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High Noon: World’s Tallest Man

ORG XMIT: NYSW102 The world's tallest man, Sultan Kosen of Turkey, poses in New York's Times Square, Monday, Sept. 21, 2009. Kosen has been verified by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's tallest living man at 8 foot 1 inch. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) (Seth Wenig / The Spokesman-Review)
ORG XMIT: NYSW102 The world's tallest man, Sultan Kosen of Turkey, poses in New York's Times Square, Monday, Sept. 21, 2009. Kosen has been verified by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's tallest living man at 8 foot 1 inch. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) (Seth Wenig / The Spokesman-Review)

The world's tallest man, Sultan Kosen of Turkey, poses in New York's Times Square Monday. Kosen has been verified by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's tallest living man at 8 foot 1 inch. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Question: Are you satisfied with your height? Or would you like to be taller? Or shorter?

D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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