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Post by mbabeav on May 10, 2021 13:44:21 GMT -8
I remember reading a few decades back that there was a guy suing the Seattle (or Washington State, can't remember which) police department because he wasn't hired, they said he was obese and failed their BMI or body caliper test, whatever they used. He had aced all of the academics and slaughtered everyone on the physical skills challenges at the academy. Turned out he was a recent/current multi-time Mr. Olympia finalist or winner. He was begging for a hydrostatic weighing test, he doubted he had any fat but the bare minimum. Don't know if I ever heard what became of that. Apropo of nothing, I can remember reading of a guy in 1954 that was a half inch too short to qualify to become a police officer in a major city. So he had someone hit him over the head with a board until the bumps put him above the half inch limitation. Some things you just can't make up.
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Post by mrazz on May 10, 2021 16:41:51 GMT -8
Double apropos of nothing, I recall a story from "Dustoff – The Memoir of an Army Aviator" by Michael J Novosel when he was trying to become a bomber pilot in WW II. He was 1/2 inch too short and they tried every trick in the book, including carrying him in on a stretcher first thing in the morning to measure his height before gravity and compression could set in. I believe there were even a few lumps applied to the top of his head before the Army Flight Surgeon passed him. His was a great story about a man who was larger than his measured height! After WW2 he left the service, but returned to instruct and eventually ended up flying evac helicopters in Vietnam.
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