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I used to lift weights alot so I'm still pretty big.(muscular, 54" chest) My biker friends started calling me No Neck.
We were all at a bar one night and my wife told one of my biker friends she thought I looked & walked like Shrek. :)
So here we go ! ! Also used on Ebay

other nick names - Silverback, Big Bald Guy, Ogre, Moose
 
I started out as a drummer, and a Keith Moon fan. My middle name is Alvin. There's a story about KM forming a fake band with a couple other cats and calling himself "Alvin Avalanche". Since my bad drumming sounded like an avalanche, a friend started calling me that; soon after it got shortened to Avvie. There are many who still think that's my real name.