not something I'd want either, tho a number of friends (younger & same age) have them, including a woman whose daughter bought her one for her 50th birthday. 2 fathers (again younger & same age) I know have tattoos giving their children's birth dates, but body art is not my thing.

I recently read an article on tattoo removal in one of the Sunday papers, but can't find it online. Point of the story was that it takes many sessions & costs a lot of money.

Last year I was visiting Australia's oldest inland city, a wonderfully historical place, (pop. 26,000) & was amused to see one of the sections of magazines in the newsagency.

Every newsagent across the country has standard labels for different interests (Crafts, Computer, Business, Travel, Cars, Men's Interest, Women's Interest, etc) but I've never before seen 'Bikes & Tattoos' & there were 6 magazines in this section!

Maybe they're included in another category in the cosmopolitan Big City where I live. We have 3 or 4 tattoo shops in my suburb & special bike parking on the main road for The Kings Cross Bikers Social And Welfare Club

sandra