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For the first time in my 18 plus years of playing fantasy football, we have a tie in the fantasy football championship. Well it’s been that kind of year!
Team Wagner (lead man/ road crew) and Visigoths (company President) score 110 points each in the final game to share the crown of Strickler Signs fantasy football co champions for the 2010 season.
Team Wagner had the best team in the league from the start of the season till the playoffs with a 12 and 2 record ,scoring 1658 (league high) and surrendering 1270 points (league low).
The playoffs are a new season and everyone that makes the playoffs starts over with a 0 and 0 record. The 3rd seeded Visigoths 9 and 5 record proved to be too much for the 6th seeded Spongebob Whoopass (service technician) in the first round, winning with a score of 147 to 87. Visigoths then beat the 2nd seed Achmed’s Bombers (graphic designer) 103 to 97 in the semi round to advance to the championship. Meanwhile Team Wagner having a bye in the first round beat Romo’s Homo’s (estimator) in the semi’s 120 to 87 to earn his way to the championship game. Second seed, Achmed’s Bombers 9 and 4 with a tie, came back thru the losers bracket to beat Romo’s 106 to 78 to take 3rd place in the league, 5th seed Romo’s finished in 4th place, Spongebob Whoopass finished 5th in league by beating yours truly 4th seed (Six time world champs) 93 to 90 to give me 6th place,7th place goes to Scoots (graphics technician), followed by 8th place Balt’s Dirty Dozen (accounts receiveable) ,then 9th place go’s to Hall’s of Fame (office manager) and, last but not least our very own football guru Mexican Express (installation manager).
It was a fun season, although very quiet on the trash talk front. There was lot’s of conversation and fellowship throughout the the season here at Strickler Signs, which helps make Strickler Signs a great place to work and the best sign company in the land!
Till next season….Go S-T-E-E-L-E-R-S!

I’m sure Tesla didn’t put much thought into the lyrics of their 80’s hit song “Signs” when they performed it! But if you think about it signs are everywhere. Signs, like any thing else mechanical cars, appliances, machines etc., eventually need some tender loving care to keep them in working order. Whether it’s a fluorescent lamp sign, channel letter sign with LED’S or neon or an electronic EMC sign, maintenance is important. That’s why sign service techs are so important to the sign industry.
Here at Strickler signs I feel we have some of best service tech’s in the in the business. Ron Phillips and Brian Driesbach our top service tech’s have been trouble shooting, repairing and servicing signs for over 30 years combined and I never seen a sign either one of them could not get working like a new sign. All of are install guys here at Strickler Signs are also top notch service guys, so do this (call on Strickler Signs for your service needs) don’t do that! (contact the other guy) can’t you read the signs!

One pet peeve of our industry, providing high-profile signage to medium-sized businesses, is zoning requirements.  Many townships choose to restrict the use of LED message centers.  The reasoning behind this restriction is that they feel that a bright electronic sign will distract drivers from the road enough to cause accidents.  The reality is that most drivers are too busy adjusting their GPS, texting their uncle, flipping the channel on their satellite radio console, and putting on another DVD for the kids in the back to be distracted by an electronic sign.  There are numerous studies conducted by the federal government and private organizations which conclude that LED message center signs do not pose any significant threat in regard to driver distraction.  An LED sign is no more distracting than those wacky waving inflatable arm flailing tube man things that you see at car dealerships.  Why doesn’t somebody make those things illegal?  Or how about the inflatable holiday decorations that people put on their lawns this time of year?  Every time I see one of those, I want to drive into a tree, so maybe I should contact my local zoning officer about this hazard.  Or maybe I should relax and consider the fact that we can’t legislate everything.  Electronic signs that show pictures along with text, and sometimes even video, have become fairly commonplace across the country.  We have to move forward toward a time when these signs are considered par for the course, rather than a “terrible distraction” for people on the road.  There is science behind the idea that LED signs are safe, but there’s no valid reason behind an outright ban on signs of this nature.