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The Dutch not getting any taller.

Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 9:40 am
by themanintheseersuckersuit
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

Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 10:12 am
by PlacentiaSoccerMom
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.

Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 10:36 am
by mrkelley23
's OK. You and Tocque can hang out and represent the Lullaby League.

:lol:

Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 10:38 am
by PlacentiaSoccerMom
mrkelley23 wrote:'s OK. You and Tocque can hang out and represent the Lullaby League.

:lol:
Thanks. I am too tall for a Lullaby Leaguer, I think.

My best friends are both very tall.

I am 5'5" which used to be an average height for women.

Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 11:36 am
by Appa23
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.
How tall is Jeff? (I do not recall Jeff seeming all that tall, but, then again, I have never seen him in person.)

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. :) (Even as my son whizzes by me in intelligence)

Re: The Dutch not getting any taller.

Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 11:38 am
by Appa23
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
They must protect Rik Smits as a National Treasure, lest that number tumble upon his death. :wink:

(Also, Francisco Elson)

Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 11:44 am
by mrkelley23
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.