Do you exaggerate your height?

[AustinTX]

This is actually funny. This thread made me go measure my height. I'm 5'9" but I always thought I was only 5'7" and have always told people I was 5'7".

hehe, I thought I was about 1.5" shorter than I am for quite a few years, I just assumed my height at the end of high school was it, but I still grew some more in college...

 

[HansNZ]

Re: Re: Do you exaggerate your height?

Isn´t 1´ 30cm and 1" 2,5 cm?

I foot = 30.48cms

1 inch = 2.54cms

 

[HansNZ]

i'm about 6'2" and have been this height for years. especially when i was younger it was so cool, 'cause all my buddies were still short. i don't exaggerate my height, even though in my country, 6'2" is not considered tall at all.

I read that the average height for Dutch men in their 20s and 30s is 6 feet. That is really tall. The average height in NZ is only 5'10". In the UK it is about 5'8".

 

[IronLion]

hansnz: 186 = 1.86 meters
1 meter = 39 inches
1.86 x 39 = 72.54 inches
72.54 in = 6' and 1/2 inch
am i wrong?

 

[HansNZ]

hansnz: 186 = 1.86 meters
1 meter = 39 inches
1.86 x 39 = 72.54 inches
72.54 in = 6' and 1/2 inch
am i wrong?

I calculated it like this:

186cms divided by 30.48cms (the number of cms in a foot) = 6.102 feet.

Times this by 12 inches (12 inches in a foot) = 73.23 inches.

6 feet = 72 inches. That means I am 6 feet and 1.23 inches.

 

[SAGAT]

I read that the average height for Dutch men in their 20s and 30s is 6 feet. That is really tall. The average height in NZ is only 5'10". In the UK it is about 5'8".

yes you're right HansNZ. the average height for adult Dutch men is 183 cm. (i guess thats about 6 feet, maybe a little bit more). that's not a good thing though i believe Holland is the country where the average height is second to largest in the world. or something like that, i don't know for sure.

 

[HansNZ]

yes you're right HansNZ. the average height for adult Dutch men is 183 cm. (i guess thats about 6 feet, maybe a little bit more). that's not a good thing though i believe Holland is the country where the average height is second to largest in the world. or something like that, i don't know for sure.

Yep, only the Nilotes in central Africa are taller on average than the Dutch.

 

[SAGAT]

really? any idea how tall those people are on average?

 

[HansNZ]

really? any idea how tall those people are on average?

I read about it years ago. You'd need to look it up. I think 6'6" is quite normal.

 

[SAGAT]

holy crap that's tall man.