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Are Measuring Tapes Accurate When It Comes To Height?

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Trevorblack2014 | 16:54 Wed 17th Sep 2014 | Society & Culture
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My mate is 5 foot 8 and am at least a few inches taller then him but according to the tape am only 5.9...and my mate knows his own height after being mesured by a doctor.
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Did he have shoes on when measured?

Or is it possible at your age he's grown a bit?
Stand against a wall, use something firm and square like a book to tranfer the height of the top of your head to the wall and measure the height on the wall. Trying to measure someon's height directly with a tape measure is full of errors and best avoided.
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I dunno if he did but am still at least 2 inches taller when barefoot and with him stil with shoes on but according to measure tape am 5.9...when he is 5.8 (well taller when i measured him.
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2 People measured me, according to one who used a airspray can and tape said 5.8 (he is 5.3) and my mate measurment was 5.10 and a half.
I have this problem too. I know I was taller a few yrs back but my doc measured me shorter....must be their measuring stick, or summat!
It's a well known fact that tape measures are inaccurate for measuring height. Especially in a leap year.
tapes are accurate, measurers less so
Lie down. Then you'll be measuring width and be ok. Were you measuring in a high gravitational field ?
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To be really accurate you will need to use a stadiometer, like medics use.

As boys, my brothers and I were measured up against the door pillar in the kitchen. We stood to attention while Dad put a carving knife along the top of head ( very carefully ! ) and made a mark on the pillar. He then took his tape measure out and measured the mark off the floor. About as accurate as we needed back then.
Prudie, that is the truth of it.
Your father measured your height with a carving knife, Mikey?!?
Were you and your mate really measuring your height.....or ?

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