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JRSutton

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thought this one was kinda funny:
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I saw one like that that wasn't that clear on a guy in the checkout line ahead of me. I had to get real close to see what it was. Looked like a birthmark.
 
Where I grew up there were only two types of people who had tattoos. One was an old sailor. The others had numbers tattooed on their forearms; death camp survivors. Tattoos of any sort have always been very unappealing to me after that.
 
I also do not see the attraction of tattoos. Plus I understand they're expensive. What riles me is seeing welfare recipients with tattoos all over their bodies. Guess who's paying for that? :roll:

In fact, there was a picture of a single mother of 7 in the paper the other day being interviewed about the Flint water crisis. Tattoos up and down both arms.

I remember interviewing girls for a receptionist position. Any with tattoos did not make the first cut.
 
Exactly ! I personally think the backlash against tattoos is coming. I don't like them on gals myself , or on anybody's face or neck for that matter.
 
(quoted from post at 13:42:00 01/19/16) Where I grew up there were only two types of people who had tattoos. One was an old sailor. The others had numbers tattooed on their forearms; death camp survivors. Tattoos of any sort have always been very unappealing to me after that.
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Well you can add another to your list...I just got home from getting my first tattoos...unfortunately they are markers to position my body for radiation treatments....
 
(quoted from post at 15:41:34 01/19/16) I'm getting a tattoo to show my individuality just like everybody else.
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Yep - marked for life as an 'individual' :roll:
 
I have 3 of them also. Good luck with your treatments. I had 44 of them and everything went very well. The hospital was a 16min drive and most treatments were rite on schedule at 8:30am and I was home by 9:30. We also made some really good friends. I printed off and took Jon's joke of the day in with me every morning and BWM's today in history to share with the staff and patients. I had everyone in a good mood by the time I had left. An older tech. and I really clicked and between the two of us we had the people in the waiting room talking and enjoying , instead of sitting there like a bump on a log.
The tech and I both had heart attacks a while after my treatments ended and we now talk to each other several times a week. Both of us recovered and back to our daily grinds.
Loren
 
(quoted from post at 15:14:15 01/19/16) Tattoos on girls are now called "Trash Stamps".
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I've heard that the ones across their lower backs are called "tramp stamps".

I have seen pictures of that tat before.

I've got nothing against them. Some are kinda cool.

I do however think that people in professional jobs shouldn't have tats on their arms, face or neck. Doesn't bother me if the clerk at the store has tats or the fast food worker for that matter.

Rick
 
Tattoos are something that really get people excited. Personally, I hate them on people when they are all over their arms, face, neck, etc. That is just not right to me.

BUT, I do have a rebuttal to that.

Casey has a couple of them, and at first they were MAJOR red flags to me! Didn't know about them until we had be going out for several months, and the weather changed and I started seeing her in shorts and/or swim suit.

We pretty quickly had a little talk about them, and I am now fine with them, and to be honest am kind of attracted to them. She has them for her own reasons, nothing to do with gangs, or "tramp stamps", just, personal reasons from her family. I see nothing wrong with that!?

To the people that just INSTANTLY judge people with Tattoos, I think that is a little uncalled for, and rude. My personal opinion.

Bryce
 
By the time I could have the money the desire left me. I do like to look at some of the Girl's just out of Curiosity. I was at a meeting and one exhibitor was a really tall girl with low riding slacks and a short sweater. She had one at a strategic place, She would pull the sweater down to cover and as she would quit pulling the sweater down the feather shaped tat would show again.
 
I knew one old guy that had quite a few tats. WW2 Navy started it, then more after that, even on his hands. . He drove bread truck that delivered to my Grandpa's general store. When I met him, he was manager of the bakery delivery garage. Most of the tattoos had blended together pretty badly, hard to make out much more than the anchor. Plus, he'd changed wives, so one name was over the other!

A couple of the guys at work have recently gotten the $2500, two years-in-the-making, nine colors, full sleeve jobs. Not the ones you would really expect, either. Very odd choices.

I kinda wanted one for a while, but unlike my earrings, those don't grow over.
 
I am going to "Not" get a tat , so I will stand out in the crowd , and show my individuality . I think that tattoos look ugly. And I also remember when we tattooed cattle and hogs to identify them at slaughter. Just like Hitler stamped tattoos on Jews in the death camps. Marks you indelibly for the rest of your life. Why do that ?
 

I am a Mason, and several guys in my lodge have the square and compass tattooed on their arms. And some Shrine groups have tattoos.
 
Don't care how someone wants to mark up there own body. But when I'm approached at the gas station by a gal that has a few hundred dollars worth of tats and has a smokers low growl for a voice, then has the ____ to ask me for gas money to get home because she has been to the casino. I just about said something unkind. But bit my tongue and said sorry.
 
My Dad was a Navy WW2 Vet. He never had a tattoo and always told his four kids never get one and none of us did.Good advice from a great man.Wish he was still around.
 
(quoted from post at 15:51:40 01/19/16) I have 3 of them also. Good luck with your treatments. I had 44 of them and everything went very well. The hospital was a 16min drive and most treatments were rite on schedule at 8:30am and I was home by 9:30. We also made some really good friends. I printed off and took Jon's joke of the day in with me every morning and BWM's today in history to share with the staff and patients. I had everyone in a good mood by the time I had left. An older tech. and I really clicked and between the two of us we had the people in the waiting room talking and enjoying , instead of sitting there like a bump on a log.
The tech and I both had heart attacks a while after my treatments ended and we now talk to each other several times a week. Both of us recovered and back to our daily grinds.
Loren
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I only have to do 38 trips since mine is salvage, but still sucks when you think you are in the clear. Fortunately we have better insurance this time, and my wife actually works at the clinic now since we decided to discontinue our veggie farming....ironic how things take a turn sometimes.
 
I personally don't like tattoos and told both of my boys if they got one it would hurt a lot worse when I peeled it off than when they had it put on. I have since moderated my opinion. I still don't like them but I've met a few guys that have several that are as good a person as anyone could ask for. It's a personal decision but if you are a young person you need to be prepared for some adverse reactions. Some employers will not hire someone with visible tattoos.
 

Most of my running buddy's back in my younger days infested there body's with them. It was a event everyone loaded up and went to watch are hang out and drink. I never got that drunk nor needed to prove anything a tattoo would represent...
 
The Marine Corps cracked down on tattoos big-time a few years ago. A directive was sent out that no tattoos were allowed that were visible while wearing any authorized uniform. In other words, if none were visible while you were standing in your skivvies, you were legal. Marines who already had tattoos when the directive was issued had to have them entered in their service record book as pre-existing.

In my day in the Corps, it was almost a rite of passage that the day after you graduated from boot camp you went out to a conveniently located tattoo parlor and had a Marine Corps emblem tattooed on your forearm. No more.

As I've said on this forum before, I've put this old 81 year old frame through a lot of trauma and misery over the years, but I've never had the slightest urge to deface it with a tattoo.
 
I had an "A" gunner in the Marine Corps who had a tattoo on his butt that looked like a USDA meat stamp that said "PROPERTY USMC." When he got his "token" discharge he had "VOID" tattooed across the original tattoo. The guy was a nut and knew more dirty limericks than anyone on the face of the earth.
 
No, I don't [b:45192ea77d]dislike [/b:45192ea77d]people with tattoos. A lot of my kid's friends have them. I just think that it is a short term decision that will live with you for the rest of your life. One friend of my daughter has her whole side tattooed, including a poem in script. IMO, it detracts from her otherwise good looking appearance.

As for me not wanting a receptionist with tattoos, that's my prerogative. That person would be the first impression of our business. Just as I wouldn't want them wearing jeans, having greasy dirty hair, etc. And those who were rejected will never know it was their tattoos (or piercings) that caused it.

My daughters had considered them when they were in their late teens but now that they're in their 20's and 30's in professional positions, they're glad they didn't get any (even a small one in an inconspicuous spot.) They've mentioned women associates who have to wear long sleeve shirts, pantsuits and high collared blouses to hide their tats.

So, if you want one, go for it. None of my business what you do to your body. But it DOES rile me when people who can't afford to feed their own kids, are baby machines on welfare and spend our tax dollars on that stuff. That's my opinion and I'm entitled to it.
 
My view on tattoos is, "Whats the point?" Seriously whats the point in getting a tattoo.. I could name thousands of better ways to spend my money.
 

I don't find a small, discrete tat objectionable. I know of a cashier at our local supermarket who has a tiny "John 3:16" tattooed on the inside of her left wrist. Kind of neat I guess. But the people covered in ink? It's just gross. I do not at all like having a person assigned to perform a service for for me like a waitress, nurse, store clerk covered in tats that run all over their face/neck and other visible skin. It's unprofessional at the least and unpleasant at best. What they do to themselves is none of my business until I have to interact with them. I don't push my life choices in their face and I don't want to have their choices shoved in my face. It's bad enough when a decent looking girl wears enough paint to cover a barn, but when it's permanent I have to wonder just what this person in thinking and what other poor decisions they've made.

That in no way means I can't find the person themselves pleasant or professional and I get along great with lots of people with tats. But it says something about the person I think.
 
Not all tats are just for show. When my granddaughter turned 18 she got a small tat on her shoulder in memory of her mother who passed away when my granddaughter was 6 years old. The words say "I will always remember you, June 28, 2002". I have thought of getting the same tattoo but haven't yet. Oh yes, my son has a tat on his shoulder with the same message.
 
I don't have any, nor do I desire any. But all three of my kids have them and at least two of their spouses do. They're all adults and can make their own decisions. While I may not condone it I do not love them any less for it. In fact, I'm darn proud of all of them!
 
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