The girls with tattoos have me wondering how many on here have tats? Wifey and I have none, oldest daughter has none, but son and younger daughter have some. Son was in Navy for seven years, I think it’s required.
I spent 25 years in the USN. So, yeah I've got them. But I got them in places you don't see. I can be standing next to you in a short sleeved shirt and you will never know that standing next to you is a tatted up retired Navy Chief. I was smart enough to know that after the USN I'd still have to work since you can't really retire on military retired pay. First impressions being important I wanted to look respectable. I now teach HS and not one of the other teachers, faculty staff or students even know I have them.
In an effort to be uniquely different, I have none.
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Wife has none. Nor any of my three adult children. Son in law has a couple from his Army Blackhawk days.
Nothing against them, just not my style. I told my kids when they still lived at home under 18 years old that if they came home with a tattoo they'll wake up to the sound of a side grinder to take it off.
When they're adults do what you want. None have them (yet).
I have none and no interest in ever getting one. Wife has a tiny flower on her right shoulder barely noticeable.
One of my closest friends has em from neck to toe (arranged so that in professional clothes none can be seen). He is almost 15 years older than me and has gotten them all within the last decade; they’re all to do with either his wife or one of his 5 daughters or our Christian Faith.
Got one this year, for my daughter who has several and we went together, she got the same on her shoulder and suffering with different life struggles than me...and I have the balls to not GAF what others think.
my daughters from my first marriage were raised from a young age with my b itch ex wife.. they have small tattoos...
the grew up with their mom's stupidity... two of them have the "trendy at the time" ankle tattoos where it has sayings and were in Japanese or Chinese...
both of them have forgotten what the sayings were that they picked.. nor can they even remember which language they were done in....
Wife and I have none. Son was a SOC Marine and has none! Daughter and oll grands except one have tats. I saw too many of them in prison, stupid ones. Then there were the inmates. Neck tats turn me off the most. So not many of those in my family. One Granddaughter probably has a truckload of them but not lots show.. Be Well, Rustyzipper
Joke about an old gal in a bar who bragged about having a tattoo likeness of two country and western singers, one each, on the inside of each thigh and said if anyone could guess who they were that she’d buy the next round.
A fella that was pretty drunk said he’d buy if he couldn’t identify them and got down between her legs and stayed for a while.
Finally he stood and said “don’t know who them fellers are but the one in the middle is Ole Willie Nelson.
Wife and I have none. Children have none. Daughter-in-law has a bunch. I knew her before she was my d-i-l. and was getting the tattoos. She is a pretty girl and I thought she was crazy.
I don’t even notice them now, thankfully none on her face or lower arms.
I have told my kids that my will has a provision that anyone with a tattoo anywhere on their body cannot inherit from me. Exam required. My wife and I do not have tattoos although I do have a number of well earned scars.
5 and working on a partial sleeve All covetable in a t shirt except the band on my ring finger. Never had a job I could wear one. I think it a generational thing. We are early 30s and it more common in my friends. Wife had none until a year and half ago after we lost a baby. She got a remembrance one that small and doesn’t show unless she in a bikini. I could care less. Good friend is done from bottom of jaw to toe. He’s a better guy than most ppl I know. YMMV
Nothing between the wife and I. I think it makes someone look dirty and low life. I understand a lot of the kids are getting them today and all I can say is someday you will probably be sorry.
I have told my kids that my will has a provision that anyone with a tattoo anywhere on their body cannot inherit from me. Exam required. My wife and I do not have tattoos although I do have a number of well earned scars.
I like that! We did a trust last year, wish I had seen this before!
I suspect one of the reasons my daughters have none is that my father-in-law has the globe, eagle and anchor on his arm from his time in the Korean War. Well it used to be a globe, eagle and anchor....today it is a large blue smudge. Thankfully they understand what happens to tats and skin as they age.
My dad gave me good advise before I left for basic. "Don't do anything stupid that will make it easy to identify you. Like a tattoo " or words to that effect. Good advise them and today. --- Mel BTW he wasn't a crook and neither am I .
Yeah Barry there’s a helluva lot of guys here that are gonna make some damn fine grandmas when they grow the phuque up. I have a lot more pressing schidt to worry about that phuquing tats. And I know for a fact there are a helluva lot of other fellas here on this forum in the same damn boat I am in.
None for my wife or me. I almost did though. When I was in the Army, some of the guys in the unit were getting tats so I thought I should. I knew I’d have to consume a considerable amount of liquid courage to brave the needle. So a half a wine cooler later I was ready. I was going to get a heart on my bicep with MOM in it. The tattoo artist looked at my skinny little arm and said I could get a crescent moon with MO. By that time the inhibitions were coming back as the powerful effects of the liquid courage began to subside. Close call.
Back in 1970 as a young marine was the closest I came to getting a tattoo. But growing up in the 50's & 60's amongst all the WW2 guys who had 'em was what stopped me. Damn near all of 'em regretted getting a tattoo. I heard all the excuses; most common of which was being drunk. The one regret I recall best was my dad's buddy in 1960 when I was 10 and asked him to lift the sleeve of his T shirt so I could see his tattoo better. Then I exclaimed that it was "really neat !", and he calmly said; " Yeah; I thought it was really neat, too... Back in 1943;.. But now I'm so damn sick of looking at it".... That was the thing flashing through my mind that day in 1970 that finally caused me to not get that tattoo. Kinda glad I didn't as it would be 50 years old this year and I'd bet that I, too, would have been damn sick of looking at it.
Back in 1970 as a young marine was the closest I came to getting a tattoo. But growing up in the 50's & 60's amongst all the WW2 guys who had 'em was what stopped me. Damn near all of 'em regretted getting a tattoo. I heard all the excuses; most common of which was being drunk. The one regret I recall best was my dad's buddy in 1960 when I was 10 and asked him to lift the sleeve of his T shirt so I could see his tattoo better. Then I exclaimed that it was "really neat !", and he calmly said; " Yeah; I thought it was really neat, too... Back in 1943;.. But now I'm so damn sick of looking at it".... That was the thing flashing through my mind that day in 1970 that finally caused me to not get that tattoo. Kinda glad I didn't as it would be 50 years old this year and I'd bet that I, too, would have been damn sick of looking at it.
I was at a stage in life where my friends were having a lot of influence on my decisions. My good bud Gary and I were to get tats together, had them picked out, shop chosen. The week of when we were supposed to get them Gary slid his bike under a truck. No more Gary, no more tats. That also ended my biker gang affiliation.
The girls with tattoos have me wondering how many on here have tats? Wifey and I have none, oldest daughter has none, but son and younger daughter have some. Son was in Navy for seven years, I think it’s required.
Tattoos are definitely career limiting. Our HR department had standing instructions to not consider anyone who had visible tattoos for customer-facing positions, which were, of course, the highest paid ones. Same for males with body piercings or earings. Trimmed beards were OK but not full beards or the ones (now somewhat popular) that looked like you forgot to shave for three days.
Then there was the jerk I knew that had "Julie" tattooed in large letters on his forearm. Julie had left. The tatoo merely smudged.
I don't have a tattoo. Nor does my wife, my kids, or their kids. Hastings has the right idea.
Joke about an old gal in a bar who bragged about having a tattoo likeness of two country and western singers, one each, on the inside of each thigh and said if anyone could guess who they were that she’d buy the next round.
A fella that was pretty drunk said he’d buy if he couldn’t identify them and got down between her legs and stayed for a while.
Finally he stood and said “don’t know who them fellers are but the one in the middle is Ole Willie Nelson.
I have told my kids that my will has a provision that anyone with a tattoo anywhere on their body cannot inherit from me. Exam required. My wife and I do not have tattoos although I do have a number of well earned scars.
I like that! We did a trust last year, wish I had seen this before!
I've got an Osprey on my upper left arm. Most fantastic bird flying. I've been around them all my life, been fortunate to be around water all of my life. Deck over looks the Yellowstone, makes for great glassing. Have deer in the yard every night. Lots of stuff always moving down by the river. River is 300 + or- from the deck.
Our HR department had standing instructions to not consider anyone who had visible tattoos for customer-facing positions, which were, of course, the highest paid ones. Same for males with body piercings or earings. Trimmed beards were OK
Tattoos are definitely career limiting. Our HR department had standing instructions to not consider anyone who had visible tattoos for customer-facing positions, which were, of course, the highest paid ones. Same for males with body piercings or earings. Trimmed beards were OK but not full beards or the ones (now somewhat popular) that looked like you forgot to shave for three days.
Then there was the jerk I knew that had "Julie" tattooed in large letters on his forearm. Julie had left. The tatoo merely smudged.
I don't have a tattoo. Nor does my wife, my kids, or their kids. Hastings has the right idea.
This is always the big debate in HR Departments and EEO Officers. Is it the company's right to not hire whom they feel are not professional looking, or the potential employee's right to look they way they want to, without fear of being turned down from a position they're otherwise fit to do. I've heard of case law supporting both sides.
Tattoos are definitely career limiting. Our HR department had standing instructions to not consider anyone who had visible tattoos for customer-facing positions, which were, of course, the highest paid ones. Same for males with body piercings or earings. Trimmed beards were OK but not full beards or the ones (now somewhat popular) that looked like you forgot to shave for three days.
Then there was the jerk I knew that had "Julie" tattooed in large letters on his forearm. Julie had left. The tatoo merely smudged.
I don't have a tattoo. Nor does my wife, my kids, or their kids. Hastings has the right idea.
This is always the big debate in HR Departments and EEO Officers. Is it the company's right to not hire whom they feel are not professional looking, or the potential employee's right to look they way they want to, without fear of being turned down from a position they're otherwise fit to do. I've heard of case law supporting both sides.
HR is a suckfest. I worked at a place that had a preference for Vets, CIB or the USMC/Navy equivalent was usually a good bet. Most had tats. My kind of people and great employees who made good $$$.
Four years in the Navy and a clean slate here. Same for the wife. Son's girlfriend, who is complaining of employment difficulties, has several that look like do it yourself jobs.
I have told my kids that my will has a provision that anyone with a tattoo anywhere on their body cannot inherit from me. Exam required. My wife and I do not have tattoos although I do have a number of well earned scars.
I like that! We did a trust last year, wish I had seen this before!
I have told my kids that my will has a provision that anyone with a tattoo anywhere on their body cannot inherit from me. Exam required. My wife and I do not have tattoos although I do have a number of well earned scars.
The girls with tattoos have me wondering how many on here have tats? Wifey and I have none, oldest daughter has none, but son and younger daughter have some. Son was in Navy for seven years, I think it’s required.
Do you or your kids have tats?
None, I never understood self-mutilation nor letting someone else mutilate yourself. What a waste of money!!!
I have told my kids that my will has a provision that anyone with a tattoo anywhere on their body cannot inherit from me. Exam required. My wife and I do not have tattoos although I do have a number of well earned scars.
I like that! We did a trust last year, wish I had seen this before!
My wife and I, nada.
must not love your children if you would do that.
Definitely raised the children to judge harshly from appearances. I wouldn't want to inherit from that kind of hammer and I don't have tats. I never thought twice about an exclusion like that. One of my sons has tats but he is really my go to kid in any instance good or bad.
Railroading people with tattoos into one group is pretty narrow minded.
Leaving someone out of your will because of tattoos is about as superficial as one can get. I tend to judge people by their character and actions, not looks. Getting a tattoo is a personal choice, nothing more, nothing less.
I have told my kids that my will has a provision that anyone with a tattoo anywhere on their body cannot inherit from me. Exam required. My wife and I do not have tattoos although I do have a number of well earned scars.
I have told my kids that my will has a provision that anyone with a tattoo anywhere on their body cannot inherit from me. Exam required. My wife and I do not have tattoos although I do have a number of well earned scars.
I like that! We did a trust last year, wish I had seen this before!
My wife and I, nada.
must not love your children if you would do that.
Definitely raised the children to judge harshly from appearances. I wouldn't want to inherit from that kind of hammer and I don't have tats. I never thought twice about an exclusion like that. One of my sons has tats but he is really my go to kid in any instance good or bad.
Mighty high horse you guys are being judgy about condemning another man for how he want's to leave his legacy.
I have told my kids that my will has a provision that anyone with a tattoo anywhere on their body cannot inherit from me. Exam required. My wife and I do not have tattoos although I do have a number of well earned scars.
I like that! We did a trust last year, wish I had seen this before!
My wife and I, nada.
must not love your children if you would do that.
Definitely raised the children to judge harshly from appearances. I wouldn't want to inherit from that kind of hammer and I don't have tats. I never thought twice about an exclusion like that. One of my sons has tats but he is really my go to kid in any instance good or bad.
Mighty high horse you guys are being judgy about condemning another man for how he want's to leave his legacy.
Lotsa tall horses around here actually.
It’s definitely an age thing. My dad thought tattoos were taboo And fit only for Criminals, ex cons, and sailors.
When I came of age I got one and he was pissed but for my age group I in the 70’s 80’s, it was nothing to see someone with one or two.
By the time my kid came of age sleeves were all the rage and women started following suit. It just goes on as time goes by. Acceptable stylistic fads come and go or build on themselves in levels to become more extreme as the next generation tries to outdo the last because they have to be not just different but “better”.
I see so much of that now, these young women have now idea how fleeting their young woman looks are, they can still remain attractive of course, but them wandering tats are just gonna emphasize their age.
I have a tattoo, and it's official in the same way as Ron "Tater Salad" White has a known alias.
You've all heard me grouse about how my first wife, Satan, had me thrown in jail. It does not bear repeating. The charges were quickly dismissed with prejudice. However, I did get transported to the county lockup and I was taken in and fingerprinted before being sent to a cell. There are a lot of funny stories about that afternoon and evening that I can share with y'all when we're around a campfire. This is just a small snippet.
There were a lot of "Well, you asked for it!" kind of moments. I was in good humor for the most part. At one point it got down to the questioning about "known aliases" and identifying marks and such. I do have a birthmark. It's very faint and obscure. However, it was identical to my father's, and I am quite proud of it. They asked me to show it. I had to hike up my pant leg past my knee, and they couldn't see it-- you have to be in the right light. A deputy took it on faith and wrote it up on his clipboard. Next they asked about tattoos.
I told them, "Funny you ask because I do technically have a tattoo in nearly the same place. While I have my pant leg up, I might as well show you. " I then proceeded to show them the single blue dot that my buddy Steve put in my leg in 8th grade when he stabbed me with a Bic pen. He was just being playful, but it left a permanent mark.
By this time, the intake staff at the jail were all out of there places concentrating on my right leg, while I did my best to show it off under the pale fluorescent lighting. Some thought I was making it all up. Some were honestly curious. Finally, one deputy said he saw it, and so it was included in my arrest report.
My friend, a trust funded santa barbarian, told me about his daughter asking if she could get one. She is of age but didn't want to upset her monthly checks. He was so proud telling me how he disallowed any tattoos, and finished his bravado with the statement his daughter had no tattoos. You could see him curdle when I added"at least not where Dad would see them. Ruined his night.
I've asked myself how life may have turned out different if I had a dragon in one forearm with a panther on the other.
I made it through 24 years in the Navy without any tattoos. But when it became clear that the wife's cancer was terminal, she wanted matching tattoos with me and my son, so we all went in and got them. It's her design and I think it turned out pretty nice. When she's gone, it will be one of many reminders of the life we have together.
I spent 25 years in the USN. So, yeah I've got them. But I got them in places you don't see. I can be standing next to you in a short sleeved shirt and you will never know that standing next to you is a tatted up retired Navy Chief. I was smart enough to know that after the USN I'd still have to work since you can't really retire on military retired pay. First impressions being important I wanted to look respectable. I now teach HS and not one of the other teachers, faculty staff or students even know I have them.
Back in the winter of '83 I drove a truckload of blankets from New York State out to Pine Ridge in South Dakota, and subsequently met the guy who later played the role of the wise old guy in Dances with Wolves (the guy who gets taken out by Wes Studi's Pawnee).
In the movie he's always wearing a hide or buckskin shirt, long sleeves.
The reason for that is he was a lifer in the Navy, and down each arm had tattoed the names of several vessels, a bunch. I would guess those were the names of the ships he had served on.
None for me. My cousin has a memorial tattoo for her father. She's got other tattoos too, but I do kind of like this one. It's a hammer with angel wings on it. Her dad was a carpenter. My dad taught him everything he knew about carpentry. If I was to get one it would be something like this to honor my dad.
My two oldest grandsons are 13 and 11. A couple of years ago, they both bought temporary rub-on tattoos. The older boy, Owen, put one of his butt cheek. Not to be outdone, his younger brother Nolan put a tattoo on his dick. When I came to visit them that same day, they couldn’t wait to show old Grandpa Bud. They’re both great kids with my sense of humor.
I spent 25 years in the USN. So, yeah I've got them. But I got them in places you don't see. I can be standing next to you in a short sleeved shirt and you will never know that standing next to you is a tatted up retired Navy Chief. I was smart enough to know that after the USN I'd still have to work since you can't really retire on military retired pay. First impressions being important I wanted to look respectable. I now teach HS and not one of the other teachers, faculty staff or students even know I have them.
Back in the winter of '83 I drove a truckload of blankets from New York State out to Pine Ridge in South Dakota, and subsequently met the guy who later played the role of the wise old guy in Dances with Wolves (the guy who gets taken out by Wes Studi's Pawnee).
In the movie he's always wearing a hide or buckskin shirt, long sleeves.
The reason for that is he was a lifer in the Navy, and down each arm had tattoed the names of several vessels, a bunch. I would guess those were the names of the ships he had served on.
This is an example of a passive/aggressive post. Speak plainly, you're not as clever as you think.
My grandson got his first tattoo at age 9, shooting my .50 caliber flintlock rifle lefthanded. The pan flash got his right bicep pretty good. Unfortunately, a hitch in the Marines added a few others to the collection.
I've collected enough scars by accident in 74 years that I have no need to engage in any sort of deliberate self-mutilation! Jerry
I forgot my daughter in law has a few. She is smuggling a water melon right now. She had a few contractions earlier in the day, at doctors office now. Grandchild number 5 is trying to pop out early. You can see part of tat on her back leg.
Buncha judgemental old fk'rs...all of ya'll would bang every one one of those women like a 14 year old with a walking hard-on if you had an opportunity but you don't and won't so ya'll act the part of the 'fire and condemn them
I had a boss back in the 1970’s who was a Marine in the Korean War. One day, we were playing golf in hot weather and were wearing shorts. For the first time, I noticed a tattoo on his ankle. When I remarked that I didn’t see him as a tattoo type guy, he said he wasn’t- the North Koreans had given it to him when he was a POW. I felt like a turd and apologized, but he said no problem, there’s no way you could have known.
I spent 25 years in the USN. So, yeah I've got them. But I got them in places you don't see. I can be standing next to you in a short sleeved shirt and you will never know that standing next to you is a tatted up retired Navy Chief. I was smart enough to know that after the USN I'd still have to work since you can't really retire on military retired pay. First impressions being important I wanted to look respectable. I now teach HS and not one of the other teachers, faculty staff or students even know I have them.
Back in the winter of '83 I drove a truckload of blankets from New York State out to Pine Ridge in South Dakota, and subsequently met the guy who later played the role of the wise old guy in Dances with Wolves (the guy who gets taken out by Wes Studi's Pawnee).
In the movie he's always wearing a hide or buckskin shirt, long sleeves.
The reason for that is he was a lifer in the Navy, and down each arm had tattoed the names of several vessels, a bunch. I would guess those were the names of the ships he had served on.
This is an example of a passive/aggressive post. Speak plainly, you're not as clever as you think.
I'm puzzled, what on earth is passive/aggressive about that?
I returned from Africa in 1983, was straight away re-hired by my old boss at the Forestry School from where I graduated and given a job as a field tech.
I had a degree in Forestry, thought I'd get a degree in Agriculture and take it back overseas, ergo I applied to Grad Schools in Minnesota, North Dakota, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma and at Texas A&M. My GRE numbers, grades and recommendations were all good, I had also just spent three years in Africa. IIRC I got nibbles from all of them and so went out to visit. At the time I bought my Uncle's rusted-out Dodge Ramcharger, 4WD extended cab and cap and used that for the trip.
That was the winter of '83, at that time the churches in Syracuse were collecting blankets to send out to Pine Ridge. I called one up offering the use of my truck and was referred to the Onondaga Reservation just outside of town.
At that time the famous/infamous AIM guy Dennis Banks had been given sanctuary by the Onondagas, I wasn't looking to meet famous Indians but I had already made the offer and it seemed ungracious to take it back.
I ended up visiting the Bank's family three or four times for dinner. Part of this was I think they wanted to see if I was a plant, another part was I got the impression they were happy to meet someone who didn't have an agenda. OTOH I was photographed in my truck three of four times at the Rez line and on Pine Ridge by who I assume was the FBI. I also got pulled over by the a BIA Cop (nice guy) pretty much on arrival on Pine Ridge. Mr Banks and his family had loaded up my truck with blankets for their relatives on Pine Ridge. That was January of '84.
Minnesota is full of Norwegians, tall Norwegians, I felt like a dwarf in the cafeteria. In Bismark North Dakota I was told by the grad students there was nothing to do and you couldn't even ride a bicycle without getting blown over by the wind
I delivered the blankets to a place called Porcupine on Pine Ridge, I met Russel Means with his Japanese kamikaze head band in passing. Who I remember most was a nice young woman with the nice name of Stephanie Autumn. There was a blizzard in Colorado where I was headed next so I ended up staying with some young longhair traditionalist Lakotas for four or five days.
I got offered Assistanceships at all those schools but ended up going to Texas A&M that had the most active overseas research program, that's what brung me to Texas in the first place. Ag research was boring as all get out, but I stuck it out anyway because I hate to quit anything, so while I was there I got certified to teach as well as my Master of Science.
The old Navy guy with the tatoos, with a countenance like the buffalo nickel, was apparently a Traditional Holy Guy of some standing, or at least he was the guy running the pipe and the sweetgrass purification at a thing I was at. He was wearing a t-shirt and you could see his ship tattoos. As I recall someone told me he had been a lifer in the Navy. Some years later I saw him again in the movie. Dennis Banks then wife did the casting for that movie so that was probably the connection.
I was concerned when I did my background checks for my CHL twenty-five years ago that my fleeting association with the top AIM guys might throw a wrench in that, never did.
What else do ya wanna know?
Whoops, edited in, I ain't seen the movie in years but I just recalled the Navy veteran is the first guy to look up in the scene where Wind-In-His-Hair and his buddies get back from rescuing Kevin from the evil White men, ergo it had to be a different old guy that was taken out by Wes Studi's evil Pawnee in that village attack scene.
I forgot my daughter in law has a few. She is smuggling a water melon right now. She had a few contractions earlier in the day, at doctors office now. Grandchild number 5 is trying to pop out early. You can see part of tat on her back leg.
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