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Dan S

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  1. Red Circle, I'm not even going to bother posting the many, many pieces Yakovlev has done of various Black personalities, or Russian folk-heroes, or any of the other work that belies the charges of "racism" lodged against him.

    As for my statement of there not being enough Blacks in Russia to be racist against, it was, in case you can't recognize it, intended to be humorous, but is, nonetheless, true.

    In general, those who cry racism the loudest and fastest are themselves the most small-minded of all.

  2. hhmmmm....Bill Salmon , GTC ,Martin Robson ,PJ English, Fip Buchanan, cant remember his name at Doc Webbs(no gloves) 88'ish.....and yeah I think freddy C started right around that time. I started in 89'....

    No gloves...it's funny, I was thinking about that the other day, I remember when the big deal at CTC was the autoclave...NO ONE wore gloves. Sitting getting worked on by Dale, both of us smoking. Cigarettes, yeah, that's the ticket, cigarettes...

  3. Thanks all...I may get some work while I'm here, who knows?!

    My posting is very limited, been here since last April, and this is the first I've been able to.

    Federal Pre-Release/Halfway House, most of the residents are coming off multi-decade bits, so there is some real wild tattooing. I posted some elsewhere, and will try to get some more, but it's a fairly major violation to get caught with a camera, or taking pix.

    A year, no big deal.

  4. My first two are pretty bad.

    First, we have just about every cliche about what a bad tattoo is wrapped up in one image:

    "Quod scripsi scripsi."

    Yup. It's upside down (because it's "for me"...). Latin ("what I have written I have written" so as to be as pretentious as possible). In my own handwriting (see the translation in the previous parenthetical). With poorly rendered solid black bands going around my forearm.

    I seriously planned on getting another band for any significant life event. Happily I didn't get too far along with that particular project.

    Second, this questionable execution of classic tattoo subject matter:

    I still have a soft spot for it, and intend to have someone try and save it if at all possible, but it is a mess.

    I've since been getting much better tattoos.

    That said, I'm kind of reticent to cover any of them up (aside from reworking the bird). There is a part of me that almost loves them for being really dumb/bad.

    Wouldn't cover either, especially if you like them. Our (lesser)tattoos remind us of mistakes we've made and things we've done, hopefully so we don't repeat them or forget them.

  5. So...

    When I was getting my snake yesterday both Paco and another tattooer that was there referred to me as a "tattoo collector".

    To be frank, I was a little startled by it!

    I haven't thought of myself as a "collector" at all... Just a person who likes tattoos, has gotten some, and intends to get more!! LOL!!

    What constitutes a "collector"?

    What does that really mean?

    I'm not sure that I'm comfortable with the title. But I'm not sure exactly where that discomfort comes from.

    Hmmmm...as far as you go, I think I'd just stick with "hot chick with most excellent tattoos"!

    I guess it could be used as a pejorative, or as a neutral descriptor, but personally, I just think of myself as a guy who happens to have some tattoos.

  6. Ahhh Ironhead *drooooooools*. I wish I'd grown more *flexes* but unfortunately at my size I have no hope in hell of riding something that heavy :( Mannnnn do they ever have endless possibilities though... you can do so so so so much with an ironhead.

    I saw one kicking around here on kijiji... I was so tempted.. but that was a moment of personal illusion of grandeur lol.. and if i bought one there'd be no way in hell i'd let it be my hubby's bike...id kill myself on it LOL

    ps- i love the old saddlebags. looove.

    My #3 son has an Ironhead, no problems with it at all. And he weighs MAYBE 140. Those things only weigh 530 lbs wet, so they aren't too hard to handle. If you like 'em, try one-you might be surprised.

    The bags I got at a garage sale outside Chicago for $15. Spent another $100 to have Kelly, RiP, put new tops and fringe on em. They're factory from the late forties.

  7. I run my own business doing computer aided design, drawings for large infrastructure. So when tendering for projects I have to sit in meetings with high up managers of schools, hospitals, banks etc. I need to suit up and look "professional" and although I'm my own boss and can do want I want I also don't want to think every time I don't win a tender it's because of my un professional appearance. I would love swallows on my hands but like I said winning work, paying for my children and my mortgage takes preference over this.

    Don't blame you a bit, but I'm pretty sure Hogrider was just greenin' ya, as was I.

  8. I'll ride with JeffK on this one, and advise that you get it altered.

    Behaving in Russia, well, in the unlikely event that you did go there, if anyone saw it, it wouldn't matter how you behaved, you'd draw serious attention.

    And there are many communities in the States that are populated mainly by Russian expats, with a sizeable Thief-in-Law presence. You could find yourself the recipient of unwanted attention there too. Not sure if you have that type of thing in the UK, but wouldn't doubt it.

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    ...But getting one would be like getting an American gang tattoo. I'm not a criminal first of all, and don't want anyone to think so. Secondly I don't want to disrespect those people who are by making their life some novelty ...

    Anyway, I don't care what country or gang or whatever it's representing, to make a novelty out of it is disrespectful and the last thing I wanna do is disrespect guys like that. I may not agree with their lifestyle or choices, but shit, some didn't even choose it ....

    Jeff, you're one of the few that I've seen voice a sensible opinion about that over the years. Guess being a Chicagoan helps PEOPLE to see that kinda thing. I think too many look at these images, or images they see in movies/magazines/whatever, and just see a "cool" image that would look so tough.

    And then they meet a gangster and things go downhill from there.

    It's kinda like the fashion statements. I absolutely love waiting for friends in the International Terminal at O'Hare, seeing all the Euros heading out of the terminal, their kids-and sometimes them-with one pant-leg rolled up, or a baseball hat all busted right or left, jailin tough, Lakers gear, or like that...they have no fucking clue. Always want to warn them, but I know from experience they just won't listen!

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