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  1. Custom Easel made by former Nazi

    It is a beauty!
  2. Wind Slits

    What a waste of time and effort to make a perfectly good banner look ugly! In that drawing ( 3.5 ft X 30 ft banner ) you are adding 20 6in semi circular cuts that produce just under 2 square feet of open area. That is just under 2 % reduction in wind resistance. Do you really think...
  3. Jerk!

    If it is a regular customer, there is a $25 charge ... if it is a PITA customer, the cost goes up!
  4. What clear bra material do you recommend?

    What good is a clear bra ... if she is gonna wear a blouse? :banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead:
  5. A little something about you....................

    Today I turned 77 and after 44 years of full time in the sign biz ... I don't worry about what people think of me! I am now semi retired and willing to help the noobs ... until they get very defensive and start accusing us of not being nicey nice to them! :omg2:
  6. How to handle this.

    So let the dumb shxt go and lose his ass on this job! Bet he won't try it again.
  7. What formula do you use to quote a job?

    Hmmmmmmmmm .... I wonder how Sign Maniac gets those high prices? Could it be because his designs and execution look so much better than just letters stuck on a board? How about Joe Chips? Do his meticulously carved and painted signs deserve to be called a commodity? Noobs and hacks sell...
  8. Standing my ground....

    When are you people gonna learn? My rule is ... NOTHING happens until I get a DEPOSIT !
  9. Language

    The English language has some wonderfully anthropomorphic collective nouns for the various groups of animals. We are all familiar with a Herd of cows, a Flock of chickens, a School of fish and a Gaggle of geese. However, less widely known is a Pride of lions, a Murder of crows (as...
  10. Extending text over frame

    Looks good to me!
  11. Earthquake...

    It was God's way of showing his displeasure about the 5 acre $120 million MLK Memorial being made of granite in China and then importing Chinese labor to set it in place.
  12. Before and After Donor Board

    Awww Jeeeese! Now you are going to give their inhouse designer an inferiority complex! :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:
  13. confused about tiny incised lettering... "engraving fonts" ?

    Doug ... if you have Corel X4 orX5: 1. Type the text in Corel 2. Convert to curves 3. Covert to bitmaps 4. Centerline trace 5. Import into your cutting program. It only takes a couple of minutes!
  14. Learning to hand letter.

    First off ... Old paint is a personal friend, although we disagree on just about anything political. He comes off as a rough gruff a-hole ... BUT ... he is really a nice guy. What he has been telling you is correct. 1. Learn the basics first ( the Speedball book is inexpensive, but an...
  15. My customer rant for the day

    Mosh ... sounds like a racer's trailer, rather than his truck! So of course he wants cheep! Spent all his money on go fast stuff!
  16. How does this happen (I didn't do this sign)...

    Cheap laminate without UV inhibitors! Vinyl will turn brown form the UV rays ... that is why they put in inhibitors when formulating it. Us old pharts remember the days before inhibitors ... was not fun!
  17. My customer rant for the day

    I will bet the reason the other guy will not call him back is because he realized that he made a big mistake on the price, and doesn't want to lose his a$$ on the job! :Oops:
  18. UPS truck crashes

    Hey Stikker ... do you really expect the TV people to know what they are talking about? They wouldn't know ink from paint or dog poo!
  19. UPS truck crashes

    Happened in Boston. Here's a link with the video: http://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/...k_and_shu.html How would you like to be on the cleanup crew?
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