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  1. Deb Yarian
    Don bought Bill's spring punch and an Owen Jensen machine --- which I think he later sold to Mike
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    Thanks Shane!
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    I'd say, for better or worse--- it's gone pretty mainstream. I'm sure Eric neglected to mention what crazy pay day weekends he'd have---Fast Freddie, Eric, Louie----Victory Drive I was working in Daytona when I met Freddie at the 80 something convention in Mission Bay- and he offered me a job. I was from Brooklyn, with little experience in the south - on a middle of the night Greyhound bus trip to Columbus, Georgia. I had only met Freddie at the convention--- if I had to describe him I'd say he was a combination between Rodney Dangerfield and Philadelphia Eddie. So, I arrived at the shop in the middle of the night and slept on the couch in Freddie's apartment behind the shop and started working the following day. My first day there, there were 54 people on a waiting list and just 3 of us to tattoo them all!
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    Before we left Columbus,Ga - A friend of our's who had learnEd from Bill, brought us out to Bill's - cause he had some things for sale. I remember driving out to this little shack in the woods in Alabama I was a little nervous considering his reputation--- I just remember a dark shack with partially dirt floors -- and a giant snake cage. Don got a couple of cool things.
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    Unfortunately, shootings did not end at Sailor Bill's door, They occurred at Freddies too. I just remembered that I tattooed Bill's daughter at freddie's shop
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    Most of what I heard about bill was from other tattooers. One dear friend who never said an unkind word about anyone else said " Sailor Bill was a pock or pox on tattooing!" I believe it is public record that he shot a woman in the face and paid close to a million dollars to stay out of jail. I worked at Fast Freddies for at least a couple of years with Bill still up the street. Freddie used to tell a story of when Bill was working the carnival with his wife (Edie) he would bury her up to her neck in the sand and then surround her with a huge spider body--- she was human/ spider girl. One night he went and got drunk with his earnings and forgot Edie in the ground during a rain storm! Well she nearly drowned and when he got back to her she had ice-cream wrappers stuck to the side of her face. Most of the war between Freddie and bill had become carny superstitiion-throwing peanut shells in front of a tattoo shop door ensures little$ Muskrat or raccoon urine in the air vent Crazy days!
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    Well, i've been arrested ---- for being in an illegal tattoo shop. (Underground) Started tattooing pre gloves and single use set ups. Worked for a man who did a lot of coke and became paranoid and wanted to booby trap the drop box. Who considered selling his shop to 1%s ---but they'd get me as part of the deal. Worked for a man who liked to cause dissent amongst the ranks lest he have a mutiny--- and one of the employees shot another 4 x at a shop meeting on a payday weekend - outside of a military base. After being questioned by the police- with one tattooist in the hospital and one on the lamb- we all went back to work One boss didn't have a mirror in the bathroom to discourage certain hygiene practices and didn't like female tattooists cause we use too much toilet paper. And racial slurs and issues? don't even get me started ---having worked in the south for years.
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    You know my husband Don and I worked for Larry Allen from2001-2008. Larry apprenticed with Cliff about 35-40 years ago. He's retired now but i'll ask if he has many or any photos of Cliff's work to share. Larry's work was in one of the old Tattoo Times and his picture was that great photo on the back or inside back cover of Spider Webb"s Pushing Ink --- He holding his baby son. It's a classic.
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    this is lovely!
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    when I first started tattooing a lady came to me with a terrible photo of a man- in the distance , behind a kitchen table. She wanted a portrait of him. Well, I did it to the best of my limited ability - which at the time was really limited. When it was done, she looked at it in the mirror and said " I hope my husband doesn't recognize him!"
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    Though I certainly like a beautiful tattoo, for me it is more about the person that does it ( and that can go either way) a great person doing a mediocre tattoo means more to me than the reverse. I wish I had gotten tattooed by my dear friend and mentor Paul Rogers. I was honored to have tattooed him, but in retrospect I wish it had been the other way around.
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    Thank you for the nice comment.

    Deb

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    rose and mary
    rose and Mary
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    I think it definitely depends on the under 18 year old. Who they are and what they get. Are the children more mature in lets say Kentucky than in California? Probably not. So it becomes more of a legal question than a moral issue. I have 5 children. Three of whom were tattooed before they reached 18 years old. So yes I would.
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    girl

    Deb Yarian posted a gallery image in Japanese and Asian Tattoos

    girl
    gal
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    feather

    Deb Yarian posted a gallery image in Bird Tattoos

    feather
    feather
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    father and poem
    father and poem
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    Mucha ish

    Deb Yarian posted a gallery image in Black and Grey Tattoos

    Mucha ish
    Mucha-ish
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    dog

    Deb Yarian posted a gallery image in Animal Tattoos

    dog
    dog
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    flowers

    Deb Yarian posted a gallery image in Flower Tattoos

    flowers
    flowers
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    silly flash

    Deb Yarian posted a gallery image in Tattoo Art

    silly flash
    silly flash
  22. Deb Yarian
    Thanks for sharing Nick I still haven't been able to upload any pics here. New Mac
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    I worked and lived in Daytona For over ten years --There's no glamour and no matriarchs in the outlaw biker culture.
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    No apology necessary.

    It's a compliment , she's a strong tattooist and an old friend.

  25. Deb Yarian

    Hi ---That tiger was done by Ms Deborah /Debbie Inksmith now Sofia Estrella.

    Thanks

    Deb

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