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That's a lot of tattoos.

My wife mentioned back when her sister started getting them that very few people seem to have just one tattoo. It's almost like an addiction of some sort, where you can't just get one.

Off the topic, but what kind of engineering, RATT?

I am a hydraulic engineer psu62.

I specialize in the wastewater/water side of things. I do the design of a lot of WWTP's (private and public) in all kind of different nitrogen and phosphorus limitations, lift stations, water towers, pneumatic well systems in the mountains, collection and distribution systems (gravity, pressure and vacuum), even upscale septic systems in areas that have sorry soil (surface and subsurface drip irrigatrion systems) and everything that goes along with that field.

I also do a lot of residential (although not as much any more) land development schematics and permitting. Stormwater management, sedimentation & erosion control planning, parking to road graving and permitting for residential subdevelopments along with smaller business developments.

It looked like an elephant trunk headed down the middle. I didn't want to say anything and look stupid, but it's a cool design.

Tats aren't for me, but to each their own. My favorite roofer has the Texas longhorn tattooed onto the back of his head, so I don't discriminate.

F what people think. All my close friends are tatted up. I personally only have one and got it 10 years ago so I'm the odd man out when we all go out.

Ughhhhh,

I took thermo in college and HATED it

That was a tough class but you are dealing more than you think with what I am doing on the civil side. You are still dealing with fluids and viscosity whereas there are other civil's that specialize in structures, construction or even geotech (soil). Of course mechanical engineering goes in all sorts of directions as well.

Dude, you're going to sit for 8 hours? Damn. Four is my limit.

looks awesome, came in to say be wary of neck tattoos for career issues but sounds like you've got yourself covered.

I usually take a couple of vicoden which helps and it's not like I sit down for the whole 8 hours either.

My friend does my tattoos and runs the Tattoo Jungle off of Chalkville Mountain Road in Trussville, AL. Anyone from Alabama can attest to the place. He's damn good.

Anyway, we will go for about two to three hours and then smoke a few cigarettes, maybe a blunt, and will take snacks and stuff while it's going on. We probably waste an hour and a half of that 8 hours.

No it's some kind of biomechanical design. I think it's a mix of a bomb, clock and alien all in one depending on how you look at it.

Good for you if you can pull it off man. I have work done on both arms and my chest, and I'm keeping my visible spots un-inked because I'm working to become a teacher. That is a nice design and its gonna hurt like hell, especially given the detail. Good luck

I am a part owner of two businesses, not an employee an owner, and a partner at my engineering firm (the third). I get what you are saying, but I wouldn't do it if I wasn't an owner or partner.

Go for it man. I have full sleeves and both of my legs are tatted from the knees down, plus my back is covered, but I pulled a Yakuza style. No tats that can't be covered. The only reason I don't have a neck tatt is out of respect for my ultra conservative grandmother.

She'd have a,heart attack if they saw my ink. I like that idea for your neck. My whole right arm is black and grey biomechanical. My left arm is a black and grey I designed that incorporates potraits of icons in my life amongst other things. My back is a biomechanical HR Giger piece. It took a long, long time and cost a pretty penny. Love the bio work.