How much do you want to be a few inches taller...

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Americans are puny compared to males from the Netherlands and Dinaric Alps who come in at 6 ft and 6ft 1 on average.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_height

[traz]

if I could gain 7-8 inches, I would probably sign up for this surgery.

But I figure my proportions would be a little off

[Alobar]

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Alobar, man,

I don't climb much at all but awhile back I read this article (it's also the first Google hit for Osman). Outstanding article I recommend to all, whether they care about the sport or not.

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Yeah I came across that article when googling him, very very good article.

[prohornblower]

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Americans are puny compared to males from the Netherlands and Dinaric Alps who come in at 6 ft and 6ft 1 on average.




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_height

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Fail to note that America is much more of a melting pot than the Netherlands. Millions of Hispanic and Asians live here, which keeps the average height of an American lower than a country full of Northern-European white people.

Mind boggling.

The average white and black Americans are probably more like 5'11" to 6'0".

EDIT: To add, my girlfriend is 5'9" and very skinny so she already feels like an out of place Amazon woman around all the 5'2" girls with fat asses. She told me she probably would never date a guy shorter than her because it would make her feel even more weird. When she has heels on, I'm still at least an inch taller than her.

[headturner1]

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I'm pretty happy with 5'9". I think being taller would get in the way of things I like to do like running and climbing.

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running?

how in the hell does the fact that I am 6'6" get in the way of how fast I can run? I have always been pretty fast, I guess I am just failing to reason out the logic here.

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yeah you are.

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I was more or less eluding to the fact that your claims are completely without merit. the bottom line here is if you believe your own bs than we are good to go.

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yeah, my claim that I *think* being taller would get in the way of things I like to do like running and climbing is real hard to defend. but more then that, I don't want to allude your underlying accusation. if you'd like to look at the *observations* I was relying on for these *speculations*, they're a few posts up.

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your 5'9"?

it all makes sense now.

[tuq]

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your 5'9"?

it all makes sense now.

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His five foot nine inch what makes sense now?

[skunkworks]

my 5'9" makes cents now.

[captZEEbo]

6'7" herrrrrrre

[highlife]

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I'm pretty happy with 5'9". I think being taller would get in the way of things I like to do like running and climbing.

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I don't understand how being tall could possibly get in the way of those two things.

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you probably don't do much of either of those two things.

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Oh, great explanation.

I assume you mean distance running, and I do know for sure the best distance runners currently and in the past have nearly all been near or above 6'.

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Khalid Khannouchi is not a great runner, certainly never considered near the BEST. The bottom two are not really distance runners, 5,000m plus is considered long distance. So I'll give you Haile, thats one....

[T.J. Combo]

I'm 5'5.

Being short really hindered me in high school and I had to make up for it by lifting weights constantly so I would be able to fight when picked on.

You're an easier target to other men who try to bully people when you're short, and a practical unknown to the ladies.

The first piece of ass I got was off a really weird chick when I was 18, and after I'd banged her and dumped her she went around telling everyone I raped her because she was ashamed of banging me.

Why get this surgery though when you can just buy an SUV or a Silverado? My Silverado totally remedied the height situation with the ladies.

Edit: I would've liked to have been 5 inches taller, but whatever.