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YAWN (Yet Another Willing Newbie)
What is there to say, everything I guess….
Location is Glenmoriston – on the road to Skye – deep in the Scottish highlands – where we try to make a life. Perhaps even a living, but very few people live here. First rule of marketing – don’t set up a business where there are no customers……(Plus competitors in Skye, Oban, ho hum)
But this is where we are, in probably the most beautiful glen in Scotland. I write stuff http://www.rayberry.net and we have a little cafe here called the Redburn Cafe (brilliant coffee….) http://www.redburncafe.com and we are threatened by a huge windfarm http://www.wind-farm.org and I do web design http://ipw.com – the story of our life in urls.
So where does signmaking come in? Well I am a writer/designer and when we got the cafe there was no money left for signs, so I discovered Grafityp and bought some vinyl. I created my signs with Corel Draw and printed them on my postscript laser printer on bits of paper, laid the paper on the vinyl and carefully cut them out with a scalpel. That took a long time. After about three weeks of opening the cafe all the signs were stolen, at least those that weren’t screwed down – and there is no crime here? The police came and took loads of pictures, sent a special crime unit to dust the missing A boards because it was the biggest crime commited locally for years, but I never got them back. They took so long to do, my blood is still on them where I couldn’t clean it off (from the scalpel, that is)
But I kept on going, made a few more, and now we have got this espresso machine it has given me the impetus to get signmaking again. There was something very satisfying about creating those signs, shaping the vinyl, dabbing up the blood. I suspect some of the vinyl leaked into my veins.
So now I have gone and bought a cheap GCC signpal Lynx 30 from those nice people at Grafityp – it hasn’t come yet (mainly because overnight in this neck of the woods means overweek)
So I am in the signmaking business – not many webdesigners can offer a sign for the customer and probably not many signmakers can offer a website – none I have ever met had espresso like we have .. 🙂
Anyway to cut a long story curved, I have sent up a picture taken a few ….. ago because I am now so old and ugly that I don’t have any very current ones. It is nice to join your community, a community that seems particularly helpful and welcoming. Thank you for having me.
I see also that you have some advice areas where I might learn a thing or two, but I cannot seem to enter them since I have not been here long enough, so I look forward to that also. Living here and being open seven days a week does not make it too simple to get to exhibitions and classes and stuff, so if I ask a daft question bear with me.
Whatever I can offer I am pleased to give.
Ray
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10 Replies
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Big fat welcome!! Your in the right place mate, everything you could possibly want to know is on this board. And some stuff you didnt think you needed to know!!!
Enjoy!
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Welcome to the site Ray
wow how diverse can you get, and yes you have definatly come to the right place there are loads of realy helpfull talented ppl on here that bend overbackwards to help.
On accessing the group you need to join but tbh it is well worth the small outlay on teh vast knowledge and help that you will aquire.Now and expresso machine next to my plotter sounds a great idea
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hi ray.. thanks for the intro mate.. nice one 😉
regarding web design.. i think you will be amazed at just how many sign guys are ading this to there list of offerings. 😕
anyway.. great to have you on board mate and feel free to join in whenever you feel like it.
i see your image isnt appearing in your avatar. if you are having bother feel free to email me it and ill do it for you.. not a problem 😉 -
Hi and welcome Ray 😀
Another Scotsman eh 😀 More the merrier, you’ll love this place, I’m sure of it!
Cheers, Dewi
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Hi and Welcome Ray.
At least you live in a beautiful place.
And you have arrived at a good site.
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Welcome Ray. You write – beautifully if I may say so. Perhaps you could give Mr Lambie some spelling lessons. 😆
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Welcome Ray great to hear from you. I am just down the road in Appin so know and love the Highlands, but like you say it is a struggle to make ends meet sometimes unless you are selling to the midges!
Funny hearing about your coffee, I don’t drink it but love the smell as I think most people do, and I was going to install a machine in the office just to make it smell nice (better than meths) certainly more appealing to the customers.
look forward to hearing more from you.
Cheers
Dave
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welcome ray!!
the other guys have said it all!! hope you enjoy the place!! 🙂
Nik
p.s your web design is fab, designed exactly for what a visitor would like to see, nice and easy layout perfect!! 😀 😀
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quote big G:Welcome Ray. You write – beautifully if I may say so. Perhaps you could give Mr Lambie some spelling lessons. 😆
havent a clue what this guy is on about.. please excuse him 😉 hes obviuosly gpt me mixed up with some other short scottish bloke that cant smell.. i mean spell.. ahem… 😉 😆
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Hi Ray
What a versatile chap you are, and I envy you your location (Shelagh and I have discussed moving to your neck of the woods!)
Welcome aboard UKSB, the natives are friendly!
Drop me an e-mail when you have a moment.
Cheers
Alan
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