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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: michael arvilla on September 28, 2008, 01:12:06 PM
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Now that i look back i realize i was fortunate to train with some really "genetically gifted" guys,at the time i just saw them as my friends (and i took the fact that they both had 20" arms as normal...and i had to catch up to them!)
Both Stan and Chris weighed around 270 -280 lbs at around 5 ft 10" 5 ft 9" each.....i was always the smallest weakest one out of the three (when i met them i had just joined the gym and looked pretty much like i do in this "before pic" lol except with longer hair)
i soon got in with their crew (which was by and large powerlifters who competed in bench press contests)
i slowly but surely grew bigger and stronger (and was in fact the first one to reach 300 lbs in our crew altho most of it was fat lol)
i never realized how lucky i was to train and learn from these guys (we all just ate/lifted and "bounced" in night clubs in those days)
now they are both married/with kids and one is fat and the other pretty skinny
it's been a long and crazy ride (this thing called bodybuilding) and i have had a blast!
(no lol im not done yet!)
as i get older and reflect tho................those were great times! (when all we had to worry about was "lifting and eating and having fun")
just thought id share with you guys
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We were always "ragging on" each other..............a couple things that stand out
I Told Chris after i had taken a short layoff from the gym "Muscle has memory"
he said "yours must have amnesia then"
Another time.................i took my T-Michael sweat shirt off in the gym in front of "the crew" and said "i just wanna see what's going on with my physique"
Chris says very loudly " Not Much"
we musta went thru about 5 gyms and 8 - 10 niteclubs over a 15 yr period!
(Both met there future wifes in the niteclubs that we worked at)
good times!
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Cool stories Michael.
Those guys are jacked.
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Cool stories Michael.
Those guys are jacked.
Thx man!........................ yea they were (out of the three of us i had the worst bodybuilding genetics/....6 ft 2" long limbs/lotta space to fill up/was 155 lbs when i started lifting at age 25 when i met those guys)
now im the only one still training/bodybuilding...........
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I can relate Mike........most of the guys I trained with are long done and look like hell for the most part.
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I Told Chris after i had taken a short layoff from the gym "Muscle has memory"
he said "yours must have amnesia then"
Another time.................i took my T-Michael sweat shirt off in the gym in front of "the crew" and said "i just wanna see what's going on with my physique"
Chris says very loudly " Not Much"
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What song are you playing ;D
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Cool pics - I remember when the guy on the left was 318 lbs. I measured his arms at 22" cold.
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I can relate Mike........most of the guys I trained with are long done and look like hell for the most part.
Thinking back now blows my mind! (in the gym i trained at we had Mike Matarazzo,Paul DEmayo,"Big" Dan Smith,Jay Cutler, many national level bodybuilders,Steve Cantone,Lucio Paoulini,Matt Kline,Louie Desoliis,etc etc)
what a great time/atmosphere...........at the time i didn't know any better and thought this was normal!
that everyone was 270 lbs at 8% body fat with 22" arms........and why wasn't i?!?!?!?!?!? why didn't i look like these guys>?!!!??!!?? it drove me crazy lol!
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Wow look at that before pick!
What color was your Pontiac Firebird?? :D
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Wow look at that before pick!
What color was your Pontiac Firebird?? :D
Green (seriously)
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;D
What song are you playing ;D
"Home Sweet Home" by Motley Crue ........................ :D
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Thinking back now blows my mind! (in the gym i trained at we had Mike Matarazzo,Paul DEmayo,"Big" Dan Smith,Jay Cutler, many national level bodybuilders,Steve Cantone,Lucio Paoulini,Matt Kline,Louie Desoliis,etc etc)
what a great time/atmosphere...........at the time i didn't know any better and thought this was normal!
that everyone was 270 lbs at 8% body fat with 22" arms........and why wasn't i?!?!?!?!?!? why didn't i look like these guys>?!!!??!!?? it drove me crazy lol!
I trained in the same gym as Richard Roy(NPC Nationals competitor and WABBA Mr. World),Carl Richards(NPC Nationals),Jeff King(No credentials needed),Matt Dufresne(Mr. USA,Mr. America,Mr. Universe),Artie Prince(NPC Nationals),Joe Gomes(Nationals & NABBA Universe),Chris Aceto,(WHO? LOL )Pat Hayes(Nationals),Rick Samson,(NABBA Universe competitor)and a slew of other guys.
Just a few still look just OK.
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What song are you playing ;D
Ha! I was thinking either air guitar or just finished pissing off the patio deck, myself. :D
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Dude....its evident that you were meant for bodybuilding, it took you some time to develop your muscles but check out the THUMBS UP POSE!!!!!!
Yes, you're a natural!
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Dude....its evident that you were meant for bodybuilding, it took you some time to develop your muscles but check out the THUMBS UP POSE!!!!!!
Yes, you're a natural!
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;D (lol ima scan a pic from college for a laugh!)
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Here is a pic of me from college (around 1986 -87 dressed up for halloween)
clearly my superior bodybuilding genetics are on full display!
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Yea sure, Halloween ::)
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Mike, I never realized you had piss poor genetics to start off with
Your friend in the picture above on the right....had alot of potential
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I'm pretty sure that's how Mike dressed daily in the 80's.
Oh theres no question....multiple pairs of leather pants I'm sure.
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if branch warren had dogshit genetics you guys would be twins.
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Mike, I never realized you had piss poor genetics to start off with
Your friend in the picture above on the right....had alot of potential
Chris Hadley................ye s he did! ....only bodybuilding show he ever did he won his class (New Englands Bodybuilding championships sometime early mid 1990s) without really even dieting (he ate pizza hut- pizza before pre-judging)
along with meeting and working with guys like Paul Demayo we also met his "dealer"and chris got hooked on painkillers and eventually Heroin .........never competed again, tore his bicep working construction and is "all done" now
Chris IMO could have been a pro (and a good pro!)
quads,calves he had all the body parts in freakish size!
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if branch warren had dogshit genetics you guys would be twins.
Gee thanks.................. .......LOL!
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Chris Hadley................ye s he did! ....only bodybuilding show he ever did he won his class (New Englands Bodybuilding championships sometime early mid 1990s) without really even dieting (he ate pizza hut- pizza before pre-judging)
along with meeting and working with guys like Paul Demayo we also met his "dealer"and chris got hooked on painkillers and eventually Heroin .........never competed again, tore his bicep working construction and is "all done" now
Chris IMO could have been a pro (and a good pro!)
quads,calves he had all the body parts in freakish size!
Just from a fuzzy photo & non conditioning...I bet he could of done well in the nationals if he put his mind to it & hit the gym hard
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Hey mike,
have u got any pics of you hitting some mandatories?
Good Delts btw!
Do u train your shoulders heavy? I have a problem developing my delts
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Just from a fuzzy photo & non conditioning...I bet he could of done well in the nationals if he put his mind to it & hit the gym hard
here is some better pics of Chris from the only time he competed (he looked like the guest poser in a good way compared to everyone else!)
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We were always "ragging on" each other..............a couple things that stand out
I Told Chris after i had taken a short layoff from the gym "Muscle has memory"
he said "yours must have amnesia then"
haha so that's where you got that classic line used in the "mike arvilla pics" thread ;D
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Yeah...he had tons of potential
If that was his first & only show....it's obvious if he stayed with it a few years he could have easily won a card
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Hey mike,
have u got any pics of you hitting some mandatories?
Good Delts btw!
Do u train your shoulders heavy? I have a problem developing my delts
Too lazy to dig up pics lol!............here is a video hitting some "shots"
thanks!
i do train em heavy but to be honest genetically they are a strong bodypart for me (shoulders do the work that's why my chest is weak)
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This is actually After i started working out lol
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Annnnnd this lovely picture is from 1985 (first year of college)
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haha so that's where you got that classic line used in the "mike arvilla pics" thread ;D
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yup! ;D
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yup! ;D
mindspin was owned ;D
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mindspin was owned ;D
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hahhahahahahahah!.................the "good ole days" of Get-Big ;)
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Chris and I
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Chris and I
...and the infamous "LeBaron" ;D
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...and the infamous "LeBaron" ;D
i had that car for 40 years................... ........................ ......<seems like!>
had it when i first met you..................... ...(and we were young!) time flies
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i had that car for 40 years................... ........................ ......<seems like!>
had it when i first met you..................... ...(and we were young!) time flies
We were just kids. :D
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Look-alike thread still around?
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Look-alike thread still around?
>:(
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>:(
Too easy, guy.
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Too easy, guy.
:)
you could have gave me Billy Squire or something............... .(insulting enough cause hes a homo/but not "serial killer insulting")
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you could have gave me Billy Squire or something............... .(insulting enough cause hes a homo/but not "serial killer insulting")
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Billy Squire is gay? :o
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Chris and I
Lookin swole in that shot bro, nice work.
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Billy Squire is gay? :o
Gayer than Nightstalker Mike's Flashdance midriff.
You decide:
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Chris and I
u two were pretty f'in large lol
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Lookin swole in that shot bro, nice work.
Thanks TB and Tombo.................bu t as you can see in that pic i have wide shoulders (wide clavicle structure whatever you want to call it) but Chris is like "barndoor wide" it was crazy!
such a waste of bodybuilding potential (to be honest with you guys Chris didn't even train hard at all/in the middle of us working out he would go sit at the juice bar and say "i pulled something" or "I'm thrashed dude/I'm done" ...every single workout,you hear about guys who would "just look at a weight and would grow" that' was Chris,it was frustrating to me that i worked twice as hard and he looked twice as good!)
and diet..................Ch ris ate Wendy's, McDonald's,pizza etc every day (i used to eat like he did and i got soooo fricking fat/while he stayed lean) the day of his show like i said we ate at pizza hut (BEFORE prejudging)
after Chris won his class at "The New Englands" some supplement company used his picture and gave him free
supps",also when we met Victor Richards and Jean Pierre Fux they both asked Chris when his next show was (before he had ever stepped foot on a stage) and pretty much ignored me
i was always playing "catch -up" it was incredibly motivating! (being the low man on the totem pole does have it's advantages ) both Chris and Stan could "rep-out" with 405 lbs on the bar and could do a single with 500 lbs (the whole gym used to stop and watch us bench)
i would put 405 on the bar and come sooo close but not get it (then Chris would hop under it and do 8 reps easy!) frustrating!!!!!!.............it took a long time but i finally got there!
we were all close to 300 lbs and pretty strong (had a blast working in niteclubs with fights etc )
but with guys like Paul DEmayo,Mike Matatrazzo in the gym we were always motivated to be better (we actually used to travel to go to the gyms with these guys for motivation) it was a great time in my life!
i thought we would always be friends/training partners ...........now both of them don't even work out/go to a gym (one is addicted to drugs the other is fat and his wife bosses him around like a lil bitch)
for awhile tho we were "Kings Of The World!" :)
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you should grow your hair again Mike, you looked like a real stud back then.
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you should grow your hair again Mike, you looked like a real stud back then.
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speaking of studs................... ...............(kidding!)
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speaking of studs................... ...............(kidding!)
Mike,
Those pants are AWSOME!!! HAHAHAHAHA! I wish I still had some.. 8)
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Mike,
Those pants are AWSOME!!! HAHAHAHAHA! I wish I still had some.. 8)
Did ya notice the "High-Topped Otomix sneakers" that they are tucked into to? ;D
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What song are you playing ;D
Nightcrawler-AC/DC
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Did ya notice the "High-Topped Otomix sneakers" that they are tucked into to? ;D
Timeless clothing.... ;D
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;)
that pic was taken around 1980 or 1981
thats not you.
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I got this car after i sold the Roadrunner (and kept it 15 yrs )
1968 SS CAMARO big block 396 (CA title car, i had the car painted twice and replaced the entire nose/door skins but the rear quarters and all the floor boards were "cherry" without even a hint of rust on them)
had "line-lock" 373 read end gears,4 speed munice "stone crusher",engine was bored .60 over 11 and a half to one commpression etc etc
pulled high 12's low 13's in the quarter mile
i sold it for 6 grand lol .........it's worth ten times that now
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Here is a picture of me (in highschool around 18 yrs old) on the boulevard in Gloucester Mass sitting on the trunk of my 1973 Plymouth Road Runner (340 "six-pack",pistol grip shifter),from the right that's me,my girlfriend (lol my first girlfriend ever!)and my friend and her cousin George) ..........lonnggg time ago
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Mike, you have long arms/limbs. Thats why you always had a harder time. Your friend was just lucky.
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Mike, you have long arms/limbs. Thats why you always had a harder time. Your friend was just lucky.
yea..............i always thought tho if i worked twice as hard (trained harder/dieted harder just worked harder in general) i could equal or surpass him ......that's not the case/superior genetics will always win in the end
(kinna disillusioned me,it was more what you were born with...rather than whoever works the hardest wins!)
i remember one time Chris said to me "if it was who works/trains the hardest Mike you would be MR OLYMPIA",........................another thing i heard a lot back then from guys in the gym
"Why are you training so hard Mike? it's not like you are getting ready for a show"
"your never going to be a great bodybuilder stop killing yourself"
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one of the best threads on here in a long time, awesome stuff Mike.
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one of the best threads on here in a long time, awesome stuff Mike.
Thx Dave!!!....................
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Here is a pic of me from college (around 1986 -87 dressed up for halloween)
clearly my superior bodybuilding genetics are on full display!
The coke and Budweiser stack :o :o
Thanks for sharing, Mike. ;D
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The coke and Budweiser stack :o :o
Thanks for sharing, Mike. ;D
n/p i highly reccomend it!! (for fun lol)
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thats not you.
Actually it is him, Mars.
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Actually it is him, Mars.
Hahahahah! Its the picture she used to identify the girlfriend ...
When she hunted her down and killed her! J/K
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come on..................how could that not be me!
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come on..................how could that not be me!
I thought he was talking about your video at the top of the page.
Edit (I can't type today, lol)
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He thought was talking about your video at the top of the page.
oh....................ga ve me an excuse to post that pic again! (i thought that picture was lost forever!/at the time that pic ran on the front page of our local paper,i was such a delinquent i didn't even save it,my friend had it tacked up to a cork board in his house,after about 10 years i took it down and put it somewhere until my sister just found it recently)
soo many good times memories/some of the guys in my area/gym included Fred Bigot and Craig Licker...you guys ever heard of them?
one time i was in an "NPC" tank -top at my gym when Paul DEmayo took his T-michael off and started hitting some "shots" in the mirror
i threw my shirt back on soooo fast my friends were cracking up!
i felt like i had never touched a weight in my life when i saw that
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one of the best threads on here in a long time, awesome stuff Mike.
I agree.
Mike we must have crossed paths at one time or another. I grew up in Arlington, but I trained at World's in Somerville, Gold's in Everett, and Nautilus in Revere from 89 to 96. You must know Eric Canisco (sic?), Matt Mclaughlin, and Kevin McGaunn.
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Kevin Mcgaunn---great physique....later went on to tear both quads badly..... he used to train from time to time with my old training partner Donnie Lemiuex (2 time Mr Massachusetts)....
Mcglaughlin---very sad story there....
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Great thread Mike.
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Mcglaughlin---very sad story there....
yeah - what a shame. At 19 years old, he had killer wheels. He use to date this blonde stripper with dreadlocks. She was insane.
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I agree.
Mike we must have crossed paths at one time or another. I grew up in Arlington, but I trained at World's in Somerville, Gold's in Everett, and Nautilus in Revere from 89 to 96. You must know Eric Canisco (sic?), Matt Mclaughlin, and Kevin McGaunn.
i am./was good friends with Matt Mclaughlin ...............Kevin McGaunn also (he managed Jimmy Decotis's Gyms/nautilus plus danvers where i also trained)
Worlds Somervilla was Pat Catino's gym .............(i got to know pat when i was working/bouncing at The Palace in saugus)
is it Eric Caswell???? (i worked with him at Tantra in saugus/after-hours club and Caruso's Diplomat)
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yeah - what a shame. At 19 years old, he had killer wheels. He use to date this blonde stripper with dreadlocks. She was insane.
Lisa ........................ lol!! (Lisa and i were very good friends for many years,she used to bang Nassar and Stripped at The Squire) Lisa Chiloni ("Venice)
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Quick and funny Matt story.............we all went to sum bodybuilding show(Julian, me, Matt, Steve Cantone etc etc)
afterwards we go out to eat............Matt dissapears for like half hour 45 mins,Julian and i find him passed out in a bathroom stall,we take him outside where he starts puking........sit him up on a rock
next thing Matt's on the ground shoveling handfulls of puke into his mouth
Matt wtf you doing!??!?!?!?!?
"Mike i can't waste the protein bro/that was a $35.00 steak!!!"........................ .....
HAHAHAHAH............... sad but very true story
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LOL - you must know Tiffany.
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LOL - you must know Tiffany.
yes...............she was good friends with my ex (Leia ) u know Pam and Matt Kline???
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i worked all the clubs in that area
(Club Play in Malden,Palace, Tantra,Vogue etc etc)
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Here is a pic of me from college (around 1986 -87 dressed up for halloween)
clearly my superior bodybuilding genetics are on full display!
In other words your best Nikki Sixx impression from the Shout At The Devil Tour?
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In other words your best Nikki Sixx impression from the Shout At The Devil Tour?
who?
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n/p i highly reccomend it!! (for fun lol)
Topic shows that you've been around for a while and it makes me not want to crack coke and bouncer jokes; it actually makes me want to view you as an iron ager or something ;D
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i am./was good friends with Matt Mclaughlin ...............Kevin McGaunn also (he managed Jimmy Decotis's Gyms/nautilus plus danvers where i also trained)
Worlds Somervilla was Pat Catino's gym .............(i got to know pat when i was working/bouncing at The Palace in saugus)
is it Eric Caswell???? (i worked with him at Tantra in saugus/after-hours club and Caruso's Diplomat)
Mike I thought Mclaughlin got into boatloads of trouble?
Drug supplier gets 30 months
By Lee Hammel TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF
lhammel@telegram.com
WORCESTER— A bodybuilder who supplied a drug ring that included two police officers and a businessman was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court to 30 months in prison — less than half the minimum sentence that federal sentencing guidelines call for.
Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV cited “diminished capacity” in Matthew McLaughlin, 35, of Kittery Point, Maine, as well as a criminal record that overstates how serious a threat Mr. McLaughlin is, in letting Mr. McLaughlin escape the 70 to 87 months advised by the federal guidelines. The 2-1/2 years to which Judge Saylor sentenced Mr. McLaughlin was less than the 5 years Assistant U.S. Attorney George W. Vien asked for, although more than the “time served” — about 17 months — that defense lawyer Janice Bassil suggested.
Mr. McLaughlin at one time scored 67 on an IQ test — mildly retarded, Ms. Bassil said — and attempted suicide when he was 12 because of mental disorders. Virgil Lynch, Mr. McLaughlin’s uncle from Island Falls, Maine, who was not permitted to speak during the sentencing hearing, said afterward that seven of his cousins committed suicide.
While Judge Saylor said he “has some doubt” that Mr. McLaughlin, who attended college and has succeeded at other tasks, is mildly retarded, he said he believes Mr. McLaughlin has enough history of mental illness to be considered to have diminished capacity. The judge also said it was rare for someone with such an extensive criminal history — which includes driving under the influence of alcohol and uttering false prescriptions — to have no record of violence or threats or property damage.
Ms. Bassil said that Mr. McLaughlin never viewed GBL, the drug to which he pleaded guilty of conspiracy to distribute, as a recreational drug or a date rape drug. She said he began bodybuilding at age 16 and once won the Mr. Teenage America title.
“The reality of bodybuilding is the use of steroids,” she said, and Mr. McLaughlin believed what she called the myth that steroids help to build muscles — a problem that she noted continues to be rampant in professional sports nationally and internationally. Ms. Bassil said that he was given the drug by the people who trained him in bodybuilding, beginning when he was a teenager.
Ms. Bassil said Mr. McLaughlin bought the GBL — a drug he started using before it became illegal in 2000 — that he supplied to his codefendants on the Internet and was not sophisticated enough to convert it into the more dangerous drug of GHB that bodybuilders seek.
Judge Saylor fined the defendant $1,000 and ordered him to be under probationary supervision for three years upon release from prison, saying that his main concern in giving Mr. McLaughlin so little prison time that the Bureau of Prisons will not admit him to a 500-hour drug rehabilitation program is that he needs rehabilitation and strict structure.
Mr. Vien, the prosecutor, urged a sentence of 10 months under the guideline minimum, because of Mr. McLaughlin’s diminished capacity and record, acknowledging it is unusual to recommend a break for the supplier rather than the distributor in a drug ring. But he said that co-defendant Thomas J. Vigliatura “is the most evil” in this case. Mr. Vigliatura, also a bodybuilder, has pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy and four counts of distribution of the drugs GHB and GBL.
Mr. Vigliatura, who is scheduled to be sentenced Nov. 15 on those charges, was sentenced last week to six months for contempt of court and previously allegedly threatened to call a hit man to get Mr. Vien to back off the prosecution. The government intends to seize $50,000 from Mr. Vigliatura; his former business, T Vig’s Sports Supplements Unlimited, 98 West Boylston St.; and his former home at 118 Santoro Road.
Former Worcester police Officer Brian W. Benedict, who pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute GHB and conspiring to possess cocaine and Ecstasy, is scheduled to be sentenced tomorrow. Former Worcester police Officer Heriberto Arroyo, who was convicted by a jury of conspiracy to possess GHB and GBL and conspiracy to possess cocaine and Ecstasy, is scheduled for sentencing Aug. 30.
Mr. McLaughlin pleaded guilty to a single count of distributing GBL, a substance that can be converted into GHB, which is considered to be a date rape drug and an aid to bodybuilding.
Mr. Vien told the judge that a 5-year sentence is “not a life-destroying sentence” and would give Mr. McLaughlin a chance to get his life together in prison, while Ms. Bassil contended that it would destroy his life. Mr. McLaughlin briefly addressed Judge Saylor before the sentence, saying he has trouble speaking but “give me a chance to be back with my family.”
Link: http://www.telegram.com/article/20070731/NEWS/707310588/1008/NEWS02
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Yea Matt's been heading for trouble for years now (and got arrested after i had moved to FL)
Good kid just got into the recreational drugs like a lot of people did (lotta my friends/bodybuilders)
had a ton of potential as a bodybuilder (ruined it with insulin etc got a huge distended gut)
sad to see what's happened to a lot of these Massachusetts bodybuilders (Demayo dead,most of the rest i know all messed up on drugs/don't even work out anymore)
lost homes,lost businesses...gone to jail
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Mike who was that guy with the gigantic quads in Boston (not Demayo) but I think his last name also started with D....he was shorter though....maybe 5'6...5'7....built like a tank
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Mike who was that guy with the gigantic quads in Boston (not Demayo) but I think his last name also started with D....he was shorter though....maybe 5'6...5'7....built like a tank
Louie Desolious (sp?) parents owned a doughnut shop which they sold so Louie could open a Powerhouse Gym in Woburn Mass........huge quads competed on the national level (along with Steve Cantone and Lucio Paolini) all trained at Golds Gym Everett mass for awhile (along with Paul DEmayo )
can't find any pictures of Louie but here is Steve and Lucio
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Lucio
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Dante................it's like Louie never existed!
i can't find anything! (lot's of good stories tho like how DEmayo "stole" Steve Cantone's girlfriend/Steve and Paul were good friends at the time)
How Lisa (Matt McLaughlin's Girlfriend started a fight onstage at a local bodybuilding show)
i was sitting with Lisa and got involved in breaking it up (it stopped the show lol!)
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Paul DEmayo (shot at Golds Gym Everett mass)
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I forgot how good Paul was! (i think he would do well with the current crop of bodybuilders competing)
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DeMayo was an incredible bodybuilder, crazy thickness.
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Annnnnd this lovely picture is from 1985 (first year of college)
LOL you look like a chinese chick here
How old were you for these?
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LOL you look like a chinese chick here
How old were you for these?
21-22 ........................ ...
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I forgot how good Paul was! (i think he would do well with the current crop of bodybuilders competing)
When was the last time you spoke to him??
was he using a lot recreational drugs back then??
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Cool pics Mike 8)
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Here is a picture of me (in highschool around 18 yrs old) on the boulevard in Gloucester Mass sitting on the trunk of my 1973 Plymouth Road Runner (340 "six-pack",pistol grip shifter),from the right that's me,my girlfriend (lol my first girlfriend ever!)and my friend and her cousin George) ..........lonnggg time ago
You had some incredible cars- a 6 pack plymouth RR and an Super Sport 396 Camero. Amazing cars both.
I have a friend (Larry Muirhead-Mr Arizona) that had either a 68 or 89 SS396 Camero, just like yours, and he sold it in 1989 for $20K in San Diego. I think it might have had the retractable headlights-did the SS 396 come with those????? The guy who bought it was hot rodding it around the ebach areas and crashed and was killed.
When I worked at a gas station in HS an old lady about 60 came in with a Plymouth Cuda, 340 six pack and beefed out. Turns out she was the national record holder in over 50 drag racing or something similar, cool car and grandma.
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I forgot how good Paul was! (i think he would do well with the current crop of bodybuilders competing)
DeMayo here would have blown Dex and Jay clean off the Olympia stage,
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Awesome thread, Mike. Good to see this type of stuff on the board. Keep it up.
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Awesome thread, Mike. Good to see this type of stuff on the board. Keep it up.
you really like oiled musclemen don't you "jeffro" you little closet homo twink bitch.
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you really like oiled musclemen don't you "jeffro" you little closet homo twink bitch.
Quit stalking me, cumbreath, it's getting creepy.. :-\
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Quit stalking me, it's getting creepy.. :'(
Man up twink.
your the one who replies to every post i make, your replies alaways seem to be about cocks, twinks and cum.
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Man up twink.
You keep using all the same shit I said to you. ??? I remember calling you a "closet case twink" earlier on...
Keep trying, bitchboy.
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You keep using all the same shit I said to you. ??? I remember calling you a "closet case twink" earlier on...
Keep trying, bitchboy.
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Why are you so angry today, did "daddy bear" not give you your daily pounding and dose of "ball cream" this morning, bottom bitch? :-X
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Why are you so angry today, did "daddy bear" not give you your daily pounding and dose of "ball cream" this morning, bottom bitch? :-X
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Ok "big" guy, I'm done with you. Your posts are becoming more and more lame and redundant. ::)
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Ok "big" guy, I'm done with you. Your posts are becoming more and more lame and redundant. ::)
Redundant..... Like your cock, that is gathering cobwebs, due to your lack of sex.
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Redundant..... Like your cock, that is gathering cobwebs, due to your lack of sex.
Awww, isnt that cute, you're coming to the rescue for your "man," how sweet. :-X
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Awww, isnt that cute, you're coming to the rescue for your "man," how sweet. :-X
1800 posts and I have no idea who you are. How embarassing for you :-\
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1800 posts and I have no idea who you are. How embarassing for you :-\
Yes, I'm quite embarrassed that a puny pedo sheep fucker doesn't know me on an internet forum. ::)
It's "embarrassing" by the way, twink.
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Come on Method...all Jeffro said was "Awesome thread, Mike. Good to see this type of stuff on the board. Keep it up". Nothing gay about that statement...especially since it's a bodybuilding forum and not a female swimsuit forum.
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You had some incredible cars- a 6 pack plymouth RR and an Super Sport 396 Camero. Amazing cars both.
I have a friend (Larry Muirhead-Mr Arizona) that had either a 68 or 89 SS396 Camero, just like yours, and he sold it in 1989 for $20K in San Diego. I think it might have had the retractable headlights-did the SS 396 come with those????? The guy who bought it was hot rodding it around the ebach areas and crashed and was killed.
When I worked at a gas station in HS an old lady about 60 came in with a Plymouth Cuda, 340 six pack and beefed out. Turns out she was the national record holder in over 50 drag racing or something similar, cool car and grandma.
Thx bro!.................(68 - RS (rally sport) SS (super sport) RS/SS came with the "hideaway headlights
for 1969 im not sure (maybe the Z-28 or again it might have been the RS/SS combo)
like this one!
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Awesome thread, Mike. Good to see this type of stuff on the board. Keep it up.
you got it...............thx!
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Come on Method...all Jeffro said was "Awesome thread, Mike. Good to see this type of stuff on the board. Keep it up". Nothing gay about that statement...especially since it's a bodybuilding forum and not a female swimsuit forum.
Exactly, Im just interested on hearing some stories from the past. Not sure why Method is stalking me.. :-\
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Exactly, Im just interested on hearing some stories from the past. Not sure why Method is stalking me.. :-\
Eh, some just pick a victim and stick with them. Don't sweat it, just ignore it. ;)
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Eh, some just pick a victim and stick with them. Don't sweat it, just ignore it. ;)
Thanks. :-*
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Remember the Mike Arvilla fanclub page back in the day? Had to be like 97-99.....I always thought that was an ingenious website. All those pro's hanging out in the AOL Bodybuildng room trying to score (had to be at least 30 of them coming and going) and all those fitness girls bypassed them and wanted to talk to Mike......good times.
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Remember the Mike Arvilla fanclub page back in the day? Had to be like 97-99.....I always thought that was an ingenious website. All those pro's hanging out in the AOL Bodybuildng room trying to score (had to be at least 30 of them coming and going) and all those fitness girls bypassed them and wanted to talk to Mike......good times.
What's even cooler is here we are 10 yrs later (still friends) amd what started out as a simple newsletter (much like Dan Duchaine did) has grown into a complete training system (DC Training) that is endorsed by top guys like David Henry and Justin Harris and Steve Kuclo,also that your still married to that GORGEOUS wife of yours
yes................life is good!
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Thx bro!.................(68 - RS (rally sport) SS (super sport) RS/SS came with the "hideaway headlights
for 1969 im not sure (maybe the Z-28 or again it might have been the RS/SS combo)
like this one!
Yeah, a 69 with the hideaway headlights. Cool Car!
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Mike- frikking great posts as always- where do u live now-
I moved to Ca frm Tex and wkout in my garage- but Im in a constant search of cool places to train w a good atmosphere- looks like u guys had a great little subculture going
props to ya and ur nice lady
good on u
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Mike- frikking great posts as always- where do u live now-
I moved to Ca frm Tex and wkout in my garage- but Im in a constant search of cool places to train w a good atmosphere- looks like u guys had a great little subculture going
props to ya and ur nice lady
good on u
Thx! (We live in Palm Beach Gardens Fl/great place to live train with a lot of IFBB pro's and amateurs in the area)
here are a couple more pics of my cars! (one is an "old clunker" Monte Carlo that i never registered or insured......we lived on a dead end street so i just used it "for fun" ....smoke shows/off-roading lol things like that
other car is my 1970 OLds Cutlass 442/W-31
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on the back of the "Monte Carlo" pic it's stamped 1981
So i was like 18 at the time (senior in high school)
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Gloucester High School "Fishermen" ...............class of "81"
(Quite the lady killer!)
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name this "get-bigger"
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Mike Christian Arm Workout
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One of the first bodybuilding tapes i ever had/saw (VHS lol!)..
Olympians - Mike Christian
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Haney!
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name this "get-bigger"
That's Howie Mandel Delta. :)
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That's Howie Mandel Delta. :)
Correct!........................ ..................
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2008 DODGE CHALLENGER IS HERE! (local dealer has a few "in stock"/twenty eight thousand dollars)
unreal! (feels like a time-warp back to the late 1960's early 70's) i was born too late to be able to buy those great 60's and 70's muscle cars new (i always used to say i couldn't believe you could just walk into your local car dealer plunk down some cash and leave there sideways in a new Hemi Challenger!)
now you can again!
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What's even cooler is here we are 10 yrs later (still friends) amd what started out as a simple newsletter (much like Dan Duchaine did) has grown into a complete training system (DC Training) that is endorsed by top guys like David Henry and Justin Harris and Steve Kuclo,also that your still married to that GORGEOUS wife of yours
yes................life is good!
:)
Couldn't happen to two better guys, I don't think. I'm a fan of you both :) :-*
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Couldn't happen to two better guys, I don't think. I'm a fan of you both :) :-*
;) :) :D
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What i did yesterday............... ...
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Pics courtesy of Flex Online..............
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wow!................nano-vapor really fucking works!
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Ya buddy. Aint nothin but a peanut.. Yes, I know thats Phil but I like to yell Ronnie quotes. Mike it would be sweet if ya trained out here in Michigan. I like to train with people who love bodybuilding and not just ripping on it all the time. Thanks for the posts brother..
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What i did yesterday............... ...
Ever considered a career in design? Your photoshop skillz are off the hook. ;D
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Ya buddy. Aint nothin but a peanut.. Yes, I know thats Phil but I like to yell Ronnie quotes. Mike it would be sweet if ya trained out here in Michigan. I like to train with people who love bodybuilding and not just ripping on it all the time. Thanks for the posts brother..
love to train with someone who loves it/shares my passion for bodybuilding!
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great new video! (gay music tho)
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Mike
whats ur day job bro-
btw- great pics as usual
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Awsome pics Bro ;)
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Mike
whats ur day job bro-
btw- great pics as usual
Thanks D!!
Im running the Personal Training Department at Fitness American in Palm Beach Gardens Fl (for IFBB Pro Marty Vranicar)
plus i train a few clients as well (not enough tho lol/you see how much free time i have to post on Get-Big lol!)
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Awsome pics Bro ;)
ahhhhh so this is you
(thx bro!)
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Annnnnd this lovely picture is from 1985 (first year of college)
Awesome pic Mike....you look like the lead singer from RATT!
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Billy Squire is gay? :o
That's what I said :o
I'll never be able to listen to "Stroke Me" again!
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Mike... you are the absolute KING of pic threads!!!!!
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Mike... you are the absolute KING of pic threads!!!!!
Thanks!
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Mike, is there anyone you dont know?
Thanks for sharing, keep it coming.
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My sister just UPS"ed me 2 boxes fullll of pictures (ill post sum pics up tommorow!)
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BOOM!
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BOOM!
hardcore!
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hardcore!
that guy has "success" written all over him. No pun intended.
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Great thread! Makes me think back on all the gyms I've been to and trained at, all the training partners I've had and the great times I've enjoyed thanks to Bodybuilding. I'm just a recreational bodybuilder but It's been in my blood since I was 9. I've had the great opportunity to do a lot of travelling overseas during my life and I never gone anywhere without finding the closest or best gym in town. Seen a lot of cool places and trained in a lot of dumps. From Superclubs in Thailand and Kuwait to dumps the size of the home gym you had when you were 14 in Sri Lanka. I can really say I wouldn't trade any of the experiences for the world. Thanks for the thread and bringing back the memories.
Pat
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GREAT PICS MIKE!
Talk about walking down memory-lane eh?
Always nice with nostalgia!
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GREAT PICS MIKE!
Talk about walking down memory-lane eh?
Always nice with nostalgia!
thanks!! (yea a lot of memories)
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Hurricane "Wilma" a few years ago....
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Hurricane "Wilma" a few years ago....
lmao! :D
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lmao! :D
"What are you gunna do when the hurricane is comming for YOU?!!?"
"WOOOOO"
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who else is stupid enough to go out and "pose" in a Hurricane for Get-Big Glory?!?!?!?!?!!??!?
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Im just going thru some old pictures/videos (don't mind me lol!)
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Im just going thru some old pictures/videos (don't mind me lol!)
Nice hat Laura Lee!