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About a week ago there was a thread about 1 Shot drying problems people were having. In the past few days I've made an interesting discovery. When I pinstriped out of new, freshly opened cans it dried within 1 1/2 hours in 85 degree heat. When I used cans where I had to take a palette knife and...

This customer brought Google images pics which I largely ignored. As usual, the iPod camera didn't accurately show the colors. I used imitation gold with yellow added, chamois and white. I ran out of steam before I got to the hood and tailgate - finishing it tomorrow... I'm still maintaining my...

JimmyG sent me Dave's home address - I'm sure he won't mind me sharing it. Should you desire to send Liddy a sympathy card or letter, the address is: SD.L & E.A Drane 39 Atkinson Road Bli Bli, QLD 4560 Queensland, Australia Australia The minimum postage from the US to Australia is $.95.

My wife was especially hard hit by the news of Dave's passing. She became friends with Dave's wife Liddy the weekend they stayed at our home on their last visit here. She wants to send a sympathy card to her, but I can't find the business card Dave left with their address. Does anyone have it...

I over heard a conversation yesterday that brought back a memory. What I heard was a guy making a suggestion to a worker in a store about an aspect of his job he should try to improve upon. It was a legitimate observation delivered without a hint of malice or judgement. The other guy said "who...

Since posting the Honda Gold Wing I striped a few days ago in the Portfolio section, I've been debating my Ford Ranger pickup. The Honda dealer loved the job I did on the motorcycle and said he will be sending me lots of jobs on a regular basis. I got to thinking if I wouldn't appear more...

I had a fun and profitable day today striping my buddie's new Gold Wing. He's an old sign painter who just turned 60 and bought it for his birthday present. It's sort of a bucket list item for him. He picked out the colors and selected the designs from several thumbnail sketches I made him. This...

Since parallel ports have disappeared from computers nowadays, I was wondering if anyone has tried hooking up a Roland plotter with a parallel to usb adapter? Any headaches I'm in for?

this is a cool cover of c.s.n. suite judy blue eyes http://youtu.be/S23VK1v9dB8 It's a long listen - ya never heard this song on radio because you can literally drink a whole cup of coffee while it plays. This band is doing the best cover I've ever seen of any song by anyone ever. You...

I mentioned on another thread my idea of offering freelance design work for your layout backlog. I am entire willing to let you decide what the final product is worth to you to pay me, I won't argue with it ever. Before I decide to purchase a merchant membership, I wanted to try and get an idea...

I'm sure to some of you the idea of being retired already at age 58 has a certain appeal. It did to me initially. The first few weeks had a lot of boredom mixed in. Then, I bought a beautiful new guitar and decided my new career would be to master a playing style I had never attempted before. I...

Well, my baby girl is engaged as I've previously told you. Just got a call from my youngest son... and....... he is too! Now, if we could just convince them to have a double wedding so my son's fiance's family could split the cost with me. Wondering how to bring it up....

For the past 31 years my wife has taught Kindergarten at the same campus in our district. The past years have seen her teaching the children of former students. She is an institution in the small community suburb of Ft. Worth where parents come to registration specifically requesting their child...

About a year ago, Kaitlyn became what she said was "friends only" with a Hispanic young man who was in the Army. My wife actually taught him in Kindergarten. They had about two months together before he was to deploy to the Helmand province In Afghanistan. I warned Kait this young man was...

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...

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...

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 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...

We bought a 1987 GMC motor home that has been lovingly cared for and had incredibly low miles. We knew the seller. Problem is, being a 1987, the original striping graphics, which were applied over textured fiberglass panels, are deteriorated beyond belief. I basically have billions of little...

We had severe thunderstorms in the area last night with downbursts all over of up to 70 miles an hour. My back yard is like a small slice of a state park with huge hundred year old oak trees, among other types. Three trees are down, and one of the oaks had a very huge branch that stuck out...