-------------------- Kimberly Zanetti Purcell www.amethystProductivity.com Folsom, CA email: Kimberly@AmethystProductivity.com
“Organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up.” AA Milne Posts: 3722 | From: Folsom, CA | Registered: Dec 2001
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Say it ain't so, Mikey! Who will Elmer have to complain to? I do think it's true, because your sign is down. Where are you headed to? love....Jill
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How long do you think it will take Mazeppa to realize that the best thing it had going for it is no longer there? It's worse than when the Cubs traded, Lou Brock.
I hope your absence leaves the town feeling empty and ashamed. I hope you flourish in your new surroundings and are appreciated and respected as you should be. I hope Mazeppa begs you to come back and offers you the world, and you tell them "NOT HAPPENIN' ... YOU HAD YOUR CHANCE ... YOU BLEW IT ... NOW YOU MUST SUFFER!!!
hahahahahahhahahhahhahh!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That was cruel -- twernt it! Oh well, what can you do? Life goes on.
-------------------- Bill Diaz Diaz Sign Art Pontiac IL www.diazsignart.com Posts: 2107 | From: Pontiac, IL | Registered: Dec 2001
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That's big news! I hope you're moving somewhere that has Snow and hockey. Best of Luck to you guys where ever you go. Mazeppa's going to be pretty ordinary without the Orange and Blue.
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Hey, maybe you can help them out by showing the postmaster how to get a plotter on e-bay!? Maybe NOT!
I just remember walking around in that shop and looking at all those works of art....what a MOVE! Sorry you have to tear up roots, Mike, but on the other hand, maybe change will be a good thing! Who knows!? An adventure in your life, if you look at it like that. Keep us all posted where you "land".
-------------------- Jane Diaz Diaz Sign Art 628 W. Lincoln Ave. Pontiac, Il. 61764 815-844-7024 www.diazsignart.com Posts: 4102 | From: Pontiac, IL USA | Registered: Feb 1999
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So, you have a great life, then! Yahfersher. Youbetcha even!
-------------------- Bruce Bowers
DrCAS Custom Lettering and Design Saint Cloud, Minnesota
"Things work out best for the people who make the best of the way things work out." - Art Linkletter Posts: 6451 | From: Saint Cloud, Minnesota | Registered: Jun 1999
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I just had another thought. Isnt it funny how you sell your shop to some one, and they get some one else to do there signage. sounds like this place! Aint loyalty grand! Love how they spelled it wong too.. kills me!
Again.. GOOD luck mate!
Rod
-------------------- Rod from, EAST COAST AIRBRUSHING "Airbrush Art & Graphics" Nambour; Sunshine Coast, Queensland. Australia E.mail: rod@rodticklesigns.com Web: www.rodticklesigns.com Posts: 635 | From: Nambour, Sunshine Coast, Queensland | Registered: Dec 1998
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Like They Say...."if you go there, WE WILL FOLLOW!"
New Adventures, makes Good Life...anon
All the Best to you ALL!
John
-------------------- John Lennig / Big Top Sign Arts 5668 Ewart Street, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada bigtopya@hotmail.com 604.451.0006 Posts: 2184 | From: Burnaby, British Columbia,Canada | Registered: Nov 2001
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Have FUN wherever you go or whatever you do Mike.
-------------------- Dave Grundy retired in Chelem,Yucatan,Mexico/Hensall,Ontario,Canada 1-519-262-3651 Canada 011-52-1-999-102-2923 Mexico cell 1-226-785-8957 Canada/Mexico home
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Wow Mike, that was quicker than I expected. Best of luck to you. I hope everything pans out for you on your new venture. You can always shack up with Lloyd and live on cheese popcorn if your willing to relocate to downtown Chippewa Falls.
"What time you came?"
-------------------- Kurt Gaber Chippewa Falls, WI Thank You Letterheads for being a part of both Brush Bashes in '02 & '06!
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Wishing you the best,Mike! Let us know where you land. Judy
-------------------- Judy Pate Signs By Judy Albany, Georgia USA 229-435-6824
Live simply...Love generously...Care deeply...Speak kindly...Leave the rest to God. Posts: 2621 | From: Albany,GA,USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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Mike, you will succeed where ever you go. You adjust easy. The greatest move is the first step...
-------------------- aka:Cisco the "Traveling Millennium Sign Artist" http://www.franciscovargas.com Fresno, CA 93703 559 252-0935 "to live life, is to love life, a sign of no life, is a sign of no love"...Cisco 12'98 Posts: 3576 | From: Fresno, Ca, the great USA | Registered: Dec 1998
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Truely sad to see Mike. Mazeppa will miss you as much as we'll miss comming there for some great memories...Let us know where your starting some new memories...and if you need a bed away from it all, you know our door is always open...Good Luck and we pray that all is a possitve move for you and your family... Thanks for the Memories in Mazeppa Mike...Pat and Ruth
-------------------- Pat Welter Masterhand Signs and Designs Unity, Saskatchewan.Canada Posts: 1304 | From: Unity, Saskatchewan.Canada | Registered: May 1999
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Musters, the mother of all meets in the coolest shop I've ever seen, beautiful scenic drive through the hills and valleys of the Mississippi river on the way, the best surroundings ever for Letterhead meets, enjoying every minute, learning so much, .... no more.
I hope you land in a better place and start anew with your wonderful tradition of teaching so many the intricacies of our craft.
Best of luck Mike and
-------------------- Dave Sherby "Sandman" SherWood Sign & Graphic Design Crystal Falls, MI 49920 906-875-6201 sherwoodsign@sbcglobal.net Posts: 5400 | From: Crystal Falls, MI USA | Registered: Apr 1999
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I can't help but think someone is pulling our collective leg, 'cause I can't imagine Mazeppa without Mike. Say it ain't so! But if it's true, let us all know soonest where yer goin'. Got a roof here. MUR
-------------------- Murray MacDonald OldTime Signs 529 Third Ave S Kenora, ON. P9N 1Y3 oldtimesigns@gokenora.com Posts: 781 | From: Kenora, ON | Registered: Jan 2003
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He really loved New England while at Cam's,so maybe with all the money he bought a $300,grand motor home, pulling a big trailer full of his sign gear.
He & family will see all of beautiful New England, while painting his heart out as a old time sign snaper,waiting until fall in Salem, MA for the Bruin's 2 kick off the Hockey season,then traveling 2 Springfield, MA 2 see the famous Ice Palace at the BIG E where the legendary Eddie Shore[Mr.Hockey] won so many Calder Cups with his Springfield Indians.
His heart will bring him down the East Coast 2 see every Hockey team play in every state, while snapping between games.
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-------------------- Kent Moss Greg Moss Signs Posts: 363 | From: Wilbraham, MA / Charleston,SC | Registered: Nov 2003
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Mike, I've always believed that to know oneself comes about by meeting others. Have a great time following your dreams and showing Eileen and Kaleb experiences they would never have staying in a small, quiet town. You've brought the world to you, and now traveling to meet the world! Maybe more will follow in your tracks. Life is short, got to follow your heart. Mine led me back home after I was gone for 30 years.
-------------------- Deb Fowler
"It's kind of fun to do the impossible - Walt Disney (1901-1966) Posts: 5373 | From: Loves Park, Illinois | Registered: Aug 1999
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I hope you find the place of your dreams to settle down and build a new life Mike.
When you remember Mazeppa I hope it is the good times, the happy memories which come to mind. Those are my memories of Mazeppa... and you made them happen. Thanks!
All the best in your journey.
-grampa dan
-------------------- Dan Sawatzky Imagination Corporation Yarrow, British Columbia dan@imaginationcorporation.com http://www.imaginationcorporation.com
Being a grampa is one of the the most wonderful things in the world!!! Posts: 8739 | From: Yarrow, B.C. Canada | Registered: Nov 1998
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Geez Mikey, Ya went an pulled the trigger on this one. I thought ya wuz jus ramblin... Didja take the job, or just movin on? Best to ya either way! Gotta find your bliss, my friend. Bethel Hill has a bed (or a piece of floor at least) for ya if y'ever comin thru. Good Luck, keep slinging paint!
-------------------- Bill Dirkes Cornhole Art LLC Bellevue, Ky. Goodnight Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are. Posts: 591 | From: Bellevue,Ky. US | Registered: Aug 1999
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....it could also be the end of an era because apparently Mikey has learned how to post pix! Just pulling your chain Mike. Please do spill the details so we know where to send the pierogies. Love....Jill Posts: 8834 | From: Butler, PA, USA | Registered: Jan 2001
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You all know something that I'm missing??? I thought Mike might be referring to the ending era being a purity in a midwestern town and didn't understand him to be moving. What's up Mike?
-------------------- The SignShop Mendocino, California
Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity. — Charles Mingus Posts: 6724 | From: Mendocino, CA. USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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Yes, it is true. Mike is leaving Mazeppa. And Jill, Mike didn't post that pic. My daughter did it for him, just before he and Ayleen took off for a short R&R to Sioux Falls SD. No.....that's not where he's going to. Mike's moving to neighboring Cheeseland, Sconnie - Wisconsin. There are alot of factors involved with this monumental change. I was as shocked as everyone else when I first heard of this some time ago. Last week when I saw his sign down and the inside of the shop walls bare.... a tear came to my eye. I had an empty, sad feeling. The many many nights and days spent there just gazing at the amazingly beautiful works of art..... all gone. But, it's for the better.
Mazeppa never really took him serious nor did they show much if any appreciation for him. He gave & gave to the town becuz that's where our family roots are and he was loyal to that. The type of work Mike does and wants to do, financially it wasn't working. Match that with the mental & physical health of running his own business and dealing with every expert opinionated Joe Public that walks in the door critisizing this and that.... this move will give him a fresh new exilerating outlook on life. As the saying goes, you don't know what you got til it's gone. Mazeppa will realize that too.
Mike will still be around here and there. I dunno if he'll be as active on the bullboard or at meets like he has been. Time will tell. For now though, it was a good run. Change is good. This change is going to be good for him in many ways. For anyone who is still curious about further details, you're welcome to email me direct and we can chat.
It's the end of an era and the start of a new one.
-------------------- Tim Meyer
950 W 2nd St. Zumbrota, MN 55992 tmpondy@yahoo.com
Mike Meyer's older bro Posts: 62 | From: Zumbrota, MN, USA | Registered: Aug 1999
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I checked my atlas... and Sconnie Wisconsin must be like Yarrow, British Columbia... a great place to live but not on the map. But that is ok... Mike will soon put it there.
What town is Sconnie near... so I can figure out where it is and start planning how to get there for the next Letterhead deal at Mike's new place... perhaps the shop warming???
-grampa dan
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-------------------- Dan Sawatzky Imagination Corporation Yarrow, British Columbia dan@imaginationcorporation.com http://www.imaginationcorporation.com
Being a grampa is one of the the most wonderful things in the world!!! Posts: 8739 | From: Yarrow, B.C. Canada | Registered: Nov 1998
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