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Geez... Kvetch looks tall... and GG looks super short.... (she's like 2.5feet tall here... wow...)



Good pic! I like it! :wink:
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Ah, the truth comes at last - GG's shorter than I am !! :shock: :lol:




Cute pic :)
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Note for the record: Neither of us are anthything like as cute as we were then.
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pardon my asking, but am i correct in thinking that kvetch is gg's uncle? seems like i read that somewhere...
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daetara wrote:pardon my asking, but am i correct in thinking that kvetch is gg's uncle? seems like i read that somewhere...
True - One of those families where the generations seem to merge. (Mine is like that, too.)
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I have four nieces who are within 10 years of my age *sigh* It's bloody depressing LOL
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Well, I for one think GG and Kvetch look adorable. Is Kvetch still tall for his age? And voralfred looks very studious and professorly (yes, that's word). :D
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laurie wrote:Ah, the truth comes at last - GG's shorter than I am !! :shock: :lol:
Haha, you can't be shorter than my girlfriend, there's nothing to compare her to in the pic, but, she's probably shorter than you.
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I'm 4' 11", Hunter.

Is she shorter than me?
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violetblue wrote:Well, I for one think GG and Kvetch look adorable. Is Kvetch still tall for his age?
No, I'm not. I'm medium tending to short.
And voralfred looks very studious and professorly (yes, that's word). :D
Thing that frightens me the most? I almost understand what he was talking about...
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violetblue wrote:... And voralfred looks very studious and professorly (yes, that's word). :D
Sorry for giving the wrong impression! :oops:

Probably because of all the equipment around me. To my right was just an old-fashioned overhead projector, no idea what was on my left but I probably did not even use it :shock:
(it looks like a computer, but that was years ago, PowerPoint was not yet so popular, maybe it was there for the most "up-to-date" speakers)

In fact I am not at all a professor, I have a pure research position, I never teach students. Once or twice a year (3 times in 2005 but that was exceptional) I attend a conference where I typically give a 40 minutes talk. So that was a very rare moment that was immortalized :lol:



Laurie, my mother was shorter than you are, even before old age made her "shrink" even more. Her ID (which reproduced the preceding one, etc, etc, they certainly did not re-measure her each time, so that is her height when she was still middle-aged) says 1.47 meters, and 4'11" is more than 1.48, almost 1.49 meters, right?
You are alos probably taller than Miles Vorkosigan:
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Kvetch wrote:
violetblue wrote:Well, I for one think GG and Kvetch look adorable. Is Kvetch still tall for his age?
No, I'm not. I'm medium tending to short.
Yes, yes you are :P

I am still as cute (of course...) and, even though no one asked, I'm also now 5'4 (Just so no one thinks I'm some sort of hobbit...)
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voralfred wrote:
violetblue wrote:... And voralfred looks very studious and professorly (yes, that's word). :D
Sorry for giving the wrong impression! :oops:
I think what she was trying to imply was that you looked "scholarly" :) Which is pretty much what you are :) It's not a wrong impression at all... it doesn't mean we feel you've misled us ;)
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Geez, I feel better, after reading Mister laurie is only 4'11". I am 5' 3" and feel postively tall now!

We don't think you misled us, voralfred. Lied and deceived for nefarious purposes, perhaps, but not misled. :lol:
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geez, I feel positively tall :) (I'm 5'7")... except when the bf's around. He's 6'2".
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tollbaby wrote:geez, I feel positively tall :) (I'm 5'7")... except when the bf's around. He's 6'2".
My first BF was 6' 4" - his fraternity brothers made bets on whether he would still be taller than me if he knelt down.

He was. :lol:
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laurie wrote:I'm 4' 11", Hunter.

Is she shorter than me?
Yep, she's 4' 10" :wink:
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I'm 5'7" in high school right now, and as a guy, that's pretty short especially around folks 6' and up. I can't complain, though. It used to be a lot worse.

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violetblue wrote: Lied and deceived for nefarious purposes, perhaps, but not misled. :lol:
Oh, definitely! :mrgreen:

And you have just seen the beginning yet! :twisted:

Would you be interested in buying a large area of real estate, downwind from Vorkosigan Vashnoi? No neighbors, a lot of interesting flora and fauna...
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It's a bit late, I know but...

Happy Easter, says the Biscuit Eater...


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and me...

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How old is the Biscuit Eater? Her picture reminds me of some of the pictures of my youngest great granddaughter, who will be 4 (I think) this month. I think that the Biscuit Eater is younger, but since I only know Morgan from her pictures, it's hard to separate her ages in my mind.

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How old is the Biscuit Eater?
She was three in January.
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Post by laurie »

Both of you are soooooooo cute!!! :D
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I can't believe how big the little biscuit eater is getting. she is sooo adorable....

Of course, my pirate Princess is always lovely.

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Image

This is me at work (actually, taken a coupld of hours ago).

Scott

EDIT: yes, my hair is getting long enough to curl in the back.
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