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Just got back from appointment with "my" surgeon... at least she's the one who has had me on the table the last 6 out of 14 major surgeries. It's kind of weird having a doctor comfortable enough with you to give you a big hug when they come into the room. I have a hernia on my 14" long incision...

You'll be fine doing it.

ONE DOWN, ONE TO GO!!!! As of the drawing last night, I am now retired, going to buy a vacation house in Costa Rica, going to start my collection of vintage VW buses... and, oh, maybe make Fred an offer for this forum! Let the good times roll!!!

Amen bro... can I get a witness?

Short of losing my eyesight in a blinding nuclear flash, I could rock on. Actually, I'd hope power was never restored. I could paint signs by candle light if need be. I'd miss y'all in here tho.

Funny you should ask this - my teenage daughter recently needed to do the same thing. We loaded Corel into her laptop and within an hour she had taught herself to do it. I was amazed and asked her to show me how she did it so cleanly. All I remember is she went to IMAGE and selected CUT OUT and...

Howdy from fellow Texan and former "out of the house" guy. I miss the days of the big money I made working from home. I also was stay at home dad and raised three kids that way while wife was a teacher. No day care for my kids. You have a stellar attitude and outlook - quite rare for newbies on...

He's camped out on Facebook

That does it - my guitar is going into the fireplace!

I used to work with a signpainter who kept his fitches in a jar of thinner. He would take one out and mop the paint sludge all over a poster board and then take a razor blade and scrape it away to create artwork that was absolutely fantastic and original. I gave my grandma a "painting" of an old...

I still have a few pairs of those pants - they are a treasure from another time. I used to tell customers to select colors from the pants I was wearing.

I refuse to EVER grow up. Growin' up leads to growin' old and that leads to dyin', and dyin' to me don't sound like all that much fun.

Thanks bunches Jill... even though I don't like to be reminded of 'em anymore. While the body may age chronologically, I believe you reach a plateau in life of mental maturity. Even though I'm 57 today, I still behave like and have the same outlook I had in my 20's. Now if I still had the same...

I was going to say this same exact thing... word for word. How strange you beat me to it. I snooze - I lose. GMTA

I tried twice to register. I keep getting an Invalid URL message, which is strange because the URL appears automatically. When I asked for votes for my daughter in a tattoo contest it took awhile to iron out the registration issues. However, thanks to Signs101 my daughter won $250 in the...

Hatty told Matty, "Let's don't take no chance. Let's not be L-seven, come and learn to dance." Ever since I was a kid this line from Sam the Sham and the Pharos "Wooly Bully" has bugged me. What the hell is L-7?

This wasn't a comment, but was more annoying than one. I remember years ago I was hand lettering several plate glass windows across a storefront. A dump truck driver sped past and laid hard on his airhorn and scared the crap out of me as he was in the lane right next to the sidewalk. I spun...

Years ago, when someone would ask my wife who is a teacher what her husband did for a living, she said he paints signs. Invariably, someone would add "but what does he do for a living?". Drove her nuts.

Rest assured, you did fine for a first attempt. Back in the day of hand painted signs only, if you came into my shop and presented this as your first attempt, we'd hire and train you based on this job. Stick with it, but be warned - hand lettering is highly addictive. The more you do it, the...