Comments on: Tall men in planes http://wmbriggs.com/blog/2008/03/31/tall-men-in-planes/ "All manner of statistical analyses cheerfully undertaken." Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:43:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: W J B http://wmbriggs.com/blog/2008/03/31/tall-men-in-planes/#comment-2937 W J B Wed, 16 Apr 2008 08:01:29 +0000 http://wmbriggs.com/blog/2008/03/31/tall-men-in-planes/#comment-2937 I've heard it all before, but try being average for a day! I’ve heard it all before, but try being average for a day!

]]> By: B. Durbin http://wmbriggs.com/blog/2008/03/31/tall-men-in-planes/#comment-2132 B. Durbin Sat, 05 Apr 2008 17:25:02 +0000 http://wmbriggs.com/blog/2008/03/31/tall-men-in-planes/#comment-2132 As a talish woman (5'9"), my clothing concerns are similar, except that I have a proportion issue that means when the legs are tall enough, the waist comes up and hits me in the chest. I wear skirts to work. But I hear you on the shower thing. We are currently renting an apartment unit that, for some absurd reason, has the shower heads positioned below the <i>average</i> male height. And the bathtub is usefull only as someplace to put your bent legs in, or part of your torso? not too useful when the overflow catch is a mere ten inches off the bottom. That kind of tub would be perfect for a kid's bathroom. Why it's in an area for adults is beyond me. As a talish woman (5′9″), my clothing concerns are similar, except that I have a proportion issue that means when the legs are tall enough, the waist comes up and hits me in the chest. I wear skirts to work.

But I hear you on the shower thing. We are currently renting an apartment unit that, for some absurd reason, has the shower heads positioned below the average male height. And the bathtub is usefull only as someplace to put your bent legs in, or part of your torso? not too useful when the overflow catch is a mere ten inches off the bottom.

That kind of tub would be perfect for a kid’s bathroom. Why it’s in an area for adults is beyond me.

]]> By: Right Wing Nation » Tall Men In Planes http://wmbriggs.com/blog/2008/03/31/tall-men-in-planes/#comment-1997 Right Wing Nation » Tall Men In Planes Thu, 03 Apr 2008 19:21:25 +0000 http://wmbriggs.com/blog/2008/03/31/tall-men-in-planes/#comment-1997 [...] Lamentations of a man Yes!oppressed by a short person’s world: Shower heads come to mid-chest on me. I?ve developed a permanent stoop from years of bending over to wash my hair?and then from scrunching down to see my reflection in the mirror, typically placed navel high, so that I can comb it. [...] […] Lamentations of a man Yes!oppressed by a short person’s world: Shower heads come to mid-chest on me. I?ve developed a permanent stoop from years of bending over to wash my hair?and then from scrunching down to see my reflection in the mirror, typically placed navel high, so that I can comb it. […]

]]> By: Wade http://wmbriggs.com/blog/2008/03/31/tall-men-in-planes/#comment-1917 Wade Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:49:20 +0000 http://wmbriggs.com/blog/2008/03/31/tall-men-in-planes/#comment-1917 Oregon, All kidding aside, I "chose" Ohio State over Michigan, Cornell, Southern-Cal, and Virginia due solely to being flat broke, but if your son is choosing based on anything other than desire to watch good basketball, you gotta go with Michigan over UK. Also, UM's non-resident tuition is like 6x higher than in-state, so get your kid off-campus housing ASAP and stop claiming him on your taxes. You'll be able to get him in-state status within a year or so. Oregon,

All kidding aside, I “chose” Ohio State over Michigan, Cornell, Southern-Cal, and Virginia due solely to being flat broke, but if your son is choosing based on anything other than desire to watch good basketball, you gotta go with Michigan over UK.

Also, UM’s non-resident tuition is like 6x higher than in-state, so get your kid off-campus housing ASAP and stop claiming him on your taxes. You’ll be able to get him in-state status within a year or so.

]]> By: OregonGuy http://wmbriggs.com/blog/2008/03/31/tall-men-in-planes/#comment-1915 OregonGuy Tue, 01 Apr 2008 23:56:18 +0000 http://wmbriggs.com/blog/2008/03/31/tall-men-in-planes/#comment-1915 (Wet towel.) "SMACK" More MIC? My son is in the process of choosing Michigan or Kansas. I'll let him see this post. (Wet towel.)

“SMACK”

More MIC? My son is in the process of choosing Michigan or Kansas.

I’ll let him see this post.

]]> By: Wade http://wmbriggs.com/blog/2008/03/31/tall-men-in-planes/#comment-1913 Wade Tue, 01 Apr 2008 20:22:39 +0000 http://wmbriggs.com/blog/2008/03/31/tall-men-in-planes/#comment-1913 This comment if unrelated to this thread, but I cannot resist having some fun at your expense... So, I'm reading the STA 282 text you have posted on this site, and thoroughly enjoying I might add.... Until I hit page 29, when you are discussing a Bayesian problem about army recruits "who come form a deprived upbringing, or regious with little access to technology (like Ohio)..." I could not figure, for the life of me, why you would disparage myself and other fine Ohioans, until I read your resume. Apparently the "Michigan Inferiority Complex (MIC)" has spread outside Ann Arbor and into the Directionals..... The only reason I could think of why this disease would spread was....global warming. I mean, Al Gore nailed it, right? Plague and pestulance...everywhere! I guess the Michigan Inferiority Complex is funnelling throughout the entire state and all who contract direct their new found resentment towards us, genetically superior (not to mention in football acumen) Ohioans. All joking aside, loving the book, and soooooo much better to read than the countless "Statistics for Engineers and Scientists" books I've been subjected to. This comment if unrelated to this thread, but I cannot resist having some fun at your expense…

So, I’m reading the STA 282 text you have posted on this site, and thoroughly enjoying I might add….

Until I hit page 29, when you are discussing a Bayesian problem about army recruits “who come form a deprived upbringing, or regious with little access to technology (like Ohio)…”

I could not figure, for the life of me, why you would disparage myself and other fine Ohioans, until I read your resume. Apparently the “Michigan Inferiority Complex (MIC)” has spread outside Ann Arbor and into the Directionals…..

The only reason I could think of why this disease would spread was….global warming. I mean, Al Gore nailed it, right? Plague and pestulance…everywhere! I guess the Michigan Inferiority Complex is funnelling throughout the entire state and all who contract direct their new found resentment towards us, genetically superior (not to mention in football acumen) Ohioans.

All joking aside, loving the book, and soooooo much better to read than the countless “Statistics for Engineers and Scientists” books I’ve been subjected to.

]]> By: Alan McIntire http://wmbriggs.com/blog/2008/03/31/tall-men-in-planes/#comment-1889 Alan McIntire Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:21:08 +0000 http://wmbriggs.com/blog/2008/03/31/tall-men-in-planes/#comment-1889 I'm 6' 3". What really bothers me is rainy days, with all of those short people waiving those umbrellas close to my eye level- I'm afraid of getting my eye poked out by one of those things every time it rains I’m 6′ 3″. What really bothers me is rainy days, with all of those
short people waiving those umbrellas close to my eye level- I’m afraid of getting my eye poked out by one of those things every time it rains

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