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This traveling brush is headed south again....Going to help Mr. Sonny Franks in Lilburn Georgia....scheduled stops in Lincoln Illinois so far, I'm going to visit my son in Red Stone Arsenal, Huntsville Alabama, then Lee in Birmingham, Mark Fair (front cover of SignCraft!) in Montgomery Alabama, and possibly heading west to Whicita Falls Texas and Keith Myers. Those crazy rebels in South Kack-a-lackie, Donald Thompson, Ryan Culbertson, might have a wall to do as well...
the plan is to drive thru Iowa, into Illinois, stop in Lincoln see Adam May, then south to Paducah KY, thru Nashville tenn, Chattanooga, then down into HOTlanta. The Minnesota Wild are playing in Atlanta Friday night, I might sneak away and go to that game! Also I have noticed that the next NASCAR race is in Atlanta this Sunday..I have never been to a NASCAR race!
After working in Georgia, and seeing m'boy in 'bama, I'm planning on stopping in Birmingham, and Montgomery them highway 20 West to Texas thru Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas. not sure about the route back north...anyone out there that would'nt mind a visit? I like to see new shops and people! my mobile number while on the road...
507-421-3940
I have set-up XM radio for this trip and traded my '99Ford 250 Diesel gas guzzler for a 2000 Chevy Astro van with a bed in da back like my old one was fixed up! That ol girl went coast to coast more than a few times! Over 250 K on her and she was just getting old...I'm going to continue her service by making her into a trailer!
well....we jsut got a 2-3 inch snow dusting over night, and I bet it will all be gone by the time I get back!
See you on the road! Got a project you need help with...gimme a call!
-------------------- Mike Meyer Sign Painter 189 1st Ave n P.O. Box 3 Mazeppa, Mn 55956
We are not selling, we are staying here in Mazeppa....we cannot re-create what we have here....not in another lifetime! SO Here we are!!!!!!!
If you head south outta Lincoln, and take a left when you get to I-64, It's only a bout 35 miles farther to come by here instead of Paducah. We're about 6 hours from Hotlanta.
-------------------- Don Hulsey Strokes by DON signs Utica, KY 270-275-9552 sbdsigns@aol.com
I've always been crazy... but it's kept me from going insane. Posts: 2283 | From: Utica, KY U.S.A. | Registered: Jan 1999
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Thanks Don! I'll see how it's going, I jotted down yur number, I'll call ya from the road!''The windows that Stevo posted are the glass windows that use to adourn my shop....The small "signs" job was done by Scott Telfer Glasgow Scotland during the 2004 Muster in sub zero temps! The other 2 were done by the Gold Leaf master from Australia, John Jordan himself! I wanna get shots of different shops along the trip...get yur shop SPIFFED UP!
-------------------- Mike Meyer Sign Painter 189 1st Ave n P.O. Box 3 Mazeppa, Mn 55956
We are not selling, we are staying here in Mazeppa....we cannot re-create what we have here....not in another lifetime! SO Here we are!!!!!!!
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Hey Mike, you know were I live if ya go home on I-35, If its later this month I might have a wall!! have a safe trip,That "CIGAR" is a wait'in fer ya............
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Hey Mikey, have a fun, safe and profitable Journey amigo as you know if you head out west again you have a casa over here in Fresno.
-------------------- 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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And the police here have wanted to issue a special permit for park sleeping for ya but I told them you better be sleepin' at our house so they will be looking for you! Ya better call us this time and sleeping in out of the cold this time of year! You know where we are if you need a bed for the night. I'll even put a chocolate on your pillow!
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-------------------- 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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Jane, the cop that night gave me Cadbury's Chocolate , can you stock pile me some Cadbury's? I don't know, that park is a special place...(I peed on third base, now only you, me and the cop know this!) he he wtahc yur mailbox...got a walldog article for you kids...man, yur Blackhawks took it to us last night! ouch!
-------------------- Mike Meyer Sign Painter 189 1st Ave n P.O. Box 3 Mazeppa, Mn 55956
We are not selling, we are staying here in Mazeppa....we cannot re-create what we have here....not in another lifetime! SO Here we are!!!!!!!
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Check your email,Let me know if its possible....and what time you may come threw!!! It's a 15'by 30' wall for my nefhew's barber shop maybe paint a Mayberry theme on it he he he he.....
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There HAS to be a song in the making about the Signpainter on the Road...(not Dead Skunk in the Middle of the Road, Louden!) I bet those Switchback boys could do it! Safe travels, Mike!
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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BIG TOP JOHNNY! Mark Fair can whip up a little diddity I'm sure..or else the Jack Norton favorite...I think it's on you tube..man and his brush?
-------------------- Mike Meyer Sign Painter 189 1st Ave n P.O. Box 3 Mazeppa, Mn 55956
We are not selling, we are staying here in Mazeppa....we cannot re-create what we have here....not in another lifetime! SO Here we are!!!!!!!
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Have fun on your trip, Mike! We made a deal, you gotta work on your picture posting before you go because we want to see lots of pictures of all the shops you visit!!!
On the sleeping in the van thing... first thing I thought of was "Hi, I'm Mike Meyer... I'm a motivational speaker and I live in a VAN DOWN BY THE RIVER."
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well....if youre goin ta MARK FAIRS....in montgomery, al. youre only 3-4 hours from the prettiest beaches in the world.....PENSACOLA/DESTIN FLORIDA. they look just like MINN......in the winter,ALL WHITE))))))) but we got gals in BIKINIS walkin on em....hummmmmmmmmm
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-------------------- joe pribish-A SIGN MINT 2811 longleaf Dr. pensacola, fl 32526 850-637-1519 BEWARE THE TRUTH.....YOU MAY NOT LIKE WHAT YOU FIND Posts: 11582 | From: pensacola, fl. usa | Registered: Nov 1998
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A man, 4 wheels a brush and a long paint trail up the road....Give me a call if you're coming through. Maybe we can hassle some store owners into letting us graffiti up the sides of their walls.
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Damn' Dog, yer turning into a real Woody Guthrie, on me here. I guess I might have to send ya a PBR blues maker for yourself. BTW Paducah, is on my bucket list. Check out all the art studios there and shmooze them art folks a bit.
J
-------------------- Jack Wills Studio Design Works 1465 E.Hidalgo Circle Nye Beach / Newport, OR Posts: 2914 | From: Rocklin, CA. USA | Registered: Dec 1998
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If you GPS the Paducah Quilt Museum the murals are across the street. Been there, done that, SEVERAL times! The murals go on for blocks and ARE worth the trip. David (Herbie), Rob & Steve Estes are all there in that neighborhood too.
-------------------- 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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Mike Meyer was sited!! Left my place this morning on his way south.
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-------------------- Adam May 205 S. Sangamon St. Lincoln, IL 62656 217-735-9939 headhoncho@ampstudio.net www.ampstudio.net Posts: 149 | From: Lincoln, IL | Registered: Jul 2004
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Can you imagine this dude bein' yer opponent on the ice?
-------------------- Jack Wills Studio Design Works 1465 E.Hidalgo Circle Nye Beach / Newport, OR Posts: 2914 | From: Rocklin, CA. USA | Registered: Dec 1998
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Mike, I may have to come over and replace the gold work. Would be an honour to redo the Goldfathers work.
-------------------- Paul Jordan Jordan Signs http://jordansigns.com.au paul@jordansigns.com.au Australia "We don't stop playing because we get old, we get old because we stop playing" George Bernard Shaw, I think. Posts: 166 | From: Caringbah, N.S.W., Australia | Registered: Nov 1999
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OK, step aside, let the man through - we got work to do here - y'all can have him back after we wear him out painting concrete.
Looks like I'm about to become a Minnesota Wild hockey fan. I'm cool with that, but will somebody please come to Atlanta and take Mikey to the NASCAR race? Hanging out with a zillion drunk rednecks sniffing toxic fumes all day ain't my cup of tea -
.... unless you call it a Dixie Letterhead Meet.......
-------------------- www.signcreations.net Sonny Franks Lilburn, GA 770-923-9933 Posts: 4115 | From: Lilburn, GA USA | Registered: Feb 1999
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Hey Mike: Since you're going through KY why not stop and see us in Winchester, KY. Give us a shout...859-737-4199. Don't know when you're hittin' the road...but if you are already gone we'll give you a holler on your mobile number.
-------------------- Barb Shuster BlueGrass Design, Inc. 16 Court St. Winchester, KY 40391 Posts: 45 | From: Winchester, KY | Registered: Jul 2007
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Spotted again during his trek to HOTlanta on thursday the 6th. Mike stopped by my shop here in Paducah, KY. Shot the bull for a few and out the door he went. Good to see ya mike - hope you have a safe trip.
-------------------- Robert Estes Brushstroke Signs 1500 South 3rd St. Paducah, KY
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This is like a "Where's Waldo" book. Where will Mike pop up next!? Is he wearing a red and white striped shirt?
-------------------- 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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