How tall are you?

[Shortandcrisp]

Oh, and I used to be 5'7" but seemed to have shrunk a little since my injury.

 

[RWright]

a little over 5' 9"

 

[slowmotion]

Engineer?

 

[ColinJ]

183cm. Just been overtaken by my son who is barely 14. His twin sister is not far behind and my wife is 184cm.

At six feet tall, soon I'll be the shortest in the family.

I was talking to someone about that phenomenon recently.

I was fully grown in my mid-teens (early 1970s). At 1.86 m or 6' 1" I was considered very tall and there was only one other person in the school of my height.

As years went by I became merely 'tallish' as young giants caught up and then grew taller.

These days I have to look up when speaking to tall young men as often as men had to look up to make eye contact with me in my teens.

The average height of 21 year old males in the Netherlands and Norway is now only 2 or 3 cms less than mine.

 

[Milzy]

Run a marathon and you can lose 10mm for a few days there.

 

[gavroche]

1m72 but I think I am shrinking as I get older.

 

[Drago]

I was talking to someone about that phenomenon recently.

I was fully grown in my mid-teens (early 1970s). At 1.86 m or 6' 1" I was considered very tall and there was only one other person in the school of my height.

As years went by I became merely 'tallish' as young giants caught up and then grew taller.

These days I have to look up when speaking to tall young men as often as men had to look up to make eye contact with me in my teens.

The average height of 21 year old males in the Netherlands and Norway is now only 2 or 3 cms less than mine.

Same here. I read somewhere that growth hormones pumped into livestock gets into the food chain, hence these towering youngsters you see these days. Don't know how true it may be but it sounds good.

 

[Accy cyclist]

I am shrinikg too no longer just over 6'1", still above 6' though so all is well. I've never wanted to be taller but am always grateful to not be under 6', a short bloke.

You've lost an inch. Do you think the shrinking will stop there,or do you think you could lose more? I ask because with me going from 6ft 1in to 5ft 11in, i must've dropped to 6ft before dropping to 5ft 11in. If i'd have been measured when i was exactly 6ft would i have assumed that i wasn't going to lose anymore?

 

[Drago]

So Accy has become a short man, and is slowly regressing to dwarfhood.

 

[Accy cyclist]

So Accy has become a short man, and is slowly regressing to dwarfhood.

I'll still tell people i'm 6ft. It's not like they're going to say oh no you aren't! Then pin me against a wall while they measure me.

 

[MarkF]

You've lost an inch. Do you think the shrinking will stop there,or do you think you could lose more? I ask because with me going from 6ft 1in to 5ft 11in, i must've dropped to 6ft before dropping to 5ft 11in. If i'd have been measured when i was exactly 6ft would i have assumed that i wasn't going to lose anymore?

I had a few bad accidents 2011-2013 (non-cycling), one that caused me to lose a year never mind an inch, I am hoping I don't lose another inch, being less than 6' would be a disappointment. My youngest lad (18) is stuck on 5'11" and it is killing him, me, I want him to stay down there!

 

[Accy cyclist]

I had a few bad accidents 2011-2013 (non-cycling), one that caused me to lose a year never mind an inch, I am hoping I don't lose another inch, being less than 6' would be a disappointment. My youngest lad (18) is stuck on 5'11" and it is killing him, me, I want him to stay down there!

Things like this don't bother me now. It's like hair loss. If i'd have lost height or my hair at say 36 i'd have been upset,but at 56 i'm just happy to be alive!

Edit..Now if it'd been my Narcissistic brother who'd lost height, he'd be totally devastated!

 

[Julia9054]

I'm 5ft 3 1/2
A huge lump of a girl at school used to bully me by saying "you're short because you're poor!"

 

[Racing roadkill]

5 ft something ( whatever 1m 77 is in feet and inches )

 

[MarkF]

5 ft something ( whatever 1m 77 is in feet and inches )

Short.