STEVE AND OP........TWO GOOD GUYS THAT CARE AND UNDERSTAND BAD TIMES AND TERRIBLR HEALTH, BUT HAVE THE STONES TO GET ON WITH LIFE, AND MAYBE SAVE SOME. I look at my 'brothers and sisters' SOME OF YOU WITH SOME SERIOUS PROBLEMS of this CRAFT AS A KIND OF FAMILY. BACK IN THE DAY, WE WERE EXCITED ABOUT OUR CREATIVENESS AND WE LEARNED THE HARD WAY.....SWEEPING FLOORS FOR FREE, IN A LOCAL SIGN SHOP, just to learn our first knockout alphabet,and earn that first $10 bill.! DO YOU REMEMBER? WE WERE VON DUTCH!FOR THAT MOMENT IN TIME, WE WERE [SOMETHIN'}NOW ITS OUR HONOR TO have the opportunity....that isn't likely to come again...TO SAVE VON DUTCH! I'VE GOT ABOUT 8 GOOD MONTHS LEFT, BEFORE THE PARKINHSON'S COMPLETELY TAKES ME OVER, BUT DAMN IT, IF I GOTTA DO IT ALL MYSELF, I'LL GIT R DONE UBETCHA. YOU GUYS AND GALS WANNA BE A CASH DONOR.....GREAT....WE NEED MONEY; YOU W2ANNA BE A 'PARTNER' IN THIS EFFORT, HAVE YOUR OWN LOCAL PANEL JAM for SHEILA.OR LINE UP THOSE RODS AT THE SAFE??USE YOUR CREATIVENESS WWAY FRIDAY NIGHTS. BE CREATIVE AND WORK SMART!. MAKE UP SOM SIGNS AND BANNERS WITH A MESSAGE, LIKE "FOR DUTCH,NOTHIN$TOO MUCH!". CAN YOU DIG IT? GET THOSE IDEAS PERCOLTIN'BE A LOCAL HERO. DUTCH USED TO BELLOW INTO THE FACE OF SLACKERS ......"'DO' IS SOMETHING YOU 'DO'" Well lets do somethin' i can fill you in on details,I'M JUST HOPING TO GIVE SOMETHING BACK SO MY KIDS REMEMBER ME BEING A GOOD GUY IF YOU WANNA TALK,MY NUMBER IS 928-237-4993 bobburnssigns@yahoo.com
[ May 19, 2011, 12:07 AM: Message edited by: Bob Burns ]
Posted by Dennis Kiernan (Member # 12202) on :
I'm curious now. What exactly was your reason for persisting with the ALL CAPS in this new post after the comments that were made before? No vitriol intended, just trying to understand something.
Posted by Kevin Gaffney (Member # 4240) on :
Hi Bob. As a sign man who hails from the other side of the world, I'm curious to know more about Von Dutch and his work etc. Please don't see this as ignorance on my part, it's just having read your recent posts, I would like to know some more and maybe see photos o work if available
Posted by Si Allen (Member # 420) on :
dennis, you know anyone with Parkinson disease?(micheal j. fox) its very hard to hit the KEYS ON A KEYBOARD WHILE SHAKING!!!!!! using CAPS, makes it easier for that person to correct mis-strikes.
Posted by Bob Burns (Member # 268) on :
i mostly use all caps to drive some people nuts.HA-HA! kEVIN....... (COULDN'T HELP MYSELF}
You may be able to find the best book ever done on VnDutch, THE ART OF VONDUTCH, by contacting Al Quattrocchi in L.A. The book sold for $50 new but if you can find one, its worth whatever you gotta pay. Al can be reached at www.theartofvondutch.com He's the owner of TORNAD0 DESIGN.You can also contact him through facebok. He's got a 'page' there. and tell him you talked to me about it
[ May 19, 2011, 02:27 PM: Message edited by: Bob Burns ]
Posted by Glenn Taylor (Member # 162) on :
My grandmother had Parkinson. After a while, we set her up with voice recognition software so she could dictate to it. It was pretty sweet.
Posted by jack wills (Member # 521) on :
Just a thought... Since the "Flying Eye" is still in the hands of ownership to Bob Burns, why not have Original shirts made that the Daughters of "Dutch" could market at shows with a official autograph.
That's a keepsake I think...
And possibly a real draw and money maker!
Just a thought...
Posted by Glenn Taylor (Member # 162) on :
If someone will supply the shirts and design, I'll be happy to print them for free.
Posted by Jean Shimp (Member # 198) on :
I would like to work on the design for the T Shirt and submit it here for comments.
Posted by Deb Fowler (Member # 1039) on :
My dad had parkinson's and it was a really tough thing the last 3 years of his life;
I would be interested in taking some of the shirts to a pinhead meet, as they are a blast with the car shows, I always love the enthusiasm since my first one.
Bob, I wish you the best...
Sometimes I want to use caps because for some it is hard to switch back and forth on keystrokes, and another funny reason I found why I used to use them when online was because of the nature of signpainting I used all caps in the lettering quite a bit, maybe others have noticed how nice and legible a good strong consistent word shows when in all caps, no yelling, just getting it out there, ?
Posted by Dennis Kiernan (Member # 12202) on :
"I used all caps in the lettering quite a bit, maybe others have noticed how nice and legible a good strong consistent word shows when in all caps, no yelling, just getting it out there, ?"
You all saw the story about NYC changing all their street signs from caps to lowercase? The NY Post story says:
"Studies have shown that it is harder to read all-caps signs."
I have my doubts about that. Poster artists have always been very concerned with fast legibility and they generally use all-caps.
"The new diminutive signs, which will also feature new reflective sheeting, may also reflect a kinder, gentler New York, she (Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan) said. "On the Internet, writing in all caps means you are shouting," she said. "Our new signs can quiet down, as well."
Really silly girl. That "shouting" business is purely a convention adopted when email came along. NYC is not the Internet, it's the Big Apple and until Bloomberg got there, they knew how to do things.
Capital letters are easy to read if they are kept to a minimum, like in a sign, imagine if books were all capital letters, I don't know, that's my opinion.
Posted by Tim Barker (Member # 4209) on :
You know you are Letterheads when a Plea for help turns into a debate about the lettering in the Plea!
Posted by Neil D. Butler (Member # 661) on :
That's right! We should'nt be going Off Topic...I'll see what I can send.
Posted by jack wills (Member # 521) on :
HEY, YOU !!!!
quiet down...
Posted by David Harding (Member # 108) on :
