Saving a ton of money by not going to bars and restaurants like we used to pre pandemic.
How are all of you all doing, health wise and business wise?
Lets keep this site alive and active!
Posted by Rick Sacks (Member # 379) on :
Dave, this is the first time in fifty years that we don't have work. We usually have forty jobs on the books to be currently working on. We've been catching up on gift signs for the non profits and doing home maintenance and improvements. Seems the construction trades are busy, but the trickle down from tourism is dead. We have seen a regular increase in businesses closing and vacant storefronts. I'm glad you guys are enjoying it and I hope things down south where you live remain peaceful.
Posted by Alicia B. Jennings (Member # 1272) on :
Pandemic Slamdemic, I'm still at work. Finally slowed down a bit so we could enjoy the summer. The only time I am reminded of the flu bug is when I see people wearing masks at the market etc. Many places still not open all the way. You can't go to church but you can have a "Peaceful Protests" BYOB "Bring Your Own Bat"
Posted by Bob Kaschak (Member # 3146) on :
Hola Dave!
Doing well up here in the mountains. Summer is jamming along, the pond is hopping with wildlife, and the grand kids are healthy and happy!
Keeping busy with some creative jobs and putting the finishing touches on the new shop.
All is well.
Peace, Bob
Posted by Gerald Barlow (Member # 3477) on :
I be busy with small jobs. Have one large (for me) one and small tasks fill in. Since I work out of a half garage I don't need much to be full. Sure miss the old days and the 'Head meets. Jer/Artworx now at signguy@turlocksigns.com
Posted by Don Hulsey (Member # 128) on :
We are still healthy here so far. I was deemed "nonessential" and had to close the shop for 10 weeks. I got a lot of honey dos done around the house. I reopened June 1 and I am almost caught up on all the projects that had been waiting through the 10 weeks. We are still required to wear masks anytime we are outside of our house. Glad all of you are still doing OK.
Posted by Dan Sawatzky (Member # 88) on :
Summers are traditionally slow in our shop but we are keeping very busy on our own project - the Hazelnut Inn. It's a big ones we are now four years in with two more to go before we open. It is fun to lavish details on a project with no customer applying the brakes. It is garnering a lot of attention already!
I'm spending lots of time with the grandkids and working on a hot rod project 32 years in the making. It's a hand built from scratch 1910 Overland. We got it running this past week and I got my first test drive. FUN!
Our phone is still ringing but in the last three months it has just been tire kickers without a firm budget to commit. I am seeing a new client this morning with a promising project.... we'll see.
We are being customs at our house concerning COVID and going out only when necessary. The world has definitely changed - at least for the medium term.
-grampa dan
Posted by Jean Shimp (Member # 198) on :
Back to full time work now since the first of June. I really enjoyed my time "sheltered in place" at home. I have a remote connection to my office computer so I was still productive, maybe even more so, by working at home. On my down time I decided to learn how to type correctly, which is coming along slowly from my previous one finger method.Also, got back to learning SketchUp but I've had to back off on that since we got so busy. Our employee who we furloughed decided to quit at the worst time. That's OK. I joined the ICAA (Institute of Classical Architecture and Art). I love the craftsmanship found in old buildings and the discipline they had back then to do a job the right way. Watching the videos on their website has renewed my commitment to doing quality craftsmanship in our sign business. I've also found a website with over 3000 educational courses for free from some very prestigious schools. I am currently taking a Harvard class on Neuroscience for fun. It is go at your own pace and am I glad of that! I find it fascinating. With so much new found stuff I don't miss going out much.
Posted by Duncan Wilkie (Member # 132) on :
We’ve moved home from the storefront. Our lease was up at the right time and we made the jump. It’s quite a challenge going from 5000 sq.ft. To less than 1000, but we did it and are still working out the details. We were slammed with COVID-19 related decals, signs and sneeze guards, now the regular flow is re-starting. I’m so glad to be home based with a fraction of the overhead.
Posted by Wayne Webb (Member # 1124) on :
Ha! Been a long time. I even remembered my password. Business was almost non-existent for us until 3 months after the hurricane, I guess people's roofs were the priority and by then the insurance companies were mailing out checks for signs. In the meantime, I started a new enterprise selling skid steer attachments and did pretty well with that for about a year, then it declined somewhat and the sign business picked up again. Covid19 happened and the sign business died once more but, fortunately, the equipment business roared to life again. Perhaps all the guys off work staying home with their tractors and time on their hands. Now that our summer slowdown is here, I have more time to catch up on some personal projects around the shop. Still kicking.
[ July 24, 2020, 06:37 PM: Message edited by: Wayne Webb ]
Posted by Carl Wood (Member # 1223) on :
Folks, the stuff is about gone by now, time to get back to work!
Posted by Felix Marcano (Member # 1833) on :
I'm not dead yet. The island did real well by shutting down earlier than anyone, but now cases are picking up.
Posted by Michael Clanton (Member # 2419) on :
My biz has 3 parts- screenprinted t-shirts (which Mar-June is peak work) Car shows (which i had 10 shows to do do live art in the spring) and an event photobooth company (had about 10 weddings and events lined up for the spring) All that was shut down in March... so I took a part time job at Home Depot to help pay for the mountain of bills that kept coming in. Some work has started trickling in, a few freelance illustrations, a couple of photobooth events, etc. My wife is a teacher- she had to learn how to use technology and video conference her lessons. But we are still kicking. My youngest son had some fever symptoms and had to be COVID tested- negative, but instead ended up having Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever from some tick bites.
Posted by Wayne Webb (Member # 1124) on :
Oh WOW! Michael, I hope he has fully recovered.
Posted by Kevin Mann (Member # 7161) on :
Outside of being MIA from the forum forever. Still kicking 🤔
Posted by Kevin Mann (Member # 7161) on :
Outside of being MIA from the forum forever. Still kicking 🤔
Posted by Judy Pate (Member # 237) on :
We are healthy here even though we had a large number of COVID 19 deaths (170) in the beginning. This was due to two funerals and one funeral home having a guest from the Atlanta area who had the virus. I am with Alicia, business has never slowed down. Been making COVID related signs for the Georgia Department of Health along with lots of vehicle lettering. Roger has been staying in because of many health issues. Churches, restaurants reopened in June. Construction companies were never closed. Thankfully Governor Kemp opened Georgia back up quickly. Michael, hope you youngest is on the mend. Judy
Posted by Alicia B. Jennings (Member # 1272) on :
Still here slappin' down vinyl and brushin' on paint. No one I know has gotten C19. In my little acre it's "Mask Optional" Yesterday was a blast. I had 3 Sikhs drop off a truck. I was showing them my shop etc. The owner of the truck is a return customer, but his buddies hadn't seen me and my shop. Their English was really bad, but we were able to communicate.
Posted by Bill Modzel (Member # 22) on :
I officially retired in Oct 2019 from Britten Banners. In Jan of 2020 I discovered that I had a non-malignant brain tumor which was mostly removed. Left my right side partially impaired but other than that and the fact that I can no longer drive, I'm doing OK. Trying to resurrect an old Edge at the moment and sell a few decals for something to do and make some spending cash. Doing some oil painting in the winter and fishing in the summer. All in all, life is good and God is faithful.
Posted by David Harding (Member # 108) on :
Maybe Chuck Peterson's Edge has some parts you can use. Of course, you'd have to dumpster dive for it 1500 miles away!
In late July, we went to Wisconsin to visit my 97 year old father and 104 year old stepmother, who only moved into assisted living last year. My dad wasn't feeling well so I took him to the walk in clinic and they sent him to ER. I was with him 9 hours and helped him with everything. The next day, the health department called me to say he had tested positive for Covid.
They told me to wait a few days to get tested to prevent a false negative. After waiting the appropriate time, I couldn't arrange a test in the next few days anywhere within 50 miles. I finally canceled our flight, extended the rent car and we all drove back to Texas.
My daughter arranged testing here and after waiting a week, we got our results--all of us are negative.
My stepmother tested positive and a nurse her family has paid to help her the last couple years is also positive. The nurse's family are all now ill with Covid, and reading between the lines, there's now more cases in the assisted living center. All staff and residents were tested and negative the middle of July. Our feeling is the virus came in from an asymptomatic contact, perhaps visiting medical staff.
My stepmother has been in the hospital four times the last couple weeks and my father has been in almost two weeks, much of the time too weak to even hold his phone. There's been times we didn't think he's survive the day but today, he's quite alert and off the oxygen. They said that if this improvement continues, he may go home the end of the week and back to his exercise routine of walking a quarter mile per day, which he now has to do on his patio. My stepmother is doing quite well also.
It's been a stressful few weeks.
Posted by Dennis Kiernan (Member # 12202) on :
Jean, where is this website with over 3000 educational courses for free?
Posted by Jean Shimp (Member # 198) on :
Dennis, www.edx.org Posted by Ken Henry (Member # 598) on :
For those who ask me: " Have you lived here all your life?" My reply is: " Hell no! I'm not dead yet."
Recently, my daugyhter-in-law sent me some informations on programs whereby you can donate your body for the purpose of medical research. Your remains are then delivered to a University Medical school for use in training future doctors and surgeons. I found some black humour in the approach of one institution. If you donate to the Harvard Medical School, you can get a free t-shirt that says: " I've been accepted at Harvard Medical School" The back reads: " As A Cadaver".
Posted by Duncan Wilkie (Member # 132) on :
A year since my recovery from open heart surgery. Doing great. Laurie and I are home based now. Loving the freedom. Our kids and grandkids are fine, life is good.
[ August 28, 2020, 11:29 PM: Message edited by: Duncan Wilkie ]
Posted by Jon Jantz (Member # 6137) on :
Ah ha ha ha I'm stayin' alive, stayin' alive!!!
Posted by DianeBalch (Member # 1301) on :
Ernie & I are doing fine. I probably had Covid the very beginning of March. At that point they only tested if you had been to China oe was hospitalized. Not everyone makes Anitbodies, Some people who do, they only last as little as 2 months. When the antibody test became readly available, I was tested in Mid-June, 14 weeks after getting sick. Negative.
Sign work was dead for 3months, Which ws fine for us. We are semi-retired, not taking on many NEW clients. Mostly doing vinyl graphics for a school bus company and canoe manufacturer. Cutting CNC parts for a kayak company. Been doing Bicycle riding (470 miles so far since April)’ A little bit of archery and fishing, vegetable gardening (canning season is here).
Diane
Posted by Dave Sherby (Member # 698) on :
Wow, I guess I haven't been here longer than I thought. This topic was started in July and I'm just now seeing it.
Well, Ive been in my new house in Texas for a little over a year now. I check the weather in my old home town and what the Governor of Michigan is doing and I thank the stars I got out of there when I did. Business was almost dead there before the pandemic hit.
My new much smaller shop is finally up. Now for electricity and then to get all the tools out of my garage. I am semi retired now and will concentrate more on woodworking than signs although I kept my golf tee sign customers in Michigan. I'll go up there twice a year to pick up signs that need painting and deliver signs for new sponsors. I still have family there so it will be a nice visit twice a year.
I will do the golf sign thing, maybe some glass work and fun woodworking projects. I kept my CNC as I really enjoy creating models and carving them.Now I'll have the luxury of doing fun stuff when I want instead of having deadlines.
Posted by Sam Staffan (Member # 4552) on :
Still alive in Michigan Dave!
Posted by Bruce Bowers (Member # 892) on :
I am still vertical!
Posted by Jackson Smart (Member # 187) on :
We are still alive here on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington state. Semi-retired now but still doing a few choice projects as they come my way. Dianne is going thru some serious health issues now...but we are hopeful she gets thru these soon.
Life is still good.....be well all!!!
Jackson Smart
Posted by Rick Sacks (Member # 379) on :
I can only attribute my being here to the grace of God. Since this pandemic began, there has not been enough work to sustain life, yet I am alive. There have not been enough social gatherings, yet I still have friends. There is not enough rain to stop wild fires, yet we have not burned. I have not missed meals, insurance payments, or felt behind in any way. We've been fixing things around the homestead and making improvements. Our woodsheds will soon be full, although that usually occurs before July. I miss my afternoon sessions in the coffee house and gathering with friends. I miss new business start ups, they seem rare. I do thank God for holding us together through this.
Posted by Curt Stenz (Member # 82) on :
Well said Mr. Sacks.
Posted by Bill Modzel (Member # 22) on :
Since this topic is still alive I'll update a bit. I found a good Edge 2. 1 dead pixel that I can work around. Got it hooked up to my old Mac G4 laptop running MacImprint yet and making some spending cash off Craig's List. My old employer picked up an Edge FX and since the old foils won't work on it, they gave them to me. I have duplicates and even triplicates of many of them. I could probably print 8 hours a day for a year or two. Having fun and am healthy in Northern Michigan.
Posted by Rick Sacks (Member # 379) on :
Bill, just wondering how the Edge prints compare to the stuff off the newer machines like what I get from 365? Are the colors as clear and do they last as long? Is it easy to set up and cost effective by comparison? I've never done any printing, so I don't have knowledge there. I just assume that technology changes quickly and might get better.
Posted by Rick Beisiegel (Member # 3723) on :
We're still here.
It's been a battle mostly since probably September. We've always outsourced wide format prints, so we're bringing that in-house. Hoping things get back to normal soon, whatever that is. I still love what I do everyday. Hope you all do too.
[ December 14, 2020, 09:46 AM: Message edited by: Rick Beisiegel ]
Posted by David Harding (Member # 108) on :
We've had an interesting month. Our entire family contracted Covid--believe me, you don't want this stuff!
Our son in law likely picked it up at work. We thought he had the flu since he was the only one in the family without a flu shot, our daughter got really sick a few days later, then Sophie and I got it and the grandkids ended up with it as well. The kiddos were asymptomatic, except for some coughing, but the adults were pasted pretty hard. Sophie and I had to go to the hospital just over a week ago. We had pneumonia and low oxygen saturation. We also had 'cat syndrome'... after a walk across the room, we needed another nap!
When our son in law got sick, Sophie and I were at my father's house helping care for my father, who got Covid this past summer and spent five weeks in the hospital. My stepmom died from it.
The doctor had tried to contact my daughter to let her know her husband was positive, however, Verizon botched a change in plans and rather than taking our plans from one pocket and putting them in another, dropped them and then kicked them off a cliff, accidently cutting off our cell phones for several days. They then restored the phones but with different numbers for my wife and daughter. It took two weeks of constant calling and countless hours on the phone to get our phones back with the correct numbers. All the doctor's messages went to a 'disconnected' number and they finally had to mail the test results. In the meantime, we exposed my sisters who were helping care for my father, the housekeeper, and other friends. It was maddening! None of us are considered contagious any more.
It rained all day yesterday, and last night, Sophie slipped on the wood steps to my office. She didn't feel any better this morning, so I took her to the ER, where we stayed from 11 am to 5 pm today. It turns out she broke the humerus just below the ball in the shoulder joint. We have a follow up with an orthopedic tomorrow. If it's not one thing, it's ten others!
2020 is still in operation here!
From the slippin' trippin' House of Covid!
Posted by David Harding (Member # 108) on :
Accidently posted twice.
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Posted by Rick Sacks (Member # 379) on :
David, your situation is one that hurts me to hear. I pray that your family recovers.
Posted by Jean Shimp (Member # 198) on :
Wow, David, so sorry to hear this. I hope Sophie is feeling better. Will keep you guys in our thoughts and prayers.
Posted by Dave Sherby (Member # 698) on :
Still hanging in there. It turns out I picked the right time to retire from a full time shop, especially since I was in the Draconian State of Michigan back then.
My Texas shop is up (finally) now waiting for the power company to approve a 200 amp sub panel. They need to make sure the transformer can handle another 200 amp service. Hoping to start moving tools in from the garage in about a month.
Posted by Preston McCall (Member # 351) on :
What a year! After making another six year foray back into the Santa Fe art market, selling ~500 of our paintings and accumulating a nice following of collectors, we moved completely online and back to the Kansas City area. Last March, as the pandemic was rolling out, we managed to hire a mover who packed us up and made the jump back to KC. Santa Fe was in serious decline with the shut down of tourism and a collapse in the retail art market. Many galleries will not survive there and I suspect Canyon Road will be a ghost town soon. Sad elegy to a once dynamic and open art market, I pity the American Indians who have relied on that market for survival for so long. Suzie and I found a great house with much more storage and in a great neighborhood. Two great studios and a nice area in the garage for the shop. Had to build new storage racks for the 400+ paintings we still have in inventory. Then, I had to re-photograph them all, document them and arrange where in each rack they would be easily found, What a job. The online business has proven to be slower, naturally, but with the elimination of the $22,000 per month overhead, it is much easier to manage. I took some major steps in learning much more about social media, video editing and especially, Blender! Learning Blender is kinda like learning how to land a 747 on an aircraft carrier where all the controls are written in Mandarin and being blind! It is an immensely complex software, but is certainly fabulous, once getting past the learning curve. It is a FREE download for Blender.org and if you want to learn the NEW NEW, try it a while. Amazing stuff. So instead of painting windows for businesses, I am making videos for window monitors that are now so ridiculously cheap. (40" smart TV for $200?...plug in the MP4 file on the USB drive and hit play!) The effects are incredible both in razzle-dazzle and in impact on traffic for small businesses with walk-by or drive-by traffic. Taking what I learned from making window splashes and making videos which are animated, the effects are truly bewildering. I sense this is where alot of signage is headed with the costs of led panels coming down and down! I am still painting pictures, like an addict. Love to paint, but also trying my best to learn new stuff. Gotta keep the old brain moving in a new direction. Once spring returns, I will probably go paint some more windshields (185,000 done so far to date). Good luck to all and stay healthy! www.Prestonmccall.com for the videos www.McCallFineArt.com for the paintings
Posted by Judy Pate (Member # 237) on :
We are all well. Got plenty of business with a new client buying new trucks, trailers and tanker. In January I had sinus drainage that turned into bronchitis. Because the shop I had been working in had some mechanics with COVID, I tested but got a Negative result. Doctor called in a Z Pack and all is well. Roger got it and took meds also. We have lost one uncle to Covid and the rest of his family got it and survived. We had other relatives to get the virus and survive. Dave, sorry to hear about your family. Praying for your families recovery.
Posted by David Harding (Member # 108) on :
An update on our family:
When I took Sophie to the orthopedic a couple days after her fracture (a 30 mile round trip), they ordered us out of their office when they found out we recently had Covid, and were very rude about it. I spent the rest of the day on the phone, trying to find someone who would see her. All wanted a negative Covid test and for us to wait another week or two. I didn't know if she needed surgery (the break looked pretty bad to me on the X-ray) and I didn't want to wait too long.
I contacted our doctor about a test and he told us that we were long past being contagious, but once a person gets Covid, they can test positive for 90 days.
I finally found an orthopedic who'd see her on the basis that it had been 21 days since the last positive test and 10 days since cessation of symptoms. Fortunately, the doctor said she wouldn't require surgery and she has recovered very well.
Since we were now well enough to get out and about, we went back to visit my Dad, who we hadn't been able to see in almost a month. It's a good thing we did, because the next day, he suddenly took a turn for the worse. He went downhill very fast and died six days later, with all five children by his side and singing (quite badly) his favorite songs. My sister in law, who doesn't like Marty Robbins, said that was probably what finished him off.
Dad was almost 98 and sharp to the end. He was a geologist and geophysicist and helped design the original ALSEP (Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package) that the astronauts left on the moon and worked on the curriculum for training the astronauts in geology. He was also on the Atomic Energy Commision with Top Secret clearance and helped work on the nuclear test ban treaty with the USSR and establish ways to tell if a signatory was cheating and spent much time at the Nevada nuclear test site studying tests. He also worked on the procedures for monitoring the dismantling and destruction of nuclear weapons. At the time of the treaty, the US had around 70,000 nukes.
Dad was extremely kind hearted (he did thousands of hours of volunteer work in hospitals and national parks) and when a family couldn't get there in time, would hold a person's hand and comfort him as he died. During most of his life, this scientist was agnostic/atheist and felt no spiritual need and would shut us down when we would talk God's Word to him.
About three years ago, he suddenly started thinking about spiritual things, asking questions and making connections he'd never done in the past. Two years ago, he asked for a Bible, the first one he'd had since he was a child. Before he died, he had read the Bible twice, was amazed at the wisdom therein, became a believer in a Creator, began praying, and became a deep student of the Bible. I lost my father but was gaining a brother.
Posted by Curt Stenz (Member # 82) on :
David, what an amazing end to your story and your fathers life.
Posted by Bob Kaschak (Member # 3146) on :
Hi Dave,
So sorry for the loss of your Dad.
He sounds like one heck of a guy. I'm sure he and I would have had some great conversations with the rock hound in me. I assume he has rocks lying around all over the place.
I had an uncle who worked on the lunar rover. I wonder if they ever crossed paths.
You are blessed to have such a Dad.
Peace, Bob
Posted by Dave Sherby (Member # 698) on :
Sorry about your Dad Dave. I lost mine 20 years ago and now I'm on the verge of losing my mother. They put her in hospice a couple days ago. I'm over 1,000 miles away but myself and all my brothers got to see her just before she went into hospice. One of my brother's lives right there so we Facetime whenever we can. I had to take a southern route out of Dallas to Ohio to miss all the ice in Oklahoma, then I had to take the Northern route back home to miss the giant ice storm that went through Indian, Kentucky, and Arkansas. What a trip.
Posted by Duncan Wilkie (Member # 132) on :
Some heart warming stories. Thanks for sharing and best wishes to all my Letterville friends. We are well here and looking so forward to spring time.
Posted by stein Saether (Member # 430) on :
Hello, long time no seen.
Posted by Don Hulsey (Member # 128) on :
I am still alive. I tested positive last week. Since I am confined to the house I have built the new walk-in closet that my wife has wanted for the last 20 years, and repainted the bedroom. Today I am installing drawers in a cabinet that I am building to go in the new closet.
Four more days and I can get back to work!
Posted by John Smith (Member # 1308) on :
I'm still above ground too. no serious issues.
Don - I saw a saying once: look, ladies. the man said he will get it done. there is no reason to nag him every six months (or year) on "when" he will it get done.
ya'll stay safe
Posted by Janette Balogh (Member # 192) on :
Hi Everyone! I'm still in the game, despite some challenges. Had been caregiving my mom the past few years, and so I was not kicking out near enough work during that time. My mom passed in August of 2020, and I have been trying to build back up my biz.
Sadly, today my Roland VersaCamm sp 540v decided to check out. I am in the process of trying to get a tech out here to help, but they've already warned me that parts may be hard to get for such an old machine.
I really wanted to ride this thing off into the sunset, but I guess it's tired. LOL
I have a very lucrative print job in the shop right now. So I may be looking for a source to print it while I am down.
I don't know if I'll be shopping old printer parts, or newer printers next. Will keep you all posted. If I have to go to something different, I have no idea which direction to take. I'm out of the loop on newer equipment.
Any insight or feedback welcome. I want to be able to stay in business for at least another 5 years. I'm 62 now, and don't want to start drawing SS early.
Cheers all, and glad to see you on here! ~ nettie
Posted by Alicia B. Jennings (Member # 1272) on :
Hey, nice to hear from you Janette. I use two different sources. A local sign shop if I need it quickly and Signs365. That's www.signs365.com Posted by Don Hulsey (Member # 128) on :
Hey Nettie! Good to see your smiling face again.
I'll second Alicia on Signs365. With their quick turnaround, high quality, and low prices they might even get you through the next 5 years.
Posted by David Harding (Member # 108) on :
I'll third Signs365. Printing my own is hardly worth it any more.
Posted by Jean Shimp (Member # 198) on :
Likewise here, Signs365 is the way we go. They turn work around so fast it's at my door before I even have the time to finish the paperwork.
Posted by Ron Percell (Member # 399) on :
North of New Orleans, Master finishing a remodel on Summerbreeze, our new home in the pine belt.
Sub tropical climate is great on my body. Everything in the water has Teeth, but the fisheries are vast and the bites are big.
Working with Glass sign and Antique collectors, they'll follow you anywhere. I have private studio -3 car garage with large covered carports I'm about to renovate.
Yes, near the Bayou in the Swampy Bogs, Lot's of Lighting bugs.
We also are caring for both of our mothers, their very happy in the "Notebook House" in the forest.
Posted by Dave Sherby (Member # 698) on :
I know many you like signs365 but you should check out digital print solutions. 3 day production is standard but they also have 1 and 2 day priority and 5 day saver. I just did a window perf job. My cost was $183.11 plus frt. Would have been $211.47 from Signs365. Digital Print Solutions has produced my graphics perfectly every single time. They are located in Minnesota.
Posted by Ian Stewart-Koster (Member # 3500) on :
Dave, that's a lovely story about your dad - I hope you managed to write or record a family book of his anecdotes - the official secrets act won't be bothering him now!
We have my Mother's funeral this Saturday - I'll have to do the Eulogy... sad, but a relief from her Altzheimers.
Preston - I dabble in Blender when I need to convert STL files that our old version of Enroute objects to. It is an amazing program, with an appalling set of instructions!
Sign work for us trickled to close to nil, as most was associated with the tourism industry, which died when Covid hit. I'm back doing some horse-drawn vehicle restoration again...
Plus other weird and wonderful work - striping and scrolling old trucks and some gilding.
Digital prints: despite it being obsolete, I nurture our HP latex L260 along. I still have about 25 ink cartridges and 11 heads and 3 head cleaning cartridges to keep me going for a bit. The convenience is worth it, when you live out where we are.
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