Stupid question alert: though I know how much liters a pint is, when you ask this question, how do you mean it - the price you have to pay in a pub? Am I correct assuming the term "pint" in this case is used to refer to a glass of beer/lager with a certain amount in it, rather than the amount itself (so not a bottle for example)?
Nice site tried searching for Student, it's not on there. That was a funny name for a beer, especially since about 3 bottles of it would probably kill a student :lol:
Stupid question alert: though I know how much liters a pint is, when you ask this question, how do you mean it - the price you have to pay in a pub? Am I correct assuming the term "pint" in this case is used to refer to a glass of beer/lager with a certain amount in it, rather than the amount itself (so not a bottle for example)?
Stupid question alert: though I know how much liters a pint is, when you ask this question, how do you mean it - the price you have to pay in a pub? Am I correct assuming the term "pint" in this case is used to refer to a glass of beer/lager with a certain amount in it, rather than the amount itself (so not a bottle for example)?
Yes. So the price includes the service. (I've been drinking with a Danish businessman of a certain well-known company before who left a tip in an English pub, and the barman didn't know what to do with it).
And car economy is in miles-per-gallon even though we buy petrol by the litre.
And horse races are measured in furlongs.
And if you think that's bad, try the USA where they sell drinks in ounces and design fighter aircraft in inches.
Joseph Holts beer in and around Manchester is typically cheaper (at a Holts pub) and it's real ale as opposed to mass-produced mass-marketed John Smith's :-)
well if you mean any alcoholic beverage, a farmer in the village about 2 miles from here sells his own cider at ?1 a litre which is what, 50p a pint... not bad stuff either. pretty strong and you don't get a hangover off it.
Yes. So the price includes the service. (I've been drinking with a Danish businessman of a certain well-known company before who left a tip in an English pub, and the barman didn't know what to do with it).
And car economy is in miles-per-gallon even though we buy petrol by the litre.
And horse races are measured in furlongs.
And if you think that's bad, try the USA where they sell drinks in ounces and design fighter aircraft in inches.
Am i right in saying that there is a difference between English and American gallons as well.
Yes, and an American Billion and English Billion I believe.
Thought so. There was a story in the papers ages ago about a bloke that owned an American built plane and he was working out how much fuel he needed for his journey. He was converting the amount in gallons to litres but he was converting imperial gallons instead of American ones and he ran out of fuel and crashed into someones house.
He was converting the amount in gallons to litres but he was converting imperial gallons instead of American ones and he ran out of fuel and crashed into someones house.
You'd have more fuel than you expected if you did that.
It's actually the pint that's the different size. One Imperial pint is 20 fl oz. One US pint is 16 fl oz. But the gallons are the same number of pints (with the upshot the US gallon is smaller).
An Imperial gallon is 4.5 litres, and a US gallon is 3.8 (being involved with aviation which is dominated by US manufacturers, I know these figures without having to look them up :-)) - so if you thought you needed, say, 7 gallons per hour and converted imperial rather than US, you'd end up with quite a bit more fuel since you'll be multiplying by 4.5 rather than 3.8.
There was a cockup with gallons-to-litres conversion, a quite famous one actually - in Canada. When Canada was in the middle of metricating, through a chain of events Air Canada put too little fuel in a Boeing 767. The fuel gauges were inoperative so the tanks were physically dipped, and the wrong conversion was applied (although it was pounds to kilograms conversion errors, rather than gallons). The result is the B767, full of passengers, ran out of fuel. However, the captain was a glider pilot and fortuitously not only was used to flying planes with no engines, but also knew of a runway he could reach (one he flew gliders from), and put the plane down there.
Actually, the Canadians are quite good at running out of fuel with airliners, a couple of years ago another Canadian airliner ran out of fuel, an Airbus A340 if memory serves, *over the Atlantic Ocean*. Fortuitously they realised their predicament before the fuel actually ran out, and headed towards the Azores. The engines finally quit but they were within gliding distance of these tiny islands in the middle of the Atlantic. (The cause this time was that the fuel was being pumped overboard due to a fault in the fuel lines in one of the engines, and the crew had crossfed the other tank there pumping the rest overboard too).
Yes, and an American Billion and English Billion I believe.
Traditionally, yes, but not any more.
To the Americans, a 'billion' was a thousand million, whereas to the British it was a million million. A million million was a 'trillion' in America, but in Britain a 'trillion' was a million million million. But now we use the American names; my guess would be this standardisation has filtered down from financial institutions where the Americans have a lot more influence. And it's easier to become a billionaire under the American version!
The rest of Europe doesn't easily translate though. Things like 'mille' in French referring to a thousand, for a start.
Thought so. There was a story in the papers ages ago about a bloke that owned an American built plane and he was working out how much fuel he needed for his journey. He was converting the amount in gallons to litres but he was converting imperial gallons instead of American ones and he ran out of fuel and crashed into someones house.
NASA famously lost the $125 million Mars Climate Orbiter after Lockheed Martin provided a thrust correction in pounds instead of Newtons and tumbled it out of radio contact. NASA is one of the few aerospace industries in the USA to use SI units. To add insult to injury, the US press phrase it that they incorrectly used 'English units', whereas the UK's technical industries made the move to SI units half a century ago.
And if you think that's bad, try the USA where they design fighter aircraft in inches.
That's because they're preparing for the time when they attack the Pygmies (sorry, for the time when they police the pygmies, those nasty warmongering, world-peace threatening two foot high heathens, with their bamboo weapons of mass destruction).
After all, the Yanks have invaded everyone else. Sorry, have liberated everyone else.
You'd have more fuel than you expected if you did that.
It's actually the pint that's the different size. One Imperial pint is 20 fl oz. One US pint is 16 fl oz. But the gallons are the same number of pints (with the upshot the US gallon is smaller).
Oh maybe he did it the other way round then errm maybe or summit or maybe he was as confused as i am and just quessed.:-P
In Wales in the pubs near me a pint of Brains bitter or dark costs about ?1.80. Real ale is never normally more than ?2.20 a pint.
When I was an undergraduate you could buy a pint for a ?1 of five pints in a jug for ?4 (2001-2004).
Hasn't Guinness got expensive, its now ?5 for four cans in the supermarket, my local pub stopped selling it as Guinness where charging him too much for it. No one would drink it because as a result it was the most expensive pint in the place. He's now switched to selling Brains dark which is in my opinion a much better pint.
the Irish Guinness is a different taste also.. due to the water used.. as Nigerian Guinness is due to it's sweetness, which I think is a different type of sugarr .. I don't drink it so wouldn't know.. I drink smithwicks in Ireland the odd time instead.
but yer any social club or student union is the cheapest pint prolly
the one that annoyed me recently.. I went to a giraffe (restaurant) with someone.. very over-rated... anyway.. for a bottle of red stripe ?1.58 or something.. diet coke ?1.95 (what I had)...
Here in Bratislava a price of half liter beer varies from 90cents to 1.50eur in still "normal" pubs. I was in a crazy pub in center of town where a half liter beer costed 1.80euro !!! My attitude to such crazy pubs is that I will not sponsor them, I'm not interested what tax they have to pay in middle town, I will not go there anymore.
the Irish Guinness is a different taste also.. due to the water used.. as Nigerian Guinness is due to it's sweetness, which I think is a different type of sugarr .. I don't drink it so wouldn't know.. I drink smithwicks in Ireland the odd time instead.
but yer any social club or student union is the cheapest pint prolly
the one that annoyed me recently.. I went to a giraffe (restaurant) with someone.. very over-rated... anyway.. for a bottle of red stripe ?1.58 or something.. diet coke ?1.95 (what I had)...
Yep, and its probably from one of them syrup mixed gassy water machines. In the USA they are so cheap and you get free refills. The only place I know who does that here is Pizza Slut.
Yep, and its probably from one of them syrup mixed gassy water machines. In the USA they are so cheap and you get free refills. The only place I know who does that here is Pizza Slut.
Subway did free refills at one point not sure if they still do. It used to go something like this : Go to subway by a foot lonfg ad a drink. Drink the drink get free refill smuggle it past the Nazis in the cinema try not to wet your self half way through 2 hour film.
Subway did free refills at one point not sure if they still do. It used to go something like this : Go to subway by a foot lonfg ad a drink. Drink the drink get free refill smuggle it past the Nazis in the cinema try not to wet your self half way through 2 hour film.
It's dark in the cinema you could always refill the cup when no one's looking, if you get what I mean :lol:
Last Subway I was in (Farnham I think) the drinks dispenser was in the seating area, so I assumed the refills were free. Anyway, I took the kids meal so I needed a few cupfulls...
Last Subway I was in (Farnham I think) the drinks dispenser was in the seating area, so I assumed the refills were free. Anyway, I took the kids meal so I needed a few cupfulls...
my mate was in a macdonalds in america and they did free refils. they asked him what size cup he wanted small, medium or large, all priced differently.
During the Queen's Golden Jubilee, my local was serving Jubilee Bitter at 50p a pint. It was proper rank, but that didn't stop me and my mates from drinking cackloads of it.
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Found a pretty cool website too that lists all kinds of beer from all over the world:
http://www.bottledbeer.co.uk/
From memory a pint is 564ml.
And car economy is in miles-per-gallon even though we buy petrol by the litre.
And horse races are measured in furlongs.
And if you think that's bad, try the USA where they sell drinks in ounces and design fighter aircraft in inches.
- IONIAN-GAMES.com -
I'm drinking a 12oz beer right now :D
I may go and get a few gallons of petr...gas for the price of a litre back home :lol:
Am i right in saying that there is a difference between English and American gallons as well.
Yes, and an American Billion and English Billion I believe.
Thought so. There was a story in the papers ages ago about a bloke that owned an American built plane and he was working out how much fuel he needed for his journey. He was converting the amount in gallons to litres but he was converting imperial gallons instead of American ones and he ran out of fuel and crashed into someones house.
You'd have more fuel than you expected if you did that.
It's actually the pint that's the different size. One Imperial pint is 20 fl oz. One US pint is 16 fl oz. But the gallons are the same number of pints (with the upshot the US gallon is smaller).
An Imperial gallon is 4.5 litres, and a US gallon is 3.8 (being involved with aviation which is dominated by US manufacturers, I know these figures without having to look them up :-)) - so if you thought you needed, say, 7 gallons per hour and converted imperial rather than US, you'd end up with quite a bit more fuel since you'll be multiplying by 4.5 rather than 3.8.
There was a cockup with gallons-to-litres conversion, a quite famous one actually - in Canada. When Canada was in the middle of metricating, through a chain of events Air Canada put too little fuel in a Boeing 767. The fuel gauges were inoperative so the tanks were physically dipped, and the wrong conversion was applied (although it was pounds to kilograms conversion errors, rather than gallons). The result is the B767, full of passengers, ran out of fuel. However, the captain was a glider pilot and fortuitously not only was used to flying planes with no engines, but also knew of a runway he could reach (one he flew gliders from), and put the plane down there.
Actually, the Canadians are quite good at running out of fuel with airliners, a couple of years ago another Canadian airliner ran out of fuel, an Airbus A340 if memory serves, *over the Atlantic Ocean*. Fortuitously they realised their predicament before the fuel actually ran out, and headed towards the Azores. The engines finally quit but they were within gliding distance of these tiny islands in the middle of the Atlantic. (The cause this time was that the fuel was being pumped overboard due to a fault in the fuel lines in one of the engines, and the crew had crossfed the other tank there pumping the rest overboard too).
To the Americans, a 'billion' was a thousand million, whereas to the British it was a million million. A million million was a 'trillion' in America, but in Britain a 'trillion' was a million million million. But now we use the American names; my guess would be this standardisation has filtered down from financial institutions where the Americans have a lot more influence. And it's easier to become a billionaire under the American version!
The rest of Europe doesn't easily translate though. Things like 'mille' in French referring to a thousand, for a start.
NASA famously lost the $125 million Mars Climate Orbiter after Lockheed Martin provided a thrust correction in pounds instead of Newtons and tumbled it out of radio contact. NASA is one of the few aerospace industries in the USA to use SI units. To add insult to injury, the US press phrase it that they incorrectly used 'English units', whereas the UK's technical industries made the move to SI units half a century ago.
- IONIAN-GAMES.com -
do we? I never got that memo and am still using real billions... :)
That's because they're preparing for the time when they attack the Pygmies (sorry, for the time when they police the pygmies, those nasty warmongering, world-peace threatening two foot high heathens, with their bamboo weapons of mass destruction).
After all, the Yanks have invaded everyone else. Sorry, have liberated everyone else.
Oh maybe he did it the other way round then errm maybe or summit or maybe he was as confused as i am and just quessed.:-P
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/southern_counties/3081612.stm
When I was an undergraduate you could buy a pint for a ?1 of five pints in a jug for ?4 (2001-2004).
Hasn't Guinness got expensive, its now ?5 for four cans in the supermarket, my local pub stopped selling it as Guinness where charging him too much for it. No one would drink it because as a result it was the most expensive pint in the place. He's now switched to selling Brains dark which is in my opinion a much better pint.
but yer any social club or student union is the cheapest pint prolly
the one that annoyed me recently.. I went to a giraffe (restaurant) with someone.. very over-rated... anyway.. for a bottle of red stripe ?1.58 or something.. diet coke ?1.95 (what I had)...
Yep, and its probably from one of them syrup mixed gassy water machines. In the USA they are so cheap and you get free refills. The only place I know who does that here is Pizza Slut.
Subway did free refills at one point not sure if they still do. It used to go something like this : Go to subway by a foot lonfg ad a drink. Drink the drink get free refill smuggle it past the Nazis in the cinema try not to wet your self half way through 2 hour film.
It's dark in the cinema you could always refill the cup when no one's looking, if you get what I mean :lol:
- IONIAN-GAMES.com -
my mate was in a macdonalds in america and they did free refils. they asked him what size cup he wanted small, medium or large, all priced differently.
Aye true true. But as ive learned from experience being dark has no effect on noise.
you dont stand up with the cup in the floor. :p
Aye you've got to put a tilt on it like you were pouring a pint :lol: