28-10-2002 21:56									#1
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I've heard soemwhere that most American presidential elections are won by the taller candidate.

And that women prefer tall men.

do you feel that your height gives you any (dis-)advantages

	28-10-2002 22:00									#2
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What's that in feet and inches?

	28-10-2002 22:02									#3
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I'm about 5'8". I think. Hardly a giant... oh well.

	28-10-2002 22:03									#4
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I'm 5'10" by 160 lbs.
Too big to be a jockey, too small to play basketball.

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just a hair under 6'

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I'm relatively short myself, 179,999 cm.

Haven't experienced any problems with that, but I think it would be better to be 5 cm taller.

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I am tall and very handsome.

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oh I forgot many of you savages use feet and inches

go find an online converter somewhere

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For the lazy:

1 inch = 2.54 cm

68 inches (5 feet, 8 inches) = 172.72cm

6 feet = 182.88 cm

you can do the rest of the math.

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I am tall and very fugly

Actually not that tall ~185cm

The only disadvantage I can think of is you can't be a jockey if you are over a certain height.

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179,999 cm = 5.90576719 feet

	28-10-2002 22:11									#12
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quote: Originally posted by Gangerolf 179,999 cm = 5.90576719 feet

He means 5 feet, 11 inches, not 5'9" (duh, they say to Gepap )

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Around 190.5 cm or 6'3"
Height has always seemed to be a big advantage in my career. For some silly reason, it seems to increase the perception of me being an authority figure. I'm taller so I command greater respect and credibility.

But heck, when you have a difficult job, you take advantage of whatever you can.

The only disadvantages are that really really short girls have a tendency not to want to date you. AND sometimes you have to deal with the jealousy and insecurities of short men.


RAH
One American that could convert it.

	28-10-2002 22:15									#14
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quote: He means 5 feet, 11 inches, not 5'9" (duh, they say to Gepap )

sounds right.

I used this thing:
http://www.ibdprince.com/metric.shtml

	28-10-2002 22:18									#15
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quote: Originally posted by Gangerolf sounds right. I used this thing: http://www.ibdprince.com/metric.shtml

The thing is that people who use the standard system seem to have much problem with the whole decimal thing, overall. I just wanted to clarify that the .9 was of 12 inches, thus 11. I also realize many people obviously get it, and thus the self-deprication.

	28-10-2002 22:19									#16
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196cm (6'5"). Yes, height does matter.

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Just over 6 feet, so somewhere around 183-4 cm. I have no concept of myself as tall though (although I am in comparison to many people at school) - I always feel short no matter what the situation. I tend to try and make myself smaller than I really am - I feel too intimidating if I'm too tall.

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quote: Originally posted by Urban Ranger The only disadvantage I can think of is you can't be a jockey if you are over a certain height.

Who'd even want to be a jockey?

I'm 1.60 m...Sometimes it's good to be small...but yes, sometimes it gives some disadvantages...

	28-10-2002 22:28									#19
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I'm 5'8" (173 cm).

I think taller people enjoy a bit more confidence, in general. There is a psychological advantage in being able to look down on most people (in the literal sense).

As for the taller man always winning the election...that's not true all the time. Gore was several inches taller than Bush, and I believe Mondale was noticeably taller than Reagan. I don't think Clinton was demonstrably taller than Bush Sr. Sure, Dukakis was a shrimp, but he had a lot of other things going against him. I'm not sure if Kennedy was taller than Nixon or not. And I think Ford was taller than Carter, wasn't he?

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Pretty short, 169cm (just under 5'7"). Certainly hasn't done me any favours, makes it harder to spread out the weight too...and I am always paranoid about my height.

	28-10-2002 22:29									#21
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182cm roughly. That's pretty much the perfect height I would say. Not short enough to give me an inferiority complex, or to be shorter than the women I would date. Not tall enough to be gangly and awkward.

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Hovering around 6ft.

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1,80.

In the american sistem how much is 1,80?
I still dont understand their way of measuring height.

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quote: Originally posted by Plan Austral 1,80. In the american sistem how much is 1,80? I still dont understand their way of measuring height.

See, it's easy. We take the length of our Pharoah's forearm and...

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1m96, or 6'5" for the Yanks and Brits.

Height does matter, then again as a basketballer and rower I would say that. Helps in the pulling stakes too (most girls rather have someone taller than them).

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quote: Originally posted by Boris Godunov See, it's easy. We take the length of our Pharoah's forearm and...

Sadly, I dont have a real size photograph of Bush in my bedroom to check.

	28-10-2002 22:48									#27
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5'10" (183ish CM I think), about average...

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182 cm (6'0). I'd take another centimeter or two, but no more than that -- some spaces are cramped as it is, no reason to increase the problem.

I've noticed that sometimes very tall people (6'4 or taller) can be pegged as being dimwitted, but this might have just been due to unfortunate circumstances at my H.S. -- the two tightends on the football team were 6'4 and 6'5, and both were pegged as dunces (one of them was a dunce, but the other was pretty smart). I don't know if the dunce made everybody associate tall people with dimwits, or if the association was there ahead of time. I haven't known very many tall people since then, so I haven't been able to tell how they're treated in general.

	28-10-2002 22:54									#29
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In a survey done last year (or at least I read it last year) the average height of the American male is 5'8" (173 cm).

So I'm average. I'm not short. I'm NOT. Ha. Mr. Average, yup.

	28-10-2002 22:55									#30
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Loinburger--it's jealous short persons with a Napoleon complex lashing out at tall people, actually.