Oldster needs answer to measuring........

[phat9]

Everyone is always asking me advise and I give it freely. I know a great deatl.

I thought I knew all there was about measuring, but now I am beginning to wonder if we are all on the same brain wave. What got me to wondering was this old Tom Hubbard site link

www.fortunecity.co.uk/vil...slane/178/

wherein "proper" measuring technique is illustrated. It shows the ruler on the pubic bone on top of the penis to the "side." It is this "to the side" for which I am curious.

If I measure that way, I am about ONE HALF inch longer (BP even more) than if I meaure right slap dab down the center on top, resting the ruler on the pubic bone that way.

I thought on top down the middle was the "standard" way. However, I now have seen most all sites and PE routines showing the "to the side" method, as does several big penis clubs (the Over 8 inch club, for example).

Question: Am I then over 9 in length, even without a FULL hard, and didn't know it?

Thanks you guys. I feel better if that is the way to do it, and I guess it makdes sense from a physiolocal point of view.

[phat9]

I cannot edit on the "office" machine.

I have always measured with the ruler pressed against the pubic bone and measure down the side with the penis parallel to the ground. If I try to measure on top, the actual pressing to the bone pulls back on the penis and gives a less accurate measurement.

[Kiwi]

Interesting. I measure bone pressed, along the top, penis parallel to the ground, with the ruler positioned so that the numbers and lines go down the centre. So in my case the ruler is between centre and side I guess? I find it easier to measure this way 'cause I can clearly see the lines and therefore, I think, get a more accurate measurement.

[Dance]

Everytime I looked or ask about measuring I always read to measure along the top. I never read about measuring along the side. My guess is very few do it that way.
Dance

[phat9]

all these sites that say in words "measure along the top" then show a picture to illustrate that shows the ruler "at the side."

I once dismissed this, but it appears to be a standard measuring method. It is easier to see the marks on the ruler and one can more easily get the length to a sixteenth.

For my own vanity, I think I'll measure this way and forget about it.

Guys, I think the following shoud be THE UNIVERSAL MEASUREMENT for penis legnth. Stand sideways in front of a mirror, run ruler (numbers down-toward penis) and look in the mirror at where tip of penis extends to This only works well non-bone presssed, but it eliminates the optical illusion created by viewing angle. In other words, a tall guy with a small dick is almost looking straight down a visual plane at ruler and tip of penis. A shorter fellow with along dick has a hell of a viewing angle and could probably error at least 1/4" on length during measuring. I say "at least 1/4" because I'm 6'2' and 6" (maybe 6.25" on good one) and I see a difference in the mirror method. Torso legnth itself plays a role in other measurement techniques as does the ability or tendency to bend over while measuring. It's not that I'm against bone-pressing, it's just that there is some variation for me there, too. Therefore, I suugest all non-bonepressed measurments be done using the mirror method for accuracy. Try it and tell me what you think-I believe some of you will have a sudden, but accurate P.E. length gain!!! Happy measuring...groaboa628

[Growing]

It depends on the reason you are measuring. If you measure to compare your size with someone else then measuring exactly the same as that person, or study, is important.

If you measure to mark your PE progress then measuring the same way every time is important.

I measure with the ruler horizontal, and the edge of the ruler with the numbers going down the center of my johnson, pressed to the pubic bone. I just stay consistent with that so I can monitor my progress.

Growing

[Priapus2000]

I just watched a porno that featured clips from some of John Holmes' movies from the late 1960s and early 70s. In one scene a girl, that Holmes was about to bang, takes out a measuring tape and measures his dick along the side. It was 12 inches long.

The moral: if a girl wants to measure your penis tell her to measure along the side.

Here's a site that has all the data and facts about size, measuring, etc.

www.afraidtoask.com/membe...sure2.html (http://www.afraidtoask.com/members/measure2.html)

They put the ruler on top, NOT bone-pressed. The average length doing it like this is 6.2 inches for guys over 25. This is in line with the average of 6.4 inches that shows up in other studies, where I bet they were bone-pressed.

The nice thing is, at this site there's a place to put in your measurements and see a graph showing where you are -- and what percentage of guys you're bigger than. The length calc. stops at 7.75 (97th percentile), so when you hit 8 inches non-BO (my goal), you're out of the park. Cool!

5.2 inches is average circumference, by the way. Unfortunately, I'm way inside the park there. . . .

Here's a site that has all the data and facts about size, measuring, etc.

www.afraidtoask.com/membe...sure2.html (http://www.afraidtoask.com/members/measure2.html)

They put the ruler on top, NOT bone-pressed. The average length doing it like this is 6.2 inches for guys over 25. This is in line with the average of 6.4 inches that shows up in other studies, where I bet they were bone-pressed.

The nice thing is, at this site there's a place to put in your measurements and see a graph showing where you are -- and what percentage of guys you're bigger than. The length calc. stops at 7.75 (97th percentile), so when you hit 8 inches non-BO (my goal), you're out of the park. Cool!

5.2 inches is average circumference, by the way. Unfortunately, I'm inside the park there. . . .

Here's a site that has all the data and facts about size, measuring, etc.

www.afraidtoask.com/membe...sure2.html (http://www.afraidtoask.com/members/measure2.html)

They put the ruler on top, NOT bone-pressed. The average length doing it like this is 6.2 inches for guys over 25. This is in line with the average of 6.4 inches that shows up in other studies, where I bet they were bone-pressed.

The nice thing is, at this site there's a place to put in your measurements and see a graph showing where you are -- and what percentage of guys you're bigger than. The length calc. stops at 7.75 (97th percentile), so when you hit 8 inches non-BP (my goal), you're out of the park. Cool!

5.2 inches is average circumference, by the way. Unfortunately, I'm inside the park there. . . .

[BeBop]

I'm sorry Dangleboy, i don't understand, can you repeat that? J/K. but seriously. HBO says average is 5 and 1/4. Hustler has said it's 4.9. then there's the whole did the volunteer measure or did the doctor measure thing, and also, for the most part it's never mentioned whether its BP or not or if the guys legs are together feet straight ahead or if the legs are apart or feet turned out or pelvis tilted or what have you. i can't make heads or tails of this average size thing.

BeBop

Bebop: I think the best bet is to go with Masters & Johnson, Durex and other large surveys from people who had a vested interest in getting at the truth. The responses to these are all clustered around the same area: about 6.25 inches. (6.2 in a survey non-bone-pressed, 6.4 in one that doesn't say, but was probably bone-pressed). I think the measurements were done along the top of the penis. They lop off the top end and short end of the responses to weed out the anomolies, and they use thousands of responses, to even out guys who exaggerate, etc.

I just don't buy the 5 inch average. I mean, I've seen enough amateur pornos (with regular guys) to think there's no way it's only 5 (I wish it was!!).

[Priapus2000]

Pornos, amateur or otherwise, are not the best way to judge average size. The guys who volunteer to appear in amateur pornos obviously are not self conscious about their size, so it stands to reason they are likely bigger than average.

I have recently seen a documentary cable show up here in Canada that dealt with the subject of penis size. Urologists from the US, Canada and Europe were interviewed (and they see more dicks than anybody). They stated that the average penis size for adult men is slightly over 5". Now this figure encompasses men of all races. If you separate out certain races this figure rises to about six inches.

Wise words, Priapus200-Iv'e long susected many of these amatuer porn were not a good representation of the average size. Let's remember, every "star" had to start somewhere and amatuer films are just the place. Even for guys like North (whatever his size!), Holmes, Jeremy, etc. I doubt their real first film "debut" was anything more than what we see on the amatuer web today-but they didn't have the web technology and widespread distribution we have today. I'll cast my informal "vote" for the true average being somewhere between five and six inches!

[Priapus2000]

I remember reading an article in GQ published shortly after John Holmes' death. The article featured interviews with various people who new him: porn people past and present, friends, ex wife etc.

It was stated that Holmes got his start in porno back in the early 1960s after his discharge from the US Army. He was living in an apartment next door to a couple of hookers who made porn on the side. They asked him to star in one of their films. In those days pornos were shot in black and white film with no sound. All hardcore porn was illegal in the US, at that time, so Holmes would drive to bars, nightclubs and other places where guys hang out and sell the films out of the trunk of his car in the parking lot.