Is it true that you can get your tongue pierced at 15 with a parent in Wichita?
I am 15 and I really want my tongue pierced I am saving my money for it to an I heard you could but I want to know for sure I have always wanted this done an my dad says I can get it done if I save up my money and if it is legal.
Are there any Quora users who vividly remember the segregated South? If so, what are your most memorable recollections?
First I would like to point out that segregation was not just limited to the South. I grew up in Southern Indiana, and segregation was alive and well there as well. I was born in 1940, and when I was 9 or 10 years old, my dad took us to a football game at the one “Black” high school that blacks were permitted to attend. My Dad was a part of a group of Jaycees who helped support the school. My mother had a black maid the entire time I lived at home, so I grew up with a black lady as part of my home environment. I am so very thankful she was a part of my life. I never heard any racial slurs at home, but I heard them outside the home all the time. The blacks lived in a neighborhood near the center of town, and were not allowed to purchase a home outside that area. They could work only in menial jobs that paid little.I would also point out that my dad din’t have any black employees. To his credit, he paid the entire amount of our maids FICA and Social Security; nothing was deducted from her pay. When she could not work any longer, she was able to retire with a social security check every month. Later, she became ill, and my mother, a retired nurse, would visit her regularly and take her to the doctor when needed. But believe me that was not the norm.There were no lynchings in Indiana that I was aware of, but they continued in the South and I heard of them from time to time. I vividly remember the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Bobby Kennedy, who dared to face the bigots and challenge their activities, while asking only for peace and equal treatment that our Constitution calls for. I was saddened to think of the hatred that accompanied the era, and still feel the same way.I am a Freemason, and the one criticism I had concerning that institution was the lack of black members, and the refusal of Masonic Lodges to recognize the Prince Hall Masons (who are black). Then the Grand Lodges began to recognize Prince Hall Masons, except the Southeastern states, who, as one might expect, continue in their bigotry. I am a Texas Mason, and so very proud that we, as most of the state Grand Lodges, now not only recognize Prince Hall Masons, but also accept people of color, and of various religions into our lodges.
What are some of the best Bob Dylan lyrics?
I can't believe no one's mentioned this, Desolation RowNow Ophelia, she's 'neath the windowFor her I feel so afraidOn her twenty-second birthdayShe already is an old maidTo her, death is quite romanticShe wears an iron vestHer profession's her religionHer sin is her lifelessnessAnd though her eyes are fixed uponNoah's great rainbowShe spends her time peekingInto Desolation Row.For me, Dylan is someone that can get you high. That's how transcendent his music is. This song has so many lines that punches you on so many levels.And in comes Romeo, he's moaning"You belong to Me I Believe"And someone says, "You're in the wrong place, my friendYou better leave"And the only sound that's leftAfter the ambulances goIs Cinderella sweeping upOn Desolation Row.Is your mind blown yet?The Phantom of the OperaIn a perfect image of a priestThey're spoonfeeding CasanovaTo get him to feel more assuredThen they'll kill him with self-confidenceAfter poisoning him with wordsAnd the Phantom's shouting to skinny girls"Get outa here if you don't know"Casanova is just being punished for goingTo Desolation Row.Here's the song, Another one, FarewellI will tell you of the laughter and of troubles,Be them somebody else's or my own.With my hands in my pockets and my coat collar high,I will travel unnoticed and unknown.So it's fare thee well my own true love,We'll meet another day, another time.It ain't the leavin'That's a-grievin' meBut my true love who's bound to stay behind. This, I believe is one of the most underrated Dylan songs ever. This is one of the songs that makes me wanna quit college and move to New York so that I can walk those streets where Dylan walked. Maybe I'll pick up something that inspired him. Maybe there's a spiritual overhaul waiting out there. How I'd love to sing this to my loved ones and be gone forever, unnoticed and unknown.The last one that gets me all emotional, If not for youIf not for you, winter would have no springI couldn't hear the robins singI just wouldn't have a clueAnyway it wouldn't ring true if not for youIf not for you, if not for you.I totally want this to be playing when I get married. And maybe dance with my future wife on this song. Ahh fantasies! :DDylan and George Harrison! Does it get any better?