On Dec 19, 8:00*am, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
> On Sun, 19 Dec 2010 00:42:53 -0800, Leonard Blaisdell
>
> > wrote:
> >In article >,
> > Sqwertz > wrote:
>
> >> The number of tattoo shops in Austin has pretty tripled in the last
> >> 18 months. *And there are several hundred more competent tattoo
> >> artists in Austin that work out of the home that can almost make a
> >> living just by word of mouth advertising. *Not to mention the
> >> jailhouse artists.
>
> >I'm all for getting tattoos when you turn sixty. They'll be legible when
> >you croak. A great friend of mine signed up for the Marines the day
> >after Pearl Harbor and got the tattoo "Death Before Dishonor" below a
> >skull with a knife through it on his forearm. I got to know him in 1977.
> >His badge of honor was a bluish blotch.
>
> Just a lousy job, lousy skin, or both... when done correctly with
> quality inks there's no reason a tat will deteriorate any more rapidly
> than ones skin deteriorates. *I have tats I got in 1961, still in
> suprisingly great condition. *I would advise to choose a location
> carefully, especially women, do not have a tat placed where there's
> likelyhood of sag, stretch marks, and cellulite. *I also don't think
> it wise to choose a spot that can't be easily covered with
> clothing.... even today with society's claim of liberal permissiveness
> visible tats greatly limit ones employment opportunities.
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Is it any wonder that employers are selective about employing people
who have tattoos or piercings? The public sees them as being signs of
rebellion and disrespect (in some cases).

I guess that I am not too much of a rebel as I never considered a
tattoo and piercings do no turn me on in the least.

When I see a teenager or young adult with infection around their pins
and rings I just get that urge to say "yuck" aloud. What is even worse
is to see middle-aged people in mid-management jobs sporting a
"diamond" stick pin on their nose, lip or eyebrow. A bank where I deal
has one of their cashiers who has one of these lovely pins...I think
that the whole thing is ridiculous.
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