Tall, Short, Average?

glatt · 11-28-2010, 06:27 AM

I'm fairly tall. 6'2". It's good to be tall in most everyday situations. But it's horrible in a few limited situations.

When we first bought our house, there were about half a dozen locations where I would hit my head. I learned where they are and am careful now. Average sized people think flying in coach sucks. They have no idea. Riding the metro, I have to duck under the hand hold bars so I don't bonk my head. Cars are smaller for me. I need to push my driver's seat all the way back, and it makes it hard for the kid sitting behind me. Any kind of amusement park ride that has the bar that comes down over your shoulders and holds you in will press against my shoulders and make by spine bend a little. Then doing the ride all bent over sideways puts painful forces on my spine. So I won't do those rides.

View Poll Results: How tall are you and how do you feel about it?
Super-tall (over 6" above average), love it	3	9.38%
Super-tall (over 6" above average), woul like to be shorter	0	0%
Tall, love it	8	25.00%
Tall, would like to be shorter	0	0%
Average, love it	8	25.00%
Average, would like to be taller	5	15.63%
Average, would like tobe shorter	0	0%
Short, love it	2	6.25%
Short, would like to be taller	5	15.63%
Super-short (more than 6" below average), love it	0	0%
Super-short (more than 6" below average), would like to be taller	1	3.13%
Voters: 32. You may not vote on this poll

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11-28-2010, 06:27 AM	#10
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I'm fairly tall. 6'2". It's good to be tall in most everyday situations. But it's horrible in a few limited situations. When we first bought our house, there were about half a dozen locations where I would hit my head. I learned where they are and am careful now. Average sized people think flying in coach sucks. They have no idea. Riding the metro, I have to duck under the hand hold bars so I don't bonk my head. Cars are smaller for me. I need to push my driver's seat all the way back, and it makes it hard for the kid sitting behind me. Any kind of amusement park ride that has the bar that comes down over your shoulders and holds you in will press against my shoulders and make by spine bend a little. Then doing the ride all bent over sideways puts painful forces on my spine. So I won't do those rides.

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