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Originally posted by Mighty Mike:
how tall are you?

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Lets put it this way. When it rains, I'm one of the last to know.

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You must do what you feel is right, of course-Obi Wan Kenobi

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Originally posted by Adam X:
I'm pretty happy with my height.

It's the one thing I have I don't think I'd change given the opportunity.

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i'm sure this post made jedi feel better

I think Eleanor Roosevelt said it but the only perosn that can make you feel inferior is yourself

smaller people live longer too, ever see a 6'5 guy in his 70's?

I haven't

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my posts in this thread are not as good as Michael P's

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• Carel Struycken, who played Lurch in the Addams Family movie is exactly 7', as is Shaquille O'Neill, Center for Miami Heat.
• Richard Kiel, who played "Jaws" in James Bond: The Spy Who Loved Me and James Bond: Moonraker is 7' 2".
• Kevin Hall, who played the monster in the Predator series and "Harry" in Harry & The Hendersons, was 7' 3". Unfortunately, he died in 1991 after receiving an AIDS-infected blood transfusion.
• Peter Mayhew is also 7' 3". He played Chewbacca in the Star Wars trilogy.
• Matthew McGrory, who played Karl the Giant in Tim Burton's 2003 movie, Big Fish was 7' 6". He holds the Guinness World Record for the world's biggest feet (excluding cases of elephantitis), a huge size 29.5. Sadly, he died of natural causes last year.
• Yao Ming, Center for the Houston Rockets, is also 7' 6", is the tallest active player in the NBA.
• There are at least 11 players in the NBA for the 2006-7 season who are over 7'.
• Sun Ming Ming, basketball player for Dodge City Legend and is the tallest in the United States Basketball League. He is 7' 9".
• But the tallest person in the world, according to the Guinness Book of Records, was Robert Wadlow, of Alton, Illinois, a staggering 8' 11".

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