Guest Article: Tattoo You

Commitment.

Things just land on our desk in the V-Bunker. This is one of them. Not really knowing what to do with it, it seemed best to share it with our fellow Velominati. @del loves his cycling and @del gets “misty”. Though I don’t know what that means I hope I never get that misty. I’d have to get highly misty to end up with my first tattoo, beside the greasy chainring tattoo I rarely put on my right calf.

VLVV, Gianni

After a great ride out I conform to the Rules to the best of my ability, however on this one occasion I appear to have misinterpreted these Rules slightly. What should of been Rule #93 seems to have joined forces with Rule #47 resulting in me not conforming to Rule #52. As you can imagine things started to get a little misty, I have always wanted some more ink (tattoo for those not down with the kids) and I have always struggled with what to have done. I didn’t want the normal stuff you see, I wanted it to be bike related.

It was during the misty moment that I had my flash of inspiration. The Rules book caught my eye. That cool orange glow got me. I wanted the V and the cog on my leg. However I wanted to take it one rotation further, so the following day I knew I had to follow Rule #81. I went to my fellow cyclist who also happens to be a tattoo artist and set him this challenge. I explained that my legs were my machines for cycling and that I wanted the V and the orange cog incorporated into the design.

After six hours of me repeating Rule #5 to myself in my head I was done, All I need to say is Rule #72.

del

I love to get out and ride, I dont know why so many cyclists don't have fun or smile. I love a challenge and I'm doing one as often as possible, 1000 miles in May.

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frank says:

Nov 6 2015 at 10:29 am

@kixsand

What a beast!!

Good dog.
frank says:

Nov 6 2015 at 10:33 am

@KogaLover

On Rule #65 and dogs: when the bearings start to go, the noise is too high pitched for humans to hear but it’s like a dog whistle so if you’re being chased by dogs it’s a warning sign to have a look at your bearings!

This is either the greatest advice ever or the greatest pisstake ever. I love it nonetheless.

@chuckp

@Frank

We’re going to the shelter tomorrow to look for a possible companion for our dog, Cooper (a rescue Jack Russell/Beagle mix). He lost his best friend/big sister, Zoe, this summer (a rescue Husky/Weimaranar/Beagle/??? mix) when she suddenly and unexpectedly got really sick. We ended up having to put Zoe down to put her out of her suffering. Turns out she was bleeding internally and our vet thinks she was somehow poisoned. :-( Most of the dos at the shelter are some sort of pit bull-like mix. If one of them gets along well with Cooper (he gets along well with everyone), we may have ourselves a new member of the family. No tattoos though. :-)

Pits are the best. We had a pit mix Mack who was the greatest dog ever (some amount of German Shepard was in there too) and he sold us on "bully breeds", which is part of the reason we decided to rescue a Dobie. Evie (the pit - but she's also part greyhound, fast as hell and muscular as shit) is the most social and loveable dog and we like the idea of trying to help break breed stereotypes.

Go with the pittie, you can't go wrong so long as you aren't an asshole and raise your dog in a way that makes it an asshole, too.
chuckp says:

Nov 6 2015 at 11:28 am

@frank

I'm not anti-pit bull. No bad dogs, just bad owners. We'll see how Cooper gets along and vice-versa tomorrow. I may be posting a new dog pic tomorrow.

P.S. Love your Dobie rescue.
Gianni says:

Nov 6 2015 at 12:53 pm

@universo

Any dogs with tattoos ??

Our dog and our cats all have tattoos. All from the humane society and each with a number and a heart on the inside of the ear. A woman I know got the same number and heart as her dog tattooed just behind her own human ear, which was pretty damn cool.

re: moderation- no way, you will know it when it happens. You would be surprised how fucking far one has to go to get moderated here. First you would get a few warnings, a few time outs, then maybe a light moderation and a spanking. It must have been a computer hitch.

In my memory, two people have been actually cut off and they were way way out of line, repeatedly.
Chipomarc says:

Nov 6 2015 at 2:31 pm

How did this thread go from Hepatitis C spreading tattoos into a thread about dangerous animals?
chuckp says:

Nov 6 2015 at 2:53 pm

@Gianni

@universo

Any dogs with tattoos ??

Our dog and our cats all have tattoos. All from the humane society and each with a number and a heart on the inside of the ear. A woman I know got the same number and heart as her dog tattooed just behind her own human ear, which was pretty damn cool.

re: moderation- no way, you will know it when it happens. You would be surprised how fucking far one has to go to get moderated here. First you would get a few warnings, a few time outs, then maybe a light moderation and a spanking. It must have been a computer hitch.

In my memory, two people have been actually cut off and they were way way out of line, repeatedly.

Ooooh ... a spanking ... behave!
DeKerr says:

Nov 6 2015 at 4:55 pm

@Chipomarc

Well played sir, well played. Rule #43 is strong in this post.
PeakInTwoYears says:

Nov 6 2015 at 6:06 pm

@frank

HEY. Congrats on the n+DOG! Fucking awesome.

(I'm especially feeling your love because the little badass tomcat we just took in is rocking it pretty hard. He's giving zero fucks about our old GSD.)
minion says:

Nov 6 2015 at 6:58 pm

@Oli

The only people who don’t like tattoos are the people that don’t like them. Same goes for polo shirts, walk shorts, moustaches and lift heels. But I’m not going to waste my time telling people who don’t share my taste in those things that I don’t approve, because everyone is different and I’m not so damned arrogant as to believe my taste is superior to anyone else’s.

Hey hey hey!!!! I'm all for you Oli but leave walk shorts out of this. They are my sacred right and stylistic natural inheritance given my massive calves and lack of fucks to give about people who think slacks are acceptable.
Ccos says:

Nov 8 2015 at 12:51 pm

Though this has strayed far afield, it appears posts on how one looks garner the most activity. This is my humble observation (i.e a cursory view of the data with a rapid jump to conclusions).