When my grandmother finally passed away at 98 years of age she was about 3 feet 8 inches tall … well, maybe that’s a slight exaggeration but not by much …
In the first panel he is standing alone in a scenic shot, with no real perspective of another person or even a horse or steer, a skinny, young Dusty WILL look taller, that’s the key to a good photographer, making the picture match the memory! Even when you remember yourself as 10 feet tall and bullet proof.
Yeah, there’s something weird going on. I’m not sure, but I think it might have to do with entering text in the comment box directly, versus entering it in Word, Notepad or something similar and then doing a cut-and-paste into the comment box.
My mom was 5’9” in her prime. The last time she was measured, she had shrank down to 5’3”. I don’t know how much my Dad shrank. He was 6’2” in his prime. About a month before he died, he couldn’t reach as high as I could, and I’m 5’5”, but he was crippled up with arthritis, so it was difficult to tell how tall he was really.
Anybody who’s close to a person in their 80s is likely to have heard the same ironic mix: laments about the loss of their past, interspersed with moments of fully accepting the realities of an elderly person’s life.
It may seem sad or funny, but it’s natural enough … for those of us perceptive enough to notice it! The rest of us probably benefit from having been shown, as we are here.
Takiniteasy almost 15 years ago
When my grandmother finally passed away at 98 years of age she was about 3 feet 8 inches tall … well, maybe that’s a slight exaggeration but not by much …
shippingtroll almost 15 years ago
In the first panel he is standing alone in a scenic shot, with no real perspective of another person or even a horse or steer, a skinny, young Dusty WILL look taller, that’s the key to a good photographer, making the picture match the memory! Even when you remember yourself as 10 feet tall and bullet proof.
WyattMute almost 15 years ago
Whoa, bleeep isn’t censored? Sweet! I have a new favorite word for comic comments ; )
EDIT: Whhhaaaa?? I guess it is bleeped. Cabrobst has some magic secret I guess. I’ll never have the power…
Trebor39 almost 15 years ago
Are you sure that first panel isn’t a picture of Clint Eastwood in “A Fist Full Of Dollars”?
CoBass almost 15 years ago
@WyattMute Re: Bleeped words.
Yeah, there’s something weird going on. I’m not sure, but I think it might have to do with entering text in the comment box directly, versus entering it in Word, Notepad or something similar and then doing a cut-and-paste into the comment box.
Shikamoo Premium Member almost 15 years ago
Times sure have changed, haven’t they?
Smiley Rmom almost 15 years ago
My mom was 5’9” in her prime. The last time she was measured, she had shrank down to 5’3”. I don’t know how much my Dad shrank. He was 6’2” in his prime. About a month before he died, he couldn’t reach as high as I could, and I’m 5’5”, but he was crippled up with arthritis, so it was difficult to tell how tall he was really.
avonsalis almost 15 years ago
Anybody who’s close to a person in their 80s is likely to have heard the same ironic mix: laments about the loss of their past, interspersed with moments of fully accepting the realities of an elderly person’s life.
It may seem sad or funny, but it’s natural enough … for those of us perceptive enough to notice it! The rest of us probably benefit from having been shown, as we are here.