Tattoos are as foreign to me as body piercings...they beg the question, why? That said, I saw one many years ago, before they became a popular 'thing'. This 60-ish able bodied seaman/ rigger had a full rigged Pacific lumber steam schooner on his chest, the Wapama later re-named the Tongass...'twas a thing of history and executed flawlessly. Like a lot of wire rope riggers, he had the upper body musculature of a champion weightlifter and the tattoo that just hollered, 'been there, done that'. He claimed to have served his apprenticeship aboard her on the Alaska run during the depression.
Well this is a fine pickle we're in, should'a listened to Joe McCarthy and George Orwell I guess.
