I knew what the problem was Ken, I was just being sarcastic.  If you were
6'5" they would have said you were too tall.

The FD height requirements were not dropped until sometime after 1973,
incidentally.

In a message dated 12/22/2000 6:53:08 PM Eastern Standard Time, [log in to unmask]
writes:

> i don't know the requirements of a fire man/woman, but a insurance
>  underwriter is a destjob using mostly statistics. all that is required is a
>  average amount of brain power. i will not go into it, but, i could make a
>  case of having more than average brain power. i don't think that height
>  would be as nessessary for a fire man/woman as would strength. i have know
>  short people that had plenty of strength and knew how to leverage it that
>  could have matched any of thoue tall guys.
>     it was in the spring of 1973. even if there was a valid requirement,
they
>  had my height and weight on the application before they ask me to come to
>  winter haven for a interview (at my time and expense, i might add). if it
>  was height they should have looked at the 5 ft 6 in. on their form and not
>  have called me. no, i think it was that the jerk that interviewed me could
>  not make hisself confortable with the cerebral palsy.
>


Betty
aut viam inveniam aut faciam
"I will either find a way or make one."