Great article, Rebecca and I feel your pain. I am fairly short so sometimes have the opposite problem with mirrors having to stand on tip-toe but all good in showers!
“Why on EARTH are you taking pictures of yourself in the SHOWER, Rebecca?”
🤣🤣🤣
I can only imagine that conversation!
Can’t wait to check out those articles, and I only found two words to contend with today--“whinge” and “potswash.” Promptly adding them to my vocabulary. I’m sure they will leave my Southern U.S. neighbors scratching their heads!
I did find it interesting that I didn’t have to convert your height. You are a full foot taller than I, and I look for people like you at the grocery store. “I’m vertically challenged...would you mind...” While I don’t have the issue with shower heads, I have been to a camp shower with one of those mounted a full 3 centimeters from the wall. Since my problem is the horizontal sort, major acrobats are needed to wash all the parts!
We recently stayed in an Airbnb that was a “retired” camper. The bathroom actually had a tub with handheld shower head. Great water pressure, but I felt plenty claustrophobic in there. I can’t imagine anyone except a toddler could use the actual tub for it’s intended purpose!
I have not camped since I was a teen so I know virtually nothing of this world. I confess that I take shower head placement for granted so you have my sympathies. With a new King and yet another PM, perhaps there's hope? 😉
I’m 5’3”, so when I rented my very first apartment I hadn’t really thought of shower height. The first time my partner (6’2”) came to visit, he spent several minutes explaining to me why my bathroom was terrible (the shower was too low for him). But he recently moved to a new apartment and it seems to be built for tall people - I’m dangerously too short to use the bathroom mirror! A nightmare.
You reminded me I haven’t been camping since pre-pandemic and I long to go, definitely already planning for next summer.
Being closer to 6’ than 5’, I feel this. And not finding trousers that fit length and width wise. Or bathing suits. Or shoes that don’t prompt some but of snark from a shorter person (more at work tbh.)
That loo in the garden is amazing, though. All the memes one could make with that 😅
I think your husband and I are on the same wavelength. I said out loud, "She took a picture of herself in the shower!". I think someone needs to investigate why the women's shower isn't setup like the men's. Just when I think I have seen everything, then you show me a toilet outside where everyone can see everything. Tell me who is going to go in there?!
I am only 5' tall and never have to duck under a shower head, but I feel your pain. I was right there with you in every bathroom ...wishing I was back home. Great writing, darned cute photos, Rebecca!
Camping in the U.S. can really be a scary prospect in having to use some campground facilities. I used to date a tall (5'11") girl in my youth and I can sort of understand what you go through on a daily basis. I'm sure being on the tall side AND left-handed has made you all sorts of adaptable. Hopefully, it's more of a blessing than a curse :)
Oh, wow, I’ve run into a few low shower heads in my travels, but those are just bizarre :-/ I can’t decide if they look more like too-low showers or too-high tub fills... either way, they’re just wrong!
Maybe you should try travelling in the Netherlands. As the tallest people in the world, I’m sure they placed the showerheads and mirrors are at the right height for you. 😄
Hmmm. We had a tall friend help us put up a mirror once, and lived in that house for five years without ever being able to see ourselves in it. I know. We could have moved it. We couldn't be bothered. We don't mirror much. Like you I don't 'do' my hair. Or would that be I don't my hair?
Anyway, so sorry you had such a sorry shower scenario cropping up. And that Elsan disposal point? I mean ...
Loved this humorous article! Aside from having short guys always wanting to dance with me, I quite liked being tall, and would often wear three inch booted heels to make me an even six feet tall, especially when in crowds. I’ve done my share of camping too and any spigot no matter its placement would be just right for washing my hair. The automatic hand dryer on the wall I would just get on my knees and blow dry my hair under it.
Great article, Rebecca and I feel your pain. I am fairly short so sometimes have the opposite problem with mirrors having to stand on tip-toe but all good in showers!
“Why on EARTH are you taking pictures of yourself in the SHOWER, Rebecca?”
🤣🤣🤣
I can only imagine that conversation!
Can’t wait to check out those articles, and I only found two words to contend with today--“whinge” and “potswash.” Promptly adding them to my vocabulary. I’m sure they will leave my Southern U.S. neighbors scratching their heads!
I did find it interesting that I didn’t have to convert your height. You are a full foot taller than I, and I look for people like you at the grocery store. “I’m vertically challenged...would you mind...” While I don’t have the issue with shower heads, I have been to a camp shower with one of those mounted a full 3 centimeters from the wall. Since my problem is the horizontal sort, major acrobats are needed to wash all the parts!
We recently stayed in an Airbnb that was a “retired” camper. The bathroom actually had a tub with handheld shower head. Great water pressure, but I felt plenty claustrophobic in there. I can’t imagine anyone except a toddler could use the actual tub for it’s intended purpose!
I have not camped since I was a teen so I know virtually nothing of this world. I confess that I take shower head placement for granted so you have my sympathies. With a new King and yet another PM, perhaps there's hope? 😉
I’m 5’3”, so when I rented my very first apartment I hadn’t really thought of shower height. The first time my partner (6’2”) came to visit, he spent several minutes explaining to me why my bathroom was terrible (the shower was too low for him). But he recently moved to a new apartment and it seems to be built for tall people - I’m dangerously too short to use the bathroom mirror! A nightmare.
You reminded me I haven’t been camping since pre-pandemic and I long to go, definitely already planning for next summer.
Being closer to 6’ than 5’, I feel this. And not finding trousers that fit length and width wise. Or bathing suits. Or shoes that don’t prompt some but of snark from a shorter person (more at work tbh.)
That loo in the garden is amazing, though. All the memes one could make with that 😅
I think your husband and I are on the same wavelength. I said out loud, "She took a picture of herself in the shower!". I think someone needs to investigate why the women's shower isn't setup like the men's. Just when I think I have seen everything, then you show me a toilet outside where everyone can see everything. Tell me who is going to go in there?!
I am only 5' tall and never have to duck under a shower head, but I feel your pain. I was right there with you in every bathroom ...wishing I was back home. Great writing, darned cute photos, Rebecca!
My idea of camping is staying in a Travel Lodge.
Camping in the U.S. can really be a scary prospect in having to use some campground facilities. I used to date a tall (5'11") girl in my youth and I can sort of understand what you go through on a daily basis. I'm sure being on the tall side AND left-handed has made you all sorts of adaptable. Hopefully, it's more of a blessing than a curse :)
Oh, wow, I’ve run into a few low shower heads in my travels, but those are just bizarre :-/ I can’t decide if they look more like too-low showers or too-high tub fills... either way, they’re just wrong!
And thanks so much for the shoutout :-D
You look beautiful--and not a stitch of makeup. And tall too! Your husband must be saying "Wowza" every day. xo Mary
Maybe you should try travelling in the Netherlands. As the tallest people in the world, I’m sure they placed the showerheads and mirrors are at the right height for you. 😄
Hmmm. We had a tall friend help us put up a mirror once, and lived in that house for five years without ever being able to see ourselves in it. I know. We could have moved it. We couldn't be bothered. We don't mirror much. Like you I don't 'do' my hair. Or would that be I don't my hair?
Anyway, so sorry you had such a sorry shower scenario cropping up. And that Elsan disposal point? I mean ...
Loved this humorous article! Aside from having short guys always wanting to dance with me, I quite liked being tall, and would often wear three inch booted heels to make me an even six feet tall, especially when in crowds. I’ve done my share of camping too and any spigot no matter its placement would be just right for washing my hair. The automatic hand dryer on the wall I would just get on my knees and blow dry my hair under it.