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Drinks will be flowin! Really? Would those drinks be coke and water? Or are we going to drink like true men at a Football game?
How did the faces look? I have not been there at night yet but wondered if the sign was to damn bright for the faces?
They are pretty damned bright....kinda washes out the color just a little bit....not bad though. Not something most people would even notice. Might have been ok just to print straight to white premium vinyl. Anyhow...looks really cool. Especially the dimensionals. Nice job!
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New truck? Things must be going well! Saw the Double Duece sign downtown last weekend. Looked pretty cool. Call me next time you have an extra Chargers ticket....drinks will be flowin!
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Super Cool! Reminds me of an auction I went to outside of Milan, Italy a few years ago. The story was, that a famous radio show host got popped for tax evasion by the policia, whereby all of his assets were seized by the Italian Feds. Included in his assets were 2 huge warehouses in the countryside of Northern Italy which is surrounded by agriculture, and not much else. Inside the warehouses, they found several vintage automobiles, and literally thousands of very rare vintage motorcycles and scooters.
The feds put up a crappy website with pictures of each item. Surfing it, I found an old Porsche 718 RSK Spider. Further research on the model yielded that only 32 (?) were produced as factory race cars from Porsche. And that the value of a legit RSK on auction would go for no less than $750K on auction. I talked to a good number of people and referrenced several books in order to determine its legitimacy (assuming I was able to view the car in person). I also got together a few investors, who between us all, agreed we would place a maximum bid of $150K. One of the investors, and myself flew to Italy to view the auction, and the car. Upon our arrival we found out that the sale of the RSK, as well as 5 or 6 of the other rarest cars, had been suspended by the Feds. No doubt, someone did some serious greasing. Although we were dissapointed, we knew it was a long shoft from the start, but an opportunity I would have regretted missing if it did sell....and within our bid range, no less.
It was well worth the trip, since we still got a chance to view all of the other vehicles, which was an amazing spectacle in itself! And did a ton of partying...without the wives!!!!
Other items this guy collected included military jets, helicopters, WWII mobile power stations, an dall kinds of other wacky shit! I'm including some pics of the trip, including some night club pics in Monaco where the coronas were $23 us dollars! Also, the real Monte Carlo, where we won a few hundred quick bucks on the cheapest tables they had ($100 per hand!), this helped finance our massive corona drinking binge that night! And a few pics of only a small portion of what was at the auction, our dumb-asses didn't think to bring extra batteries for the camera! Oh, well!
Guido
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Some bad news...this just got put on hold. I'm thankful we have two healthy ones now.
Dude....haven't talked to you in a while. I'm genuinely sorry to hear the bad news. We had the same thing happen between mini-me 1 and mini-me 2. Happened really early, as well. I feel for you guys.
Guido
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Notice the lack of oil on the floor
That tells you right there it's not a HarleyWhat happened to the RS you posted a while back?
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is full of...
Headaches that he.....
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River...sounds cool. If I went I'd have to buy myself a boat. Something I've been wanting to do for years. We were talking about doing a house boat for a week. Powell, or Shasta. Sounds relaxing. Crashing house-boat while drunk....thats my vision in the crystal ball!
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Giudo when ever your wife makes a fortune on those Light-bulbs you won't have to look far for a European distributor
She'll be glad to know she's got support for her brilliant idea!
Now, if she could just create the electricity to power the bulb out of thin air, she'll make billions.... 
Good to hear your flight made it back to Holland safely. Oh, and thanks for the European geography lesson. Sheesh! You mean there are other places besides the USA on this planet??!!
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Rocketdesign...you are way too cool.....only if your wife heard the things come out of your mouth...and that thing you were puffing on....ahhh...smelt like you know what...poo......
You had me laughing on the ride home......you and your wife and Erik and I need to meet up again since we all live so close by...I was soooo sad that I did not get to chat up with your wife more...since ya' all brought the kids along....shame on you....
Next time leave the angels at home....things get a little R-Rated with us....know what I mean jelly bean.....
Heh! Definitely know whatcha mean. We'd love to hang out again! The fact that the kids were with us certainly changed the complexion of our trip...but it was fun, nevertheless.
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It was definitely cool getting to know some of y'all on a personal level. What better place than Vegas? Everyone was super cool, and made me feel at home regardless of my low level of electrical knowledge. It was cool to see there are people in the industry who operate differently...some technologically savy, while others just old school, hands-on style. The best part, I would agree, is that we were able to just shoot the shit about whatever, and not feel like you had to act a certain way...as I certainly proved
Shoot, I didn't even offend K-girl with my life's stories! -
"GUido told me about some easy access tranny boxes that I never got to see that I wish I would have, wonder if he got the name on those. For the printing, well they keep getting better and better and cheaper and cheaper."
Here it is. They also had some other stuff like toggle switches that they claimed were special for some reason or another....over my head...or interest at the time.
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Man, Tore up from the floor up. Thank god that coctail waitress stopped coming by our table at the lounge. I was just beginning to freefall into a drunken coma! I must of felt like I was at confession...only my wife knows half the things I spilled on Friday night. I'm glad we were able to stick around the extra night and hang with all you peeps. Thanks for making me and my family feel at home.
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Do to a possible acquisition next month of a new 2 wheeled shop tool
I will be unable to support my sign career education this year. Nice bike. Nothing like an unleashed, all out 2 stroke performance bike. That thing screams!
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the morning after....
that he forgot....
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ass that came
from the brunnette...
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You like that?
You loser, don't leave until 7pm that night!
That may could be arranged....leme look into it.
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short and stumpy!
And smelled like...
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Found a pic of the bar
Like the hot hostess!
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YES FISHING NUT I DO HAVE ONE OF THEM ("WIFE") WHICH IS ACTUALLY THE REAL "BOSS" & SHE HAS SOME OF THOSE SAME CONCERNS "GUARANTEED CHECK WEEKLY THINGS". I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT & MAYBE I WILL NEED TO KEEP THE CURRENT DAY JOB FOR AWHILE & SET ME UP SOMETHING (NEON PLANT)AT HOME FOR THE AFTER WORK & WEEKEND JOBS UNTIL I CAN PROVE TO THE "BOSS" THAT IT CAN BE DONE ON OUR OWN IF YOU REALLY WANT TO MAKE IT HAPPEN & I DO BELIVE I CAN & WILL MAKE IT HAPPEN
Just thought I'd chime in w/ my experience of "testing the waters" in a business...
I spent the first 5 years of my 6 years in the sign business as a part time endeavor, because I wanted to get my "guaranteed check" every 2 weeks. What I found was that neither were working all that great. I was not really committed to either because I was spread so thin. I was getting a less than stellar paycheck from my guaranteed job because it was part-time, and at the same time, I wasn't dedicated to my sign customers, taking a long time to complete orders, and not cultivating the business. Finally, I decided to take the leap and be responsible for the results...good or bad. It truly was the best thing I could've done to get going on a more rewarding experience as a business owner. I've since been able to make several significant investments in my business, and have created a customer base that is refferal oriented, which continues to pay dividends. Over the past year I have been outgrowing my current facilities, and will inevitably be moving to a larger space in the future. As much as I like being a one-man operation, I am also considering hiring or moving toward a partnership of some sort. These are all things I never would've even considered a couple of years ago working both jobs. Of course, thats not to say that it can't be done succesfully...I just wanted to offer my experience of it.
Guido
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the most famous...
prune restraunt in....
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But what Mark...
is pissed about...
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something or other
to share with....
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leading their actions
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that really liked
Really hot Brunnetts.....
What a Great Rack
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And no.....not much else but alcohol goes into this body anymore. Water and coke are out...unless its Jack and coke....or gin and tonic!