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Hello Everyone! I woke this morning to a 7AM phone call from my best Pal Stewart McLaren in Scotland singing a rousing version of "Happy Birthday!" What a guy! Nothing special planned fur today, just painting. They say on your birthday you should go do what you really enjoy, so that's what I'm going to do.....PAINT! After the recent Mural projects in Walnut Iowa in May, I became ill with what we now know as "Panic Disorder". I felt as if I could not get a breath and anxiety attacks. After a few Emergency room visits and now I'm medicated, I feel much better. I haven't drank since and I'm eating right and exercising, I lost 30 pounds since May7th! A wake up call? I consider it one....everyday is a GREAT DAY to be "Above ground!" That's my story....and I'll look forward to seeing many of you kids in Milwaukee for basic Hand Lettering 101! Come join the fun!! (Sure could use some snow bout now!)
------------------ Mike Meyer SignPainter 575 1st Street Box 3 Mazeppa, Mn 55956 (507) 843-5951 EMail-mikemeyer@sleepyeyetel.net
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WOOT!!! Happy Four-Oh, Mike!!! Don't worry about the GrainBelt, me and friends will do our best to fill in for a while. Very glad you are on the upswing though! =) Have to find you some Big'Ass prezent for such an event.
Congrats man. Look forward to coming up to see you in the near future...
Happy Birthday, Mike Meyer! =)
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Tony Potter Blind Mice and Company 285 38th St Dr SE, #3 Cedar Rapids, IA 52403 (319) 573-9001 www.blindmiceandcompany.com tonypotter@yahoo.com
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Happy Birthday Mike! If I had known in time..I could have sent you our southern delicacy...boiled peanuts! Judy
------------------ Judy Pate Signs By Judy 110 LuMac Road Albany,Ga 31701 229-435-6824 Letterville is my HOME! Life is like a canvas...you do the painting.
There are so many June Birthdays on this BB it make you wonder what our parents (including me as I myself have 2 June kids) were thinking of 9 months prior around the middle of September....is it just something about that time of year?
Oh well, do what I did yesterday....nothing! Absolutely nothing....it was pretty boring.
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------------------ Draper The Signmaker Bloomington Illinois USA Get To A Letterhead Meet This Summer! See you there! 309-828-7110 drapersigns@hotmail.com Draper_Dave on mIRC chat
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY BUBBA!!!!!! glad to see you are doing okay mike. i hope you have a "big ass birthday bubba!" (repeat that 15 times real fast! LOL)
to mike meyer, the hardest working man in the sign business!
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MIKE!!!!! Boy talk about a trip. I was just thinking about giving you a call today. After our recent phone call about you ... I was going to call and check up on you. What do they call that when you are thinking of someone........and there they are! Telepathy? Anyways Mike, nice to see your smiling face, and glad you are doing fine. You are still welcome if you and your family should decide to come to Seattle. Happy Birthday my friend! Cheryl
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Hi Mike, A very happy birthday to you! You have offered so much humor and support to others...I know the Mazeppa Meet was so great that I didn't want to miss it... but I did only because of family. (You know the saying.."wild horses couldn't keep me away")..well, with my family..only "they" ranked higher. Take care of yourself, take one issue at a time! hello to the family for me, Deb
------------------ Deb Creative Signs "Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day; teach a man to fish and he'll eat for a lifetime."
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My hubby Don will be 40 in a couple of months (remember him...the tall skinny defenseman for "team Canada")
Have a wonderful day, paint up a storm, and get feeling better. We want to come back for Muster...the sequel! We had such a blast in your beautiful little town!
Suelynn from Saskatchewan
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Hey Mike, and I thought you was only 50 somthin'!!! HAHAHA!!! Just a kid, eh??
I have anxiety attacts too...rarely leave the house, even to get the mail.....so I travel to strange places far from home to try to break it. Sometimes it's scary, but I get stronger every day.
Happy B-day!!!
------------------ Adrienne Morgan Splash Signs www.splashsigns.com "Rainkatt'on chat
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Happy four-oh Mike! I'm right behind ya at 38!
Does this mean that I have to quit drinkin' in two years ??!!!
I'll grab a BIG ASS(c) after work tonight for you.
Thinkin' about ya...
Pat
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Happy Birthday Mike,,, Those panic attacks can be real scary can they? But you are not alone it is so common, but people just would'nt talk about them.. I guess they thought they were going nuts, but that's not the case.. you're on the right track, lose weight, exercise, is the greatest healer.... it's amazing what a good brisk walk in the evening can do for your mind and soul... Neil
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"puppy dog"! that's what I think of 40. I'll have a Grain Belt in your honor,....errr hey wait....I'm in California, make that a Dos Equus (XX)! Yeah, and some Old Dutch Potato Chips, ...I mean some "sourdough" bread.
Have a good one Mike!
------------------ Rich Stebbing #945 RichSigns Rohnert Park CA
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Happy B-Day Big Guy! (Well, not so big anymore!)
Glad to hear you are doing well. The folks in Minot are still buzzin' about your visit here last year. Wait till ya turn 53...no panic attacks, no tension, no nothin, cause ya just won't give a hoot 'bout nothin!
Talk at ya soon!
John and Pam
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headline: GRAIN BELT BREWERY TO CLOSE St. Paul, Minnesota (AP)
The Grain Belt Brewery in St. Paul announced today it will cease operations and close, effective immediately.
Brewery spokesperson Murgatroyd von Schmuckleheim read a prepared statement to the press, stating that the decision to close the brewery was due in no small part to the recent illness of Mazeppa, Minnesota sign painter Mike Meyer, which has caused Mr. Meyer to quit drinking. "As our single largest customer, Mike pretty much kept us going the past few years," said von Schmuckleheim. "All the boys down at the plant useta say we wouldn't know what we'd do without that Meyer fella down there in Mazeppa, so when he got sick, it was an awful shock, ya betcha."
Mr. Meyer, who is currently celebrating his fortieth birthday, could not be reached for a comment.
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Mike, On your 16th birthday, I was sitting on Black Duck Lake in a whiteout from a Zepher that moved in and it almost turned cold enough to ice the joint over. Anyway"KID" I'll say Happy Birthday and save a "Lienenkugel" for me. Thas'it.....................CrazyJack
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Happy Birthday Mike! I feel for ya with the anxiety thing. Lynn is going thru the same thing. It started in May, same kinda attack, she thought it was a heart attack. As soon as we got her on the meds she began to be anxiuos about the persription running out. She's doin better now; but it's a weird cycle. A day late & a dollar short.
------------------ Bill Dirkes Bethel Hill Signs Butler, Ky. Goodnight Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are.
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Happy birthday, dear friend, the world is a much better place with you in it. Thank you for many years of inspiration & encouragement. Sorry this is a day late. Can't wait to hang out in Milwaukee. LOVE YOU,JILL I hope Elmer came over to take your picture!
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Happy Birthday Mike! There certainly are a lot of birthdays in June. Mine included. There are also lots of people suffering from Panic Attacks. Me excluded, I CAUSE THEM!
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Old enough to know better...Too young to resist.
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Thank You all so much for the replies! My computer was down fur awhile and I'm really busy so I didn't get back here.....anyway...Curt Nelson and Scott Bouma and myself are into our 3rd day doing a 20 ft. X 66 ft Mural on 4 X 10 sections of Dibond. Gotta deliver it on Thursday. It's going up in Webster South Dakota. Lots of fun, lots a work. I'll send pictures when I get a minute. Thanks again everybody...I'm feeling great!
------------------ Mike Meyer SignPainter 575 1st Street Box 3 Mazeppa, Mn 55956 (507) 843-5951 EMail-mikemeyer@sleepyeyetel.net
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