5 Jul
2012
5 Jul
'12
6:20 p.m.
On 06/07/2012 01:21, Fred Cisin wrote:
The second part sounds plausible, but w.r.t. the first, even I can
remeber paying only a small fraction of a pound (actually one and
tuppence - or one shilling and twopence which is about 6p or 9 cents)
for a pint, when I started taking an interest in such things.
> When
"A pint is a pound, the world around" ceases to be true,
> the world economies are in big trouble.
On Thu, 5 Jul 2012, Pete Turnbull
wrote:
But it's never been true. A pint here, and
anywhere pints are used
outside the US, is 20 fluid ounces, and a pound is sixteen ounces...
I should point out, that I was taught that in school;
taught that it was a "British saying",
and that "the world around" referred to when
"the sun never sets on the British Empire". Q: Would charging a pound for a pint (of either size)
help the overall world situation?
You'd probably get even more drunks. That could be better than some
activities, though ;-)
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York