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Short People Problems

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    #32
    KKkitty
    Registered Users Posts: 7,534 ✭✭✭KKkitty


    I'm vertically challenged too Candie and hate having to get chairs to get to the top presses and other high areas in my house.


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    #33
    Smidge
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,541 ✭✭✭Smidge


    KKkitty wrote: »
    I'm vertically challenged too Candie and hate having to get chairs to get to the top presses and other high areas in my house.

    There's vertically challenged and then theres Candie at 4'11.
    That's borderline for Disability Payment :P


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    #34
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 26,052 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Smidge wrote: »
    Ah I see, the dust got wet and crusty :D
    No other option than step ladder(avoid the Russian :P). Then before a shower a quick run over the dry lint will keep the beasty under control :)

    *unless you want to use the Russian ;)

    I think it's stepladder time. At least it's not hammer time. :)
    KKkitty wrote: »
    I'm vertically challenged too Candie and hate having to get chairs to get to the top presses and other high areas in my house.

    They don't understand our pain KKk, Everyday brings a new, higher, challenge.

    On the plus side, I'm perfectly comfortable on 'plane seats and I can sleep in almost any armchair. And people think I'm cute and harmless, even though I'm actually a prolific serial killer. :pac:


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    #35
    [Deleted User]
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    Smidge wrote: »
    There's vertically challenged and then theres Candie at 4'11.
    That's borderline for Disability Payment :P

    :eek:

    What have I EVER done to you? It's not like I've ever called you Schnozz. Not even once! :pac:


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    #36
    Smidge
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,541 ✭✭✭Smidge


    Candie wrote: »
    I think it's stepladder time. At least it's not hammer time. :)

    Probably wise :D


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    #37
    eternal
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 8,867 ✭✭✭eternal


    Fat Christy wrote: »
    I'm double your weight and then some......

    Most people are double her weight. She'll fly away one of these days.


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    #38
    Smidge
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,541 ✭✭✭Smidge


    Candie wrote: »
    :eek:

    What have I EVER done to you? It's not like I've ever called you Schnozz. Not even once! :pac:

    Unfriends :/

    Actually, you have :(:D

    I lord it over you from my lofty heights at 5'5 :cool:


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    #39
    The Princess Bride
    Registered Users Posts: 18,582 ✭✭✭✭The Princess Bride


    I can't reach into the back of the supermarket fridge to get the milk,plus, there's nothing to stand on- and I'm 5ft5- very frustrating!


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    #40
    [Deleted User]
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    Smidge wrote: »
    Unfriends :/

    Actually, you have :(:D

    I lord it over you from my lofty heights at 5'5 :cool:

    Sorry Stretch. :)






    I didn't, you did though!


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    #41
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    The Princess Bride wrote: »
    I can't reach into the back of the supermarket fridge to get the milk,plus, there's nothing to stand on- and I'm 5ft5- very frustrating!

    5ft 5?

    I'm trying to summon up some sympathy, but it's not easy!


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    #42
    bodice ripper
    Registered Users Posts: 4,681 ✭✭✭bodice ripper


    Candie wrote: »
    My god, have I found someone smaller than I am? I'm 4ft 11in, but I don't think I've ever had dangly feet on a loo!

    My feet touch the floor if I point my toes, sure. I am 5ft 2, my legs must be extra stumpy.

    I look forward to moving home and feeling like I grew a few inches.


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    #43
    Fat Christy
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    Candie wrote: »
    5ft 5?

    I'm trying to summon up some sympathy, but it's not easy!

    Not small for a female!!! Not small at all!!


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    #44
    Smidge
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,541 ✭✭✭Smidge


    Candie wrote: »
    Sorry Stretch. :)






    I didn't, you did though!

    Well, I now accept your offer for the trip to Madrid.
    Pay up and look fresh :p

    I have no problem asking more blessed folk in the height dept to reach things for me. They are usually to afraid to refuse the poor deformed individual making the request :eek:


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    #45
    bodice ripper
    Registered Users Posts: 4,681 ✭✭✭bodice ripper


    Smidge wrote: »
    Well, I now accept your offer for the trip to Madrid.
    Pay up and look fresh :p

    I have no problem asking more blessed folk in the height dept to reach things for me. They are usually to afraid to refuse the poor deformed individual making the request :eek:

    You've gotta hand it to short people...


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    #46
    Fat Christy
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    eternal wrote: »
    Most people are double her weight. She'll fly away one of these days.

    No, I'm genuinely heavy. My BMI is 28 or something.....between overweight and obese. :pac:


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    #47
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    Smidge wrote: »
    Well, I now accept your offer for the trip to Madrid.
    Pay up and look fresh :p

    I have no problem asking more blessed folk in the height dept to reach things for me. They are usually to afraid to refuse the poor deformed individual making the request :eek:

    Do you really need help getting things of shelves at 5ft 5? I honestly thought once you were over about 5ft 3 you'd be ok reaching things in everyday life.


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    #48
    Badly Drunk Boy
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    Candie wrote: »
    Would the tall people not do that? I could coast along underneath, pretending to take some of the weight on my head.
    I've carried a coffin twice in my life and was worried I was going to cause it to fall because I was 5 or 6 inches taller than the next tallest. I had to compensate by lowering the coffin a bit below my shoulder causing it to feel heavier, and also risking the same outcome.

    In the first job where I had one of those calendars with a daily saying, on my birthday it said "Stoop as you go through life and you will avoid many hard knocks". I have often hit my head off doorways (when not paying proper attention.).


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    #49
    Smidge
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    Fat Christy wrote: »
    Not small for a female!!! Not small at all!!

    Alright, Dr Seuss :D


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    #50
    Fat Christy
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    Smidge wrote: »
    Alright, Dr Seuss :D

    I consider myself tall at 5'9. I'm female. 5'5, g'way and sh*te, you're not small. Not for a girl anyway.


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    #51
    KKkitty
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    Most of the time if something I want or need is up too high I forget about it. Not great with high heels either.


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    #52
    Smidge
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    Fat Christy wrote: »
    I consider myself tall at 5'9. I'm female. 5'5, g'way and sh*te, you're not small. Not for a girl anyway.

    I was referring to your rhyming skills and not you grabbing all of the inches skills :p


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    #53
    Smidge
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    Candie wrote: »
    Do you really need help getting things of shelves at 5ft 5? I honestly thought once you were over about 5ft 3 you'd be ok reaching things in everyday life.

    Some shops are worse for it than others. Dunnes shelves are not too bad.
    Tesco?
    Feck off top shelves :mad:


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    #54
    bodice ripper
    Registered Users Posts: 4,681 ✭✭✭bodice ripper


    I think 5" 5' is average for Irish women, isn't it?

    I didn't think of myself as really short til I got here, tbh. I suppose I seem shorter because I spend most of my time around men. I work with one chap who is 6"7'. When we go outside for a smoke, people take pictures :(


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    #55
    Fat Christy
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    Smidge wrote: »
    I was referring to your rhyming skills and not you grabbing all of the inches skills :p

    I'm a poet and I didn't even know it!! :pac:


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    #56
    eternal
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 8,867 ✭✭✭eternal


    Fat Christy wrote: »
    No, I'm genuinely heavy. My BMI is 28 or something.....between overweight and obese. :pac:

    I'm a size 16 but sure it's all boobs I tell myself and no ass.


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    #57
    [Deleted User]
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    KKkitty wrote: »
    Most of the time if something I want or need is up too high I forget about it. Not great with high heels either.

    No, I don't do the high heels too often either. I surf the lower shelves, the high ones might as well be on the surface of the moon as far as I'm concerned.


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    #58
    The Princess Bride
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    Candie wrote: »
    5ft 5?

    I'm trying to summon up some sympathy, but it's not easy!
    am not looking for sympathy, am looking for a fooking smaller fridge!


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    #59
    [Deleted User]
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    Fat Christy wrote: »
    No, I'm genuinely heavy. My BMI is 28 or something.....between overweight and obese. :pac:

    You're a looker all the same though.


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    #60
    Fat Christy
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    eternal wrote: »
    I'm a size 16 but sure it's all boobs I tell myself and no ass.

    I'm a size 12.

    I have ass.....a lot of ass. I have enough boobs and loads a bellay. :D


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    #61
    KKkitty
    Registered Users Posts: 7,534 ✭✭✭KKkitty


    Candie wrote: »
    No, I don't do the high heels too often either. I surf the lower shelves, the high ones might as well be on the surface of the moon as far as I'm concerned.

    Why must life taunt us this way :(


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