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    I also approach lifting on my own terms. Everyone's routine works for them and it probably won't work for anyone else. I very rarely give out any advice unless someone is about to hurt me doing something stupid close to me. CG
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    Born on the 13th here myself and I use the number in combinations for lotto... haven't hit squat yet though. I'm up for a #13 tat of some sort, doing research now looking at various elements that I want in the tattoo. Figuring on a black cat, horse shoe and a spade card symbol and of course the #13. CG
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    My wife has me show her friends my new ink all the time. Lots of my neices and nephews, cousins, brothers, etc are inked up. I was funny about showing any ink in public for years and always carried a long sleeve shirt in the car even in summer, one day I said eff it all... now I don't care who sees it and I get good compliments all the time. When my kids were in Cub Scouts and I was one of the outdoor training leaders, one lady went up to the cub master and said I was a bad influence since I had tattoos showing. Meanwhile, her husband was in prison for drug dealing. CG
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    Thanks, I am a hurting unit for sure. I have a facet joint injury and have had a spinal epidural and facet joint injections, nothing is working right now. PT makes the pain bearable, I get these spasms that are pulling one vertebrae around. CG
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    Look for a program called Starting Strength, excellent for a beginner or intermediates. I'm still doing a full-body routine since my lifting is in the toilet right now. I have nothing to add regarding a vegeterian diet, I don't see how you'll get enough protein to help you out. I'm sure it can be done, you may have to dig for answers on that. CG
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    I was a regular heavy lifter until I had a shoulder injury late in 2010, took until February of 2011 to get back on track after 4 months of intensive PT. Prior to injury, my PR on the bench was 300 and I'd do 225 for reps. Go to late 2011 I was in a car accident and have a back and neck injury. All of my lifts are compromised and down the crapper. My workouts are light and I throw in more cardio than I had been doing. I'm in PT now since January, did 2 months at a chiropractor, now I see a pain management specialist as well. Talk about insurance company hassles, being hurt is no fun. CG
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    A businesss license is one thing, just shows that you are a registered business. By me, the individual county licenses each tattoo artist. Which is regulated by the department of health for cleanliness and for the most part. I know they do surprise visits especially if the shop is now or has moved to a new location. There seem to be no guidelines for the actual tattoo process itself. CG
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    I like it here, making some decent $$$ and can retire in less than 5 years if all goes well. I lived in Nassau County for years (East Meadow) and know Massapequa well. I might fly south or go back and forth, who knows? The Italian food is the best in NY, I'm spolied as well by my own sauce. I had worked in an Italian resturant many years back. CG
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    I'm in NY, Long Island to be exact and loads of people are inked and there are tat parlors all over. At my gym, I'd say that 1/2 the guys under 30 are inked to some extent and maybe 10% of the women are as well. I wear a short sleeved shirt when I'm out and about around town, go sleeveless in the gym or at the beach. Of course no shirt when I'm on the beach. I'm 6' tall and 240 lbs and find that people tend to get out of my way when I have tattoos exposed. My wife pointed this out to me a few times. Lots of people from the beach are inked and we hang out together, sort of like a brotherhood. I never get any derogatory comments, really only good ones and I hand that person a business card from the shop I frequent. If I have to do any business with people (lawyers, vendors, new customers, etc.) I wear a long sleeve dress shirt just in case they're not ink fans. Some know I'm inked after knowing me for a while, seeing me at the shop or supply house. CG
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    Shoot, I took a break from 1983 to 2005 between tattoos. Got married, owned stock cars, bought a house, started a business, kid activities, house renovations, the $$$$ adds up. I had one new tattoo in 2005, went back in 2008 and 2010 for some big work (new work plus old stuff brought back to life), 2 coverups done between late 2011 and 2 months ago. I'm to the point where I can peel off the bucks and get the work done. I'm glad I took the break, now almost all of my ink is pretty fresh and I'm 57. I have a local shop that I really like and have a good rapport with the owner/artist. Even my son has his work done there. So part of the adventure for me is making sure that my son makes wise tattoo decisions. Even with 9 tattoos, (7 of them being big) I have plenty of room left. I have no master plan of when I'll be done, no regrets about my tattoo past either. CG
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    That shop's work is scary, some of the work in the galleries looks okay.. some not okay. Agreed that the quality had a vast range to it. I'd never get a tat from anyone with a shop ran out of a garage, is this even legal? I know of one local shop that has good artists working for it, but I'd never let the owner even touch me. CG
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    I had the one on my foot heal badly too. I had to go to work the day after it was done, meaning wearing socks. I loosely taped a wound pad over it with some after care ointment the artist gave me then put on my sock. The tattoo must have creased from sitting so much and it got infected, a first for me. I kept it clean, used neosporin on it and it healed up. I did have a blank area where it was infected, which I did have touched up at a later session. CG
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    I'm outside a lot in the summer so I use a sun block product on my ink. It takes a bit to get it applied and re-applied but worth the effort. I use nothing less than a SPF 50. CG
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    I was in a bar many years ago and someone I know walks in with a very fresh tattoo on his forearm. A rose with a scroll and "Mom", nothing huge. He shows it off and shortly after, gets into it with someone outside and winds up knocked on his ass in the parking lot. Of course the tattoo is dragged across the asphalt and is scraped up. None of us are tattoo experts at that time, so he goes and lets it heal up. I see him like 3 weeks later and the tattoo looks perfect. I would have guessed it would have needed some sort of touch up. I own a machine shop and had some fresh ink on my forearm 2 months ago. It was about 2 weeks old and I was changing tools on a lathe and dragged it across a boring bar. It was a 2" long scratch, bled for a bit, scabbed up and I didn't mess with it. It healed up fine, no sign that it was ever cut. CG
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    I agree that infection is the most important thing to be aware of. If I have fresh ink in an exposed area, I'll put some neosporin over it, go to the gym and wash it off once I get home. I've had some discomfort lifting with my shoulder and chest tattoo work, so i just took it a little easy for a few days. CG
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    I was in a local shop about 1980 or so, just shooting the shit with the owner on a slow night. This guy walks in and wants a tattoo on his dick. The owner quotes him a $100 "handling fee" on top of whatever the ink cost was. The guy doesn't bat an eye and agrees to the extra $100. The owner reaches under the counter and pulls out a piece of 1" x 6" board with all sorts of rusty nails sticking out of it and a claw hammer. The customer asks, "What's that for?". The owner comes back with "I ain't touching that thing, you'll have to nail it to the board yourself.". The customer turns and leaves without saying anything else. CG
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    I was 6 at the time. I was on the bus going home from 1st grade, the last day of school too, so it was memorable. Our regular bus driver had been replaced by this guy who was not in his happy place. He was yelling at us to keep quiet and what not... he was wearing a wife-beater shirt and had a couple of tattoos that I could see. I got a glimpse of one that was military related. The only thing that most of us knew about tattoos was the "prize" tattoos that came in boxes of Cracker Jacks. You know the box I'm sure, with the sailor on it that was probably inked from head to toe under his uniform. CG
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    Same as with the rubber-necking associated with bad car wrecks... sometimes ya just gotta look... CG
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    This was just on MSNBC last week, a must-see from a technical as well as the human level. CG
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    I'm in Suffolk County and my recent work was done at Studio 69 Tattoo in Ronkonkoma. Studio 69 Tattoo - Home
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    I guess they were flush with FREE labor to do the volunteer work. Pretty sad... I work for a big Fortune 300 company and cover my tattoos up. A few people I work with from around town and the gym may know, but its not general knowledege. My one son has to cover his up for work, he waits tables in a popular restaurant and thet's their policy. CG
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    I'm a long time tattoo fan that just found this forum. Had most of my work done over 20 years ago and in the process of having it freshened up and new work done as well. CG
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    Koi are commonly used as the scales can be made dark, or the whole tattoo done on the darker side. Some artists specialize in the art of the cover up. CG
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    Back in the '70's, just about any shop was crammed wall to wall on a Friday or Saturday night with people lined up to get those $25 "hot stuff" devils on their arms. I'm glad the times have changed for the most part. CG
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