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Did you ever realize that Bella Abzug had such a pronounced kyphosis of the cervical vertebrae?

Posted - August 30, 2017

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  • 44620
    Only you would notice that.
      August 30, 2017 2:11 PM MDT
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  • 46117
    Damned old people.  Then they have the nerve to DIE on you.
      August 30, 2017 2:19 PM MDT
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  • Yep ...... I totally understandable the words in  this question;)



      August 30, 2017 2:11 PM MDT
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  • 46117
    It's easy.  Look at her back and look at Shirley McLaine's back.  One is flat  (Shirely McLaine's) and one has a huge bone sticking out and curved. That is Kyphosis or Dowager's hump to the layman.

    Actually, Kyphosis usually refers to the thoracic region, not the neck.

    Dowager's hump: An abnormal outward curvature of the thoracic vertebrae of the upper back. Compression of the front portion of the involved vertebrae due to osteoporosis leads to forward bending of the spine (kyphosis) and creates a hump at the upper back. Like most osteoporotic changes, it is often preventable. This post was edited by WM BARR . =ABSOLUTE TRASH at August 31, 2017 2:47 AM MDT
      August 30, 2017 2:20 PM MDT
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  • I'm still confused ... but what else is new :) i don't know of either those  women in pic. And I don't care for either of their backs.
      August 30, 2017 2:24 PM MDT
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  • 46117
    Lucky for you that I do.  You are the one that answered, not me.  I tried to explain.  If you don't care, that is your business.

    Humpfff to you. Humpfff, I say.  This post was edited by WM BARR . =ABSOLUTE TRASH at August 30, 2017 2:30 PM MDT
      August 30, 2017 2:25 PM MDT
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  • Relax Sharonna! I just meant I don't think either of their back look that great to me . Don't get all pissy with me! 
      August 30, 2017 2:28 PM MDT
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  • 46117
    Humpf .

    Pissy humpf to you.  Dang your hide. 
      August 30, 2017 2:30 PM MDT
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  • You be nice! Or I'll poke you in "pronounced kyphosis of the cervical vertebrae"... and nobody wants to see that ;)
      August 30, 2017 2:34 PM MDT
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  • 46117
    That's good. I just wanted to stir your innards a little.  I know you have that fiesty spirit.

      August 30, 2017 2:36 PM MDT
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  • lol fair :) and I know you have a heart of gold ... despite fact you like to act a bit  on the beeachy side ;) that being said let's never go to war;) Be a FIESTY fiasco :)

    https://youtu.be/pO8kTRv4l3o

      August 30, 2017 2:43 PM MDT
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  • 6124
    I only noticed she was the first Jewish woman elected to Congress and was a women's rights & gay advocate.
      August 30, 2017 2:21 PM MDT
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  • 46117
    That is what I noticed too.

    Abzug declared, "This woman's place is in the House—the House of Representatives", in her successful 1970 campaign. She was later appointed to chair the National Commission on the Observance of International Women's Year and to plan the 1977 National Women's Conference by President Gerald Ford and led President Jimmy Carter's commission on women. This post was edited by WM BARR . =ABSOLUTE TRASH at August 31, 2017 2:45 AM MDT
      August 30, 2017 2:23 PM MDT
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  • 6124
    I was a kid growing up in New York when she was very politically active.  She was a great inspiration to me.
      August 30, 2017 2:28 PM MDT
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  • 46117
    She may have won if she were alive today and fought the Donald.
      August 30, 2017 2:31 PM MDT
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  • 7126
    I consider myself to be a keen observer of humps.   
      August 31, 2017 2:46 AM MDT
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