26 May
2010
26 May
'10
1:50 p.m.
From: Fred Cisin
Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 12:22 PM
I won't be going to VCF-UK, and have even had to
miss LOCAL VCFs!
But, find each other and have a pint. Because I'm not going to be
there, I am not offering to buy. (Prices have probably gone up
since the days of "A pint's a pound, the world around")
Fred,
That saying refers to weight, not price, and is American to boot--the
British pint is 20oz, not 16. There is a similar rhyme there, the which
I don't recall off hand.
(Wait, maybe I do: "A pint of water weighs a pound and a quarter", innit?)
But yes, a pint will probably run you GBP2.50-4.00 ($DEITY, I miss L/s/d),
based on what Ian and I were paying last month.
Rich Alderson
Vintage Computing Sr. Server Engineer
Vulcan, Inc.
505 5th Avenue S, Suite 900
Seattle, WA 98104
mailto:RichA at vulcan.com
mailto:RichA at LivingComputerMuseum.org
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