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Calista241

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12. He's probably a lot shorter than 5'9" now.

Reply to Live and Learn (Reply #9)

Fri Aug 21, 2015, 06:58 AM

Aug 2015

I have several family members that are two or three inches shorter than they used to be. It's from disk compression in your back as you age.

Just thought I'd contribute to your tome of totally useless knowledge.

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