The rarest piece of the Palleys' firefighter memorabilia is a handsomely weathered molded-copper weather vane, 28 inches tall, probably from the 1850's.
(Currently the tallest, at 541 feet, is in Singapore, though the London Eye, which is 443-feet tall, is probably the most famous).
When the Game Stands Tall was probably the toughest series of auditions I've had since Footloose.
A knowledgeable guide in 18th-century Quaker dress takes visitors on a tour through the house, where John Bartram, who was six feet tall, probably had to duck so that he wouldn't bump his head when he passed through the small doorways.
"He's tall — probably 6-foot-2 or 6-3 — and lanky, with pale skin, gray eyes and a shock of white hair that seizes your attention," Schmitt wrote to me later.
Being tall probably protected him from a certain amount of torment, too — as a teen-ager, he was well on his way to acquiring his adult nicknames, Lofty and Stalky.
Probably the tallest man ever to do so - he's 7 foot 2 inches tall.
(James Tanner, the dean of human growth studies, has observed that this was probably the tallest group of men assembled before the advent of professional basketball in America).
"Richie Gray's omission earlier raised a few eyebrows, but he was outstanding against France and he and Jim Hamilton are probably the tallest second-row pairing in the championship.
"[Lions tourist Richie Gray's] omission raised a few eyebrows, but... he and Scott Hamilton seem to be working well together [now], probably the tallest second-row pairing in the competition.
