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what I have to match is a brushed aluminum plaque approx 3/16" thick that has been etched into and filled with black paint. pic attached. i cant find these anywhere. Sorry bout pic, taken with phone

Apporx 1 year a go a local shopping center had a flex face replaced in 6x15 sign. Soon after a bar moved in and contracted a sign to some guys I dont know. They went out and placed vinyl on top of the flex, intermediate vinyl at that. they charged $2000. The bar closed soon after Fast forward...

I got a call from a contractor that like me, is hurting from the economy, and is always coming up with schemes for making money. His latest venture is a "color run" you have seen these on facebook and tv. People join together for a cause and they get slapped with powdered color. He went on to...

I saw the post on here to get a free hardhat from 3M. I did the filling out and got it in today. Pretty cool! After 25 minutes of the damn suspension not fitting in its slots and finally getting them all in and placing on head to adjust 3 of them popped out. I don't know what the great hoohaw...

There is a monument down there that needs a panel added to it I need to see if I can get someone to sub this out to. It is just not worth that drive. Please respond with phone or just email me visual800@charter.net

I woke up on black friday with the calmness of knowing I would be inside and hiding from all the idiots on the outside world. I popped online and I saw nothing but cheap *** low resolution tvs, and other worthless electronics for sale. For cyber monday I have been stalking the internet and have...

I got up this morning and did some designing and found out flexi doesnt recognize an ai files anymore...REALLY? I can even save an ai format from flexi and it won't even find it to open it back up......what the hell is going on? Any suggestions? Windows 7, NO UPDATES ON anything turned on it...

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Let me first say I think sign permits are nothing but a money funneling waste of time UNLESS your doing major pylon signage or electrical signage. Times are tough and we did a sign in a neighboring town. We made an aluminum frame and stretched a banner over it as a means to cut corners for a new...

besides Gemini. I know their were a couple more out there. I have to match a metal letter on an exisitng state building that was stolen and it is NOT one of Geminis. I forgot the other campanies I do know one of the other ones really suck in customer service and hate to call them they are right...

A good part of the business is designing and installing electrical signage. We use sign builders in birmingham for all out builds (you just cant do this type of work for the money they charge) Last order we placed they did something a little different, they called it a "shoebox fit" instead of...

It is time for the inevitable.....upgrading my combo tool kit. For the past 15 years i buy a cordless skilsaw, 1/2 hammerdrill, and sawzall. In early years I used dewalt til they got crappy, betteries started not lasting long, I left dewalt and have stuck with milwaukee, they have not let me...

Back a couple years ago I designed out website with WIX. I know some of you despise that and you would rather sit for hours and write code and all that but I was not embedded with such patience and skillz. When I send my emails out to clients my tagline has the website address to it. I got a...

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I have been banking at a very small Bank for 10 years now. I got sick and tired of the corporate banking world and went to the small hometown branch and loved it. I did work for the small bank and got the notice they were being bought out.......OMG NOOOO!!!! Everything has been fine, there...

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I just got this set up. Any horror stories? any tips. More and more folks are taking credit cards and paying with credit, it was free so why not!

I just got a call from someone with Microsoft. (I say that lightly since he had a strong Indian accent) He tells me his name and he is with Microsoft and to inform me my computer is not responding to updates. It is very imporatnt to update to avoid crashes , blah , blah. blah. I respond "I do...

Got a call from our local Grimco dude informing the are now selling LED, power supplies here in the southeast....nope I had no idea they carried this stuff. He was bragging about their Hanley line of LEDs. He says "everyone" is talking about how bright they are and they look like neon. He also...

Customer called us to "refreash" their electrical sign. We did 2 news faces and replaced the 3 bulbs in it (F84). couple days last they called back and said the sign was out. I went by at night and the bulb on bottom was dim and the other 2 were out. Replaced the ballast yesterday and looked at...