[Paved Paradise]

I find this very interesting. I have never seen old TALL people. My father told me that tall people die younger and I have read a lot of medical info that supports that as well.

My husband’s family are all very, very short statured. Nice, short Italians. Longevity runs in the family on both of his sides too. His father’s father lived to be 100 and his mother’s father died in his 90s. The only relative who died before the late 80s was my mother-in-law’s mother who died in her twenties (back in 1928).

I guess I just don’t believe this one article.

[Deb]

You're not really supposed to take articles like this seriously. This is where you're supposed to post rabbits with pancakes on their heads and kittens nursing lion cubs. But I know many, many old tall guys and I much prefer them to old short men because (wait for it...wait for it) they've seen more! Get it?

In reference to your dog observation, large dogs have shorter lives because they do all the work and technically small dogs are, in fact, rats and therefore disqualified.

You're welcome.

[TNdandelion]

My great grandfather was 5'2 (about where I stand) and he lived to be 99.5 yrs old. We don't really have many tall people in our family although my 12yr old is already taller than me!!

I don't think it's so bad being a short female. But I'd think it would be tougher being a short male.