Calf tats
09-16-24 | 03:16 PM
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cats maybe
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09-16-24 | 03:34 PM
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Once in a while I sport a Chain Tattoo but permanent tattoos are so establishment now. If you want to be anti-establishment, go tat-free.
If one has a tat of a cat, and the cat has a tat of a hat, does that mean the cat's hat tat is your hat?
If one has a tat of a cat, and the cat has a tat of a hat, does that mean the cat's hat tat is your hat?
09-16-24 | 03:52 PM
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I've got plenty of tattoos, aka scars, from all sorts of things since childhood. Totally unique designs like no other, never to be duplicated. Didn't hire anyone or pay one dime 
09-16-24 | 03:53 PM
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09-16-24 | 03:54 PM
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Funny, I thought those "tats" seen on calves were applied with hot iron and called "brands".
09-16-24 | 06:22 PM
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09-16-24 | 07:11 PM
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09-16-24 | 07:19 PM
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I have 2 cycling related tattoos on my right calf. One in the middle back and one on the outside.
I also have a tattoo on the outside of my other calf.
Oddly, I don't view myself as a tattooed cyclist.
Admittedly, I also basically never think about if I am or am not a tattooed cyclist, so that's probably why I don't view myself as one.
I also have a tattoo on the outside of my other calf.
Oddly, I don't view myself as a tattooed cyclist.
Admittedly, I also basically never think about if I am or am not a tattooed cyclist, so that's probably why I don't view myself as one.
09-16-24 | 09:29 PM
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Our white cat got orange tats because it makes him look like a lion (he thinks it does)
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09-16-24 | 11:59 PM
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Or this from here: https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo/ca...ortBy=relevant. NOT
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09-17-24 | 04:49 AM
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I would prefer a tat of a calve on my calf.
Or this from here: https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo/ca...ortBy=relevant. NOT
Or this from here: https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo/ca...ortBy=relevant. NOT
09-17-24 | 05:42 AM
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It also could be because that's the only exposed place on a serious cyclist's limbs that's big enough to host a tattoo. When you have chicken arms/legs, there's not many options.
Last edited by seypat; 09-17-24 at 05:46 AM.