Experiences of a 6(+) footer

Let me continue from where I left in the previous blog. The travelling difficulties of a 6 footer. As I mentioned in the previous blog, if you are more than 6 foot tall, then you cannot stand in a bus as your head keeps bumping into the hand-rails. Also, you cannot sit because your legs wouldn't fit in the space provided. Well then, what to do? Adapting is the key my dear people. I am now used to sitting diagonally in the seat so that my legs have more room. It’s only a small bit of extra space, which is mostly insufficient. But then, the pain does subside with every centimeter of extra space.
The travails are less in train journeys. It is quite funny to hear people complain about less space to sleep when they get the side berths. Think about the misery of those who wouldn't even fit in the normal berths!!! But when you don't fit even in normal beds, what’s there to complain about train berths? In one of the journeys last week (check the previous blog), I made the mistake of stretching my legs once while sleeping. A policeman, who was passing by, hit my foot with his protruding rifle. What can I say? When you are couple of inches more than six foot, you should learn to keep your legs curled in.
From land travel to air travel. I only wish that flights had some extra space for the tall people in the economy class. I can't forget a 10-hour travel where I had hoped to move around once in a while to give some relaxation to my legs. But then, the guy next to me had other ideas. He slept the minute he occupied his seat and thus blocked my way to the aisle.
Given all these flip sides, I would still prefer to be what I am. The disadvantages are only minor aberrations to the 'perks' of being tall. The attention you get; the advantages in sports; the ease of getting spotted in a crowd..... Even in my pilgrimage last week, I couldn't help sporting a grin when I noticed the difficulty faced by people in trying to have a glance at the Lord in the temples. With the 7+ foot statue of the Lord smiling in front of me, it just occurred, BEING TALL IS COOL.