Quétinbec wrote:

Fussbett wrote:

Is metric really your first instinct when talking about human height and weight? I'm tempted to say that being older than you I'm a relic of a bygone age who couldn't even guess their weight in kilos, but then again I interact with other non-mom Canadians all the time and no one looks at me weird if I say "6 feet". I still get the coffee I ordered or what have you.

If you're on the wrong side of the 6ft milestone, you list your height in cm's. I'm not but another reason for listing my height in feet is because 196cm is too close to the freakish sounding 200cm, whereas 6'6 sounds a long way from the freakish 7 feet. If you're American, though, you'll be too stupid to have any choice in the matter.