Nate's Amazing Tattoo!

Our brave neighbors are doing their own lateral and have the kind of mind that can first 1) Find the clean-out, 2) Know how to cut concrete, 3) Know how to plan projects like this! Anyway, they decided to call in a contractor to bring in equipment to lift up the 4" concrete in the driveway and to dig the trench. To do this alone would be backbreaking - the back being more likely to break than the big concrete  chunks. The little Kubota trencher, or do you call it an excavator? was just the right size for the job. The operator was, much like our beloved sewer crews, rather balletic in operating this thing on a narrow driveway. It must take years of practice to so delicately maneuver a contraption like this. Naturally, I was fascinated to watch yet another step in our sewer work. The trench came out beautifully!

Anyway, he was super friendly and, when not working, didn't mind my asking about his tattoo. I have never seen anything like it and I'll be only a handful of you (and his friends, of course) have either. Take a look (and click on the image to make it bigger):

WOW!! Amazing!!! It is of a skull toilet bowl with crossed wrenches right behind it!! Rather perfect for Los Osos, I'd say!! Anyway, you can ask him about it, there is quite a touching story to this tattoo! His business is called "I am a Plumber Looking for Work." His name is Nate Gunderlock and here is his business card:

For those of you who might want to get some tattoo work done, the artist is Kris at Main Street Tattoo in Templeton.