Comments on: What's your diameter breast height? http://boingboing.net/2012/05/28/whats-your-diameter-breast-h.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 26 May 2013 02:26:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Beanolini http://boingboing.net/2012/05/28/whats-your-diameter-breast-h.html#comment-1436188 Beanolini Tue, 29 May 2012 08:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163358#comment-1436188  Well, yes. But that doesn't sound as good, does it?  Well, yes. But that doesn’t sound as good, does it?

]]> By: TWX http://boingboing.net/2012/05/28/whats-your-diameter-breast-h.html#comment-1436157 TWX Tue, 29 May 2012 04:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163358#comment-1436157 I really hope that he was not wearing a kilt when making this measurement... I really hope that he was not wearing a kilt when making this measurement…

]]> By: pjcamp http://boingboing.net/2012/05/28/whats-your-diameter-breast-h.html#comment-1436135 pjcamp Tue, 29 May 2012 03:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163358#comment-1436135 Joke parade: 1. Adult trees got boobs? 2. I think all adults should go with metal bands around their breasts. 3. Seems like a 1.4 m tall stick would be in order. With a tape nailed to the end. 4. Or a 6'2" naked woman .. um .. research assistant. 5. When you band a tree, do you catch them again on the next migration? I'm here all night, folks. Joke parade:

1. Adult trees got boobs?

2. I think all adults should go with metal bands around their breasts.

3. Seems like a 1.4 m tall stick would be in order. With a tape nailed to the end.

4. Or a 6’2″ naked woman .. um .. research assistant.

5. When you band a tree, do you catch them again on the next migration?

I’m here all night, folks.

]]> By: pjcamp http://boingboing.net/2012/05/28/whats-your-diameter-breast-h.html#comment-1436131 pjcamp Tue, 29 May 2012 02:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163358#comment-1436131  I think I know what *you* were up to.  I think I know what *you* were up to.

]]> By: chgoliz http://boingboing.net/2012/05/28/whats-your-diameter-breast-h.html#comment-1436105 chgoliz Tue, 29 May 2012 01:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163358#comment-1436105 I see....so we're look for a Dutch man as our standard.  (I think the Germans are right behind them in terms of height.) I see….so we’re look for a Dutch man as our standard.  (I think the Germans are right behind them in terms of height.)

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/05/28/whats-your-diameter-breast-h.html#comment-1436016 Antinous / Moderator Mon, 28 May 2012 20:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163358#comment-1436016 Actually, a 6'-2" adult, which is considerably taller than the average man. Actually, a 6′-2″ adult, which is considerably taller than the average man.

]]> By: dragonfrog http://boingboing.net/2012/05/28/whats-your-diameter-breast-h.html#comment-1435996 dragonfrog Mon, 28 May 2012 20:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163358#comment-1435996 Maintaining a constant speed, I should think, not accelerating? Maintaining a constant speed, I should think, not accelerating?

]]> By: foobar http://boingboing.net/2012/05/28/whats-your-diameter-breast-h.html#comment-1435990 foobar Mon, 28 May 2012 19:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163358#comment-1435990 There's a simpler solution that marking all the trees: buy a plain t-shirt, and mark on it where your breasts should be. There’s a simpler solution that marking all the trees: buy a plain t-shirt, and mark on it where your breasts should be.

]]> By: chgoliz http://boingboing.net/2012/05/28/whats-your-diameter-breast-h.html#comment-1435989 chgoliz Mon, 28 May 2012 19:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163358#comment-1435989 1.4 meters = 4.6 feet (a little over 55"). Average height for a woman: 5'6" (66"). I am 5'6".  1.4 meters hits me at my throat. In other words, the standard is set to be breast height on an adult man, not an "adult". 1.4 meters = 4.6 feet (a little over 55″).

Average height for a woman: 5’6″ (66″).

I am 5’6″.  1.4 meters hits me at my throat.

In other words, the standard is set to be breast height on an adult man, not an “adult”.

]]> By: Aaron Gilliland http://boingboing.net/2012/05/28/whats-your-diameter-breast-h.html#comment-1435860 Aaron Gilliland Mon, 28 May 2012 16:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163358#comment-1435860 I am reading this. I am reading this.

]]> By: SedanChair http://boingboing.net/2012/05/28/whats-your-diameter-breast-h.html#comment-1435829 SedanChair Mon, 28 May 2012 15:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163358#comment-1435829 I'm here because somebody said "breast" I’m here because somebody said “breast”

]]> By: Jim Saul http://boingboing.net/2012/05/28/whats-your-diameter-breast-h.html#comment-1435820 Jim Saul Mon, 28 May 2012 14:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163358#comment-1435820 Careful about that height. I recently regretted that a table in my workroom is just that height when a drill bit got caught in a pine knot, making the wood whipspin around to give me a resounding sack-smack before I could react. Careful about that height. I recently regretted that a table in my workroom is just that height when a drill bit got caught in a pine knot, making the wood whipspin around to give me a resounding sack-smack before I could react.

]]> By: leaded http://boingboing.net/2012/05/28/whats-your-diameter-breast-h.html#comment-1435812 leaded Mon, 28 May 2012 14:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163358#comment-1435812 i recently learned about dbh the hard way.  the maple tree in our front yard in toronto has a dbh such that we had to give the city a $15000 deposit so we could renovate our front porch.  i recently learned about dbh the hard way.  the maple tree in our front yard in toronto has a dbh such that we had to give the city a $15000 deposit so we could renovate our front porch. 

]]> By: Mark Johnstone http://boingboing.net/2012/05/28/whats-your-diameter-breast-h.html#comment-1435792 Mark Johnstone Mon, 28 May 2012 13:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163358#comment-1435792 As a trainee rural chartered surveyor, I was taught how to value a standing forest. We had special tape measures that were marked with DBH units rather than the circumference - i.e. they had already divided the circumference measurement by pi so that you could shout out the number to your colleague to record it.  We also measured top heights with a hooked tape measure attached to a belt - hooking the tip into the bark of a tree we would stride away from it for, say, 50m and then use a clinometer aimed at the top of the tree to give a Tan multiple to be applied to the horizontal distance to calculate the top height.  By measuring the DBH of every 10th tree or so and using a simple average, together with the average top height for every 30trees or so and the planting density, you could use species dependant tables to calculate the volume of standing timber in the forest. You also got to spend a summer's day walking though the shady woods which was very nice indeed. As a trainee rural chartered surveyor, I was taught how to value a standing forest. We had special tape measures that were marked with DBH units rather than the circumference – i.e. they had already divided the circumference measurement by pi so that you could shout out the number to your colleague to record it. 

We also measured top heights with a hooked tape measure attached to a belt – hooking the tip into the bark of a tree we would stride away from it for, say, 50m and then use a clinometer aimed at the top of the tree to give a Tan multiple to be applied to the horizontal distance to calculate the top height. 

By measuring the DBH of every 10th tree or so and using a simple average, together with the average top height for every 30trees or so and the planting density, you could use species dependant tables to calculate the volume of standing timber in the forest. You also got to spend a summer’s day walking though the shady woods which was very nice indeed.

]]> By: Wishbones http://boingboing.net/2012/05/28/whats-your-diameter-breast-h.html#comment-1435785 Wishbones Mon, 28 May 2012 13:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163358#comment-1435785 Variable radius sampling by means of a glass prism is an interesting part of the timber cruiser's job, I'll let wikipedia explain:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedge_prism Variable radius sampling by means of a glass prism is an interesting part of the timber cruiser’s job, I’ll let wikipedia explain: 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedge_prism

]]> By: Beanolini http://boingboing.net/2012/05/28/whats-your-diameter-breast-h.html#comment-1435761 Beanolini Mon, 28 May 2012 13:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163358#comment-1435761 "I surmise, Watson, that this print was left by a man of lower than average height... or one with a very saggy scrotum". The standardised DBH reminded me of the standardised '<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Before_Present" rel="nofollow">present time</a>' in archaeology. As this was 1950, we are currently 62 years in the future, and accelerating gradually away. “I surmise, Watson, that this print was left by a man of lower than average height… or one with a very saggy scrotum”.

The standardised DBH reminded me of the standardised ‘present time‘ in archaeology. As this was 1950, we are currently 62 years in the future, and accelerating gradually away.

]]> By: jeb http://boingboing.net/2012/05/28/whats-your-diameter-breast-h.html#comment-1435744 jeb Mon, 28 May 2012 12:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163358#comment-1435744 This reminds me of the time I needed a table of a certain height.  It had to be taller than the usual coffee table(18-21"), but shorter than a table of normal height (31"). I was looking for a ball-height table.  I walked through a number of antique and second-hand stores surreptitiously standing way too close and personal to likely candidates. This reminds me of the time I needed a table of a certain height.  It had to be taller than the usual coffee table(18-21″), but shorter than a table of normal height (31″).

I was looking for a ball-height table.  I walked through a number of antique and second-hand stores surreptitiously standing way too close and personal to likely candidates.

]]> By: t3kna2007 http://boingboing.net/2012/05/28/whats-your-diameter-breast-h.html#comment-1435742 t3kna2007 Mon, 28 May 2012 12:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163358#comment-1435742 > If you measured one tree at the wide base and the other further up the trunk, where trees usually get narrower, the comparison wouldn't mean much. See also <i>Adenium obesum</i>, the Desert Rose tree of Socotra island, featured in a recent National Geographic  issue. http://www.birdsofkuwait.com/blog/wp-content/2008/12/desert_rose.jpg > If you measured one tree at the wide base and the other further up the trunk, where trees usually get narrower, the comparison wouldn’t mean much.

See also Adenium obesum, the Desert Rose tree of Socotra island, featured in a recent National Geographic  issue.

http://www.birdsofkuwait.com/blog/wp-content/2008/12/desert_rose.jpg

]]> By: snagglepuss http://boingboing.net/2012/05/28/whats-your-diameter-breast-h.html#comment-1435730 snagglepuss Mon, 28 May 2012 12:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163358#comment-1435730 Metal bands have been known to measure more than one babes, er, "diameter" as well. Metal bands have been known to measure more than one babes, er, “diameter” as well.

]]> By: Paul Renault http://boingboing.net/2012/05/28/whats-your-diameter-breast-h.html#comment-1435724 Paul Renault Mon, 28 May 2012 11:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163358#comment-1435724 Er... "adult breast height" also varies greatly from 18 to 80, no? Er… “adult breast height” also varies greatly from 18 to 80, no?

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