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Tattoos

cowdoccowdoc Member Posts: 5,847 ✭✭✭
edited March 2015 in General Discussion
I do not have any, but my little girl got her one.

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  • cowdoccowdoc Member Posts: 5,847 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'm starting this Thread for Conversation and Debate.

    In my early years I never got any tattoos because they were a dead give away for the FBI. I've changed a lot since those days. Now a days I won't get a tattoo because it goes against the Bible (Leviticus 19 verse 28).

    Speak whats ever on your mind, even if it strays from the subject.

    Remember...Terrorist are attacking Civilians; Not the Government. Protect Yourself!
  • cowdoccowdoc Member Posts: 5,847 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    i know its been discussed here many times, and i was one that said id never get one....because of various reasons... but now I'm thinking about getting one... to represent the warrior spirt in me for some of the things I've survived and have endured through out my life...not looking for approval or disapproval but input from those whom have gotten tattoos .....ie do you regret getting them later on and ect
    thanks
  • cowdoccowdoc Member Posts: 5,847 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I know most of you guys are older and are not into tattoos. I have several, but keep them covered for business reasons. Even my back surgeon has several. I guess it is our generation or whatnot. Not everyone likes them, but I do. This is one that I am getting done in the spring, on my left thigh. I have a Winchester model 88 and an American eagle with the American flag on one arm. If you want to share yours, please do. Like I said, they are not for everyone and a tattoo does not make the person.I am the only one in my family to have any. Neither my dad or my son have any. Oakie

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    This was my most recent one.
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  • cowdoccowdoc Member Posts: 5,847 ✭✭✭
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  • skicatskicat Member Posts: 14,431
    edited November -1
    I don't have any tats. I just wanted to say it's good to see you posting again.[:)]
  • Don McManusDon McManus Member Posts: 23,697 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I 100% do not regret not having one, and will never regret not getting one in the future.
    Freedom and a submissive populace cannot co-exist.

    Brad Steele
  • 35 Whelen35 Whelen Member Posts: 14,307 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Unlike a lot of people that get them, mine weren't a spur-of-the-moment, "I was drunk and my buddies talked me into it" thing. I thought it through. Took a long time to find something I liked, something with meaning behind it, not just a random "look at me"-type deal.

    I don't regret mine at all, and I see no reason why I ever will regret them. Contrary to some popular belief, you don't have to be a ex felon to get them, and getting one or several won't magically turn you into one.

    I say go for it, but take some time in the decision. They aren't easiest thing to remove.[;)]


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    An unarmed man can only flee from evil, and evil is not overcome by fleeing from it.
  • Don McManusDon McManus Member Posts: 23,697 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Whelen's post brought back memories.

    Had a newbie in deck division get one in Hong Kong.

    A cobra (snake, not a Shelby) with a blown V-8 engine and racing slicks that covered the back of his hand.

    Kind of sad, really.
    Freedom and a submissive populace cannot co-exist.

    Brad Steele
  • cowdoccowdoc Member Posts: 5,847 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thanks Skicat,
    I've thought about it for sometime and know what i want to get done....i don't drink, never used drugs, I've never trouble with the law or anything of the kind....ive worked very hard all of my life
  • Big Sky RedneckBig Sky Redneck Member Posts: 19,752 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Only had one I regreted and it has been covered. As for the dissaprovals it is fine to not like them and not get one but far too many people are so damn uppity and judgemental that they condemn those with ink as bein some sort of devil worshipping social outcast who eats babies and shoots heroin for breakfast. I'm glad these folks are social snobs and outspoken because it makes it easier to know who to stay away from. If they think I'm a bad person because of ink that tells me they are far to superior in thier own minds and they are infact the ones with the social outcast problems. If you decide you want ink just do it. Think about what you want and remember it is permamant. Also if you have to think about it too long and are hesitant them getting ink is not for you, if you continualy try to justify it within yourself stop right there. Ink is about having an open mind and being free to do as you wish, it however is not a life changing milestone that needs carefull planning and approval from the social networks. If you are concerned that your social networks will judge you amd that bothers you them again, ink is not for you. If you don't care what others think and are not afraid to be "you" no matter the social ramifacations may be then go for it. Just be prepared to be judged because the hypocrits of the world are many and will cast stones no matter how pathetic thier own worlds may be.
  • milesmiles Member Posts: 2,548 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    To me, my tattoos are a private side of my life that are like sign posts or monuments to times and loved ones lost.

    Never got any ink because so n so did or because everybody else was doing it or to impress anyone.

    None of mine show if I'm wearing a shirt because society judges you by what they see and if your inked up,they look down on you.As a younger man, what people said bothered me but now, I'll tell any that judge me by my ink to bite me.

    My only advice to you would be to be sure you are doing it for the right reasons as opposed to being cool or because some one you know did.
  • OakieOakie Member Posts: 40,565 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have six tats. Does that make me a bad person or someone to judge poorly??? Some do. Most are covered by shirts or pants. I just like them. I do however regret a few as i get older. I have two that I absolutely hate and one that I want to share with the world. It is a bold Eagle sitting on a Winchester model 88. The rest I got when I was 18 and the last one I just described, I got two years ago on my 50th birthday. They are not for everyone and you have to live with it the rest of your life. I just happen to be in the minority on the forums that love tattoos and I plan on getting a full sleeve done real soon. It doesn't make me any different, I am still just Oakie from Muskogge[:D] Most here seem to like me...................I think[B)]
  • m88.358winm88.358win Member Posts: 7,269 ✭✭✭
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  • mogley98mogley98 Member Posts: 18,291 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    None, buddy in the Navy got a Tweety bird, I thought the bright yellow color was pretty cool. It got infected and the mess he had was all I needed to know I never wanted one :)
    Why don't we go to school and work on the weekends and take the week off!
  • skicatskicat Member Posts: 14,431
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by m88.358win
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    I'm glad I wasn't drinking something when I got to the punchline.[:D][:D]
  • kimikimi Member Posts: 44,719 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I say go for it. I got one for basically the same spiritual type reason when I was seventeen and in the Corps. I had it placed on the upper part of my right arm to where it does not show when wearing a short sleeve shirt. At 71, I have been entertaining the thought of getting one in the same place on the left arm showing the logo of the Sons of Confederate Veterans to honor my four great grandfather's service. Don't know as I'll do it, but I'd rally like to have it.
    What's next?
  • DocDoc Member Posts: 13,898 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I wrote my masters thesis on tattooing so I have done quite a bit of research on the topic. I got a small tattoo on my back (doesn't show unless I completely remove my shirt) when I was 25 and so far that's the only one. I say so far because lately I have toyed with the idea of getting another.

    Tattooing may be the oldest art form. We have never found an ancient body, no matter how old, that wasn't tattooed. Not only a very old practice but apparently a very widespread one as well. Traditionally tattoos were status symbols that had to be earned. Then they were symbolic with special meaning (as you are discussing). Later used for group identity and then finally decoration.

    If you want one then get it. I suggest something smaller and located where it can't be seen by the casual observer. Can always "go public" later if you choose.
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  • bpostbpost Member Posts: 32,669 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Don McManus
    I 100% do not regret not having one, and will never regret not getting one in the future.




    Yup.
  • pwilliepwillie Member Posts: 20,253 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    ....my daddy had two tats....and he told me it was the worse thing he ever did to himself...The way I change my thought process ever 5 years...it wouldn't have been wise for me..besides, I don't like needles unless I have to have a flu shot...I am not into pain to look good...[:o)]If that's what you want,so be it!....I have enough surgery scars without embellishing them..
  • LaidbackDanLaidbackDan Member Posts: 13,142 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Have always stayed away from them so it's harder to identify me
  • tapwatertapwater Member Posts: 10,336 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    ..I was over forty when I got this first and only one. The colors have faded and need to be touched up. I don't regret it one bit and don't plan on getting another but who knows? It's small and nothing I'm ashamed of. My wife has always been my "peach" so she got a small peach on her calf the same day. The arrowhead on mine has a great 3D effect in real view.

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  • djh860djh860 Member Posts: 3,232 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    All I'll offer is that there are millions of just terrible tattoos out there. Poorly placed, poorly conceived, poorly designed, poorly executed. Don't let yours be one of them. Check out tattoos on people you know. Ask for referrals. Make sure your man is skilled at the type of tattoo you want to get. Check the spelling. don't allow free hand work. See a finished design first. Good luck
  • grumpygygrumpygy Member Posts: 48,464 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thinking of getting another this one of the great granddaughter. One of those faces I post to make you smile.
  • tapwatertapwater Member Posts: 10,336 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by djh860
    All I'll offer is that there are millions of just terrible tattoos out there. Poorly placed, poorly conceived, poorly designed, poorly executed. Don't let yours be one of them. Check out tattoos on people you know. Ask for referrals. Make sure your man is skilled at the type of tattoo you want to get. Check the spelling. don't allow free hand work. See a finished design first. Good luck


    ..That there is solid advice you can stand on! The shop and artist that did mine is still there after over 20 years.
    ..Think HARD about what you get. We saw a kid on the news last week that had "Live By The Gun, Die By The Gun" on his throat. I'll bet he will.
  • fullcaseloadfullcaseload Member Posts: 224 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have an eagle on my left bicep (just happens to cover my smallpox immunization scar). I got it in 1978 so colors have faded some and lines are blurred slightly. No regrets ever and I was raised believing that tattoos desecrated the body. (It has not hindered my relationship with my God.) If I find an artist I trust I'll have it sharpened and brightened.
  • armilitearmilite Member Posts: 35,490 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thought about getting one but I'm getting to old and have better things to do with my money.
  • wundudneewundudnee Member Posts: 6,108 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I've always thought about getting a tattoo, but I never could decide what to get. I've just about narrowed it down though. I'm 75 so I thought about getting a bar code and below it the line.......

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  • grumpygygrumpygy Member Posts: 48,464 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by wundudnee
    I've always thought about getting a tattoo, but I never could decide what to get. I've just about narrowed it down though. I'm 75 so I thought about getting a bar code and below it the line.......

    -BEST IF USED BY 1998-






    Got my 1st at 35 so it was not a spur of the Moment thing. Also got my 1st one after I gave up drinking so was completely sober when I got mine.
  • tapwatertapwater Member Posts: 10,336 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    -BEST IF USED BY 1998-

    ..That's the best one I've heard today! I have considered putting
    my blood type in small print on my chest...A pos....[:D]
  • p3skykingp3skyking Member Posts: 23,916 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I waited until I was sure I'd never join the CIA. In my forties, I had a couple put on my back. They weren't silly BS, but actually had a meaning.
    I've never regretted them as it marks a time in my life I enjoyed heavily and they are a reminder of it.
  • wundudneewundudnee Member Posts: 6,108 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by tapwater
    -BEST IF USED BY 1998-

    ..That's the best one I've heard today! I have considered putting
    my blood type in small print on my chest...A pos....[:D]


    A positive, exactly what else could we be except A+

    Some are B-
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  • bearman49709bearman49709 Member Posts: 503
    edited November -1
    I got my first in 1978 next was 1979 then 1994 last was 2012. I don't regret any of them, but a short sleve shirt covers all of mine.

    I would like to have more but I have fractured my spine seven times and the last tat took twice as long because I had to keep getting up and walking around before we could resume.
  • texaswildmantexaswildman Member Posts: 2,215 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Cowdoc - good to see you around....
  • OakieOakie Member Posts: 40,565 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by bearman49709
    I got my first in 1978 next was 1979 then 1994 last was 2012. I don't regret any of them, but a short sleve shirt covers all of mine.

    I would like to have more but I have fractured my spine seven times and the last tat took twice as long because I had to keep getting up and walking around before we could resume.


    me too, in four places. Not fun[:(]
  • tapwatertapwater Member Posts: 10,336 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by wundudnee
    quote:Originally posted by tapwater
    -BEST IF USED BY 1998-

    ..That's the best one I've heard today! I have considered putting
    my blood type in small print on my chest...A pos....[:D]


    A positive, exactly what else could we be except A+

    Some are B-


    ..That, kind Sir, is because we are exceptional...[:)]
  • nutfinnnutfinn Member Posts: 12,808 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    My wife has two, never understood them, I will never have a tattoo.
  • tapwatertapwater Member Posts: 10,336 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    ..There are so many that folks will regret when they are old and saggy. My one daughter in law must have at least 7 or 8. Chinese stuff that no one knows what they mean. My younger son has a bunch that he deeply regrets....angel wings covering his shoulder blades and down his back. They're poorly done in that blue/black ink. What's with all the barbed wire that it seems everyone got for a few years?
    ..I'll never regret the arrowhead and feathers on my upper arm. A T-shirt covers it but I have no shame. I think for a tattoo, it has a touch of class and respect for Native Americans. My wife is about 1/8 Cherokee though she's blond and green eyed. I picked it out of the artist's book and knew right away it was what I wanted.
  • FEENIXFEENIX Member Posts: 10,559 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have a couple and don't regret it!
  • roswellnativeroswellnative Member Posts: 10,195 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by bpost
    quote:Originally posted by Don McManus
    I 100% do not regret not having one, and will never regret not getting one in the future.




    Yup.


    I was young and in college once. We went to the nearest boom town ( fort benning) for some entertainment at the red light lounge and then around midnight stumbled to an ATM and I was already to get a couple of Greek letters on my ankle but alas the door was locked. I thank The Lord for locked doors somedays...
    Although always described as a cowboy, Roswellnative generally acts as a righter of wrongs or bodyguard of some sort, where he excels thanks to his resourcefulness and incredible gun prowesses.
  • wiz1997wiz1997 Member Posts: 1,051 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Don't have any.

    Thought about it but just don't know what it would be.

    Besides, don't care for the one needle prick I get from the doctor, thousands? I don't think so.[:)]
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