On Fri, 11 Nov 2005 05:05:51 GMT, Wound Up <none@your.disposal.ask.me>
wrote:
>STUK wrote:
>> When will you Yanks get it right? A pint is 16oz not 20! ;^)
>
>Honestly, what I don't yet understand is how we've used the English
>system, and yet there IS such a thing as an "imperial ounce / pint /
>quart / gallon". When and how did we Yanks screw THAT one up??? I
>mean, we're using base 8, 12, 14, 16, 20 et al. already, now we gotta
>change shit? Come ON.
Following the little skirmish with those fellows in red, the founders
wanted to divorce themselves from England, and so established our own
system of weights and measures, including money. No more would we base
the foot on the length of the Kings real foot, nor weigh people
balanced against the stone. Why, we don't even speak the King's
English, as anyone who has spent time across the pond can attest.
>
>( that's 4
>> gills)
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>One gill would be about one healthy gulp for me.
In Vancouver we bought beer by the yard. a 3 foot tall glass, slender
with a bowl at the bottom, in a wooden frame. By the time you got to
the bottom, the beer was quite warm, and hit home with gusto.
>
>and if you drink too much you'll put on a stone or two which of
>> course you know is a 1/4 of a hundredweight.
>
>A stone -or two-? Yep, betwixt 14 and 28, you'll find 25!
That's what you get for eating too many Wimpeys...
and haggis, too: 0 )
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>I'll give you a fortnight to
>> think about that.
I dunno. Is 14 days enough?
>If you get into old currency, we'll need many moons =)
pounds and crowns
and threpenny pence,
and farthings, too,
with half crown and shillings...
when Euros would do...............: 0 )
>
>In Civil War times, we had (I've got a few) what some still call a
>"3-cent nickle". I suppose that's somewhat like a 20-oz. pint, eh?
>I'll take a nickle for three cents any time!
Spike spent a couple of years living in Scotland and loving it.
>StuK
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>> "Wound Up" <none@your.disposal.ask.me> wrote in message
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>>>And proper glasses??
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>>>http://www.brewsource.com/ProdNav/gear_392.asp
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>>>STUK wrote:
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>>>>We need a proper Ale section too.
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>>>>http://www.arrogantbastard.com/
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>>>>http://www.wellingtonbrewery.ca/
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>>>>http://www.newcastlebrown.com/
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>>>>http://bassale.com/
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>>>>StuK
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>>>>ThunderSnake #11
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