Posted at 9:30 PM
More good things about having Marfan
11. You are always the first person to know when it starts to rain, sleet,
snow, or hail (ouch!).

12. People always have to look up to you. :)

13. You will never have to invest in a ladder.

14. Any seat is a good seat at the movies/theater.

In my case I can reach into very small places in German car engines. I can't even begin to tell you how many times I used to have to go out to the garage to help my Dad with something on our Porsche when I was living at home.
Luckily I never made a career out of that!
Thanks, Aubrey!

15. You get really good scores at scrabble because of all the medical words you know
Thanks, Sally!

16. On hot summer days, you can leave your windows open a bit, and lock the doors... When you get back, you can reach in, and unlock the doors easily, secure in the knowledge that no-one else can fit their arm through that
opening, and then be able to reach the door latch :)

17. You can play octives easily on a keyboard, 'cause it's not that much of a stretch with your spider-fingers!

18. (for those kids out there!) It's harder for people to play 'keep away' with stuff from you! You can just reach over their shoulder, and take it out of their hand. (Note: This happened to me once with my dad... I was the same height as him at the time, we were playing around, and he wouldn't give me my book back. So I reached over his shoulder, and took it out of his hand (which he was holding out as far from him as he could! He hasn't tried that again!)

19. It's *way* easier to fold sheets/blankets when your armspan is as long as the sheet...

Thanks, Elaine!