Anyone near Milton Keynes, who...

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Mother

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• May 17, 2006

• #1

....is planning on going to either the 101 'unofficial' this weekend or
Eastnor Castle.

I'm about to make an eBay purchase for something a bit bigish (size of
a large suitcase weighing circa 10K) which is in Milton Keynes.

Would happily part with some beer tokens


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of distributed ignorance. And we know and understand less while being
increasingly capable." Prof. Peter Cochrane, formerly of BT Labs
In memory of Brian {Hamilton Kelly} who logged off 15th September 2005

 

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Simon Isaacs

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• May 17, 2006

• #2

On Wed, 17 May 2006 16:10:07 +0100, Mother <"@ {mother} @"@101fc.net>
scribbled the following nonsense:

>...is planning on going to either the 101 'unofficial' this weekend or
>Eastnor Castle.
>
>I'm about to make an eBay purchase for something a bit bigish (size of
>a large suitcase weighing circa 10K) which is in Milton Keynes.
>
>Would happily part with some beer tokens

I have friend who lives in Milton Keynes, but he's busy doing the
GLASS thing at Devon county show till Saturday/Sunday, but he will be
planning to come to Eastnor......
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Simon Isaacs

"Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote"
George Jean Nathan (1882-1955)

ROT13 me....

 

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Mark Solesbury

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• May 17, 2006

• #3

I live not far from there, but am not going to either event...

However, if you need me to collect it and store it for a while, then im more
than happy to.

Mark
9090



"Mother" <"@ {mother} @"@101fc.net> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> ...is planning on going to either the 101 'unofficial' this weekend or
> Eastnor Castle.
>
> I'm about to make an eBay purchase for something a bit bigish (size of
> a large suitcase weighing circa 10K) which is in Milton Keynes.
>
> Would happily part with some beer tokens
>
>
> --
> "We have gone from a world of concentrated knowledge and wisdom to one
> of distributed ignorance. And we know and understand less while being
> increasingly capable." Prof. Peter Cochrane, formerly of BT Labs
> In memory of Brian {Hamilton Kelly} who logged off 15th September 2005

 

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Lee_D

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• May 18, 2006

• #4

Simon Isaacs <[email protected]> uttered summat worrerz
funny about:
> On Wed, 17 May 2006 16:10:07 +0100, Mother <"@ {mother} @"@101fc.net>
> scribbled the following nonsense:
>
>> ...is planning on going to either the 101 'unofficial' this weekend
>> or Eastnor Castle.
>>
>> I'm about to make an eBay purchase for something a bit bigish (size
>> of a large suitcase weighing circa 10K) which is in Milton Keynes.
>>
>> Would happily part with some beer tokens
>
> I have friend who lives in Milton Keynes, but he's busy doing the
> GLASS thing at Devon county show till Saturday/Sunday, but he will be
> planning to come to Eastnor......

Pimms with ice then ;-)

Lee

 

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Mother

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• May 18, 2006

• #5

On Thu, 18 May 2006 14:49:09 +0100, "Lee_D"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>> I have friend who lives in Milton Keynes, but he's busy doing the
>> GLASS thing at Devon county show till Saturday/Sunday, but he will be
>> planning to come to Eastnor......
>
>Pimms with ice then ;-)

Right - a small working group to put it on Grumble _at_ Eastnor and
we'll be laughing (mind, that's the kiss of death for any hot weather
there I guess...)


--
"We have gone from a world of concentrated knowledge and wisdom to one
of distributed ignorance. And we know and understand less while being
increasingly capable." Prof. Peter Cochrane, formerly of BT Labs
In memory of Brian {Hamilton Kelly} who logged off 15th September 2005

 

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Mother

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• May 18, 2006

• #6

On Wed, 17 May 2006 18:53:28 +0100, Simon Isaacs
<[email protected]> wrote:

>I have friend who lives in Milton Keynes, but he's busy doing the
>GLASS thing at Devon county show till Saturday/Sunday, but he will be
>planning to come to Eastnor......

Tell him it's a firm booking!


--
"We have gone from a world of concentrated knowledge and wisdom to one
of distributed ignorance. And we know and understand less while being
increasingly capable." Prof. Peter Cochrane, formerly of BT Labs
In memory of Brian {Hamilton Kelly} who logged off 15th September 2005

 

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Mother

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• May 18, 2006

• #7

On Wed, 17 May 2006 16:27:26 +0100, "Mark Solesbury"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>I live not far from there, but am not going to either event...

Should be sorted, but thanks all the same.

By the way, I keep meaning to ask you...

Did / do you work for Fujifilm in Hemel?


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"We have gone from a world of concentrated knowledge and wisdom to one
of distributed ignorance. And we know and understand less while being
increasingly capable." Prof. Peter Cochrane, formerly of BT Labs
In memory of Brian {Hamilton Kelly} who logged off 15th September 2005

 

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Lee_D

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• May 18, 2006

• #8

Mother" <"@ {mother} @ <"@ {mother} @"@101fc.net> uttered summat
worrerz funny about:
> On Thu, 18 May 2006 14:49:09 +0100, "Lee_D"
> <[email protected]> wrote:

> Right - a small working group to put it on Grumble _at_ Eastnor and
> we'll be laughing (mind, that's the kiss of death for any hot weather
> there I guess...)

Yeah ... do you want me to bring the Jigsaw and you bring the genny or are
you doing the chain saw demo Second thoughts ....itch
stuff....<wriggles> must be time to get that none itchy stuff. Once you've
worked out where it's going it should be a doddle. Sunroof while you have
the chopper out as well... What about a 3 section cockpit roof like wot I
got... http://www.lrproject.com/pictures/gaydon/2005/imagepages/image2.html

Best to charge it up on the way home if we are going to ensure some
sunshine.


Lee

 

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Tom Woods

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• May 18, 2006

• #9

On Thu, 18 May 2006 15:51:42 +0100, "Lee_D"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Mother" <"@ {mother} @ <"@ {mother} @"@101fc.net> uttered summat
>worrerz funny about:
>> On Thu, 18 May 2006 14:49:09 +0100, "Lee_D"
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Right - a small working group to put it on Grumble _at_ Eastnor and
>> we'll be laughing (mind, that's the kiss of death for any hot weather
>> there I guess...)
>
>Yeah ... do you want me to bring the Jigsaw and you bring the genny or are
>you doing the chain saw demo Second thoughts ....itch
>stuff....<wriggles> must be time to get that none itchy stuff. Once you've
>worked out where it's going it should be a doddle. Sunroof while you have
>the chopper out as well... What about a 3 section cockpit roof like wot I
>got... http://www.lrproject.com/pictures/gaydon/2005/imagepages/image2.html

Where did the nice shiny bits of ally that you are holding your new
roof sheets up with come from?
They could save me cleaning up all the scratty green bits that came
out!

 

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Mark Solesbury

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• May 19, 2006

• #10

> Did / do you work for Fujifilm in Hemel?
>
>
Kinda

Fujifilm Electronic Imaging in Hemel is a subsiduary of Fuji Photo Film UK
Ltd.

I work for Fuji Photo Film in Bedford, in the Technical Department.


Mark
9090

 

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Mother

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• May 20, 2006

• #11

On Fri, 19 May 2006 12:33:14 +0100, "Mark Solesbury"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>> Did / do you work for Fujifilm in Hemel?

>Kinda
>
>Fujifilm Electronic Imaging in Hemel is a subsiduary of Fuji Photo Film UK
>Ltd.
>
>I work for Fuji Photo Film in Bedford, in the Technical Department.

I knew in the depths of my aged unforgettory that you did summat like
that

Do you have any contact with anyone who'd know about very large format
printing - ideally onto something weatherproof?

I know the limitations of the original image is the governing factor -
but TBH, I'm not overly bothered how they look 'close up', more from a
distance. If that makes any sense!


--
"We have gone from a world of concentrated knowledge and wisdom to one
of distributed ignorance. And we know and understand less while being
increasingly capable." Prof. Peter Cochrane, formerly of BT Labs
In memory of Brian {Hamilton Kelly} who logged off 15th September 2005

 

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EMB

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• May 20, 2006

• #12

Mother wrote:

> Do you have any contact with anyone who'd know about very large format
> printing - ideally onto something weatherproof?

How large format are you looking for Martyn?

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EMB

 

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Mother

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• May 20, 2006

• #13

On Sun, 21 May 2006 00:18:23 +1200, EMB <[email protected]> wrote:

>> Do you have any contact with anyone who'd know about very large format
>> printing - ideally onto something weatherproof?
>
>How large format are you looking for Martyn?

Something around 3M x 2M (side of a gazeebo wallish).


--
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they make as they pass. Douglas Adams 1952-2001

 

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EMB

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• May 20, 2006

• #14

Mother wrote:
> On Sun, 21 May 2006 00:18:23 +1200, EMB <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>>>Do you have any contact with anyone who'd know about very large format
>>>printing - ideally onto something weatherproof?
>>
>>How large format are you looking for Martyn?
>
>
> Something around 3M x 2M (side of a gazeebo wallish).

Any decent signwriter should be able to help you. The chap I use for
signage for work has a digital printer that'll take 2m wide bits of
almost anything - plastic, canvas, cotton, corflute.... the list (and
possibilities) are almost endless. He charges about £40 per square
metre of printing.

--
EMB

 

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Tim Hobbs

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• May 20, 2006

• #15

On Sat, 20 May 2006 13:21:11 +0100, Mother <"@ {mother} @"@101fc.net>
wrote:

>On Sun, 21 May 2006 00:18:23 +1200, EMB <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>> Do you have any contact with anyone who'd know about very large format
>>> printing - ideally onto something weatherproof?
>>
>>How large format are you looking for Martyn?
>
>Something around 3M x 2M (side of a gazeebo wallish).

Our local (Rotherham) supplier has just moved to the Sheffield Airport
- he does digital up to a metre wide and can almost certainly do
bigger stuff when needed. Can't find them on the web right now.

We now use CG Signs in Barnsley, who probably wouldn't think 2 x 3 was
large at all....

--

Tim Hobbs

'58 Series 2 88" aka "Stig"
'03 Volvo V70
'06 Nissan Navara aka "The Truck"

 

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Mother

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• May 21, 2006

• #16

On Sat, 20 May 2006 21:34:02 +0100, Tim Hobbs <[email protected]> wrote:

>We now use CG Signs in Barnsley, who probably wouldn't think 2 x 3 was
>large at all....

There are a few things I'd like, firstly the pixelation softened on
the large print (which I guess is some kind of technical trickery -
I've seen quite low res pictures 'blended' in this way on large
prints).

Secondly, it needs to be on a very strong material - strong enough for
a gazeebo wall in a strongish wind.

The print must we well weatherproof too - which a lot of the ink stuff
isn't, being designed for indoor use.

Finally (cough) it needs to be pretty cheap

I had a company who we used to deal with offer an amazing deal but
they've recently been taken over by some German outfit who are
currently moving everything to Romania or somesuch :-(


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"We have gone from a world of concentrated knowledge and wisdom to one
of distributed ignorance. And we know and understand less while being
increasingly capable." Prof. Peter Cochrane, formerly of BT Labs
In memory of Brian {Hamilton Kelly} who logged off 15th September 2005

 

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Austin Shackles

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• May 21, 2006

• #17

On or around Sun, 21 May 2006 12:01:41 +0100, Mother <"@ {mother}
@"@101fc.net> enlightened us thusly:

>On Sat, 20 May 2006 21:34:02 +0100, Tim Hobbs <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>We now use CG Signs in Barnsley, who probably wouldn't think 2 x 3 was
>>large at all....
>
>There are a few things I'd like, firstly the pixelation softened on
>the large print (which I guess is some kind of technical trickery -
>I've seen quite low res pictures 'blended' in this way on large
>prints).

ain't that called anti-aliasing? or is it interpolation? it depends on the
computing power available, anyway - the simple way to remove pixellation is
to increase the resolution and interpolate and/or resample. starting with
e.g. a 1280x960 image, you get unacceptable pixel sizes if you print it more
than about 12x9 - and even that's only getting you around 100 dpi. magazine
quality printing is typically 1200 dpi these days, so a full-page in a
magazine would need to be something like 12000x9000 pixels... but that makes
for supergiant file sizes. I guess if you get the software right it can
interpolate on the fly on the way to the printer, and only work on a bit of
the image at a time. I found it taxed this machine (which has a mere 1.5GB
of ram) even doing a simple B&W gif to really big sizes. Mind, my software
is hardly cutting edge.
>
>Secondly, it needs to be on a very strong material - strong enough for
>a gazeebo wall in a strongish wind.
>
>The print must we well weatherproof too - which a lot of the ink stuff
>isn't, being designed for indoor use.
>
>Finally (cough) it needs to be pretty cheap

don't want much, do you...
--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
"If you cannot mould yourself as you would wish, how can you expect
other people to be entirely to your liking?"
Thomas À Kempis (1380 - 1471) Imitation of Christ, I.xvi.

 

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Tim Hobbs

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• May 21, 2006

• #18

On Sun, 21 May 2006 12:01:41 +0100, Mother <"@ {mother} @"@101fc.net>
wrote:

>On Sat, 20 May 2006 21:34:02 +0100, Tim Hobbs <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>We now use CG Signs in Barnsley, who probably wouldn't think 2 x 3 was
>>large at all....
>
>There are a few things I'd like, firstly the pixelation softened on
>the large print (which I guess is some kind of technical trickery -
>I've seen quite low res pictures 'blended' in this way on large
>prints).
>
>Secondly, it needs to be on a very strong material - strong enough for
>a gazeebo wall in a strongish wind.
>
>The print must we well weatherproof too - which a lot of the ink stuff
>isn't, being designed for indoor use.
>
>Finally (cough) it needs to be pretty cheap
>
>I had a company who we used to deal with offer an amazing deal but
>they've recently been taken over by some German outfit who are
>currently moving everything to Romania or somesuch :-(

http://www.cgsigns.co.uk/

They do a lot of vehicle stuff (and will shortly be doing some
tasteful (?) graphics for my truck). They also do banners.

--

Tim Hobbs

'58 Series 2 88" aka "Stig"
'03 Volvo V70
'06 Nissan Navara aka "The Truck"