Archive through November 07, 2001

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Demented_Freak

Monday, November 05, 2001 - 10:39 am Click here to edit this post
no way no how.

Twiggyish

Monday, November 05, 2001 - 10:55 am Click here to edit this post
I'm a chicken. No tattoo for me.

Crazydog

Monday, November 05, 2001 - 11:31 am Click here to edit this post
I have a Canadian maple leaf on my ankle. Funny, I didn't think it hurt at all. I would describe it as "an interesting sensation". You notice it's there, but after a while, it actually became kind of..... soothing. I must be nuts, but I also have a fairly high pain threshold. Didn't even hurt when it got infected (it healed very poorly) and a friend of mine poured hydrogen peroxide on it and it bubbled. He likes to tell people that he saved my foot!

Wargod

Monday, November 05, 2001 - 05:20 pm Click here to edit this post
I waited until four years ago to get my first tattoo. A small heart on my upper right arm. It was such a rush I spent the next year deciding where to get the second one. A black and shaded heart right over my heart. Hmmm, seems like I have a heart thing going on, but not really. I pick based on what I think looks good. My third tattoo is a butterfly resting on an ivy vine. So far thats my favorite, but I'm not really into the colored tattoos.

At the moment, Im trying to decide where I would like my next one, and what I want. I'm considering a sword on my shoulder or a rose on my ankle, can't decide.

I have no regrets about mine. Each one is in a place where I can keep them conceled when it is inappropriate to show them off, but are also where I can show them off when I want to. My tattoos are probably the wildest, rebellious things I have ever done. :)

Lilliegirl

Monday, November 05, 2001 - 07:11 pm Click here to edit this post
I would never get a tattoo not because I dont like them but because my friend got one and he got hepatitis C with it. It is not legal in my State.

Wargod

Monday, November 05, 2001 - 07:39 pm Click here to edit this post
In California, professional tattoos are strictly regulated. The shops are inspected by health department, and the artist all have the appropriate license. I would never have gone through with first tattoo, except I watched the artist pull a brand new needle out of a package. As soon as you sit down, the artist puts on latex gloves and breaks open the brand new needle. And they are always kind enough to do it in front of the customer, so it's very safe and sanitary here. :)

Lilliegirl

Monday, November 05, 2001 - 08:23 pm Click here to edit this post
Wargod I am from S.C. and all the people I know go to Georgia or N.C. and tattoos look like crap but they still keep going back for more, and the friend I was talking about is in his 30s and his aunt has Hepatitis C to from tattoos. They know what to expect and they still do it, guess I dont understand why they would keep doing this, they think it is so cool to show everybody how many they have. I guess I will get a fake one and see what my grandkids think, that will go over like Sh==t.

Joan

Monday, November 05, 2001 - 08:33 pm Click here to edit this post
The industry is not regulated in Texas nor is the piercing industry (they are often closely related). About the only law is that body piercings cannot be done with a piercing gun. I think when getting a tattoo, piercing or other body modification, the person needs to do extensive research into not only the qualifications and cleanliness of the parlour but also into the work of the particular artist. See their other work, look at the facility, watch someone else have the procedure done if possible, read up on aftercare, see if the parlour is associated with any organisations like the APP, read up on possible complications and do all this BEFORE you are standing at the counter telling the guy what you want done.

Wargod

Monday, November 05, 2001 - 08:42 pm Click here to edit this post
Littlegirl, in situations like that, I agree. Why anyone would go and do that knowing they run the risk of a serious disease is ridiculous to me.

Joan, I think since you will be stuck with tattoo for rest of life, you should do some serious research into it first. Speaking for myself, I went all through high school with the only artist at the tattoo shop I let touch me. I know his artwork and have seen the tattoos he has done in the past so knew I could trust him to do a good job.

I truly believe that if a person is considering a tattoo, they should give it some serious thought and really look into it. It's not the type of thing to rush blindly into.

Moondance

Monday, November 05, 2001 - 09:21 pm Click here to edit this post
I am too commitment phobic :)

Egbok

Monday, November 05, 2001 - 10:07 pm Click here to edit this post
Here's a Tattoo Story:

I just attended my Aunt & Uncle's 50th Wedding Anniversary celebration. I was having a nice conversation with my Aunt (age 72) and I asked her what was new in her life. Well she got a little heart tattoo with my uncles' name going through it, in honor of their 50th anniversary!! Her first tattoo ever!!

Car54

Tuesday, November 06, 2001 - 03:10 am Click here to edit this post
LOL Moondance, me too!

Joan

Tuesday, November 06, 2001 - 09:55 am Click here to edit this post
Wargod, that is so true. It is like shopping for a piece of art for your living room. You don't just buy the cheapest piece or the first piece in the first store you find, you shop around and check out different stores and different artists. I don't know why some people go for price with tattoos and piercings. You get what you pay for and sometimes a free disease too!

Jeep

Tuesday, November 06, 2001 - 10:13 am Click here to edit this post
I have no tattoos or piercing other than one earring in each ear (VERY conservative ).

My question is about the quality of these tattoos. My dad had one when he was young, some sort of a patriotic eagle with a military theme. He said it was nice & colorful when done, but by the time I was old enough to notice it, it had faded badly and was just a dark blob you could hardly make out. It was on his forearm. He died in 1999 at age 88 and you couldn't tell what it was at all. Will all these new tattoos do the same. I keep having this picture of Lex in my mind with his whole body one big dark blob of old tattoos!

Fflur

Tuesday, November 06, 2001 - 02:21 pm Click here to edit this post
Egbok, very cool story. Go Auntie, that is great.

Moondance

Tuesday, November 06, 2001 - 02:27 pm Click here to edit this post
Very cool MsBok!

Spygirl

Tuesday, November 06, 2001 - 02:27 pm Click here to edit this post
Well, Jeep, keep in mind that you put the tattoos on your skin, and your skin doesn't "keep" forever. As your skin ages, so will the tattoo that is on it. As is the case with anything related to the skin. Plastic surgery costs a HECK of a lot more than tattoos and it doesn't last forever either.

Corriecat

Tuesday, November 06, 2001 - 03:48 pm Click here to edit this post
I can't stand needles so I don't have any tattoos but I admire them on others. They are illegal in my state and that only seems to make people want them more.

Lilliegirl

Tuesday, November 06, 2001 - 06:50 pm Click here to edit this post
WARGOD my name is Lilliegirl, not Littegirl,wish I was young again but I am Little. My son inlaw is a minister and would't i look nice in church with tattoos all over my body, I DONT THINK SO.My best friend is my age with grandkids and she has tattoos and now they look like crap but again she loves to ride her Harley showing off those old tattoos LOL.

Wargod

Tuesday, November 06, 2001 - 07:09 pm Click here to edit this post
Oh my...sorry Lillie, I read that wrong. Might be time to pull out the reading glasses again, lol.

Tattoos are not for everyone, I agree. And while I wear mine with pride, and also the fact that I'm a biker brat....I do not have the courage anymore to get on the back or front of a harley!

Tattoos are something I put alot of thought into...what I want and where I want it.

Hippyt

Tuesday, November 06, 2001 - 07:41 pm Click here to edit this post
Lol,what a fun thread. I have a small cross on my ankle that's been there about 16 years now. It would have been something bigger ,but my friend and I pooled our money,and she got hersd first,so I got what was left! I like my tattoo.

Joan

Tuesday, November 06, 2001 - 08:36 pm Click here to edit this post
Lilliegirl, it always amazes me when people think there is something morally/religiously wrong with tattoos or piercings. I still have not figured that one out. Heck, one of the most common tattoos is the sacred heart of Jesus.

Lilliegirl

Wednesday, November 07, 2001 - 06:29 pm Click here to edit this post
Joan I have nothing against tattoos, was just trying to make some laughter in this thread and Wardog my son inlaw and my daughter both have Harleys and I ride them too, and so does my grandkids. i was not trying to offend anyone with tattoos, or with religion as the truth is known I dont go to church, my daughter married in a different religion than what I am.

Wargod

Wednesday, November 07, 2001 - 06:52 pm Click here to edit this post
I love to watch harleys, love to look at them, and love to hear them drive down the street.......just can't get on one anymore. :(

Lilliegirl

Wednesday, November 07, 2001 - 07:50 pm Click here to edit this post
WARGOD sorry for calling you WARDOG that was a mistake with my typing, sorry you can not ride them anymore your profile says you are 28 LOL, Im 53 and going strong guess its my second childhood thing going on, well never had the frist one.