Just got off the phone the one and only Mike Meyer from the belove Mazeppa MN.
This guys believe it or not is back in Mazeppa and back in action in his own shop!
Welcome back Mike and thanks for adding the Magic of the Sculpt and Smooth to your line of sign tools.
So when is the next meet?
Posted by mike meyer (Member # 542) on :
who me?
Posted by Dan Sawatzky (Member # 88) on :
I've always thought Mike was PURE MAGIC!
Welcome back Mike!!!!!!!!!!!
-grampa dan
Posted by Steve Thomas Greer (Member # 4566) on :
yes you,
could it be?
Posted by Blake Koehn (Member # 5984) on :
Absolutely he's magic... I have pictures!!
Thanks again Mike.
Oh Ya!!, and while I was looking I found this!!
Posted by Sonny Franks (Member # 588) on :
I hope his absence has made the hearts of Mazeppa grow fonder. (the rest of us never lost our appreciation of his magic and humor)
Posted by Mark Stokes (Member # 5351) on :
welcome back big fella
Posted by Jon Jantz (Member # 6137) on :
Can't wait to see ya again at another meet, Mr. Meyer. You inspired me to buy a set of brushes and practice with them.. .(about once every 2 months... but it's a start)
And Blake, you will pay for posting that picture.... (((wait, that's what I said about Kissy doing it in the first place... and I still haven't gotten her... oh well)))
Posted by Pat Welter (Member # 785) on :
Tea with a splash of milk Please....
Posted by Deb Fowler (Member # 1039) on :
I was just thinking about posting yesterday! Wondered where he went! Glad you're home and happy, Mike; it didn't seem the same to not know you were up there in MN to bug Bruce!
Posted by Bobbie Rochow (Member # 3341) on :
Hey, that means we will be seeing you on the BB & at meets again! Good!
Hey, I am getting better & better at hand lattering!
Posted by Rod Tickle (Member # 575) on :
HEy there Mike, does that meet another mazzeppa meet??? Are you back in the same building?? that was kewl.
Dont be a strainger mate!!
Cheers! Rod
Posted by Murray MacDonald (Member # 3558) on :
Wecome home, Mike. We missed ya. MUR
Posted by Duncan Wilkie (Member # 132) on :
Glad ya landed back on yer feet in Mazeppa... best of luck. Hope we see ya in Moose Jaw.
Posted by Joe Golden (Member # 6870) on :
I only met you once Mike, top notch, not just as a sign painter either. I get to think of you every day...... Thanks for the inspiriation. http://www.letterhead.com/album/BullBoard/Graphic1.bmp Posted by Anne McDonald (Member # 6842) on :
Hey Mikey!! This is fantastic news, I had been thinking heaps about you, wondering how you were getting on. I'm going to be at the Toowoomba meet in Australia and also the Auckland NZ meet. Hope to see you there big guy!! Have you still got the same e-mail address? Looking forward to hearing from you, I have heaps of news to tell you!!
Posted by Bill Dirkes (Member # 1000) on :
Good to see yer mug on this board again Mike. I thought ya fell off the edge of the world, my friend! Don't let that Greer fellow pester ya too much;)
Posted by Dale Manor (Member # 4858) on :
Mike Who?
Posted by J & N Signs (Member # 901) on :
Probably just took time off to go watch some hockey games!
Posted by mike meyer (Member # 542) on :
Hockey games..yes I did Mario and you were right about the Crosby kid!
Thanks for all the nice comments, I am truly humbled, thank you.
One of the main reasons I left here is the non-sign related Bulls**t that seems to dominate this board. I do have something to bring to the table help others sign makers and I would hope that's what this bullboard could somehow get back to..(Don't you think so Mr. Shortreed?) Don't get me wrong, The Shortreed's do a nice job keeping the kid's in the sandbox from throwing poop on each other, but sometime I just could not see the point of how pictures of food and someone's third cousin removed who had a sprained ankle could really help others make SIGNS.
Whatever.
That being said, can someone post some pictures for me so we can get back to helping others make better and better signs?
Thanks to Steve Greer and Adam and Sara May for most recent encouragement....A special thank you to MattRolli for the time I worked with him in Hudson Wisconsin, it was really great and learned alot! I just wanted to be back in Minnesota doing my own thing. My wife works with me here and our son Caleb will be graduating from High School this Summer and things are just honky dorry! Enuf about me....Let's paint some SIGNS!
See you all in Algoma Wisconsin this June!!!
WALLDOGS RULE!
Posted by Bill Diaz (Member # 2549) on :
That's good news, Mike! Go Bears!!!!
Posted by mike meyer (Member # 542) on :
We're going to Miami Bill!!!!! GO BEARS GO BEARS!
[ January 20, 2007, 07:29 PM: Message edited by: mike meyer ]
Posted by John Lennig (Member # 2455) on :
Well, Mike, it was all sounding good until the "Honky Dorry" part. Don't you be goin' anywhere out on the water in a Honky Dorry, leaks happen, and not just in the Mens Room!!
Welcome back to Mazeppa!
BTJohnny
Posted by Wayne Osborne (Member # 4569) on :
Good News Mike- Must be nice to back in your old shop too.
Heres to GREAT signs!
Posted by Adam May (Member # 4844) on :
Things must be smokin' again in Mazeppa. Posted by Susan Banasky (Member # 1164) on :
Welcome back to Mazeppa! You have been missed! You are an inspiration that many of us quietly follow.....or at least dream of following. I'm so happy that you have returned to Mazeppa and here....I hope you will happily stay in both a looooonnnng time.
Posted by Bobbie Rochow (Member # 3341) on :
What a nice pic, Adam! What a handsome face too! Posted by Steve Luck (Member # 5292) on :
Welcome home Mike. I was totally surprised in Jacksonville last year when you came up to me and said, "Hi Steve, Glad you could make it."
We had never met before and you made me feel like part of the Letterheads right away! I will never forget that. I'm glad you are back in Minnesota and here on the bullboard. Now let's hear about your many experiences and more advice on making great signs!
Sign-cerely, Steve
Posted by Kathy Joiner (Member # 1814) on :
Sargent Meyer, WHO DAT goin' to Miami You will be doing the Super Bowl Mambo with the Saints fans!!!!!
Posted by Miles Cullinane (Member # 980) on :
Hey Mr Meyers, Good to hear from you again.
You were the real deal in Jacksonville but I knew you would be from all I known of you through this board.
Don't give up on the BB Mike, sure peoples attention s sometimes wander a bit but we are all about signs and the community around that, you only have to look at the post about Magoo's accident to know that.
Hope your town appreciates your return.
I won't make the walldog meet this year, we're buying a house!
Again, Good to see you back here.
Posted by Frank Magoo (Member # 3950) on :
Boy do I second that Miles;
It's who we are that makes up how we do, so ones inbetween experiences really do weigh into the overall picture, even on the international scale that we enjoy here...
I enjoyed your personality before meeting you, cherished meeting you at Fred's,(incidently Steve-he introduced himself to me same way as he did to you -heheh -the Meyers salutation? lol)...but to point, don't be such a sour puss, ya ol' goat...btw; welcome back, like others, I missed your wit and input...
Posted by Bruce Bowers (Member # 892) on :
Holy cripes, wuz you away from the board, then? Sheesh, I bedder pay more attention den. Being in da land of the frozen Nort musta been distractin' me, donchaknow...
So, you be wantin' me to show ya my new doggy pics, then? Got me a whole schtack of dem. No? Oh well. The house ones? The vacation?
See ya around da meets den, Meester Meyer. We can tip a soda back and tink back to whem signmen wuz real men, eh? None of dat dere vynul schtuff and wotever... Yah, real signmen of da Nort. Dose were da days, fershure...
Anywho, nice to see dat you are blessin' us once again wit yor wit and know-hows dere. Life can now rezooooom, eh? LOL!
Posted by Dave Sherby (Member # 698) on :
This is the best news I've heard in a long time. I've been to 3 meets at Mike's shop and they are always so cool. I hope and pray that he'll do some more. I've learned so much at his meets.
The old adage "those that can, do, those that can't, teach" goes right out the window when it comes to sign makers. Those that know how to do it right, well they "do" and they teach. Mike is one of those and I'm so glad he's back in his shop again.
Anyone who doesn't take time to go to a Letterhead meet, just doesn't care to learn anything about their craft. In my eyes, going to a meet at least every other year is a must.
Posted by mike meyer (Member # 542) on :
thank you VERY MUCH everyone! Mr. Sherby, I am humbled again, thank you..but you know, it's just the Fill-oss-oh-fee that the orinal seven started over 30 years ago...tuen around and help your fellow sign maker. I will have another meet.......someday.
Hey MaGoo, I made you a sign, where do I send it to? Bruce, you New Yorkers sure talk funny. GO BEARS!
Posted by Dana Blair (Member # 951) on :
quote:Originally posted by mike meyer: Hockey games..yes I did Mario and you were right about the Crosby kid!
Mike, his two rookie teammates, Malkin and Staal, are the real deal too! Staal has an uncanny knack on the PK and leads the league in shorties.
Posted by Kathy Joiner (Member # 1814) on :
Ohhhhh I am bleeding! I've been BEAR clawed, mauled to death. Good luck in the super bowl.
Been waiting 40 years for a winning team. 40 more years and I will be 100. But that's a good thing. The great grandkids can lie and say WE WON and I won't know the difference.
Welcome back to the BB
Posted by Deri Russell (Member # 119) on :
Hey Mike, its really good to see both you and your family back.
Posted by Ivan Allan (Member # 885) on :
Wow Mike Meyers!
You are one of my favorite comedians! I really enjoyed your "Austin Powers" movies! Although my all time fav is "So I Married an Axe Murderer" It is so great. We watch it as a family at least once a year. Make a real event out of it.
Say where did you find the Mini Me charac......
What?........
umm........ this isn't Mike Meyers the canadian actor/comedian?
Oh man sorry dude!
Hey, you look like a heck of a guy too!
[ January 22, 2007, 08:57 PM: Message edited by: Ivan Allan ]
Posted by Frank Magoo (Member # 3950) on :
Mike; Your addy didn't answer, in fact it was found to be unfriendly, non-existant, couldn't deliver, etc...send me correct one if you would and I'll pass on some info you need... Magoo/Scotty
Posted by mike meyer (Member # 542) on :
Hey MaGoo....Who or what is my "Addy?" All the info on my profile is current...We used to have an old lady in town named Addy Gregoire, maybe shes back and taking all the mail for the town (Which arrives on donkey everyday at 10 am)
How bout a riff on that Banjo Frank?
Posted by Randy Campbell (Member # 2675) on :
Good to see you here Mike.Randy
Posted by Brian Oliver (Member # 2019) on :
I don't mean to be a poop about it, but did anybody else pick up on the irony that the reason Mr. Meyer left the BB was because of too many non-sign related posts, and then he is directly involved in a long non-sign related post?
Ooops!
Posted by mike meyer (Member # 542) on :
I AGREE Brian!!!
You are right! I cannot help it that I was involved with the post, but I'm here. Sorry.
At least I am sign related, as opposed to cookies, or any other bulls**t.
SO let's kill this post and get on to something about SIGNS!
Posted by Nevman (Member # 332) on :
Understatement of the new year....
quote:At least I am sign related...
Posted by Janette Balogh (Member # 192) on :
Good one Pat!
Then there are those of us who enjoy eating a good cookie, and also appreciate a good photograph of one. Composition, lighting, perspective ...etc.
Look around, there's creativity in life ...beyond signs.
~nettie
[ January 24, 2007, 12:59 PM: Message edited by: Janette Balogh ]
Posted by mike meyer (Member # 542) on :
Thanks Nettie, yur right, I need to get out more, maybe travel a bit. I like cookies too. insert smily face here
Posted by Ray Rheaume (Member # 3794) on :
Somebody paint Meyer a cookie panel...that'll fix things.
Rapid
Posted by Greg McRoberts (Member # 3501) on :
"...travel a bit"
Yeah, right! Posted by Kelly Thorson (Member # 2958) on :
Mike Meyer...travel...coookies.... I'm confused - is this some secret code for that flying biscuit cult? Posted by Kelly Thorson (Member # 2958) on :
Quote: "Sorry, we do not permit the following HTML tag or attribute: COOKIE" How come others are allowed to say that word????? I had to spell it wrong. It's a conspiracy!!!!!!
[ January 25, 2007, 09:46 AM: Message edited by: Kelly Thorson ]
Posted by mike meyer (Member # 542) on :
I'll see if I can get some cookie pictures posted today....
Posted by Doug Allan (Member # 2247) on :
While I didn't get to spend a lot of time getting to know our friend Mike at my Dixie meet experience, ...between all my running around tryin' not to miss too much... I saw him working on several impressive sign panels... upon his arrival & before he left I was also greeted with his characteristic welcoming that makes a new attendee feel like part of the clan. Catch you at my next meet Mike. I'm also glad to hear you found your way back to what seemed like a place that was pratically part of your identity.
Posted by mike meyer (Member # 542) on :
I wanna party with you......in Hawaii...someday.
Posted by Mike Pipes (Member # 1573) on :
Here, let's put this post back on the topic of signs.
I sold one of the other compositions from that same cookie photoshoot as part of an advertising campaign which is to include POP signs, a vehicle wrap and window signs. The image was sold through another party so I'm not actually doing the work but I know the company handling it will do it well.
So there you go, cookie photos used to enhance sign work. It may not be the traditional handcraftsmanship but it shows that cookie photos and signs are not that far apart, and the same goes for all the other photos I've posted.
Come on, I wouldn't be posting my photos if they weren't related to my sign/design business in some way. Yeah there's a passion that drives me to spend the time to set up lighting, cameras, reflectors, backgrounds, subjects, props, etc. but any time I post a photo on this site there's a profit motive behind that photo.
I hope others who see my photos here, especially those that have jumped into the digital printing world, take a second to stop and think how they might be able to incorporate photography into their own businesses and put it to work for them, bringing in more income, like I have. Or maybe they see a difficult subject that I have photographed and managed to show all the detail in it, which inspires them to figure out (or ask me) how to get the best shots of their sign work for their own portfolios.
Posted by David Harding (Member # 108) on :
I had a very nice visit with Mike at Fred's meet in Oklahoma City a couple of years ago. I've always been impressed with Mike's talent, passion for the craft, and ability to get away and travel so much while still running a business.
The graphics field is continually widening. Whatever I'm exposed to in the way of techniques enhances my skills as a designer and gives me ideas for future reference and use. I've taken my shop foreman to trade shows completely unrelated to the sign industry so that we could study materials and processes used in other fields and find ways to apply them in what we do.
Although I've been in the sign industry for 36 years, I cannot hand letter worth a flip. That doesn't mean I don't observe and take mental notes while watching at Letterhead meets. I go home and practice various brush strokes outside the eyes of the experts. Although I'll never be a sign painter, some sort of brush competence comes in handy with the types of work that we do. I also learn many other things unrelated to brush work at the Letterheads gatherings.
I have sold some of my Big Bend photos to the Houston Chronicle and I've also used some in signs that I have produced digitally. As the vernacular goes: "It's all good."
Posted by mike meyer (Member # 542) on :
Mike Pipes, your photos are top notch, I take my hat off to you. I know photography is tied into signs. all I trying to do is keep this board to have some sign info we can all share and use. My good friends from Lincoln Illinois, Adam and Sara May, run a Photography Studio and do signs as well......They have given me a huge respect for Photography! I have respect for you and the pictures.
I think this board is alot of fun and it really helps alot of people out.....I want to keep it that way....Mike Pipes, If I post pictures of food, I'm just giving you s**t...have some fun!
Keep um coming!
Mr. Harding, I hope to make Fred's again, but nothing 100% yet...I fso, we can letter all day and all night!!!!!
Posted by Joe Golden (Member # 6870) on :
Doug Allen, I ditto what you said, I didnt get to spend alot of time with Mike, or with you for that matter, I myself was busy watching, then running over to the stripers corner and working on my stuff trying to make it look good.
But I can say this..... Mike, you are they type of person that motivates people, your personality, your passion and your ability that I saw at Dixie is still what brings me out here into my garage every night whether I have work or not......painting letters, painting lines.
I have been using a brush for just about 20 years, and I am better at it now then I have ever been. 3 months can make difference and I thank you, all of you for the motivation to be a better sign painter.
Time for dinner now, and I think wife made some cookies for dessert.
Posted by Wayne Osborne (Member # 4569) on :
So Mike, ....C'mon buddy- lets see some pics of what you've been working on while you've been away!- presumably you've got to re-sign your shop ( How great is that!!- what are ya gonna come up with???)
Posted by Pierre St.Marie (Member # 1462) on :
Of course you're right, Meyer. I spent my entire working life with signs and carvings, but now I'm retired. This was the one place for me to ramble a bit, but far be it from me to burden you with my bull$#!% You belong here. I don't. Adios.
P
Posted by Janette Balogh (Member # 192) on :
Hey Pierre, you belong here too buddy. I enjoy your stories.
You know, it's not the off topic stuff that bugs me, it's the condescending bullcrap.
At a live meet, it's not ALL about signs either. (thank goodness)
There is PLENTY of sign stuff on here and it far surpasses Off Topic stuff. Focus on what you want, start what you want, or bow out completely. It's that EZ.
In the meantime, there is plenty to learn from Mike Meyers, Mike Pipes, Pierre, and UMTEEN others on here daily ...if they choose to grace us with their presence
The beauty of this bb is that a lot can be learned by other people's journies, without even leaving your own pajamas!
Speaking of which, I better get out of mine. I've got another full day of MAKING SIGNS!
~nettie
Posted by Bruce Bowers (Member # 892) on :
But, Nettie... It's the PA's of this world that make the ride suck, too. A life of just signs is way too one dimensional for me and seems a bit uppity to me.
I like hearing about people's homes, cars, kids, dogs, cats, etc. It is what makes them the people that they are.
Hey, what do I know? I am just a hapless loser signguy with a "real" job but loving every minute of it. Hahahahahahahaha!
Posted by mike meyer (Member # 542) on :
haha If this is all you do for retirement Pierre, well, you need to get a life. I'm not always right, ask my wife, I just want to keep it more sign related. I agree with Nettie and Bruce as well.
This board has been a big help to alot of people, hats off to Barb and Steve.
Let's keep it that way!
Posted by Rick Sacks (Member # 379) on :
I can often voice Mr. Meyers sentiment that this should just be a sign site. I also appreciate that we can share enough info to actually get to know each other and be community. Sometimes we loose the balance though.
Some of the balance that I hunger for is seeing more high quality lettering that was done without computer assistance, a skill I once knew and feel like mourning the loss of. Remember when we used be amazed by the proportions and interactions of letters and panels before we ever knew keyboards and mice?
Someday, I hope to actually meet Mike Meyers and hope we might find mutual inspiration from that union.
But do we really need to talk hockey????
Posted by Joe Golden (Member # 6870) on :
Rick, there are so many times that I agree so much with you, so I made me a little agreement and will ask each of you to keep me accountable with it.
Work or not, I am going to draw, paint and even cut a sign or panel twice a week. Got one in the works right now that I am gonna send someone from this BB.
Here is what I did last night
My kids love to run in here without there shoes on. Wife said I should make a sign, so why not right, I am a sign maker afterall.
Then she got all confused cause it took me 1.5 hours to make, she thought I was going to cut it out of vinyl. Silly isnt it.
So I broke out some scrap magnetic material, cut it to fit my metal shop door, looked at a font or two, the drew away. Had to grab a pair of my daughters shoes to draw a shoes, boy you dont use your brain and it starts to get rusty.
All paint, all drawn by hand and my kids put on shoes before coming out here, everyone wins!! I love Mikes saying..... "Let's paint some SIGNS!!!!"
Posted by Joe Golden (Member # 6870) on :
got it
Posted by Jon Jantz (Member # 6137) on :
I am a relative newcomer here and only have attended one meet in my whole life, so this doesn't hold much weight, but this is my take on the board...
I have learned and am learning very much from this forum. I have gotten all kinds of ideas, help, design tips, and all types of information here...
However, not even half of the info on here applies to me... like others, I do not handletter signs, handcarve signs, do not own a large router, Gerber or Graphtec product, and don't wet-apply vinyl. So this means probably half the posts have no value whatsoever and are of no interest to me... I simply skip over them or read them if I have time. It would be a little narrow-minded of me to consider all these posts that do not apply to me "Off-topic" and resent their presence in the forum...
Therefore, since I regularly skip over the posts that don't interest me, the ones marked "OT" do not bother me either. They are simply another subject line I don't click on if I don't have time.
Using the scroll bar on my browser does not cost me a penny, and I can scroll right past those subjects very quickly...
But then when I'm not that busy, I enjoy reading the OT posts. Since I have met a lot of you, and consider you my friends, I enjoy your insight into different areas of life beside SIGNS. I then also read the Gerber, router and hand-lettering posts in order to increase my knowledge in those areas.
I guess I'd hate to see the board censored down to only posts that suit any one person's idea of what the topics should be... I'm sure it wouldn't be long before I'd lose interest and disappear back into the fog....
Ok... back to signs and happy birthday posts... (if they're still allowed..)
Edited to add: this was not directed at anyone or any specific person... I very much respect the old-timers and love to learn from them. This is just a case for topic-leniency...
[ January 27, 2007, 07:35 PM: Message edited by: Jon Jantz ]
Posted by mike meyer (Member # 542) on :
Looking Good Joe!!
Nice work!
Jon, I agree, and this thread has opened my eyes alot as well. I apoligize to anyone who was offended, and yes, you can click past anything OT if ya like, and get as much as you want out of this board, just remember, you get OUT what you put IN!
Bring on the cookies, the family toe stubbings, the birthday's the anniversary's the rash on your left leg, oh and even some tips on signs if ya care to!
I can take it.
Rip me, pat me on the back, I really don't care, as long as I can help out a fellow Letterhead.
Posted by Kelly Thorson (Member # 2958) on :
I personally would like to see more posts by the "old timers" in the old ways. You guys are the ones who can keep this craft alive. If for every time you felt like posting a complaint about the other stuff on the forum (which I am sure must be way more often than you do) you posted some of your work - even if it isn't new, it would go a long way to keping the craft alive.
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