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I had a job out of town today and on my way home I got caught in tea time traffic. approaching a red light I overtook a well designed signshop van -he pulled up alongside but held back so as to probably look at my van and not give eye contact Another letterhead perhaps! I checked in the mirror ,there was room, I slipped into reverse and rolled back looking across with a big friendly smile did he see me?, did he smile? -who knows all i saw were totally blacked out windows, he turned off and i drove away feeling a total idiot
Still l was freindly!
Terry
------------------ Terry Bull Sign & Custom 12 Cresthill Avenue Grays Essex RM17 5UJ England http://www.wagonsforwalls.co.uk http://www.signandcustom.co.uk
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No need to feel silly Terry. When Barb and I are on the road, we often drop into sign shops we run into. When you are a part of something like Letterheads, it's only natural to want to share it with others.
There are some that just don't "get" what Letterheads are all about, but every once in awhile you discover someone hungry for all that The Letterhead Movement has to offer. There are several right here in Letterville that we wandered in on. Bet many of you have converts too.
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I know what the real problem was. You were both on the wrong side of the road.
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I always wave at other sign trucks. Most of them wave back.....but others just ignore me. *Humph* I just figure maybe they aren't having as much fun as me.....?
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There used to be a half-a***d sign shop up the road a way that basically sold red helvetica letters on white roll stock banners for a very low price. I stopped in one day to say hello. The fellow was very grim, and didn't really want to talk to me because (he said)I was his competitor. It was hard to keep from laughing out loud. You just have to smile,wish them a good day, and move on. Vic G
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.Does anyone feel like me, I don't feel like I have any competition because I don't care who they are, what they charge, or if their any good. I know I'm going to do good work, charge what I feel I'm worth. Sign shops come & go everyday especially in a town with around 500,000 people including surrounding counties. I really never even give them a thought. In my mind I'm the only Sign Shop in town. Most of the rest are WantaBe's. and there a lot of those in every profession.
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terry you did good bubba. be friendly to everyone you meet.
your work speaks for itself. if i pulled up beside your van i would be running off the road!
your work on the portfolio page truly inspires me.
be careful on da road.
mark
oh heck, you got me started now terry, many years ago i worked for a local outdoor advertising company(billboards)
me and my helper were traveling down a busy street here in montgomery. we stopped at a stop light and a welding company truck pulls up beside us and it is a chester cunningham truck from when he worked in dothan, alabama
i swerved to the right, then to the left and then proceeded to travel along side this truck just to marvel at chester's work.
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One of my favorite sayings is "I need people around me that I can use!" Now you can take that a number of ways....which always has me laughing under my breath when I say it, and put it into practice.
My point is in the following example: I have to retro-fit a 10 x 16 x 4 light box sitting on twin 40' poles. I've subcontracted out the entire project. Of course I'll be onsite overseeing the entire project which I have paid myself well for.=)
So, I'm using the competition to make me money while I call the shots. It's pretty fun.
Moral of the story: "Use" your competition! Hahahahahhaahah!
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Day before yesterday I noticed a big van with chiseled letters down the side which told about signs-graphics-and it was covered with large hand lettered flames. The van was pulling into a convenience store and I swerved on in behind it because - lo and behold - it was our very own Timi flying low after a hard days's work. That was nice. I liked to read about Redhead Fair's reverence for Chester Cunningham's work.
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Mark, I remember that welding truck of Chester's. He sent me a picture of it (along with others) and I keep them in a place of reverence. It's sad that today you can mention his name in a group of sign people and all you get is a blank stare - they have no idea who he was. I have often wondered what he would have thought about the Letterheads.
I framed one of the letters he wrote to me and keep it on the wall over my desk. Most people have no idea why. A part of one sentence reads..."I think you have arrived". Now, what greater compliment could a young sign painter get?
There will never be another one like him.
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