On Sat, 24 Jan 2009 15:37:05 -0700, Gloria P >
wrote:

>The Ranger wrote:
>> Miche > wrote in message
>> ...
>> [snip]
>>>>> Agent Weasel (who is 10 1/2 and as TALL AS ME,
>>>> You're lyin', Miche >
>>> So totally tellin' the truth, Barb -- the Weasel can look
>>> me straight in the eye.
>>
>> Daughter-units Alpha and Beta are also at that
>> look-me-straight-in-the-eye stage... <sigh> They're lovin' it,
>> and never miss a moment to point it out to their friends. I,
>> OTOH, find it totally discouraging.
>>
>> I do understand how my Sainted Mother(tm) felt the day Little
>> Brother and I pointed it out to her...
>>
>> The "Dwarfed" Ranger
>
>
>
>About the same way I felt when our younger child, Dear Son,
>stood next to me and announced "Now the only one shorter than
>you in our house is the cat."
>
>Hey, I didn't ask to be (almost) 5'2". It's the fault of those
>darned short Portuguese genes.
>
>gloria p


I'm 5'6" and I'm the dwarf around here.

Boron