jade1955

Just finished up about 30 minutes ago. Now enoying a nice cold pint of Perroni.

Daniel Albrigo at 12 noon today.

I've been on a chicken and beef chuck Vindaloo lately. Super good. I've got a feeling this cold season is going to be all about curries and pho.

And this

Drinking a glass of 56 year old Armagnac at the moment. Made the same year as me.

I have one drink out of the bottle every year on, or around my birthday.

Pussy

And old enough to know better, 51 years old.

Tattooing 9 year old children. Jesus wept.

He posted a Bob Marley tattoo by Hayley Lakeman.

Loads of comments including one from Hayley Lakeman

What a douchebag.

Reminds me of the chimp that attacked the owners friend and virtually ripped her face off. It wasn't the first time the chimp had lost the plot either.

im worried about carrying and travelling around with 1000$+ in my pocket this weekend at the convention.

ugh

No offence intended but be mindful this is a public forum. Its probobly not a good idea to advertise that there are likely to be people walking around tattoo conventions carrying large quantities of cash.

Most shops I've been in, in the UK, are cash only.

If you've got 4 or five artists working in a shop on a self employed basis I would imagine it could get very complicated taking card payments.

It all adds to the business running costs, paying for a terminal and card processing fees.

Cash is king no card fees and no card fraud to worry about.

@Ursula I must admit I don't like the idea of wild animals being used for entertainment. If they are being filmed in their natural environment and its not intrusive thats ok in my book. For most of the time the bears owned by this guy seem to spend a lot of their time in solitude in a cage. No wonder they go postal.

In stark contrast I watched a couple of episodes of the Dog Whisperer. That Cesar Millan guy is incredible.

As usual its about training dumb peope not so called dumb animals.

Weeks holiday from work this week.:D

I'm watching a program on the National Geographic Wild Chanel Called Hollywoods Killer bear. They showed the incident where he killed the owners best friend. The grizzly was only in contact with the man he killed for 8 seconds. The speed and ferocity of the attack is incredible. The bear just pinned this guy down by the throat and shook him like a rag doll. There was a police investigation afterwards and it was deemed to be an accident rather than a mauling, so luckily the bear was not destroyed afterwards.

The bear was born in captivity. The owner had raised the bear since it was a cub and the guy who was killed was the owners best friend.

Of course its not the first time something like this has happened and no doubt it won't be the last.

The attack footage is on YouTube. Search Bear kills man.

Bit more on my half sleeve. Japanese happy/sad mask, tattooed by @Stewart Robson , yesterday. Popeye arm today.

Idea for a penis tattoo. You could get the letters LISTERMINT.

During the winter months it would read LST.

Just like when I first heard Joy Division and thought it was a joke. Sorry if anyone is into them, but I still kind of think nobody actually likes that band.. (IanCurtisRIP)

Hey I love Joy Division and I was around when they first hit the scene (that doesn't qualify for being a hipster but it probobly qualifies for a hip replacement in a few years).

From handbag to douchebag

Here's mine tattooed by Xam at The Family Business, London.

If the month starts with a Sunday there will always be a Friday the 13th in that month.

Three Friday the 13ths in 2012. ;)

Something similar happened to me a while back. I had booked a tattooer for 2 sessions and had paid a £200 deposit. Anyway the tattoo was completed in one session but I thought I would still use the second appointment as I really liked his work and he has quite a waiting list. So I paid in full for the work done with the deposit being carried forward for the next sitting. After the second tattoo was done I went to settle up with the shop manager and he said that’s £400 for the work today minus £100 deposit. Now I was pretty sure I had paid in full for the last one carrying the £200 deposit forward. Anyway he was ok about it and said he would check his books. When I got home I checked my money and it appeared I might have had more than I could account for. Anyway I gave him the benefit of the doubt. Was it worth ruining my chances of ever getting tattooed there again for the cost of a night out? I popped by the shop a week later with the disputed £100 and a lesson learned. Always get a receipt.

A while later I booked at the same shop with another tattooer. About a month before the tattoo my wife took a phone call from the same shop manager. He says he has been checking his records and was asking if I paid a deposit and if I had when. My wife was a bit curt with him and replied yes and that I had a receipt in my wallet.

Now this guy either doesn’t now his arse from his elbow or there’s another explanation. I got a really great tattoo but it makes me feel a little bit wary going back there again.

I assume he put 100% because there wasn't enough room for STUPID.

If there is one more annoying thing than a stupid cunt. Its a stupid old cunt.

@Iwar Xam at The Family Business, London tattooed the leopards head. He does some fantastic work.

Xam — The Family Business Tattoo Shop

@Duffa Oh alright then. It's based on a Brooklyn Joe Lieber design. This is just the outline. Two more sessions to go before it's completed.

Heres a slightly closer photo.