How tall are you ?

**Kintaro** · Jun 26, 2004, 03:01

And so far, both Shortest and tallest are taken by Canadians, if people voted as they posted, Kikyo at 1.52 and myself at 2.01

Diversity is all that counts :P

(Then again a trip to Japan could be virtual suicide for me...)

**Wren** · Jun 26, 2004, 03:15

Looks like I am in a major minority here. I am just 5'0" tall.

**silver_ash86** · Jul 1, 2004, 00:56

woo hoo i'm the shortest!! 1.44m!!

**Arch** · Jul 9, 2004, 05:54

Im 5,8, but only 16 nearly 17 so a few years to go yet.

**TakaraNeko** · Jul 12, 2004, 12:03

I'm only 5'6"....and I doubt that I'll get any taller in this lifetime.

**Dream Time** · Jul 12, 2004, 16:52

Originally Posted by TakaraNeko

I'm only 5'6"....and I doubt that I'll get any taller in this lifetime.

5'6" is good for a female already

**Foxtrot Uniform** · Jul 12, 2004, 20:35

5'11" or 180 cm -- still growing so a few more centimeters and I start bumping my head on the top of the entrance to the trains...

**sweet** · Jul 12, 2004, 20:56

Originally Posted by Foxtrot Uniform

5'11" or 180 cm -- still growing so a few more centimeters and I start bumping my head on the top of the entrance to the trains...

poor guy

but sometimes it is nice u would be very very tall

i am very short
1m60 to 1m64 (5'3" to 5'4")

thanks

**vinsento** · Jul 13, 2004, 06:17

5'10 - 5'11 ... depends on how straight I stand.

*slouches back to computer*

**Dan B** · Jul 13, 2004, 07:07

A couple of things. While I don't doubt that the listed difference in height is accurate, the picture capitalizes on an optical illusion which makes the already significant height difference seem even more dramatic. Here, look again:

Originally Posted by Dream Time

Earl Boykins 5'5
Yao Ming 7'4

Note Ming's feet, which appear to be "lower" than Boykins's. He's clearly standing in the foreground, perhaps several meters from Boykins. To get a better idea of how they would look standing next to each other, visualize twice the vertical difference between the base of Ming's and Boykins's respective feet. Now subtract that from Ming's height.

(Ming will still be considerably taller than Boykins, of course! But thinking about it like this might help overcome the exaggerated impression we're given from the picture.)

Also, with regards to the use of the metric system (SI) in US schools, the NCTM (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics) has long recommended that all state and county math curricula place an emphasis on teaching SI alongside the English Standard (ES) system in the early grades (see a very broad overview of the suggested standards here).

But, given that the US still uses ES for many business applications (e.g. liquid volume of beverages, although SI units are also listed), in much of the media and sports (e.g. "10-yard line"), and in day-to-day practice (e.g. I'm 5' 10" tall), I don't think that much more than the basic structure of IS sticks in kids' minds, at best.

However SI is used extensively in many high school and college courses (at least in the sciences and mathematics), though we often continue to use ES in those courses, as well. For example, although I mostly used SI, I once had to answer a question in Differential Equations about "mass" using ES. I didn't even know what the units were for measuring mass in ES! I had to look it up (it's "slugs," by the way).

I agree that it would be much simpler to do away with ES and exclusively use SI. But that seems to be taking us a very long time...

Regards,

Dan

**Foxtrot Uniform** · Jul 13, 2004, 20:13

Originally Posted by Dan B

However SI is used extensively in many high school and college courses (at least in the sciences and mathematics), though we often continue to use ES in those courses, as well. For example, although I mostly used SI, I once had to answer a question in Differential Equations about "mass" using ES. I didn't even know what the units were for measuring mass in ES! I had to look it up (it's "slugs," by the way).

I agree that it would be much simpler to do away with ES and exclusively use SI. But that seems to be taking us a very long time...

I agree completely, the metric system is much easier to use and you can use common sense to figure stuff out because its based on tens, like kilometer -- kilo=1000 so 1000 meters which is much easier than memorizing that there are 5280 feet in a mile. Its too bad the change is taking such a logn time...

Originally Posted by Sweet

poor guy

Haha, thanks

**King of Tokyo** · Jul 16, 2004, 06:39

I'm either 5'11 or 6'0 even.. I'm not sure.. but you get the idea.. lol

**Winter** · Jul 16, 2004, 06:44

*tries to think if I've responded to this thread, without looking back through the pages due to extreme sloth* Hrmm....

Oh well.

I'm 5'3.

**Uncle Frank** · Jul 16, 2004, 10:28

Originally Posted by Winter

*tries to think if I've responded to this thread, without looking back through the pages due to extreme sloth* Hrmm....

Oh well.

I'm 5'3.

You post like you're 7 feet tall and ready to take on all comers!!

Frank

**MeiWAkU** · Jul 16, 2004, 10:26

i am 5'9"...is that short?

**Glenn** · Jul 19, 2004, 17:18

Originally Posted by MeiWAkU

i am 5'9"...is that short?

I'd say that's about average. By the way, I'm 5'9" as well.

**Mike Cash** · Jul 19, 2004, 13:29

I'm 189.5, so I can't choose one of the options.

**necrozombie** · Jul 28, 2004, 23:45

i'm 4'10

...i know thats short...

..i'm at boob-level with all my friends...

..it's sad..

**DragonChan** · Jul 29, 2004, 05:04

TimF - haha, that sucks.

I think I'm about 5'7" or maybe 5'8". All I know is I'm taller than most of the girls, and shorter than most of the guys ^^;;

**nuovo** · Jul 29, 2004, 21:39

Do you know that we are taller when we get up in the morning?

**Sinspawne** · Jul 30, 2004, 00:12

really?

is it because we lie down and distribute the weight equally all over the body, instead of down the spine and legs?

**nuovo** · Jul 30, 2004, 12:37

Originally Posted by Sinspawne

really?

is it because we lie down and distribute the weight equally all over the body, instead of down the spine and legs?

We are taller in the morning because the disks of our spine rest during the night. For various reasons, astronauts are taller up to 2 inches in space (search Google...).

Earlier Frank D. White said he was getting smaller with age. He should stretch his spine. It works, and eliminates all back problems! http://www.geocities.com/ambkk/HangUps.html