94-Year-Old Pa. Man Gets First Tattoo

[Champ]

DuBOIS, Pa. - Ralph Bonebreak was born to be wild — in 1910. The 94-year-old man recently got his first ink at the Tainted Flesh tattoo parlor in his hometown. Bonebreak emerged from under the needle with a locomotive on his right arm and an eagle on his left.

"Tattooing an older person is a bit more difficult because their skin is different and sometimes it comes away from the muscle a little," said Bob MacCready, a tattoo artist at Tainted Flesh.

Before Saturday, the oldest person MacCready had ever worked on was an 81-year-old patron.

A lot of men who went into the military got tattoos, but Bonebreak's 38-year career with the railroad kept him out of the service, said his friend, Eve Camuso.

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[Fenris]

1. Ralph Bonebreak?

I like that name.

[barackmyworld]

2. ewww

it would be funny if he had gotten a tattoo of a pug...so lifelike

[Maat]

4. So, about a year ago I got my ears pierced for the first time..

at 45! And I was in an election fraud rally/protest last Saturday!

I feel like a kid again! (half my age)!

[Bozita]

3. Wonderin' what it'll look like when he gets older

[Pithlet]

5. One of the perks of getting to that age

You can have a WTF attitude about things. If I make it to my 90s and I'm still healthy and hale, I'll do stuff like sky diving that I'm too chicken to do now.