Half of the 16th floor here has been converted to make room for the yearly health check-up. In addition to the standard height, weight, blood, vision, and lung capacity tests, each employee is measured for their standing long-jump ability, maximum pull-up strength, and tap number. (Your tap number is the number of times that you can depress a large, telegraph transmitter-looking device in one minute.) No pictures allowed, but just imagine what a room full of tie-wearing executives and skirt-wearing secretaries leaping over metal markers and quickly exhaling into plastic tubes would look like.  ¶ Permalink 7/16/2003 12:08:00 AM