at the isthmus is a small community called Two Harbors. When I leave camp I do so out of Two Harbors and when the west end year round residents (all 6 of us) go to Two Harbors we refer to it as "to town" if we are going into Avalon, which is at the other end of the island, we say we are going "in town" if we are going to the mainland (LA County) we refer to it as going "over town". How's that for useless information.

Kevin is going through the peer pressure phase as well. The good news is that he only has to deal with a small group of kids and the teasing is not very rough. East coast teasing has got to be the worst. You folks are hard on each other even when your being nice.

Oh ya, I would like to get JAy's address.

That's what I thought you meant by overtown but I was going to let you explain it!

So, what was all the excitement before you went overtown anyway?

I will send you an e-mail with JAy's info!

Island dwellers have their own language! :lol:

But I understand being an Ex-Country boy and all. When we went "to town" it meant to the small 1 stoplight village up the road, when we went "to the city" it meant to the actual city with real resturants (not a bar) and Grocery stores (not the party store).

Anybody hear from our old friend? Too busy getting married I guess. Saw an old bug that made me think of him today. This thing was tricked out! wish I had my camera. Lots of add ons and a silver to purple to green flame paint job. Very nice!

I miss him too. He added alot of energy to the thread. I'm talking about him like he's dead. Maybe after the honeymoon he will have some time to talk with us.

I've also been remiss in my posting duties lately. If I had not started drinking wine at 1 PM today maybe this post would have been more interesting as well. Of course how often do we get a change to drink free California wine on the beach with a live band playing some great olddies and lots of good folks to share the great time with. I just had to.

I thought that was what you islanders did all the time Bill. Such a sad revelation. I am crushed. ;)

If I had not started drinking wine at 1 PM today maybe this post would have been more interesting as well. Of course how often do we get a change to drink free California wine on the beach with a live band playing some great olddies and lots of good folks to share the great time with. I just had to.WOW! I want to do that!

I wish.... on second thought, no I don't.

Our summer staff showed up yesterday, all 70 of them. That means things just got a lot busier. The good news - just about 10 weeks away from the Harris visit.

I have not done any RC in two weeks.

70?? :eek: Your camp is bigger than I had imagined then. Staff of 70? how many people can you "host" then?

Trust me, they have more kids there than you can imagine! It is like a swarm of dusty bees! :p

I haven't done any R/C either. I had high hopes for the weekend but my co-drivers have lost interest and life was busy busy anyway. Had to go see Harry Potter of course! Not bad. Not bad at all.

It has now been two weeks exactly since I sent out the 5800. No word from Novak which might be a good thing since they might have wanted to talk to me had they not thought it was their problem. Maybe.

Good luck with Novak hope it's in the mail and on the way back.

Went out today with the wing, should have taken the truck. No wind :o .

The camp has the capasity for 320 campers. We will operate at that for 9 weeks then drop back to about 200 camper for the rest of the time. We are currently hosting about 14,000 campers a year.

wow. too many kids!

Thats why I need 70 staff - to keep the kids away from me.

5 kids per staff.... Figuring people for food & "Management" I would guess you have maybe 8.5 kids per "supervisory" staffer?

Actually sounds like a place I would have liked as a kid. Minus the buffalo chips of course.....:freak:

Man, I feel so broke lately, I can't even pay attention. I'm not broke, but it sure feels that way.:cry:

Well, if Bill will share his stories of the kids, you might think twice about it! He described to us how kids get their spending money at the beginning, spend it all in one lump sum on candy, go into sugar shock for a few days, and then crash horribly and then the week is over. Sounds like the boy scouts to me.

stuff like putting sweet-tarts in their can of pop?.... I remember doing that. I remember getting wet when I wasn't supposed to and having wet cloths stink up the place 1/2 way thru the week too. Of course that was before I was even 10yrs old.

Funny the things you remember......

Yes, and I am still trying to forget some of those things one remembers... :D

One soccer game left! We just finished off one in 90 degree heat. No ref showed up so we had a 10 yr old reffing 8-9 yr olds. :rolleyes: he didn't make any errors that caused goals or injuries so we will call it a success. Even if we tied instead of winning... Next year with me and a different other coach should go much more smoothly. He says, searching frantically for wood on which to knock.