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Since he's doing an automobile tour of the states, he wanted to stop by to "shake my hand". I convinced him to stay at our house over the weekend. We have a full slate of activities planned for his visit - including going to Billy Bob's to see Jason Aldean in concert and drinking more than our...

I signed up at savebig.com, a surplus auction site. I got 20 free bids for registering. Today I won a 32gb I-Pod for $24 using half the bids. It retails for $275 at amazon. Ya might want to check it out. It's brand new merchandise. I saw someone won a 37" Samsung LCD tv earlier for $29.00.

Joe buddy... as one old signpainter to another, fight your way back bro. Your feisty demeanor adds a lot to this forum. You and I (and a few others on here) are relics of another era in the sign industry. We have to stick together to not let anyone forget this was a trade where you had to have...

That's some serious hard bodies right there boy I'm tellin' you!

My wife is a Kindergarden teacher. I used to take the time to cut up scraps into triangles and bag them up for her. She said her kids were mesmerized with making mosaics out of the scraps. It literally calmed them down and was one of the favorite centers in her class.

It has always been my experience that if you ask 2 or 3 Spanish speakers for a translation you'll get a few different versions. My wife's kindergarten class this year is ALL made up of kids from mostly illegals. She said a majority of the parents can't even read their own language. That may...

A top flight restoration place!!!

Reminds me of a time a magazine publisher friend of mine sent me on a referral to go see one of his advertisers about lettering his huge yacht. Drove 25 miles to the marina to meet the guy. He showed me a layout from someone else. I diplomatically critiqued it and talked him into letting me do...

Not to be a thread pirate, but this is number one on my bucket list. I MUST own another split window vw bus before I kick. Know anybody willing to donate one to a guy with one foot in the grave? (haha)

My very firstborn nephew just got back from his 3rd tour of Afghanistan and he was fighting in Kandahar and the Helmand Province - the two hottest places to be. We prayed daily he would make it home to meet his first son born while he was away. He was the oldest son of my sister who recently...

I'll tell ya what's wrong with 'em. The rigging is called "rope falls". I'd prefer they be called "rope stays ups".

I am concurrently applying for unemployment and SS Disability. My surgeon is providing me a letter for unemployment people which exempts me from job search requirements because I have an actively draining fistula. The fistula automatically qualifies me for disability as well. I just sent a 20...

I have a friend who has an African grey parrot with the conversational skills of a 3 year old human. They live to past 80 years on average.

I used to have a ferret i named Yassar A. Ferret - some of you might be able to make the correlation. I once shot a chipmunk with a bb gun when i was a kid. I'll never forget how it raised it's hands (front feet) to it's head before falling over dead. Never been able to become a hunter since...

Welcome to the most educational and caring group on the net. KEEP AUSTIN WEIRD!!! (That's the actual city motto for those of you who've never been there)

I've opened and closed shop so many times I lost count. Each time it was health related. I'd have a surgery and be out of commission for several months and have to close. I had a Martin 150th Anniversary acoustic guitar I sent back to the plant to have a hand selected top put on it. Had $3300 in...

Wow... I truthfully forgot today was my birthday until I was startled to see this thread. I'm thankful to still be here after representing the handiwork of no less than 6 different surgeons. I'll take all the more birthdays I can get. Still doesn't seem fair I have now outlived two younger...

There is a group of riders around here who display their skilz exclusively on a highway loop around the city. I've spotted them once when a riderless cycle sped past me with the guy holding onto the rear of the seat "skiing" down the road on the soles of his shoes. Right behind him came a guy...

The title about sums it up. After 4 years as a designer at biggest electric sign shop in town I was told this morning they can no longer afford to pay two artists. So they let me go and kept the 400 pound guy who comes in two hours late every day and is gonna drop dead of a coronary sometime...

You're just starting out and already calling yourself "classic vinyl"? I have a hard time time wrapping my head around anything in vinyl being classic. I seriously doubt there will ever be a collector's market for old vinyl signs the way there is for hand lettered and ceramic signs. But just the...