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Sign UK 2005
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I’m hoping that there will be slightly less of an overbearing dominance of printer suppliers this year.
As for freebies, I’m going for plotter blades. I like a challenge. Either that or a free laser engraving machine. What do you think my chances are? 😀
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Hi big G,
There are quite a few printer suppliers at the show but don’t let that worry you, LED, specialist vinyl and framing suppliers etc. are holding their ground.
I didn’t manage to find any free blades bit I did get a free laser engraver !!!! It’s amazing what gets thrown in when you buy a couple of pieces of engraved wood and perspex 😉
Enjoy the show.
Mark
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WOW ive never seen so many large format printers under one roof, but got to admit the show does seem a lot smaller than last years
Dave
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Found the show a little dissappointing this year. Beginnining to think a visit every second year is definately enough to keep up with new products. Did anyone wonder why so many machines were lying idle. Can’t really see the point in going to the bother of exhibiting machines with reams of paper just hanging from them
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They’re waiting for the rest of us to arrive Kevin 😉 :lol1:
I’m not overly fussed what the sign show is all about, there are a few things I want to get more info on, but most of the equipment I’ve been toying with buying has been pretty much sorted by ppl I know from the boards. I’m more interested in meeting the ppl from here, watching the wrapping demos and being charged extortionate amounts to sit and drink beer 😀
Mark, is Lee staying over for another day? I was looking forward to meeting him! 🙁
The highlight to me will be meeting my all-time number one motoring journalist, the man who can lose a girlfriend at 30 yards but gain a friend in a small dibond salesman. 🙄
Cheers, Dewi
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Ah but you see, I’ve had me barnet cut so now I look like plain old George Clooney.
I don’t have to tell tales about fictional girlfriends either – she’s got an IV sedation course to go to, so isn’t coming. Probably needs it, living with me!
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I’ll try my best to look like Keith Flint, honest I will! 😀
We all believed you about the girlfriend though mate, sure okay, so nobody actually saw her… okay, so she was busy watching a wrapping demo at the other side of the exhibition hall… and yes, we all accept that she needed to leave early and you were going to catch her up. There was never any question she was there though 🙄 🙄
Cheers, Dewi
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I’ll tell you what I found difficult last year. Meeting people from here and knowing how to address them. You can hardly go up to a familiar face and say “Hello arsehead_1937XX9” 😀
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You managed the first bit of that with me though, no problems! :lol1:
Blimey, I still remember that, I’m busy looking over some products and the light suddenly disappeared as I felt a tap on my shoulder. I turned, looked up about a metre and there you were! 😮 Pete recognises you instantly, and I’m stood there with this “WTF are you then?” :lol1: :lol1:
You staying for a beer this year then?
Cheers, Dewi
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I’ll try to stay around a bit longer but no beer unfortunately. I need to keep my licence in order to continue driving around sticking overpriced stickers on shops. Also, the entire population of Northamptonshire decided that they NEEDED signs fitting on Thursday, so I’ll be working when I get back.
I only wanted the fictional girlfriend to come so she could drive me home. Bloody NHS and their ‘making people qualified to do the job safely’ nonsense.
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Fair play, you can always have a Bacardi Breezer, there’s no alcohol to speak of in those 😉
Be good meeting up again though ya big southern wuss! :lol1: We natter all year on here without a care in the world… then we come face to face and we’re ever so polite! :lol1: :lol1:
Cheers, Dewi
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im leaving in a few hours and still on here reading about dewi “thinking” he can down “straight” alcho-pops! 😉
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Remember that you are all invited to my Jamboree this August….
Nary a machine in sight, just lots of food and fun and skeeters.
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quote Robert Lambie:im leaving in a few hours and still on here reading about dewi “thinking” he can down “straight” alcho-pops! 😉
Well I won’t deny that with the incorrect mixture of drinks I may or may not spend the night hugging a toilet, but how the devil you’ll drive for 5 hours after having 2 hours kip is beyond me! :lol1: Stop round our place on the way mate, I’ll make you a brew and steal the hub caps from your car while you enjoy the scenic views :lol1: :lol1:
Cheers, Dewi
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Dewi,
Lee will there today 😀
Have a safe journey to the NEC – that goes for everyone.
Mark
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Not sure if kpmf have given themselves the right image by having a delboy lookalike greeting folk on their stand 🙄 ….wouldnt like to think poeple would think of my business as income tax/vat no money back no garantee dodging company heheh….but then i suppose its all in a bit of fun :thumbup2:
Dave
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I got back earlier this evening and my feet are bloody killing me!
Saw a few faces from here; some I’ve seen before and some new ones. It was good fun to meet up, and especially nice to see Niknak had travelled the 10 million miles down from Haggis land. I see Dewi hasn’t posted yet tonight. I expect he’s still leaning against the Grafityp stand holding a bottle of beer! -
Just got back in, I stayed behind for a bit at the hotel with everyone having a natter. Had a brilliant day, thoroughly enjoyed meeting everyone! 😀 Wish I could have stayed over, it would’ve been a good laugh, but work beckons. 😕
Cheers, Dewi
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…glad I managed to see at least Dewi and Andy ! Sorry I missed all the others – pressures of work prevailed 🙄
Nigel
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Hi Big G, sorry we didn’t get chance to talk at the show but to be honest i wasn’t quite 100% sure it was you talking to Dewi.
Just looking at your picture on your last post i can see why i wasn’t sure. You are actually a lot taller than i expected & that is because i can now see that you have taken your own picture from arms length with the camera looking down at yourself. (gives the impression that you are only a little southerner) but in reality your are as big as me!
Anyway i do apologies i will make it up to you next time mate OK!
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No worries LJ. It’s amazing how different some people look when you’re used to looking at a 1.5″ avatar. I had to read a few name badges to be sure I wasn’t talking to a complete stranger. 🙂
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Good to meet so many faces!
Thanks to Rob and Colin (signworld) for the beers, hi to andrew, adrian,hammy,john,dewi and anyone ive forgotten
Nic – as discussed you scrub up better than your picture, time for a new one 😀
John (alphasign) is that your school photo 😉
catch you all again next year
– John
Ps Andy Big G – Think we shook hands on way out but didnt recognise u from your pic sorry 😳
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apparantly the remaining ones were sat down to order a meal when the sirens went off and they all had to evacuate last i heard they were all outside the front of the hotel 😛
Lynn (not Peter)
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Must have been Rob’s round. :lol1:
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Ok who pulled the fire alarm then?
‘Fess up!
Hope you all had fun.
Just think, while you were all enjoying yourself
I’ve cut 50 yards of vinyl today!
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Had a good day out, nice meeting everyone. And a big thanks to the man that got “conned” into buying everyone a drink CHEERS MATE NICE ONE! *drink* :thumbsup: :thanks2: :drink4: :uksbrules:
Sorry I didn’t speak to everyone, John Childs was one, catch you next time, just run out of chinwagging time 🙄
We all pick on Rob for being a short ar$e but I think John Alpha Sign gives him a run for his money! :lol1: :lol1: :lol1:
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Yep, must’ve cost Colin a small fortune, we all had a couple of beers! 😀
I was amazed how many ppl turned up this year, wish I’d took the camera, there were loads of great photo opportunites! 😀 I spent most of the day chatting with Big G, John Childs and Mark Walker (who drove me down to the show, a big thank you to him! :D) I don’t think I saw much of the show, but there were some interesting new stands this year… I was too busy drinking beer though 😳 😳
Cheers, Dewi
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Colin had a few I think. In fact, I would go so far as to say he was as p1ssed as a fart.
I got info on a few suppliers. You can never have too many sources for stuff. So I achieved what I set out for. And I got a guitar.
Isn’t Nik ickle? I was expecting her to be about 6 feet tall. As for John (Alpha Sign), let’s have an avatar picture from this century, shall we John? 😉
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We should all change our Avatars’ to animated .gifs with two different images…one we want people to perceive us looking like and the other one the “real” picture. Kind of like the Matrix where your view of yourself is different than in the “real” world. (mine is definately the “real” picture, still doctoring up the modeling pictures)
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You wait until Rob gets back and uploads the photos he took. You’ll wonder who the bleedin’ ‘ell all these people are. I of course, will be the devilishly handsome one. 😎
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Mine would stay static Marek, I really am that ugly! 🙄
Got to admit though, the vast majority of ppl were recognisable, I knew who they were before they said a word. In Big G’s case though, I couldn’t help feeling like I was in a Top Gear episode as he raved on about his Mazda and his imaginary girlfriend! :lol1:
I thought Nik was brilliant, but I was shocked that she wasn’t taller… mind you, I thought John Childs was shorter! He’s a giant!! 😮
Cheers, Dewi
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Look forward to seeing the pics 😀
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quote Carrie:Look forward to seeing the pics 😀
You have a “problem” with wanting to see pictures don’t you Carrie. 😀
(I want to see them too though)
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Marek … Im just nosey!!! 😉 :lol1:
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I think Peter Normington took a few piccies as well, so there should be a fair few photos either tomorrow night or Friday 😀
Missed you and Steve though Carrie 🙁 I even wore my CK police top so I could look like an avatar enforcer 😀
Cheers, Dewi
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I’m more worried about what Rob was doing with that video camera. 😮
I wasn’t even wearing any lipstick! Oops I mean I was looking a bit rough from drinking and fighting all night. -
quote big G:I’m more worried about what Rob was doing with that video camera. 😮
I wasn’t even wearing any lipstick! Oops I mean I was looking a bit rough from drinking and fighting all night.:lol1: :lol1: :lol1: :lol1: 😮 :lol1: 😀
If I hadn’t just gone to the bog I would have wet my pants.
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It was nice to meet some of you yesterday. Unfortunately I didn’t get to speak to everybody, but maybe next year.
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We went on tuesday and set off back to manchester at 2.30pm… got home at 8.45pm! (hot)
Did 15 miles in a record time of 5 hours!!
But the show was excellent!!
Did anyone have a go at applying vinyl in the fastest time on the Spandex Stand??
Someone did it in 1 min 20 sec on tuesday.
Cheers
Chris 😀
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It was great to meet some bods from the boards i’ll try not to be so shy and join in a bit now i have met a few of you,your’e not going to believe this but I saw Rob drinking a whole pint, come to think of it it could of been a half, it just looked like a pint glass with Rob holding it.
cheers
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Hi All
Spent two days there. At long last we met Mark & Duncan from Lasable on the Tuesday. Was nice to see them after talking to them for so long only on the phone.
Highlight of Wednesday, was meeting Robert, Peter, Nik, Big G, Paul & Jules and the rest of the those UKSignboard members who turned up and of course Dewi.
‘Look, it’s Lee Harris……..with CJ………it’s your birthday today………..is that a tiger print you’ve got’……….it’s Ground hog day…..
Good show. Seemed a little smaller than last year or is it just me. We all had a good couple of days.
Lastly, thanks to Jobe from CJ for the print.
Did any body find out when next years show is??
Dewi: CJ just can’t stop talking about you………poor girl
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Hey look! Its Lee Harris! 😀 It was CJ’s birthday wasn’t it? What did you get, a tiger print? :lol1:
Was great meeting you mate, when Mark (Lasabledps) said he’d seen you on the Tuesday, I thought I’d missed you! 🙁 Say Hi to CJ for me and I didn’t catch the name of your other daughter, but please say Hi to her as well 😀
Planning next year already though, you are keen!
Forgot to thank Peter Normington as well, he knows what for! 😀 I’m saving it for the weekend Peter, but very very much appreciated! 😀
Cheers, Dewi
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sorry to have missed you all yesterday, all the best laid plans and all…
good to see you all had a good time anyway.got a brief look over there today, wasnt over impressed, nothing new so to speak.
i agree with what was said here earlier regarding the wrap demo’s.
smart/mini cars arent the hardest to do, now if someone appeared next time around with a sprinter van full wrap demo i would be impressed!what the hell was a certain vinyl distributor/wrap training company doing with a dodgy looking ‘look-a-like’ as their main attraction or promotional campaign?
too cheesy for me, the proof of the pudding i guess was in the quality of the wraps….
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Great meeting you guys
Dewi you must send photo of 79M sign (but more importantly picture of your assistant on the job) (so to speak)
Dont worry Rob your artistic skill with a camera makes you big
To John, John, John, John, John (how many of you are called John) after a few pints I had to go thte John sorry guys will stick toyour ode names in future it is easier
Sorry we couldnt stay the night but dont think the show justified two days, thanks to John at Sign world for the drink (I think his name was John as well but if it wasnt sorry but there were so many johns)
Nice to see Nikapic, you should change your avatar I was frightened of you until I met you.
Well done Dundee United (thats for all the bhoys and girls)
Look forward to next year maybe stay next year or if we can do a meets somehwere else wo is not so expensive
Regards Adrian
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Sorry Dewi, CJ’s other sister says that you need your eyes testing……in fact it was Jenny, the wife and the other half of our business.
Want to try and book up a b&b for next year……..that’s what we did for this years show….also you can get it at a good price.
CJ says hi to you all.
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hi again folks…i will post more thank-you’s tomorrow night when i am back to norm.. 😮 i missed the kids so much 🙁 spent the rest of the night with them so now i have time to tuck into my curry (no wonder i’m getting fat) 😀
anyway have so many names and great things to say…i’ll keep it for friday night!! 😀 😀
nik
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lee, ground hog day had nothing goin for it when you and Dewi had finished, nice to meet you though, see you next year.
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Lee, how old is your avatar photo? You’ve got, like, 20 foot long hair in real life. Come on, let’s have one from after 1968! 🙂
By the way Lee, lovely family. I would bring mine with me to the show, but they won’t go out in public with me. Can’t think why…..
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Spent 4 hours or so at the show on Wednesday (7 hours driving!) and have to say I didn’t recognise any of you from your photos! Although I suppose that’s fair as I haven’t got round to posting one myself.
Had a brilliant chat with David Evans at Cadlink and was dead chuffed to see they have incorporated virtually all my requests into 7.1 – (I really do believe of all the software I have ever owned Cadlink have given the best support)
Bought a new Summa plotter at knock down price with a load of bits thrown in.
Think I may have found an alternative supplier of copier vinyl (fingers crossed)
So all in all, a result! just a shame about the ******* M25
Just one question to all you Cadet owners – how do you put up with the smell? I was getting high just standing next to one watching it print!
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Hi Big G
It’s not old, only a couple of years. I’ll try and find a more up to date one and get it posted.
Thank you for your kind comments about my family……..I don’t know why you think there lovely. Jenny’s OK, my wife….but CJ, daughter….16…..going on 26.
CJ recognised you…but could not remember your name……she recognised Dewi – she likes him….don’t know why……..she loves reading the post’s.
Regards
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quote big G:would bring mine with me to the show, but they won’t go out in public with me. Can’t think why…..
hey big g!! 😀 your a wee cuttie pie too!! can you play that guitar? 😛
had a great time meeting you wish it was for longer….i have played the guitar since i was 6 years old!! 😮nik
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Blimey I got an avatar! thanks Rob! very kind of you to take the time.
Thanks, Mark. 😀
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ahhh that’s what Mark Walker looks like is it.
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Anonanimity- annnomanity – annomaanonousness – drat I cant sneak away now!! 🙄
A new avatar for big g ? :punk: ?
Mark 😀
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still waiting for a new one for Mort
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hi actualy have one of most john 😮 :lol1:
nik new picture looks great pal… youra gem. thanks for posting it! 😉
have lots of pictures now, i will post very soon but like last year. every time i pulled out the camera evryone decide to duck for cover… 😮 :lol1: :lol1: :lol1: :lol1:
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cheers!! 😛
by the way we really enjoyed meeting you rob, terrific guy (a wee emerald) 😀 you are a very talented & professional bloke, a huge credit to the sign world!! 😉
i have also forgot a few names hammy lee & mort hi guys sorry we did not have much time to blether!! and also not forgetting johnalphasign & john harding….your all fab had a wonderful time with everyone i hope i have not forgotten anyone!! 😀 i did forget… 😳 johnchilds…nice meeting you i thought you were a wee fat bloke 😉 anyway you suit your motorbike would liked to have spoken longer!! (it’s mad when there’s so much going on) 😉
Nik
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Love the new avatar Nik! 😀 And Mark of course, but I think he’d get worried if I mention his name and love in the same sentence 😉
Cheers, Dewi
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Thats not what you said in the van on the way to the NEC, I feel dirty now!
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