OK, I know I am stupid, but...

[clylbw]

Can anyone please tell me:

1. How much is 6 feet and 4 inches in centimeter?

2. How much is 153 centimeter in foot & inch?

How on earth are metric and English measures converted between each other???

Anyway, if two people with the above heights are a couple, do they REALLY look odd together?

Thanks.

 

[TheBramble]

Can anyone please tell me:

1. How much is 6 feet and 4 inches in centimeter?

2. How much is 153 centimeter in foot & inch?

How on earth are metric and English measures converted between each other???

Anyway, if two people with the above heights are a couple, do they REALLY look odd together?

Thanks.

2.54cm in an inch.
30.48cm in a foot.

So,

1. 193cm
2. 5ft

To answer the last part of your question, I need to ask one - "Are they in a panto and are they on stage at the same time?"

 

[gene]

http://www.sciencemadesimple.com/conversions.html

 

[LION63]

1 inch is 2.54 centimetres.

1. 6 feet and 4 inches is 193 centimetres
2. 153 centimetres is 5 feet

As for the final question .................................

 

[Roberto]

As for the final question ...

Well, yes; she _is_ a little on the short side for you, but if she wears shoes with 4" heels and you stand in a hole, nobody will notice. Honestly.

 

[robq]

2.54 cm = 1 inch
12 inches = 1 foot
6ft 4 inches = 76 inches = 193.04cm
153cm = 60.23 inches =5feet .23 inches


I think


Perhaps how they really look - is - subjective!!

 

[DaveJB]

Final question:
Not from orbit

 

[TheBramble]

Jane - there seems to be a consensus building on imp/metric conversion ratios.

 

[LION63]

Why have we assumed that the male is taller than the female or that they are indeed a male and female?

 

[clylbw]

Hi LION63,

I know it would be much more interesting if the female were taller than the male, or if they were two males or females, but I am afraid the situation in this case is somewhat mundane. They are indeed a taller man and a shorter woman.

Sorry for being a spoilsport.

 

[LION63]

Clylbw,

On the contrary, it was fairly obvious but I was itching to get that one in. At least you took it for the harmless joke that it was.

Cheers.

 

[Mr. Charts]

Hiya Lynn,
Not knowing imp/metric ratios simply shows how young you are ;-)
It's curious how a tall male and short female couple is quite visually acceptable, but how a small male and tall female couple looks "unusual" as in Bernie Ecclestone and his lady. Or am I being sexist?
Happy Holidays to you,
Richard

 

[LION63]

I cannot afford to be sued by Mr Ecclestone and/or a few others like that.

Remember the 70s when this metric crap came on the scene? When we got it wrong a few strokes on the backside at school meant you remembered.

 

[ardhill]

Can anyone please tell me...

How on earth are metric and English measures converted between each other???

The easy way to remember the conversion between feet inches - centimeters and Millimeters is to look at or remember a ruler (not as in emperor).

A ruler is 1 Foot = 12 Inches = 30cm (which is 300mm)
1 Inch is approx 2 1/2 cm (25mm)

So if you forget, just look at a ruler.

Oh yes, 1 meter = 100 centimeters (cent meaning 100, so 'centimeter' = '100 in meter')

 

[TheBramble]

Jane, why are you being called Lynn? I thought you'd gone metric?

 

[Roberto]

I see ... got it all the wrong way round, did I? Should have said "if _you_ wear heels and _he_ stands in a hole"? Oh well, that'll teach me to try to be amusing

 

[SilkenMask]

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Anyway, if two people with the above heights are a couple, do they REALLY look odd together?

Thanks.[/QUOTE]

Why not think of them as Tall handsome gentleman with his Petite lady

Big surprises come in small packages and also Gems.... grrrr forget the short !!! try petite and when the male is small he often says its not the size but what you do with it !!!!

 

[clylbw]

So many thanks to all of you.

Hi Richard,

I know what you mean. A friend of mine has a boyfriend who is two and half inches shorter than her. Whenever they go out together, they always collect some stares. But they have been happy together, so I guess perhaps size does not matter in some cases.

And best seasonal wishes to you, too.

Hi Silk,

Not sure about the petite bit, but thank you all the same.