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Old 05-23-2012, 05:47 PM
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Not a 107, that's for sure!! I'm 5'10 and have issues getting in and out of it due to the low slung roof line. The ragtop is a little better, but it wasn't built to be driven with the top on!

Once inside, though, it's as if the car was made to fit me like a glove...all controls within very easy reach, and a large steering wheel barely missing my thighs.

It's truly a car that you slide into and become one with...

I once saw an Adam12 or Emergency episode where Kareem Abdul Jabbar was stuck in a 107

pretty funny.

I cant drive one either same for 911's darn it

Im 6'2"

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Old 05-23-2012, 05:55 PM
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About 6'.
Though I've noticed everyone on the internet is over 6' tall
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Old 05-23-2012, 06:34 PM
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About 6'.
Though I've noticed everyone on the internet is over 6' tall
And bullet proof...
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Old 05-23-2012, 06:36 PM
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Old 05-23-2012, 07:06 PM
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Don't forget the six-pack abs...
Pshhhh...try a kegger!!
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Old 05-23-2012, 07:51 PM
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Tall enough that Bill Walton and I used to wave at each other over the crowd on the floor at Dead shows....


Although I am merely Danny Ainge height...
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Old 05-23-2012, 08:01 PM
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Don't forget the six-pack abs...
Not to mention experts in fields such as proper oil change intervals, efficacy of the .40 S&W vs the 9mm in killing people, and national energy and foreign policies
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Old 05-23-2012, 08:11 PM
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I'm 6'4", and I'm the short guy in my family. Dad's 6'6", son is 6'5"
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Old 05-23-2012, 08:19 PM
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5 ft freaking nothing! I come from a long line of Italian grape stompers....
Such anger!

Surely the fact that some of the most beautiful women I have ever met were all around the 5 foot mark means that such anger must be unwarranted
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Old 05-23-2012, 08:30 PM
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5'7" and, as usual, the shortest in the bunch! i come from a long line of short, broad shouldered, scrappy irish folks!

i remember meeting the clk man at a gtg, he's a giant!
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Old 05-23-2012, 08:56 PM
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Due to a crumbling and compressed spine I've lost an inch and a half... if I stretch on my Teeter Hang-Up for a few minutes before measuring I can temporarily get back 3/4". Great machine btw, it's kept me from under the knife.
Geez. Wish my shrinkage (SPINAL shrinkage, all you gutter minded miscreants!) was sub-2".

As much as I've tried to deny it, I can no longer put off 'fessing up to the fact that I've lost a full 5" of height - every bit of it from the hips up. Makes for a damn silly set of proportions.
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Old 05-23-2012, 09:26 PM
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Old 05-23-2012, 09:49 PM
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My license says 6'1. This was before a very bad car wreck. Now Depending on which Gas station I happen to be leaving I'm 5'10-6'2. I think closer to 5'10 though
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Old 05-23-2012, 10:23 PM
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5'7" and, as usual, the shortest in the bunch! i come from a long line of short, broad shouldered, scrappy irish folks!

i remember meeting the clk man at a gtg, he's a giant!
I am a giant in my own mind, now if I can just remember where my mind is.
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Old 05-24-2012, 12:44 AM
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Once I asked this question to a friend of mine. He said he was 6' 1" so I told him:

I heard when you're lying down, the part of your height in inches refers to the manhood.

He quickly responded, 5' 13"!!!

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