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Excuse me for breaking in like this, but your comment made it imperative for me to share this little (true) story. A park ranger, or whatever you call them in Wales, told us about the tattoo in Latin on his forearm. He and some buddies had gotten drunk and then tattoed at a parlor in Thailand on their last night before leaving a tour of duty in Korea. His tattoo was "Forever in Wales" inscribed in Latin. About halfway through the process, the tattoo artist was suddenly moved to make small talk, asking "where did you come from?" to which the drunken soldier replied "Korea" which is now forever on his forearm as "Forever in Korea" in Latin.

Karen in Austin

'tis strange I should be old and neither wise nor valiant. From "The Maid's Tragedy" by Beaumont & Fletcher

by Wife of Bath (kareninaustin at g mail dot com) on Tue Jan 1st, 2008 at 04:38:57 AM EST
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Oh dear. That would annoy me so much. My tattoos are very carefully chosen. If any were slightly off what and where I wanted them, I don't know how I'd cope!

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Tue Jan 1st, 2008 at 04:44:11 AM EST
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I would love to see your tattoos. Do they glow in the dark?

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Tue Jan 1st, 2008 at 09:23:51 AM EST
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Hmmm, no they don't glow in the dark. Should they?

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Tue Jan 1st, 2008 at 09:28:59 AM EST
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They're already made. So, they should not!

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Tue Jan 1st, 2008 at 09:42:27 AM EST
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he's just trying to entice you into his darkroom once again isn't he ;-)

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Tue Jan 1st, 2008 at 09:44:13 AM EST
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Yes, the naughty man.

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Tue Jan 1st, 2008 at 09:58:08 AM EST
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J'adore quand les anglaises m'appelles "naughty man."

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Tue Jan 1st, 2008 at 10:02:31 AM EST
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lol

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Tue Jan 1st, 2008 at 10:11:20 AM EST
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I didn't want to disclose that ceebs. But it's obvious that I'll now have to use the braille method instead of sight reading.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Tue Jan 1st, 2008 at 09:59:46 AM EST
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Now there's some wishfull thinking ;-)

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Tue Jan 1st, 2008 at 11:04:52 AM EST
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Well quite. My tattoos are neither glow in the dark or braille.

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Tue Jan 1st, 2008 at 11:14:38 AM EST
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I think he'll only accept experimental evidence. you'll understand being a scientist. ;-)

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Tue Jan 1st, 2008 at 11:22:47 AM EST
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I'll write a paper on it and he'll just have to accept that. If he wishes to experiment then I suggest he repeat the methodology in my paper and judge for himself whether his tattoos glow in the dark or work as braille.

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Tue Jan 1st, 2008 at 11:32:51 AM EST
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Because of the time pressures caused by my advanced age, we'll have to ask the regulatory authorities to allow allow for "fast track" utilization before your results are confirmed by another team's laboratory experiments.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Tue Jan 1st, 2008 at 11:52:21 AM EST
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My results don't need to be confirmed by another team's experiments. I simply write up my own experiment and findings and include the methodology so that should anyone else wish to verify the accuracy of my conclusion then they can repeat the experiment for themselves.

Neither tattoo took more than half an hour so time won't be awasting too long, LEP. There must be tattoo parlours near that deviant digital darkroom of yours.

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Tue Jan 1st, 2008 at 12:06:28 PM EST
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I'll borrow a tattoo gun for the next meetup ;-)

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Tue Jan 1st, 2008 at 11:52:56 AM EST
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Ceebs. Thankfully, you have become my "intervenant" in this damned eternal quest to lure In Wales into my digital photo darkroom.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Tue Jan 1st, 2008 at 11:36:06 AM EST
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I do so hope you have a Benny Hill accent when we finally meet, ;-)

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Tue Jan 1st, 2008 at 11:41:57 AM EST
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How about Woody Allen?

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Tue Jan 1st, 2008 at 11:44:37 AM EST
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Well it's second best but I'll cope.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Tue Jan 1st, 2008 at 11:50:47 AM EST
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And was it really supposed to be Forever in Wales?!
I had no idea I was so adored far and wide ;-)

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Tue Jan 1st, 2008 at 04:45:45 AM EST
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LoL

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Tue Jan 1st, 2008 at 05:13:40 AM EST
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