Blue1 said

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I’m off the drugs (6 years) but still working getting control of the alcohol.

Good for you blue…
Every battle begins in the mind and every temptation and action has it’s origin there. If you can master the mind you can master your whole life. But you have to be quick…give a weed enough time to sink down it’s roots down and…[Read more]

Sherav;56684 wrote:

Anymore requests like that will get your arse banned 😉

Well said Matthew…keep it clean mate.

Welcome to the forum MegRH, ‘Grin n Wear It’ are in the UK too… East Anglia. Interesting forum, hope you enjoy it here.

ArniVidar said

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My life has improved SO much since I began understanding that I wasn’t as all-powerful, all-wise and all-perfect as I imagined myself to be.

I can soooo… relate to that…Arni 😀
We can spend so much of our lives fooling ourselves that we are something that we’re not, hiding behind a lie. All we gain for our efforts is…[Read more]

There is certainly much gain in humility and a whole lot of strife in holding onto pride. Wish I’d learned that one along time ago…ego and pride are expensive ornaments to hold onto! Sounds like you wised-up sometime ago, good on you…and it is paying dividends eh 🙂

As the good book says…be slow to talk and quick to listen. Bet they’ll think twice before they go blurting out they prejudices before you in the furture eh?
I learned a good lesson many years ago, not to judge anyone by their looks. I boxed a guy at Yarmouth, took one look at the skinny wretched and thought ‘this’ll be fun’. He gave me the…[Read more]

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as what else are they turning thier noses up at…….and potentionally costing me money!

Good point, if they are already exposing their prejudices and lack of judgment regarding tattoos, what other areas does this failures of character stretch too, race, colour, home district etc?
Love to have seen the expression on their faces when…[Read more]

That’s interesting…goes some way to proving that there still prevails an attitude that says…
those who wear tattoos are of a lower moral standard, more prone to start fights or cause trouble

However, although this attitude does still exists it is certainly not as bad as it once was, with tats being worn by the full range of society, from the…[Read more]

Lets face it…if tats were the same quality as they were in the 70’s there would’ve never been shows like that to fuel them on. So, maybe first came the better quality of tattoos which fueled shows like the ‘inks’, then celebs and trailblazers like most of you guys…

Looks like they are one of…if not the biigest contributer to the acceptability of tats in the UK then, hitting the airwaves right in the booms years too! Talk about good timing…

They always say were always only a few years behind the States in most things…long as it’s not gun crime though hey!

Do you know when those programs hit the air Miss Ivy?

Aussie_Al;56067 wrote:
I am no sure where is started either but I do think shows like Miami Ink and LA ink have helped the general public accept it more!

Heard of them from the Studio but that’s about it. No doubt they are helping it all along. I can’t remember tats being all that popular during the 90s, when did these programs…if that’s…[Read more]

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Why not try to find out which clubs your current clientele frequents and start from there

Good point Asenath83…that is where I’ll start.

It amazes me the amount of posts saying that… in the clubs so many are wearing crappy tats. As I stated, I haven’t any tattoos but if I was too… I’d certainly do my homework first for both…[Read more]

The Mighty Ming;56006 wrote:
Most nightclubs I’ve been to in the past didn’t even allow people with excessive tattoos into their club (face and hand tatts etc). In just a few years though I’ve seen fully covered revellers in clubs although the only tattoos you will see on most clubbers are the usual lower back tattoos on girls and arm tattoos on…[Read more]

Agreed, wonder when and why the change happened though? Better tattoos and celebrities is my only guess to the ‘why’ but the ‘when’…the 90s? I know allot of shops sprung-up from the late 90s to the credit crunch but that is probably because of the boom…
People were walking about with a limp they had so much cash in their wallet! Gotta off-load…[Read more]

miss_ivy;55993 wrote:
Wow she’s really talented! x

Bex has been working with Rabbit for some years now.

I think experience counts for allot but to be really good it would seem you really do need to have that something extra, and that something seems to be to have an artistic eye. Researching for the site I can clearly see who does and who…[Read more]

Just looked at your tattoos…kind stuff Becky does, Bex Galery

That is keen…but is that common? I’ll have to ask the grew at ‘Grin n Wear It’, never thought to ask them that one…

Regarding types of clubs…makes sense what you’re sayimg miss Ivy…however, out in the sticks here you’d just have to hit all the local clubs I guess.
Cambridge might be the furthest to travel, Newmarket…much nearer. I’m not sure just how far ‘most’ would travel for a good tattoo. I know serious people will go the extra mile but…[Read more]