Older muggers...Did you inherit the 'shrinking' gene? I have shrunk 3" in 15 years. If I live to be 90, I will be the size of a GI Joe doll.

With the Kung Fu grip? This post was edited by B.H.Wilson at January 12, 2018 2:47 AM MST

Over the years (40+) I have only work two brands of shoes---Rocky and Allen Edmonds.   Rocky for every day wear and Allen Edmonds for dress.

About 10 years ago, I was re-measured at my doctor's office and I had gained an inch.  (Same shoes I always wear to him.)

Unless the scale (you know the tall one that measures your height optionally) had been tampered with, there was no explanation---although at this precise moment, perhaps some chiropractic manipulations had affected my inter disk space.

Normally we do "grow" shorter with age.

yes, im only 4ft5 so you could say that

I'm a young man, so, I have to wait a little while before the shrinkage happens. But short as I am at only 5'5", I hope I don't lose too much. My maternal grandfather was 5'0" as an older man, but I guess he was about 5'2" - 5'3" range when he was younger. Maybe I'll end up like that. I look just like him. 

Usually, whatever we lose in height, we gain in circumference. So, it's all good.

Yes, that's very annoying. A few years ago I bought new pants because my waist had increased by four inches. I was trying to pretend it was only two inches, but I finally gave up and bought new pants. I was shocked to find that I no longer wore a 30" inseam. Now I go looking for new pants and I am even shorter and fatter than that.