How tall are you? Does height matter?

[Gangerolf]

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

[*End Is Forever*]

What's that in feet and inches?

[*End Is Forever*]

I'm about 5'8". I think. Hardly a giant... oh well.

[SlowwHand]

I'm 5'10" by 160 lbs.
Too big to be a jockey, too small to play basketball.

[orange]

just a hair under 6'

[Gangerolf]

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.

[Pekka]

I am tall and very handsome.

[Gangerolf]

oh I forgot many of you savages use feet and inches

go find an online converter somewhere

[GePap]

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.

[Urban Ranger]

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.

[Gangerolf]

179,999 cm = 5.90576719 feet

[GePap]

Originally posted by Gangerolf
179,999 cm = 5.90576719 feet

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

[rah]

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.

[Gangerolf]

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

[GePap]

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.