Have a sensible approach to "average people".
I don't fit in bus seats designed for "average people", because my legs are too long. I can't use ATMs positioned for "average people" because the screen is level with my waist (and the ones that are positioned for people in wheelchairs I need to sit on the ground to use).

Also, anyone who thinks Body Mass Index is a useful indicator of anything and who reckons 6' tall and 17 stone is overweight can try carrying a 30' scaffolding pole up a 24-storey building.
(gordonjcp, Sat 24 Sep 2011, 12:13, 9 replies)

Sorry to say but 17 stone means you ARE over weight.
Simon. (6' 4" / 12.5 stone)
(fatboybubba, Sat 24 Sep 2011, 21:20, closed)

Perhaps...
If you go by his BMI. In reality he may be a massive bloke used to carrying daft loads up buildings all day, and therefore not overweight, merely well muscled.
BMI is a blind weapon, used far too much in diagnosing weight issues.
(MrBiscuits, Sat 24 Sep 2011, 21:46, closed)

Christ
All dick and ribs
(andythepieman Is surfing the waves of indifference on, Mon 26 Sep 2011, 16:29, closed)

But...
..at 6 foot you're only 2 inches above average height for a male in the UK (5'10"). In the Netherlands you might even be slightly below average.
(d2086u, Sat 24 Sep 2011, 22:30, closed)

Exactly.
I have similar problems to the OP with seats being too small and ATMs too low and I'm about an inch above average height for a bloke in the UK.
The problem seems to be that things like bus seats are built to specifications dating back to times when war rationing and poor diet meant the average height was about 6 inches shorter than today.
If I recall correctly six foot is about the average height for a male in the Netherlands. I put their gigantism down to the fact they live below sea level so have to keep their heads above water.
(Me, I'm not... in any way intoxicated, Sun 25 Sep 2011, 14:54, closed)

Freak.

( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Sat 24 Sep 2011, 22:49, closed)

Do you carry the scaffold poles on top of your Accord Van?

( Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Sun 25 Sep 2011, 17:43, closed)

Where do you get
30' scaffold tubes from? I've never seen one bigger than 22', and I've been involved with scaffolding for nearly 9 years.
( social hand grenade I was a lurker before you were a lurker, Tue 27 Sep 2011, 22:18, closed)

You've been carrying average scaffold poles.

(oneinthepink is at your cervix m'lady, Wed 28 Sep 2011, 11:47, closed)