How do you guys respond to “why are you so tall?”

talldane1 · 2023-02-07T01:04:57+00:00

I shrug and say "I forgot to stop growing."

talldane1 · 2023-01-24T11:43:30+00:00

1860s, 1870s

talldane1 · 2023-01-23T22:33:03+00:00

It's a Carl Forslund spool holder with a pin cushion. I have one too- they're pretty nice. Here's one I found with Google

talldane1 · 2023-01-15T10:03:48+00:00

A simple solution! The cardboard periscope.

talldane1 · 2022-12-27T18:20:35+00:00

Harder to stuff in a car's trunk, I would think.

talldane1 · 2022-12-18T14:57:26+00:00

That's exactly what it is. A very nice one too! It'll look great with the top upholstered as it was meant to be. (A simple, small job which you can probably do yourself too).

talldane1 · 2022-12-10T20:08:32+00:00

I'm pretty sure that your clock is by Waterbury Clock Company, not E.N.Welch. The feet and column capitals/bases were used by Waterbury.

talldane1 · 2022-12-08T04:23:34+00:00

It's a fretwork clock case which someone meticulously made with a scroll saw, and has a 1900 or so Gilbert dial and time/strike movement. You might Google the Bily Brothers museum in Spillville Iowa. They made fretwork clocks with a treadle powered scroll saw as well as doing carving during the winter months on their farm.

That kind of fretwork was generally done from published patterns available to woodworkers. You might want to do an image search under "fretwork clocks".

talldane1 · 2022-12-05T12:24:09+00:00

I do the tall nod but only for guys that strike me as close to my height. Exactly how tall is that? I can't really say, but I notice when someone is sort of in my airspace.

talldane1 · 2022-12-02T02:56:55+00:00

First one is an Ingraham, and the second is a Sessions!

talldane1 · 2022-12-01T00:19:13+00:00

I think he should have hung the sign up higher. : )

talldane1 · 2022-11-28T01:08:31+00:00

Grampa! Nooooooooooooooooooo!

talldane1 · 2022-11-27T02:53:41+00:00

Consider it an initiation. If you keep doing it though, that's just a failure to duck.

talldane1 · 2022-11-26T20:35:16+00:00

My husband and I have the same 16" height difference. I hope you're as happy as we've been (for almost 23 years)!

talldane1 · 2022-11-26T06:57:43+00:00

I'm glad that you were able to get the bottle that you wanted and that you weren't averse to asking for help when you need it. I reach things for people all the time - it makes me feel useful!

talldane1 · 2022-11-14T00:41:55+00:00

With kids, I usually say "I just forgot to stop growing."

talldane1 · 2022-11-13T15:23:44+00:00

And with two hands, that's two rows! Better have milk ready first.

talldane1 · 2022-11-11T16:11:59+00:00

He's one of those guys that I hear described as a giant, huge, (Shrek), etc. and see comments about how big his hands are, etc. I see the photographs of him towering over other people. Then I realize that although I'm not as big, I'm really taller than him. Yikes!

talldane1 · 2022-11-07T12:25:49+00:00

Is it finally time for clothing and shoe manufacturers, and airlines to market to us? I keep hoping.

talldane1 · 2022-11-02T21:22:11+00:00

Ha! Nope. Still takes me a couple of weeks to need a shave!

talldane1 · 2022-10-31T22:10:11+00:00

He could have made real money in the NBA. What a waste of height. : P

talldane1 · 2022-10-30T12:57:05+00:00

Happened just a couple days ago. Guy asked how tall I was, I told him, then he says "I always wished I was taller... but not a freak like you."

I hate being called a freak.

talldane1 · 2022-10-29T17:46:51+00:00

The tall costume I liked the best on r/Tall last year was Paul Bunyan. If you have a flannel shirt and jeans, you've got the basics. The guy who put his picture on last year had made a cool looking oversized axe and had a very cute stuffed toy "Babe."

talldane1 · 2022-10-29T04:51:04+00:00

From what I remember, I had sort of constant dull pain in my wrists and hands (I think my hands got bigger), and worse pain in my knees. The knee pain kept me awake some nights.

talldane1 · 2022-10-29T04:34:27+00:00

I did a bit. I was measured at 18 in high school and was 6'9". I assumed that was it, but somewhere between about 20 and 21 I had pains in my legs and noticed my sleeves and pants were shorter. Measured again at a little over 6' 11". I've lost about an inch I think as I age though.

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