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Well wouldn't steroids do this to you?

Posted By: Meagain on 2005-07-11
In Reply to: age - msbeanctr

I mean he isn't fat so much all over.  It does look like his skin is stretching to cover his face.  And relatively speaking 51 isn't that old.  Not when you are talking Paul Newman age. 


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