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

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When I read Richard's height I also was surprised as I've also seen him in many early photos where I thought him and Tom 'looked' similar in height.  And Leo says that Tom is 6' 3"?,  I always thought that he was 6'4".  



--- On Sat, 1/5/13, Howard Webb <howard@howardwebb.com> wrote:

> From: Howard Webb <howard@howardwebb.com>
> Subject: RE: Minor But Puzzling:  Richard's height? / RE: (TV) Guy meets   Richard Lloyd in a bar in Minneapolis
> To: tv@obbard.com
> Date: Saturday, January 5, 2013, 10:34 AM
> Can't explain the discrepancies in
> the pictures you mention. I'm 5'8". I
> think Richard is slightly taller. Fred is definitely taller
> than me. Billy a
> little smaller. Verlaine is very tall.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tv-owner@obbard.com
> [mailto:tv-owner@obbard.com]
> On Behalf Of Leo
> Casey
> Sent: 05 January 2013 16:09
> To: tv@obbard.com
> Subject: Minor But Puzzling: Richard's height? / RE: (TV)
> Guy meets Richard
> Lloyd in a bar in Minneapolis
> 
> 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
> 
> ----Original Message-----
> From: tv-owner@obbard.com
> [mailto:tv-owner@obbard.com]
> On Behalf Of Emilie
> Sent: Friday, January 04, 2013 8:24 PM
> To: tv@obbard.com
> 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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