tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306964.post5962904657786785668..comments2023-12-16T22:38:40.273-08:00Comments on .: A view from the outsidemenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18065283682414369608noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306964.post-65391295446503292542007-03-19T19:28:00.000-07:002007-03-19T19:28:00.000-07:00Yeah, those Roots shoes are now known to have been...Yeah, those Roots shoes are now known to have been really bad for your calves and back! Now my husband's a chiropractor! HA! Waking uphill ripped my calves!Mother of Inventionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03797365678860039018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306964.post-53451130023589030112007-03-18T18:44:00.000-07:002007-03-18T18:44:00.000-07:00The only people I've ever been intimidated by are ...The only people I've ever been intimidated by are tall. And that is not coincidental.Mignonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07716330276288396317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306964.post-87751660169068316222007-03-18T12:33:00.000-07:002007-03-18T12:33:00.000-07:00qt, i like being tall too. Maybe a few inches sho...qt, i like being tall too. Maybe a few inches shorter would have been easier, but what the hell. I'm glad you are scary too.<BR/><BR/>gr, he says that i am an EXCELLENT source of food and belly rubs and some really good Columbian catnip, man!<BR/><BR/>bo, WTF? is right. <BR/><BR/>patches, and you are really handsome. I will bravely remain silent on the rest of the characteristics.menohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18065283682414369608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306964.post-3944379592572676072007-03-18T09:39:00.000-07:002007-03-18T09:39:00.000-07:00meno, I don't think of myself as dumb.... I think ...meno, I don't think of myself as dumb.... I think I'm manipulative, calculating, and lazy...wait a minute, that doesn't sound any better does it? Hmmm, I think I prefer being developmentally delayed, and extraordinarily handsome ; )jadedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12326141253899975708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306964.post-84675668084783067472007-03-18T08:45:00.000-07:002007-03-18T08:45:00.000-07:00I've been told that sometimes I scare people becau...I've been told that sometimes I scare people because I look so vulnerable. WTF?<BR/>It's definitely not a bad thing to look tall and smart at work!Bobealia...https://www.blogger.com/profile/15713026993668872520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306964.post-78988156383412146562007-03-18T06:49:00.000-07:002007-03-18T06:49:00.000-07:00yes, but what does the cat say about you? they se...yes, but what does the cat say about you? they see us most clearlygary rithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18228113061045717115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306964.post-8224020129646433802007-03-17T23:44:00.000-07:002007-03-17T23:44:00.000-07:00Oooh, I love that you are tall! I am a short 5' 3"...Oooh, I love that you are tall! I am a short 5' 3", but people always tell me they were scared of me when they first meet me. I am usually scratching my head trying to remember the first time I met them - I am terrible.QThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15544956727530046973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306964.post-48831333300335205012007-03-17T20:05:00.000-07:002007-03-17T20:05:00.000-07:00caro, it's one of the things that keeps me in shap...caro, it's one of the things that keeps me in shape too. I love the cat story works. Maybe they aren't as dumb as we think......Naw!<BR/><BR/>liv, well, most people, well except anyone who read it on the internet, don't know that story.menohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18065283682414369608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306964.post-13103007385731962292007-03-17T19:09:00.000-07:002007-03-17T19:09:00.000-07:00Somehow I don't imagine you as very scary. Althou...Somehow I don't imagine you as very scary. Although I can see how a woman who can give her daughter the vibrator talk would be a threat to other mom-types. Keep walking fast.Livhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09154719979114564561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306964.post-30769806282767937972007-03-17T18:40:00.000-07:002007-03-17T18:40:00.000-07:00Oh! And btw, I used your cat whispering technique ...Oh! And btw, I used your cat whispering technique with my very own girlcat Spicy. The day we left I very gently spoke into her ear that she was to stay inside during our two week vacation, that somebody was going to feed her etc... From the amount of cat hair I had to vaccum off the basement carpeting, I'd say she got the message! Temperatures dropped to record lows while we were away, thank god she stayed inside...carohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12199592207890486295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306964.post-24522666405299758002007-03-17T18:00:00.000-07:002007-03-17T18:00:00.000-07:00I walk like a madwoman. It keeps me in shape. When...I walk like a madwoman. It keeps me in shape. When I am by the ocean though ,I like to slow down the pace. Funny how some people interpret who we are by what they see...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306964.post-26581019673362896772007-03-17T17:28:00.000-07:002007-03-17T17:28:00.000-07:00sari, i like it too. Patches made it for me. Pre...sari, i like it too. Patches made it for me. Pretty clever for a cat.<BR/><BR/>rhea, BOO!<BR/><BR/>dick, ain't it great? The Mister thinks that his work wouldn't survive without him either. (psstt, it would.)<BR/><BR/>ttq, i wonder what opportunities we pass up because of fear. Too bad.menohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18065283682414369608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306964.post-90144558194366889852007-03-17T15:29:00.000-07:002007-03-17T15:29:00.000-07:00I'm short..my inseam is probably 26".. I walk fast...I'm short..my inseam is probably 26".. I walk fast on the treadmill, more like a hamster on a wheel...<BR/><BR/>After I graduated I ran into a girl a few years later who said she always wanted to be my friend all the girls were intimitaded by me, whaen actually I suffer from social anxiety.. I wasn't too stuck up to talk them...wish I had gotten over that, in fact I still need too..TTQhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09888187290526881563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306964.post-85306049403758253812007-03-17T15:08:00.000-07:002007-03-17T15:08:00.000-07:00Now that I am retired I can walk as fast as I want...Now that I am retired I can walk as fast as I want to. Or not. That is neat. I've been away from "The Job" a little over three years and I hardly recognize anyone there anymore. I guess they survived even without me, although I always thought that I was irreplaceable. Ha-ha.Dickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12381970360203140143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306964.post-28443646200029552722007-03-17T14:05:00.000-07:002007-03-17T14:05:00.000-07:00I've never even met you and you scare me.I've never even met you and you scare me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306964.post-34222953367085118992007-03-17T12:07:00.000-07:002007-03-17T12:07:00.000-07:00I love your new cat whisperer extraordinaire butto...I love your new cat whisperer extraordinaire button over there on the right.<BR/><BR/>It has nothing to do with your post, but it's so cute!sarihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16144333694009700155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306964.post-65369941638790221682007-03-17T09:20:00.000-07:002007-03-17T09:20:00.000-07:00holly, i am still waiting to shrink. C'mom, c'mon...holly, i am still waiting to shrink. C'mom, c'mon!<BR/><BR/>de, weird huh? Guess it is attitude. Don't hit me. :)<BR/><BR/>ortizzle, So that's why you keep in line! Fear of criticism. HA! :) I too have met people whom i thought were one way and I WAS WRONG! I like that.<BR/><BR/>joan of arf, a scary triple threat!! That's me.<BR/><BR/>lee, Sounds like you've got attitude girl! That scares some people.<BR/><BR/>MOI, i was always the tallest girl in the class until high school. Thank heavens for Jan S! :) I'm all legs too. My brother, who is 6'7", has the same inseam as i do, 36". I remember those Roots shoes. I even had a pair.<BR/><BR/>mrs.chili, i like a person with attitude.<BR/><BR/>joan, well then, let's go for a walk!<BR/><BR/>patches, we all make snap judgements all the time. I think it saves on brain work. 'Course that's why we need to be willing to modify our opinions later.menohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18065283682414369608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306964.post-23327817426432038412007-03-17T08:58:00.000-07:002007-03-17T08:58:00.000-07:00It is difficult to imagine how others perceive us....It is difficult to imagine how others perceive us. We tend to make impulsive judgments about character based on visual characteristics, class stereotypes, or personal prejudices. Unfortunately, we decide before we learn anything about the self of the person we are judging.jadedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12326141253899975708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306964.post-64940731717249596382007-03-17T08:28:00.000-07:002007-03-17T08:28:00.000-07:00I'm a fast walker too but no one would ever call m...I'm a fast walker too but no one would ever call me tall. ;-)Joanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05589769742639537861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306964.post-4163569203429999102007-03-17T06:54:00.000-07:002007-03-17T06:54:00.000-07:00I'm only 5'2", and there's nothing about my physic...I'm only 5'2", and there's nothing about my physical being that is particularly intimidating, yet people often tell me that I am quite a presence. It's all attitude. THAT, it seems, I am not lacking.<BR/><BR/>I walk fast, too - far faster than one would think my short little legs could resonably carry me. That is the fault of my first two boyfriends; both were right around the 6-foot, 6-foot-2 mark, and I was expected to keep up because they sure as hell weren't slowin' down...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306964.post-32873597916620373302007-03-17T06:35:00.000-07:002007-03-17T06:35:00.000-07:00I would have loved to have another girl as tall as...I would have loved to have another girl as tall as you in my class so I wouldn't have to stand in the middle of the last row of boys for the class picture!<BR/><BR/>I used to be taller but shrunk due to 2 disappearing disks! My height is all legs! Praise those 34" inseams!<BR/><BR/>My husband is 5'10 but he used to wear those negative Roots heel in the 70's so always looked shorter.<BR/><BR/>My sister married a gut 5'5" and they look neat together.Mother of Inventionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03797365678860039018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306964.post-36473653372913735262007-03-17T06:28:00.000-07:002007-03-17T06:28:00.000-07:00I'm 5' 9 and I used to think that worked for me as...I'm 5' 9 and I used to think that worked for me as far as teaching kids goes, but the minute I'd walk in the class, smiling, they knew I was really a soft marshmallow! I was more suited to the younger kids way more than those scary gr. 7's and 8's!<BR/><BR/>(I walk extremely fast..maybe you and I could actually go walking at the same pace!? My sister who is also tall, is the only one who walks the same.)<BR/><BR/>I get my house done every 2 weeks and it's well worth my $ too!Mother of Inventionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03797365678860039018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306964.post-72809509409390586932007-03-17T05:47:00.000-07:002007-03-17T05:47:00.000-07:00I have been told by friends that I was intimidatin...I have been told by friends that I was intimidating before they got to know me. I always think it's weird. I'm just a short lil Asian girl, usually in pig tails cuz I'm too lazy to do anything else.Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14915252268400469774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306964.post-43060995260682042482007-03-17T05:20:00.000-07:002007-03-17T05:20:00.000-07:00Hilarious. Just goes to show how you can fool them...Hilarious. Just goes to show how you can fool them ... when really you really have no frickin' clue and are walking fast because you forget where you are supposed to be and are always running late.<BR/><BR/>Fast, tall and smart. A triple threat.Joan of Arfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366547844702768658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306964.post-81997015839939429652007-03-17T05:13:00.000-07:002007-03-17T05:13:00.000-07:00I'm fairly short, but I was raised by a tall fathe...I'm fairly short, but I was raised by a tall father (6' 4"), so tall people don't scare me just because they're tall. I was also raised by a very critical (short!) mother. Severely critical people scare the crap out of me. Which is why I always try to do the right thing, ha, ha! :-)<BR/><BR/>I like it when someone I have a pre-conceived negative concept of turns out to be nice. Some of the best friends I have today were people I initially feared... and later discovered that they had also had a terrible opinion of me at first. Go figure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com