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In order to find the best things in life (food, music, people, tattoos, whatever-the-fuck you're into) you have to give a damn beyond a cursory level. You've got to put in some work. Most people don't want to do this in my opinion. More so if they're not going to be into tattoos as a continued hobby. 
Or they're just busy with other things that are more important to them. They probably don't understand why one would settle for a terrible interest rate on a loan or something...

MANGY (unhappy) PANTHER by Theo Mindell. 
 

In order to find the best things in life (food, music, people, tattoos, whatever-the-fuck you're into) you have to give a damn beyond a cursory level. You've got to put in some work. Most people don't want to do this in my opinion. More so if they're not going to be into tattoos as a continued hobby. 
Or they're just busy with other things that are more important to them. They probably don't understand why one would settle for a terrible interest rate on a loan or something...

MANGY (unhappy) PANTHER by Theo Mindell. 
 

In order to find the best things in life (food, music, people, tattoos, whatever-the-fuck you're into) you have to give a damn beyond a cursory level. You've got to put in some work. Most people don't want to do this in my opinion. More so if they're not going to be into tattoos as a continued hobby. 
Or they're just busy with other things that are more important to them. They probably don't understand why one would settle for a terrible interest rate on a loan or something...

In order to find the best things in life (food, music, people, tattoos, whatever-the-fuck you're into) you have to give a damn beyond a cursory level. You've got to put in some work. Most people don't want to do this in my opinion. More so if they're not going to be into tattoos as a continued hobby. 
Or they're just busy with other things that are more important to them. They probably don't understand why one would settle for a terrible interest rate on a loan or something...

MANGY (unhappy) PANTHER by Theo Mindell. 
 

MANGY (unhappy) PANTHER by Theo Mindell. 
 

LOL
 

I think it should come back when this place is a tattoo forum again and not a tattoo advice forum.

Got this awesome piece this week on the spur of the moment/walk-in from Tommy Stegall at Baldy's Tattoo in Radcliff, KY (near Fort Knox). It's my first American Traditional tattoo and I am in love :)
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Finishing up my knee with Grez on Friday.

Me too. My 6.5 hour session required someone bring me a sip of sumpthin, but otherwise there is chat and mental relaxation techniques, and time is up before you know it. I discovered early on that when I tried to look at my phone or listen to music I had a harder time than just laying back and zoning out/accepting the sensation.
 

i usually just bring the body part thats getting tattooed

@Dan A mix of Skittles and M&Ms?! You, sir, are a true psychopath.

Coming through airport security yesterday one of the security guards had a long (favourable) chat about my tattoos.
He said he had a couple but was too afraid of the pain to get more.
Then he explained that he got the tattoos after he got paralysed in a car accident and then beat the doctor's diagnosis that he probably would never walk again (!!!).
I was like "dude, I think you could handle it" (He laughed).
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Old Guy At Home Depot: Hey, those tattoos look expensive. How much you pay for those?
Me: Well, you know what they say, "Good tattoos aren't cheap and cheap tattoos aren't good."
Old Guy's Wife: His were cheap.

I would love to see the monthly contest return. Maybe one that doesn't include a physical prize so it doesn't increase operational costs of the site (as much) to run it?

I would love to see the monthly contest return. Maybe one that doesn't include a physical prize so it doesn't increase operational costs of the site (as much) to run it?

Some of you saw this on Instagram already, but my stoke cannot be contained. Fudō crab from Eddy done today at Lifetime in Denver.
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Got a little spider from Dylan Homer at Tattoo Union in Vancouver

 
Also, how do you embed instagram posts? I can't figure that out...

YES!!! This is so cool. I read the short story "Leiningen Vs the Ants ( http://www.classicshorts.com/stories/lvta.html) when I was a kid and it left a huge impression on me. I want an ant tattoo now! Man, I've said it before but you get the coolest tattoos. Talk about doing it right...

Agree with @Dan, it's totally possible to do both. Just show a little restraint around the pool. 

tattoos are forever,(holidays)vacations can wait.
just pass on the swimming,no big deal.
 
so go sit and relax under an umbrella and a cold one and watch your friends from there.
 
*me on vacation(holiday)

shade and a cold one work great for me ! LOL

 

It got to like 80 in Oakland yesterday.
We have had a rough go of it.  God forbid it gets to 85-90.