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Unread post by jellyfish » Sat Sep 03, 2005 1:07 pm

IM not measuring them using centimeters... Since inches/feet is our standard rule of measurement.

Index = 2 1/4 inches
Thumb = 1 1/4 inches
Middle = 2 3/8 inches
Ring = 2 3/8 inches
Pinky = 1 7/8 inches

Wrist to end of middle finger = 8 1/4 inches

I wear a size 11.5 to 12 shoe and am 5'8
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Unread post by xan. » Sat Sep 03, 2005 4:36 pm

jellyfish wrote:IM not measuring them using centimeters... Since inches/feet is our standard rule of measurement.

Index = 2 1/4 inches
Thumb = 1 1/4 inches
Middle = 2 3/8 inches
Ring = 2 3/8 inches
Pinky = 1 7/8 inches

Wrist to end of middle finger = 8 1/4 inches

I wear a size 11.5 to 12 shoe and am 5'8
damn you have small hands and i thought mine were small
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Unread post by jellyfish » Sun Sep 04, 2005 2:02 am

xan. wrote:
jellyfish wrote:IM not measuring them using centimeters... Since inches/feet is our standard rule of measurement.

Index = 2 1/4 inches
Thumb = 1 1/4 inches
Middle = 2 3/8 inches
Ring = 2 3/8 inches
Pinky = 1 7/8 inches

Wrist to end of middle finger = 8 1/4 inches

I wear a size 11.5 to 12 shoe and am 5'8
damn you have small hands and i thought mine were small
Measured from the knuckle, not the whole finger.
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Unread post by dmbguitar718 » Sun Sep 04, 2005 10:29 am

jellyfish wrote:
xan. wrote:
jellyfish wrote:IM not measuring them using centimeters... Since inches/feet is our standard rule of measurement.

Index = 2 1/4 inches
Thumb = 1 1/4 inches
Middle = 2 3/8 inches
Ring = 2 3/8 inches
Pinky = 1 7/8 inches

Wrist to end of middle finger = 8 1/4 inches

I wear a size 11.5 to 12 shoe and am 5'8
damn you have small hands and i thought mine were small
Measured from the knuckle, not the whole finger.
the first knuckle. closer to your wrist.
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Unread post by jellyfish » Sun Sep 04, 2005 12:29 pm

dmbguitar718 wrote:
jellyfish wrote:
xan. wrote:
jellyfish wrote:IM not measuring them using centimeters... Since inches/feet is our standard rule of measurement.

Index = 2 1/4 inches
Thumb = 1 1/4 inches
Middle = 2 3/8 inches
Ring = 2 3/8 inches
Pinky = 1 7/8 inches

Wrist to end of middle finger = 8 1/4 inches

I wear a size 11.5 to 12 shoe and am 5'8
damn you have small hands and i thought mine were small
Measured from the knuckle, not the whole finger.
the first knuckle. closer to your wrist.
Then I need to do a recount.

Pinky = 3 3/8 inches
Ring = 4 1/4 inches
Middle= 4 3/8 inches
Index = 4 1/8 inches
Thumb = 2 3/4 inches
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Unread post by Easy E » Sun Sep 04, 2005 12:52 pm

fatjack wrote:
Andre_GT7 wrote:Index = 9,8 cm

Thumb 7.6

Index 9.4

Ring 9

pinky 7.5
you have TWO index fingers?!??!
well technically, we all do
Cor wrote:I mentioned awhile ago trying to bang this huge near 7 foot woman I know. Hit it last night. I got manhandled, it was sweet.
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Unread post by chosta » Sun Sep 04, 2005 3:14 pm

i hate you all

thumb - 6cm
index - 8cm
middle - 8.2cm
ring - 7.1cm
pinky - 6cm

thats why i cant play half of mayer's shit
-Matt
checkii wrote:It's cool to hate on Chosta, I get it. But the prejudice that people take into his posts makes people so stupid it's hilarious to read. I take every gif I watch (which is A LOT) with a humongous grain of salt. But I don't let that grain of salt get into my eye and blind me to whatever truth can be found in what I'm watching. He is not any worse than any other poster here, and the people who claim he is just don't know what they're talking about. The demonization has gotten ridiculously out of hand.
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Unread post by chosta » Sun Sep 04, 2005 3:14 pm

eze3484 wrote:
fatjack wrote:
Andre_GT7 wrote:Index = 9,8 cm

Thumb 7.6

Index 9.4

Ring 9

pinky 7.5
you have TWO index fingers?!??!
well technically, we all do
bwahahaha
-Matt
checkii wrote:It's cool to hate on Chosta, I get it. But the prejudice that people take into his posts makes people so stupid it's hilarious to read. I take every gif I watch (which is A LOT) with a humongous grain of salt. But I don't let that grain of salt get into my eye and blind me to whatever truth can be found in what I'm watching. He is not any worse than any other poster here, and the people who claim he is just don't know what they're talking about. The demonization has gotten ridiculously out of hand.
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Unread post by Easy E » Sun Sep 04, 2005 4:38 pm

chosta wrote:
eze3484 wrote:
fatjack wrote:
Andre_GT7 wrote:Index = 9,8 cm

Thumb 7.6

Index 9.4

Ring 9

pinky 7.5
you have TWO index fingers?!??!
well technically, we all do
bwahahaha
do you still hate me?
Cor wrote:I mentioned awhile ago trying to bang this huge near 7 foot woman I know. Hit it last night. I got manhandled, it was sweet.
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Unread post by Machtimus » Mon Sep 05, 2005 7:26 pm

fatjack wrote:thumb-7.5
index-almost 11
middle-12
ring-11.5
pinky-almost 9.5

fingerspan-22.5
me and fatjack are the same, except my finger span is about 23.25
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Unread post by Beauford33 » Mon Sep 05, 2005 7:30 pm

chosta wrote:i hate you all

thumb - 6cm
index - 8cm
middle - 8.2cm
ring - 7.1cm
pinky - 6cm

thats why i cant play half of mayer's shit
Plus, you suck.
-BK
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