tatoos

[chainsawchick67]

personally i love tattoos and i hate when peopl think they are stupid. I have4 all together, my largest on is 14 inches long across my lower back, all of them can be covered by work clothes or revealed when i want them to be. i perxonaly think its no diff than getting an ear peirced, once the hole is they, its there forever, i have has my ears done since i was 4 and they stil havent healed up,

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

Who cares what someone looks like as long as they are qualified to do the job.

For many it is a business decision. Many clients are still turned off, or distrustful of people with multiple tattoos, especially if they have full sleeves and stuff crawling up their neck.

To many it implies affiliation with some form of criminal underclass, weather biker, gang or wannabe hoodlum.

As for piercings, I would not let a climber in a tree with facial rings and such.

 

[Dixie1]

one tattoo, not tree related. my husband, who is a prosecuting attorney has 4 tattoos, all hidden underneath his suite and tie. i would qualify him as a professional and not in a "criminal underclass". to each his own. my little brother has one full sleeve, half sleeve, half of his side, and calf sleeve. he is in a christian rock band. good kid. no drugs, alcohol, gang relations, etc. tattoos seem harmless to me as opposed to what some young people are into these days, imo. my parents house was broken into last month and the police officer took a look at my brother, stereotyped my brother, and asked him directly if he had any of his friends over lately asuming he ran with the wrong crowd. tattoos have become very common place amongst the younger crowd. i like the included bark idea across the behind, funny.

 

[Mitchell]

No saws, just a tat of these on my chest. I do have a rather impressive scar on my arm but it was not caused by a saw.....I came home one summer with a souvenir plate installed at Landstuhl Regional Med Centre.....

were you airborne Jumper, what commando? I have a couple friends that were 2 commando in the late 80's early 90's.

 

[osb_mail]

here is the tree of life the back of my arm

finally got a good picture of it ,here it is laugh if you want

 

[(WLL)]

old oak tattoo

here is my unfinished back

 

[deevo]

As the founder and past owner of the first licensed tattoo shop in Texas, Crimson Dragon, www.crimsondragontattoo.com, I have tattooed thousands of folks. People have many reasons for getting tattooed and what is valid for a given person may not be to your liking, but you must accept its validity for that individual, nonetheless. Getting a tattoo puts you into a group of people in our society who get into body modification, and not all who choose to do so are necessarily trying to be different. As one poster said, some folks with a good deal of body coverage do tend to look alike, but that is fine with them: They are members of a tattoo tribe, of sorts. They know that each tattoo they have has a story behind it, a special significance for them. Some do get tattoos for no specific reason: They're just in the mood to get some ink. Interestingly, former junkies have told me that they like the sensation of the needle and some actually report, at times, being able to taste the ink. Other folks say that the needle sensation centers them, calms them down. My seventy plus hours of going under the needle has always allowed me to focus my thoughts and obtain a special clarity.

If the original poster is ever down in Austin: Send me a pm and maybe we can put something together for you.

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Nice work and nice site! I have 4 myself, but no pictures of them saved on my computer

 

[pbtree]

"but you must accept its validity for that individual, nonetheless."

Guess again

 

[musch]

Hey I don't care I just don't understand I have friends with them
I don't hate them because they have them. I would say that first
impressions are kind of sketchy to public. I think if I had the choice
of hiring two equal candidates one had tats and eye rings,nose rings,
and the other had none and both had good references I would probably
chose the none. I would feel clean cut to be better advertised for my
business but if the clean cut had poor references I would hire the tat
and ask him to take out the nose, and eye rings on the job for safety.

First of all, tattoos are not all the same. You can tell pretty easily whether someone has prison tats, gang tats, or artistic tats. But regardless, I will tell you this, and its a sure thing. People who have a lot of tattoos are people who value honor and commitment. If you treat these people well, they will return the favor. Think about it, what is more committed, someone who changes their clothes to fit the latest style, or someone who picks a design, and says, this is the design that I want on me until the day I die. People who make negative judgements about people with tattoos are small minded, period.

 

[jmack]

Hey I don't care I just don't understand I have friends with them
I don't hate them because they have them. I would say that first
impressions are kind of sketchy to public. I think if I had the choice
of hiring two equal candidates one had tats and eye rings,nose rings,
and the other had none and both had good references I would probably
chose the none. I would feel clean cut to be better advertised for my
business but if the clean cut had poor references I would hire the tat
and ask him to take out the nose, and eye rings on the job for safety.

are the lip rings infectious can i share water from fountains with these individuals? will they steal from my lunch box when i am in the tree? are they a dangerous class of people in general? you raise some interesting questions mr. rope and saddle!

 

[Grace Tree]

The Cleveland Clinic has put a prohibition on new hires with visible ink. 'Not the image they want in spite of a shortage of health care workers.
Phil

 

[musch]

I recently heard that up to 50% of the United States population now has a tattoo.
With that many people having them, kinda hard to judge others with them.

I can understand a clinic making that kind of rule, cause many many elderly people look at it as a mark of a criminal, plain and simple. Not that I agree, but I understand.

I do wonder how it is that you cannot discriminate against someone for their sexuality, gender, skin color, eye color or SKIN COLOR, unless that color really is color, and then discriminate away.

I think people who don't have them that make snap judgements make it easy for me to decide who I won't have time for, because they are obviously not deep thinkers.

There are obviously some real losers with tattoos, but there are some real losers without them too. They also cost a lot of money, so the person who has a lot of them is likely to be somewhat successful in some business.

The likelihood of someone with one or two tattoos being a loose cannon, is greater than someone with lots of them, if you follow my logic.

JMHO.

 

[tree md]

For many it is a business decision. Many clients are still turned off, or distrustful of people with multiple tattoos, especially if they have full sleeves and stuff crawling up their neck.

To many it implies affiliation with some form of criminal underclass, weather biker, gang or wannabe hoodlum.

As for piercings, I would not let a climber in a tree with facial rings and such.

I hear you on that one. Tattoos are not accepted very well in my local. Especially by the elderly. I live in a part of the country that is very Christian right and they want to deal with people that have a clean cut appearance. I have a couple tattoos (not tree related) but they are easily concealed. I wouldn't mind getting another tat personally but I know some customers would not judge me favorably if I did. Just wouldn't be a wise choice for me from a business standpoint. I have had some buddies with some really cool climbing tats though.

 

[00chris85]

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this is my soon to be... on my leg. that way on one can see it when i work but when i'm relaxing i could show it off.

 

[l2edneck]

020 right lower leg..........should see the customers when they see it....


ill post pics as soon as i get cam back from ex for halloween.......


(wanna get a saddle just above the knee so i can make it look like its hangin there)

 

[DonnyO]

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this is my soon to be... on my leg. that way on one can see it when i work but when i'm relaxing i could show it off.

very cool. I'd change up the chain a bit, make it look more realistic, and spinning in the right direction...........

 

[shawn.m]

pictures of mine

pictures of both of my tattoos.

I am a pastor and I recognize that some of my members might have a issue with this. So both tattoos can be covered by a short sleeve dress shirt. I am basically looking at getting a tattoo about every 2 or 3 years. I don't see any prohibition against getting them at all. I think you will hear two different mindsets even among people who are tattooed on the difference between flash and stuff that means something.

I personally quote Rev 19:16
And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. (KJV)

 

[00chris85]

ya i'm gonna make the saw more like an ol' poineer, and i was thinkin changin the head of the figure to the sherrill tree guy's head.
what you guys think?

 

[OTG BOSTON]

ya i'm gonna make the saw more like an ol' poineer, and i was thinkin changin the head of the figure to the sherrill tree guy's head.
what you guys think?

maybe a hardhat with the screen down and glowing eyes........but definately not the sherrill guy

 

[2FatGuys]

I would talk to the guys at Sherrill before you change his head to that one. There is a fine line between advertising for them and copyright infringement.