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\t\t\t\tThis is one of a series of stories we are sharing to show what\u2019s inside CubeSmart. You not only get a peek inside our customer\u2019s storage unit, but also a peek inside what is important to him. Thank you to Mike Gaudino, customer of our CubeSmart store in Manchester, CT, for sharing his story with us.<\/em><\/p>\n

Mike Gaudino has worked in commercial printing for 25 years.<\/p>\n

During that stretch, the highs and lows of the industry have reflected the signs of the times.<\/p>\n

On 9\/11, Meryl Lynch and other high-end financial clients of the company he was working for no longer required the same volume of annual reports and other projects because their profits suffered and their operations were disrupted after the attacks, Mike said.<\/p>\n

\u201cNext thing we know we are printing Britney Spears posters for Pepsi,\u201d he said. \u201cOur machines were silent for months.\u201d<\/p>\n

He also witnessed the decline of print newspapers, such as the Hartford Courant, as the industry transitioned to digital news. IBM stopped publishing its annual catalogue because the technology company shifted its advertising focus to online audiences.<\/p>\n

Now, Mike works for a company that features flexo printing, a form of printing that is ideal for food labels.<\/p>\n

Mike started as a bailer discarding and compacting waste paper.<\/p>\n

\u201cA couple of months later I was actually running a press because they saw my initiative,\u201d he said. \u201cThat was when I was 19. I\u2019ve done every aspect of printing \u2014 publication, creating, desktop, management, writing. I\u2019ve worked for a church for years, doing their publications, information, extensive research, pamphlets.<\/p>\n

\u201cI enjoy it because I like the creativity of it,\u201d the Manchester resident said of his career.<\/p>\n

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Photo via John M. White<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mike met his wife, Jackie, of 35 years in high school. He helped her get a job as a quality inspector at a printing company. They have a 28-year-old daughter and a 24-year-old son.<\/p>\n

Mike has varied interests and experiences outside of printing. He has a commercial driver\u2019s license, is a self-proclaimed animal lover, and earned a degree in theology from the International Bible Institute and Seminary in Florida.<\/p>\n

\u201cI enjoy knowledge,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

And Mike also enjoys home clean-outs. At no charge, he removes belongings the owners don\u2019t want to take with them and either sells them or disposes of them. Mike once rented a store in Colchester to sell the goods. \u201cIdeally, I would love to own my own business, build my own (online) stores,\u201d he said. He took interest in clean-outs as he visited various tag sales and saw people sell items without knowing the value. He\u2019d resell the items. For example, he bought a video game called Russian Tetris for $1 and sold it for $100.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey call them cherry pickers,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m not crazy about the terminology but whatever.\u201d<\/p>\n

But he stopped bidding at estate sales.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople were so money hungry,\u201d Mike said. \u201cI got out of it because I was walking on egg shells because I was looking at a dead person\u2019s possessions that they worked their entire lives for.\u201d<\/p>\n

He keeps some items from clean-outs at our Manchester store on Adams Street. On this day, he pulled up in his truck with metal scraps in the bed.<\/p>\n

\u201cSomeday my kids when I\u2019m dead and gone are going to go through our material items,\u201d Mike said. \u201cOur stuff tells the story of our lives. It\u2019s interesting what you learn about people.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, he is on a quest for more knowledge, this time in the area of nutrition. About a year-and-a-half ago, Mike started feeling sluggish, \u201clike something going wrong on the inside of you.\u201d Turned out he had become diabetic, his blood pressure was dangerously high and his thyroid and adrenal glands stopped working. When the doctor told him directly that his poor health was his own fault, Mike overhauled his diet. He stopped eating gluten and carbs, and started playing racquetball and running and spending up to $500 a week to eat organic food \u2014 mostly vegetables. Once weighing as much as 350 pounds, he since lost 100 pounds, is now considered pre-diabetic, no longer gets headaches and no longer needs medicine to function at healthy levels.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d like to get my degree in nutrition and try to help people,\u201d he said.\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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