"I bet 20-year-olds can't do that"
http://www.pressherald.com/news/for-birthday-stunt-80-year-old-pulls-car-with-his-neck_2013-09-16.html For birthday stunt, 80-year-old pulls car with his neck By BILL CUMMINGS Connecticut Post September 16, 2013 [image / Christian Abraham/Connecticut Post http://media.pressherald.com/images/portland-press-herald_3786194.jpg After pulling a Nissan Leaf several feet with his neck at age 80, Nick Maccharoli said he could have moved it a lot farther. ] It's all in a day's work for a power lifter and actor called Batso whose house has a Halloween theme. STRATFORD, Conn. - Most people are happy to mark their 80th birthday with some cake and a nice dinner. But not Nick Maccharoli. He decided to pull his car -- with his neck. The colorful Stratford senior citizen, who fans know as "Batso" on National Geographic's reality show "Rescue Ink," hooked a rope to his head on Sept. 7 and pulled his Nissan Leaf electric car a few feet during a party at Boothe Memorial Park. A lifelong weightlifter, Batso prepared by first lifting 50 pounds from a chair using only his neck. "I have to stretch," he explained before attaching a rope tied to the car to a brace around his head and neck. As he faced the 4,500-pound car, Batso moved his neck backward to get the car rolling and easily pulled it a few feet forward as his wife, Elly, steered. "I could have pulled all the way down there," Batso declared, pointing across a picnic area at the park. Cheers erupted from the crowd of 70 or so well-wishers gathered to celebrate his birthday. "I bet 20-year-olds can't do that," one said. Pulling a car is actually not unusual for Batso, who has led a life as interesting as the colorful tattoos that cover him from head to toe. Maccharoli became an actor late in life, landing a role as a wild prisoner on the HBO prison series "Oz" in the 1990s and a bit part in the Oscar-nominated film "The Wrestler." Batso holds the Connecticut record for power lifting and took second place in the Master Light division at the Connecticut Open Power Lifting Championships. He has trained with Ultimate Fighting Champion Steve "The Beast" Severn and 1997 World Shuai-chio Kung fu champion Matt Furey. His Main Street home, across from Short Beach, looks like the set of a Halloween movie, complete with a large metal light pole shaped like a bat -- his signature emblem and the basis of his nickname. The house is adorned with fake skulls and snakes, bats and shrunken heads dangling from the ceiling and walls. "He's a character," said Frank Bakos, who lives near Batso. "I've known him for about three years. He walks his dog by our house and we started chatting. They are just really nice people." Asked why he wanted to pull a car on his 80th birthday, Batso dismissed the question. "What am I going to do, sit home and get old?" he said. [© 2013 MaineToday Media] ... http://myppk.com/PPKs/print.aspx?PPK=11034 Batso Power Press Kit - myPPK.com BIO: Nicholas "Batso" Maccharoli Actor, Animal Activist, Health & Wellness Practitioner ... http://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Batso-celebrates-80th-birthday-in-unique-fashion-4796095.php#photo-5153516 'Batso' celebrates 80th birthday in unique fashion September 7, 2013 While most people are happy to mark their 80th birthday with some cake ... Nick "Batso" Maccharoli celebrates his 80th birthday party at Boothe Memorial Park in Stratford, Conn. on Saturday September 7, 2013 [images http://ww1.hdnux.com/photos/23/52/13/5153516/3/1024x768.jpg Batso pulling Leaf, +gallery ] http://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Batso-Tattooed-animal-rescuer-turned-TV-star-283188.php Batso: Tattooed animal rescuer turned TV star Dec 10, 2009 - Nick Maccharoli, the 76-year-old known as "Batso" to fans who watch him rescue abused animals on National Geographic's reality television ... For all EVLN posts use: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=search_page&node=413529&query=evln&sort=date Here are today's archive-only EV posts: EVLN: Simplo eying the EV battery market EVLN: Brazil ready to shift to EVs EVLN: iMiev Tardis turns Aussie heads, an electric dream machine EVLN: The reason you don’t want a plugin is you don’t know about them EVLN: What's the Least-Expensive Electric-Only Mode Car? + EVLN: Late-comer VW sez will be compliance-car leader ... {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-80-yr-old-Batso-neck-pulls-his-Leaf-while-his-wife-steers-tp4665240.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
