24-07-2020, 03:21 PM
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I am 5ft 1 and 3/4 ins. That 3/4 inch was very important as I longed to continue growing. I wanted to join the police but, in those days, there was a height requirement of 5ft 4 ins.At 15 years old I did go along to the doctor to enquire if there was anything I could take to encourage growth.
Alas, he couldn't recommend anything and suggested, jokingly, that if I wanted a job with a uniform then I could join the buses as a conductress! Probably in this day and age I could have taken him to a tribunal.
24-07-2020, 03:46 PM
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Originally Posted by tedc
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standing up i'm 6 foot 2 (don't know in meters).Lying down, i'm 13 inches (waistline!)
standing on my head i'm 2 foot 6.
24-07-2020, 04:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Mups
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I am the opposite to you, Marciniak - I am only small.My ex-husband was almost 6'2" and I looked like his kid rather than his wife. I seemed to be talking to his belly button most of the time.
I remember when I was in my early teens and all self-conscious, I wouldn't even be seen out in the garden without high heels on!
I used to complain bitterly to my Mum and she used to tell me gentlemen liked petite women, bless her.
How tall are you?
I am only 4'10 & half. I dread to think what will happen if I shrink with age.
I am the same and still shrinking after surgery
It is true that many tall men love petite women and my husband was 6 ft but also shrunk with age.
All my children and grandchildren all quite tall, some 6ft and the girls from 5 5 to 5.8
If I say "I'm the smallest in the family" They reply
"Yes,but you are the prettiest".
Once when a man came to the front door wanting to see my husband ,he asked me "Is your father in"
Husband was not amused!!
24-07-2020, 05:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Mups
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I am the opposite to you, Marciniak - I am only small.My ex-husband was almost 6'2" and I looked like his kid rather than his wife. I seemed to be talking to his belly button most of the time.
I remember when I was in my early teens and all self-conscious, I wouldn't even be seen out in the garden without high heels on!
I used to complain bitterly to my Mum and she used to tell me gentlemen liked petite women, bless her.
How tall are you?
I am only 4'10 & half. I dread to think what will happen if I shrink with age.
Yes dancing a smooch just never felt right.
Strange how we worry and wished to be like someone else then, mind that was very sweet of your mam.
24-07-2020, 05:34 PM
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Originally Posted by marciniak
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I am 6' 2'' and weigh in at at around 19 stone.. mind muscle is heavier than fat...Mrs M 5' and around 9 stone.Yes dancing a smooch just never felt right.
Strange how we worry and wished to be like someone else then, mind that was very sweet of your mam.
no—muscle is not heavier than fat. If you weigh two trays, one tray with one pound of muscle and one tray with a pound of fat, the scale will be perfectly aligned. One pound of muscle is equal to one pound of fat. But one pound of muscle takes up less space than a kilogram of fat because of a difference in density.
24-07-2020, 05:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Vlad
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no—muscle is not heavier than fat. If you weigh two trays, one tray with one pound of muscle and one tray with a pound of fat, the scale will be perfectly aligned. One pound of muscle is equal to one pound of fat. But one pound of muscle takes up less space than a kilogram of fat because of a difference in density.
Of course it is
.... like a ton of feathers and a ton of bricks... which is heavier
I had to think then, will have to stop saying that now
I knew I should have said I got heavy bones
24-07-2020, 06:22 PM
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Originally Posted by marciniak
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Of course it is .... like a ton of feathers and a ton of bricks... which is heavierI had to think then, will have to stop saying that now
I knew I should have said I got heavy bones
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