Posted by Mike Jackson on March 19, 2004
The summer before I hosted the Oklahoma Bash, Dusty and June Yaxley came through Moore, Oklahoma and we gave them the nickle tour of the shop. He was doing mostly hand carving and wasn't really familiar with all the other facets of the sign trade. I showed him an Electro-Pounce, burning a flower shape into a piece of paper. I handed him the stylus and asked him if he wanted to give it a try. He burned a nice little flower and as he was saying "Boy, that's nice" he held it right in front of him and touched the tip with the forefinger of his other hand. It happened so fast, I didn't get a chance to say "Don't tou....". After the electricity shoved his hand up his arm, he said "..., I guess I learned my first lesson of using an Electo-Pounce". It was pretty funny.
Well, about a week ago, Martha Stewart was touring the Warner Bros. studios in California. When she was in one large building, a supervisor showed her how they created a lot of the sets and backdrops. As you might expect, they make pounce patterns for a lot of their work and this guy showed Martha. She got to follow a couple of lines and I waited anxiously to see if she would repeat Dusty's move. I think there was a split second when she almost did it, but pulled back. ...!
The show was a pretty good one, though I just saw short segments. It reminded me of the behind the scene tour many of us got to take at Disneyland during a couple of the California Conclaves. They showed the moldmaking department, mural department, and vacuum forming department. They were headed for the computer department to see some of the large murals being printed with large format printers. I would have liked to see that, but had to leave.
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Raymond ChapmanThats too funny Mike, it would of probally been cut from the final copy anyways, haha.
Heres one for you, we have a man locally that has been welding for 50 years now. Old George came in one day and saw us making patterns, after explaining the process, he turned it up to full power and grabbed ahold of the tip with his forefinger and thumb, then continued on talking as if it were nothing. I think he was able to do it because after so many years of smashing and shocking his hands, that it didnt bother him.
Many moons ago I worked with an older gentleman (he was about the age that I am now) who was one of those that always touched the pencil to his tongue before he would write or draw.
You guessed it! He would touch the end of the pounce stylus to his tongue!! The sad part was that he did it more than once.
I still shiver every time I think about it.
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