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Married to Night Train
- Location
- Salford, UK
Tall people dont have long to live
- Thread starter DiddlyDodds
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Smokin Joe
Legendary Member
- Location
- Bare headed cyclist, Smoker
6'1" and a smoker.
Oh dear
Oh dear
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Don't worry - I'm 6' 1" too and I've noticed that I'm no longer tall!6'1" and a smoker.
Oh dear
When I were a lad, I used to look over the heads of most of the other boys in school assemblies. These days, I seem to be surrounded by teenage basketball players. Well, they are tall enough to be basketball players, anyway. 6' 5" is the new tall!
martint235
Dog on a bike
- Location
- Welling
Angelfishsolo
A Velocipedian
- Location
- Cwmbach, South Wales
I am 6 foot and feel quite short compared to many people half my age. Is this selective mutation to allow kids to get porn mags from the top shelf?
Arch
Married to Night Train
- Location
- Salford, UK
We are getting taller. Better nutrition allows more people to fulfill their genetic possibility, heightwise. There are still some of us predisposed to be short, but if you have a tall gene, you're more likely to fulfill it when you have enough to eat.
cookiemonster
Legendary Member
- Location
- Hong Kong
Well, that's true.
I'm 6ft3 and eat like a horse.
I'm 6ft3 and eat like a horse.
Fiona N
Veteran
I think to be fair the research reported this time around was that women have a 16% greater risk of breast, ovarian (and some other) cancer for every 10cm they are taller than average and 16% less for being 10cm shorter. That was based on some 9000 women over 5' tall (I believe 5'5" is the average).
But this is in addition to earlier research, pretty well confirmed, which has shown that taller people have shorter life expectancy, as for that matter do larger breeds of dog over smaller ones
It seems that the reason is a toss up (at the moment) between the higher hormone levels needed during growth to get bigger and more repairs needed to keep a big body going (just think, the heart has to pump the blood further against gravity in taller people) therefore a higher chance of a cancer getting going.
But this is in addition to earlier research, pretty well confirmed, which has shown that taller people have shorter life expectancy, as for that matter do larger breeds of dog over smaller ones
It seems that the reason is a toss up (at the moment) between the higher hormone levels needed during growth to get bigger and more repairs needed to keep a big body going (just think, the heart has to pump the blood further against gravity in taller people) therefore a higher chance of a cancer getting going.99% of people die within 24hrs of having eaten rice or potatoes. They are seriously dangerous
But not as bad as water.The Daily Mail headlines
Everything causes cancer!
Next day
New breakthrough in cure for cancer!
But some cure cancer too
Silver Fox
Guru
6'3", well thats me fooked.
Only one thing for it then, more dirty beer and loose women .... I do so love that TV show
Only one thing for it then, more dirty beer and loose women .... I do so love that TV show
I'm 6ft3 and eat like a horse.
Get it right, your almost 19 "hands" and eat like a horse
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Great, so I'm destined to live to a ripe old age whilst earning rubbish money.
funnymummy
A Dizzy M.A.B.I.L
- Location
- Lancing West Sussex
I have 2 birthdays a year, am a caffiene addict and over 6 foot... Best start digging me hole then!
