Big Mike ate baked beans out of the can so he didn't have to get any dishes dirty. I watched him eat a pear once and he ate all of it including the core and seeds. He loved peanut butter and mayonnaise sandwiches and would eat an onion like an apple. Big Mike cherished two magazines that featured nude celebrities. He wouldn't even let me look through them. He once set my tri-pod up in a corner like it was a decoration. Big Mike was the first person I ever knew that used pick up lines at a bar. His lines were, "just think of me as an object" and "hey, would you like to touch me?" Big Mike would talk to girls for hours and when he got nowhere, he said he was "laying ground work." Some of these girls were average to ugly. When questioned about that, he claimed to be working on his rap. Big Mike was proud to have been in the Marines.
He kept Milk Bones in his van to give to the dogs that guarded the premises where he worked. He was loved by women everywhere he went. Big Mike had a very deep and loud voice. He had a fantastic sense of humor and smiled constantly. Big Mike was ten years older and I idolized him. Big Mike lost his way one day and I will miss him forever.
In the photo from left to right: Big Mike Ruff, Dan Shea and Don Dowe. Photo by Doug Dowe.
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