Re: Minor But Puzzling: Richard's height? / RE: (TV) Guy meets Richard Lloyd in a bar in Minneapolis

[Emilie T Hsu <emilie.t.hsu@gmail.com>]

Hmm. I honestly don't remember Richard as being much taller than me but could be wrong. I just don't think that his hands are particularly small, just not very big. 

On Jan 5, 2013, at 11:09, "Leo Casey" <LeoCasey@comcast.net> wrote:

> RE: think, about 5'8 or 5'9.
> 
> In the scheme of things, what I say below is a minor detail, but I find it
> extremely puzzling.  In all the photos that I have ever seen of Television
> (and especially the more famous ones with Richard standing besides and very
> near Tom, Richard and Tom appear to be close in height (just 1 example:  the
> cover of "The Blow-up").  Yet we know for sure that Tom is 6 foot 3 inches.
> That would mean Richard's 6 - 7 inches shorter than Tom, which is
> impossible.  :>)
> 
> For those besides Emile who have met Richard (e.g., Howard and Dennis) how
> can this apparent discrepancy be explained?
> 
> More:  In all the same famous photos of the band where they are all
> standing, Fred and Billy Ficca also appear to be very tall (i.e., close to
> Tom's height.  How tall are they roughly?   If it was just a single photo I
> could buy the argument that it's just the angle or 'quirk' of the photo.
> 
> Leo
> 
> - http://www.thewonder.co.uk/pictures/index.html
> 
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> From: tv-owner@obbard.com [mailto:tv-owner@obbard.com] On Behalf Of Emilie
> Sent: Friday, January 04, 2013 8:24 PM
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> Subject: Re: (TV) Guy meets Richard Lloyd in a bar in Minneapolis
> 
> His hands are not small. His hands are normal for a man of his size.
> He is a little taller than me, I think, about 5'8 or 5'9. His hands
> are about the size of my hands, I have slightly bigger hands than an
> average woman, and I am about 5'7.
> 
> I know because I used to take guitar lessons from him, and he would
> encourage me by showing me that hand size is unimportant.
> 
> On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 8:16 PM, Brian Young <raggedglory57@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Wicked cool find of a story, Phil!
>> 
>> Wow, Lloyd and Page have small
>> hands...whoda thunk it?
>> 
>> Thanks for sharing it.
>> 
>> Brian
>> 
>> 
>> From: Phil Obbard
>> <pobbard@yahoo.com>
>> Subject: (TV) Guy meets Richard Lloyd in a bar in
>> Minneapolis
>> 
>> Compares the sizes of their hands. Can't recall if this
>> circulated here before (I found it via Twitter, of all places).
>> http://www.lileks.com/bleats/archive/12/1012/102912.html
>> 
>> 
>> --Phil
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