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To: b_sharp

It's OK. I've got you covered.

My oldest daughter is 6'1". My son is 6'7". My youngest daughter is 5'9" and still growing.

My cat is still very tiny but she's 11 years old and has plenty of attitude.


388 posted on 01/11/2006 9:24:01 AM PST by <1/1,000,000th%
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To: <1/1,000,000th%
"My oldest daughter is 6'1". My son is 6'7". My youngest daughter is 5'9" and still growing.

Lordy, what the heck you feeding them kids?

"My cat is still very tiny but she's 11 years old and has plenty of attitude.

My 10 year old cat is the size of a large kitten and so full of *attitude* we had to have *all* her claws removed. I was getting tired of being scratched and bitten, now I just get bitten.

392 posted on 01/11/2006 10:52:53 AM PST by b_sharp (Science adjusts theories to fit evidence, creationism distorts evidence to fit the Bible.)
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To: <1/1,000,000th%; b_sharp

Getting a kick out of you discussing the height of your children...my brother was 6'8", all my uncles and male cousins were well over 6 ft...my dad was the shortie, at 5'10"...at family gatherings he said he felt like a midget...my mom was 5'9" or so, still tall for a female of her age...I am the shortie female, at 5'7"...

My older boy, was almost 6 ft tall at his death, when he just turned 15...my younger boy is 6'5"...

When my younger son took a year long trip around the world, he was backpacking and hiking and hitchiking, and that left very little room for him to carry along a lot of excess clothing...when he did need to replace some clothing that either became damaged, or was stolen, he had a terrible time trying to buy new clothing in countries, whose men averaged well below even the USA standard of average height...

In a lot of the countries where he stayed for any length of time, the locals always gave him a name in their language, which roughly translated always meant the same thing, something like 'Huge American Giant'...the food vendors at various food stalls always greeted him with a big grin, as seeing how big he was, they knew he would order lots and lots of food, putting lots and lots of money into their pockets..

However, being extremely tall, while most of the time was a pain in the butt on that trip, it did serve him well, when he accidentally wound up in a little cafe in Turkey, most likely run by the Turkish 'mob'....found himself in a situation where a couple of goons tried to rush him to force him to pay an outlandish bill, but being as he was so big, and they so small, that they hesitated before rushing him, and he was luckily able to knock them down in one rush, and beat feet up the stairs, and into the safety of the streets...

Sometimes being extra big and tall is a pain, sometimes its an advantage...


404 posted on 01/11/2006 1:07:36 PM PST by andysandmikesmom
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