I'm 29
 

I turned 29 yesterday. I feel about 20, maybe 21. I just don't wanna grow up. My mind is non stop on r/c! I really wanted an MMM for my birthday, but the release date is pushed back, AGAIN, until april. I've got a couple kids, I've had a few dozen women, and I'm perfectly content alone, playing with my r/c's, sitting back collecting my government cheese. Should I do something with myself? What should I be? I love the different points of view and the intelligent responses on this forum, let me have it! -Harold

He, I just turned 30... still feel like 20 or 18. I consider this a good thing though. Most people guess me at around 23.

What to do? Enjoy life! That's all. I don't want to grow up either.

Keep it up mate, and happy late B-Day

Happy belated b-day dude!

Not sure what to tell you. I will be 28 in may, and I own a buisness (auto paint/body shop), plus I am looking for land to build a new house. I am also fixing up my current house, and have a few car projects. All of that ont top of r/c! I have been married for a few years, but have not had any kids yet.

I can say that r/c is a great hobby, and I could most likely fill my time playing and building cars. I do like full size car builds, but they tend to get costly.

I would say that if you are having a good time, stick with it. If you do not want a job, or nothing interests you, give it time. Maybe you could start something part time, like online selling. Just keep it quiet, since you are on disability! It wouild give you something to do, and could help fund your r/c hobby.

Dang.. I just turned 23 (also hoping for a MMM :( ) and now I consider myself to be in the mid 20s... ever since i turned 18 (legal drinkin here in aus) it felt it was all downhill lol... close, but now i work properly i can afford more rc gear :P

I'm 32, 2 kids been married for 13 years, own a printing business and just signed the lease to open up our second store yesterday, literaly. I'm a chain! Most people say that when you hit 30 it's all downhill from there but I say no way. I love being a kid still and have been don't RC since I was 15.

If your enjoying what your doing, just roll with it. For me things just seem to happen at just the right time.

Aged
 

Well I turned 49 in Feb:party:, and I have never felt my age:whistle:. Happy birthday to ya:yipi:. I have been married twice before and finally found a good woman who looks at life pretty much the same way that I do. It has been a rough life for me, but we have to focus on the good parts. We have 8 kids between us. 5 of them are from my previous life. If you look at my other thread "Life changing events" you may have seen that my 2nd wife passed away (35) in Feb (on my b-day), and we are now acquiring custody of my 3 youngest children (9, 11, & 12). Life is much too short to worry about the little things like how old you feel. Enjoy every minute of it, and what God has given to you.

I just started getting into RC a few years ago (thanks to my wife), because I have always been to busy trying to deal with everyday life situations, and keeping my head above water because of the crap my EX's have put me through. I grew up living in the Philidelphia projects and had a pretty crappy childhood as well, but my Mom had always told me to be happy with what the good Lord has provided for me. I never understood that as a young man, but I do now. I am lucky to have what I do, and there are always people out there doing much worse. Focus on the good and learn from every experience Good or Bad. Age is relative, and time keeps marching forward weather we want to grow up or not. Find happiness inside of you, because no matter what other people think of or do to you life just keeps comming at you.

8 kids from ages 9 to 28 and we love every one of them. We hope some day to have our own little piece of property as well, and want our kids and grandkids to come over and have race day family events with my RC toys. For now we travel with the US Government all over the world and try to enjoy every day that we are given, no matter where we may get assigned. Brussels today, Korea tomorrow, and who knows from there. Life is good.:party: Find what makes you happy and stick with it.:lol:

happy belated b-day paralyzed

Happy Birthday _paralyzed_. I'm 31 married for 6 years and have a 5 year old. I've been into RC since i was 11 and am still loving it. My late 20's and so far early 30's have been the best years of my life. Life is short so do what makes you happy. :mdr:

happy birthday man and good luck,your young and you got alot of life to live,if i were you collecting the goverment cheese i would find something off the books for extra cash for the future,sell stuff on ebay,if you can go to garage sales,buy stuff there and resell it,thats how i pay for this hobby,and by the way i am 42 ,mentally feel 20 and physically feel 50[due to too much powerlifting when i was younger,joints are hurting]but alls good ,later:intello:

Happy birthday dude. Once you hit your twenties everything does feel like a downward spiral sometimes, but that all depends on your overall outlook- everyone has a different point of view & personality. Do whatever makes you happy, and if you can earn money doing it, even better!

thanks for all the replies guys, I've been involved in a lot of things, but r/c, and particularly this site has always been so inviting, I'll keep on rolling!

If I were single and in you shoes Harold (since you asked) I would try to do whatever it is that I would like people to know about when I'm gone. For me I would like to leave a legacy of helping families who for no fault of their own end up on hard times, like those successful business' gone in the wake of huricane Katrina. Natural disasters leave lots of responsible good hearted people hurting.

I dream of a piece of propery with 6 homes and a dormatory where I would invite families and individuals to stay for very low rent while they rebuild their lives and provide for their kids. I'd help them out with food and transportation, mabey some tools or schooling. I would take the rent they pay and save it (say $3-500 a month) and when they were ready to leave, I would send them off with enough cash to be able to put a down payment on a new home.

Then if they ever asked me if there were anything they could do to repay me, I would simply tell them to get successful again and go out and do the same thing I had done for some family themselves...

For me today that means working hard to get my auto reapir clientel built up, running a fair business (read honest) and not waisting my time with drugs or bad living. I persue a close personal relationship with God, since it is His dream for me to love Him and love others with all that I am and all that He is in me. I enjoy my friends and I like my RC stuff too. I believe I can accomplish the goal with the housing in the next 5-10 years, and I hope my kids see enough value in it to continue long after I have gone.

When I get get to heaven I just hope to get a "job well done, good and faithful servent".

Wow there are a lot of good responses on here. What more can I add. We all know about Castles release dates and Christmas is coming. Keep your fingers crossed for DEC. :lol: I know the secret to life is do what makes you happy. Most people don't get a chance to make them selves happy. They (me included) feel they have to much responsibility. Good Luck with what ever you choose.:party:

Your as old as you feel, unless you feel girls that aren't legal! ENJOY! HAPPY B DAY!

happy birthday - paralyzed- i will be 54 sunday sometimes i feel like 80, i have been married for 23 years and have a 22 yr. old daughter who is into r/c cars also.

Haha, guess im going to break the age thing

Im 14, turning 15 in Aug =)

I go to school, hang out with my friends a TON, and Race on road rc cars, bash my BL machines, thats my life till im done with school and into collage im guessing, since thats what I have been doing for the last 5-6 years LOL

Wow 14 - 54, quite an age range! At least I am not the oldest one here:lol:

I got my father in law hooked 2 years ago. He'll be 70 this year. Your never to old to start a good thing.

Potential life change?
 

So above was my post from a few days back and yesterday things may have taken quite a turn. I had an accident with a table saw while working on our "Habitat for Humanity" house yesterday (yes, my family is recieving the next H4H house here in Carbondale, CO--- google it, very cool). Anyhow table saw chewed up my thumb and pointer finger good, expect to have full use of them again. My middle finger didn't fair so well though, basically lost most of the second nuckle and may never function like it should again.

Auto mechanics may be impossible for me now, as I work alone and need both hands. So I may have a big change coming, I'm going to go pray for healing at church (we actually do have miracles and healings at my church, matter of fact I have been healed of huge teeth problems a few years back and my youngest daughter has been healed of a hernia too), I'm going to ask for finantial help, and my wife is going to try to help me finish the work I have scheduled for this week.

Anyhow I'll post up in this thread from time to time as this works out. I think it will be neat to share here as this plays out. My spirit is good and I have high hopes and expectations. I will not give up on the dream, but may have to get there a different way.

Harold, hope this is an acceptable following up to your question :)

I'd say you owe to those kids to get off your butt and provide a home for them. Get involved in their life rather than being content just being "alone". I've been there, and spent too little time with mine. Now that they are out of the house, I know that I missed out.
I have never had any respect for the people I've known that are content with just collecting the "gov't cheese". Life takes work, and rewards are worth the work.

JThiessen- I should have elaborated, I live alone but I'm absolutely in my sons lives. Caleb, 11, is doing quite well with the violin I bought him and is in the top 95th percentile of every standardized test he's taken. Isaiah, 7, lives much closer and attends a catholic school where he's doing well, unfortunately it is his mother who is absent, on drugs, he lives with his grandparents. Thank you though, for your input, thats what I wanted and why I asked, I do have guilt for not earning my keep, but I worked many hours between 14 and my accident at 22, so I get my cheese and both my boys recieve support based on my work history, I'll get there yet.

Dr.Know- .
That is my attitude, don't give up! My D.I.S.ability is a Do It Sitting Ability. Keep us updated.

Great! Mind if I ask - are you intending to try to get custody of the boys at some point? They are nearing the age where they might actually be a benefit for you to have living with you - given your circumstances.

You never said if you have a degree? IF not, go get one!!!

I just turned 44 3 days ago. Most people gues at late 20's early 30's. I just retired from hockey a few years ago. Trying to run a seasonal business and survive these winters is a pain (it's how I have so much time to post in the winters).

I actually supplement my living buying up packages of rc's, fixing them up and reselling them. I don't make much money doing it but keeps the hands busy and lets me be involved in the hobby more.

I won't comment on the issue with your kids because I don't know you or understand your situation so a judgement by me wouldn't be fair.... I could collect a gov't stippend but I won't. My business the last few months hasn't made enough to pay the rent, so I have had to hussle and do pressure washing, done some gardening for seniors (actually rewarding work doing handyman stuff for those that can't do it) and whatever I can find.

I agree with above that working for what you get is far more rewarding. I was in a really bad car accident in August, just as I was starting my detail shop. I had to close the doors and operate from home and run it was a mobile detailing, but I couldn't keep paying 2 rents when I only had one good arm. Being a hockey goalie for so many years tought me how to do rehab and I am very dilligent in my excersize routines.,,, got sandwiched between an f350 and a mazda 3. mazda ended up on my hood and my trunk was in the back seat, bent my car into a U and had to climb out the windows because the doors were jammed

I hope as my boys get older they will ask to live with me. The first teenage fight and they'll want to live with me, I'm strict but a way cool dad. You should see my boys drive my r/c's, way better than me.

JThiessen- I see you with your r/c's and a torque monster diesel, Lincpimp with his own business and 40 or so r/c's, and it makes me want more, I guess thats the point of this thread

pipeous- I need to be more dilligent in my rehab, thanks for the post

everybody- what are your thoughts?

Well I can say that descisions are an important part of life. I had to choose between getting my mech eng degree, or learning my father's business. I took the latter, and had about 4 rough years before I bought it from him. He wanted to retire, and I did not want to loose the oportunity of owning my own business. In those 4 years I learned to manage the office, paint cars, do body work, and then clean and fix everything after 5 feet of hurricane Katrina flood water. It is hard work, and I am ultimately responsible for everything. Sometimes I wish that I had stayed in college and worked for someone else. But I am also a better person from the resonsibility. Plus I make more money, and the perks are great.

Get something going on the side, are you any good at anything specific? What did you do before the accident, if I may ask?

And I do not like to wrestle other men, as you mentioned in the traxxas motor thread. I stick to women, pretty ones. I guess that I am flattered that you are trying to hit on me, but I prefer to swing a different vine than you. No hard feelings, you will find a caring man out there, just keep the hope alive.

I use to be a framing carpenter, I've thought about cad and architecture, thanks for the well wishes Linc, and I said you wrestled pigs, not men, that's right, I'm coming after Miss Piggie, Kermit, lookout!

Well, you could do house design, or be a consultant for an architec? Would having a part time job eat into the gov't funding?

Small update, midnight and I've got feeling back in all 3 of the damaged fingers... not what I care to be feeling right now. Nerve damage was half the battle, so even pain is a good sign at this point.

Friday is inspection day with the hand sergon, then I get to see about the other half of the battle, dexterity. I need my middle finger to function properly to be the mechanic I was before...

Imput
 

Hey DrKnow65 sorry to hear about the accident. That sucks trying to help others out and ending up with the machine turning on you. I work a lot with power tools as well. I have been doing carpentry since I was 14 and I love making stuff from logs. Mine is mostly for play now. There is nothing like it.

I hope that you get everything worked out, and can get back on that wagon "so to speak". It sounds like we all have our life challenges to deal with, and overcome. It is not all about the outcome that we need to look at. It is the journey that defines who we are. Have fun, work hard, and do what we all know is the right thing every day along the journey. Life is too short, but we can pack years of memories into that short period with our kids, loved ones, and those who we are lucky enough to call true friends. We all need our time alone, but it is the time we share with others that really makes us feel good. Weather it is playing with our kids, wrestling PIGs, or just hanging out at the track racing RC's with others who are struggling just as we are to find happiness along the way. Its all good.:yes:

I am truely sorry to hear about the struggles that some of you are going through. Still you are alive and moving forward every single day. My EX died at 35 fighting for her life every single day to be with our kids. We all have our struggles and we all still have the benefit of choice as long as we are alive. I enjoy the fact that we can share our struggles and so many other things on this site. Thanks guys for being a part of things here. I hope that everyone gets some enjoyment from sharing on here as well. Life is an education that only lasts as long as we do. Rc is just awesome isn't it? Have a great day and an even better tomorrow.:lol:

Jerry2kone-
Thank you for that. I've seen people that get over 30,000 a month just for their race, and I lived in a nursing home for 11 months and saw people who literally owned nothing, yet the people with nothing were the most generous, caring people I've met. People get so wrapped up in status and posessions. Life is absolutely about the relationships you make, the health and well being of your friends and family is the only thing that is really important. Don't sweat the small stuff!

Very true! My friend always says to not sweat the petty stuff, but instead pet the sweaty stuff!

Struggles.
 

Hey Paralyzed I know you can feel what I am saying. It is a shame that a lot of us never really sees that kind of perspective until something bad happens in our lives. Losing a limb, feeling, or even a loved one. If any of us has been around long enough we know what life was like 30 to 40 years ago. We are soooooo spoiled with things the way they are now. Yea the economy sucks, but we still have it made. We all hear from time to time how a Coke used to cost $.10, and a loaf of bread was a quater. Still back in those days we were lucky to have a dollar to spend with money being so tight, if you heard a coin drop it turned your head. Not any more. We walk right by pennies, nickles and even dimes. Our perspective has gotten so unbelievable, and our children just don't get it.

I have learned that no matter what happens or how bad things can get, tomorrow will come and go. TIME never stops. Find the positive in everything that crosses your path. Don't waste good effort on anything negative as it takes you in a reverse direction that you will have to overcome later anyway. My point was that I can see that there are a lot of you guys who have seen the same things that I have, and have overcome. Knowledge is power. Learn and move on.:lol: Life is good gentlemen. Lets have some fun.:yipi::party::intello: