bikerhen inspired me to follow my "middle age crisis" urge and get a tattoo. i wanted to relive my days as a 1980s punker girl (haha---back when i had a rattail fashioned into the back of my spiked short hairdo, multiple piercings in one ear lobe, and wore only black). i ended up getting a stickfigure-like tattoo of a Specialized Ruby on the outside of my left calf, just above my ankle bone. i wanted something smaller, so i had to compromise a bit on design. originally, i had wanted something more intricate---a bike with an angel behind it---but the tattoo artist told me that we'd have to make it bigger than i wanted. Nanci, I imagine getting one on your foot would hurt pretty bad. mine hurt like hell, but like a girl in trouble, it was a temporary thing feels kind of like someone scratching you hard with a needle. it hurt only a little bit afterward (like a sunburn) and now, just hurts when i touch it. looks cool---is an original---and wearing black hose or tights will hide it when i have an "important" meeting at work!