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So here it was, the summer of 1979, and my trainer and mentor was opening his own gym in North Haven, CT.
He, me and my training partner travelled to Brooklyn to Lou Ferrigno's Father's equipment company, based on the first floor of their home right in the city(I think).
I remember we were able to outfit the entire gym (about 4,000 square feet) for $14,000.00
Ferrigno's stuff was good equipment...much of the very same stuff still floats around the area today.
Anyway, while our mentor was dealing with Matty Ferrigno (Lou was in Hollywood by now), I saw Lou's brother sitting there, eating italian ice...he looked JUST LIKE LOU, without the bulk.
I saw his sister sitting there, looking JUST LIKE LOU, without the musscles.
Mrs. Ferrigno was very nice and innocent.
She liked that me and my training partner were so young and wanted to make sure we were lifting right and everything.
I asked her:
"Mrs. Ferrigno, how is Lou doing with the Toronto Argonauts?(He was being toiuted in Muscle Builder at the time as being a prospect inb the Canadian FB system, but stopped his career short supposedly because of a torn achilles heel.).
"Oh, no, Michael...my poor Louie...he calls me every night and says...Momma...my beautiful body...its getting all beat up from all of thgis football and hitting and what not...I wanna come home!"
I have nothing against Lou.
I know everyone here rips on him for his 20 dollar pics.
But THAT IS WHAT SHE SAID!
By the way, at the gyms grand opening, Matty came to it and brought pics of Lou...specifically his rear lat spread, side triceps photos, and kept telling everyone that you willo NEVER see a photo of Arnold doiung that pose!
Mike
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cliff notes needed
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cliff notes needed
I don't understand.
Mike
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So here it was, the summer of 1979, and my trainer and mentor was opening his own gym in North Haven, CT.
He, me and my training partner travelled to Brooklyn to Lou Ferrigno's Father's equipment company, based on the first floor of their home right in the city(I think).
I remember we were able to outfit the entire gym (about 4,000 square feet) for $14,000.00
Ferrigno's stuff was good equipment...much of the very same stuff still floats around the area today.
Anyway, while our mentor was dealing with Matty Ferrigno (Lou was in Hollywood by now), I saw Lou's brother sitting there, eating italian ice...he looked JUST LIKE LOU, without the bulk.
I saw his sister sitting there, looking JUST LIKE LOU, without the musscles.
Mrs. Ferrigno was very nice and innocent.
She liked that me and my training partner were so young and wanted to make sure we were lifting right and everything.
I asked her:
"Mrs. Ferrigno, how is Lou doing with the Toronto Argonauts?(He was being toiuted in Muscle Builder at the time as being a prospect inb the Canadian FB system, but stopped his career short supposedly because of a torn achilles heel.).
"Oh, no, Michael...my poor Louie...he calls me every night and says...Momma...my beautiful body...its getting all beat up from all of thgis football and hitting and what not...I wanna come home!"
I have nothing against Lou.
I know everyone here rips on him for his 20 dollar pics.
But THAT IS WHAT SHE SAID!
By the way, at the gyms grand opening, Matty came to it and brought pics of Lou...specifically his rear lat spread, side triceps photos, and kept telling everyone that you willo NEVER see a photo of Arnold doiung that pose!
Mike
Hi Arnold.
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Lou's dad had feeling for arnold.
Please bear with me...I don't get it?
Mike
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Please bear with me...I don't get it?
Mike
Yeah, elaborate on this please.
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what kind of cancer do you have?
Spinal cell Carcinoma...wish I hadn't mentioned it. Found during recent orthopedic sugery on spine.
Mike
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Where are you from, Moosegay?
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So here it was, the summer of 1979, and my trainer and mentor was opening his own gym in North Haven, CT.
He, me and my training partner travelled to Brooklyn to Lou Ferrigno's Father's equipment company, based on the first floor of their home right in the city(I think).
I remember we were able to outfit the entire gym (about 4,000 square feet) for $14,000.00
Ferrigno's stuff was good equipment...much of the very same stuff still floats around the area today.
Anyway, while our mentor was dealing with Matty Ferrigno (Lou was in Hollywood by now), I saw Lou's brother sitting there, eating italian ice...he looked JUST LIKE LOU, without the bulk.
I saw his sister sitting there, looking JUST LIKE LOU, without the musscles.
Mrs. Ferrigno was very nice and innocent.
She liked that me and my training partner were so young and wanted to make sure we were lifting right and everything.
I asked her:
"Mrs. Ferrigno, how is Lou doing with the Toronto Argonauts?(He was being toiuted in Muscle Builder at the time as being a prospect inb the Canadian FB system, but stopped his career short supposedly because of a torn achilles heel.).
"Oh, no, Michael...my poor Louie...he calls me every night and says...Momma...my beautiful body...its getting all beat up from all of thgis football and hitting and what not...I wanna come home!"
I have nothing against Lou.
I know everyone here rips on him for his 20 dollar pics.
But THAT IS WHAT SHE SAID!
By the way, at the gyms grand opening, Matty came to it and brought pics of Lou...specifically his rear lat spread, side triceps photos, and kept telling everyone that you willo NEVER see a photo of Arnold doiung that pose!
Mike
lol
that story sounds legite.
around that time some football team coach saw lou lifting weights in the gym and figured, because of his immense size and strength, he could be useful as a lineman or something.
lou saw the $ signs and figured he'd give it a shot, and went to camp.
everyone soon realised, it's a whole different ball game (intended pun) between bbing in a comfortable gym with mirrors and playing football.
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wow, i had something similar in my lumbar spine, turned out not to be malignant
I am not so lucky, but I have hope. Doing all I can.
Thanks,
Mike
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Where are you from, Moosegay?
I will answer you legeitimately AFTER you grow some hair on your balls, child.
Mike
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I will answer you legeitimately AFTER you grow some hair on your balls, child.
Mike
SO ...u like hairy balls ? :-X
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So here it was, the summer of 1979, and my trainer and mentor was opening his own gym in North Haven, CT.
He, me and my training partner travelled to Brooklyn to Lou Ferrigno's Father's equipment company, based on the first floor of their home right in the city(I think).
I remember we were able to outfit the entire gym (about 4,000 square feet) for $14,000.00
Ferrigno's stuff was good equipment...much of the very same stuff still floats around the area today.
Anyway, while our mentor was dealing with Matty Ferrigno (Lou was in Hollywood by now), I saw Lou's brother sitting there, eating italian ice...he looked JUST LIKE LOU, without the bulk.
I saw his sister sitting there, looking JUST LIKE LOU, without the musscles.
Mrs. Ferrigno was very nice and innocent.
She liked that me and my training partner were so young and wanted to make sure we were lifting right and everything.
I asked her:
"Mrs. Ferrigno, how is Lou doing with the Toronto Argonauts?(He was being toiuted in Muscle Builder at the time as being a prospect inb the Canadian FB system, but stopped his career short supposedly because of a torn achilles heel.).
"Oh, no, Michael...my poor Louie...he calls me every night and says...Momma...my beautiful body...its getting all beat up from all of thgis football and hitting and what not...I wanna come home!"
I have nothing against Lou.
I know everyone here rips on him for his 20 dollar pics.
But THAT IS WHAT SHE SAID!
By the way, at the gyms grand opening, Matty came to it and brought pics of Lou...specifically his rear lat spread, side triceps photos, and kept telling everyone that you willo NEVER see a photo of Arnold doiung that pose!
Mike
Gay.
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By the way, at the gyms grand opening, Matty came to it and brought pics of Lou...specifically his rear lat spread, side triceps photos, and kept telling everyone that you willo NEVER see a photo of Arnold doiung that pose!
i have seen arnold doing both those shots and he holds up nicely. on the other hand, arnold beat lou in the mr olympia.
hope this helps.
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i have seen arnold doing both those shots and he holds up nicely. on the other hand, arnold beat lou in the mr olympia.
hope this helps.
I agree with you.
And what's with this "Hope this helps" stuff?
I hardly think you really care if you even help an old lady cross the street.
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hope this helps is an old getbig saying. it really only applies in posts where i give some information that u (in general) may not have thought about. so i hope that this information has helped u realise something u may otherwise have ignored.
hope this helps.
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hope this helps is an old getbig saying. it really only applies in posts where i give some information that u (in general) may not have thought about. so i hope that this information has helped u realise something u may otherwise have ignored.
It sounds sarcastic, but I thank you just the same.
Mike
hope this helps.
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Hope you beat the cancer Moosejay.
All the Best
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Hope you beat the cancer Moosejay.
All the Best
I truly thank you, I will give it my level best,
Mike
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Louie was too skinny to go out for the football team in high school.
(matty ferrigno in pumping iron)
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I offered Matty and Lou a hell of a beating in New York 1975 when the girls told me to stop screaming when I was performing 600lb squats at R&J. I told them I was a Blackwatch Sergeant and they instantly shit themselves. I told Lou I would rip out his hearing aid and shove it up his dad's ass and he would have to lick it back out again.
They are both lucky they survived because no one fucks with the Blackwatch.
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I offered Matty and Lou a hell of a beating in New York 1975 when the girls told me to stop screaming when I was performing 600lb squats at R&J. I told them I was a Blackwatch Sergeant and they instantly shit themselves. I told Lou I would rip out his hearing aid and shove it up his dad's ass and he would have to lick it back out again.
They are both lucky they survived because no one fucks with the Blackwatch.
Beautiful!
Mike
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I offered Matty and Lou a hell of a beating in New York 1975 when the girls told me to stop screaming when I was performing 600lb squats at R&J. I told them I was a Blackwatch Sergeant and they instantly shit themselves. I told Lou I would rip out his hearing aid and shove it up his dad's ass and he would have to lick it back out again.
They are both lucky they survived because no one fucks with the Blackwatch.
Jimmy...is R&J still there?
Mike
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I offered Matty and Lou a hell of a beating in New York 1975 when the girls told me to stop screaming when I was performing 600lb squats at R&J. I told them I was a Blackwatch Sergeant and they instantly shit themselves. I told Lou I would rip out his hearing aid and shove it up his dad's ass and he would have to lick it back out again.
They are both lucky they survived because no one fucks with the Blackwatch.
you are def a 74 yowith some unsolved lingering issues. I do enjoy your stories though...u are onje funny dude..so far u have threatened to beat up Bertil Fox and Lou Ferigno....anyone else ?
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Jimmy speaks the truth...I can corroborate his stories.
Mike
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Jimmy speaks the truth...I can corroborate his stories.
Mike
i was willing to give you the benefit of the doubt on your stories, even the franco one which was called on you, but now i'm beginning to wonder.
jimmy the poster is not the real jimmy thomson (british bber) and his posts are pure bs. not even particularly funny anymore.
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Beast 8692 I can assure you I am the real Jimmy. Last year the Weiders tried to silence me but it didn't work. On December 12th the Scottish judiciery found that I could speak my mind as long as I spoke the truith. You ain't read nothing yet pal.....
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i was willing to give you the benefit of the doubt on your stories, even the franco one which was called on you, but now i'm beginning to wonder.
jimmy the poster is not the real jimmy thomson (british bber) and his posts are pure bs. not even particularly funny anymore.
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Beat, although I wish you well, I hardly seek any of your benefits of doubts you may be so kind to garner me.
How would you or I know who ANYONE is on this borad.
PM me and i will tell you exactly who I am (full name with phone #), where you can find me, and any accolades I mave have earned.
Best, happy goings,
Mike
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Beat, although I wish you well, I hardly seek any of your benefits of doubts you may be so kind to garner me.
How would you or I know who ANYONE is on this borad.
PM me and i will tell you exactly who I am (full name with phone #), where you can find me, and any accolades I mave have earned.
Best, happy goings,
Mike
PPS: Look up Tom Minichiello in Florida. He will tell you all about Franco's tricks of his trade.
Mike
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Finally, as far as "calling" me on the Franco story....I am not very astute with details. I often screw them up. Especially lately. My apologies.
I have no time or desire to weave a tapestry of falsehoods on your message board.
Best,
Mike
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Moose don't worry about Beaste. He is a pretender like the rest.... The Blackwatch fuck with no man.....they simply bury them......
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Moose don't worry about Beaste. He is a pretender like the rest.... The Blackwatch fuck with no man.....they simply bury them......
Yes...what is it with the guys here...there was so much comraderie back in the day...
Mike
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what the hell is Blackwatch?
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what the hell is Blackwatch?
Black Watch
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The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland
Cap Badge of the Royal Regiment of Scotland
Active 28 March 2006-
Country United Kingdom
Branch Army
Type Line Infantry
Role Light Role
Part of 19 Light Brigade
Garrison/HQ Fort George
Motto Nemo Me Impune Lacessit
"No One Assails Me With Impunity"
Anniversaries Red Hackle Day (5 January)
Commanders
Royal Colonel HRH The Duke of Rothesay
Insignia
Tactical Recognition Flash
Tartan Government
Royal Stewart (Pipers kilts and plaids)
Hackle Red
The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)
Image:Black Watch slim.png
badge and tartan
Active 1 July 1739 – 28 March 2006
Country United Kingdom
Branch Army
Type Line Infantry
Role Armoured Infantry
Size One battalion
Part of 4 (Armoured) Brigade
Garrison/HQ Sennelager, Germany
Nickname "Ladies from Hell" (during WWI & II)[1]
"The Forty Twa" [2]
"Black Jocks" (slang term used by members of other regiments)
Motto Nemo Me Impune Lacessit
Latin: "No man touches me with impunity"
March Quick: All the Blue Bonnets are o'er the Border
Slow: The Garb of Old Gaul
Pipes & Drums Quick: Hielan' Laddie
Pipes & Drums Slow: My Home
Pipes & Drums Slow: Highland Cradle Song
Anniversaries Red Hackle Day (5 January)
Battle honours see below
For other uses, see Black Watch (disambiguation).
The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland (3 SCOTS) is an infantry battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland.
Prior to 28 March 2006, the Black Watch was an infantry regiment in its own right; The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) from 1931 to 2006, and The Royal Highland Regiment (The Black Watch) from 1881 to 1931. Part of the Scottish Division, it was the senior regiment of Highlanders. The regiment's name came from the dark tartan that they wore and from its role to "watch" the Highlands. "Black Watch" was originally a nickname for the 42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot, but was used more and more so that, in 1881, when the 42nd amalgamated with the 73rd Regiment of Foot, the new regiment was named "The Royal Highland Regiment (The Black Watch)", with The Black Watch becoming the regiment's official designation in 1931. The uniform changed over time, but the nickname has been more enduring. The regimental motto was Nemo me impune lacessit (no man attacks me with impunity). The Royal Stewart Tartan is worn by the battalion's Pipes and Drums due the royal designation. Six independent companies were first formed from 1725 to stop fighting among the clans.
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* 1 History
o 1.1 20th century
o 1.2 21st century
* 2 Australia/New Zealand
* 3 Canada
* 4 Notable members
* 5 Battle honours
* 6 Alliances
* 7 Anecdotes
* 8 In popular culture
* 9 See also
* 10 References
* 11 External links
[edit] History
For the pre-1881 history of the "Black Watch", see 42nd Regiment of Foot.
The Black Watch was formed as part of the Childers Reforms in 1881 when the 42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot (The Black Watch) was amalgamated with the 73rd (Perthshire) Foot to form two battalions of the newly named Royal Highland Regiment (The Black Watch).
[edit] 20th century
See also: Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)
During World War I the 25 battalions of Black Watch fought mainly in France and Flanders, except for the 2nd Battalion which fought in Mesopotamia and Palestine, and the 10th Battalion, which was in the Balkans. Only the 1st and 2nd battalions were regulars, with the rest either part of the Territorial Force or New Army. The fearsome reputation of these kilted soldiers led to their acquiring the nickname "Ladies from Hell" from the German troops that faced them in the trenches. (Scottish troops wore kilts up until 1940). German soldiers were even known to retreat before battle just from the skirling of the pipes signalling an onslaught from the Black Watch.
Battalions of the Black Watch fought in almost every major British action in World War II, from Palestine to Normandy and as Chindits (42 and 73 columns) in Burma. The Territorial Army Black Watch units were originally cut off at Dunkirk with the rest of the 51st (Highland) Division, but were later reformed by reserve units of the 9th (Highland) Infantry Division, and fought at the Battle of El Alamein and the Allied invasion of Sicily. After the war, in 1948, the two regular battalions were merged into one.
The regiment won honours after the Battle of the Hook during the Korean War in November 1952, and were subsequently involved in peacekeeping and counter-insurgency in various parts of the world such as the Mau Mau Uprising and Malayan Emergency; the same activity for which the regiment was raised 250 years earlier. In 1967, the regiment lost its Territorial battalions, which were amalgamated into the 51st Highland Volunteers. The Black Watch was the last British military unit to leave Hong Kong in 1997 and played a prominent role in the handover ceremony.
[edit] 21st century
During the 2003 Iraq War, the Black Watch fought during Operation Telic in the initial attack on Basra, and during its deployment the unit suffered a single fatality. The following year, the Black Watch was dispatched to Iraq again, as part of 4 (Armoured) Brigade. On 12 August a soldier from the regiment was killed as a result of an improvised explosive device (IED). In October, the Black Watch was at the centre of political controversy after the United States Army requested British forces to be moved further north outside of the British-controlled Multi-National Division (South East), in order to replace forces temporarily redeployed for the Second Battle of Fallujah. Despite objections in Parliament, the deployment went ahead. Based at Camp Dogwood, located between Fallujah and Karbala, in an area later dubbed the "Triangle of Death", the Black Watch came under sustained insurgent attack from mortars and rockets. On the 29 October, during the journey to their new base, a Black Watch soldier was killed in a road accident. On 4 November three soldiers and an interpreter were killed by a car bomb at a check point and on 8 November another soldier was killed. The high profile nature of the deployment caused a magnification of these events back home in Britain.
Soldiers of the Black Watch, deployed on Operation TELIC in Iraq, wear the distinctive red hackle on their Tam o'Shanters
Soldiers of the Black Watch, deployed on Operation TELIC in Iraq, wear the distinctive red hackle on their Tam o'Shanters
Under a plan supervised by General Sir Mike Jackson, on 16 December 2004 it was announced that the Black Watch was to join with five other Scottish regiments - the Royal Scots, the King's Own Scottish Borderers, the Royal Highland Fusiliers, The Highlanders and the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders - to form the Royal Regiment of Scotland, a single regiment consisting of 5 regular and 2 territorial battalions. The measure, which reflected recruiting difficulties and the inefficiencies inherent in maintaining a number of relatively small separate units, took place on 28 March 2006. These plans encountered considerable opposition from retired soldiers and the Scottish public. It was claimed by proponents of the plan that the establishment of a large regiment will improve conditions of service for serving personnel. As with the other former Scottish regiments, the Black Watch will retain its former name as its primary identifier, with its battalion number as a subtitle. Therefore, the regiment is now known as The Black Watch (3rd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland); in addition, the battalion is also permitted to retain its most famous accoutrement, the red hackle on the Tam o'Shanter. The Black Watch's primary recruiting areas are in Fife, Dundee and Perth and Kinross, with the Battalion Headquarters located at Balhousie Castle.
[edit] Australia/New Zealand
While Australia has had various units of its military with affiliations to the Black Watch, no regiment in Australia or New Zealand has formally borne that title, although one company Alpha Company, of the 2/17 Battalion, the Royal NSW Regiment does wear the kilt, bonnet and hackle.
[edit] Canada
Main article: The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada
Canada (from 1862) has its own Black Watch, being raised as the 5th Battalion of the Canadian Militia, being renamed by 1914 as the 5th Regiment (Royal Highlanders of Canada). It adopted its current title, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada, prior to World War Two, in which it served in the Second Canadian Division from mobilization in 1939 to 1945. As part of the 5th Canadian Brigade, the Regiment's 1st Battalion landed in Normandy in July 1944 and participated in major combat actions afterwards including the fight for the Channel Ports, the Battle of the Scheldt, Operation Market Garden, the Rhineland, and the final battles of the war east of the Rhine River. Two battalions of the Black Watch (RHR) of Canada also served in Canada, one in the Regular Army, the other as a Reserve unit. For brief time between 1953 and 1970, the Regiment had two battalions on the order of battle of the Regular Force, with a battalion in the Militia. The Regiment reverted to a one-battalion Militia unit in 1972 and remains in that status today.
[edit] Notable members
* Robert Munro (1684 - 1746), The original Black Watch commander, Colonel Sir Robert Munro.
* Alfred Anderson, Scotland's last surviving World War I veteran (now deceased)
* Fergus Bowes-Lyon
* Duncan Campbell
* Walter Cook
* Henry Davie
* Thomas Edwards
* Lewis Pugh Evans
* Adam Ferguson
* David Finlay
* Ian Fleming
* J. B. S. Haldane
* John MacKenzie
* Gillean Robert Maclaine
* Charles Melvin
* Eric Newby
* Simon Ramsay
* John Ripley
* Neil Ritchie
* William Rose
* William Speakman
* Rory Stewart
* Frederick Guthrie Tait
* Arthur Wauchope
* Archibald Wavell
[edit] Battle honours
* [combined battle honours of 42nd Regiment and 73rd Regiment, plus:]
o Guadaloupe 17591, Martinique 17621, Havannah1, North America 1763-642, Mysore5, Busaco³, Salamanca4, South Africa 1846-76, 1851-2-36 Tel-el-Kebir, Egypt 1882 '84, Kirbekan, Nile 1884-5, Paardeberg, South Africa 1899-1902
o The Great War [25 battalions]: Retreat from Mons, Marne 1914 '18, Aisne 1914, La Bassée 1914, Ypres 1914 '17 '18, Langemarck 1914, Gheluvelt, Nonne Bosschen, Givenchy 1914, Neuve Chapelle, Aubers, Festubert 1915, Loos, Somme 1916 '18, Albert 1916, Bazentin, Delville Wood, Pozières, Flers-Courcelette, Morval, Thiepval, Le Transloy, Ancre Heights, Ancre 1916, Arras 1917 '18, Vimy 1917, Scarpe 1917 '18, Arleux, Pilckem, Menin Road, Polygon Wood, Poelcappelle, Passchendaele, Cambrai 1917 '18, St Quentin, Bapaume 1918, Rosières, Lys, Estaires, Messines 1918, Hazebrouck, Kemmel, Béthune, Scherpenberg, Soissonnais-Ourcq, Tardenois, Drocourt-Quéant, Hindenburg Line, Épéhy, St Quentin Canal, Beaurevoir, Courtrai, Selle, Sambre, France and Flanders 1914-18, Doiran 1917, Macedonia 1915-18, Egypt 1916, Gaza, Jerusalem, Tell'Asur, Megiddo, Sharon, Damascus, Palestine 1917-18, Tigris 1916, Kut al Amara 1917, Baghdad, Mesopotamia 1915-17
o The Second World War: Defence of Arras, Ypres-Comines Canal, Dunkirk 1940, Somme 1940, St. Valery-en-Caux, Saar, Breville, Odon, Fontenay le Pesnil, Defence of Rauray, Caen, Falaise, Falaise Road, La Vie Crossing, Le Havre, Lower Maas, Venlo Pocket, Ourthe, Rhineland, Reichswald, Goch, Rhine, North-West Europe 1940 '44-45, Barkasan, British Somaliland 1940, Tobruk 1941, Tobruk Sortie, El Alamein, Advance on Tripoli, Medenine, Zemlet el Lebene, Mareth, Akarit, Wadi Akarit East, Djebel Roumana, Medjez Plain, Si Mediene, Tunis, North Africa 1941-43, Landing in Sicily, Vizzini, Sferro, Gerbini, Adrano, Sferro Hills, Sicily 1943, Cassino II, Liri Valley, Advance to Florence, Monte Scalari, Casa Fortis, Rimini Line, Casa Fabbri Ridge, Savio Bridgehead, Italy 1944-45, Athens, Greece 1944-45, Crete, Heraklion, Middle East 1941, Chindits 1944, Burma 1944
o The Hook 1952, Korea 1952-53; Al Basrah, Iraq 2003
1. awarded 1909 for services of 42nd Regiment.
2. awarded 1914 for services of 42nd Regiment.
3. awarded 1910 for service of 42nd Regiment.
4. awarded 1951 for service of 42nd Regiment.
5. awarded 1889 for service of 73rd Regiment.
6. awarded 1882 for service of 73rd Regiment.
[edit] Alliances
The Black Watch tartan.
The Black Watch tartan.
* Flag of Australia Australia - The Royal Queensland Regiment
* Flag of Australia Australia - The Royal New South Wales Regiment
* Flag of Canada Canada - The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada
* Flag of Canada Canada - 1st Air Defence Regiment (Lanark and Renfrew Scottish), Royal Canadian Artillery
* Flag of Canada Canada - The Prince Edward Island Regiment (RCAC)
* Flag of New Zealand New Zealand - The New Zealand Scottish
* Royal Navy - HMS Montrose
* Flag of South Africa South Africa - The Transvaal Scottish
[edit] Anecdotes
When wearing kilts, it is customary for troops to "go regimental" or "military practice", wearing no underwear. In the 1950s, kilted soldiers on parade would be checked by the sergeant major using a mirror on the barrack's floor. In 1997, a Black Watch soldier received wide press exposure, because of windy conditions during a military ceremony in Hong Kong.
[edit] In popular culture
In the American cartoon Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law, the second-season episode Blackwatch Plaid features a parody of the American terrorism alert system that includes a number of levels above the real system's maximum of "Red/Severe." As implied by the episode title, one of these is "Black Watch Plaid," represented by the Black Watch's traditional tartan pattern.
In the Battletech universe, the Royal Black Watch regiment is the Star League Defense Force's most elite BattleMech unit, responsible for the direct defence of the First Lord of the Star League. This is the case with both the original Star League and the resurrected one.
Black Watch are also a playable unit in Rise of Nations, and Age of Empires III for the British.
The Black Watch is the subject of a Irish Rebel song.[5]
There are however also many more complimentary anthems associated with the regiment. The above is a parody of "The Gallant Forty-Twa"; there is also "Wha Saw the Forty-Second", a reworking of the Jacobite song "Wha Wadna Fecht For Charlie"; "Twa Recruitin' Sergeants", and so forth.
In 2006, the National Theatre of Scotland premiered a new play by Gregory Burke compiled from interviews with former soldiers, dealing with the history of the regiment and in particular the recent deployment in Iraq. It met with universally positive reviews.
The Black Watch pattern is a free tartan. This means anyone man may wear a Black Watch tartan without disrespect to the culture of the Scottish Clan system.
[edit] See also
* Lovat Scouts
[edit] References
1. ^ http://www.army.mod.uk/highlanders/history.htm
2. ^ from regimental number - 42
3. ^ [1]
4. ^ [2]
5. ^ "Letters", The Plough, Irish Republican Socialist Party, 14 November 2004. Retrieved on 2007-04-29.
[edit] External links
* The Black Watch homepage
* theblackwatch.co.uk
* regiments.co.uk
* blackwatchcanada.com
* royalhighlanders.co.uk
* Twa Recruitin' Sergeants
* The Gallant Forty-Twa
* Wha Saw the Forty-Second?
* Black Watch (play) at the National Theatre of Scotland website
Battalions of the Royal Regiment of Scotland
Current Battalions
Regular Army
RSB (1 SCOTS) | RHF (2 SCOTS) | BW (3 SCOTS) | HLDRS (4 SCOTS) | ASH (5 SCOTS)
Territorial Army
6 SCOTS | 7 SCOTS
Former Battalions
R SCOTS | KOSB
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German soldiers were even known to retreat before battle just from the skirling of the pipes signalling an onslaught from the Black Watch.
You better believe it. Overweight, half deaf Italian bodybuilders retreated also.
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"Ferrigno's stuff was good equipment...much of the very same stuff still floats around the area today."
The equipment floats? Damn gravity... never around when you need it!
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Wow i'm not impressed....
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And the point of this story is that Lou is a pussy? ???
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Mike what is your maximum bench?
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"Ferrigno's stuff was good equipment...much of the very same stuff still floats around the area today."
The equipment floats? Damn gravity... never around when you need it!
LMAO!!!!
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I offered Matty and Lou a hell of a beating in New York 1975 when the girls told me to stop screaming when I was performing 600lb squats at R&J. I told them I was a Blackwatch Sergeant and they instantly shit themselves. I told Lou I would rip out his hearing aid and shove it up his dad's ass and he would have to lick it back out again.
They are both lucky they survived because no one fucks with the Blackwatch.
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Wow i'm not impressed....
Noel, should I be impressed that you are not impressed?
Mike
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Mike what is your maximum bench?
Most I ever did was 300. I know...quite weak for all the years of training.
However, I did get 315 up on incline bench. Ironic that I was much stronger on that than flats.
Mike
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Noel, should I be impressed that you are not impressed?
Mike
i'm impressed that you're impressed because he's not impressed.
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i'm impressed that you're impressed because he's not impressed.
Your words ring true for me. My statement actually puts me at disadvantage! :)
Mike
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i'm impressed that you're impressed because he's not impressed.
I'm impressed that you're impressed because he's impressed by the other guy who's not impressed. ;D
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Remember now:
I actually asked Noel that "SHOULD I be impressed that you are not impressed..."
So, I was not necessarily impressed to begin with... :)
But maybe I am now confused!
Mike
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Remember now:
I actually asked Noel that "SHOULD I be impressed that you are not impressed..."
So, I was not necessarily impressed to begin with... :)
But maybe I am now confused!
Mike
No worries. I am too.
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So here it was, the summer of 1979, and my trainer and mentor was opening his own gym in North Haven, CT.
He, me and my training partner travelled to Brooklyn to Lou Ferrigno's Father's equipment company, based on the first floor of their home right in the city(I think).
I remember we were able to outfit the entire gym (about 4,000 square feet) for $14,000.00
Ferrigno's stuff was good equipment...much of the very same stuff still floats around the area today.
Anyway, while our mentor was dealing with Matty Ferrigno (Lou was in Hollywood by now), I saw Lou's brother sitting there, eating italian ice...he looked JUST LIKE LOU, without the bulk.
I saw his sister sitting there, looking JUST LIKE LOU, without the musscles.
Mrs. Ferrigno was very nice and innocent.
She liked that me and my training partner were so young and wanted to make sure we were lifting right and everything.
I asked her:
"Mrs. Ferrigno, how is Lou doing with the Toronto Argonauts?(He was being toiuted in Muscle Builder at the time as being a prospect inb the Canadian FB system, but stopped his career short supposedly because of a torn achilles heel.).
"Oh, no, Michael...my poor Louie...he calls me every night and says...Momma...my beautiful body...its getting all beat up from all of thgis football and hitting and what not...I wanna come home!"
I have nothing against Lou.
I know everyone here rips on him for his 20 dollar pics.
But THAT IS WHAT SHE SAID!
By the way, at the gyms grand opening, Matty came to it and brought pics of Lou...specifically his rear lat spread, side triceps photos, and kept telling everyone that you willo NEVER see a photo of Arnold doiung that pose!
Mike
Now your making fun of retarded people...Lou has many disabilities and now your bringing his parents into it...
Shame on you moosecock the MuscleBear..
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So mooseballs wants to beat up a retarded guy and a guy sitting in prison for the rest of his life... ::)
I bet Moosenuts starts a thread in the next month saying he wants to fight Titus...
If i am not mistaken this moose nugget guy started a thread awhile back when Trevor died and said something along the lines of he didn't agree with Trevor and would have kicked the shit out of him...But Trevor backed down...Or something along those lines..
He also stated that he was Funnier the Chris Farley ever was and that he could have been on saturday night live but Farley thru him under the bus...Of course all this was said after Farley's death..
Then their was the time that Moosenuckle said that Munzer really wasn't that ripped and that he got way more ripped then Munzer ever did in a show in 1927...Again stated right after Munzer's death...
It will be interesting to hear the stories from moosenipple when Joe Weider himself kicks the bucket...Probably something along the lines of moosepouch was going to buy weider out or that Betty was all of this moosetitty guy back in the day...
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Now your making fun of retarded people...Lou has many disabilities and now your bringing his parents into it...
Shame on you moosecock the MuscleBear..
Actually, Ferrigno is pretty smart,
Mike
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So mooseballs wants to beat up a retarded guy and a guy sitting in prison for the rest of his life... ::)
I bet Moosenuts starts a thread in the next month saying he wants to fight Titus...
If i am not mistaken this moose nugget guy started a thread awhile back when Trevor died and said something along the lines of he didn't agree with Trevor and would have kicked the shit out of him...But Trevor backed down...Or something along those lines..
He also stated that he was Funnier the Chris Farley ever was and that he could have been on saturday night live but Farley thru him under the bus...Of course all this was said after Farley's death..
Then their was the time that Moosenuckle said that Munzer really wasn't that ripped and that he got way more ripped then Munzer ever did in a show in 1927...Again stated right after Munzer's death...
It will be interesting to hear the stories from moosenipple when Joe Weider himself kicks the bucket...Probably something along the lines of moosepouch was going to buy weider out or that Betty was all of this moosetitty guy back in the day...
You really have so many of the answers, Spoon. You are very funny!
Mike
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Moose, this may sound sarcastic as several other people have already negatively commented but I'm serious when I ask how you've come to know all these stories about the golden age? You sound like you are either really friends with many of the greats or full of it. I personally don't know what to believe yet because of all the discrepancies but it would certainly be cool if you could back up some of these things you've said cause I'm always interested about stories from that era.
Humbly,
Will
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you now owe lou at least 20 bucks for the story
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you now owe lou at least 20 bucks for the story
LMAO
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you now owe lou at least 20 bucks for the story
haha
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Moose, this may sound sarcastic as several other people have already negatively commented but I'm serious when I ask how you've come to know all these stories about the golden age? You sound like you are either really friends with many of the greats or full of it. I personally don't know what to believe yet because of all the discrepancies but it would certainly be cool if you could back up some of these things you've said cause I'm always interested about stories from that era.
Humbly,
Will
Hi Laurion.
No, doesn't sound sarcastic.
I am 44 years old, so I am much older than most of you fellas on this board.
Been around a long time, and I consider myself a student of the history of BB.
Anyone can know what I know.
Some of my knowledge comes from friendships with a few big-time legends of bb. I have trained with some, promoted shows with some, and have even contributed writings for one in his periodicle that he still publishes on a quarterly basis.
So, over time, you hear many stories, many of which are changed in detail over time.
As far as discrepancies, these may be perceived because my versions of what I know toi be true differ from other's beliefs.
Think for a moment.
What you thought to be true in life maybe, let's say, ten years ago, you now likely see in a very different light.
I am rambling now, but what the Hell. It's all in good fun either way.
Mike
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you now owe lou at least 20 bucks for the story
Yeah...I should probably send hima check. I hear he is nuts about that!@
Mike
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Moose, this may sound sarcastic as several other people have already negatively commented but I'm serious when I ask how you've come to know all these stories about the golden age? You sound like you are either really friends with many of the greats or full of it. I personally don't know what to believe yet because of all the discrepancies but it would certainly be cool if you could back up some of these things you've said cause I'm always interested about stories from that era.
Humbly,
Will
For what it's worth, by the way, go to the member's photos board and you will find several pics of me working with Katz. Through him I was able to interact with sevral of the Golden age guys.
Mike
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For what it's worth, by the way, go to the member's photos board and you will find several pics of me working with Katz. Through him I was able to interact with sevral of the Golden age guys.
Mike
Well that's worth alot. I was unaware of that and repeat myself when I say, (this time without hinting) that when you make these claims if you back them up with references more people would believe them and might not attack you so much. Then we could all enjoy the stories. Oh wait this is getbig. lol jk ;D
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Cool Laurion.
Just didn't think of it but sure I could back up with at least photos for many of my anecdotes, and also with some articles I have written.
I will keep this in mind in future correspondences.
Mike
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Cool Laurion.
Just didn't think of it but sure I could back up with at least photos for many of my anecdotes, and also with some articles I have written.
I will keep this in mind in future correspondences.
Mike
Excellant man looking foward to it!
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Hi Laurion.
No, doesn't sound sarcastic.
I am 44 years old, so I am much older than most of you fellas on this board.
Been around a long time, and I consider myself a student of the history of BB.
Anyone can know what I know.
Some of my knowledge comes from friendships with a few big-time legends of bb. I have trained with some, promoted shows with some, and have even contributed writings for one in his periodicle that he still publishes on a quarterly basis.
So, over time, you hear many stories, many of which are changed in detail over time.
As far as discrepancies, these may be perceived because my versions of what I know toi be true differ from other's beliefs.
Think for a moment.
What you thought to be true in life maybe, let's say, ten years ago, you now likely see in a very different light.
I am rambling now, but what the Hell. It's all in good fun either way.
Mike
lous a close friend of me and my family. Why not pm me your name and i will call him and see if your full of shit or not. I dont get my stories from other fuckface idiots who think they know him. I get it from him, i also get to hear him and arnold and all the old timers shoot the shit in the private lounges at the arnold and hear it from the real people. Since i have done 4 arnold classics with lou in the europa booth and weider booth and people from here have met me.
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lous a close friend of me and my family. Why not pm me your name and i will call him and see if your full of shit or not. I dont get my stories from other fuckface idiots who think they know him. I get it from him, i also get to hear him and arnold and all the old timers shoot the shit in the private lounges at the arnold and hear it from the real people. Since i have done 4 arnold classics with lou in the europa booth and weider booth and people from here have met me.
got any cool stories to share ? Would love to hear them :)
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lous a close friend of me and my family. Why not pm me your name and i will call him and see if your full of shit or not. I dont get my stories from other fuckface idiots who think they know him. I get it from him, i also get to hear him and arnold and all the old timers shoot the shit in the private lounges at the arnold and hear it from the real people. Since i have done 4 arnold classics with lou in the europa booth and weider booth and people from here have met me.
Since you are the confident one, why don't you PM ME?
Furthermore, since I have never called anyone "Fuckface" on here(or anywhere , for that matter),, I'd rather you not.
I'd imagine the ilk of people you comisserate with speak as you do, even some of the aforementioned in your post.
This, in its utter self, proves at least a few of my suppositions(which are what they were...I NEVER stated FACT, just what ferrigno's Mom TOLD me. Maybe she was simply protecting him. Maybe you know this).
And, still, why would Lou even know a "Fcukfaced Idiot" Like me, or recall me?
Why would he even CARE about such a story? And from so many years ago.
I never, ever said I knew or met him.
I have had challeges with several on this board. Now all have become at least partial with me and even speak kindly.
You, converesely, sound so extremely angry, I'd rather not bother.
Peace,
Mike
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got any cool stories to share ? Would love to hear them :)
Yes, we would prefer construction instead of destruction from you, actually.
Mike
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Yes, we would prefer construction instead of destruction from you, actually.
Mike
didnt call you a fuckface directly, it was a general term for all the bashing he gets here and everywhere else. I do share plenty of stories on other boards just not here. Ok so you dont know him, your spouting off hear say. Good enough.
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So here it was, the summer of 1979, and my trainer and mentor was opening his own gym in North Haven, CT.
East Coast Power Gym?
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I call bullshit on part of this story. I remember Louie trying out for the Argonauts but I doubt it was post 1977. He started filming the Hulk in late 1977. I doubt CBS would have risked him getting hurt. I doubt he would have risked it either for the peanuts those CFL guys made in that era.
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For what it's worth, by the way, go to the member's photos board and you will find several pics of me working with Katz. Through him I was able to interact with sevral of the Golden age guys.
Mike
Katz hasn't lifted a weight since 1981 when he trained for the Olympia. Actually in like 1997 a friend of his died and Mike was shaken up so he trained again for a short while. If you look at Mike Katz today it is EXTREMELY hard to picture him as EVER being in shape.
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Blackwatch.... ::) oh brother
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East Coast Power Gym?
Cheach's
ECPG was about 1985 (Currently Gold's NH, same owner's)
Mike
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I call bullshit on part of this story. I remember Louie trying out for the Argonauts but I doubt it was post 1977. He started filming the Hulk in late 1977. I doubt CBS would have risked him getting hurt. I doubt he would have risked it either for the peanuts those CFL guys made in that era.
I don't intentionally "bullshit " anyone, bigmacy.
I recall reading the story in Weider's Muscle Builder at THAT time.
Look at today's magazines. Does the Olympia or Arnold coverage come out the next day? No. Try MONTHS later.
Back then, it was sometimes 6 months later. Who knows what relationship to real time the Argonauts story was.
Quit trying to "catch" me trying to construe falsehoods, please. Things were what they were. Some details, times, places things are forgotten or bent with time.
Mike
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I don't intentionally "bullshit " anyone, bigmacy.
I recall reading the story in Weider's Muscle Builder at THAT time.
Look at today's magazines. Does the Olympia or Arnold coverage come out the next day? No. Try MONTHS later.
Back then, it was sometimes 6 months later. Who knows what relationship to real time the Argonauts story was.
Quit trying to "catch" me trying to construe falsehoods, please. Things were what they were. Some details, times, places things are forgotten or bent with time.
Mike
MJ seriously- i feel a kinship with you here. there's a free for all for tools here at GB and has been since its inception.
i dont go back as far as you do but i'm pretty sure im amongst the older members and have been here since for almost a decade..cant recall but i think it was 98 when i first joined. (not as disco as i got in trouble when i foound i could access Ron's account).
today's less intelligent members all cry BS and drugs when they feel some form of "inadequacy". this takes many forms such as even something as innocuous as a story you decided to share for no apparent reason but sharing it.
since there's no obvious motive other than writing a thread, i cant see why anyone would conclude that it is BS.
but this thing is cyclical here...i recall back in the day when KK came here regularly and Chick and he abused everyone because they were made to look like fools with their kindergarten grasp of english, grammar and literacy as a whole.
at least for KK it seems to have altered him psychologically. Chick not so much.
so for me- write your posts and F*ck the mentally deprived by not replying.
there are a number of members who read and pick and choose the content..they enjoy it im sure. i do.
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Cheach's
ECPG was about 1985 (Currently Gold's NH, same owner's)
Mike
The Montanari's gym?
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I don't intentionally "bullshit " anyone, bigmacy.
I recall reading the story in Weider's Muscle Builder at THAT time.
Look at today's magazines. Does the Olympia or Arnold coverage come out the next day? No. Try MONTHS later.
Back then, it was sometimes 6 months later. Who knows what relationship to real time the Argonauts story was.
Quit trying to "catch" me trying to construe falsehoods, please. Things were what they were. Some details, times, places things are forgotten or bent with time.
Mike
Not accusing you of anything. Just pointing out the timeframe seems off. Saying World Gym East in 1979 was a World Gym franchisee was 100% false and misleading to anyone who actually cares about Mike Katz. Also saying they have a gym with 14,000 members is totally off-base. The Branford Gym is always busy but to say it has 14,000 members when Branford only has a little only 20,000 people in it is an exaggeration. I doubt many of the biggest gyms in the country have that many members let alone a gym that probably only has a couple hundred parking spots.
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Not accusing you of anything. Just pointing out the timeframe seems off. Saying World Gym East in 1979 was a World Gym franchisee was 100% false and misleading to anyone who actually cares about Mike Katz. Also saying they have a gym with 14,000 members is totally off-base. The Branford Gym is always busy but to say it has 14,000 members when Branford only has a little only 20,000 people in it is an exaggeration. I doubt many of the biggest gyms in the country have that many members let alone a gym that probably only has a couple hundred parking spots.
Agreed. I get a little "salty" with the details, and probably shouldn't.
Yes...thta number sounded crazy to me...and, since things are all about math in general, it should not compute.
I was told that number by another long-time, independent gym owner ( whom I am certain you are likely familiar with)...he said "14,000 members..." which I should not have absorbed as truth.
Maybe he was just exaggerating to translate their success with the new Planet Fitness business model, which I can clearly see has amplified their business.
Peace,
Mike
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$14 grand in equipment according to the first post, not 14k members
I remember we were able to outfit the entire gym (about 4,000 square feet) for $14,000.00
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$14 grand in equipment according to the first post, not 14k members
No, he was right in seeing my error.
My friend purchased 14K worth of equipment from Ferrigno(correct); I erroneously reported that the Branford, CT P-Fitness had 14K in members(incorrect)!
Mike
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hahahahahahahh great story Moose. Anymore gems you'd wish to share?
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nice to have you back Mike.(Moose)
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Jimmy speaks the truth...I can corroborate his stories.
Mike
I think this says it all ;)