General Height - Page 7

Alex 6'0 said on 3/Feb/23
I feel tallish still and i live a little north of nyc. Depends where i go ill be one the tallest in the store

MaskDeMasque 5'9.5 said on 3/Feb/23
I'm not much taller than James and I felt above average quite a lot when I lived in a big village. There was mainly old people who lived there though.

MaskDeMasque 5'9.5 said on 3/Feb/23
I've never seen a 6'4 woman before, sounds great lol. Tallest girl I've ever seen was 6'2-6'3 range.

(Billythetreesurgeon) said on 3/Feb/23
James.B 172cm
Perhaps you live in a village or something with an elderly population, I’m 182cm at night and when I meet someone around my age 8 times out of 10 they are taller than I am.. even though I am practically 6ft I still feel shortish sometimes, maybe you have a higher eye level than your typical 5.8 guy

Caleb 178.8cm said on 3/Feb/23
Tallest known living men without growth-related pathological disorders:

1. Bob Wegner - 7'8.5
2. Paul Sturgess - 7'7.26
3. Robert Bobroczky - 7'7
4. Shawn Bradley - 7'6
5. Yao Ming - 7'5.5
6. Daniel Gilchrist - 7'5.5
7. Olivier Rioux - 7'5.33
8. Tacko Fall - 7'5.25
9. Jamarion Sharp - 7'5
10. Connor Vanover - 7'5
11. Chuck Nevitt - 7'5
12. Will Foster - 7'5
13. Calvin Lane - 7'5
14. Samuel Deguara - 7'5
15. Marko Dujkovic - 7'5
16. Liu Chuanxing - 7'4.5
17. Sergey Ilin - 7'4.5
18. Aleksandr Rindin - 7'4.5

Keep in mind that some of these heights may not be accurate. I'm just going off of what I saw them listed at.

James.B 172cm said on 2/Feb/23
Jdubbz said on 1/Feb/23
I imagine you'd only feel tall at 5'8 (in England) when comparing your height to women, children, and very old people who have shrunk several inches. I.e, a pretty unfair comparison (assuming you're a guy).


Actually I noticed the women are getting a lot taller these days

Zaratustraelsabio said on 2/Feb/23
Maahin Chowdhury said on 31/Jan/23
Bruh today, I just seen a woman that is around 6’4 at a local shop I went with my mates. I never seen a woman that tall in my life!

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Please tell us about the experience. I love tall girls.

Jdubbz said on 1/Feb/23
I imagine you'd only feel tall at 5'8 (in England) when comparing your height to women, children, and very old people who have shrunk several inches. I.e, a pretty unfair comparison (assuming you're a guy).

James.B 172cm said on 1/Feb/23
Maahin Chowdhury said on 1/Feb/23
@James.B 172 cm
That’s weird that you feel quite tall at 5’8 in the UK, unless your area is 5’5-5’6 on average for men. I feel above average/ tallish at 5’11 and I also live in the UK. Maybe your area is shorter than the overall average. Do you live in a rural area?


I live in a town with a population of 42,835 which is right next door to the countryside

Maahin Chowdhury said on 1/Feb/23
@James.B 172 cm
That’s weird that you feel quite tall at 5’8 in the UK, unless your area is 5’5-5’6 on average for men. I feel above average/ tallish at 5’11 and I also live in the UK. Maybe your area is shorter than the overall average. Do you live in a rural area?

James.B 172cm said on 1/Feb/23
I was measured 172cm on a stadiometer at the doctors office, 171 1/2cm on a wall gym tape measure and weirdly 5ft6 1/2 on a laser height measuring machine at the shopping centre.

Odd isn’t it that I got 3 different height measurements

James.B 172cm said on 1/Feb/23
Today I went out for a walk and I felt like a tall guy especially amongst the elderly men I saw

Sandy Cowell said on 1/Feb/23
@ Maahim Chowdhury - That is ONE TALL WOMAN! I don’t think I’ve ever met a woman of that height either, but I have known plenty of 5ft11 to 6ft2.

There were two women who came in to check on my hip after my big op, (hip replacement five years ago). One was 6ft2 and the other nurse was below 5ft. They always worked together and got on very well!

Cheers Maahim! 😁👍🏼

rlheight5'11 said on 31/Jan/23
@Editor Rob
I wasn't criticising nor questioning Bobby's writing and my original comment to him sounded a bit questionable, I read over it again.

Rockaway said on 31/Jan/23
Just measured 183.5cm on a stadiometer at a doctors appointment around 2pm. I worked out earlier in the morning as well. Rob, would you classify that as “solid 6 foot”? Also, would you list that as 6’0.25” on your website?

Maahin Chowdhury said on 31/Jan/23
Bruh today, I just seen a woman that is around 6’4 at a local shop I went with my mates. I never seen a woman that tall in my life!

James B 172cm said on 31/Jan/23
At 5ft8 I feel tall quite often where I live in england

Poster said on 30/Jan/23
@adrianposter: That sounds quite anecdotal. That cutoff height is too tall for some ethnicities and some countries. It might be valid for Dutch men. It's definitely not valid for Indonesian men.

Poster said on 29/Jan/23
James' height chart brought something to mind. Short is not synonymous with small, and tall is not synonymous with large. I wouldn't describe a tall and skinny person as large, for instance. I guess that the words are synonymous in some countries.

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Caleb 178.7cm said on 29/Jan/23
Rob, how tall do you think Ike Catcher is? My guess is that I would get 6'7 3/4 if I measured him against a wall like Lindsay Hayward.

adrianposter said on 29/Jan/23
tbh i see more 4’10-4’11 girls than 5’3-5’4 guys so i think 5’3 should be the dwarf cutoff for males

Poster said on 28/Jan/23
@Meltdown: I think that those cutoff heights apply to black and white Americans under a certain age. Maybe they should be higher in the "taller" countries while they should be lower in the "shorter" countries. It could be 4'10 for a Dutch woman. It could be 4'6 for an Indonesian woman.

Leesheff85 said on 28/Jan/23
Five foot is not short enough to be a dwarf. That's ridiculous. Below four ten for men and. A few inches shorter for woman

Daniel Lee 173 cm said on 28/Jan/23
Some people think I'm was insulting to little person due to my chart about them. i was just tell us my opinion like any other topic

Okidoki said on 28/Jan/23
Rob: If enviromental factors where optimal, how much could the average height grow? For both men and women, diet, physicality, enviroment etc.

Is it minimal room now?

Okidoki said on 28/Jan/23
adrianjacobs: Check out the ncd height calculator data, it's from 2019 and one of the most accurate studies, the studies are based on national surveys and not selfreported studies, so it's almost no chance that it's less than 3 hours out of bed, so up till 8 hours out of bed, you will be max 0.5 to 1 cm shorter. I'ts 19 year olds and the Swedes were 180.5 cm on average.

From all the studies i have seen, 181.5 cm was the maximum average. Interms of numbers atleast, the average is not 182-183 cm.

From all that has been seen, it's hard to see the average ethnic Swede below 180 cm, but not above 182 cm either. One of the tallest people in the world for a reason.

But if the ncd data is correct, they may still be incorrect at some countries. Only 180 cm for a young Swede is still a possibility.

Jdubbz said on 28/Jan/23
James.B 172cm said on 26/Jan/23
Used to know a guy who I THINK was 6’4 legit (he claimed consistently claimed 6’5). He looked taller than just ‘regular’ tall if you know what I mean but not like freakish or anything.

How did you know he was 6'4 and not 6'5? Unless you're Rob Paul, being able to discern whether a guy is 8.5 or 9.5 inches taller than you isn't the easiest thing to do.

Emil said on 28/Jan/23
@adrian

Sounds plausible

James.B 172cm said on 27/Jan/23
Meltdown said on 27/Jan/23
Standard Height Distribution for Men

XXS 5'4" and under
XS 5'5" – 5'6"
S 5'7" – 5'8"
M 5'9" – 5'10"
L 5'11 – 6'0"
XL 6'1" – 6'2"
XXL 6'3 – 6'4"
XXXL 6'5" and up


I am 5ft8 and since working out a lot more of my shirts are medium. When I skinny I wore size small though.

Sandy Cowell said on 27/Jan/23
John Bowe starred in: The Living Daylights, Resurrected, Prime Suspect, Ashes to Ashes, Gozo, New Tricks, Emmerdale and, as mentioned before, Coronation Street. 😁

Sandy Cowell said on 27/Jan/23
Please could we have a page for actor John Bowe, Rob? Recently killed off in Classic Coronation Street, I’ve seen him pop up in a variety of things over the years. One is the film I’m watching now - Bright Hair, in which he plays a detective.

I found 5ft11.75 for John’s peak and 5ft11 nowadays. I thought, “Someone knows what he’s talking about on the height front!”

Thank you, Rob!

Kellan said on 27/Jan/23
I think the guideline is more like, people with dwarfism tend to be under 4'10". People 4'10" and under are not necessarily dwarfs. In some shorter countries the average is 4'11" for women.

Maahin Chowdhury said on 27/Jan/23
@adrianjacobs

I’ve never been to Sweden or any other Scandinavian country, but I heard that they’re quite tall, almost as tall as the dutch. I doubt the average over there is just a flat 5’10. I think it’s around a weak 5’11/179 cm at least.

Maahin Chowdhury said on 27/Jan/23
@Henrik

Apparently Dutch people are getting shorter. Dutch men and women who are born in the 1980s are 1-2 cm taller on average than those who are born in the 2000s. So relatively speaking, millennials are taller than gen z in The Netherlands.

adrianjacobs said on 27/Jan/23
@Emil
I'd say it's around 6ft for young swedish guys. 5'11.5 was measured 15 years ago and the average is likely a bit taller now. I live in Stockholm and the average is definitely taller than 6ft here, but it could be around 6ft for the whole country since people living in Skåne and southern parts of the country are noticeably shorter.

adrianjacobs said on 27/Jan/23
@Poster
Yeah, they could be 5'5, but I was asking @dreus23 because he said that swedish women are 5'4-5'5, which would make white american women barely 5'3.

Henrik said on 27/Jan/23
I doubt that generation Z is taller than millennials. I don't think people are really growing taller anymore.

Glitch said on 27/Jan/23
Where is @Lell?

Curious to know what is his height now.

AK World said on 27/Jan/23
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Meltdown said on 27/Jan/23
@Poster said on 24/Jan/23

I've always said this! 5'0" should be legal dwarf height for men and 4'8" for women. The 4'10" across-the-board standard is extremely ignorant and unuseful.

Meltdown said on 27/Jan/23
Standard Height Distribution for Men

XXS 5'4" and under
XS 5'5" – 5'6"
S 5'7" – 5'8"
M 5'9" – 5'10"
L 5'11 – 6'0"
XL 6'1" – 6'2"
XXL 6'3 – 6'4"
XXXL 6'5" and up

Poster said on 26/Jan/23
@adrianjacobs: I think that younger white American women are a bit taller than they were in the relatively recent past. My guess is that they average 5'5" now. Asians and Latin Americans skew the averages down to 5'4. Of course, there are many short younger white American women too, especially among my friends.

Emil said on 26/Jan/23
@Adrian

Your eye level is very low for sure, but of course, I believe you.

Maybe that could explain that you feel shorter than most people your height.

I think 5'11.5 sounds reasonable as an average height for a young Swedish man. As you said, 6'0-6'1 isn't really much above average in Scandinavia these days (65-75% percentile, I'd say). It was tall in the 70s, but times change 😄

James.B 172cm said on 26/Jan/23
I went to a rather big college back in 06-08 with a lot of students and I there was only one guy there who I think was 6ft6 and up close he looked rather freakish and dwarfed one of my 5ft10ish friends. There was a handful of 6ft4 guys and interestingly no 6ft5ers.

This is in England where they average back in those days was slightly shorter than it was know at 176cm range for young males.


My point is I think there is a big difference between how tall 6ft4 and 6ft6 even though it’s only 2 inches.

James.B 172cm said on 26/Jan/23
Used to know a guy who I THINK was 6’4 legit (he claimed consistently claimed 6’5). He looked taller than just ‘regular’ tall if you know what I mean but not like freakish or anything.

adrianjacobs said on 26/Jan/23
Sorry, I meant 15 years since 2008. I don't know how I managed to count 16 years.

Progking185 said on 26/Jan/23
@adrianjacobs I'm around 184 low most days maybe a bit above and yeah that is around my eye level. Your probably good with claiming at least 184

John777 said on 26/Jan/23
I haven't visited this website since last summer! I see not much has changed since the last time i was here.

Leesheff85 said on 25/Jan/23
Daniel if five foot two is dwarf height then your not all that much taller than a dwarf.

Nik Ashton said on 25/Jan/23
@ Daniel Lee 173 cm - It’s all about opinion, different people have different opinions.

Tallish guy said on 25/Jan/23
Hi rob,
What is your difference in mm when measuring with a can on wall vs when measuring on stadiometer?

adrianjacobs said on 25/Jan/23
@dreus23
The average was measured at 5'11.5 for 20-29 year-old swedish men 16 years ago.

And female average of 5'4-5'5? Just curious, please answer this. Never mind that's literally been measured at just over 5'6. If 5'4-5'5 is the average of swedish women, what is the average in countries like UK or America? 5'2?

adrianjacobs said on 25/Jan/23
Emil said on 23/Jan/23
5'10 can't be average height for a young Swedish man. Even at an evening low I highly doubt it would below 5'11

The average was literally measured at 5'11.5 for 20-29 years old men in 2008, so that was 16 years ago. The average now must obviously be at least as tall, and yet we have these swedes here who know that average is 5'10 or whatever. Honestly, I think the specific height they think of as average may very well be average, they just don't know how 6ft or 6ft1 looks like. They think of it as "5'10-5'11" when it's really much taller. It's the reversed situation of literally all of the rest of the world.
As for my evening low, I'm not sure. I measure it at around 185cm, but my eye level is like 171cm and many of you here would say "impossible". So I don't know. Maybe 184cm or 185cm. Could be even lower, I really don't know, but somewhere in that 6'-6'1 range I suppose.

MaskDeMasque 5'9.5 said on 25/Jan/23
@Daniel Lee 173cm

Ronnie Corbett is a flat five foot but he's not a dwarf.

Poster said on 24/Jan/23
@Daniel Lee: I'm not sure about that claim. The little people group just says under 4'10 is the start, which makes no sense for a few reasons. They don't take ethnicity or gender into account, for two things. It's just 4'10 for everybody! I think that it's 5'0 and 4'8 for men and women respectively. The heights might be lower in certain countries. I know a lot of girls in the 4'10-4'11 range. They don't seem like dwarfs to me.

MaskDeMasque 5'9.5 said on 24/Jan/23
How tall is the average 18-25 woman in UK, Rob? I'm guessing close to 5'5, maybe 5'4.75 at night?

Daniel Lee 173 cm said on 23/Jan/23
I have just read that people under 4'10 (according to other sources is counting the 4'10) must be called dwarfs or little person.

In my opinion :

Under 157 cm (5'2) = dwarf
157 cm - 159 cm = semi dwarf
160 cm (5'3) - 162 cm = start of "normal height"

Women:

4'9 flat and under dwarf
4'9-4'10 semi dwarf
4'10-4'11 start of "normal height"

Emil said on 23/Jan/23
5'10 can't be average height for a young Swedish man. Even at an evening low I highly doubt it would below 5'11

Emil said on 23/Jan/23
adrianjacobs said on 21/Jan/23
@Bislimi
You live in a European country, right? I live in Sweden and feel below average often at 6ft-6ft1 range

@Adrian

What's your evening low? I can feel a bit shorter than average at times but that's mostly if I'm seeing people from afar. When I'm out clubbing and standing closer to people, I notice I'm taller than most guys, but a small majority of course

dreus23 said on 23/Jan/23
I'm beginning to see Adrianjacobs perspective, there's a lot of tall Swedish people, especially in crowded places. No idea how he feels below average at almost 6'1 though, that seems impossible

Generally I'd say the average in my school for male teachers is like 5'10-5'11, the shortest teacher I have is like 5'9-5'10 and he's never seen as short by like anyone, and the tallest is around 6'1-6'1.5. None of them really stand out as anything else but roughly average except maybe the 6'1-6'1.5 guy and even that's debatable. Generally, walking around the school though, I've seen way shorter and taller teachers than that. The shortest I think would be a guy who was like 5'3 max, possibly even as low as 5ft, while the tallest was like 6'8, 6'9 or so. Average for women seems to be solidly 5'4-5'5 territory

The younger generation is probably taller than the older, even if some argue against that theory. I rarely see guys my age around 5'5-5'6, and when I do, I get genuinely surprised. I know one guy who was like 5'5-5'6 but he grew over the summer and is like 5'6.5 now. Wouldn't be surprised if the average really is like 5'11-5'11.5 for younger guys

AK World said on 22/Jan/23
Hello @Rob,

What does "near 5ft 8" or "near 2 inches" mean?

Sean said on 22/Jan/23
How tall/short was Ivan Putski?

Progking185 said on 22/Jan/23
@Alex6'0 ive got guessed as anywhere 6'2-6'5. Idk how, those guys look pretty big compared to me. Some days i see a fair amount of those guys, they must be seen as really tall to the average person due to inflation. Also depends on proportions maybe?, I'm pretty slim so could pass as 6'1-6'2(shoe height)

adrianposter said on 22/Jan/23
I'm 179-180 cm and sometimes get called tall due to my skinny/lanky frame and small head that gives me the illusion of being taller, i would say this can happen once someone hits like 177-178 cm

Joe Ponce said on 22/Jan/23
Have you ever considered using different units, Rob? I noticed on the Marvel Database that characters who are under 1 meter use centimeters while characters over 1 meter use meters. You think that's something you'd implement into this site sometime?

Glacierr said on 21/Jan/23
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Bislimi said on 21/Jan/23
Hey guys what do you think is the average height of young males (18-25) when they get measured at their low?

adrianjacobs said on 21/Jan/23
@Bislimi
You live in a European country, right? I live in Sweden and feel below average often at 6ft-6ft1 range

Alex 6'0 said on 21/Jan/23
Vick, it's much more rare to be guessed shorter though.

Alex 6'0 said on 21/Jan/23
Vick, i gotten 5'11 couple times. 5'10 once. 5'8 once. 5'8 terrible guess.

Vick said on 21/Jan/23
Alex,
Has anyone guess you shorter before like 5’10-5’11? It happened to me once

Bislimi said on 20/Jan/23
Hey Rob. How much would celebrities shrink from their listing at night on average?

adrianjacobs said on 20/Jan/23
@Honest5'11"
Pure lunacy, when several sources list the average as 5'11.5? Since you have such a strong opinion about it, I assume you live here or have been here often?

QM6'1.5"QM said on 20/Jan/23
Bislimi said on 18/Jan/23

You def pay attention only for guys over 6ft!
You like at least 70-73%% and would get 5'11.5" here at celebheights.com!

jokey said on 20/Jan/23
Peter 180cm said on 18/Jan/23
was probably 173-174 at 14 and grew to 1.80 somewhere between 15-18 and never grew anymore than that.

how tall were your parents at their peak?

Alex 6'0 said on 20/Jan/23
Btw i got guessed at my tallest height ever couple days ago at gym. A 5'6 max guy thought i was 6'5 lmao. Terrible guess. I'll get 6'1 often and 6'2 sometimes which is understandable but beyond that is just silly lol

Alex 6'0 said on 20/Jan/23
Jdubzz, yea my eye level bit below average with a shorter forehead. Yea u can see in pics of me

rlheight5'11 said on 19/Jan/23
@Sandy Cowell
I was referring to prince Harry's new book called "SPARE"

adrianposter said on 19/Jan/23
@MaskDe Masque 5’9.5

Funny enough, I knew a kid in 6th grade who was 5’6 and towered everybody in the classroom. Now he’s 16 and only like 5’7-5’8, some people are just really early bloomers.

Jdubbz said on 19/Jan/23
@Wtent:

Like everyone else said, basically zero chance it was actually growth. People can grow in their early 20s (I certainly did), but after 25 is extremely rare. I’d chalk it up to a mismeasurement or rather just a “good day”. We all have good days where we measure taller even in the evening after physical activity. We just don’t shrink as much for some reason. The next day, the illusion of growth will be unfortunately shattered.

Blanc (1.69 m) said on 19/Jan/23
I saw a super tall guy Stephen merchant type physicality on campus who was a head and shoulders taller than the crowd. My head was probably couple of inches below his shoulder level, any estimate on how tall he might be?

Gian 181cm said on 19/Jan/23
@Sam83
I don't remember any woman doing squats with 80kg+, however I imagine that it's not every week that they do it in this weight range, at least there is one day of the week that I do it with much more weight than usual but it would be unfeasible always keep this type of training because it is very exhausting and my body would have injuries.

Gian 181cm said on 19/Jan/23
@Bislimi
Also, sometimes you just don't feel that tall and confuse that with feeling "kind of short", if the average is 5'10 for young people I wouldn't feel tall at 5'11 3/8 but I don't would feel short too.
The average for young people where I live, in my opinion (I need to make it clear that there is no formal research on this, it's an opinion) I imagine it to be around 5ft 9 (175-176cm), and I've been to a few parties and barely I felt above average, but it was an isolated anecdotal event as elsewhere I felt quietly above average..

Gian 181cm said on 19/Jan/23
@Bislimi
Depending on the country, what you said makes sense, if the average of young people is 5'11 - 6'0 maybe it gives that impression.
Now if the average is 5'9-5'10 then I don't see much sense, unless your friends/colleagues coincidentally are taller than you (then it would be a confirmation bias, I would try to understand more about average height searches of the population).

Jawilder said on 18/Jan/23
@ Wtent Lol at you thinking it’s growth. 0% chance you grew

viper said on 18/Jan/23
Beck 5-10?

He looked 5-7 with 5-8.5-5-9 Johnny Depp on stage

Daniel Lee 173 cm said on 18/Jan/23
5'5-5'7 have delicious heights.
5'8 is a good height but not too good like the other ones, so is 5'4.
5'9-5'10 is pretty descent and fine, if a woman is over the 5'10 mark is going to look too tall in my opinion, about into the amazon range

Gian 181cm said on 18/Jan/23
@James B 172cm
Yes, But it all depends on genetics, I can be 5'8 and great genetics, or 5'11 and bad genetics.
I could name some bodybuilders (Men's Physique) in the 5'8 range who have amazing bodies but I don't know if they are a good parameter as they are not natural, in my own gym there are guys 5'8-5'9 who have guys with a nice shape.
I would trade 5'11 to be 5'9 with Frank Zane's physique xD

I think that regardless of height, everyone should go to the gym, from the 5'3 or 6'3 guy, I at least find it therapeutic to have it as a hobby, I like to study the biomechanics of exercises, read about nutrition (all with professional follow-up ).

James Edward Crowley said on 18/Jan/23
Hi Rob do you know your nearly late 40s time has flown by time faster than your youtube subscribers, It is not just about your hair getting more greyer. I wonder if your beard will get longer thicker, and greyer, and will you still be 5ft 8in, and will stick to the 5 pound weight it's been ages since you weighed yourself i can't believe your nearly late 40s i can remember when you nearly late 30s seems like yesterday you had less grey in your hair back than.

Bislimi said on 18/Jan/23
I'm 181.1cm-181.2cm after being up for 10+ hours and I feel a bit short amongst males from the younger generation? Is this normal or am I just off base here?

adrianjacobs said on 18/Jan/23
@Progking184
My eye level is ridiculously low too, like maybe even 13 and a change. I have a gigantic forehead though so it's not very surprising.

Glitch said on 18/Jan/23
@Rob

after 11 hours of waking up and walking 10,000 steps if I measure 5’10 what should be my average height?

Peter 180cm said on 18/Jan/23
@ James B 172cm Probably not,but it depends on the proportions really. Generally speaking,taller usually looks better,even if it's skinny. Don't worry about it too much, you can't change your height anyway.

@ adrianposter It's all in your head. Basically it should be the other way around because the taller someone is over 5'11,the larger he looks generally.

MaskDeMasque 5'9.5 said on 18/Jan/23
@Wtent

You wouldn't have grown at 25 lol. Its a mis measurement or posture issue I'd imagine.

Sam83 said on 18/Jan/23
@gian181cm That’s quite impressive too, there are certainly girls lifting quite heavy on lower body exercises! Do they also do deadlifts/squats with barbell?
120kg for 1 rep and 90kg for like 10 was quite a lot for deadlifts I thought! Although I haven’t done them in quite a while, so not quite sure what is heavy days haha!

Daniel Lee 173 cm said on 17/Jan/23
Alex 6'0 said on 16/Jan/23
My eye level is 5'7.75. 4.25 eye level

______________________


Your eyelevel is probably 5/8 of inch smaller than the eyelevel of a 6'0 guy. You could think a 6'2 guy is 6'1.5

Daniel Lee 173 cm said on 17/Jan/23
Alex 6'0 said on 16/Jan/23
My eye level is 5'7.75. 4.25 eye level

______________________


Your eyelevel is probably 5/8 of inch smalle than the eyelevel of a 6'0 guy. You could think a 6'2 guy is 6'1.5

Jdubbz said on 17/Jan/23
Alex 6'0 said on 16/Jan/23
My eye level is 5'7.75. 4.25 eye level

I can definitely believe that. In pics you have a pretty high eye level. Mine is 4.7”, which I don’t think is too weird for my height/head size.

Arch Stanton said on 17/Jan/23
RIP Jeff Beck, no page for him Rob? I think 5 ft 10 peak seems reasonable, in later years he looked taller than Rod Stewart.

Gian 181cm said on 17/Jan/23
@James Edward Crowley
180-181/5'11 is a height that you'll get comments that you're tall even if you're not (statistically speaking), because you end up being tall-ish or solidly above average in the US/UK.
Now 182-185cm is definitely seen as tall by pretty much most people.

@Sam83
At my gym there are women weighing 60-65 kg who do leg presses with 140-160 kg.
They are proportionally muscular, although they do not have much strength in upper limb training.

Wtent said on 16/Jan/23
I walked 2 miles today and got home at 9pm (woke up at 11am). Measured myself straight away on my seca stadio and to my surprise I managed to get 184.8cm! This is more of an extreme low. I usually get 184cm flat after walking 2 miles - I didn’t even get a good sleep! Weird… my normal low is usually 184.8cm and extreme low is usually 184 flat. Hmmmmm, could be growth? I’m 25 btw. I want my extreme low to hopefully rise up to 186cm and have a normal low of 186.8. Hopefully I can do it before I turn 26.

Progking184 said on 16/Jan/23
@Crypto139 yeah Ive heard that before too, its just that 204 cm/6'8 is very far from average. Strong 6'1 is 3-4 inches above average so enough to be tall, just doesnt really standout much so I could see how it is not tall to the upper 6 ft range guys.
@Rick84q my eye level seems to be 13 cm or a bit over which is weird, maybe im measuring off by a bit though.

adrianposter said on 16/Jan/23
I notice that the difference between a 5’4 and 5’10 guy seems a lot more than the difference between a 5’10 and 6’4 guy

James B 172cm said on 16/Jan/23
Can a 5ft8 man who works out and builds muscle look as a good as a 5ft11 guy who also works out?

Peter 180cm said on 16/Jan/23
@ James Edward Crowley Speaking from experience, I've been called tall and tallish more than a few times and I'm usually a weak 5'11 by night.

QM6'1.5"QM said on 16/Jan/23
adrianjacobs said on 15/Jan/23
@QM6'1.5"QM

Did you know that celebheights.com is about heights, your guesses about heights and you can comment your thoughts about it ?!
So why when someone like me did notes and thoughts about height, difference, society or stuff like this, you suddenly attacks me ?!

In this case, sorry, I'm very logical, you didn't.

P.S. Repeat. Again. I'm happy with 6'1.75" height!!, as you know, I've claimed that even 6'1" is my perfect height and 6'2" was my second too.

Thanks.

QM6'1.5"QM said on 16/Jan/23
adrianjacobs said on 15/Jan/23
@QM6'1.5"QM

Did you read my comment ?! What are you talking about ?!
I'm totally happy with height, then why somebody, who wants to be taller, will claim their evening barefoot height, lol ???
Do you understand me ?!

You sounds aggressive and meaningless again! I'm on my normal speaking, you didn't!

P.S. Honestly, i have some decent proportions and muscles, plus I'm aesthetically skinny which making myself to feel even better!

Alex 6'0 said on 16/Jan/23
My eye level is 5'7.75. 4.25 eye level

Sam83 said on 16/Jan/23
I recently started trying to het back into gym work and I’m sure more people are doing weights training and are stronger than I remember haha!
There was a girl who did a deadlift 1 rep max of 120kg and was doing around 10 reps at 90kg which I thought was impressive?! She was round 5’7 and athletic build, I thought that was a lot of weight to use!
Anyone else think more people are weight training/getting strong?!

Rick84q said on 16/Jan/23
@Italianguy so your like 195 in the morning and 193 at night? And yes 12.5 is normal for a guy your height if you are roughly 193 with 12.5 your eyelevel should be atleast 180.5 mines about that im little shorter just shy of 193.

Rick84q said on 15/Jan/23
@Jdubbz I have 180.5 exaclty eyelevel and I measure from the top of my head to my eyes and is exaclty 5 inches (12cm)
I go down to 192.6 at night at my lowest.

Cooper Clarke said on 15/Jan/23
@The Height Guy 2 inches is far from towering. At least 5 inches if not 6 would be towering.

James Edward Crowley said on 15/Jan/23
Hi Rob do 5ft 11in men realize how tall they look men in the 5ft 11in range have the tall man look about them, It doesn't matter what build they are what footwear they wear, and what clothes 5ft 11in men always taller they really like 1 inch sometimes 2 inches taller. Brad Pitt comes into mind he always looks taller than he really his with,and without shoe lifts men in the 5ft 11in range make men like 5ft 9in, and under look shortish, and short.

adrianjacobs said on 15/Jan/23
@QM6'1.5"QM
Well, as I've said before, stop acting cringey or just leave the site. You act exactly like I did when I was 17 and very immature. If you want to be insecure about 6'1.75, that's totally fine, but don't go around and say how society puts too much value on height or how it's totally fine to be short. It's extremely irritating when the person who says it doesn't lead by example.

Peter 180cm said on 15/Jan/23
At 5'11 i start feeling "towered" when someone is roughly 6'3. It's a big enough difference but not outstanding like 195+ makes me feel.

Sandy Cowell said on 15/Jan/23
rlheight5ft11 - I have no idea what SPARE is, so kindly enlighten me…..! 😁

Jdubbz said on 15/Jan/23
adrianposter said on 14/Jan/23
Isn’t it weird that I sometimes see 5’8-5’9 guys that look tallish due to their skinny/lanky proportions, but also sometimes see 6’1 guys who look short due to stocky proportions.

No, that’s not weird at all. At 6’6, I’ve seen 6’2-3 guys who I thought were my height or taller, at least from a distance. I’ve also seen 6’7-8 guys who I thought were more like 6’4, until I got closer. Lanky proportions make a huge difference.

James Edward Crowley said on 15/Jan/23
Hi Rob i wonder what you looked like as a teenager like when you were 17 18. I asked you once if you were ever post a photo of yourself at 18, and a photo of yourself at 45 on quora to see how much you changed in appearence will you consider doing that one day maybe even a photo of yourself at 17. i wonder if you had a mullet at 17, and 18. I doubt anyone would recognise, if they saw a photos of you at 17, and 18 i bet it was levis jeans demin jackets rocks, and nirvana t shirts when you were 17 18 i can picture you at thoses wearing those type of 90s clothes.

chad michaels said on 14/Jan/23
@Rob, How much do you think these add?
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Progking185 said on 14/Jan/23
@Rick84 I think it's about 181, 180 on the lower end
@heightguy 6+ inches is more towering 2 inches is noticeable but still not much difference.

adrianposter said on 14/Jan/23
Isn’t it weird that I sometimes see 5’8-5’9 guys that look tallish due to their skinny/lanky proportions, but also sometimes see 6’1 guys who look short due to stocky proportions.

Maahin Chowdhury said on 14/Jan/23
@The Height Guy
I agree with Rob. A 5’11 guy would start to get towered by 6’4-6’5 guys. 6’1 isn’t that much taller than 5’11.

Maahin Chowdhury said on 14/Jan/23
@Rick84q
Probably 180-181, taller people have longer eye levels.

Alex 6'0 said on 14/Jan/23
James B, 200 is a significant drop. We're talking 40lbs lol. Im meant to be a bigger guy in recent years. 10-12 years ago 200-210 i was good at

rlheight5'11 said on 14/Jan/23
@Sandy Cowell
Rob is busy reading digital version of SPARE 🤔

James Edward Crowley said on 14/Jan/23
Hi Rob i wonder what you looked like as a teenager like when you were 17 18. I asked you once if you were ever post a photo of yourself at 18, and a photo of yourself at 45 on quora to see how much you changed in appearence will you consider doing that one day maybe even a photo of yourself at 17. i wonder if you had a mullet at 17, and 18. I doubt anyone would recognise, if they saw a photos of you at 17, and 18 i bet it was levis jeans demin jackets rocks, and nirvana t shirts when you were 17 18 i can picture you at thoses wearing those type of 90s clothes.

rlheight5'11 said on 13/Jan/23
Bobby said on 9/Jan/23
You just lack adequate comprehension of the English language, and I was correcting your erroneous judgment of why I sometimes use Grammarly.
_________

Not everyone uses an advanced language like you do, not that there's anything wrong with that and my understanding of the English language is good.

rlheight5'11 said on 13/Jan/23
@Bobby
Grammarly could help you learn from your punctuation errors. You must think that I'm getting at you, I am not.

Poster said on 13/Jan/23
I'm overweight according to the infamous BMI guide, but I'm athletic and muscular. I'm in much better shape than all of the skinny girls I know. I'm in my thirties, and they're in their twenties. I'm twice as strong as all of them!

Jdubbz said on 13/Jan/23
Rick84q said on 12/Jan/23
What's eyelevel for 6'4? On average ?
182? 181?

6’4 minus 4.75 inches, so roughly 5’11.25 or 181cm. 182cm would be the average eye level for a 194cm/6’4 3/8” guy.

Emil said on 13/Jan/23
@Tajaun
Bruh 😂

@Matt

Mosquitos can't bite you deep enough for them to affect your spinal fluid at all lol. They only reach the uppermost layer of your skin

Avatar said on 13/Jan/23
@Rob, Thanks for replying! So would that mean that most men (~90%) who are 6’2-6’4 have eye levels in the range 11.7-12.3 cm? In your experience, the men who you met that are this height range, did most of them seem to have eye levels at least 12 cm or slightly greater? Just wanted to ask out of curiosity and lack of expertise. Much appreciated!

MaskDeMasque 5'9.5 said on 13/Jan/23
Any idea on Kel Mitchell Rob? From Kenan & Kel and mystery men. He gets listed online at 5'11 but I thought he could look slightly shorter than 5'8.5 Kenan. Maybe a flat 5'8?

5'7 and a fraction said on 13/Jan/23
@Rob

Base on your response on Jake Paul being "measured" it got me thinking. Has there ever been a celebrity on here who has been properly measured? And by that I mean like literally on video or under the stadiometer (no height tricks involved. Apologizes if this has been asked before.

Sandy Cowell said on 13/Jan/23
@ Harold Green - I, too, was very upset to hear about the legendary Jeff Beck passing on.

🎸🎶….🕯

Alex 6'0 said on 12/Jan/23
Rob, say you hit an extreme low then lay down an hr how much should you gain back?

adrianjacobs said on 12/Jan/23
Matt Shannon said on 11/Jan/23
Hey Rob if a mosquito or any other insect bites you in the spine area does that affect height or do any damage to the spine?

Lol, imagine being this obsessed with your height. Even uncommon for celebheights

Rick84q said on 12/Jan/23
What's eyelevel for 6'4? On average ?
182? 181?

Tajaun said on 12/Jan/23
Matt Shannon said on 11/Jan/23
Hey Rob if a mosquito or any other insect bites you in the spine area does that affect height or do any damage to the spine?

@Matt It most certainly does! I hope you're not saying this has happened to you😳😳. The prognosis is very dire. Over the next few weeks, your spinal fluid will slowly drain away, leaving you looking more like a deflated balloon than human. You will unfortunately lose upwards of 2 feet in height all because of an almost invisible mosquito bite😢😢. My condolences.

Maahin Chowdhury said on 12/Jan/23
@(Billythetreesurgeon)
182 cm is at the 82nd percentile in the UK so you’re on the edge of being tall.

adrianposter said on 12/Jan/23
Rob would you say 174 cm is average for a 15-16 year old?

James B 172cm said on 12/Jan/23
Alex-Maybe do more cardio and aim for 200 lbs.

200 pounds is great size for a muscular 6ft guy

James Edward Crowley said on 12/Jan/23
Hi Rob i know i asked this before, and i will probably never asked it ask it again, Do you miss your 20s i don't mean mind mid 20s, and late 20s 25 26 27 28, and 29 i mean early 20s 20 21 22 23, and 24 that was back in the day when you were slimmer had a full head of hair no thinning no greying being able to eat a lot without gaining weight.

Sepanta said on 12/Jan/23
Rob, please add celebrities who people are more familiar with. There are a long list of famous people who are yet to be added to the site and we get the height of people who we don't know them much.

MaskDeMasque 5'9.5 said on 12/Jan/23
I used to weigh 120lbs and I was painfully skinny. For my height around the 125lb mark would be low end of normal BMI. Even when I was 125-130lbs range, I still looked very skinny and not a healthy weight.

The Height Guy said on 12/Jan/23
Hey Rob do you think 6'1 towers 5'11 ?

Sandy Cowell said on 12/Jan/23
@ Daniel Lee 173cm - I’m guessing that you have a muscle-packed body!

💪😄

Daniel Lee 173 cm said on 11/Jan/23
At 5'8, 160-175 pounds (73-78 kg) is small for my body.
175 and above is good for me

Avatar said on 11/Jan/23
@Rob: What is the average eye level of someone 6’2-6’3? 6’3-6’4? Would mine at around 11.9 cm be considered average, slightly over, or slightly under for someone 6’3 and some fractions? Thanks!

Matt Shannon said on 11/Jan/23
Hey Rob if a mosquito or any other insect bites you in the spine area does that affect height or do any damage to the spine?

Sandy Cowell said on 11/Jan/23
⭐️ Anthony was also in Tinker, Taylor, Soldier, Spy, Smiley’s People and a mighty scary-looking production called Ghost Story, from 1974.

Sandy Cowell said on 11/Jan/23
Could we possibly have a page for the late actor, Anthony Bate please Rob?

Originally, he was in Z Cars, and later he played an abhorrent father in A Touch of Frost, and now he’s in the Inspector Morse episode ‘Last Bus to Woodstock’. I don’t trust him one iota!

Anthony lived for 84 years.

I found 5ft10 for him.

Thanks Rob! 😆

Alex 6'0 said on 11/Jan/23
6'0 137 youd be wilted away. I graduated high school at 170 something at my current height and was pretty slim. Now 235-240 in morning love this size

Jdubbz said on 10/Jan/23
Poster said on 9/Jan/23
@Jdubbz: I apologize. I should have mentioned weight ranges in my original comment. You and I agree on the need for them. Muscle weight plays a role too.

No need to apologize - it was just a simple misunderstanding. I think we agree more than we disagree about the shortcomings of typical weight charts/BMI.

Poster said on 10/Jan/23
@Kellan: I know what you mean. The weights seem too high for shorter women, and the weights seem too low for taller women. The same thing applies to men. Both the BMI Chart and the Food Pyramid are outdated.

Sandy Cowell said on 10/Jan/23
@ rlheight5ft11 - Unfortunately, I missed it, but I did see clips when it was advertised.

Prince Harry was a subject of conversation when I was in hospital recently. I was chatting to a lady of 84, Valerie, who had worked as a Police dog trainer. She had written to the Queen twice, who took notice of her advice.

Valerie attended a Birthday Party of a very young Prince Harry, where she met Princess Diana. Harry wanted to see her dogs and Diana was all for it!

Valerie thinks that Harry had a raw deal being cast out of the Royal Family.

(Billythetreesurgeon) said on 10/Jan/23
At 182cm at night I’d probably put myself at the 75 - 80 percentile in the uk, as sometimes I’ll feel tallish, my 6ft 3 friend is normally one of the tallest wherever we go (pubs etc, nights out)

(Billythetreesurgeon) said on 10/Jan/23
Jawilder@ if you never fall below 6ft 1/2 then “around 6ft 1” claim isn’t a lie tbh, as you will be around that at the docs, or if you were to have a wellness check etc

(Billythetreesurgeon) said on 10/Jan/23
In the uk 184cm extreme low would be called tall by most, 180cm tallish, 178cm not that tall but won’t be called short unless associated with mainly tall people

Kellan said on 10/Jan/23
BMI isn't that bad for short to average women around 5'0"-5'4", but the low end of the "normal" range gets worse the taller you are especially for men.
For example, these are considered low end "normal" weights by BMI (18.5):
5'6" : 115 lb
5'8" : 122 lb
5'10" : 129 lb
6'0" : 137 lb
6'2" : 144 lb
6'4" : 152 lb
6'6" : 160 lb

The numbers become laughable as you go up. I can't imagine a 6'6" guy weighing 160.

rlheight5'11 said on 9/Jan/23
@Sandy Cowell
I seen a bit of Prince Harry's interview the other night hearing him speak about the royal family and his new book, was interesting.

Poster said on 9/Jan/23
@Jdubbz: I apologize. I should have mentioned weight ranges in my original comment. You and I agree on the need for them. Muscle weight plays a role too.

@MattDubz6: I know what you mean. I never saw obese people, in scooters at the supermarket, when I was a girl. I regularly see one or more now. The crowds aren't huge, either.

Gian 181cm said on 9/Jan/23
@Jawlider
To me you are a weak at 185cm I would say you look tall no matter if average is 5'9 or 5'10.
I'm considering that your percentile is between guys 5'9.5 - 5'10, I guess, I could be wrong.

Gian 181cm said on 9/Jan/23
@ZDA
I gave the tall starting pole at 182 cm/5'11.5, not 181 cm.
According to the height percentile calculator, 5'11 3/8 is the 80th percentile in the US, which is considerable, 5'11 3/8 gets at least the upper limit of the average.

The average I feel for young people in my area is 5'9, I definitely don't stand out and feel at least in the 80th percentile, although considering 182-183 cm as the start of tall height I would say I feel tall-ish, my height range on the day it is 5'11 5/9 to 5'11 1/8.

If you consider the 90th percentile for the US (and I think for the UK), the starting height is 184cm/6'0.5.
Now, if you want to consider the 90th percentile with an average of 5'10, that would be 185 cm, or if you want to consider 1 SD, that would be 186 cm.

But overall your idea of 6'0 is good and solid, probably 183cm is tall-ish with an average of 5'10 and tall with an average of 5'9 in my opinion.

Peter 180cm said on 9/Jan/23
@ 179cm A legit 177cm can even look tallish with the right proportions and to a certain amount of people(those under 1.70). Most people that height round up to 1.80 anyway or even 1.79 sometimes to make it sound 'honest'.

Vick said on 9/Jan/23
@Jdubbz- my autocorrect screwed up my question, I meant to say if the 6’ guy head goes up to a taller guys chin and mouth area what would be the difference, there is an old friend I’m trying to guess his height and that was the way the mirror reflected when we spoke

Jdubbz said on 9/Jan/23
@Rockaway:

6'0 is more than "above average", but whether it is tall or tallish is debatable. Also, diminishing returns kick in way after 6'2, like 6'4+. If you don't want to be taller than 6'2 I understand, but there are very few downsides at 6'2-4.

Bobby said on 9/Jan/23
@rlheight5'11

Punctuation has zero to do with grammar. Punctuation can be utilized to help establish clarity in sentences, but it can also be used to place emphasis on different aspects of a complete thought.

Grammarly is a tool, that's all it is. If your writing is terrible, then it won't be a helpful tool for you. The software may lend suggestions and display punctuation errors, but the tool will not transform you into a dynamic writer.

If you do not have this quality embedded in you, then all Grammarly will do is ensure that what you wrote actually makes sense to whoever is reading it.

So, no, I am not beating around the bush. You just lack adequate comprehension of the English language, and I was correcting your erroneous judgment of why I sometimes use Grammarly. It is no different than autocorrect on one's mobile device.

Does autocorrect improve your writing? No, it's just f-king convenient.

PS: If you are going to respond with another banal statement, I will simply choose not to respond.

rlheight5'11 said on 9/Jan/23
@Sandy Cowell
No problem and yes 🦊

Rockaway said on 9/Jan/23
The thing about being 6’0” is if I wear boots or something like an air max I feel taller than about 85-90% of people I come across. Which is why I have a hard time just labeling 6’0 as above average. It’s the start of tall IMO but there have been a handful of situations I’ve been in over the years around mostly 6’3 and taller guys where I’ve felt average/short. That said, I still personally wouldn’t want to be taller than 6’2” as I believe diminishing returns of benefits start after that.

Jdubbz said on 9/Jan/23
adrianposter said on 7/Jan/23
Why do so many people here assume that 5’9 is average height, it’s more like 5’10-5’10.5 for young guys

Because it is. Young men aren't the only men that make up the population.

Alex 6'0 said on 9/Jan/23
Jdubzz, yea from 6'4 to 6'5 the drop off seems minimal. It's 6'5 to 6'6 its bigger jump. Even huger drop is 6'6 to 6'7-6'8 very significant drop

AK World said on 9/Jan/23
Hey @Rob,

If Cody Ko is 5ft 7.5, how tall does Michael Reeves (left) look next to him?
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Jdubbz said on 9/Jan/23
Daniel Lee 173 cm said on 8/Jan/23
Noon heights:

197.5 cm - 200 cm Semigiant
200 cm - 202.5 cm Start of giant
202.5 cm - 205 cm Classic giant
205- 207.5 cm Upper part of normal giant
207.5 cm - weak 7'0 (212.7 cm) Super giant
Weak 7'0 - 217 cm Monster giant
228 cm and over Dinosaur

Monster giant? Dinosaur??? What the hell are these categories hahaha

Daniel Lee 173 cm said on 8/Jan/23
Noon heights:

197.5 cm - 200 cm Semigiant
200 cm - 202.5 cm Start of giant
202.5 cm - 205 cm Classic giant
205- 207.5 cm Upper part of normal giant
207.5 cm - weak 7'0 (212.7 cm) Super giant
Weak 7'0 - 217 cm Monster giant
228 cm and over Dinosaur

Jdubbz said on 8/Jan/23
@Poster:

Ok, I stand corrected then. I was just going by what you said in your original post, so if you do include ranges in your chart then that's good. Still, I'm not sure what makes the method I mentioned more complicated. It's not even my method. It's just BMI with a scaling coefficient of 2.5 instead of 2 to better account for height. There are websites that use that exact formula and call it "better BMI for tall and short people" or something similar. It's just an improved version of BMI.

Jdubbz said on 8/Jan/23
Alex 6'0 said on 6/Jan/23
Jdubzz, guy at my job claims 6'6. I dont think hes quite that. Easily 6'5, possibly 6'5 but its harder to gauge.

Ya, a lot of 6'5 range guys claim 6'6. The average person definitely can't tell the difference, but it's obviously pretty noticeable for me. There is a huge drop off between 6'5 and 6'6, so a legit 6'6 is much rarer.

MattDubz6 said on 8/Jan/23
Kind of off topic but since we're talking about BMI it is kind of sad to see our society's decline in health. I feel like I'm seeing a lot more genuinely out of shape or obese people these days and know several people who have just casually gained a lot of weight over the years, especially after the lockdowns. I'm going to college right now and it's almost breathtaking to see so many people in their late teens and twenties already obese or putting on a lot of weight over a semester. I know BMI is kind of a shaky tool, but most of these overweight/obese BMI aren't there for the same reason Big Alex is.

QM6'1.5"QM said on 8/Jan/23
adrianjacobs said on 6/Jan/23
@QM6'1.5"QM

Ok, Adrian, nice opinions, but if you don't know i came to celebheights.com back then in fall 2016. So it's pretty long.
If you don't know, my younger! 6'5" brother is reached his height last year (2021)... This means my height-interest began 4-5yrs earlier.
So when i came here, I've been obssesed with real celeb heights, not with mine.

If i was unhappy with my height then I'm gonna claim 6'3" or my morning (6'2.5"), but what do you see ? I don't do it. Never didn't.

Bobby said on 8/Jan/23
@Peter 180 cm

That's relative because the average ancient Egyptian man was also that tall. You should be focusing on the upper average of 5'9.

If I lived back then, I'd likely be in the military with my height.

rlheight5'11 said on 8/Jan/23
Bobby said on 6/Jan/23
TLDR: I don't use Grammarly to improve my writing, I use Grammarly to help with my punctuation.
__________

Why are you beating around the bush? Punctuation is an important part of writing.

179cm said on 8/Jan/23
dreus23 said on 30/Dec/22
Unpopular opinion but 5'9.5-5'10 is literally just perfect height range. You're solid average which means your height is never a big part of your identity, so it's near impossible that you'll get "wow you're tall" or "wow you're short" remarks

That's a valid opinion. I will note that a legit 5'9.5-5'10" (measured barefoot in the evening) is nothing to complain about and probably at least an inch taller than a lot of people think it is. A lot of people probably think that I'm about 6 feet tall (when to be honest I'm only 179cm), which leads them to think that 6 feet is average range and 5'10" is shortish or something.

Poster said on 7/Jan/23
@Bobby: That's very interesting, and I'm sure that some people will learn new things when they read your post. I think that the rats carried fleas that carried the plague in China, and, as you wrote, the diseased rats came aboard ships bound for Europe. I wonder if those rats traveled from Wuhan to Venice. You and others will get what I mean by that.

The "dwarf ancestors" myth still is popular. People don't realize that there were height fluctuations over millennia. I read that men and maybe women were taller than modern people in some places during the Dark Ages. Deprivations, after that, greatly decreased height averages, and they started to rebound at some point after World War II.

The Industrial Revolution brought forth a lot of economic and social deprivations, especially in urban England. There were world record setting height disparities. For instance, the richest teens were close to modern teens while the poorest teens were close to modern sixth graders as far as size is concerned! Rural Americans, at the time, were the tallest demographic.

I think that your five-inch gap sounds reasonable. Of course, it varies by place and time. FE, Dutch women are taller than Indonesian men, both of whom are normal height for their countries. At one time in the 1600s, the Dutch were the SHORTEST population in Europe.

adrianposter said on 7/Jan/23
Why do so many people here assume that 5’9 is average height, it’s more like 5’10-5’10.5 for young guys

ZDA said on 7/Jan/23
@Gian 181cm

I feel you need to be at least 183cm + to be tall. 181 cm is not enough especially around young guys.

QM6'1.5"QM said on 7/Jan/23
Black Noir said on 5/Jan/23
QM6'1.5"QM

When you say "tower", what do you mean ?! 192+...
How many % tower over you ?! 3-4% lol)

Honestly, i always judging heights on a flat floor or flat streets. This is my rule. Because it depends on 2-5inches.

What's about you ?! Are good in guessing heights or how you doing it ? Eye level etc.
Did you know, if someone's 5-6cms over your eye level, he's still noticeable shorter than you.!?

Let's say the avg girl isn't 6'4 or 6'0 or 5'7".
If you seen this 6'4" very tall/giant girl then it's like 6'9 or even 6'10" man. These are unseen and unbelievable heights. Statistical misfits and rare.

P.S. My noon is like 187.4-5cms, evening is 187-187.1cms. Maybe after sports it's like 186.9.
Morning is last time when i checked was 189.2.

Peter 180cm said on 7/Jan/23
@Bobby 168cm was the average for the ancient Greek men? We were pretty short even back then lol. Imagine being 1.80 and living back then- people would always refer to you as "the tall guy" and you'd probably be someone of importance like a royal guard or something.

Alex 6'0 said on 7/Jan/23
Jawilder, we're about 1.5cm apart then. If 6'0 5/8 your typical low now. Aside pretty active physical days I'm still 6'0 1/8 midday. Work plus gym is when I'm sure id get more 5'11 7/8

Alex 6'0 said on 7/Jan/23
Jawilder, lmao yea technically obese though mostly muscle. Appreciate that but i wouldn't say amazing shape as i do have my fair share of body fat on me lol. 6'0 240lbs is a pretty big guy even though i dont see it like most the public see it.

Jawilder said on 6/Jan/23
I’m 184.5 cm and I feel taller than 80-85% I’d say. I live in New Orleans.

Jawilder said on 6/Jan/23
Crazy Alex is considered obese. He looked in amazing shape when I met him. Dude is an absolute unit of muscle. I didn’t notice much fat at all plus he was in a tight t shirt. He’s literally John Cena 🤣

adrianjacobs said on 6/Jan/23
@QM6'1.5"QM
You're obviously disappointed that you are not as tall as your brothers, and that's what why you're into height related stuff. I remember a while back when you posted here about how modern society is obsessed with looks because of social media or something, which is pretty hypocritical of you since you're obviously not satisfied with 6'1.75 just because your brothers are taller. Just saying.

Alex 6'0 said on 6/Jan/23
Jdubzz, guy at my job claims 6'6. I dont think hes quite that. Easily 6'5, possibly 6'5 but its harder to gauge.

Alex 6'0 said on 6/Jan/23
5'9-5'10 women here just aint rare. 5'11-6'0 is and more than anything over that more rare.

Poster said on 6/Jan/23
@Jdubbz: You're mistaken. My chart is much better. I DO include weight ranges based on body frames, and I add or subtract five to fifteen pounds based on larger frames or smaller frames. That means that a 5'0 woman, with a small frame, could have a healthy weight of 90 pounds.

You're making things more complicated than they need to be. I make things more accurate and more understandable for regular individuals who don't need or want unnecessary formulas. My chart is easy to follow. It's not perfect, but your method isn't, either.

Crypto139 said on 6/Jan/23
This might be a little wild but for the first time I saw a guy that claims 186cm get called short on a website I'm on by a guy that is 204cm tall. Oddly enough the 204cm tall guy is always complaining about everyone talking about height, but he brings up his own height everyday and sees like 6 foot 1 guys as short lol.

SD172 said on 6/Jan/23
According to the statistics, 6'0/183cm is the start of tall.For example only 14% of American men are 6'0 and taller.
At 6'0 you are taller than 88 percent of the global population.
Let's look at the numbers.

1. China 🇨🇳: The Average height of a Chinese man is 5'6/167cm or 5'7/170cm or 5'8/173cm depending on the study.Population:1,439,000,000

2. India 🇮🇳: The average height of an Indian man is 5'8.5/174cm or 5'5/165cm depending on the study.Population:1,380,000,000

3. United States of America 🇺🇸: The average height of a European American is 5'10/178cm, an African-American is 5'9.5/176cm, an Asian American is 5'8/172cm and finally a Hispanic American is 5'7.5/171cm.Population:331,000,000

4. Indonesia 🇮🇩: The average height of an Indonesian man is 5'4/163cm.Population:273,500,000

5. Pakistan 🇵🇰:The average height of a Pakistani man is 5'5.5/166cm or 5'7.5/172cm.Population:220,890,000

6. Brazil 🇧🇷: The average height of a Brazilian man is 5'7/171cm, 5'8.5/174cm or 5'7.5/171cm depending on the study.Population:214,000,009


7. Nigeria 🇳🇬:The average height of a Nigerian man is 5'4.5/164cm or 5'6/167cm depending on the study.Population:212,560,000



8. Bangladesh 🇧🇩:The average height of a Bangladeshi man is 5'4/162cm.Population:164,689,009

9. Russia 🇷🇺: The average height of a Russian man 5'9.5/176cm.Population:145,900,000

10. Mexico 🇲🇽:The average height of a Mexican man.Population:128,900,009
Imagine 6'0 is taller than at least 4.7 billion people

Jdubbz said on 27/Dec/22
SD172 said on 26/Dec/22
Objectively speaking a man who's at least 6'0 feet tall and weighs over 90kgs/200lbs(i.e. isn't rail-thin), is a BIG MAN.
At 6'0 tall you are taller than 88% of the human population...Imagine a room of a hundred people and only 12 are taller than you.

Rail thin for 6'0 would be under 150 lbs. 200 lbs is very much on the larger side for that height. Also, your numbers don't make sense when applied to most Western countries (where most people who post on CH live). 6'0 is on the taller side of average, but it's generally closer to 80th percentile than 88th. Looking at younger men, it's more like 75th percentile.

Also, there is a huge difference between being 2-3" taller than average (which 6'0 is) and towering over them. I would agree with the poster who said that 6'4 is the start of towering height. 6'0 is above average to tall (depending on your location and opinion), but not a towering height unless you're only around short guys and women.

Peter 180cm said on 6/Jan/23
@ Ηonest 5'11 I think for guys our height anywhere between 80-85kg is fine,we never really start to look overweight unless we push near 90kg.

Sandy Cowell said on 6/Jan/23
@ rlheight5ft11 - How very kind of you - thank you so much! Here’s wishing you a very Happy New Year too. 🍻🥂

Bobby said on 6/Jan/23
@Poster

I think it's a good rule to establish that women are, on average, five inches shorter than men. Speaking of historical heights, I have it on good authority that the height of European men in the Middle Ages was 5'8.25. I once compiled some research into the topic when I was more captivated by human height. Separately, the book, Men of Bronze, talks about the height of Ancient Greek men by citing the measurement of skeletons. It was discovered that the tallest member of Greek society could have been 5'9.

However, a figure of 5'6 was more common for Greek males. I argue that men who grew to 5'9 were most likely conscripted into the army as soldiers were taller than the average man in those days. When the second wave of the Bubonic plague ravaged Europe in 1348 A.D., it negatively impacted the heights of succeeding generations. This is because the plague, in its aftermath, caused famine and poverty. The Bubonic plague is estimated by scholars to have killed 2/3rds of Europe or around 75% of the continent's population. This massive loss in demographics did not recover until the mid to late 19th century. It was around this time that the average height began to increase since the emergence of capitalism was able to usher in a higher standard of living.

The Bubonic plague travelled along the Silk Roads, which was a major trade route between Europe and Asia. The disease itself came from rats in China, which had come aboard merchant vessels bound for Europe. The earliest reports I could find were traced to the Venetian port, which makes sense to me because Venice was a major commercial hub for Europe.

Anyway, just a bit of trivia for you. Hopefully, this proves educational for other visitors. You would be astonished by what people do not know, Poster.

Bobby said on 6/Jan/23
@rlheight5'11

I don't use Grammarly to improve my writing. I have it active to help me locate errors in my punctuation because most of the mistakes I make are with commas. My grammar itself is good, not perfect but good, so your statement is erroneous.

Grammar, by the way, is about how sentences are structured. Grammar will determine the coherency and legibility of what you write. If what you write does not make sense, it means your grammar is terrible.

Here is what the Merriam-Webster dictionary has to say about grammar:

"the study of the classes of words, their inflections (see inflection sense 2), and their functions and relations in the sentence." The Cambridge Dictionary also defines it as, "(the study or use of) the rules about how words change their form and combine with other words to make sentences."

What is a sentence? A sentence is a string of words that form together to produce meaning or message and serves the purpose of communication. Since a sentence is meant to communicate one's thoughts, it ought to be sensible. Do we agree on this?

I might talk about syntax next, but I worry I have already lost you.

TLDR: I don't use Grammarly to improve my writing, I use Grammarly to help with my punctuation.

PS: What is punctuation? Let's consult the Cambridge Dictionary again: "(the use of) special symbols that you add to writing to separate phrases and sentences to show that something is a question, etc." The Merriam-Webster dictionary also defines punctuation as, " the act or practice of inserting standardized marks or signs in written matter to clarify the meaning and separate structural units."

Okay, here's your English language lesson for the day. The next time you call my writing into question, be certain that you understand how sentences are written. My sentences happen to be written well.

Sean Forrest said on 6/Jan/23
Men at peak in UK
5'3 and under - Very short and noticeably so = -2%
5'4-5'6 - Short 4% to 15%
5'7-5'11 -Average zone= 25% to 75%
6'0-6'2 - Tall 85%-96%
6'3+ - Very Tall and noticeably so = 98%+

adrianposter said on 6/Jan/23
@5’7 and a fractiom

Just measured myself at 5'7 1/2. Was starting to think I wasn't gonna grow any taller after having a growth spur 2 years ago (which isn't terrible, but still). But after not measuring myself for a few months I may have a chance at getting your height or taller. Is it possible I could get to 5'8 by the end of this year?

Don’t mean to be a debby downer, but if you haven’t grown a fraction in two years and then suddenly measure yourself a fraction higher the measurement was probably an error or you measured yourself at an earlier time of day

Jdubbz said on 6/Jan/23
Alex 6'0 said on 4/Jan/23
I'm obese at 6'0 240 though a good amount is muscle. Those bmi charts are very outdated and aren't accurate for some people

I weigh 240 as well. I'm not as muscular as you are, but BMI considers 240 to be right between overweight and obese even at 6'6. It's ridiculous isn't it? In your case BMI is off due to muscle mass, in my case it's due to height.

I would only hit the very upper end of "normal" range at 218lbs, but in reality it's closer to 230. A BMI in the middle of the healthy range (22.5) would be 196lbs for my height and 166lbs for yours. I can't even imagine being under 200 with my height and frame.

Jdubbz said on 6/Jan/23
Gian 181cm said on 5/Jan/23

Giga calculator is a bit on the overly generous side compared to other height calculators I've seen. It puts my height at the 99.97th percentile, which is really inflated. Strong 6'6 is of course very tall, perhaps approaching 99.9th (maybe something like 1/750), but 1/3333? Nah, that's more like strong 6'7 or weak 6'8 range, which is a proper "extremely tall" height. Maybe giga is more accurate for heights closer to the mean.

I agree that 90th percentile is the start of legit tall, but the calculator I use says that's a tiny fraction over 6'1. 6'1 is what I would personally consider the start of tall, but some may argue 1SD above average (Just under 184cm) is better. The tall life calculator assumes a 5'9.3 overall average, which I think is just about right for the US.

I will classify the heights you listed rather than the percentiles, since the percentiles differ between giga calculator and the one I use. I agree that 5'10.5 is the start of above average, and that range extends to 5'11.25. The only thing is that I would start the tallish range immediately after that, so it would include your height as well. 5'11 3/8" is definitely tallish, but so is 5'11.75 (IMO). I would put them in the same category.

This is a bit controversial, but I would include any height in the strong 5'11 range up to weak 6'1 in the tallish category. So 5'11.25 - 6'0.5. 6'0.5 - 6'1 is a buffer zone and I would lean towards the lower end being tallish and the upper end being legit tall.

My actual benchmark for tall is whether they are around my eye level (187cm), but that's just a convenience thing. 185-186cm guys are also "around" my eye level and their hair would bring them to my eye level, so I consider that tall. Weak 6'1 or under doesn't strike me as tall, but of course I am biased due to my own height.

Jake: 1.84 m- 1.85 m said on 6/Jan/23
Request: JJ Feild definitely should get a page!

Jdubbz said on 5/Jan/23
Leesheff85:

174cm is isn't some crazy tall height for a woman. Not sure why that's so difficult to believe. I'm pretty sure Black Noir knows her height better than you do.

Gian 181cm said on 5/Jan/23
@Jdubbz
Using a height percentile calculator I saw that the 90% percentile in the USA is 184cm - 6'0.5, do you agree with that height being the beginning of tall height?
And how would you classify the 80th percentile (5'11 3/8 - 181.3cm) and the 85th percentile (5'11.75 - 182.5cm) ?

Following what you said I would classify it like this:
5'9 3/4 - 5'10 1/4 - Upper Average
5'10 1/2 - 5'11 1/4 - Above average
5'11 1/2 - 6'0 1/4 - Tall-ish

5'11 3/8 is the 80th percentile, I don't know if it deserves the tall-ish placement or if I'd go with the 85th percentile 5'11 3/4, it's an arbitrary choice anyway.
The average considered was 5'9/175.3cm, of course for young people or if you consider a certain ethnicity it will be different.

I consider 182cm/5'11.5 to be the start of tall height (average 5'9), but that's my opinion.
In general, I found his methodology well grounded and interesting.

Click Here - Calculator

Black Noir said on 5/Jan/23
QM6'1.5"QM

I’d wonder who’s taller me or you lol, I measure around 187.3 cm in the evening. And when u say average for young ppl are u talking about globally speaking? Or just in the UK? I see a lot of tall people in malls where I visit sometimes bro many ppl tower me…. I saw a 6’4 girl in Kmart last week..

Daniel Lee 173 cm said on 5/Jan/23
Hey guys, What is the ideal weight for a 5'11 fitness guy in your opinion?

Progking184 said on 5/Jan/23
@Italianguy I guess it could be seen as a bit outstanding as generally its about 11-12 cm above average. Though its very much a regular tall height. For young guys at least I think 188+ is definitely solid tall, and 186-187 just below it as pretty regular tall.

Caleb 178.7cm said on 5/Jan/23
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Rob, have you heard of Lydon Sutcliffe, this really tall British guy? He looks more like 6'10 instead of the inflated 7'1 he claims based on his pictures with celebrities. Interesting article written about him by the Daily Mail.

Kellan said on 5/Jan/23
@dreus23 I agree, average height is great. I never had a desire to be (very) tall growing up like many guys. I am fortunate to have stopped growing somewhat early.

Emil said on 4/Jan/23
@Alex 6'0
@Jdubzz

I see as many 6'0 women as 6'5 guys in Denmark, but the average ratio between men and women here is also only 1.07.

Those heights are around 2 SD from average for both genders.

+6'1 women and +6'6 men is where it starts to be rare here.

Alex 6'0 said on 4/Jan/23
I'm obese at 6'0 240 though a good amount is muscle. Those bmi charts are very outdated and aren't accurate for some people

Poster said on 4/Jan/23
@Bobby: I'm more into the heights of girls and women, but almost no people post about that, which is fine because they're more into guys' heights. I also like to learn average heights at various times in history. Averages by country are interesting too (it's very hard to find state averages). Subjects, like morning height, don't do it for me. Stuff like that gets dull and repetitive. To each their own. Unfortunately, some of the best commenters left. I hope they return.

Jdubbz said on 4/Jan/23
@Alex 6'0:

Pretty much, yeah. I don't think it's an entire 6" difference, more like 5.75", but definitely closer to 6'6 than 6'5.

@Peter 180cm

Yes BMI is inaccurate for people at the extremes of height, but you shouldn't run into any issues at 180cm as that is still more or less average height. Perhaps you have more muscle mass than most guys your height.

Jdubbz said on 4/Jan/23
@Poster:

Your method (100lbs for 5'0 and adding 5 lbs per inch) isn't doing anything that the charts aren't. In fact, it's even more inaccurate for tall people and doesn't take into account muscle mass either. At least the charts provide a healthy "range".

Any method that assumes a fixed relationship between height and weight and doesn't provide a range to accommodate various frame sizes and muscle mass is flawed. What you propose is simpler than an adjusted BMI, and may work for you, but it is in no way better. Especially for tall people.

Going with your method, 191 lbs would be my optimal weight. Even BMI gives me 218 lbs as a cutoff for healthy weight (which is itself a 10-20lb underestimation). 191 lbs is silly.

5'7 and a fraction said on 4/Jan/23
@Rob
Just measured myself at 5'7 1/2. Was starting to think I wasn't gonna grow any taller after having a growth spur 2 years ago (which isn't terrible, but still). But after not measuring myself for a few months I may have a chance at getting your height or taller. Is it possible I could get to 5'8 by the end of this year?

Emil said on 4/Jan/23
@Adrian

Fair enough, mate.

rlheight5'11 said on 4/Jan/23
@Sandy Cowell
Happy New year 🥂🦊

rlheight5'11 said on 4/Jan/23
@Gian 181cm
Thanks and same to you!

rlheight5'11 said on 4/Jan/23
Bobby said on 3/Jan/23
A disturbing proportion of people tend to write poorly, but I am not one of them.
__________

I am pretty sure that you use grammarly to improve your writing..

Honest5'11" said on 4/Jan/23
@Peter180cm im 77kg and my 90 kg slightly shorter friend is always saying how I need to eat more lol.

Honest5'11" said on 4/Jan/23
Swedes are one of the tallest nations in the world, no doubt, but them averaging more than 5'11"/180 cm is pure lunacy. 10th tallest in the world I think.

QM6'1.5"QM said on 4/Jan/23
Daniel Lee 173 cm said on 3/Jan/23

I'm literally this tall. Even in tallest avg countries is about 3inches taller. So it's def tall height everywhere you go. In my case I'm lanky guy that helps to look even taller.

I think the real avg between young people is between 5'9- 5'10.5", but in general population is a weak 5'8.5- 5'8.75".

Alex 6'0 said on 4/Jan/23
6'2 will stand out in small crowds. 6'2-6'3 at bars clubs you'll usually be one the tallest. Bigger events as sporting events, concerts etc it won't stand out. Events that big youll get more guys 6'4-6'5 plus

Sandy Cowell said on 4/Jan/23
I never knew you’re 6ft3, Viper! If I met you, it would doubtless be a talking point….. 🐍

Sandy Cowell said on 4/Jan/23
@ Gian - Many thanks! 😁👍🏼

Poster said on 3/Jan/23
@Jdubbz: I don't fully agree with that. My method is better. It's more accurate and more realistic. I explained why. The weights are too high for short women and too low for tall women. Many women have muscle weight too. Muscle weighs more than flab. I know some fat skinny short girls. Female athletes and female bodybuilders should weigh more than sedentary women at the same height. I also think that the charts are too complicated. My chart makes much more sense, and it's easy for people to follow. I'll stick with it.

Alex 6'0 said on 3/Jan/23
Jdubzz, so 6'6 guy equals 6'0 female. Makes sense because i feel i see more 6'5 guys than 6'0 women.

Leesheff85 said on 3/Jan/23
No way is the woman in black noirs photo 174cm she wouldn't be taller than big rob!! No way. Looks average height at best

Peter 180cm said on 3/Jan/23
Yeah BMI formulas are often crap at estimations. I'm now roughly 83kg and roughly 1.80 so that would make me look slightly overweight or just normal weight,but people often comment that I've lost weight and that i need to eat up lolz. I think the taller someone is,the more weight he/she can put on and still look normal or lean. It's just a matter of dimensions-it's easier to balance and even out weight on a taller body than on an average/shorter one.

Bobby said on 3/Jan/23
@Poster

A disturbing proportion of people tend to write poorly, but I am not one of them. I also don't fret over insignificant fractions such as quarters and half inches. I measure a quarter below 5'10 in the evening, but I always describe myself as a 5'10 guy.

I used to be much more captivated by human height, but I have lost interest now that I am older and wiser. I suppose I get along more with people ten years older than me than with people my age or younger. If nothing else, it does interest me to try and figure out how tall some of my favourite video game characters might be if they were real, but that's more of a head exercise than anything else.

I don't know what 2023 has in store for you or me, but I hope it will bring forth great opportunities and memories!

Daniel Lee 173 cm said on 3/Jan/23
6'1.75" at noon is outstanding tall

Gian 181cm said on 3/Jan/23
@Sandy Cowell
Thank you so much Ms.Sandy Cowell, I wish you all the best for this year.

rlheight5'11 said on 3/Jan/23
@Bobby
I didn't say that but he isn't breaking any rules nor is he annoying Rob.

Moneymaker! said on 3/Jan/23
How tall would you estimate Liver King? The guy looks 5'5" maybe 5'6" to me.

Black Noir said on 3/Jan/23
Hey rob would u say he looks 190 cm? How many inches is between him and my uncle on the far left?

Sandy Cowell said on 3/Jan/23
A Happy New Year to you too, Gian - for the entire 12 months! 🔔

Peter 180cm said on 2/Jan/23
@jokey Well obviously he thought you were huge,i would think the same for someone over 1.90, it's all a matter of perspective.

viper said on 2/Jan/23
At 6-3 I feel like I stand out a bit

I think even at 6-2 I would feel like I stand out a bit

Alex 6'0 said on 2/Jan/23
Progking, you and jawilder would be exactly the same. Possibly 1/8 difference no more. Have a good cm over me.

Original said on 2/Jan/23
SDs from average 0.5 = above average 1 = tall 2 = very tall 3 = extremely tall 4 = freakish

5'10 as average
5'11.25 above average
6'0.75" tall
6'3.75" very tall
6'6.75" extremely tall
6'9.5"+ freakish

Sandy Cowell said on 2/Jan/23
The very same to you, Gian. XX

MaskDeMasque 5'9.5 said on 2/Jan/23
Hey Rob, I know I've asked before but any idea how tall comedian David Earl is? I thought he could look 5'10 maybe 5'10.25 in Brian and Charles movie.

adrianjacobs said on 2/Jan/23
@dreus23
No, the average swedish man is totally way below 6ft. Since the average swedish man is "5'9.5-5'10", the average american or british man must be around 5'7-5'8 according to you? Or you know what? Swedish men are probably the same height or even shorter than americans.
And yes, swedish women are extremely petite of course and barely 5ft. Swedes must know better than anyone else how to properly measure themselves.

Gian 181cm said on 2/Jan/23
Happy new year everyone.

Sandy Cowell said on 2/Jan/23
You know you’re either short or tall when people use your size as a talking point.

I had an incident in hospital on Friday, just before I left, in which the lady in the bed next to me, named Valerie, felt too ill to eat her dinner, so she asked me what my cats might like. I replied, “They love chicken.”

When the dinners arrived, Valerie duly gave me hers, together with a doggie bag, and I sat there with two dinners, hers having been emptied into the bag, and I was nibbling at the mixed veg. The orderly who had come in with the dinners returned, and saw me with two plates and stopped and stared, open-mouthed, for quite a few seconds. Valerie, who’s 84 and a touch under 5ft3, started laughing because ‘the sight of a person my size eating two dinners tickled her!’

The orderly was told about the arrangement that my cats should have Valerie’s chicken, and they darted on the bag and tore it open as soon as I arrived home! 😻