5'-9" is average height of a North American male. It increased from 5'-7" in the 1970's.

I attribute the increase in stature to the mass consumption of animal growth hormones residual in food products. (You are what you eat).

JYD #123 The great one formerly known as Architect.

I am now a fictional British television police officer (currently a Detective Sgt) at Thames Valley Station. My governor is Detective Inspector Fred Thursday and it’s 1969.