When giving people your height.............

[swils8610]

Originally Posted by enjoythemusic

From taint to tip

Hahahahahaha!


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[Pw92676]

Height without shoes and weight without clothes.

I’d venture to say that outside the NFL combine it’s not a big difference for the questioner though.

[GB-man]

Barefoot height like the doctor would measure. I am 6'2 1/2 so I never minded the question.

I do think it's funny when people who are 5'10'' say they are 6 foot. It seems incredibly common these days. Even some of the most famous people think they can pull the wool over our eyes. You aren't fooling anyone and I surely don't go around judging people by their height.

[Blansky]

Originally Posted by Pw92676

Height without shoes and weight without clothes.

Agree.

Whenever I go to the doctors office I always remove my shoes for height and take off my clothes before getting on the scale even when the nurse is screaming for me to stop.

But I think a person has to have standards and stand by them even in the face of sometimes vocal dissent.

[pickettt]

Originally Posted by GB-man

Barefoot height like the doctor would measure. I am 6'2 1/2 so I never minded the question.

I do think it's funny when people who are 5'10'' say they are 6 foot. It seems incredibly common these days. Even some of the most famous people think they can pull the wool over our eyes. You aren't fooling anyone and I surely don't go around judging people by their height.

That's actually very interesting to me, because I am 5'10". I claim 5'10", but when I say that, everyone tells me they thought I was 6'0". I guess 5'10" guys are picking up that ball and running with it.

[Pix]

I tell em 5'12...after a minute the figure it out

[Dan Pierce]

I'm 6'4" and have the scars on top of my head to prove it.
dP

[GB-man]

Originally Posted by pickettt

That's actually very interesting to me, because I am 5'10". I claim 5'10", but when I say that, everyone tells me they thought I was 6'0". I guess 5'10" guys are picking up that ball and running with it.

I didn’t mean to pick on that exact number but one of my good friends who’s like 5’11” has never once said he was anything less than 6 foot haha

It’s no big deal of course I just think it’s silly.

[TheVTCGuy]

I tell them the truth... 6’4” ... ... ....


Ahem.

[Blansky]

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[pickettt]

Originally Posted by Dan Pierce

I'm 6'4" and have the scars on top of my head to prove it.
dP

My dad was 6'6", and as a kid, I remember him having to duck through every the doorway of our house. This was the 70s and early 80s when, in addition to that 6'6", he had another 4" of afro.

[sokoloka]

Originally Posted by Dan Pierce

I'm 6'4" and have the scars on top of my head to prove it.
dP

Same here brother.

[GradyPhilpott]

I used to be 6'2", but the VA now says that I'm 6'.

It's been so long since I was measured that I can't really remember, but I'm pretty sure that the VA just made a transcription error.

So, I tell people that I'm 6'2", but I add that I might have shrunk a bit through the years.

The next time I go to the VA, I'm going to make sure they measure me, so that I'll know for sure.

[droptopman]

I was 6 3 now 6 2. I tell people I am 6 2.

[GradyPhilpott]

Originally Posted by Dan Pierce

I'm 6'4" and have the scars on top of my head to prove it.
dP

Me, too, Dan.

I spent 4 months on an LST in the Caribbean back in 1970 and not a day went by that I didn't bang my head on a hatchway or a pipe or something else.

Those ships were designed for a much shorter generation of men.

[Dan Pierce]

Originally Posted by pickettt

My dad was 6'6", and as a kid, I remember him having to duck through every the doorway of our house. This was the 70s and early 80s when, in addition to that 6'6", he had another 4" of afro.

Originally Posted by sokoloka

Same here brother.

Luckily I've been blessed with a full head of hair in my 60's, cause without full coverage, it would look like a mindfield.
dP

[KBM]

Originally Posted by PanosI

From now on they don't ask Dan.
iPhone 12 Pro Can Measure Anyone’s Height Instantly!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCCuR75Ej5s

That's pretty cool, actually.

[tudorbaja27]

Originally Posted by Blansky

Agree.

Whenever I go to the doctors office I always remove my shoes for height and take off my clothes before getting on the scale even when the nurse is screaming for me to stop.

But I think a person has to have standards and stand by them even in the face of sometimes vocal dissent.

Spot on! Principles are all we have left!

[Dan2010]

[donas]

Originally Posted by Dan2010

I'm tall so I get asked all the time.

Ahhh, makes sense. I'm a whopping 5'6, people probably just think they are making fun of a handicap so I'm not asked

[Dan Pierce]

Originally Posted by GradyPhilpott

Me, too, Dan.

I spent 4 months on an LST in the Caribbean back in 1970 and not a day went by that I didn't bang my head on a hatchway or a pipe or something else.

Those ships were designed for a much shorter generation of men.

It's amazing how your head can find every low threshold. But those ships are the worst.
dP

[Oscarpapa]

Apparently, you lose 10mm for every decade over forty. I was 6' 0'' my thirties and now in my early sixties am not much over 5' 11''.

[gnuyork]

Originally Posted by swils8610

Uh..really? I’m 5’10...


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With shoes on, right?

[seand442]

6’10” here. Not a day goes by where I don’t get asked. I’ll try the 5’22” repose at times to mess with people. Usually followed up by asking if I play basketball. Nope. Either a professional miniature golfer or retired to see their faces figure those out.

[kieselguhr]

5’10” in socks. Am expecting that to decrease over the next few decades.

I never understood the point of lying about your height. If it’s about dating, most women can eyeball 6ft and above accurately, especially if they’re particular about a man’s height. If it’s professional or health related, they’ll measure and note your real height anyway.

[FTX I]

Originally Posted by GB-man

Barefoot height like the doctor would measure.

Obvious. TBH I don't think this is a serious question.

[Dan2010]

Originally Posted by FTX I

Obvious. TBH I don't think this is a serious question.

No, I was being serious. I find that alot of people give their height with shoes on. When I had my last physical the nurse asked me how tall I was and was astonished I was actually a bit taller barefoot. She said most everyone lies about their height. I wear orthotics and along with shoes I'm almost an inch taller and thought hey, maybe I should give my height with shoes on too......LOL.

[Kowaco]

Originally Posted by AzPaul

Shouldn't your height be whatever height you identify with?

That’s true no one cares what you say


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[sgwatchguy]

Barefoot. Don’t embellish.

[pickettt]

Originally Posted by kieselguhr

5’10” in socks. Am expecting that to decrease over the next few decades.

Planning on buying thinner socks?