Friday Fun...

[OADesign]

Hi All!

Happy Friday!

(Happy not because the work week is over, but because there is work to carry us in to the weekend!)

I'm sure this has been done before but its still fun nonetheless...

Finish this sentence"

You know your a Sign Maker when...

You find bits of vinyl on your body when you shower....

You twitch when some one says "When much do signs cost?"

You can see a an upside down "S" on a sign from a mile away...

Ok your turn.

 

[Tim Aucoin]

... the smell of heated vinyl gives you visions of dollar signs!
... you see a banner stand and you're more interested in what it's made of rather than what's printed on it!
...

 

[CanuckSigns]

...Your wife yells at you for holding her up because you are checking out how a sign is made

 

[jayhawksigns]

... you see a banner stand and you're more interested in what it's made of rather than what's printed on it!
...

Definitely. I was at some training last weekend and the wanted us to play a "board game" printed on some canvas. My patrol mates thought I was odd for inspecting the material.

When you start pointing out signs saying, "Hey I did that" to family members after hours.

 

[skyhigh]

you use vinyl to repair most everything....and with a matching color.

you typically substitute packing tape with vinyl scraps.

you use a bucket truck from hanging Christmas lights to pirating HBO on the street pole.

you don't BUY Birthday presents, you make them on your CNC router.

 

[HulkSmash]

You pick up dog poop that is riddled with vinyl.

 

[oldgoatroper]

... when you're out with your S.O. and she tells you, "Stop feeling the letters on everything!"

 

[Pat Whatley]

You've gotten busted taking signs apart in your hotel trying to find a manufacturer or supplier stamp.

You come back from vacation with no pictures of your wife, a handful of pictures of the kids and 45 pictures of signs.

 

[Pat Whatley]

... when you're out with your S.O. and she tells you, "Stop feeling the letters on everything!"

Yeah, I used to get that with t-shirts on Hooter's waitresses.

 

[J Hill Designs]

...you play 'name the font' every @#$% where you go

 

[xxaxx]

...you play 'name the font' every @#$% where you go

Haha my wife gets so mad at me for that! At least now she recognizes and despises Papyrus, Comic Sans and Bleeding Cowboy like I do!

 

[wildside]

You've gotten busted taking signs apart in your hotel trying to find a manufacturer or supplier stamp.

You come back from vacation with no pictures of your wife, a handful of pictures of the kids and 45 pictures of signs.

been there and done that on both accounts, she calls me a "sign nerd", tells me she can't take me anywhere without me getting sidetracked into the signs instead of what we are there for....

 

[Gino]

When she says........

Okay, can we stop talking about signs already and get back to reality ??​

Wha..... ?? This is what keeps reality going !!​

Then the fight begins.................. ​

 

[vid]

You assess ADA compliance when you use the bathroom on a night out.

You make sure there is a Clear View Triangle formed at the intersection of your driveway and the street when doing landscaping at home.

You describe your favorite color as "something between Tomato Red and Geranium Red ...more like 185" --- but you secretly want to add a just a little bit of fluorescent red to make it "POP."

 

[Richard G]

When you start seriously thinking about wrapping the house with vinyl. Already did the kitchen and the guest bedroom and the furniture and the coffee table and the bathroom floor and walls.

 

[JERHEMI]

You're driving down the street and on your left side is a pretty girl in the car next to you, but on your right side next to you is a vehicle with some graphics on it! You automatically stare at the vehicle with the graphics getting ideas and/or critiquing it instead of staring at the pretty girl! :ROFLMAO:

 

[Mike F]

You're eating at Burger King or Wendy's and can't help but point out how terrible the install is on their window clings (has happened at both... and seriously, it's window cling, how @%$*in hard is it to re-apply it?)

You're waiting for your food at Checkers and while checking out the menu you say out loud "huh.... Coroplast"

You park next to a truck at the store that has cracked and shrunken vinyl lettering and turn to your sister and go "must be calendered"... and then proceed to explain the difference between cast and calendered when she says "huh?", even though you know she doesn't care.

 

[SD&F]

You no longer notice the scenery, only the signage along the way.

 

[omgsideburns]

When you're walking through the home improvement store and you gasp at the price of acrylic/lexan/coroplast.

When you're walking through the home improvement store and giggle at their "sign" section.

(although I did see a really neat, reasonably priced set of modern looking aluminum street numbers with standoffs the other day).

 

[Rudy]

when you reach in your pocket to pay for something and you pull out your wallet & squeegee.