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Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Squatting
From: Bob Whitmire <fujixbob@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 25 May 2016 13:49:09 -0400
It is something we all can do when younger, but in the West we've opted for
chairs, benches and stools. <g> My granddaughter squats all the time. When
I was in Vietnam and East Africa, I could do it as well. Not comfortably,
but I could do it. Now, not so much. Well, not at all.

--Bob Whitmire
Certified Neanderthal


On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 11:34 AM, Paul Braun <pbraun42@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Yeah, that would kill my legs as well!
>
> On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 10:14 AM, Tina Manley <tmanley@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > PESO:
> >
> > Somebody commented on the fact that the Iranians seemed to do a lot of
> > their work sitting down.  They do everything sitting or squatting on the
> > floor or sidewalk!!  The restaurants even have platforms so you can squat
> > while you eat!  You don't see people here squatting to have conversations
> > but they do in Iran:
> >
> >
> >
> http://tinamanley.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Iran/G0000YmlbTddL96g/I0000sibGppUrZC0
> >
> > I think their legs must be made different from mine or it's something
> that
> > you learn from birth.  I can't do it!!
>
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