Tail bone length

[Monkey962]

Just where is it exactly? Thanks to many compliments and suggestions, I've been more or less convinced to grow my hair that long (at least :)), but where is it exactly? Is it right where the tail bone itself ends, or is it a bit above that?

[Nightshade]

In my mind there's two places people refer to tailbone.

"LHC tailbone" seems more often than not to refer to the tops ot the pockets in the back, or the top of the vertical smile.

"Real Tailbone" is somewhere lower than that, at the end of the tailbone, as you see here (http://www.stjohn.org/StaywellTesting/img.aspx?6097).

So about halfway between hip and Classic is Real Tailbone.

[Gothic Lolita]

I consider tailbone also a bit above the actual ending of the bone itself. There's this little "triangle". When my hair's there, I consider myself at tailbone

[Coriander]

You could also call it "BCL" ;) B*ttcrack length :rollin:

Sorry, that just always tickles me. :D

(Never mind- that didn't sound good either!)

[SweetPea88]

I agree with Coriander :laugh:!

[Anje]

I tend to think of there being "high tailbone" and "low tailbone." High tailbone is roughly where the tailbone starts, basically the top of the crack. Low tailbone is more where it ends, and I'd say that, if you're sitting upright on a hard, unshaped surface like a countertop, it's the point at which your ends hit the surface. (Sitting upright tends to be a 3-point stance with the two little triangles on the bottom of your pelvis, and the end of your tailbone, so at that point, your hair is about to the bottom of your tailbone.)

ETA: My sig picture is my hair at "high tailbone." I've got BCL in my description because it amuses me.

[angelthadiva]

I also like BCL, or vertical smile...Both of those crack me up!

[DragonLady]

Hmmm...I consider mine "tailbone", as the very longest strands are hitting in that triangle area. That, I think, is approximately where a tail would grow if we humans had tails. ;)

[spidermom]

Mine is at tailbone length, moving down. It's longer at the end of a sentence than it was at the beginning.

[DragonLady]

It's longer at the end of a sentence than it was at the beginning.

Wow. I wish I could say that. I haven't had more than a fraction of an inch in growth all month. :(

[spidermom]

Wow. I wish I could say that. I haven't had more than a fraction of an inch in growth all month. :(

shhhhhhh...here's the secret - it's positive programming

[plainjanegirl]

I think I am past waist but not tail bone length, so would that be considered hip?

[twilight]

i really like "BCL" as an in-between hip and tailbone marker. it's descriptive, and funny for those of us with crass senses of humor :laugh:

i would imagine tailbone to mean the tip of the bone (like where people break it when they 'broke their tailbone' slipping on ice, for example).

i mean, we don't say "spine" as a length b/c that's just silly... so why use an arbitrary non-ending-point on a bone that clearly has an ending?

just my opinion :p

[spidermom]

I think that tailbone length, like BSL (which to me is Blade of Shoulders Length because guys don't wear bras, and the strap is the thing that goes over the shoulder, not the thing that goes around the body - which would be BBL or Bra Band Length), is a pretty wide area.
BSL starts after you pass Arm Pit Length and continues for a few inches, to the bottom of the shoulderblade. My opinion is that TBL starts at the top of the cleft between the buttocks and ends about halfway+ down. A few months after that - classic length or TTL (Top of Thigh Length), or maybe BBL, bottom of bottom length.

Whewee; that was fun!

[Monkey962]

i really like "BCL" as an in-between hip and tailbone marker. it's descriptive, and funny for those of us with crass senses of humor :laugh:

i would imagine tailbone to mean the tip of the bone (like where people break it when they 'broke their tailbone' slipping on ice, for example).

i mean, we don't say "spine" as a length b/c that's just silly... so why use an arbitrary non-ending-point on a bone that clearly has an ending?

just my opinion :p

I think I prefer this method more. Previously I was measuring a little bit up from the end of the actual tail bone. That makes it about 44" instead of 40". And 11" to go.

[dor3girl]

I don't think mine will get there--but I keep trying!

[Nightshade]

i really like "BCL" as an in-between hip and tailbone marker. it's descriptive, and funny for those of us with crass senses of humor :laugh:

i would imagine tailbone to mean the tip of the bone (like where people break it when they 'broke their tailbone' slipping on ice, for example).

i mean, we don't say "spine" as a length b/c that's just silly... so why use an arbitrary non-ending-point on a bone that clearly has an ending?

just my opinion :p

Thank you for saying what I wanted to say, only better :flowers:

[Coriander]

i really like "BCL" as an in-between hip and tailbone marker. it's descriptive, and funny for those of us with crass senses of humor :laugh:

i would imagine tailbone to mean the tip of the bone (like where people break it when they 'broke their tailbone' slipping on ice, for example).

i mean, we don't say "spine" as a length b/c that's just silly... so why use an arbitrary non-ending-point on a bone that clearly has an ending?

just my opinion :p

Of course, those out there who have had the stupendous owie-ness of falling on their tailbones more than once (like myself) probably have a shorter tailbone length thanks to their spines being shoved out of their nostrils after such a fall. ;)

:laugh: at "spine length" hair. That's awesome.

I wonder if once I start losing weight - and my butt shrinks, maybe I'll hit classic faster? :hmm: Extra added incentive to go to the gym! :D

Dor3girl, you'll get there :)

[oldgregg]

It's knee length now

[KarenLynn]

In my mind there's two places people refer to tailbone.

"LHC tailbone" seems more often than not to refer to the tops ot the pockets in the back, or the top of the vertical smile.

"Real Tailbone" is somewhere lower than that, at the end of the tailbone, as you see here (http://www.stjohn.org/StaywellTesting/img.aspx?6097).
Yep, exactly. :thumbsup:

[GlennaGirl]

Both of those crack me up!

No pun intended, angelthadiva? :D :cheese: