How Tall are you ? A Rule of Thumb

Nothing more to say about this Video , watch it , and i hope it Helps .
Have a nice day .

[jacobrobinson]

Did you know you can estimate the time before sunset with your fingers? I learned this in the Army. Fingers closed, stretched your arm out put your pinky at the horizon. Each finger is 15 minutes. Each hand is an hour when you stack on on top of another until you block the Sun with a finger. This is accurate up to about 4 hours. Try it out. New video idea. Enjoy

[mfromaustralia]

Ha ha maybe because I am Australian but now I think I have short arms. BUT I reckon this is a FANTASTIC channel. What a find ! We should share it around and get this bloke as many subscribers as possible. What a great change from war, climate and horrible stuff !

[beartrader_redartraeb]

I'm 1.76 m tall and using a measuring tape... the result is 1.76 m from one tip of the forefinger to the tip of the other forefinger 😊 I guess Leonardo da Vinci is famous for the drawing of a human in a circle - the so called "vitruvian man". That's what you bring to mind with the rule of thumb 🎉

[UbaidKhan]

You express/explain in a very simple and real way, so sweet and kind of you.
Sending prays and good wishes from Pakistan

[BrunoLessa]

I didn't know that. Really interesting how proportional our body is. Thanks for the information

[mikekelly]

It Love all your work, thanks Albert,

[sasha]

i remember when i was around 9 years old or probably lesser, my uncle taught me this.
Thank you!

[coloradomike]

I guess I should have pursued a boxing career... I'm 175cm tall & my arm span is 188cm. I was a wrestler instead, so maybe starving myself to make weight as a teenager really did stunt my growth & I really should have been 188cm tall...damnit!

[peterdeans]

Hello, i can confirm your rule of thumb sir. I had a science teacher that dabbled in art and one day a classmate had a picture of DaVinci s vetruvian man the teacher saw and ended up doing an hour on golden ratios, proportions of humans and animals etc. Its a very intersting subject, but the height thing can be a fun party trick. I dont think ive come across anyone more than two or two and a half cm difference. Have a nice day😊👍

[cathymabb]

Thank you for your measurement videos!

[ChandravijayAgrawal]

I figured this out when I was small, it was 12x of twice the hand size or if you spread longest finger and thumb

[trentmarlowe]

I'm 194.5 cm and wingspan is 195cm. Good job mate, all the best

[quantumman]

Yes I worked this out a few years by measuring arms outstretched matched my height exactly !

[lyubomirstefanov]

Works most of the times but there are exceptions. For example, successful boxers usually have reach bigger than their height.

[AG]

it did work ..thank you
also thank you for the Rule of thumb video

[RM-zunh]

At 200 yards, my thumb can measure the height of the flag at 1/8 inches. The ratio of thumb to arm at eyes level is 1/9. I am to multiply the bottom number of the ratio by the known distance, 2 yards, and get the distance to the flag in yards. I can’t quite pair your system with the golf problem.

[adamred]

U mnie wzrost 170 a w łapach prawie podobnie 171😉👍. Pozdro z Oslo 🇸🇯🍻

[Gitabhakta]

Are you from heaven? What a beautiful landscape behind you. ❤️

[loliveira]

With me works precisely: 1, 77m height, 1, 77m fingers top-to-top!

[williamw.carter]

While this is GREAT, being from the west, we don't use the metric system. I usually judge distance just with my eyes by judging and knowing the distance in yardage of a football field, 100 yards, and breaking it down or increasing in yardage for judging the distance just using my eyes, again, thinking about it in terms of a foot ball field, 100 yards. 3 feet in a yard, 15 feet in 5 yards, 30 feet in 10 yards, and so on, until 100 yards, and then you can increase that judging in distance if something is further away than one football field length (100 yards), or two football fields (200 yds), 3 football fields (300 yds), and so on and so forth, up to a mile, 1, 760 yards.

That's just how I judge distance.

The thumb and the stick is GOOD, and can be used for judging distance and for tracking, if you lost a trail of something or someone you're tracking, having a point from the last known footprint of the trail you're tracking for reference to determine direction, looking for low broken branches, sticks, weeds, grass, hey, or scuffs in the dirt or mud from the shoe or boot heel impacting the ground.