Tattoos - do you?

dbnm · #1 12-10-2019, 08:34 AM

Just wondering who has a tattoo?

Got a good story about it?

I turned 50 last January and spent 24 hours getting my left arm "sleeved".

I'm about to start my right arm next month.

AngryScientist · #2 12-10-2019, 08:38 AM

wow that's major.

did you have any before?

what made you make this leap @ 50?

dbnm · #3 12-10-2019, 08:41 AM

I had two little ones that I got when I was in my 20s.

My "plan" for turning 50 was the sleeve and learning to play the piano.

So I got the tattoo and bought a piano. No lessons yet. Soon. Really.

zennmotion · #4 12-10-2019, 08:44 AM

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Originally Posted by dbnm

I had two little ones that I got when I was in my 20s.

My "plan" for turning 50 was the sleeve and learning to play the piano.

So I got the tattoo and bought a piano. No lessons yet. Soon. Really.

The tattoo will change your appearance, but the piano will change your soul- get on it!

hummus_aquinas · #5 12-10-2019, 08:49 AM

mcteague · #6 12-10-2019, 08:55 AM

None and never will. But, getting a real Deja Vu here, maybe do a search.

Tim

redir · #7 12-10-2019, 08:56 AM

That's impressive work right there. Tattoo's are not for me but I can appreciate them on others.

oldpotatoe · #8 12-10-2019, 08:59 AM

Yup, have 6..this one my favorite..yes, been on this forum before BUT..all mine have a 'story', why you get them..Nice sleeve, BTW-I'd love another but $ and 'old skin' means maybe not.

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None and never will. But, getting a real Deja Vu here, maybe do a search.

Good for you and geez, winter, why not...

makoti · #9 12-10-2019, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by oldpotatoe

Yup, have 6..this one my favorite..yes, been on this forum before BUT..all mine have a 'story', why you get them..Nice sleeve, BTW-I'd love another but $ and 'old skin' means maybe not.

Good for you and geez, winter, why not...

I asked someone what their tattoo meant once. I was reamed for it. I figured if you were going through the expense, time, and discomfort of getting something you would have forever, that it might just mean something. Guess I was wrong.
I don't have any, so I admit to being clueless to the thoughts that go into one. Why get one where it will always be covered? I understand a personal one, memory of a loved one gone, a private reminder to yourself. But on your back? Where you can't even see it? I'm lost.

DarkStar · #10 12-10-2019, 01:01 PM

Ex-navy here, never had any interest in acquiring ink then or now. Occasionally a whimsical tat catches my eye but that’s about it.

45K10 · #11 12-10-2019, 01:08 PM

I have one that I got while I was in the Army almost 30 years ago. I regretted it almost as soon as I got it but it was a platoon thing.

biker72 · #12 12-10-2019, 01:14 PM

Ex Navy here too. Zero interest in tattoos.
When I was in boot camp at Great Lakes Il. guys would take their weekend afternoon liberty time and go to Milwaukee or Chicago and get tattoos. A number of them got infected. What a mess.

oldpotatoe · #13 12-10-2019, 09:01 AM

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Originally Posted by redir

That's impressive work right there. Tattoo's are not for me but I can appreciate them on others.

One thing for sure. You'll 'never' get just one..Finding a great artist is essential.

Boulder INK here in the republic, 'PeeWee' or Lance, if anybody thinking and is local.

cmg · #14 12-10-2019, 09:12 AM

mine are home made, ink bottle, needle with thread wrapped around it, tapped by a buddy. sort of prisonish. tats mean something totally different to me. they're not art but markers. My teenage experience is getting pulled over then searched for a tattoo to identify.

kppolich · #15 12-10-2019, 09:26 AM

Pass, you don't put a bumper sticker on a Cadillac.