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Posted by Steve Kozan (Member # 1981) on :
 
Hey, hi. Steve here from www.yourvitalsigns.com

Just a general knowledge question for all of you. Every last friday of the month myself and fellow business park neighbors have a cook out in the parking lot. Good times. How do YOU unwind? take care,

Steve

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Posted by Rosemary (Member # 1926) on :
 
I play bass in my brother's band and in the reording studio and do a lot of reloading in the winter and shooting in the summer.

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Girls carve too!
Behind every good Woman, there's a man.............waiting.

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Posted by Jerry Mathel (Member # 526) on :
 
Sometimes I sits and thinks.....
And Sometimes I just sits.......

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Jerry Mathel
Jerry Mathel Signs
Grants Pass, Oregon
signs@grantspass.com
 

Posted by Dave Grundy (Member # 103) on :
 
one word.....BEER

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Dave Grundy
AKA "applicator" on mIRC
"stickin' sticky stuff to valuable vessels and vehicles!"
in Granton, Ontario, Canada
1-519-225-2634
dave.grundy@quadro.net
www.quadro.net/~shirley
 

Posted by cheryl nordby (Member # 1100) on :
 
Jump on the trampoline
Read
Take a bubble bath
Have a white russian
Dance
(not necessarily in this order)

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surf or MoJo
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Cheryl J Nordby
Signs by Cheryl
Seattle WA.....!
signsbycheryl@hotmail.com

http://www.thisismycool.com/signs/

It's only fun if you can get into trouble!!!
 

Posted by old paint (Member # 549) on :
 
sex, drugs and rock n' roll.......wait that was 20 years ago...good drugs, seems like yesterday.......

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joe pribish-A SIGN MINT
2811 longleaf Dr.
pensacola, fl 32526
850-944-5060
BEWARE THE TRUTH.....YOU MAY NOT LIKE WHAT YOU FIND

[This message has been edited by old paint (edited August 24, 2001).]
 

Posted by Mike Pipes (Member # 1573) on :
 
Who needs to unwind when you color pretty pictures for a living?

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Mike Pipes
Digital Illusion Custom Graphics
Lake Havasu City, AZ
http://www.stickerpimp.com


 

Posted by Troy Haas (Member # 472) on :
 
Depends........

Normally I kick back in the couch potato mode and watch sports on TV, hopefully Drag Racing.

I may also take the kids to the park on a nice day.

And if Im real lucky there is a letterhead meet.

I used to do alot of fishing, but sitting in a boat all day really takes its toll on my knee and back, also my fishing buddy is not able to go to often anymore either, and its his boat!!!

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Troy Haas
"Metal_Leg" on mIRC

SAM Signs
"At old Hose House No. 8"
931 W. Columbia street
Evansville,Indiana 47710
812-437-5367
Home of the:
"Brush Fire at the Hose House" Letterhead Meet
April 27-29th,2001

"Chaos, panic, disorder - my work here is done."
 

Posted by Stephen Deveau (Member # 1305) on :
 
Kick back and go on the Letterhead site
and read everyone's sense of humour!!!

Including my own babble.

After that I go to bed and dream the dream of SIGNS!

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Raven/2001
Airbrushed by Raven
Lower Sackville N.S.
deveausdiscovery@sprint.ca


 

Posted by Rosemary (Member # 1926) on :
 
Stephen, if, after working all day and all week, I went to sleep and dreamed of signs, I'd be calling that a nightmare!

hehe

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Girls carve too!
Behind every good Woman, there's a man.............waiting.

http://www.stmariegraphics.com


1911SRs and Paul Reed Smith Bass Guitars!
 

Posted by Kissymatina (Member # 2028) on :
 
oops, double post

[This message has been edited by Kissymatina (edited August 24, 2001).]
 

Posted by Jim & Chris hetzler (Member # 1709) on :
 
Shots of Tequila......my wife licks the back of my hand, I salt it, all the while she is holding the lime between her teeth, shoot the Tequila and go for the lime.....a few times switching back and forth and we are pretty relaxed!!!!

Works for us!!!

Hetz

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Jim & Chris Hetzler
JC Hetz Studio
513 W 3rd St.
Muscatine, IA 52761
563-263-2803
jhetzler@machlink.com

"We are the one that makes you look good!"

Jim Hetzler
JC Hertz Studio
Huscatine, IA
 

Posted by Kissymatina (Member # 2028) on :
 
Drink beer, shoot pool and tell lies... I mean stories.

But that's only for Friday nights. The rest of the time when I need to unwind or just take a few minutes, I go up into the living room, sprawl out on the floor and play a game somewhat similiar to fetch with my weener (whiner) baby.

I used to unwind by riding 4-wheelers with the guys, but I sold mine to buy a new one, then got too busy to think about a new one. Ah, maybe next year. There's something relaxing about being stuck in a mudhole up to your butt....

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Chris King
Lines-N-Signs
Indiana, PA

'Then there was the gal who never believed in signs until one day she went through a door marked Gentlemen'
 

Posted by Rob Larkham (Member # 2105) on :
 
who the hell has any spare time???

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"Paint with Passion"

Rob Larkham
The Bershire Brush
RL Graphic D-Sign
Chester, MA
rldsigns@aol.com
413-354-0287
 

Posted by Si Allen (Member # 420) on :
 
hmmmm...let's see:
shooting off 10 or 12 boxes of shotgun ammo
officiating at an Off Road Race in the desert
going to a Letterhad meet
chatting on #letterville
cooking

any and/or all the above

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Si Allen #562
La Mirada, CA. USA
(714) 521-4810
ICQ # 330407
"SignPainters do It with Longer Strokes!"

95% of all accidents occur immediately after the words "Hey...watch this."

Brushasaurus on Chat

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Posted by Dan Antonelli (Member # 86) on :
 
Cycling. I ride about 50-60 miles a week. Clears your head big-time.

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Dan Antonelli
Graphic D-Signs, Inc.
Union, NJ
www.graphicd-signs.com
dan@graphicd-signs.com

"You won't get wise with the sleep still in your eyes, no matter what your dream may be" - Rush
 

Posted by Bob Rochon (Member # 30) on :
 
I miss shooting for relaxation, of course it was just fun as a kid but we have too many yuppies living behind us now to be firing rounds legally.

wait! yuppies make good targets don't they?

Now I just buy a good computer game like serious sam and shoot make believe yuppies.


But seriously, I like good music some insence, and peace and quiet.

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Bob Rochon
Creative Signworks
Millbury, MA
bob@creativesignworks.com

"Some people's kids"



 

Posted by Michael Boone (Member # 308) on :
 
Cyclin...indeed!
I like rides about 20 miles....some easy,some sprinting.
Do not cross the railroad tracks on an angle less than 90 degrees at 2AM...Road rash looks bad..specially on a 50 year old body!

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Michael Boone
Sign Painter
5828 Buerman Rd.Sodus,NY 14551
Ontime @localnet.com


 

Posted by Glenn Taylor (Member # 162) on :
 
For me, its doing yardwork. Don't ask me why. I'm just crazy that way.

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Posted by Sharon Bigler (Member # 2203) on :
 
Going out in the ambulance and picking up people who are still breathing when I get there.
Getting online and checking out this site.
Some TV.
Reading.
Beer.
Getting online and checking out this site.
Beer........etc.

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Sharon Bigler
A Good Sign
Chambersburg, PA
 

Posted by Kathy Joiner (Member # 1814) on :
 
To relax I like to do all nighters in the shop just so that I can have time to myself. Then the next day you realize that you have about relaxed yourself to death! Did it last night and now I can't go to Friday happy hour and relax with all my friends. Seriously though, I find water the most relaxing thing on earth. I'm blessed with a pool, so in warm months I just go into the back yard, put on some tropical music, (Buffet-extreme escapism) have a beer or margarita and jump in. Every muscle in my body relaxes and I feel renewed. I also love boats. Get on the water alone, and I'm in heaven! Guess I'm just the typical crab. My sign is cancer.

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Kathy Joiner
River Road Graphics
41628 River Road
Ponchatoula, La.70454
PH. (504)386-3313
casey@i-55.com

Old enough to know better...Too young to resist.


 

Posted by Monte Jumper (Member # 1106) on :
 
A bad day sailing beats a good day at work...In the heat of the summer we come home at noon swim for an hour eat lunch and head back all refreshed...but my number one passion in life is playing pool 8 and 9 ball.Ive never actually counted but I wouldn't be surprised to find out I shoot a 100 games a week and thats not enough.

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Monte Jumper
SIGNLanguage/Norman.Okla.
 

Posted by Rick Sacks (Member # 379) on :
 
In the summer...the one of our swimminh holes, working in the garden, BBQ's on the beach, and sitting on the deck reading with a demitasse of espresso.

In the winter...a good video sitting by the fire, dinner with friends, going to Calistoga for a weekend to a resort with hot mineral pools and mud baths.


The SignShop
Mendocino, California
"Where the Redwoods meet the Surf"

[This message has been edited by Rick Sacks (edited August 24, 2001).]
 

Posted by Tom Hartel (Member # 1790) on :
 
Believe it or not, running a 25 lap race in my dirt late model racecar at Delaware Speedway is the most relaxing thing I do. Really! After working hard all week theres something to be said for having 800 horsepower under your right foot and just standing on it as hard as it will go then turning left! What a thrill!

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Tom Hartel
Sunset Signs & Graphics
Forest Hill,Md
 

Posted by Robb Lowe (Member # 2121) on :
 
club baby seals, hunt spotted owls and vandalize signs with rotten eggs and mexican airbrushes.

in case you're wondering... spotted owl tastes a lot like california condor.

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Robb Lowe
Hub City Graphics
Spartanburg, SC
 

Posted by Si Allen (Member # 420) on :
 
Robb...Spotted Owl is less stringy than Eagle, and smells better than Condor!

Baby Seals are tasty and very tender!

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Si Allen #562
La Mirada, CA. USA
(714) 521-4810
ICQ # 330407
"SignPainters do It with Longer Strokes!"

95% of all accidents occur immediately after the words "Hey...watch this."

Brushasaurus on Chat

Gladly supporting this BB !
 

Posted by Dave Draper (Member # 102) on :
 
Hi Heads,

Baseball, coaching 10-12 year olds the game of baseball, that unwinds me.

Some of funniest stuff happens in a baseball game with kids that age playing. For instance:

Cameron hates outfield but I hate it more when I put him in the infield. A ground ball hit to him in the infield will go right between his legs before he realizes he should try to stop it, or better yet, catch it in his glove.

So I put the little tike out in left field the next inning. A fly ball is hit right at him. He doesn't even flench a muscel as it comes right to him. Then with out any warning or movement on his part, his arm comes out from nowhere and the ball lands in his mit! The rest of his body is still motionless....funniest thing I ever seen, and I still laugh out loud every time I remember that incident.

Well, every game there are those kind of funny moments. They are priceless.

Like this one:

The opposing team was at bat, my son was catching. Kid comes up to the plate. The biggest spider we ever saw comes crawling out from under the home plate.

It crawls up the batters shoe, he looks down, looks at the pitcher, the picther is ready to wind up, the kid looks down at the spider, looks back up at the pitcher, the spider is now on the kids knee! The ball is pitched and the kid jumps a mile in the air trying to get away from the spider.

We laughed till we cried! hahahahahaha

I think I could write a movie script like the "bad news bears" with all the funny stuff that has happend on that baseball field.

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Draper The Signmaker
Bloomington Illinois USA

Get To A Letterhead
Meet This Summer! See
you there!
DUCK SOUP SPLATTER JAM
Sept. 14,15,16
Somewhere in Alabama
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309-828-7110
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Posted by Donna in BC (Member # 130) on :
 
Dipping in the hot tub with my son, watching a rented movie with hubby, puttering out in the garden, sneaking in some magazine reading when my son is happily playing in another room, taking my son to this awesome nearby playground/park where there's loads of walking trails and interesting hills to explore.

My time isn't exactly my own yet, but things are improving. My horse is patiently waiting for me.

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Graphic Impact
Abbotsford, BC, Canada
gisigns@sprint.ca

[This message has been edited by Donna in BC (edited August 25, 2001).]
 

Posted by Neil D. Butler (Member # 661) on :
 
Just last night we had 6 of our friends down for Rotiserie chicken, baby back ribs on the Q, We sat around the deck for a couple of hours drank beer and wine, then around 1 in the morning all 8 of us jumped in the hot tub on our deck, and we stayed there untill 3 in the morning... now that's relaxing. Tonight we're gong to see "America" in concert at our brand new stadium.
"I've been to the desert on a horse with no name.....
Neil

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"Keep Positive"

SIGNS1st.
Neil Butler
Paradise, NF
 

Posted by captain ken (Member # 742) on :
 
I sell signs, and it is stressful. To relax I make signs, sometimes they both happen at the same time, thats when it's time for a beer! I still go by the old paint theroy of sex, drugs and rock & roll, although all in moderation. 420?

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"A wise man once said that, or was it a wise guy?"

Ken McTague
The Witch city
Salem, MA

 

Posted by old paint (Member # 549) on :
 
ok...fun is fun.....but ya went to far....PITA WILL CONTACT those doing the killing and eating of endangered species....

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joe pribish-A SIGN MINT
2811 longleaf Dr.
pensacola, fl 32526
850-944-5060
BEWARE THE TRUTH.....YOU MAY NOT LIKE WHAT YOU FIND


 

Posted by Jim Upchurch (Member # 209) on :
 
Pulling wings off of flys. (Are they protected?) Usually I go to the gym after work, although lately I've been working late.
On the weekends, my favorite is hiking in the woods with photography gear. Sometimes I kayak, ride a bicycle, motorcycle and lately wrenching on my trucks. Today I tore the front end off of my beemer and will put on a newer front end with better brakes. ANYTHING but signs !

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Artworks
Olympia WA



 

Posted by Robb Lowe (Member # 2121) on :
 
uhh.. OP, "PETA" is People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. "PITA" is a bread.

but I know what you meant. Sorta like when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor, right?

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Robb Lowe
Hub City Graphics
Spartanburg, SC
 

Posted by Peter (Member # 1062) on :
 
UNWIND??!?!?!?!

ARE YOU SUGGESTING THAT I AM W-O-U-N-D T-O-O
T-I-G-H-T-????!!!! AARRRRGGGHHHHHHH!!!!! (as I rip the intravenous coffee tube out of my arm)

Naw, only kidding. I like to go to one of several nature preserves and just sort of burrow in somewhere and let the sights, sounds and smells wash over me - very rejuvenating. Biking, kayaking or competitive Scrabble does the trick, also.

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"Workin'hard...or hardly workin'?"

Peter Manzolillo
Jet Signs
Long Island, NY
jet22@mailcity.com

 

Posted by Adrienne Pereira (Member # 1046) on :
 
Robb, I thought PETA stood for:
People (for the)
Eating (of)
Tasty
Animals
And, BBQ'd and sliced thinly it's great on Pita bread!!!
A
Just found pita bread in the freezer!
We'll try it tonight!!!!

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Adrienne Morgan
Splash Signs
"Wherever you go...there you are!"
www.splashsigns.com
"Rainkatt'on chat

Benicia, CA
707-550-4553
heyu@splashsigns.com

[This message has been edited by AdrienneMorgan (edited August 26, 2001).]
 

Posted by Elliot Fishbein (Member # 137) on :
 
Mowing with a scythe (really) (http://www.scythesupply.com/)

Cycling (used to race)

1 beer in the evening

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Elliot in Maine

 

Posted by Brian Snyder (Member # 41) on :
 
Auto-x racing my car. Its basically going as fast as you can through a course designed with orange cones in a big parking lot. Its a lot of fun, safe, and a great way for people to improve their driving skills.

Jim- which BMW motorcycle do you have?

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Brian Snyder
Sign Solutions
www.njsign.com
Woodbridge, New Jersey

[This message has been edited by Brian Snyder (edited August 26, 2001).]
 

Posted by Jim Upchurch (Member # 209) on :
 
Brian, I have a R100RS (for the most part).
I bought it new in '78 as a /7 and converted to the fairing, pan seat, '84 40mm heads & carbs and dual front disks. I have S bars on it and am installing a 81-84 Brembo brake system with the handlebar master cylinder with calipers on the newer sliders. Converting to mate with the existing tubes is possible but doesn't use the newer dampening rods so I have some new tubes made out of chicago on the way. Looking forward to some serious stopping power now after 160,000 miles. Do you have a beemer ?

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Artworks
Olympia WA



 

Posted by Louis A Lazarus (Member # 763) on :
 
Rosemary,

I can't play a lick of music but dittos on the reloading and shooting. Our range is an hour away and between the drive there and back and the target shooting itself, when I get back to the house, I'm all "stress free". Also, if you really want to have some fun....go hit a bucket of golf balls. That works too!

Say hi to your dad.

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Louis A. Lazarus
Milt's Sign Service, Inc.
20 So. Linden Ave. #5B
650-588-0490
fontking1a@aol.com


 

Posted by Si Allen (Member # 420) on :
 
Hit a bucket of golf balls? That's an awfully big target! Bet they erupt outta there pretty good!

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Si Allen #562
La Mirada, CA. USA
(714) 521-4810
ICQ # 330407
"SignPainters do It with Longer Strokes!"

95% of all accidents occur immediately after the words "Hey...watch this."

Brushasaurus on Chat

Gladly supporting this BB !
 

Posted by Elaine Beauchemin (Member # 136) on :
 
hop on my motobike i gave myself for my birthday. whooo! what a feeling! :-)
get to the cottage in the woods and BBQ
for friends and myself with a nice cold one.

cooking is a good thing to relax my mind
and in no particular order gardening, play pool (even if i'm really not good at it), watching a movie, browsing the net while listening to music,
going to see a life bands playing music, drawing, take a walk with the dogs and playing with them.

at one point i learned that i was working to live not living to work even if i do love my craft.

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Élaine Beauchemin
scrip
Lettrage Scripsit inc.
St-Hubert, Quebec, Canada
www.scripsit.net
scripsit@Mlink.net
 

Posted by Felix Marcano (Member # 1833) on :
 
Cuervo, Budweiser & a colombian card game called Chinchón. Sortakinda like poker.

A book is also nice.

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Marcano-Welch Signs
Luquillo, PR
www.marcanowelch.com
 

Posted by Mark Fair Signs (Member # 289) on :
 
I play music and write songs.

http://www.markfair.com/music/mbound.html

have been known to drink a few big ass beers

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Mark Fair Signs
Montgomery, Alabama
http://www.markfair.com

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Posted by Adrienne Pereira (Member # 1046) on :
 
Listening to Mark Fair songs....yeahhhhhhh
That's some GOOD biscuit music!!!!!

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Adrienne Morgan
Splash Signs
"Wherever you go...there you are!"
www.splashsigns.com
"Rainkatt'on chat

Benicia, CA
707-550-4553
heyu@splashsigns.com
 

Posted by George Perkins (Member # 156) on :
 
I've tried just about everything but I've found the best way to unwind is to spin counterclockwise.

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George Perkins
Millington,TN.
goatwell@ionictech.com

"I started out with nothing and still have most of it left"

http://goatwell.tripod.com


 

Posted by Deb Fowler (Member # 1039) on :
 
Reminiscing (did I spell that right?)
listening to the chatter of kids when they are happy, blues and rock and jazz and classical,
dipping my feet and pole in the water and see which one gets a nibble first!

Actually, to think about this great group when the day gets weary from signs!

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Deb**Creative Signs
(and more)
 

Posted by Brian Snyder (Member # 41) on :
 
Jim-
Not yet. Got a bimmer but no beemer yet. (To those confused, FYI, a beemer is a BMW motorcycle and a bimmer is a BMW car.)

1st bike was a 1980 Suzuki GS450, then a Honda Shadow for about 4 years and last year had a Ducati Monster Dark 600 for 3 months. That was a fun bike. I was offered what I paid for it at the end of the riding season so I took it. I'm buying my first home this week so the toys are on hold for at least the next year or so. I love the R1150R but its going to be a while before I get my hands on one.
I lettered some BMW motorcycles for a dealership that sold them to a local hospital (1st response units) and got to see a bunch with 60k+ miles on them with original engine internals.

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Brian Snyder
Sign Solutions
www.njsign.com
Woodbridge, New Jersey
 

Posted by Graham Hodge (Member # 168) on :
 
Guinness
Good music
Sitting on the beach
All three together is nice.

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Gray M. Hodge
Cam River Signs
Somerset, Tasmania.
 

Posted by Stephen Broughton (Member # 2237) on :
 
Ah! 2 weeks ago we jumped on the bike & headed off to the channel tunnel 2 hours later we are sitting outside a bar in Bruges
Belgium eating fresh Belgian Mussels & drinking some of the best beer int the world
and home again by midnight.
This weekend we had a bar-b-que for 2 friends who are about to row across the atlantic Check out htp://www.mrsd.org.uk they are as mad as a box of frogs

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Steve Broughton
Alpha Grafix Signs
Lowfields Road
Benington, Boston
Lincolnshire, England
 

Posted by RonniesTintSigns (Member # 1669) on :
 
I get my most pleasure having verbal exchanges with David Wright,Dam I love a good debate

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Ronnie Conrad
Augusta,Ga
706-793-3838
RonniesTintSigns@aol.com
 

Posted by SIGNBOY99 on :
 
I go to the gym 5-6 days a week. Lifting weights is the best way for me to unwind. Fridays it's racquetball with two buddies. Then we go sailing with Captain Morgan.....

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Mike Murray
Murray Signs
Freeport IL USA
"A business with no sign is a sign of no business"

PROUD supporter of this website!!


 

Posted by Rick Sacks (Member # 379) on :
 
I'm testing a new-to-me freebee web hoster and want to see if links to photo's work. This is one of our neighboring swimming holes. You can see a guy in flight as he just jumped off the top ledge.

didn't work

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The SignShop
Mendocino, California
"Where the Redwoods meet the Surf"

[This message has been edited by Rick Sacks (edited September 05, 2001).]
 

Posted by Arvil Shep' Shepherd (Member # 2030) on :
 
Working on my Custom Three Wheeler.
Small Mouth Bass Fishing (Wading)
Walking on the beach
Painting a new picture
Working on a NEW PROJECT (Ala Automotive Furniture ,Wet Bars) etc.

DID YOU SAY UNWIND ????

I don't have time to unwind !!!!!!!!!!
Shep'

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Arvil Shep' Shepherd
Art by Shep
Oak Island, NC
shep@ec.rr.com
http://artbyshep.homestead.com/index.html
" As long as they say your name, you will live forever"
 



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