It also depends on the one doing the tattoo. Some people are better than others, it is in their technique...

A couple of mine I had drew myself and then found someone to do them. One is a flaming skull with carb butterfly's for eyes (in my profile) and the other is a simple Harley Davidson shield with Yosemite Sam riding it like a bucking bronco. The skull is because I do a lot with auto racing and it will probably be the death of me (it has tried plenty of times) and the Harley one I did after putting together my Chopper but I did not want it to be just the shield and I wanted it to show a playful side I guess.

The other ones I have I brought in pictures of what I wanted, and kind of how I wanted them combined. Like this part of one picture but this part of a different picture...then let the artist draw a few different ideas up until we were on the same page as to what I was looking for. The more you can bring in the more it will help.

I do not like any of the pics of me but I try to make sure they are at least recent enough that they still look like the guy in the mirror here...

I wear sandals in the summer here, they are more comfortable and easy to deal with. Plus I get a cool double stripe tan on my feet...lol

I never thought of myself as an alcoholic, but others did. From the drinker's view I never thought that I had a problem, but drinking for breakfast is not good. Looking back I know I lost friends because of my drinking, but there were a few that stuck with me. I went through some programs (I did not volunteer for them) but they did not work because I was not ready to quit. It took a bad accident to wake me up and get my head straight so I did not feel like I needed a drink anymore. That might be what he needs, a wake up. But when I was drinking, there were people who still cared for me but while I was drinking I knew not to come around their house because they talked to me about it (probably a few times). Now that I do not drink any more we are still friends but those that wrote me off I have not heard from. I guess the question is do you really want to cut all ties or just help fix the behavior?

I have a few tattoos, and I figure I will get more.

I had a tongue ring for a while when I lived in Germany but it got old fast so I let that grow shut...

LOL...It only hurts while the needle is there (and a short time after), otherwise it is cool...

What ever you get make it meaningful to you, after all it is your tattoo. Something that you or your close friend drew might be more meaningful than a random pic you find on the internet of the tattoo shop's wall.

BTW, I will agree with the collar bone, my snake runs up there...

I am no where near a neat freak, it looks like my stuff is disorganized but I know where everything is...lol. I was with a girl who was a neat freak, I told her she could clean what she wanted, but she had to put it back (like if she wanted to clean a shelf, take it all off the shelf and clean everything but it all had to go back on that shelf). Then I would rearrange stuff later if she wanted me to. This system worked for a while until I noticed stuff missing, her definition of trash and mine were not the same so she was throwing things out! LOL...Half of my clothes are gone now because she got rid of them since she never seen me wear them while we were together, I am not talking about raggedy clothes but my nice stuff that I only wear for special occasions. Some times other people compulsions can be too much...

Your lower tension might be messed up (I would have to see it to tell if it is too tight or loose) or someone else was messing with the upper tensioners...do you have any kids around the house, they like turning the knobs...lol

At least you will have something to laugh about/break the ice and you will know that you think alike...lol

LOL...So you want an old fighter? With fighters it is had to turn off the urge to fight...

So what happens when you both use the binocular idea there? Do you just look for the other person with binoculars watching where you were suppose to meet?...lol