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<blockquote data-quote="Annb" data-source="post: 2516362" data-attributes="member: 25851"><p>Since many of our measurements come from the old Roman system, I guess some of those old guys had pretty average hands and big feet. My son, Neil is a big lad and has big hands which are about 4" across the palm, but add in the thumbs to make the full hand and they are considerably bigger - about 5". His feet are not a foot long though. His stride is something well over a meter but then, he does have very long legs. He can't measure a reliable fathom either - his arms are far too long. So I guess, contrary to what I used to think, that those old Romans were pretty big fellers - in parts at least. A bit like the curate's egg really and not a reliable measuring system. However, once they were standardised they made a fine system. Neil, by the way is 6'3" (or 190.5 cm - .5 of a cm short of 2 m).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Annb, post: 2516362, member: 25851"] Since many of our measurements come from the old Roman system, I guess some of those old guys had pretty average hands and big feet. My son, Neil is a big lad and has big hands which are about 4" across the palm, but add in the thumbs to make the full hand and they are considerably bigger - about 5". His feet are not a foot long though. His stride is something well over a meter but then, he does have very long legs. He can't measure a reliable fathom either - his arms are far too long. So I guess, contrary to what I used to think, that those old Romans were pretty big fellers - in parts at least. A bit like the curate's egg really and not a reliable measuring system. However, once they were standardised they made a fine system. Neil, by the way is 6'3" (or 190.5 cm - .5 of a cm short of 2 m). [/QUOTE]
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