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    Gloomy Inks got a reaction from JazzyMac in Cool stuff you've learned/gotten into/etc. thanks to getting tattooed   
    1. Painting. I really damn enjoy it!
    2. People and their motivations for doing things.
    3. How to spin plates. Not in a literal sense, but to focus on ten different things, and draw on people, and babble like I do... its a good skill to have.
    4. Discression. Oh yeah, things the clients tell me stay with. DO THEY! And its the better part of valor.
    5. Food. I can go for 18 hours without eating. Should I? Noooooooooo.
    and last...
    Stop and smell the roses. Or at least draw them.
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    Gloomy Inks got a reaction from Myles in Assembled Dietzel Machines   
    Two assembled nickel plated Dietel machines. Putting them on here to purchase a coil winder. Made the myself and selling them both for $275. $150 ea, so for a bargain get both.
    One is a liner, BSA coils, Ringmaster springs, aged brass binding posts, and Sterling silver contact screw. Hits like an SOB.
    The other is a shader, blackened steel binding posts, Sterling contact screw, Ringmaster coils and will purr for you.
    I assembled these myself, made quite sure the were on the money.
    If interested in one or both, or just want to see a few pics email me: professorwagnernyc@yahoo.com
    Thanks for reading.
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    Gloomy Inks got a reaction from sourpussoctopus in slang terms that make you cringe?   
    I have a really frequent client, female, who comes in and goes, "So. I want a cutie mark."
    I looked at her and all that could go through my mind was, "You can`t say that in a tattoo shop..."
    It hurt my mind.
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    Gloomy Inks got a reaction from Fala in slang terms that make you cringe?   
    I have a really frequent client, female, who comes in and goes, "So. I want a cutie mark."
    I looked at her and all that could go through my mind was, "You can`t say that in a tattoo shop..."
    It hurt my mind.
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    Gloomy Inks got a reaction from bongsau in slang terms that make you cringe?   
    I have a really frequent client, female, who comes in and goes, "So. I want a cutie mark."
    I looked at her and all that could go through my mind was, "You can`t say that in a tattoo shop..."
    It hurt my mind.
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    Gloomy Inks got a reaction from Colored Guy in Interesting short tattoo documentary   
    I know a guy, a friend, who`s parents would kill him if they found out about his tattoos. He has his torso covered, right up to.the shoulders, with nothing on his arms. I call it his "tank top".
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    Gloomy Inks got a reaction from The Tig in slang terms that make you cringe?   
    I have a really frequent client, female, who comes in and goes, "So. I want a cutie mark."
    I looked at her and all that could go through my mind was, "You can`t say that in a tattoo shop..."
    It hurt my mind.
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    Gloomy Inks got a reaction from JAllen in slang terms that make you cringe?   
    I have a really frequent client, female, who comes in and goes, "So. I want a cutie mark."
    I looked at her and all that could go through my mind was, "You can`t say that in a tattoo shop..."
    It hurt my mind.
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    Gloomy Inks got a reaction from pidjones in Least painful spot for a tattoo   
    This is a pretty good thread. Lot of thought here.
    I guess the wipe would irritate more, and of course the factors of what kind of machines you might be running, the skill level of the artist (and by that I don`t mean how she/he can draw. I mean the art of applying a colored wound) and where your mind is too.
    Maybe that`s really it. Where is your head at?
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    Gloomy Inks got a reaction from The Tig in Post awesome things you have been doing recently   
    My drummer`s mom was there?
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    Gloomy Inks got a reaction from 9Years in Least painful spot for a tattoo   
    This is a pretty good thread. Lot of thought here.
    I guess the wipe would irritate more, and of course the factors of what kind of machines you might be running, the skill level of the artist (and by that I don`t mean how she/he can draw. I mean the art of applying a colored wound) and where your mind is too.
    Maybe that`s really it. Where is your head at?
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    Gloomy Inks got a reaction from Dan in Least painful spot for a tattoo   
    My wife said the same thing. Didn`t hurt her at all.
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    Gloomy Inks got a reaction from Margarita Yaschenko in For TATTOOERS ONLY - most hated tattoo requests?   
    That`s true, but its oft the client. Bad after care. I remember reading a Zeke Owens column about Sailor Jerry and aftercar. The Old Man was of a mind that he gave good tattoos. But once the guy got out the doir he "bath in salt water ir gasoline".
    Cant make people try! But that pony was brand new, and I just hope the poor, palsey ridden artist had health insurance
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    Gloomy Inks got a reaction from rufio in For TATTOOERS ONLY - most hated tattoo requests?   
    Anything ICP related. And death dates.
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    Gloomy Inks reacted to SStu in Why are bad tattoos so popular?   
    You are assuming that everyone out there has a creative mind and/or appreciates art.
    It ain't so.
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    Gloomy Inks got a reaction from Graeme in Cool stuff you've learned/gotten into/etc. thanks to getting tattooed   
    1. Painting. I really damn enjoy it!
    2. People and their motivations for doing things.
    3. How to spin plates. Not in a literal sense, but to focus on ten different things, and draw on people, and babble like I do... its a good skill to have.
    4. Discression. Oh yeah, things the clients tell me stay with. DO THEY! And its the better part of valor.
    5. Food. I can go for 18 hours without eating. Should I? Noooooooooo.
    and last...
    Stop and smell the roses. Or at least draw them.
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    Gloomy Inks got a reaction from TrixieFaux in A Hello from from the High End of Bums   
    Oh, I see, getting tattooed and not coming to me. For shame!
    I'm joking, but thanks guys, it means a lot to me that you liked the intro. I don't consider anything I do all that great, but I figure others do. I got a sleeve and some big black work this week to do, so that should be fun. I do like black work, even though you sorta go into yourself when you do it.
    However, while I was outta town this week I found out a few things:
    1. Not the first person in the family with tattoos. My uncle Ole got ink from Coleman in Norfolk (my 90 y/o Grandmother said he called him, in his Norse, "Dat Bastard Col-man!") and Wagner on the Bowery. Never met the old cat, as his idea of breakfast was a pack of Camels and coffee! And my Uncle Frank in TN got work in Phenix City (sp?), AL, and alls I can figure it must have been done by Stoney. He was in that tank killer brigade, in Patton's 3rd Army.
    2. My Mom told me I hated pre school too. See, just a mean kid!
    3. People say damned nice things when I'm not around. Which is much better that being told I'm a hack.
    4. Made some calls, found a CNC shop that will take my frame order and turn it out for me. None of that BS casting or prefab. I used to build guns (the shooting kind!) so I have a bias for 0% flaws, and I hate finish sanding. So I'm thinking that machines will be up for sale, barring my lame illness, in December. Hand wound coils, with your cap of choosin'. Or no cap, getting real old time with silver contacts. And for the brave, with a condenser as used in automotive ignitions. I know it works, as I found a big thing on Walter Cleveland here. Figured might not be a bad idea. Sort of looks like a propane tank on the upright.
    No rubber band "spring" though. Maybe later.
    So I was thinking a Waters #2 liner, J frame shader, and Dietzel color packer. Unless anyone has better ideas. Please let me know, and you all take care, you hear?
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    Gloomy Inks reacted to kingofcosta in author gets Latin epigraph tattooed on forearm   
    It's her fault for continually translating the Latin for whoever enquires. She could just say it meant that she liked sunny days or something equally innocuous and avoid all the philosophical bullshit that follows the real meaning.
    Pretentious idiocy.
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    Gloomy Inks reacted to kingofcosta in Pre and post-tattoo rituals   
    Mine is really simple. I shout from my station to my colleagues station 'I've had a cancellation/no-show too. Do me a tattoo NOW!' Then I spend the next hour pissing and moaning, accusing him of specifically trying to hurt me, saying how I'm sure I don't hurt my customers this bad, asking what have I ever done to him to deserve this terrible treatment, and swearing profusely. I then go back to work and moan to my customers about how much I hate being tattooed, which really helps them suffer the pain I'm sure!
    Tattooers make the worst customers.
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    Gloomy Inks reacted to hogg in Pre and post-tattoo rituals   
    Nice meal beforehand, breath mints before and during (common courtesy, ya know), lots of deep breaths during, hot soak/shower afterwards, and an ice cold beer immediately after the shower.
    I maintain that nothing tastes as good as a post-tattoo beer. Even when I wasn't really drinking at all, I'd still have one beer after a tattoo. Some things are sacred.
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    Gloomy Inks reacted to TrixieFaux in A Hello from from the High End of Bums   
    Maybe we were all out getting tattooed that day.
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    Gloomy Inks reacted to Mark Bee in A Hello from from the High End of Bums   
    I'm just seeing this for the first time too. Great intro!
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    Gloomy Inks reacted to TrixieFaux in A Hello from from the High End of Bums   
    I never saw this before now, either!
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    Gloomy Inks reacted to hogg in A Hello from from the High End of Bums   
    How did I miss this rad intro? Please forgive the long overdue welcome, but you seem to have made yourself at home around here.
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    Gloomy Inks got a reaction from El Dolmago in Post shitty things you have been doing recently   
    Just thought I would say thanks to all that are pulling for me. As to Myles, dude, I hear you, however I like to think that people here, tattooers, collectors, all of us, have something together that people who don't wear tattoos will never have. Hey, people may look at me like I'm sick, but I just make 'em laugh. Determination can do wonders for you, and nothing can focus the mind like the thought of your own demise.
    And hey, you only get the one go round, no one gets to be here for the whole time, and you gotta make the best of what time you have, use it. That's why I'm looking into starting my own machine company. Nothing pretty, but all US made, coils and all. Brass no less too!
    To else, here is my abridged bucket list:
    1. Marry my woman.
    2. Start and finish my back piece (from an 1860s photo of a female Samurai)
    3. Make machines and tattoo as long as I can.
    4. Visit Norway and Germany. Norway is where my Grandfather, now 91, is from.
    5. Finish my books I've been writing.
    6. Make amends with those in my family and old friends who have not gotten along with.
    7. Tell the rest of the mo-fos to eat cat poop.
    ....
    Y'all get the idea.
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