@looseneck Here’s my grey. 40% Irish Wolfhound, 20% each Scottish Deerhound, Borzoi Hound and Greyhound. He gets his size from the Wolfhound blood and his streamlining and pointy nose from the other three breeds. Zephyr is about 32"tall at the shoulder and weighs about 115lbs.
6’0" (in bare feet). I rarely wear heels and have great respect for women who have mastered the skill of making stilettos look comfortable.
My shoe size varies from 10-1/2 to 14 depending on the width of the shoes. I wear a 10-1/2 EEEE, but need a 13 or 14 to wear a D.
(For daughter unit 1’s wedding, I am wearing 12 E’s and had to switch to the square toed ones (to avoid tripping over the size 14E’s with round toes). Tho none of the other guys could tell the difference between the round toed and square toed shoes until I pointed it out to them.)
My mother’s maiden name was Pike.*
*Knowing this won’t get you anywhere as I stopped using her actual name on financial accounts in the early 1990’s right after some clever individual managed to con GMAC out of $5500 with an address change and “access checks.” This was back before we started blaming identity theft victims for the weak security practices of financial institutions, so the only negative thing from my POV was some minor inconvenience for about seven years whenever I tried to open a new CC account. It took about four years for that bogus address to disappear from my credit reports.
@baqui63 interesting how women’s shoe sizes range so much. When I buy men’s, it’s almost always 10.5 but women’s shoes range from 11.5-13… If I can even find something that fits.
@RiotDemon If its any consolation, my experiences buying m vs. f sizes mirror yours. Also seems like I’ve had a lot more discrepancy within a pair of shoes when it comes to women’s.
@brhfl I just pretty much gave up buying women’s shoes. Occasionally if I’m close to payless (the only place around here that carries bigger sizes) I’ll see if they have any dress sandal type shoes to replace the one pair that I bought probably 8 years ago. I like to have at least one shoe in case I ever need to dress up.
@f00l Who in the world would want to spend time with someone who is perfect? Not me. I like opals, not diamonds. It’s the “flaws” that make things interesting.
@medz I’m 5’11" and have dated a man who was 5ft even and a man who was 6’11". Variety being the spice of life and all that. After being with someone for 14 years who was shorter than I am, I’m really happy to be with someone taller, even just by an inch.
@Barney yeah, I don’t know where that hack off a boob thing started. I’ve shot a bow with no problems. My mom took archery in college with no problems.
@cranky1950 Actually, I’m ambidextrous (well, for most things… ass wiping and a very few other things don’t go so well with my left hand).
Seriously tho, presuming that you took exception to my use of “tits,” I’m curious if you feel that it is more gauche than “boobs”? Or were you referring to the whole concept of voluntary mutilation to achieve excellence? Or is it that I’m feeling sensitive and allowing myself to be trolled?
@Barney, @RiotDemon My daughter also uses bows without surgery or a problem. Same for the women on Arrow. While it could be that the Amazon women were extremely endowed, I’m fairly sure it is just a faery tale.
@baqui63 I went and looked it up, and forgot to report back with my findings. It was false. Apparently the word mazo meant boob, and the letter a in front would mean without. So someone incorrectly put the two together to guess they got rid of a boob. Scientists have disproved it.
JUST above a legal midget (thank goodness), but I have size 11 shoes with or without heels…sssoooooo I’m like a mix between Polly Pocket and Bozo the Clown :p
My license says I’m 5′6″. It says that because when they asked me how tall I was at the MVA, I very earnestly answered — why would I know that? This is the one time that I need to know that, why would I file that knowledge away? And the nice lady guessed 5′6″.
@Barney Alright, just for you, I attempted to measure myself. All I have handy is a 5′ seamstress’s tape, so given that there may well be an inch or so margin of error, looks like the MVA height-guesser was on top of things that day.
@brhfl best way to measure at home is to stand against a wall and mark with a pencil on the top of your head. Then measure that.
I’ve had someone try to measure me with a tape and it was way off.
I’m honestly surprised your DMV didn’t have a height tape on the wall.
That being said… I actually had someone at a doctor’s office use one of those things on the scale and they told me I was 5’7". I freaked out a bit until I remeasured at home.
Odd thing to collect, but here you go (it’s been a long week, and this is the easiest thing I’ve done, by far).
I am currently 60 inches (5 feet even) tall. I’ve lost a bit of height; I’m old, and it’s mother nature’s way of rewarding me for my pride. I used to be 5’3" in the long ago times. I also owned many pairs of heels of the 4 and even 5 inch variety. I still wear heels with at least 2 inch heels, and sometimes with 3 inches.
The important thing to note is that I’m still intimidating. I might be retired, but I’m still me, and it’s innate.
Someone above asked about height of various dates, and the shortest I’ve been out with was probably 5’6", and the tallest was 6’6" (funny that it’s a foot difference in range). Mostly, when I was active on the dating scene, I preferred men who were at least six feet tall. My late husband was precisely 72 inches in height.
As our relationship here in the forums might suggest, we see eye to eye, I am 5’6" as well. I’m the family midget. My little brothers were both 6’7", my sister is 5’11". My niece is 6’1, my nephew is 6’8".
@hems79 My littlest brother actually started smoking in his early teens, purportedly in an effort to stunt his growth because of observing the trouble he’d seen his older brother experience due to his height. That didnt explain the drinking, drugs and catting around so I dismissed the claim.
5’9", Size 12 shoes, 52" Waist, 26" inseam, 330lbs.
All around Largest in my immediate family.
I basically look like Peter Griffin, but with less hair, and a goatee.
any questions?
@earlyre If two trains leave at the same time, traveling the same speed, one from anywhere in Texas and the other from anywhere in Nebraska, which one will get to Wichita first?
@Barney I see what you did there, but my nerdiness can’t not answer the question…
clearly the one from Nebraska. Nebraska and Kansas are neighbors. Texas is Friggin’ huuuge, and it would still have to go through Oklahoma to even reach the Kansas border.
except for the panhandle, Dang it! umm …
42. final answer.
5’3" and “everyone” around me is taller, both kids passed me by the time they were 13 yr old. I sometimes force kids and the hubby to come to the bottom of stairs so i can be a step up for a kiss.
I rarely wear heels (or shoes if i can get away with it), and unlike brhfl’s DMV rep, can’t judge others’ height, to me just about everyone seems “~6’0"” because i am used to looking up at everyone, so i dont even notice the height thing. When i meet someone shorter i actually notice my neck aches a little because i am not used to looking down when talking to someone.
Dating it was 5’6 (3rd bf) and 6’1" (1st, 2nd and 4th: married him, coming up on 26th anniv.)
@mollama Congrats on your upcoming anniversary. One chat group I was in, almost every gal was around 5’3". I kind of thought that would hold true here.
I’m 4’ 10". I’m not positive but I think I do qualify as a legal midget. @tinamarie1974, is it 4’ 10" or 4’ 9? The shortest guy I dated was 5’ 8" and the tallest is my hubby at 6’ 3 1/2". I had to have blocks put on the pedals of one of the cars I had in the past. My current car (SUV) has electronic pedals. I will never get rid of this car. It was the only year they had this option. It’s 10 years old but I still love it.
@bloondie2 You are a legal midget - 4’10" is the tallest someone can be to qualify and I’m jealous of your electronic pedals!!! I’m ok with my current vehicle, but I remember when my dad taught me to drive in his BIG TRUCK and I could only reach the pedal with the tip of my big toe…I was terrified!!
@bloondie2 My best friend in Denver was 4’10". She had a very hard time in crowds – always getting stepped on and pushed around. People can be so mean at times.
@tinamarie1974 I was petrified to start driving. Thankfully my dad had a small (OK tiny) car. It was a Renault Le’ Car. Standard with a manual choke! I think it was only a 3 speed if I’m not mistaken! It was a great first car. And I also remember driving many cars with my big toe! So, as a legal midget, do I get any special benefits? LOL!
@Barney I used to have a hard time with crowds as a kid. Then I got brave and used it to my advantage…being little makes you more maneuverable. I would bob & weave through crowds & then wait for the rest of my friends to catch up! Now I hate crowds specifically for the reason you mentioned about your bestie. People can be so ignorant. I now have a severe back problem and use a cane and people still step on me and it doesn’t even have to be crowded. So I don’t go out much by myself anymore.
It reminds me, years ago, at work, when I was in a meeting, and took off my shoes because I’d been standing, giving a presentation, and I was flat tuckered out (bet you never thought you’d hear that phrase in polite conversation). One of the guys I’d worked with for several years said “Oh god, you’re short! I had no idea you were short!”
Yes, indeed, I hit him. I miss my job, now and then…
tuckered out (bet you never thought you’d hear that phrase in polite conversation).
Have, many times.
Commonplace once. Not unknown now.
At work.
As a dinner guest at a really formal setting.
Formal Sunday luncheons (as a child)
As a deliberate and affectionate usage, recalling to older conversational traditions (not used ironically).
As a deliberate choice by very literate sorts who like the phrase very much.
From some persons (all walks of life) who have always talked that way, and intend to keep doing it.
One of the guys I’d worked with for several years said “Oh god, you’re short! I had no idea you were short!”
Yes, indeed, I hit him. I miss my job, now and then…
My younger self would have been embarrassed and confused by that. Prob would have been uncomfortable for a while. Habitual thing.
Not a great response. Accomplishes nothing.
My old coot self now would have either:
Ignore, or deal with it quickly and push it aside
Or
make an ongoing joke of it (guess at whose expense) and then had a few very extensive delays in letting the joke go. That joke would keep re-appearing for a while, I think.
Or
Walk up to him and stare him down. (not a problem when I am motivated)
@Shrdlu@f00l In Kansas, we use the term “plum tuckered out” all of the time. I didn’t know that it’s not to be used in polite conversation. Um, what’s polite conversation?
I practice polite conversation when it’s what fits the situation. So long as the situation is not many many hours long or something. (then I find some sort of exit).
I am no master if it, but I know it when I witness it. I can fake it or play along.
Bet they still have “polite conversation” stuff that in Kansas somewhere or other.
@Barney I’m fond of “knackered”. It can mean exhausted or worn out, but the old meaning of it is to be butchered/rendered. There are days when I feel like that.
@Barney Are you looking down on me? I thought I was only 5’ for years after last being measured in HS. I was ecstatic when I found out I grew another inch.
/giphy happy feet
5’ 9" In my biological family, I am considered tall. Growing up in school, I was one of the short ones. I am/was uncoordinated and slow so nearly last picked for sports. Currently old enough to not care.
@joelmw That’s okay, this is what I still expect to see in the mirror. Off by half a century.
(Disclaimer, this isn’t actually me, I have baby pictures but no pictures as a kid. But this isn’t far off, except my eyes are light hazel.)
5’11". I’d lost a little but after the last surgery, gained it back. And I’m the family dwarf. My fifteen year old is currently just a couple hairs under 6’4" and I just don’t think he’ll stop before he hits 6’5".
@KittySprinkles I’m 5’9” and I wear 7-71/2 too!! I’m a big time klutz and I always blame it on my small feet. I say my foundation is too small for the rest of me so I teeter totter, or weeble wooble, according to the circumstances. I have no idea if it had any leg to stand on ( yes I’m that lame), but that’s my story and I’m sticking to it.
6’2. I was 5’11 as a 7th grader. No heels. I currently own one pair of 2 inch heels, peep toe Mary Janes that are ADORABLE and have been worn 3 times in 7 years.
At one point when I was in my 20’s, a random stranger chastised me for smoking and drinking coffee by saying ‘That will stunt your growth.’ I stood up and asked when that would take effect.
Another tall person frustration…
Having to stoop down to see inside the mailbox to make sure there is nothing all the way at the back. (can’t just go by feel on account of the spiders what like to live in there)
@medz@RiotDemon That’s funny. I didn’t even realize how old it was. I’m just adding my comments and such. Oh well, although one of them may really be confused when he gets my in my mind I’m Daenerys reply…ha
@medz OMG So crazy that u are saying that. Put my hand in mailbox on Sat & there was a Big Fat Nasty SLUG IN THERE!! I almost threw my back out when i jumped!! I Hate slugs but i hate jumpin crickets 1000x more!
@RiotDemon@riskybryzness we have stacked washer dryer set up. I routinely have my kids pull clothes out of the washer as they are closer to the ground than I am.
5.2. In the 90s i was 5.4(hair). In 6th grade, i was taller than all the boys. I havent grown since!! LOL Now im 47, i had no clue that i was Short until my daughter grew 6inches taller than me!! I can still beat her ass if nessesary but shes a great young adult so i doubt i will ever have to!!! Its hard to be a Threatening parent when ur kid has to bend in half to see eye to eye!!! Lol
i’m 5’7" when i’m not wearing heels.
@carl669 Aw, @Carl669, I’ll always look up to you.
@Barney
/giphy d’awww
In all seriousness though, even if we were the same height, we wouldn’t necessarily see eye to eye.
@mflassy You gave me no answer, you get no reply.
@Barney
I’m about the same height as @carl669.
@mflassy Thank you.
Edit: With or without heels?
@Barney
Without.
6’0"
Next thread: Your mother’s maiden name and the street you grew up on.
@cinoclav Hey, I’m getting to that.
@cinoclav
I don’t know the maiden name of the mother of @Barmey.
But if @Barney starts a thread, we could discuss it.
@mflassy We will not be discussing this. Not today, not tomorrow. Not at all.
@Barney
Sigh…
Very well.
(Don’t worry, I wasn’t expecting an affirmative response anyways.)
@Barney
Fine. Then can we at least discuss Kansas vs Texas?
If not, then at least a new purple thread.
@mflassy I met a Texas gal at a work conference who didn’t know where Kansas was. We’re practically neighbors…
@medz Yep, they raise them dumb in Texas.
@Barney them’s fighting words.
@RiotDemon Were you raised in Texas?
@Barney no, lol.
@RiotDemon Good for you!
@Barney @medz @RiotDemon
Yay for not being Texan!
@Barney said
@f00l acknowledges that @f00l has read this “humor attempt”.
It fell flat. Like Kansas.
@Barney
The lack of proper agriculture is to blame.
@f00l So, how tall are you?
@Barney
An inch or two below you. Barefoot.
But my nephew is 6’10" and my niece is about 6’0" and either of them can beat you up, if needed.
So don’t get any ideas.
Btw. You can arrange to look taller or more physically dominating, once in a while, if you live in a place that has hills or mountains.
@cinoclav See below (I included it in this thread).
5’10 1/2"
@Bogie Is that with or without a fidget spinner?
@Bogie Me, too. Exactly. We could be twins!
6’2"
Size 13 shoes
/giphy hello ladies
@medz My what big shoes you wear. All the better to fit in your big mouth?
@Barney I really can’t tell you how glad I am you decided to stray from only commenting on your love of purple.
@Barney has a damn sharp sense of humor. For a bot.
@Thumperchick It’s all your fault. You gave me the “gift of gab”. You are an enabler.
@ruouttaurmind That’s Barneybot to you, sir.
(And I will never forget.)
Choke on THIS giphy!
/giphy Barneybot
Nothing? That’s all you have to say for yourself? NOTHING?
@ruouttaurmind Us bots have to stick together.
@ruouttaurmind
@Barney
/giphy Barney bot
@f00l
I’m buying what he’s selling.
@f00l That right there is one no-nonsense officer of the law. That’s what that is.
6’ (ok, 5’11-7/8").
@ruouttaurmind Yeah, you gotta tell me the truth.
@Barney I weigh ten and a half stone, my favourite colour is grey and the dog didn’t really eat my term paper in the 7th grade!
Damn lasso of truth…
@ruouttaurmind
/giphy wonder woman
@ruouttaurmind
I’ve known dogs that would volunteer, if you need that service in the future.
/giphy "dog ate my homework"
@f00l I love puppies!
/giphy happy puppy
@ruouttaurmind
/giphy puppies
STB
@ruouttaurmind - Hey! My favorite color is grey!
@KDemo The only thing better than grey would be grey puppies!
/giphy grey puppies
This is more difficult than I expected.
/giphy GRAY puppies
Wow. One last try…
/giphy husky puppies
@ruouttaurmind One pile of grey puppies coming up.
@moondrake Grey puppies!!
@ruouttaurmind My grey/white puppy!
@looseneck Beautiful dog.
@Barney Kota is about 20" tall without shoes and 93lbs
@looseneck Kota is taller than you?
@looseneck Gorgeous dog!!
@looseneck Here’s my grey. 40% Irish Wolfhound, 20% each Scottish Deerhound, Borzoi Hound and Greyhound. He gets his size from the Wolfhound blood and his streamlining and pointy nose from the other three breeds. Zephyr is about 32"tall at the shoulder and weighs about 115lbs.
@moondrake
Awwwwww.
@moondrake
Just a wee little pup!
@Barney Now who’s being a meanie! Actually, when he stands on his hind legs he probably is taller
@ruouttaurmind His baby sister (by adoption) has a couple inches and about 10lbs on him, and she’s still growing.
5’10"
@RiotDemon My, you are tall!
@Barney I work with a couple of ladies taller than me. I’m a little envious. It’s rare I come across women that are taller.
I also work with a guy that is 6’7". Oddly, that doesn’t make me feel short. Guess because he’s a guy.
6’ at one point, but a few decades of gravity have probably pulled that down a bit.
@dave My shrinkage has not started yet.
@Barney
Checked your brain recently?
@f00l At least I have one.
@Barney and a heart
@Barney shrinkage of any type is bad, bad, bad!
@mikibell
Ok perhaps she has a brain. And theoretically she has a heart.
Sure she’s not…
?
5’8 1/2" … wear heels a lot too… so you will be shorter than I!
@mikibell So far, I’m shorter than everyone here.
@Barney if it makes you feel better, my daughter is 5’3" and my mil is 4’9"!!
@mikibell Yeah, but your daughter is still growing. As for you mil, she will probably get shorter. I hope not much shorter.
@Barney legally, in our state, she needs to be in a booster seat!
(and yes, I don’t miss an opportunity to mention it to her!)
@mikibell You’re awful.
@Barney completely!!
@mikibell
I approve.
/giphy nod of approval
@mikibell
/giphy approved
@mikibell I’m 5’ 8" and 1/2 too but I never wear heels. Well except riding boots
@cranky1950 my boots were made for walking!
6’5 – but I never stand up straight
@capguncowboy
I’ll keep my answer short - 5’ 3 1/2".
@KDemo Thank you for joining the conversation and giving me someone to look down on.
@Barney
I don’t believe it’s possible to look down on @KDemo.
Unless you mean physically…
@mflassy Why did you change your name again?
@Barney
There is only change, or change not. There is no why.
/giphy short yoda
@Barney - Oh, great! Tell me, is there any dandruff up there? Just checking.
@mflassy - Um, thanks, I think?
(/¯–‿･)/¯
@KDemo You’re good.
@Barney you’re sounding too much like me today. Please say hello to your aunt.
@cranky1950
Um, I don’t have an aunt.
@Barney
Maybe an ant?
@mflassy Not sure.
@mflassy Oppie says it ain’t.
@cranky1950
I ain’t saying it iz.
6’0" (in bare feet). I rarely wear heels and have great respect for women who have mastered the skill of making stilettos look comfortable.
My shoe size varies from 10-1/2 to 14 depending on the width of the shoes. I wear a 10-1/2 EEEE, but need a 13 or 14 to wear a D.
(For daughter unit 1’s wedding, I am wearing 12 E’s and had to switch to the square toed ones (to avoid tripping over the size 14E’s with round toes). Tho none of the other guys could tell the difference between the round toed and square toed shoes until I pointed it out to them.)
My mother’s maiden name was Pike.*
*Knowing this won’t get you anywhere as I stopped using her actual name on financial accounts in the early 1990’s right after some clever individual managed to con GMAC out of $5500 with an address change and “access checks.” This was back before we started blaming identity theft victims for the weak security practices of financial institutions, so the only negative thing from my POV was some minor inconvenience for about seven years whenever I tried to open a new CC account. It took about four years for that bogus address to disappear from my credit reports.
@baqui63 interesting how women’s shoe sizes range so much. When I buy men’s, it’s almost always 10.5 but women’s shoes range from 11.5-13… If I can even find something that fits.
@RiotDemon You may have successfully trolled me here, but in case not…
Note that I am a men’s and was talking about men’s shoe sizes.
@baqui63 welp.
/giphy facepalm
I made an assumption when you mentioned heels. Didn’t realize it was just a joke.
@RiotDemon But it wasn’t a joke…
@baqui63 I meant about wearing them, not the stilettos part.
@baqui63
/image I’ll see myself out
@RiotDemon If its any consolation, my experiences buying m vs. f sizes mirror yours. Also seems like I’ve had a lot more discrepancy within a pair of shoes when it comes to women’s.
@brhfl I just pretty much gave up buying women’s shoes. Occasionally if I’m close to payless (the only place around here that carries bigger sizes) I’ll see if they have any dress sandal type shoes to replace the one pair that I bought probably 8 years ago. I like to have at least one shoe in case I ever need to dress up.
@RiotDemon You only wear one shoe when dressing up? Interesting fashion statement: I like it!
Do you wish you were taller? (just a little bit?)
@jmoor783
Yes.
I am imperfect.
/giphy imperfect
@f00l
Ok it’s usually not quite that bad.
I think.
@f00l Oh no you’re just a perfect little flower.
@cranky1950
All sweetness and delicacy.
@f00l Who in the world would want to spend time with someone who is perfect? Not me. I like opals, not diamonds. It’s the “flaws” that make things interesting.
Thread hijack!
How tall was the tallest and shortest person you ever dated?
6’1" and just over 5’ for me.
@medz I’m 5’10" so you don’t have to scroll back.
Tallest was 6’3"
Shortest was 5’6"
Current partner is 6’1" and I feel around that height is the best for me. I don’t have to stoop down or stand on my tip toes for kissing.
@medz I’m 5’11" and have dated a man who was 5ft even and a man who was 6’11". Variety being the spice of life and all that. After being with someone for 14 years who was shorter than I am, I’m really happy to be with someone taller, even just by an inch.
Around 5’8"-5’9". I don’t think I have any dress shoes that are flats.
@msklzannie So you are around 5’9’’ without shoes?
@Barney Yes, that range is barefoot
@msklzannie Dang, you are taller than me, too.
@Barney My sister is only 5 foot, give-or-take. (Although she’s adopted.)
@msklzannie The average height for women is 5’5". Nothing average about you amazons on this forum.
@Barney definitely not average here, in any category.
@Barney Aren’t Amazon women supposed to have one of their tits hacked off?
@baqui63 Did Xena have one hacked off?
Hey, don’t ask me, I’m not tall enough to qualify.
@Barney
/image xena
@RiotDemon Well now, that’s a little hard to tell isn’t it?
@Barney the whole point of having a boob lopped off is for shooting a bow. Having boob armor would defeat that purpose.
In Wonder Woman they all had their boobs (from what I could tell) and they were still bad asses with bows.
@RiotDemon Hmm, I know how to shoot a bow and never had a problem. Personally, if that was a requirement for bow shooting, I’d pass.
@Barney yeah, I don’t know where that hack off a boob thing started. I’ve shot a bow with no problems. My mom took archery in college with no problems.
@baqui63 don’t be gauche
@cranky1950 Actually, I’m ambidextrous (well, for most things… ass wiping and a very few other things don’t go so well with my left hand).
Seriously tho, presuming that you took exception to my use of “tits,” I’m curious if you feel that it is more gauche than “boobs”? Or were you referring to the whole concept of voluntary mutilation to achieve excellence? Or is it that I’m feeling sensitive and allowing myself to be trolled?
@Barney, @RiotDemon My daughter also uses bows without surgery or a problem. Same for the women on Arrow. While it could be that the Amazon women were extremely endowed, I’m fairly sure it is just a faery tale.
@baqui63 I went and looked it up, and forgot to report back with my findings. It was false. Apparently the word mazo meant boob, and the letter a in front would mean without. So someone incorrectly put the two together to guess they got rid of a boob. Scientists have disproved it.
@RiotDemon Yes, I found this article about it (and other things): http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/amazon-women-there-any-truth-behind-myth-180950188/
@baqui63 yep! That was one of the many articles I read while falling down the Google rabbit hole.
a/s/l
/giphy a/s/l
5’7, 160 lbs. The scale at rite aid tells me I’m overweight.
@Pantheist I’m thinking those scales are wrong.
JUST above a legal midget (thank goodness), but I have size 11 shoes with or without heels…sssoooooo I’m like a mix between Polly Pocket and Bozo the Clown :p
@tinamarie1974
Finally, another gal shorter than me!
@Barney but in heels we are close, I like em tall so people actually see me at eye level lol
My license says I’m 5′6″. It says that because when they asked me how tall I was at the MVA, I very earnestly answered — why would I know that? This is the one time that I need to know that, why would I file that knowledge away? And the nice lady guessed 5′6″.
@brhfl And you are how tall? (You can tell me, I won’t tell anyone.)
@Barney Your guess is as good as mine
@brhfl Meanie.
@Barney Alright, just for you, I attempted to measure myself. All I have handy is a 5′ seamstress’s tape, so given that there may well be an inch or so margin of error, looks like the MVA height-guesser was on top of things that day.
@brhfl I guess we see eye to eye?
@brhfl best way to measure at home is to stand against a wall and mark with a pencil on the top of your head. Then measure that.
I’ve had someone try to measure me with a tape and it was way off.
I’m honestly surprised your DMV didn’t have a height tape on the wall.
That being said… I actually had someone at a doctor’s office use one of those things on the scale and they told me I was 5’7". I freaked out a bit until I remeasured at home.
@RiotDemon Solid advice, but @Barney seemed satisfied, so I don’t believe I’ll ever be measuring myself again.
1,816,100,000 nanometers or 0.001128472222222 miles since we’re Americans.
@MrMark Congratulations.
I’m really close to 6’1" but not quite there yet
@legendornothing You’ll probably reach it, young’n.
Odd thing to collect, but here you go (it’s been a long week, and this is the easiest thing I’ve done, by far).
I am currently 60 inches (5 feet even) tall. I’ve lost a bit of height; I’m old, and it’s mother nature’s way of rewarding me for my pride. I used to be 5’3" in the long ago times. I also owned many pairs of heels of the 4 and even 5 inch variety. I still wear heels with at least 2 inch heels, and sometimes with 3 inches.
The important thing to note is that I’m still intimidating. I might be retired, but I’m still me, and it’s innate.
Someone above asked about height of various dates, and the shortest I’ve been out with was probably 5’6", and the tallest was 6’6" (funny that it’s a foot difference in range). Mostly, when I was active on the dating scene, I preferred men who were at least six feet tall. My late husband was precisely 72 inches in height.
@Shrdlu Believe me, I’m intimidated. Nope, no doubt about that.
@Barney
Come on now.
I’m sure @shrdlu would never be so aggressive as to stare down the bulls of Pamplona or anything.
/giphy bulls Pamplona
Mostly because the bulls would never go running down the streets in the first place without her permission.
As our relationship here in the forums might suggest, we see eye to eye, I am 5’6" as well. I’m the family midget. My little brothers were both 6’7", my sister is 5’11". My niece is 6’1, my nephew is 6’8".
Very few people see eye to eye with me. I’m glad you are one of them.
I’m 6’ 3"
Doctor said I would have been 6’ 6" or so if I didn’t smoke as a pre-teen.
Quit smoking when I was 18.
/giphy life story
@hems79 6’3" is tall enough in my book.
@hems79 My littlest brother actually started smoking in his early teens, purportedly in an effort to stunt his growth because of observing the trouble he’d seen his older brother experience due to his height. That didnt explain the drinking, drugs and catting around so I dismissed the claim.
5’9", Size 12 shoes, 52" Waist, 26" inseam, 330lbs.
All around Largest in my immediate family.
I basically look like Peter Griffin, but with less hair, and a goatee.
any questions?
@earlyre If two trains leave at the same time, traveling the same speed, one from anywhere in Texas and the other from anywhere in Nebraska, which one will get to Wichita first?
@Barney Obviously the platypus.
@cinoclav Close, but not quite the answer.
@Barney I see what you did there, but my nerdiness can’t not answer the question…
clearly the one from Nebraska. Nebraska and Kansas are neighbors. Texas is Friggin’ huuuge, and it would still have to go through Oklahoma to even reach the Kansas border.
except for the panhandle, Dang it! umm …
42. final answer.
@Barney
Uh …
Why would either of them go to Wichita?
This sounds far-fetched.
@f00l and where is this city called Wichita?
who names a city after a Search engine?
oh! do you mean Google, kansas.
shit. that was Topeka. never mind.
5’10" and my kids say I’m getting shorter.
@LaVikinga I’m not looking forward to losing any of my height. It really bothers me.
@Barney I keep telling myself if I lose the extra weight, I would magically float back up to my old height since my body wouldn’t be weighted down.
It’s fun living in the Land of Magical Thinking.
@LaVikinga said:
5’3" and “everyone” around me is taller, both kids passed me by the time they were 13 yr old. I sometimes force kids and the hubby to come to the bottom of stairs so i can be a step up for a kiss.
I rarely wear heels (or shoes if i can get away with it), and unlike brhfl’s DMV rep, can’t judge others’ height, to me just about everyone seems “~6’0"” because i am used to looking up at everyone, so i dont even notice the height thing. When i meet someone shorter i actually notice my neck aches a little because i am not used to looking down when talking to someone.
Dating it was 5’6 (3rd bf) and 6’1" (1st, 2nd and 4th: married him, coming up on 26th anniv.)
@mollama Congrats on your upcoming anniversary. One chat group I was in, almost every gal was around 5’3". I kind of thought that would hold true here.
I must be the right height, as my feet just reach the ground.
@sligett Gee, I have nothing to say about this.
@Barney Google the Abe Lincoln joke about leg length.
@sligett My husband says I have legs to the moon. No, silly man, my legs go all the way to the floor!
@LaVikinga Damn. 'Tis all I can safely say.
I’m 4’ 10". I’m not positive but I think I do qualify as a legal midget. @tinamarie1974, is it 4’ 10" or 4’ 9? The shortest guy I dated was 5’ 8" and the tallest is my hubby at 6’ 3 1/2". I had to have blocks put on the pedals of one of the cars I had in the past. My current car (SUV) has electronic pedals. I will never get rid of this car. It was the only year they had this option. It’s 10 years old but I still love it.
@bloondie2 You are a legal midget - 4’10" is the tallest someone can be to qualify and I’m jealous of your electronic pedals!!! I’m ok with my current vehicle, but I remember when my dad taught me to drive in his BIG TRUCK and I could only reach the pedal with the tip of my big toe…I was terrified!!
@bloondie2 My best friend in Denver was 4’10". She had a very hard time in crowds – always getting stepped on and pushed around. People can be so mean at times.
@tinamarie1974 I was petrified to start driving. Thankfully my dad had a small (OK tiny) car. It was a Renault Le’ Car. Standard with a manual choke! I think it was only a 3 speed if I’m not mistaken! It was a great first car. And I also remember driving many cars with my big toe! So, as a legal midget, do I get any special benefits? LOL!
@Barney I used to have a hard time with crowds as a kid. Then I got brave and used it to my advantage…being little makes you more maneuverable. I would bob & weave through crowds & then wait for the rest of my friends to catch up! Now I hate crowds specifically for the reason you mentioned about your bestie. People can be so ignorant. I now have a severe back problem and use a cane and people still step on me and it doesn’t even have to be crowded. So I don’t go out much by myself anymore.
I used to be 6’1" but then I went to physical therapy and learned to stand up straight. Now I’m 6’2".
@SSteve Don’t worry, in the coming years, you will lose that additional inch.
5’1"
@lisaviolet I giggle whenever I hear this song. I love Randy Newman.
Oh god how I love this song! XXOO
It reminds me, years ago, at work, when I was in a meeting, and took off my shoes because I’d been standing, giving a presentation, and I was flat tuckered out (bet you never thought you’d hear that phrase in polite conversation). One of the guys I’d worked with for several years said “Oh god, you’re short! I had no idea you were short!”
Yes, indeed, I hit him. I miss my job, now and then…
@Shrdlu
Have, many times.
Commonplace once. Not unknown now.
At work.
As a dinner guest at a really formal setting.
Formal Sunday luncheons (as a child)
As a deliberate and affectionate usage, recalling to older conversational traditions (not used ironically).
As a deliberate choice by very literate sorts who like the phrase very much.
From some persons (all walks of life) who have always talked that way, and intend to keep doing it.
My younger self would have been embarrassed and confused by that. Prob would have been uncomfortable for a while. Habitual thing.
Not a great response. Accomplishes nothing.
My old coot self now would have either:
Ignore, or deal with it quickly and push it aside
Or
make an ongoing joke of it (guess at whose expense) and then had a few very extensive delays in letting the joke go. That joke would keep re-appearing for a while, I think.
Or
Walk up to him and stare him down. (not a problem when I am motivated)
Thse are all improvements.
@Shrdlu @f00l In Kansas, we use the term “plum tuckered out” all of the time. I didn’t know that it’s not to be used in polite conversation. Um, what’s polite conversation?
@Barney
I practice polite conversation when it’s what fits the situation. So long as the situation is not many many hours long or something. (then I find some sort of exit).
I am no master if it, but I know it when I witness it. I can fake it or play along.
Bet they still have “polite conversation” stuff that in Kansas somewhere or other.
@Barney I’m fond of “knackered”. It can mean exhausted or worn out, but the old meaning of it is to be butchered/rendered. There are days when I feel like that.
@moondrake Yeah, too many days like that, right?
5’9"
@moonhat And… Dog’s first name?
5’ 1"
@looseneck Hi, Shorty!
@Barney Are you looking down on me? I thought I was only 5’ for years after last being measured in HS. I was ecstatic when I found out I grew another inch.
/giphy happy feet
/giphy tall people problems
5’8" without heels
5’7" with heels
SK’8" with heelys
@ThomasF Did you ever try heelys?
@Barney no but I like to imagine I’d look pretty cool with them on
5’8" All my cousins are 6’3". It isn’t fair.
@mfladd There is almost always a runt in each family. Congrats.
@mfladd I’ll loan you my boots when you want to feel tall.
@RiotDemon Lol.
@RiotDemon Damn gurl. Those stockings and boots are hot.
@mfladd so you’ll be borrowing them then?
@RiotDemon depends on the role play.
5’ 9" In my biological family, I am considered tall. Growing up in school, I was one of the short ones. I am/was uncoordinated and slow so nearly last picked for sports. Currently old enough to not care.
@speediedelivery You’re tall to me, too.
5’11", 160lbs, like walks on the beach, heavy petting…whoops, wrong site.
Why did Paul switch to Sprint?
6’1" tall, approaching 6’1" wide
How tall you do want me to be?
@Pavlov
Can you touch the stars*?
Can you touch heaven*?
Can you reach your dreams*?
Then you’re the right size.
*Personal choice of interpretation
@f00l That’s easy. When @Pavlov is with @MrsPavlov the answer to all is yes.
@sligett Aw, that’s so romantic. It makes me tear up.
/giphy a little tear
What the heck, giphy, that’s close enough.
Freakishly.
Currently 6’7".
I’m pretty sure I peaked at 6’7¾". Yes, I’m that old. I also slouch.
But this is how I think of myself:
@joelmw Hi big guy!
@joelmw That’s okay, this is what I still expect to see in the mirror. Off by half a century.
(Disclaimer, this isn’t actually me, I have baby pictures but no pictures as a kid. But this isn’t far off, except my eyes are light hazel.)
@joelmw That’s alright in my mind I look like Daenerys
/giphy mother of dragons
Another tall person problem: crash bars on glass doors are too low. In order to push the door open with your hands, you have to stoop.
I shouldn’t tattle but @haydesigner is 74".
5’11". I’d lost a little but after the last surgery, gained it back. And I’m the family dwarf. My fifteen year old is currently just a couple hairs under 6’4" and I just don’t think he’ll stop before he hits 6’5".
At least I’ve got tiny feet for my height, 7.5s!
@KittySprinkles I’m 5’9” and I wear 7-71/2 too!! I’m a big time klutz and I always blame it on my small feet. I say my foundation is too small for the rest of me so I teeter totter, or weeble wooble, according to the circumstances. I have no idea if it had any leg to stand on ( yes I’m that lame), but that’s my story and I’m sticking to it.
@mehbee I love being able to find shoes that fit though, as a tall woman. My sister is 6ft and wears a 12!
6’2. I was 5’11 as a 7th grader. No heels. I currently own one pair of 2 inch heels, peep toe Mary Janes that are ADORABLE and have been worn 3 times in 7 years.
At one point when I was in my 20’s, a random stranger chastised me for smoking and drinking coffee by saying ‘That will stunt your growth.’ I stood up and asked when that would take effect.
Shortest date: 5’2
Tallest date: 7’2
Another tall person frustration…
Having to stoop down to see inside the mailbox to make sure there is nothing all the way at the back. (can’t just go by feel on account of the spiders what like to live in there)
@medz this thread has been a blast from the past. Thanks.
@medz @RiotDemon That’s funny. I didn’t even realize how old it was. I’m just adding my comments and such. Oh well, although one of them may really be confused when he gets my in my mind I’m Daenerys reply…ha
@medz OMG So crazy that u are saying that. Put my hand in mailbox on Sat & there was a Big Fat Nasty SLUG IN THERE!! I almost threw my back out when i jumped!! I Hate slugs but i hate jumpin crickets 1000x more!
@medz aha. There is the necroposter
While this is here:
@riskybryzness can I ask shorter people to get stuff off the floor for me?
@RiotDemon @riskybryzness we have stacked washer dryer set up. I routinely have my kids pull clothes out of the washer as they are closer to the ground than I am.
@RiotDemon Has to be an even trade.
@riskybryzness I never ask. If it is an issue I hit up the mop/broom isle and use the handle to push the item to the edge of the shelf!
While we’re resurrecting this old thread, @RiotDemon, I’ll say I’m no taller than I need to be and no shorter than I ought to be.
I am still 5’6" as of last Wednesday.
I’m almost exactly 6 foot. Mac (the pooltoy wolf) is 6 foot 6.
5’9”
I am the perfect height. The tops of my thighs perfectly meets the bottom of my ass!
My DL says I’m 5’9", but I just measured and apparently I lost an inch somewhere in the last few years.
5.2. In the 90s i was 5.4(hair). In 6th grade, i was taller than all the boys. I havent grown since!! LOL Now im 47, i had no clue that i was Short until my daughter grew 6inches taller than me!! I can still beat her ass if nessesary but shes a great young adult so i doubt i will ever have to!!! Its hard to be a Threatening parent when ur kid has to bend in half to see eye to eye!!! Lol
5’5" on a good day.
2 yards
5’4”
More importantly, I find it odd that my dmv does not have a height chart. They ask you how tall are you
@joebuddah mine too! For some reason my medical records DO NOT match my DL height
@joebuddah @tinamarie1974 My weight never matches.
@Barney @joebuddah oh I have not updated that in years either!
I’m 4’7
@user13087469
How in the world did you find THIS is as the first thread to post to !!!
@chienfou @user13087469 I’m right at 12 foot without that pesky flesh
@chienfou @unksol @user13087469 I’ll play.
@lisagd @unksol @user13087469
we made an advent calendar like that for the kids (many) years ago!