AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) - The Dutch, thought to be the world's tallest people, seem to have stopped growing.
Average heights have increased scarcely or not at all since 2001, the Central Bureau for Statistics said Monday in a new study.
From the early 1980s to 2000, the height of the average Dutch man increased by more than...
http://www.pr-inside.com/height-gains-t ... 374314.htm
The Dutch not getting any taller.
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themanintheseersuckersuit
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The Dutch not getting any taller.
Suitguy is not bitter.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
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How tall is Jeff? (I do not recall Jeff seeming all that tall, but, then again, I have never seen him in person.)PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:I am not getting taller either. I am still waiting for my growth spurt. I thought that it would happen when was was 18. My daughter is going to pass me in height soon and I am not sure how I feel about it.
I think that I previously posted here the fun/horror of calculating when Princess Pudding will pass big sis Princess Peanut in height. Current projections are that it will occur when they are a high school freshman and 4th grader, based on growth charts.
Fortunately, I should maintain my status as tall man on the family totem pole.
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Re: The Dutch not getting any taller.
They must protect Rik Smits as a National Treasure, lest that number tumble upon his death.themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) - The Dutch, thought to be the world's tallest people, seem to have stopped growing.
Average heights have increased scarcely or not at all since 2001, the Central Bureau for Statistics said Monday in a new study.
From the early 1980s to 2000, the height of the average Dutch man increased by more than...
http://www.pr-inside.com/height-gains-t ... 374314.htm
(Also, Francisco Elson)
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I shall adjust my mental image accordingly.
It would be an interesting exercise, sometime, if everyone posted a picture of their mental images of other people on this Bored.
It would be an interesting exercise, sometime, if everyone posted a picture of their mental images of other people on this Bored.
For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled. -- Richard Feynman