Gordon Connelly
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Thanks for all that Rob and Phil. I think I’ll try the stuff Andrew mentions, cheers Andrew. I guess normal transfer paper then?
Rob, I’ve read about the repositionable stuff and it just puzzles me.. the problem with vinyl on walls is it comes off too easy when you pull back the transfer paper, so I’m perplexed that the answer could be to use stuff designed to come away easily.
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I’d go undercover in my own place but its only really me and my brother that works there… Be good to catch the f****r blagging paper clips though. Good excuse to get a fake beard too; most of you know how good I look with a beard.
Brrrrrrrrrring brrrrrriring, brrrrrrrrring brrrrrrring…
Bo: "Gortch, there was a really weird guy hanging about the shop earlier, he had a beard, said you gave him a job…"
Gortch: "yah that’s the new guy, handsome chap isn’t he, very smart too…"
Bo: "don’t know about that… Spent the morning on adult friend finder then asked me if I knew where he could get some cheap paper clips…"
Gortch: "Ok I have another call, gotta go…"
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Great picture… you nailed it 😮
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Correx signs on a shop… nuts.
The economy is free-fall right now. My advice to all of you is to sell your solvent printers and buy air rifles; with any luck you’ll be able to shoot some rats or something and get through the recessionary holocaust…
As it happens I’m looking for a cheap solvent… send me a message
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Nice of you to say so, Rob…
I’m glad you haven’t seen my work but what I’m finding is a lot of people just want stuff that looks bad and it reflects badly on me — not a lot I can do about it if their logo and layout which they insist on is pretty amateurish looking.
Also, that common problem, they all want foam board and want it as cheap as possible.
I quoted for a shop recently in a really good area near town, it was a huge shop, I’d guess the rent on this place was 2 or 3 thousand per month, and they basically wanted the cheapest sign money could buy. Asked if I could cover the existing previous owners sign with vinyl and put their logo on top… total budget was about £150 she said.
Just doesn’t make sense to me and I’m glad I have other irons in the fire at times.
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Jeez. I’m speechless. There’s a first. Brilliant though that, in a way… My face changes colour like that when the customer comes over to see how I’m getting on with his new sign.
But where the hell do you find things like that’s the web? I never find stuff like that.
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On WordPress I’d advise buying one of the professional templates… but, as much as wordpress is alright if you want hassle-free updatability etc, it takes time to properly populate it and get away from it looking like an empty (under constriction) shell.
I’m a web guy, to be honest, so my opinions here might be a bit skewed. I decided about 2 years ago to thoroughly investigate the usefulness of wordpress. I bought a professional template/them, installed it, spent literally weeks working to get to know my way around (both on the theme and wordpress). I eventually got it looking and fuctioning the way I wanted it and at the time described it as possibly the best website the world has ever seen…
Anyway, all of a sudden I had problems — vulnerabilities in some script somewhere. After about 5 reinstalls, fixing things up, etc, etc, I decided to dump it. People visiting my website were getting viruses and everything. I’m pretty competent with these technologies and I couldn’t get rid of this problem… I exchanged countless emails with experts all over the world, including the guys that sold me the theme, to no avail.
I can honestly say that was a terrible few weeks and as much as I might use wordpress for some things, it isn’t something I would want to go through again with my main source of income website.
Another problem I had with wordpress was it’s limitations in terms of being able to optimise for Google, but that’s another story…
If I was advising someone on the way to go, and they had the money, I would probably recommend spending 2 or 3 grand to get a proper bespoke CMS solution..
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Every time you people start talking about dodgy work and cowboys I get this insecure feeling in my loins…
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Right away I’m thinking underpants and bed linen…
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quote Robert Lambie:I actually burst out laughing when i saw those pictures… :lol1:
God I look great with a beard, no? Sorta distinguished…Clooneyesque even.
Anyway, sorry, no need for any of you to comment. I just felt the thread was incomplete without us acknowledging how great that beard looks on me. It’s done now.
Can I use that pic on profile?
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quote Stuart Drynan:OR, just leave a note asking them to not park there in future poss?
What, no guns? No body bags?
Where’s the fun in that?
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quote Harry Cleary:quote Gordon Connelly:quote Harry Cleary:Shooting the first offender publically at peak time always works and lets you get on with more profitable stuff. None of that namby pamby sign stuff! 😀
Zactly, Harry, old school… Remember to drop the gun, like in the Godfather when he shoots the guy in the restaurant.
It’s business. Nothing personal, purely business. (:)
You’re a quick learner, top of the class for you me boyo! 😀
Well, I have some Irish genes… Not for the first time we teach people a thing or two about fighting over turf, right Harold?
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quote Harry Cleary:Shooting the first offender publically at peak time always works and lets you get on with more profitable stuff. None of that namby pamby sign stuff! 😀
Zactly, Harry, old school… Remember to drop the gun, like in the Godfather when he shoots the guy in the restaurant.
It’s business. Nothing personal, purely business. (:)
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I’m afraid being nice and signs might work for some people but not for all. I think going into the school might be an idea, have a chat with them. Teachers are mostly depressed psychopaths though so I wouldn’t make any assumptions about them playing ball with you — would you believe I used to be one?
So basically you need to put signs on the shutters and on the ground between the road and your premises. You need to word the signs very strongly, use red and white colours, scare the life outta them. Don’t use big words, keep it simple — "Park here, you die" sorta thing.
Get some red paint and spatter some on the shutters and road, make it look like some disturbing sheeeet has unfolded — a bloody hand print or two on the shutters could be good. Get one of your workmates to lie down and draw a white chalk line around him.
Most importantly, you will need to devote a day or two to monitoring the situation. And you need to be prepared to confront anyone who parks there. Don’t be too British about it either; "excuse me, old chap" will not work and the nicer you are about this, the more likely you are to end up in a real fight. Be American, think Taxi Driver or Joe Pesci…
You need to get the message out there that A) you aren’t a poossy, B) you are prepared to go to prison over this issue, and C) you are deranged. Ideally these would be true of you but I make no assumptions.
How do I know so much about all this? I had a similar problem with neighbours a few years back. It wasn’t until I got real nasty with them that the situation was resolved. I was lucky though, the neighbours in question were both in their 80’s. You may not be so fortunate.
Good luck.
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quote Robert Lambie:yep, think along the line of your targeted audience.
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budget signs isnt getting a call from a blue chip firmwhat colour is the van gordon?
im with the others, stick a post up in the design forum and we will rip the p1ss out it… 😮
ahem… i mean we will all get our heads together and have a jolly good think on how best to portray your image. 😕 :wedgey:seriously though, stick something up mate, ill even give a go if i can get my head out my backside for 5 minutes. 😳
Van is white, I’m afraid, Rob… I’m actually sort of glad it’s white as it fits in with my website which is blue and white.
My shop which is dominated by my other company is green and white — I got a lot of nasty feedback (seriously, from Rangers fans) for switching to green and white which was meant to make us look environmentally friendly. Of course, it’s a total lie, there’s nothing environmentally friendly about anything I do.
Anyway, I was planning on leaving the van white for a few weeks until I came up with a clever idea for the design but I’ve decided just to whack it right away… I can’t afford to miss out on any potential sales the advertising might generate.
I’ll post my design on Monday or Tuesday and you can all have a laugh. I’d love to use the C word in really big bold letters but I suppose it would be against the law or something to go around with that on a van. As much as I love the C word, deploying it has caused me a lot of hassle over the years. Would definitely grab your attention though…
I’ll send you a link to the new website, Rob. Always good to hear your opinion. Actually, I think the domain name was your idea… so you can see what I done with your idea. If the business fails miserably, I’ll park the van with the C word outside your office and leave it there. Might even put a huge picture of my genitals on the side…
Love all that…
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quote Jill Marie Welsh::lol1:
Anyway, Gordon, post a pic of your attempts and let us help you come up with something nice.
Here’s my truck amid this morning’s melting snow.
Anyone surprised that the snow is always melting around Jill, given how hot she is? Nice work. That gold vinyl or something?
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quote Jill Marie Welsh:From the way I’ve been getting beat up on in another sign forum lately you’d think I don’t know my @ss from a hole in the ground
Jilly-chops, you ever need any help distinguishing between the two, just shout…
I’m now thinking about the sort of customers I want to attract… I hadn’t thought about that. That’s tough.
I suppose my ideal customer, much like my ideal woman, would be extremely daft and have lots of money 😉
I think I’ll go for a more subtle approach, classy and conservative if possible. Someone used trasparent laminate on a black van on here and I thought it looked good… might do something subtle like that. I was thinking it would be good to use reflective stuff that would jump out at you when lights hit it at night but was virtually impossible to see during the day.
I don’t like the idea of doing it half one way and half another.
Good to hear thoughts though. Thanks. Would love to see pictures of UKSB members’ vans but I expect they’d be worried about me copying them.
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quote Robert Lambie:well someone had to whilst Gordon finishes off his 50 shades of Grey book! :lol1: :lol1: 😉
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quote Harry Cleary:quote Jill Marie Welsh:..kinda like Martin’s dog.
Funny that…the Bermuda Triangle one reminds me of Martin’s dog for some reason.
This diagram of Jill’s was in my dreams last night, only instead of drawings they were actual human torsos. They sung Bohemian Rhapsody to me, but instead of singing through mouths they… ahem.
What does it all mean?
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quote Jill Marie Welsh:They are also called Beggin’ Strips (also a popular dog treat name)
or bacon strips.
I shaved my head awhile back because I was sick of dying it, and at one time I did have blue hair…kinda like Martin’s dog.So it’s fair to say you’d prefer a juggalo to a gigolo? 😮
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quote Denise Goodfellow:quote Jill Marie Welsh:Pucker up, Rob.
😀love it
nice hair style jill btw, i`d love short hair but i have a fat face 🙁
I’ve been trying to work out how the shape of your face is relevant, Denise… Anyway, I like the Landing Strip the best, don’t they call those Brazillians?
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quote Martin:Looks like Phill was right on the button with his comment on the software thread, Jill congratulations on being the only one Gordon didn’t give a beard. :lol1: :lol1: :lol1:
Jill has a beard, trust me, you just can’t see it in the picture. It’s a little cute, goatee-like one. A little fluffy bundle of delicate loveliness. And against that contrasting backdrop, she has the most juicy pink swollen lips I ever did see; in a certain light they seem to glisten and glow like polished red petals. I have dreamt and will continue to dream about the day I see those sweet petals part, welcoming and beckoning me: "hello, my stallion, come inside and warm yourself…"
Sorry, got a bit carried away there… could talk about that stuff all day.
So, anyway, yeah, she does actually have a beard.
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quote John Singh:I used to have a beard in the 70’s
saying that I used to have hair as well
I blame aggressive shampoosDon’t you miss having hair, John? I love how it feels when a woman runs her fingers through mine. I also enjoy the variety of looks I can achieve depending on how I choose to comb or style it. Then there’s the basic warmth it provides…
I spend hours looking at shampoos and conditioners in the supermarket, not to mention styling products, combs, and stuff. I suppose that’s one of the aisles you just walk past? I’d find that tough, like I was really missing out on something meaningful.
Anyway, enough about me and what I think, what do you think of my hair? 😮
I’m done with the beards, btw. Moved on.
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Sorry, Jill, and apologies to the wee yin.
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Didn’t say where I’d put the beard, did I…
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Sorry about this, Warren, just one of those things… how’s the stationery side of things going?
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quote Steve Hooper:The flag only bothers out of respect for those in Scotch land. 😉
That’s nice of you. The English are just too considerate for their own good; always worrying about helping other people and willing to go the extra mile.
You even enshrined that love and willingness to go the extra mile in the national anthem. I’m talking about the loving sixth verse, of course, where good old Marshal Wade is implored "like a torrent" to "crush" the rebellious Scots…
Feel the love. Id be the first to say that we Scots don’t deserve you as neighbours. But, then, it’s not just the neighbours you love is it, you’ve always had plenty to spare for countries further afield? So much so that we’ve never felt like we had to compete with the Irish, Indians, Chinese, more recently Iraqis, afghans, and Libyans, for your attention, to name just a few.
Where other countries export cars and corn and what not, England’s chief export has always been love. It’s very moving.
You remind me of one of my aunties, generous to a fault and never thinking of herself. It’s about time England got some love back, I say. You’ve given so much over the centuries, it’s about time the world repaid you. Payback time, if you will.
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quote Denise Goodfellow:quote Gordon Connelly:Everyone that comments on this thread is getting a beard…sorry.
my upper lip seems to have got abit more hairy LOL
Sorry about all this, Denise… I had a bad upbringing. On a positive note, it looks like we have all been on a polar expedition.
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Really am sorry. Can’t help it.
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Last but not…. ok here’s the last one.
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Everyone that comments on this thread is getting a beard…sorry.
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Sorry about all this.
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quote Steve Hooper:I have Asperger’s and so am often annoyed by small imperfections. Some years ago I found: http://www.apostrophe.org.uk/ and promoted it on my FB page. 🙂
I have three sons with Dyslexia and have spent many hours getting them to understand the correct usage of the apostrophe.
It doesn’t help when we get King’s Cross station and Earls Court. (hot)
Another that smokes my kippers is the Union Flag being shown upside down.
I did a trade show many years ago in Germany and near to me was the UK pavilion and one of my competitors. The UK Pavilion had the flag upside down (which I got them to change on set-up day) My competitor had Union Flags plastered all over his booth… I decided to tell him on the morning of the first day, five minutes after opening. 😉
Wouldn’t worry about the Union Flag too much, it should be less of an issue after next year…
Asperger’s and three sons with dyslexia sounds like a blast though. Would love to go for a beer with you all, if you’re ever in Glasgow. We could sit up all night discussing the meaning of life and whether there really is a Dog…
We should invite someone with Tourette’s, really spice it up… Phil?
Sorry. I’ll leave. 😮
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Think it’s bad in here, try rangersmedia forums…
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quote Phill Fenton:quote Gordon Connelly:Quick question… You know those impact van diagrams you get, can you take those into signlab, put a mock design on, then export a draft for customer to approve as a jpeg say?
Yes that’s exactly what Signlab and their ilk were designed for.
Surprised Jill hasn’t told you all this given that you’re her bitch now 😕
Hilarious. Funniest thing ever on here… be laughing at this all day.
Cheers, Phil.
Class!
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I’m obviously going to need to give Signlab a second chance. I just find it really clunky compared to say photoshop which I spend about 6 hours a day using. Could be just a matter of getting used to it.
Quick question… You know those impact van diagrams you get, can you take those into signlab, put a mock design on, then export a draft for customer to approve as a jpeg say? If so, what format works best with the impact diagrams in signlab?
If the above was possible, it would be appealing.
Trying to imagine how I would create a logo in signlab and then place it on the side of a van diagram… Would you create the logo in one document then import it to the van document? Or just do it all in one? Probably a daft question…
Thanks for taking the time you guys, yeez urr brullyint.
Appreciated.
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quote Robert Lambie:you missed an important bit Gordon… 😉
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Didn’t think of that..
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quote Phill Fenton:You’ve got it the wrong way around Gordon. There’s more people than ever because more people are living much longer, hence fewer people kicking the bucket…
er.. which is why my coffin making business never really took off… 😳
Bang goes that idea… then again this makes me think the market might expand: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3zSDdm-SHI
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quote Martin:Gordon, go out & find some work to do….. You have far to much spare time at the moment :lol1: :lol1: :lol1: :lol1: :lol1:
You’ve never been so right, Martin… but, the things I should be doing bore me.
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Ehhhhhh…
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quote Stuart Miller:Some shocking & amusing logos
Excellent, the Junior Jazz Dance Class one is actually brilliant I think… got to be intentional that, no?
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Lot of cash in coffins these days… if you think about it, there’s more people than ever, obviously that means more kicking the bucket…
There’s a good book on the subject you can get on kindle, Create Your Own Coffin Making Business from Scratch… written by Phil something or another.
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The beard is off? The nose is really blue? Nobody else was there? Love Martin’s sense of humour? Pretty cute?
So all of a sudden I’m expected to compete for Jill’s attention against a man with a blue nose…
Martin, pal, if you’re reading this, you need to keep your scooter off the lawn. Capiche? Keep your nose out, buddy… actually, I’m thinking cut the nose off and keep the beard, maybe make the beard blue (blue beard?)…
On that note, I’ll leave you with one of my favourite all time quotes from the greatest of the great, Thomas Hobbes;
quote :Wherever two men desire the same thing which, nevertheless, they cannot both enjoy, they are enemies…Something like that anyway…
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OK John, just try and keep it clean though…
quote John Singh:What about this!Community gathering
A little girl walks up to woman and stares at her for a while
Woman notices little girl staring at her and asks
“What wrong Jemma? Why are you staring at me like that?”“Oh! Nothing! Its just that my mummy says you have two faces”
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This discussion has now crossed certain lines and shall henceforth be considered a threat to national security.
I won’t be investing.
I’m out. 😮
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That’s it, Mrs Malaprop, thought it was Dickens, never read Sheridan. My old flat mate who studied English Lit’ probably mentioned it.
Hope you’re not one of those readers, Harry? 😮
quote Harry Cleary:quote Gordon Connelly:After hearing about a fire at a local Cash & Carry a few years ago we were reliably informed by a neighbour that the police had put an “accordion” around the building… still makes us chuckle.My daughter who is now 5 still calls eggs “neggs” — from hearing us ask if she wants an egg at breakfast, to her it must sound like “a negg”. We don’t want to tell her coz it’s cute and if she grows up it will make us feel old 😮
Wasn’t there a Miss Malprop in some book or something?
Mrs Malaprop from ‘The Rivals’ by Sheridan I think.
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quote Graham Shand:My Mother told the story of a wee woman back in the sixties, she was talking about the atomic bomb, and she said to my Mother , we could all be blown into maternity
And the worst thing is we would not know who had done it, ah yes the swinging sixtiesLOL from here to maternity.
In saying that, having kids does impact on your life in a similar way.
Don’t know what I love more, kids or nukes… 😮
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quote Robert Lambie:i was in a taxi last week, taxi driver was talking about a guy we both knew and very successful. he said to me…
“I have to take my hands off to him, he works hard!”
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Is it possible the taxi driver had prophetic hands…maybe an ex bomb-disposal guy?
talk to the face 😮
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After hearing about a fire at a local Cash & Carry a few years ago we were reliably informed by a neighbour that the police had put an "accordion" around the building… still makes us chuckle.
My daughter who is now 5 still calls eggs "neggs" — from hearing us ask if she wants an egg at breakfast, to her it must sound like "a negg". We don’t want to tell her coz it’s cute and if she grows up it will make us feel old 😮
Wasn’t there a Miss Malprop in some book or something?
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I think I’ll just use Oracle for everything, it seems to be the brand people refer to time and time again and so I don’t think I’d be too far wrong doing that.
I’ll look at the price difference between Oracle 551 and 751c.
The van that apparently is showing signs of letters lifting belongs to a car valeter and I suspect that he’s power washing it 10 times a day or something.
I didn’t know that customers should be advised not to power wash lettering… learning curve.
Thanks for all your feedback on this. Once again finding membership of this forum to be totally invaluable.
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Cheers Nick. I’d love to hear more about your tests. What did you print the vinyl stickers with before you got the solvent printer?
quote Nick.Eccles:Gordon,before we bought our solvent printer (roland VS) last year I experimented with some laser printer vinyl and waterproof posters (we have a good A3 Laser printer), when I tested them I stuck them to the bathroom wall and had the shower on them for a few hours !!
As for the results the stickers were ok, I even contour cut them on my plotter using regiatration marks, however they always produced a matt finsih and had to go careful handling them when fitting. I decided it wasn’t worth creating a bad reputation over them and only ever did a few for people I knew well and understood the limitations.
Now we have the VS the costs of producing are a small fraction of what they were with the Laser Printer.
Nick.
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Don’t apologize for the post being lengthy, Martin, when for me it couldn’t be. It’s great to read your opinions, they’re really appreciated. Only on here do I find people like you talking factually about their experiences with such things…
I like your points on what you say about using my printer being used for outdoor work. I was aware of issues but it’s good to see someone actually putting a measured time stamp on life expectancy.
We haven’t invested that much in all this stuff, I’d say about £10k so far. I was hoping what we have now would generate enough to buy a solvent printer but based on what your saying it might be worth forking out sooner rather than later. Problem is cost — got to weight up the risks of a second hand machine against the costs of a new one.
If the economy didn’t look so screwed up it would be a no-brainer but I’ve watched 3 or 4 of our biggest clients go under since 2013 started, with one of us owing us quite a few quid (funnily enough they were wholesale printers).
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Hiya Martin, good idea with the comparison.
I’m using the HP Designjet with pigment inks (I think HP call that UV ink). I’ll do what you say. I would rather avoid laminating, it just seems to add a lot of hassle and also adds to costs.
By all means tell me I’m stupid.
I did a test with adhesive vinyl that I printed to and stuck to foam board. I laminated one picture with the liquid laminate and the other the normal way with stuff off the roll. I then hosed them down for over an hour and both seemed totally perfect afterwards. I thought that meant I could use the same approach for van panels with printed stuff but I don’t know how meaningful my test was.
All good though, I like experimenting and I’m just killing time with this until my website appears on Google etc. I expect to buy a solvent printer soon too… probably second hand.
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Thanks David. In your opinion, then, would it be acceptable to supply pictures printed with aqueous ink on coated aquajet water resistant paper? They seem to be suggesting it’s waterproof…
Would probably be an idea to try this and see how it performs…
Interesting to hear what you said about lasers and their improved stability.
Thanks a lot! Appreciated.
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I think the code is in the member’s section 😮
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Sounds like a colourful character.. Maybe we should have a competition to use those 3 similes in one sentence. Ill try that next time I’m in a bar and trying to make an impression 😮
Prolly get beat up again…
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You hear that everybody? I’m favourite…
Listen, Jill, you ever have one of those mid-life breakdowns, start questioning the fundamentals, etc, you’d be welcome over to have a look at the equipment I’m using…
And before anybody says or thinks I’m being heavy… those mid-life breakdowns are a lot of fun. Trust me. I’ve had about 8 myself and am planning my next one right now.
I want surgery so I look like this 😮
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Weeding that would be a nightmare…
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OK so I buy a coffee from the street vendor. He uses izettle and hands me his phone so I can put my card in etc. Instead of doing that I just split with his phone. He chases me for a block or two and while he’s doing that my partners in crime raid his coffee stand, taking all his cash, his Helly Hansen coat, and his little solar powered radio.
Love it.
You can take the boy outta the gutter but you can’t take the gutter outta the boy. 😮
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Do those two people on the right look familiar to anybody? Think Swedish clones… 😮
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Forget the price, what does he want with all those cougar stickers? My brain hurts just thinking about it… I need to go.
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Zat the noo site bro? 😮
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quote Brian Hays:Gordon, the 2013 disk will have all the old models on too. The book just gets bigger every year. It has a 1982-88 Fiesta van, so you will have no problem with vans as recent as 2006.
That’s the kinda service I like… will purchase soon.
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OK Martin, no need to explain. I was just wondering if you knew it was there is all, thought you’d maybe been working with blue vinyl or something before you got the picture taken…
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I just thought… would the latest version of impact (2013) include outlines for older models? I have a job in the pipeline for a ford fiesta 2006 model, would I need to buy the 2006 disc for that?
If so… stuff that.
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So, impact sounds like the way to go… looks like it’s about £100, does anyone know if you need to pay for any additional updates or anything on that price?
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Yah, I heard, Martin… speaking of colours 😮 on your profile pic it looks like you have a blue nose?
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Yah, ignore that fo’ shizzle…
My advice to everybody the noo is to make sure your registration doesn’t expire tho.. one of my customers contacted me recently to ask why I had turned her Jewelry website into a porn site… as if I’d do a thing like that 😮
Turns out she had let the name expire and, within seconds of it doing so, some company from Canada bought it and replaced it with, well… to be fair, I think one or two of the pictures did include jewelery.
The solution, of course, was simple; buy the domain back for £1200 or the porn site remains in place.
An old trick that, but very effective.
The moral of the story? I drew a couple of conclusions actually: 1) despite what they say about Canadians, they are pretty ruthless business-wise, and 2) luminous pink stockings just don’t work well with black heels.
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LOL! Don’t think i’ve ever been regarded as competition in an respect… Brilliant. Feel all macho now. Would you be willing to refer to me informally or something as Mr Signs, or, The Most Dangerous Man in Sign Writing?
Zat pushing it?
Edit; note that to date I haven’t done one proper sign..
quote Robert Lambie::lol1: :lol1: :lol1:your actually right Gordon mate… ahem i mean GORDON the competition. 😀
and on that note, your banned! banned i say banned!in fact, UKSB is closed till further notice. :lol1: :lol1: :lol1:
kinda lonely in here now. (puppy-eyes)
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Well, I’m kinda caught between wanting to wish you all a happy new year etc on one hand and thinking… these folks are my competition in sign making, my rivals.
How about, instead of saying happy new year I say the following as a compromise:
I sincerely wish that none of you fall down an elevator shaft this year… But if you do, I hope it isn’t deep enough to cause permanent injury. A few light minor debilitating injuries maybe wouldn’t be that bad though…
And all the best (within reason)
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If I said that you’d prolly ban me…
When you say you were on the cast, are we talking about the kids version of snow white or the adult version? 😮 😮 😮 :sleep3: 😮 😮 😮 😮
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Hi Rob,
I think you’ll find that a public performance of Hi Ho, Hi Ho will incur a royalty charge… I believe Disney own the rights to that. The charge will depend on how many people you expect to experience the performance.
Seriously, though, you’re right. The artists basically get zilch. MCPS and PRS make plenty though. It’s another trough/racket, cloaked in the usual, loving language of rights, justice, and protection.
A lot of charities are in that category too, with directors etc on funny money. If as little as 2% filters through to those they claim to represent, they go all teary-eyed and congratulate themselves. It’s all too familiar but it’s the self-righteous tone and pious faces rather than the fleecing that bugs me.
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You need to consider all those cleaners, kitchen workers, labourers, and others doing menial jobs. Music just puts ideas in their heads and distracts them from their responsibilities. Maybe they can learn to sing like the folks that worked in the cotton fields used to…
If you were a musician, would you want to think your music was making the swinish multitude’s lives more pleasant without you getting a few pennies?
We need to bludgeon it into people’s skulls — everything, absolutely everything, from the water you drink, to heating, pleasure, shoes, health, education, dental care, blood, and even music, comes at a price.
Ideally they would put some sort of meter on our hearts and charge us for every beat it makes, one unit cost that covers everything. That would simplify things. If you don’t pay on time…. well… The only question then would be who pays for the funeral.
Oh, btw, merry Christmas everybody… And a happy new year too.
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So I’m the only one daft enough to be wondering what poem?
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So it’s a political satire of a video, giving emphasis to the increasing sense of alienation that young people in the 21st century feel vis a vis society as a whole. Indirectly it tackles resounding issues of race, interpersonal relationships, and of course the immortal dialectics of individualism versus conformity. On top of all that he tossed in a bit of romance for the ladies. Well done that chap. My only criticism is that it didn’t have any guns, blood, or erotica in it. I’m sure he’ll move on to all that stuff, as you do…
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quote Adrian Hewson:Hi Mate thickest we use is 70u but go down to 50u, 100u is too thick, look up Drytac site and ask advice they are very good, they will advise for your machine and applications, they are also best value for money
As for waste, we have a skip in car park and a double compactor in workshop, we get skip emptied once a month, council is not interested in recycling as it s mixed waste
Thanks, Adrian, appreciated…
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Intergalactic time-traveling space-craft, doesn’t make a… bugger, I forget the rest.
I get it though, I get the idea. Just because you have all the things you need to do a job… ummmmm
Fool me once, shame on you… Fool me twice, master of none.
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Please, Harry, no pictures of childhood heroes… every time a picture of one goes on a website people start saying the most terrible things. All I’m left with is Cliff Richard… if they start saying Cliff was involved in anything weird involving masons, kids, lizards, or any other sort of animals, I’m off…
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quote Jill Marie Welsh:I enjoy reading your posts.
I’m glad you’ve realized it takes more than just pushing a button.In reference to the enjoying my posts part, Thanks! That’s a very nice thing to say. In reference to the bit about pushing buttons, you’re not the first women to say that sort of thing to me 😉
Leader of Wimps,
Gortch
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No, Rob, I didn’t laminate the banner I made… I don’t have a solvent printer though, I’m using an HP designjet 5500 with UV/pigment inks, so if I do anything for outdoors at all (including banners) I will need to laminate… I have liquid laminate and was advised to use that.
It’s my plan to buy a solvent printer in February… I think the BN-20 looks appropriate for us… I love the HP I got and it seems to be dead cheap to run so despite its limitations I think it’ll be handy for indoor stuff over the longer term.
I’m not in any rush to start selling this stuff but I have already done a few bits and bobs (t-shirts, vinyl signs, posters). In the background I’m working on the website optimisation etc so when that kicks in I expect I’ll need to take things more seriously.
I didn’t realise there would be so much physical kinda DIY type work involved, cutting boards, drilling, going up ladders, etc… I’ve always been useless at stuff like that. Even loading a roll of scrim or something on to the printer is quite a challenge for me.
The saga continues…
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quote John Singh:quote Robert Lambie:I wanted to make a quick post to let everyone know that over the next two weeks uksignboards.com will occasionally experience slow page changes, slight downtime as well as some functionality issues.
Yep! That sums up exactly how I feel *hair*
L 😮 L!
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So, just as Obama secures 4 more years in office, Rob decides to close down the circle of love website for a couple of days…
Am I the only one joining the dots here? 😮
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Just when you think you could be going a bit nutty you listen to David Icke and realise you have absolutely nothing to worry about… Class act. Love the way he say "yoomans" as in yooman beings.
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I think the republicans have a neo-fruitcake funadamentalist contingent that are capable of pretty much anything (i.e. nuking Iran or something).. on that basis, for my kids’ sake, I think we might be better with the devil we know.
If I never had kids, I might be persuaded that Romney would be better TV… and I have a nice Sharp Aquos, it has an extra colour channel for yellow and it would probably bring out the best in a nuclear exchange.
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You mean Rob, don’t you? I’ve noticed his influence has been growing. Ever since he got the contract for Hotel Bilderberg…
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One does one’s best, Martin. Maybe Rob will ask me to do one of those step by step tutorials for members who run into problems like this…
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OK, so I have been considering this problem for 3 days. Obviously you don’t want to have to take the vinyl off and start all over again.
When faced with problems in life, I always try to resolve in a way that is the most cost-effective and simplest… in this case, I resolve one problem with another — two birds with one stone sorta logic.
So the guy was probably standing about loitering or something somewhere anyway and now he has a purpose in life (hiding the mistake). It’s not a permanent fix but as long as he can stand there until the cheque clears.
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Is this conversation really about USB sticks or is it some sort of code for something or a metaphor? If it’s really about USB sticks, over the last 7 years, I’ve probably went through about 40. If by USB sticks you mean illicit affairs with fruity women I met on the Songs of Praise forum, probably about the same.
I should try and put pictures up or something to prove it but I never thought I’d ever be involved in a conversation like this… A lot of them you use for a day or two, they let you down, you dump them and move on. You wouldn’t think to take a picture. Same with the USB’s…
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These are not the droids you’re looking for…
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Clearly a karma issue — and enough people thinking positively towards you sorted it out. That’s what the UKSB circle of love is all about…
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So John was talking about coffee… I thought he was referring to his bikini line.
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Enough said, Jill. I’m thinking more positively now… Surely a lot of shops etc are going to be looking for new signs when things dry out a bit? Maybe you could ask the HAARP chaps to fire some rays at the UK.
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http://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=rela … cmMtUb0mh8
So, 7 days to the election and the east coast get whacked with a super storm… Perfect opportunity for Obama to do a nice song and dance routine, ensuring his popularity at the polls. Feel the love….
May the force be with you, Jill.
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Thanks for all that, guys, genuinely appreciated.
The guy says it’s stored some place where we can’t test it beforehand, which strikes me as suspicious (a mate’s house).
It’s on auction on that well known graveyard for iffy printers…
But I won’t be bidding, based on what’s being said here, it sounds like a potential nightmare and he refuses to give any guarantee that anything works. I can handle the idea of replacing heads, he’s up front about it possibly needing done with it being in storage etc, but there’s no guarantee on anything else and he got stroppy at the suggestion…
Thanks!
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Sounds like you’ve inherited some cash there. Well in.
All I get is spam these days. It’s as if they know business is quiet and think let’s send him some tantalising offers while he’s down and weak.
Yesterday, for example, it was pecker enlargement, PHDs, and Viagra all day. I didnt bite, and just as well.. Today I was offered a package deal, all of the above for 400 dollars. Just by waiting a day or so I saved 200 dollars. Back of the net!
When I think about the thousands I owe to student loans etc, I feel totally robbed.
I think the colleges and universities need to catch up with what’s happening and what’s being offered in the real world, they always seem to be one step behind.
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John, it’s clear to me that you are trying to confuse us all with this disinformation story, and that you are probably in some way connected to the illuminati….
That said, you know anyone that’s selling a solvent printer?
Oh, that reminds me, do a search for illuminati backwords (itanimulli) on google and the first thing that comes up is the nsa (cia) website…
The truth is out there alright….
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How do you know that’s an error / typo?
In Glasgow the c word is an everyday word, although I was once asked to leave a wake for referring to the deceased as… Actually, probably best saving this story for the UKSB booze up.
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Point taken, Dave, but by and large I would expect to be cutting relatively smallbits and bobs, no bigger than say 70 cm in any direction.
Very much looking forward to John’s tutorial..
Happy camper!