Col5632
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I remember being one of the tallest in my class at around 6 foot but now thats just considered average 
Kids today.
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Fnaar
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At school in the 70s, I was the second shortest in a class where over half the chaps (grammar school) were 6ft plus. I caught up a bit, but all the tall ones were from well off families.
marknotgeorge
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The Drama Queen and the (looking less of a ) Mad Scientist are both quite small for their ages. Funnily enough, the Karrimor walking shoes I bought them 2 years ago still fit them both!
hoopdriver
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[QUOTE 3140773, member: 45"]It's not the view of a company, it's the way things are. Americans are generally bigger, not richer, than British people.
Numbered sizing is generally different because of the different measuring systems rather than nationality average sizes.[/QUOTE]
And the differences in shoe sizes...?
These broad generalisations don't hold water. One company's small is another company's medium, and as for shoe sizes it's silly even to try to translate between EU, US, and UK sizes. The differences in translation and actual size varies wildly.
Numbered sizing is generally different because of the different measuring systems rather than nationality average sizes.[/QUOTE]
And the differences in shoe sizes...?
These broad generalisations don't hold water. One company's small is another company's medium, and as for shoe sizes it's silly even to try to translate between EU, US, and UK sizes. The differences in translation and actual size varies wildly.
hoopdriver
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If that's your point I agree with you
Piemaster
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I'm another one that at school was one of the tallest and am now starting to feel distinctly average.
Food is better now, but I also wonder if some of the growth hormones fed to animals has inevitably found it's way into humans.
Food is better now, but I also wonder if some of the growth hormones fed to animals has inevitably found it's way into humans.
Julia9054
Legendary Member
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As has been said, better nutrition and living conditions.
I am 5ft3 and a school teacher. All my pupils in middle class Harrogate tower over me despite allegedly only being one inch shorter than the national average for women.
I remember vividly a big, tall girl bullying me at school by saying "you're short because you're poor"
I was fuming but couldn't say anything because, compared to her,I was and I was!
I am 5ft3 and a school teacher. All my pupils in middle class Harrogate tower over me despite allegedly only being one inch shorter than the national average for women.
I remember vividly a big, tall girl bullying me at school by saying "you're short because you're poor"
I was fuming but couldn't say anything because, compared to her,I was and I was!
Sara_H
Guru
I have a theory.
When I was growing up central heating and double glazing didn't exist. In our house we had a fairly poor gas fire in the living room. We had parafin heaters in the bedroom to "take the chill off" at bed time. It could be very, very cold.
In the winter (when there was regularly ice formed on the INSIDE of the windows when you woke) I suspect many of us who grew up in the 70's and before consumed significant amounts of our calorific intake keeping warm. Todays youths, who grew up with central heating, haven't had to use calorific energy on keeping warm, so they grew big instead.
That's the end of my theory.
When I was growing up central heating and double glazing didn't exist. In our house we had a fairly poor gas fire in the living room. We had parafin heaters in the bedroom to "take the chill off" at bed time. It could be very, very cold.
In the winter (when there was regularly ice formed on the INSIDE of the windows when you woke) I suspect many of us who grew up in the 70's and before consumed significant amounts of our calorific intake keeping warm. Todays youths, who grew up with central heating, haven't had to use calorific energy on keeping warm, so they grew big instead.
That's the end of my theory.
simon.r
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- Nottingham
I'm another 50 year old who was always one of the tallest in my peer group, at 6'2" and now feel average in a group of young men. My (soon to be) step son is 15 and 6'3"!
I remember reading years ago that some car manufacturer had done some research and found that every decade the average height increased by about 10mm.
I remember reading years ago that some car manufacturer had done some research and found that every decade the average height increased by about 10mm.
swee'pea99
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[QUOTE 3141749, member: 76"]At last, someone bringing some proper science to the discussion!
As an update to the original post, MissUser76 has now got her size 8 training shoes, and they fit, but I don't know if they will last her past the summer. She put on MIniMaggots old cycling shoes this evening, so she is back on clipless as they fit her fine.[/QUOTE]
What's improper about suggesting that people who have a good diet tend to grow bigger, and that people who are descended from generations of people who have a good diet tend to be bigger? There's nothing unscientific about that. It's damn good science! Which is to say, it's backed up by a whole heap of evidence.
As an update to the original post, MissUser76 has now got her size 8 training shoes, and they fit, but I don't know if they will last her past the summer. She put on MIniMaggots old cycling shoes this evening, so she is back on clipless as they fit her fine.[/QUOTE]
What's improper about suggesting that people who have a good diet tend to grow bigger, and that people who are descended from generations of people who have a good diet tend to be bigger? There's nothing unscientific about that. It's damn good science! Which is to say, it's backed up by a whole heap of evidence.
hoopdriver
Guru
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- East Sussex
I think the remark was light-hearted
Indeed.
swee'pea99
Squire
I can be very slow at the end of a hard week after a couple of jars.
Come to think of it, I'm increasingly slow on a Monday morning right after my weetabix.
Come to think of it, I'm increasingly slow on a Monday morning right after my weetabix.
