Dave
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Tattoos are disgusting
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comitan
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Dave I agree, It seems as tho Shari's Juan does tattoos, There are many people in Baja with Tattoos Men & Woman.
Strive For The Ideal, But Deal With What\'s Real.
Every day is a new day, better than the day before.(from some song)
Lord, Keep your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my mouth.
“The sincere pursuit of truth requires you to entertain the possibility that everything you believe to be true may in fact be false”
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BajaNuts
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I disagree with Dave-
some people get stupid tattoos, but there are a lot of beautiful pieces, I happen to have a beautiful one.
ps- there's a poll on the other tattoo thread
[Edited on 3-1-2009 by BajaNuts]
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Bronco
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black and blue
The idioticy of todays "hero", is beyond.
A talented athlete puts a "tat" on a brown or black background?
I just think of the people in camps that were tatoo'ed for identification.
I have mixed emotions. Mel Gibson did a great job of depicting a society that put physical markings as symbols.
I have a scare that I would not show anyone- it would require a question. And I would lie.
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ELINVESTIG8R
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I have a tattoo and love it.
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Bajahowodd
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I guess for some of us, the N-zis are not far enough behind. I'm ok with that. Truth is that people tend not to learn from history's lessons.
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BMG
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajahowodd
Many "older" guys, in particular, have their ink from their days in the service.
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My Dad had tattoos put on his calves and one wrist while in the service. I can never remember seeing him in shorts. He was always embarrassed by them.
The one on his wrist (my Mom's name) was always under his watch band.
My sister had a boyfriend that thought the wrist tattoo was cool and had my sister's name put on his wrist. Never did hear what the later
girlfriends/wives thought about that.
I can't say that I've heard many older folks say they still like the tattoos they got in their youth. Harder to change than a hairstyle that you no
longer like.
I am noticing more tattoos on local women here in La Paz. Don't remember seeing any parlors, but haven't been looking.
I think the world is run by C- students.
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soulpatch
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That's just silly.. you all avert your eyes.....
Tattooing has been around a lot longer than when the N-zis were in power.
Probably as long as prostitution....which means mankind.
| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajahowodd
I guess for some of us, the N-zis are not far enough behind. I'm ok with that. Truth is that people tend not to learn from history's lessons.
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24baja
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I do not like tongue piercings, makes it hard to understand the drive up teller at the bank. I think if tattoos are tastfully done they can be
artwork. The most beautiful tattoos I have ever seen were on two women who had mastectomy's and were worried that the scars would be offensive to
their male partners (both were unmarried & dating) so one lady had a rainforest complete with birds and the other woman had a beautifully done
garden scene. Now in my opinion if a potential partner, either man or woman found the scars offensive they wouldn't be worth my time, but that is
another topic!
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Paulina
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I have an elderly friend who served in the Navy. He has a few tattoos on his arms. It's hard to tell now what they once were. One was an Eagle, the
other an anchor. There might be a mermaid in there too, but I'm not sure.
He also has a tattoo of his full name on his calf. I asked him why he chose his own name and not that of a young lady, to which he answered, "That was
so if the Japanese shot my leg off they'd know who to reattach it to."
Somehow older people seem to get away with those kinds of remarks.
Anyway, I was joking around with him one day and said that I was going to copy his tattoo on my leg. He did not approve of me getting any tattoos. The
next time I showed up I had carefully drawn it on with a Sharpie marker. Boy did he get mad at me until he realized it was fake.
My brother in law is covered head to toe. It's not my cup of tea, but then again, neither is he.
My 20 yr. old son has chosen to get a few tattoos; Pablo Picasso's drawing of Don Quixote on his side, the musical notes of Ob la di ob la da by the
Beatles around his ankle. He also has a Star trek communicator on the left side of his chest.
I don't know why. I'm afraid to ask.
I can't think of anything that I want permanently embedded on my body. Piercings can be removed much easier that tattoos.
Jimmy Buffett has a song in which the lyrics say it all:
she was no marine back from the Philippines
she was their pride and joy, their incarnation
her parents viewed the chief with shock and disbelief
looking for some other explanation
the indian on her back was poised for an attack
she said a tatoo is a badge of validation
but the truth of the matter is far more revealing
it's a permanent reminder of a temporary feeling
permanent reminder
of a temporary feeling
amnesiac episodes that never go away
it's no complex momemto it's not set of revealing
just a permanent reminder of a temporary feeling....
\"Well behaved women rarely make history.\" Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
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ELINVESTIG8R
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If you ever happen upon a body in the Baja desert with this tattoo on the right upper arm you will know you have found the mortal remains of David aka
Elinvesti8.
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Bajagypsy
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I have several tat's and each and everyone is a reminder of a very special occasion. I have chosen very carefully what I had put on my body, they are
forever. I have also chosen body parts that if I so wish, either everyone can see (and I won't go to jail), or no one can see.
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vgabndo
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Semper Fi David.
Reminds me that I almost got a tatoo in the P I, but by the time I got my guts together, the artist had gone home. The bar girls talked me into being
a blonde. I crawled back across the sh*t river bridge from Alongopo with Clorox orange hair, and went straight to the brig!! An hour later with my
head shaved, the story was over and I still don't have a mark to show for it. I'm pleased about that. 
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
Bill Kauth
Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
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Mulegena
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'Member the creepy tattoo guy in the TJ jail in "Born in East LA" ?
Too funny!
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ELINVESTIG8R
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Semper Fi Vgabndo during my 23 years stint I never got a tattoo. It was only at the age of 50 that I got this one in Orange County California. 
[Edited on 3-2-2009 by ELINVESTI8]
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vandenberg
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The fuzz get a look at it, and it gets you to the slammer faster.
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ckiefer
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Four out of the four in our family have tats and or piercing. I personally do not have any tats but I do have piercing (three piercing in two lobes,
of regular size). My children, young adults, consider their bodies their walking canvas. At first I was horrified, but I have had time to get use
to it. Personally I prefer the stick on kind you get in the vending machines at the truck stop restrooms.
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