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by armouredbear
Fri 31 Dec, 2010 3:39 pm
Forum: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly
Topic: A Big One for Christmas
Replies: 40
Views: 21289

Re: A Big One for Christmas

Wow!

Impressive craftsmanship.

What did you charge the customer?

Bear.
by armouredbear
Fri 17 Dec, 2010 9:06 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: **** in the Attic
Replies: 18
Views: 4538

Re: **** in the Attic

blokman wrote:Yep... very easy, take the money and do the job...........
Don't you think there should be more to a job than just the money?

Silly question, of course you don't. :|

I guess we cant all expect to want to see a job done properly. However I find it hard to imagine a customer who wouldn't.

Bear.
by armouredbear
Fri 17 Dec, 2010 7:48 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: **** in the Attic
Replies: 18
Views: 4538

Re: **** in the Attic

Perhaps the customer supplied the plaque along with the fish??? Is it really the job of the framer to question the clients grammatical ability...... Yes absolutely, without question, every time, yep! If the engraver is a twit tell the customer, the twit can then be made to do a proper job and then ...
by armouredbear
Fri 17 Dec, 2010 6:59 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: **** in the Attic
Replies: 18
Views: 4538

Re: **** in the Attic

Hello john,

Well it's not really a grammatical error.

It's utterly the wrong word, it might just as well say, "......because they always supercalafradgelisticexpyallydotious track of time......" :?

Anyway what do I know, the framing looks good.....or does it? :giggle:

Bear.
by armouredbear
Fri 17 Dec, 2010 4:19 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: **** in the Attic
Replies: 18
Views: 4538

Re: **** in the Attic

WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now that would really P*** me right off :evil:

LOOSE ????????

Loose instead of lose at the best of times gets me apoplectic, but having to pay for the privilege of displaying it on my wall would drive me right over the edge.

Bear.
by armouredbear
Wed 15 Dec, 2010 7:46 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Underpinner not working !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Replies: 9
Views: 2591

Re: Underpinner not working !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Steve Goodall wrote:I trust you are using genuine casesse pins???
Hmnn good question.

The fact is I don't know. When I bought my stock (second hand) I got oodles of cartridges but no boxes for them.

Bear.
by armouredbear
Wed 15 Dec, 2010 7:40 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Underpinner not working !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Replies: 9
Views: 2591

Re: Underpinner not working !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Phew!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Panic over :clap: I had a wedge jammed in the little block that they slide up and through. Just a quick disassemble, removal of said offending wedge, a good clean and rebuild ......et voila! :rock: Thanks for the speedy responses anyhow. As for the pub, well that sounds perfec...
by armouredbear
Wed 15 Dec, 2010 6:15 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Underpinner not working !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Replies: 9
Views: 2591

Underpinner not working !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh dear, I'm in the poo! :sweating: I've got a Cassese cs88 Operated the foot pedal and no staples were inserting. Ah! New cartridge needed, took the old one out..oh oh...full up. On closer inspection I still couldn't see what wasn't working, as I fiddled with the foot pedal it gave out a clonk and ...
by armouredbear
Thu 18 Nov, 2010 4:07 pm
Forum: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly
Topic: World Cup Final Ticket
Replies: 16
Views: 7379

Re: World Cup Final Ticket

I see I'm in a minority of one :shock: However, thinking about it still further, coupled with the proper ball I think I'd like to see the SA flag colours depicted more. So maybe behind the ball, green? A red strip all round rather than the black, because we've already got the black in the frame? And...
by armouredbear
Thu 18 Nov, 2010 10:19 am
Forum: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly
Topic: World Cup Final Ticket
Replies: 16
Views: 7379

Re: World Cup Final Ticket

framemaker wrote:Good for you J2M I'm glad you're considering a MK2 version. Unfortunately I know a lot more about football than I do framing so cant really help with the technicalities of MK2.
Thinking about it, why can't we just use a downloaded photo of the correct ball?

Bear.
by armouredbear
Thu 18 Nov, 2010 9:59 am
Forum: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly
Topic: World Cup Final Ticket
Replies: 16
Views: 7379

Re: World Cup Final Ticket

France 2 England 1 Actually it was England 1 France 2. Don't want to get too pedantic but it is a huge difference :( Good for you J2M I'm glad you're considering a MK2 version. Unfortunately I know a lot more about football than I do framing so cant really help with the technicalities of MK2. What ...
by armouredbear
Wed 17 Nov, 2010 2:34 pm
Forum: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly
Topic: World Cup Final Ticket
Replies: 16
Views: 7379

Re: World Cup Final Ticket

Actually just checked it out, its more like three coloured triangles rather than a band.

Bear.
by armouredbear
Wed 17 Nov, 2010 2:31 pm
Forum: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly
Topic: World Cup Final Ticket
Replies: 16
Views: 7379

Re: World Cup Final Ticket

New to framing as you may well know, so a little shy about commenting but here goes anyway... If I was the the customer here, I'd have the right hump frankly :( The hexagonals are usually part of the structure of the ball and should therefor be placed equidistant. These look like random chosen shape...
by armouredbear
Wed 27 Oct, 2010 8:25 am
Forum: Adverts/Sales/Wants
Topic: Framing Help Wanted Please
Replies: 3
Views: 1839

Re: Framing Help Wanted Please

Hi towed 101,

Sounds great, Ive sent you an e-mail :)

Regards,

Bear.
by armouredbear
Tue 19 Oct, 2010 12:41 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Education costs
Replies: 22
Views: 4685

Re: Education costs

Hello Nigel, Funny you should ask this question, because the thing I learned most from this event is that I don't need to learn everything. I've been frantic about learning every aspect of the framing business for months now in a bid to develop enough confidence in my abilities to offer them as a se...
by armouredbear
Mon 18 Oct, 2010 12:07 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Lion Event.... the afterglow.
Replies: 18
Views: 4652

Re: Lion Event.... the afterglow.

Why mention it then; why dangle the carrot? I don't relate to the "mindset of the Framing industry I have come to expect so far" bit. Can you elaborate? It doesn't take the brains of an archbishop to work out who you are on about, there were only a couple of 'business' type seminars, and ...
by armouredbear
Sun 17 Oct, 2010 5:52 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Lion Event.... the afterglow.
Replies: 18
Views: 4652

Lion Event.... the afterglow.

Well that was very interesting, I learned an awful lot more than I expected and in ways I certainly did not expect. Star attraction for me was Jim Anderson on the "Business of framing". I've only been in the framing business for a couple of months or so and the overriding feedback one gets...
by armouredbear
Thu 14 Oct, 2010 7:46 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Target Audience?
Replies: 6
Views: 2540

Re: Target Audience?

I am indeed going :)

Looking forward to hearing what you have to say.
by armouredbear
Thu 14 Oct, 2010 2:13 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Target Audience?
Replies: 6
Views: 2540

Target Audience?

I was asked today what my target audience was! I was unable to answer and have spent all day trying to figure the answer. I think the problem is that it doesn't mean anything. Sure, I know what it means grammatically, but what does it mean in reality? I mean, why would anybody set up in business as ...