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[scottobear]

BHK, Chris and I went to Ledo's for supper... Tina and Matt might've gone with us, but they opted not to go. I figure they'll be more interested in socializing later on down the line.

According to the National Center for Health Statistics, the average height for an adult female in the United States is 63.8 inches (5 feet, 3.8 inches) and for a man it is 69.2 inches (5 feet, 9.2 inches)

That seems a bit shorter than the average women I see every day, but about right for men.

I wonder if the height difference between women and men contributes very much to gender roles?

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random statement - I'm in the mood for popcorn.

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another random statement - I'd like to see the northern lights.

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What American accent do you have? (Best version so far) Neutral You're not Northern, Southern, or Western, you're just plain -American-. Your national identity is more important than your local identity, because you don't really have a local identity. You might be from the region in that map, which is defined by this kind of accent, but you could easily not be. Or maybe you just moved around a lot growing up.

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Strange Maps reproduces a map from the J. Allen Hynek Center for UFO Studies showing UFO incidents per capita by county in the contiguous US.

Hm. Somehow, I'd have thought Florida would've been more populous.. or the whole east coast for that matter.

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Two Reasons I know it's important for me to think long and hard before getting a tattoo. In addition to the artwork, I like the mottoes - "Malamor" and "Nehil" / "I should not be", respectively.

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1 year ago - george washington, whale's rib/pier, my head explodes (GP lyrics in comments), forgot to do dot-story.....

• More florida pics - the pool at night, blimp sighting, iguana, tobasco, goggle-dog
  

2 years ago - google map risk, sexy archie, personality meme

3 years ago - bro issues, MM/Islam, light and shadow, mallah and brain, walking annual post, famous cat, truthout

4 years ago - Eclipso, Lady From Shanghai, Tomacco, fonts, Book Fair, pondering, maggot art, mirror, Witch

5 years ago - poetry search, Newtcam pic, Zombie, DTH, Stupidty, Rachel

6 years ago - evil news, tattoo poll, shirty, Bizarro, Da Vinci

7 years ago - Apologies for FL, clown, log sheets, sweet disorder, I knew a woman, crimson dreams, chupacabra

Comments

[missv.livejournal.com]

I wonder if the height statistics are skewed by the fact that women live longer than men and tend to "shrink" as they age? I've always been frustrated when they say 5'4" is average for women because I'm 5'3" and nothing in the world is scaled to fit someone my height. Regular pants are too long. Chairs are too tall. Counters are too high. Shelves in stores are unreachable. So, if half of the women in the US are my height or shorter, why is everything so damned huge? Of course, I know the reason for this. We studied it in my ergonomics class back when I was in engineering school. Its that whole "design for maximum human use" 5th/95th percentile thing, but still. I wish, just once, my feet touched the floor when I sat in a standard chair. And I know you have the opposite problem....Josh does too. You're strapping 95%'ers and I'm a sad little 5%'er. We're freaks!

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

that's an interesting point.. I'll have to look up and see if shrinkage and age is taken into account.

Neener neener I'm Neutral :D

[blackhellkat.livejournal.com]

What American accent do you have? (Best version so far) Neutral You're not Northern, Southern, or Western, you're just plain -American-. Your national identity is more important than your local identity, because you don't really have a local identity. You might be from the region in that map, which is defined by this kind of accent, but you could easily not be. Or maybe you just moved around a lot growing up.

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Re: Neener neener I'm Neutral :D

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

a likely story!!

Re: Neener neener I'm Neutral :D

[blackhellkat.livejournal.com]

'strue!

Re: Neener neener I'm Neutral :D

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

you're better than neutral! you're good! :D