Check-in chaps?

[Wayne]

Its still kinda quiet on the mean streets of Signoholicsville.

Check in here chaps for a quick traffic survey.
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Tell ya what-.... If I get here first- I'l leave a stone on the step.

.if you get here before me..

You take it away.

[sentinal43]

**** who put that bloody rock there
almost broke my neck on it lol

[Big Frog]

I drop in from time to time...

[Signoholic]

Hi guys, thanks for dropping by, near hit that rock, and it spruced me up, I'm thinking a nice lick of paint round here, going primarily white! with colour. New content and better interface, any shouts or plugs appreciated, be good to get rolling again.

[paulp]

Just found my way back after a long long time away from the computer, will be back regularly from now on. Howdy Wayne how's things.

[Wayne]

Hi Paul- how ya doin?. busy here or am i just sooo slow that I aint caught up yet??

[paulp]

Hi Wayne not too bad here,bit slow and people wanting work for nothing but hey ho.

[paulp]

Well I said I would check in every couple o days which I have but no one else has in over a week so its adios.

[paulp]

come on you 8 people browsing sign up and join in

[paulp]

oh well I tried.

[paulp]

Funny the same 8 users are on again

[paulp]

look at that been away on hols for 8 days and till I'm the only one here :(

[Wayne]

cooooooeeeeeeee!

oh- ello Paul, fancy that.:)

[brian the brush uk]

Hi,
Just popped in to see whats what and who's who ?? Sorry I missed ya Wayne, hope things are good with you?

Brian.
www.brianthebrushuk.com

[paulp]

cmon if we try we can get this into 3 pages

[Wayne]

Ha ha- who's gonna coat out the other side?

[paulp]

well i sure as hell aint rubbing down.

[Wayne]

I'll flat it out if I can do it wet, but the water better be warm.. and no red letters

[paulp]

stop being picky you know its the blue board with red letters :) and I'm a northerner I'll do it with cold water. :) :)

[paulp]

go on Wayne you can have the privilige of taking us to 3 pages ;)

[Wayne]

TA DA!!!- all caps- !!
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(Gill Sans- red- anyone wanna second coat?)
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[Wayne]

Tell ya what.. ( and just incase there is someone else here beside you, me and a jigsaw)

Here's what I've been up to lately;

http://www.osbornesigns.co.uk/news/Goodwoodrevival2009.php

[paulp]

dont do thing by half do you, good stuff Wayne

[paulp]

Oh meant to ask, is there an outline to the gill sans cos I just cleaned my brushes :)

[Wayne]

No outline Bud, .
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.just a 2 colour shade with a cast shadow.
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we can make this sucker Prismatic if ya like.. No ones watching!

[sentinal43]

im still here


sometimes pmsl

[Wayne]

BLIMEY.. who said that?

[paulp]

Eh who was that is there someone in the dark corner, come on show your self , cant do all that fancy stuff on our sign now someones watching!!! :) :)

[paulp]

ya know I think being in here all alone is getting to us Wayne, getting cabin fever :)

[paulp]

And look at that on to a 4th page before we know it.

[Wayne]

At least the voices in our heads don't think we are weird!
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Are you coming to the Wizz meet in Surrey next year then Paul?

[sentinal43]

hehe im lurkin around some were lol

[paulp]

Thats three of us we'll get this sign done in no time. Sure am Wayne send me some details if you have them.

[Wayne]

Sent you an email to your hotmail address Paul,

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.If we get this sign done in no time.... what the hell are we gonna do next?

[paulp]

That would be cool if I had a hotmail account. paulpriestley@blueyonder.co.uk

[paulp]

Hi sentinel I see your lurking again you going to help us with this sign or what :)

[Wayne]

Ok Paul- sent again.

hey Sentinal..... do you need me to foot this ladder for ya?

[sentinal43]

yup ill help with the sign
but i dont need you to foot the ladder wayne got a load of heleium filled ballons attatched to my waste so im bouncing around quite merrely hehe

[Wayne]

Every tried lettering on a pogostick?.
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.The up and down letters are good- But not much good for the round letters :)

[paulp]

Wayne do you have the web ad for flop it on ?

[Wayne]

No Web ad I think Paul.. theres a facebook thangy... i think?

[paulp]

now look at that were into 5 pages without trying





;0

[paulp]

Are we Clear coating the sign or what and what happened to the gilded flourishes.

[Wayne]

Aww C'mon Big fella- You know we agreed to do the gild after the clearcoat.. Don't wanna spoil that shine....
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.unless you wanted to do some tint effects?

What time do we stop for tea round here anyways?

[paulp]

yea but were using that cheepo gold from hobby craft arnt we, Oh go on then I'll put the kettle on but you got to nip out for milk............. are we letting a specialist installer team put up the sign i cant be ****d... somthing to do with my age and getting up ladders.

[Wayne]

I thought we'd leave it to the signoholic special HUGE erection team.:). They are waiting in the wings here.. ....................somewhere!

I'll go get the milk mate ...

( Tell ya what.. I ain't seen a real life Milkman round these parts since the Ninety's... you still got them thar' in Yorkshire??)

[paulp]

were not that far behind you southerners you know Wayne.......... we've got lectricity and phones and everything :)

[paulp]

while your out getting the milk are having hodnobs or what............

[Wayne]

HOBNOBSZZZZ!
yeah we can do whatever we like Paul- No-one to share with eh?
Hey paul what paint you using these days?.. One shot- Craftmaster, Wrights own..???
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.Have you heard anymore about this VOC 2010 buziness?

[paulp]

still using one shot at the mo, i've been going to try out the house of colour stripin paints to see if their any good for lettering and no not seen anything about voc2010 but will have a look around.

[Big Frog]

Hey, somebody's home! :o

[paulp]

Now you've gone n done it frog were into six pages that means were going to have to start another sign this time we'll have some airbrushing on it

[Wayne]

.. 6 pages.. makes interesting reading folks :)
.. another sign!- I just greased me brushes.. ah well- Kettles on, this could be a late night.

[paulp]

Yo kettles on but I'm out of Hobnobs only got ginger nuts left :)

[Wayne]

Blimey - the things I do for this shop... Whatdya want.. have I really gotta climb back down this scaffold to get proper biscuits!
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Mind you.... Gingernuts?.... I'll get me coat.

[Big Frog]

Hey, I can throw you up some custard creams if they're any good to you?

I'll grab my airbrush...

[Wayne]

Custard Cream will have to do for now Cheers Frogman!
( that bloomin compressprs a bit loud thou.... You SURE you need 200 psi?

[paulp]

Sorry I've not been in Wayne I'll bring a sick note. Now you know 200 psi isnt enough but I'm giving it all |I've got Cap'n, while were at it lets coat out the board with the A brush. And 4 of us should have this one done in no time :)

[Wayne]

Bloomin eck Paul.. I thought this end of the board was getting heavy- where did you get to?

Never mind,-Hand me that can of Liquiseal, and whell get goin.

[sentinal43]

got some spare ballons going and a packet of bourbon creams and 7200 ltrs of home made cider
hic
hic
hic
woops

[paulp]

Now thats just too much cider for one man, I may be able to help out but it will mean putting the next sign on hold for a while :) OMG 7 pages Eeeeek

[sentinal43]

eh wot wot sign hic hic

[Wayne]

Blimey Fellas- I leave you alone for 5 days and this is what happens!- Paul's hit the bottle and all the brushes have gone hard.. and WHO left the lid off this enamel!

[sentinal43]

enamel i thought it tasted a bit oily
and i have great white teath now must of got it mistaken with the hic cider

[Wayne]

Ah nothing washes whiter!- ( musta been the lettering white thou.. those teeth of yours look a little on the blue side)

Anyone seen my snapline?

[sentinal43]

must remember not to use it as hair gell as well hic hic

[paulp]

I'm still nursing my hangover.

[Wayne]

Leave the nursing to your Missus Paul, and hold t' other end of this snapline.

[sentinal43]

wot do i hld then ?????????

[paulp]

snap line wot snap line cant see a bloody thing dont drink any of that cider Wayne i could run me dodge on that :) It could be the cure for swine flu.

[sentinal43]

wot cider hic hic
blimy paul you aint half drunk a lot of it i knew it tasted like water but i didnt mean for you to make a cup of tea out of it lol
and it makes brilliant brush cleaner hic hic

[Wayne]

8 pages of this gibberish now folks.. Anyone done any REAL signwork?

[sentinal43]

thought about it today wayne
then i looked at the cider and the sign

the cider won ?????????

[Wayne]

I've done plenty.. but no pictures .

( too often these days as I watch a nice sign leave the workshop the thought occurs to me..."mmmmm should of got a picture of that ")


Right Boys- Strong coffeee and lets get this one knocked out.
I got a bunch of big ol' number 12's here and a bucket of white each.. no more messin , This sign won't paint itself tha knows :)
We got 2 vans and a whole bunch of 8x4's to go before teatime....and as for that glass...

[sentinal43]

god i love it when hes so dominant pmsl

[Wayne]

Well someones gotta take charge of this rabble... anymore of your lip- and I'll have you cleaning dippers!

[sentinal43]

oh god

please dont let me clean the pallete bourds last time i did that i set them on fire pmsl

[paulp]

I'm keeping quiet

[paulp]

Got some proper signwork to do this week, easy to tell the golf season is coming to a close got 36 honours boards to add this years trophy winners to but I'm sure I'll find time for those number 12's Wayne, wot we painting a house :)

[Wayne]

No mate- We got some half inch fine roman to do.. Do ya reckon you can cit a nice serif with them big uns ?

[paulp]

Yep just trim those stray hairs and we'll be away :)

[sentinal43]

suppose we better get some work done paul all this cider is makin us blind lol

[Wayne]

It aint the cider that makes you blind boys...:)

[paulp]

I know but its taken 55 years to catch up on me :)

[sentinal43]

lol
it aint taken that long with me pmsl

[paulp]

jeez nearly 10 pages of codswalop

[Wayne]

Yep.. amazing- probly the most traffics this sites had for ages

[paulp]

Why is it do you think that some sites do really well then others like here have very little traffic. It's a strange one to work out.

[sentinal43]

simple paul

we are a dying breed paul
that answear yr question most people think signwriting today involves a pc and a plotter not many relise that the signs used to be painted by hand

[Wayne]

EDITED:
we are a CHANGING breed paul
that answear yr question most people think signwriting today involves a pc and a plotter not many relise that the signs ARE STILL painted by hand

[paulp]

Oh go on then I'll take it to ten pages, phones been quiet no signs to do :)

[Wayne]

Good Job were all still here really then..

[brian the brush uk]

Hi guys,
How we all doing, this thread is not getting any longer is it !!!!

Brian.
www.brianthebrushuk.com

[Wayne]

Ah Brian.. at last some sanity!

[paulp]

Jeez I'm glad Brian came along and shook us out a our insanity, however we are the only traffic this site has had for 6 months.

[brian the brush uk]

Hi you's two's,
Well here we are, hows business Wayne ?? hope your busy mate, winter is on its way and the cold wind sure doesn't help us poor signwriters working outside, I remember when I was an apprentice ( many many years ago !! ) we were working outside and I swear that the dew drop on my poor nose froze sollid, had to visit a nearby cafe for a warm and thaw out, oh the good old days !!

Paul, where in south Yorkshire is tha at ?? The next time I'm down your way I'll pop in for a brew ?? hows business with you ??

We are busy ( honest !! ha ha !! ) all away work though, mainly down south in the London area, got some good jobs booked in until Christmas and a couple for the beginning of next year, fingers crossed we can keep the flow coming.

Brian.
www.brianthebrushuk.com

[paulp]

Hey Brian I'm in Mexborough, kettles always on at our house.

[Wayne]

His Tea is drinkable Brian too. (unlike mine).. Yes -Busy down ere in the south,
the short days and the wet weather make this job a bit harder...but there's plenty to do in the workshop when its wet...getting stuff to dry however is more of a challenge.

[sentinal43]

my kettle is always on
but i can guarentee it wont be a coffee lol hic hic

a mosie bit me the other day and it had to be rushed into the betty ford clinic i think im havin to much cider again lo

[Wayne]

.. while we all wait for Sentinals kettle to boil.

I've been scanning throu old copies of SignCraft, for something-

I came across this from the letters page- It made me laugh at the time, and I can't resist sharing it with you now .


"Its all in a days Work" By Lloyd Nightingale.

A friend of mine had the task of repainting a sign installed above the windows on the second floor of a building.
After thinking it over, he decided to remove the sign by standing on a narrow ledge, and letting the sign down onto the ledge, one end at a time.
From there he climbed back throu the window and pulled the sign in after him.
At this point however, the window sill acted as a fulcrum, andthe weight of the long sign hanging out of the window, pinned his friend between the sign and the ceiling of the room."

- If the mental picture was'nt enough..there was a lovely Bob parsons cartoon that went with the story .

[sentinal43]

wooooooooooooo hooooooooooooooo longest thread yet at a hundred replys lol

[paulp]

Now you've gone and done it. I was going to leave it at ten pages cos I hate odd numbers (thats why all me brushes are even numbers) so now were going to have to carry on :) :)

[Wayne]

AWW Paul-.... Do you wanna lend of this nice springy Number 5?.. its good for picking ur ears too!

[sentinal43]

but the thing is guys not one mention of sex in this thread pmsl must be the longest one ever without a thought of it lol

[brian the brush uk]

Hi guys,
How we all doing this week ?
I went all the way to Milton Keynes yesterday ( 6 hours round trip ) to sort a job out that the architect said was mine to do and when we had a site meeting he refused to pay me a deposit and changed the goal posts on the project so for the first time in 40 years of being in business I up and walked out of the meeting. told him to stick the job, so he now needs to find another guy who will do the job ( with no deposit and 60 days before payment !! yeh right !! ) they take the **** !!
This was the first time I have ever been on a building site where they insisted it was a 'gloves site' and I was forced to wear a pair of rubber gloves just to enter the site to survey the job !! H&S gone f***ing mad !! Then he asked if I had a certificate to put my own scaffolding up ?? whats that all about ?? RANT OVER !!
Better go for a couple of beers to calm down now,

catch ya all later,
Brian.
www.brianthebrushuk.com

[paulp]

Sadly Brian thats happening all too often these days, think I would have done the same.

[Wayne]

Was it a marigold Factory Brian?.. You'd look great up scaffold in Rubber gloves!
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.But less of that sort of talk.. we're keeping sex out of this one !
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.Had a smelly week.. spent some days in a Pub- lettering silly things on the walls and beams, while the contractors stained and sealed a brand new wooden floor beneath my ladders...

I can still smell it .. in my nose- boots and van,

no rubber gloves thou. :)

[Wayne]

Wot No posts?

[paulp]

nope :).........

[sentinal43]

sadly not
we could always do another sign if we are all sober enougth

[Wayne]

Ok- who's doin the round letters this time?

[stevie frear]

I'll do em !

[paulp]

Good i'll do the drop shadows then............ are we having air brush blends?

[Wayne]

Yep- and proper cast shadows..(and tinsel :))

[sentinal43]

can i supply the bevaregies hic

[stevie frear]

yeh.are we havin amp amp sandwiches too:D