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Yeah, of course I had to weight in on this eventually... In terms of genetics, I had no chance of being anything but taller than average.
Father's side. Grandfather - 6' 2" Grandmother - 5' 9" Father - 6' 4" Father's brothers: 6' 0" and 6' 3" (female cousins 5' 10" and 6' 2")
Mother's side. Grandfather - 6' 0" Grandmother 5' 11" Mother - 5' 8" Mother's sisters 6' 0" and 6' 0" (cousins ranging from 5' 10" to 6' 6")
Which, of course means my 6' 6" was far from shocking (although according to that double your height at three years, I was supposed to be 6' 8"). I don't feel cheated, mostly because I hit my head on enough things as it is. Oh, and for the record no Dutch ancestors (at least not recent enough to mention).
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Ok, I wanna know about hand/foot size versus height. Mine don't match up. I'm 5'6", which is pretty good for a woman, right? But my hands are freakishly small; my wedding ring is a size 3 and 3/4. Pretty sure my feet are normal, so that's good. I also have a "tiny shrunken head" as my sister calls it. I can't wear adult-sized hats or glasses.
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I got lucky, height-wise. My father's 6' and my mother's 5' and the lottery gave me a serviceable 5'9" or so. Prolly just a tiny bit less than that, but it sounds impressive so I like to say it. My brother is not quite so lucky so far. He's 15 and about... 5'6".
As for the Japanese, the reason that a lot of the older people in Japan are short is because they lived during the war, and their formative periods were taken when it was hard to find anything but wood fiber to eat, to say nothing of rice.
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I swore I was 5'10" for years, but now I've realized that somewhere I lost an inch, so I'll join the 5'9" party
And I was lucky enough to get proportional hands and feet, but unlucky to get them fully-grown at age 13. I've worn a size 10 shoe since 6th grade. And my hands and head are so blasted big I can never wear normal women's gloves and hats. I even have a hard time finding sunglasses.
But you know what they say about girls with big hands....
They grab all the piñata candy! Mwa ha ha ha!
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so, listen. A friend and myself found this abandoned house *points yonder*. We've been converting it into a theatre of sorts... doing a little writing, a little acting, improv, that sorta thing...
it's a little out of the way, for the typical audience, but I think it can be spruced up.
quote:A recent Italian study has found that watching too much television may distort the hormonal balance of adolescents and push many of them into early puberty.
The study found children denied access to television for just one week experienced a 30% jump in their melatonin levels. The hormone is thought to prevent the early onset of puberty. If confirmed, this would be the first sign of a direct physiological impact of television upon the young.
Radiation may be to blame Research focused on 75 junior-school children in an Italian village, whose parents agreed to deny them access to television, computers and video games for a week. Ball games, public reading and other activities were organized to involve parents and children.
The scientists hypothesize that the light and radiation coming from television and computer screens disturbs the production of melatonin.
Some animals use melatonin to time their reproduction, changing it to suit their environments. In humans, the hormone regulates the body's internal clock. Levels are at their lowest in the daylight hours, but peak in the evening around eight o'clock as the body prepares for sleep.
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Dunno, a silk scarf might make an excellent garrote.
