26 May
2010
26 May
'10
1:53 p.m.
On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 4:18 PM, John Foust <jfoust at threedee.com> wrote:
At 02:21 PM 5/26/2010, Fred Cisin wrote:
All true, but in terms of the price, when I was at school in the UK
for a Summer, a pint of lager was 95p, a pint of bitters was a more
affordable 87p. A mate of mine (who is slightly younger than I) was
shocked that I'd ever been able to buy beer for under "a pound a
pint", 'cause he never had. I in turn was shocked on my last visit to
London (2005) to see prices approaching *three* pounds for a pint.
I do regret that I won't be able to attend VCF-UK - between not yet
having seen BP, and missing out on the chance to grab a pint and curry
(and, of course, missing the great face-to-face interaction that
happens at a VCF or a Hamfest or whatever). We have beer and Indian
food in Ohio, but it's not the same.
Have fun folks,
-ethan
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")
Wikipedia says "The saying "a pint's a pound the world around" refers
to
16 US fluid ounces of water weighing approximately one pound avoirdupois
in the United States... ?In the rest of the English-speaking world, an
Imperial pint?eing 20 Imperial ounces of water?ill weigh one and a
quarter pounds."