That guy's comment was not directed at you. He was referring to the regular members of this board. This was a good thread and I am glad you started it.
As for people sitting behind a keyboard, and coming up with this shit out of their head, I reply that I post with my real name, my real city, and when I post numbers they are real numbers. I don't think the regular members on here are inflating numbers because for one thing, a bunch of us know each other, and for another thing, the numbers don't drastically change when the same people are posting a few months later. If I was making up something to put on the internet, I might say I had a 10 inch pecker, but then if I was going to continually tell that story, either I better memorize that number, or write it down or something, otherwise I might post that I had 13 inches, and somebody would call bullshit.
Bullshit is called on this board from time to time. But it is usually called when somebody who never posts here comes on saying how he knows some raw drug free guy who squats a house, benches a truck, and pulls like a mule, but never competes because he just lifts for himself and has nothing to prove to anyone. Whatthefuckever. give me a break. If you are going to run your mouth, go to the meet, and lay it on the line. That being said, I am going to be competing in McAlester, OK on the 16th day of march 2002 at the Pittsburgh County convention center on highway 270 3 miles east of Mcalester.
Anyone who thinks I am full of shit is welcome to come and say it to my face. But please do me the courtesy of waiting until after I set a new record before saying so. I tell you what, tell Bigokie, and Screwball how full of shit I am when you get there, and they will keep you company until I am available to take the matter up myself. The florida crew will be in St. Pete on this saturday, and I am sure that JimmyDean, PowerlifterJay, Freak19, Grimmer, and the rest of the crew would not mind a bit if you showed up to see if they are for real or not.
I say what I say above knowing full well that I may be setting myself up to make myself look like a fool. I may go down and get hurt in warmups, I may bomb out of the whole meet, I may catch a cold, and be 50 or 100 lbs off my potential best lift. But I have the NUTZ to go out and lay it on the line, and take that risk. Those gym heroes that never compete are the guys who always seem to be posting impossible numbers. You will never understand all the glory that is possible from human achievement, unless you risk all the failures that go along with a failed experiment.
B. . . out!