[fernando] >> > Now, I hate when I see something like "2 yards, 2 feet, 5 inches and >> > (the stroke of mercy) 1/8" -- It takes me several seconds to figure out >> > how tall that person is!
[Jim_Cobb] >> Now that's a tall specimen (2.57 meters)! [fernando] >That "person" is a gorilla! Or maybe a giraffe (which can >reach a height of 5 meters (16 !/2 feet)) > >This only shows how ignorant a person like me can be. I didn't do >any calculations. After using the different units I just though >I could relate that to a "person". a very, very tall person, I mean. :-) If what one reads on the Web can be believed, a man named Robert Pershing Wadlow (b. 2/22/18 in Alton, IL; d. 7/15/40) was 8' 11.5" (2.73 m) when he died. Tim, who doesn't mind helping others get far afield...