Welcome to “The Backyard” – I’m baaaaaack!
Hello pricey reader, it’s your outdated pal Doug. You could keep in mind me from posting below the Everybody’s Scalin’ For the Weekend weblog years in the past, or extra just lately (up till a month in the past) the weekly Monster Truck Madness put up!
At the top of August, I stated my goodbye. It took me a few week of twiddling my thumbs (maybe to be extra correct, my typing fingers) to appreciate that I wasn’t actually burnt out or something like that….I simply needed to have the ability to speak about extra matters on the reg than simply r/c monster vehicles.
That leads me to The Backyard, my new weekly Friday put up. To greatest describe what it’s about, I feel I ought to share some backstory.
I grew to become an r/c automobile nut again within the early 90’s after I was round 10 years outdated. Like many hobbyists again then, the R/C Car Action Magazine was the place it was at. I’d go to the general public library to take a look at again points. Hey, with no Internet, this was pretty much as good because it received!
As time went on, I discovered that I’d rapidly flip to 2 sections upon opening a brand new issue- I’d scope out the Reader’s Rides, which was the place people would ship in pics of their autos, after which I’d flip to the final web page. On stated final web page was “Chris’s Back Lot”, which was written by Chris Chianelli (RIP!). It was all the time a thriller as to what you’d discover there, as Chris apparently had carte blanche to put in writing about no matter he needed, and he had A LOT of various pursuits inside the interest.
Sometimes you’d discover pics of a home-made observe. Sometimes random occasion protection. Sometimes he’d be speaking some hyper-niche section of the interest. Sometimes he’d go on a mini-rant.
As somebody who additionally had (and nonetheless has) plenty of pursuits inside the interest at massive, it was all the time enjoyable to see what Chris would speak about subsequent.
As I’ve detailed on this web site over my earlier years right here, I’m a giant r/c monster truck and scaler man. But I additionally get pleasure from plenty of different stuff. Traditional and area of interest types of r/c racing. Slot vehicles. Static scale modeling. I’ve dabbled in trains. I REALLY like r/c semi vehicles and I’m getting the itch to get into building tools. I’ve all the time dreamt of constructing an r/c battleship.
One of one of the best compliments I’ve ever obtained is from the supervisor of my native interest store. He stated “You know Doug, I never know what you’re going to come in here for. You’re a well rounded hobbyist.”
I took that as the best praise.
Point being to all of this, I needed to have an area to put in writing about no matter topic I needed to put in writing about on any given week, so long as it pertained to the interest at massive. When I introduced the concept as much as boss-man Brian, he stated “Have at it!”
We are calling it The Backyard for a number of causes. For starters, I needed to provide a nod to Chris’s Back Lot. The title was additionally becoming as a result of at Big Squid RC, we’re all hardcore yard bashers earlier than the rest. It simply made sense.
Yeah, there can be loads of monster truck and scale crawling discuss, these will all the time be main passions of mine inside the interest….however be ready for lots of random different stuff as nicely. Maybe even a visitor look from different Squids from time-to-time.
So, welcome to The Backyard. As talked about, this put up will run weekly on Friday, normally Friday afternoons, in order you wind down your work week taking part in round on the web, be sure to cease by right here to waste a few of your time with me! It’s nice to be again!