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happyharry:
He he, yes, you are indeed very cheerful and seem very nice...that DID come through in your posts.
Wow, your past experience record is impressive. You've done and seen quite a lot for your age.
Ok, see you around, take care...

Yeti:

 Thx, you too my friend   8-)  /cyberhandshake    ~Yeti

robert:
I get the baby stares too.  Hilarious stuff.  I started shaving my head before Michael Jordan was bald when I lived in Humboldt CA.  Mostly rednecks and hippies there so  people stared.  At the time, I was one out of two bald guys in what seemed like the whole county.  Plus you just notice stuff more when you're overly self-conscious from herbalizing (which I've retired from, thank you).  I moved down to LA after that.  Less stares.  And now I'm in the Bay and hardly notice anyone staring.  Just a lot more guys shaving the nug now.

 

PigPen:
Something interesting happened while we were on vacation. We went to an indoor waterpark in Wisconsin Dells, WI. Naturally, I wasn't wearing a shirt so I had my tat exposed. One of the lifeguards was a young black man. Floating down the lazy river, I started talking to him. (About how boring it was during the off-season) He was cool with me until I floated around and he could see my tat. After that his attitude completely changed. As we were leaving we couldn't remember what time they opened the next day. I saw this same young man sitting on a chair in front of the First Aid office, so I stopped to ask him. He was reluctant to talk to me, probably figured he had to since it's his job. When we went back the next day, my wife and I were playing with our son in the kids pool and noticed this same young man was at a station near that pool. My wife made the comment that he was giving me dirty looks the day before. I told her it was probably because of my shaved head and the tat. Later on floating down the Lazy River with my son and wife, he was guarding the River again. My wife was trying to get my son to say "hi" to him. Then she said, that guy was talking to us yesterday, then he saw we were with you. I told her it was his problem not mine. She responded with, well you can't blame him. I made the rebuttal that he was jumping to conclusions and didn't even know me. Besides, if I was such a bad person, would I have even talked to him in the first place? In my opinion, had he made the effort, he would've found out that I'm not racist. That's not what my tattoo is about, nor why I shave my head. Oh well...

PBurke:
I too have a rebel flag tattoo. and it has caused trouble in the past, but my friends that are black laugh with me and assure me that it is the guy or girl who trips that has the problem. they know what i am about and that i will do whatever i can to help anyone i can, regardless of race or anything else. i guess it is like dad says" respect everyone till they show you they don't desrve it"

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