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From: Adrian on 19 Jul 2010 11:35 "mike" <mike(a)ik.org> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: >> Since when was 500 more than 564? > Since the same time it was more than 568?! Ah, that other 4ml is the head. Umm... Or something... <grin>
From: Adrian on 19 Jul 2010 11:36 NKTB <north_korean_tourist_board(a)yahoo.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: >> >> > I prefer half a litre of my beer. >> >> By "beer", are you referring to bland, dead fizz? >> > No - I was merely emphasising that half a litre is more than a pint >> Since when was 500 more than 564? > My mistake, a pint is actually 568 ml. I think I meant to say a litre > of beer. Nah, too big & heavy. A pint glass just "feels right" in your hand.
From: Ian Jackson on 19 Jul 2010 11:56 In message <sbidnZkjL7Sl_tnRnZ2dnUVZ8lOdnZ2d(a)brightview.co.uk>, Mortimer <me(a)privacy.net> writes > > >Sweden changed from RHD to LHD some time in the 60s, which must have >left a lot of obselete RHD cars which no-one wanted to buy second hand. > From what I recall, long before the change-over (probably more-or-less for ever), all the cars in Sweden were normal European LHD anyway. Austria was another country which 'changed sides' - in the late 1930s. I may be wrong, but I believe they didn't do it all in on one go either. Parts of Austria were drive-on-the left, and others weren't. Eventually, I think it was Hitler who finally got them all pointing in the same direction. -- Ian
From: bod on 19 Jul 2010 13:58 Adrian wrote: > NKTB <north_korean_tourist_board(a)yahoo.com> gurgled happily, sounding much > like they were saying: > >>>> I prefer half a litre of my beer. > >>> By "beer", are you referring to bland, dead fizz? > >> No - I was merely emphasising that half a litre is more than a pint > > Since when was 500 more than 564? > > Yes, I wondered why he said that. Bod
From: Steve Firth on 19 Jul 2010 14:18
Adrian <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > I prefer half a litre of my beer. > > By "beer", are you referring to bland, dead fizz? When I buy beer by the half litre, it's not bland, dead or fizzy. http://www.birrificio.it/ENGLISH/fscala.htm http://www.birraamarcord.it/ |