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That's good to hear Marlene. I joined a guitar forum specifically dedicated to the brand of guitar I have (Ovation) that after 75 posts I left after being wildly flamed for posting a few OT threads. I've never seen such an anal retentive group. You post about Ovations or not at all. I dug thru...

I've noticed lately that when I come to signs101 I am only spending a few brief seconds to scan forum topics and checking for a PM. It must be a natural progression of being retired already and being on my fifth month of no participation in the sign business. In fact, since I'm done working at...

My oldest son is a dyed in the wool bacon addict. He made his own bottle of bacon vodka recently - claimed it was superb. My daughter got him a big bacon strip runner rug for Christmas - it was really cool and he was thrilled. Personally, I prefer bacon to lobster tail and steak. Thick sliced...

After over 30 years of self employment, I accepted a position as a designer at the biggest electric sign co. in this immediate area. My commute was nothing compared to yours, but I always heard a long commute is good for morning mental preparation and evening decompressing from the job. I was...

I seem to be getting lots of compliments on how I look these days. I'm most amazed at the abundance of motivation I have to face days where I have absolutely nothing to do... days where I just follow any whim I feel. I long ago got past the boredom when I decided to accomplish something...

That is the most FRUSTRATING show I've ever tried to watch. Nothing but dither and distress. I see it as symbolic of how people get into the sign business - buying equipment they know squat about running and thinking money is right under their noses. Are these jackasses EVER going to cash in...

What he said. I seriously miss the adult reverie it provided. I thought it made this place unique as a site that encompassed outlets for anything we might want to broach. Sad that it's gone despite my initial agreement with the decision.

I just stopped into SteveC's shop with my new Ovation 40th anniv Balladeer acoustic guitar. He asked me to bring it by sometime so he could see it. Among his many other talents, he is a very good guitar picker. He was obviously rusty, but even at that he blew me away. Isn't it amazing how many...

Excellent design right there. I like the guns at the top - nice touch.

When I was in my 20's I had severe temporal mandibular joint problems in my right jaw joint. For a period of three days once my jaw locked shut so tight I couldn't get a forkfull of food in my mouth. A girl I was living with at the time knew a chiro she insisted I go see. I was desperate for...

I am amazed at all the posts I see on Facebook by people who cite numerous reasons they are happy to see 2011 go. It's as if they've chosen to have a vendetta with a given passing of time in the universe. If I chose to, I could rave about being at my sister's bedside when she passed away and...

This is definitely OT, but I was amazed by a documentary I watched the other day about pain clinics in Florida. Over thirty of the top 50 OxyContin prescribing doctors in the U.S. are in Broward County, FL. People come to FL from all over the country to these walk-in clinics to get scripts for...

yeah, isn't that how it always goes? The idiots always ruin it for everybody else. I just did a search and was amazed at all the free places along the road there are to stay at. With the exception of a trip in the spring to meet my uncle halfway from North Carolina (he bought his first motorhome...

Like I said, the guy I bought it from was just overwhelmed with the few problems it had - which as it turned out were minor fixes for me. I called him to ask him if he wanted the fish scoop net pole back I found in the underneath storage. During the conversation I asked him if he was aware there...

A few people have PM'd me and emailed wanting to see pics of the motorhome I recently acquired. It's 24 years old but looks closer to ten - it was well cared for. I recently found a paper inside it with the name and phone number of the original owner down in Austin. I called to ask if the 68,000...

I am so sorry to hear this, He looks like our little dog Bubbles - she has no concept of being a dog. She absolutely thinks she's one of us. She hates it when one of our kids come for a visit and has to leave. She becomes very aware of their impending departure as soon as she sees them packing...

The last broker I ever (or will ever) deal with is in his grave now. I don't believe in speaking ill of the dead, but I am going to relate what he did to me. One time when I was hospitalized, he went to my landlord who was next door and persuaded them that I needed him to open and run my shop...

The most frustration I've ever witnessed firsthand was a few master sign painters who decided to give pinstriping a try. These guys could effortlessly hand letter world class signs but became all thumbs when attempting to pinstripe. While being a pinstriper for four years at a major motorcycle...

I need to have an EDGE print made of a simple label - black text on white vinyl. It's for a monitor panel in my motor home. I no longer own any Gerber equipment/software so I did this layout in Corel and am providing it as a PDF, EPS and ai files. I need someone to make me two of these (I only...

Did you catch the part about a "fully viable program" in my comments? Technology long ago fell into the realm of just because you can do something, doesn't mean you should. My point is that give us a fully functional program (as existed long ago with Flash) and let us live with it for a number...