I'm shrinking...

mulegolf · 2017-01-19T15:49:08+00:00

How about some of you older duffers? I was always 6'2" tall but in the past few years I've shrunk to 6'1". I assume it's much to do with the knee surgeries a...

Weirfan

LBlack14

exactly what happens, our discs are gelatinous and dry out over times , wear and tear and compression which makes us shorter. many people actually become more curved in their spine making it more pronounced. the reason women lose more height on average than men is due to women generally losing more bone density due to osteoporosis

rsvman

Was 6'3". At 58 years of age, I'm now probably about 6'2.5". My father was 6'4" but now I'm taller than he is (he's 83 years old).

sdandrea1

I've lost about 1/2" in 64 years. I wore out one shoulder and one knee as well.

Weirfan

sdandrea1

don't stop in at the local glue factory 😉

Rickochet

sdandrea1 I've lost about 1/2"

At 67 I have lost about an inch. I am not as tall either. 😭

sdandrea1

Weirfan

Funny you should mention that - I keep getting mail from them inviting me out for a tour. 😉

Provisional

Oh yes, rejected from organ donor list, the Red Cross doesn't even want my blood.
Ears and feet keep growing though. Jolly poor compensation imo!

Release

Hip surgery will "really" shorten you in a jiffy.
Just look at Jack NIcklaus ( two hip replacement ) and a load of the others.

letthebigdogshunt

I was just under 6' and now about 5'11".

Par4QC

This discussion is an odd one, to be sure.
But I'll join in with a remarkable stat....I'm exactly the same size now that I was when I was 11/12 yrs. old! At one time I was about 3" taller. At another time, I weighed 241. All between the ages of 11 & (a week from) 65......5'6" and 165 lbs..

And before Rickochet comes along and says anything, my pecker is probably still the same size also. 😎😉

Release

Par4QC

Hot dame ! you're almost the size I'm in right now after drying up and pressed, But I was smaller at 11 yr. old

DC300

You guys are depressing. I don't want to play anymore.

Release

DC300 You guys are depressing. I don't want to play anymore.

Use it, you'll lose it.

Don't use it, you'll lose it..... so

Have some fun while losing it.

Provisional

Release Now that's a philosophy I like.
Wait...we're discussing height loss,
Sorry

Typhoon

I'm smaller now than I was at birth.

Par4QC

Typhoon
gudgawd, I'm hoping you aren't talking peckerwise.
Even though I may be. Was never sure what Mom meant when she said I was 'big' when I was born.

Release

Par4QC she said I was 'big' when I was born.

Your Head Circumference might be large as a new born.

Typhoon

Release
Are we back to talking pecker size?

Release

Typhoon

Use your imagination, as a writer/author said once......

accufitgolf

I must be getting taller as when I bend over, the ground is further away.

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