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Dug this up out of the archives. It was my first real post in Letterville. I have since learned how to create paragraphs so I've edited it to do that. Just thought y'all might like to read it again, inspired by Todd's recent post.
Hi all you fume-suckin', vinyl-stickin', brush-slingin', alphabet guru's!
Turkey Huntin' season's in now.......'round here that's all they talk about......everyone's in camo an' tryin' to see who looks and sounds the most like a turkey.
I've been huntin' turkeys fer years...and ya'll are just the kind I been lookin' for!!!
I've been huntin' other stuff too....mom's are great hunter/gatherers, you know.........hunt the sales/gather the laundry....hunt the kids/gather the laundry......hunt the truck keys/gather our senses................
The shop is good huntin' ground, too. I've been huntin' the elusive X'acto knife for a long time.......they tend to roll into unusual places and can hide for YEARS. There are close to 5,000 of them in 1,200 sq. ft. of prime huntin' property around my place.
The perfect camo for finding them is to simply forget about them for a while and you WILL eventually,and suddenly be stabbed by one. Yes, they're dangerous prey . . .but this is the ONLY WAY to bag one. And don't forget to use your "patient hunter" frame of mind to resist throwin' it across the shop at the initial sting in your thigh, hand or foot....you might not get that lucky again for a long time!
Tape measures are quite elusive as well....I only hunt those when I REALLY need one. When I re-bag all the ones I've let loose over the years, I'm going to quite the sign business and open "Tape Measures-R-Us". I plan to make millions off such a rare and in-demand commodity.
When I very first got into sign painting I went hunting for answers....the 1st job I did was a 4x8 BC plywood......I put so many coats of yellow oil-base on the front of that sign it turned the back of it yellow.....seekin' to stop it from suckin' up any more gallons of paint, I called some professional sign guy in the yellow pages. His brief and curt advice: " Ya gotta prime it with somethin' white" CLICK. ...Prime?....I tho't that was what you did to yer carburator when you run out'a gas!!!
Oh, well........ I've kept up huntin' all these years and I've found and bagged a lott'a answers, mainly by closing in on all the errors.
Deer and turkey hunters go out and get cold, wet and muddy, and fall out'a trees............I find I do my best work when I discover how to do, to perfection, everything that will NOT work FIRST, THEN when I stumble on the right answer it's just SO much easier to appreciate the process of hunting!......
I just recently came across a paint color called "verdi gris". I tho't that might be a catholic festival kind'a like "mardi gras"- Turns out it's an aged patina. As a matter of fact, the customer specifically requested the look of "algae"...................after all these years of REMOVING moldy, mildew I am now required to faux pas it........go fig'er........
Currently, I am also huntin' facial expressions suitable as camo for such situations, that are better than my usual dazed and confused ones.
Fortunately, it seems everything I hunt is always in season and there's no bag limit!!
Luv Ya'll!!
"you must learn from the mistakes of others, you can't possibly live long enogh to make them all yourself" anon
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Ha ha ha - great story! Whilst your looking for new faces to try scaring them turkeys with ask Cheryl Nordby to teach you "Deer In The Headlights" - it's my favorite.
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HA~HA Mikey you silly boy. Great sense of humor Sheila! I can relate. I have to have at least 4 of everything. Sometimes what I am looking for is right in front of me.....but NOOOOOO I can't see it.....so I go grab a spare. At the end of the day....I usually find everything and put them all back in their spots.
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No you can't bump your own post, but I do it anyway!
Sheila, Why is it that as soon as you BUY an item to replace the one you "lost", the missing object appears the next day... without fail!?!? It happens so often, I now PRETEND to buy the item in hopes of finding it the next day. Of course, you can't fake out the "Missing Items Gods", they are very aware of your attempts to fool them. Kinda like Santa knows that you aren't really asleep, so he won't show up. You MUST travel 15 miles to the Lowe's before the missing item will reappear. I've actually found motherlodes of items by just buying a single one. Razorblade holders are notorious for hanging out in packs, as is sandpaper in the grit that you need. It is only necessary to buy ONE sheet of 120 grit to reap the benefit of finding the Contractor's Pack you had laying around. And don't even get me started on the washers, screws, nuts and bolts!
-------------------- Gene Golden Gettysburg Signs Gettysburg PA 17325 717-334-0200 genegolden@gettysburgsigns.com
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Hey Gene, that also goes for needing things you just recently took to the dump . . . you know, famous last words" . . . "Trash it!! I'll NEVER use it...have'nt needed it for 5 years..."
BUT!! I think I may have it fig'ered out . . . and I should've added this on to the "I lost my..." post...
but I no longer buy new stuff for things I lost or just hauled to the trash....nope.
I fake it. I just ACT like I'm gonna go buy a new one...I just PRETEND to throw the "un-needed" item away.
I just say real loud to no one in particular:
"Well, I guess it's GONE . . . I'm gonna haf'ta go get a NEW razor knife . . . ."
"I'm throwin' this AWAY . . I KNOW I won't NEED it the day after tommorrow . . . "
This is one way to beat that "stealing-hiding-gremlin-of-inanimate-objects-coming-to-life-when-your-backs-turned" thing.
I love it when I get to say: "AHA!!!!! FOOLED'JA" I was'nt REALLY going to buy a new one!! MUUUUU-HAHHAHAHHAHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"
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