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Post by thomas on Dec 31, 2023 13:54:49 GMT
Things change. Rail passengers become customers, wine is likely to be sold in pints, and cyclists, scooter riders with L plates and electric bikes are all immune from prosecution for not following the Highway Code... And like everything there are reasons presented or because people stop doing something out of a choice. Someone and it is not known if was a secularist, a Muslim, a Jew, a Buddhist or a Hindu or even a Christian decided that Christ should not be used in a universal system of dating history and managed to inveigle a change in the accepted wording to make it more inclusive in teh process managing to further alienate those who see no reason to change. universal dating though sandy has always been argued over. Things change as people say above , as we become better informed, or our views move away from some cherry picked point of history. The dating of easter for example was regularly argued over between the medieval Scottish church , whose views aligned more closely to eastern orthodoxism , than the roman Catholic Church . Calendars have changed many times over the years from the birth of christ to the modern era. don't worry about it. As Ripley says , we perfectly understand what is meant , and that's all that matters. |
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Post by thomas on Dec 31, 2023 13:57:14 GMT
But are we sure a pint then is the same as today’s pint? For instance, a gallon of corn had different cubic capacity from a gallon of ale (282 cubic inches), which was different from a gallon of wine (231 cubic inches). Other liquids were more consistent. The terminology was the same as the Apothecaries weights, but with 20 minims equal to 1 fluid scruple, 3 fluid scruples to the fluid dram, 8 drams to the fluid ounce, 5 fluid drams to the gill, and four gills to the gallon. For grain and other dry goods, 4 gills equalled a pint, 2 pints were a quart, and 4 quarts were gallon. Then there’s US pints and gallons… Yes, there is that. In the 18th century, a Scottish pint was the equivalent of three English pints. We live in an ever changing world. scottishantiques.com/scottish-fluid-measuresor even in my lifetime , English pubs served smaller measures of whiskey than those in Scotland in terms of a fifth of a gill , to a quarter gill . .....and they call us Scots tight......  |
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Post by patman post on Dec 31, 2023 14:29:03 GMT
or even in my lifetime , English pubs served smaller measures of whiskey than those in Scotland in terms of a fifth of a gill , to a quarter gill . .....and they call us Scots tight...... With larger whiskey servings, it's probably true... |
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Post by Dan Dare on Dec 31, 2023 14:35:23 GMT
As an ex-barman, I can tell you that the correct measure in England was always 'a sixth of a gill, or a multiple thereof'. It may still be although probably whatever the equivalent is in cl.
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Post by thomas on Dec 31, 2023 14:37:33 GMT
As an ex-barman, I can tell you that the correct measure in England was always 'a sixth of a gill, or a multiple thereof'. It may still be although probably whatever the equivalent is in cl. I thought that was down in Yorkshire only? quarter gill in glesga . fifth of a gill in Blackpool , and even smaller over the pennines. Still I would rather have a small measure than drink that guff you call beer. |
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Post by thomas on Dec 31, 2023 14:40:02 GMT
or even in my lifetime , English pubs served smaller measures of whiskey than those in Scotland in terms of a fifth of a gill , to a quarter gill . .....and they call us Scots tight...... With larger whiskey servings, it's probably true... Well I have often wondered how much whiskey must have been drank for someone to write happy 30th birthday grandma on a railway bridge last time I was in hackney. could be right..... |
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Post by patman post on Dec 31, 2023 15:01:51 GMT
With larger whiskey servings, it's probably true... Well I have often wondered how much whiskey must have been drank for someone to write happy 30th birthday grandma on a railway bridge last time I was in hackney. could be right..... I'm not surprised you marvelled at the ability of Londoners to write, after all, 1 in 4 adults in Scotland experience challenges due to their lack of literacy skills. In England, only 1 in 6 adults have poor literacy skills...
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Post by thomas on Dec 31, 2023 15:05:38 GMT
Well I have often wondered how much whiskey must have been drank for someone to write happy 30th birthday grandma on a railway bridge last time I was in hackney. could be right..... I'm not surprised you marvelled at the ability of Londoners to write, after all, 1 in 4 adults in Scotland experience challenges due to their lack of literacy skills. In England, only 1 in 6 adults have poor literacy skills...
Results of the project by Eurostat show that 50.4% of 25-61 year olds were educated to degree level. This is more than a 20% increase since 2000 and is greater than the UK average of 44.7%.
The news contradicts criticism from parties of the SNP’s education record as Scotland has also had their second highest university applications in history – coming second only to last years record.
glasgowstandard.com/2022/02/17/watch-new-studies-show-that-scotland-is-the-most-educated-country-in-europe/ |
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Post by thomas on Dec 31, 2023 15:06:59 GMT
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Post by thomas on Dec 31, 2023 15:13:09 GMT
Well I have often wondered how much whiskey must have been drank for someone to write happy 30th birthday grandma on a railway bridge last time I was in hackney. could be right..... I'm not surprised you marvelled at the ability of Londoners to write, after all, 1 in 4 adults in Scotland experience challenges due to their lack of literacy skills. In England, only 1 in 6 adults have poor literacy skills...
I didn't realise Londoners could write pat , I must admit , but I did know you are quite good with knives............ |
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Post by patman post on Dec 31, 2023 15:13:28 GMT
Not sure that it requires a degree to post birthday greetings on a railway bridge — or a degree to read and write — but the kilt may possibly hamper such activities at altitude... |
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Post by thomas on Dec 31, 2023 15:16:14 GMT
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Post by Montegriffo on Dec 31, 2023 15:24:10 GMT
Well I have often wondered how much whiskey must have been drank for someone to write happy 30th birthday grandma on a railway bridge last time I was in hackney. could be right..... I'm not surprised you marvelled at the ability of Londoners to write, after all, 1 in 4 adults in Scotland experience challenges due to their lack of literacy skills. In England, only 1 in 6 adults have poor literacy skills...
In correlation with the different sizes of a shot measured in fractions of a gill. Probably not a coincidence. |
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Post by patman post on Dec 31, 2023 15:26:15 GMT
Not sure that it requires a degree to post birthday greetings on a railway bridge — or a degree to read and write — but the kilt may possibly hamper such activities at altitude... and this wee gem ....
Hackney youth worker James Cook MBE said: “The figures don’t surprise me. Some people think that Hackney is a new trendy area, but there’s no point in gentrifying it when there’s so much poverty and drug issues around.”Hackney youth worker James Cook MBE said: “The figures don’t surprise me. Some people think that Hackney is a new trendy area, but there’s no point in gentrifying it when there’s so much poverty and drug issues around.”www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/21106777.hackney-worst-knife-crime-rate-london-report-finds/https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/21106777.hackney-worst-knife-crime-rate-london-report-finds/But they still don't require a degree in reading and writing to write birthday greetings on a bridge — mind you, they're not having to fight the drug addiction and death rates of Scotland...
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Post by thomas on Dec 31, 2023 15:37:35 GMT
But they still don't require a degree in reading and writing to write birthday greetings on a bridge — mind you, they're not having to fight the drug addiction and death rates of Scotland...
we are looking over to Ireland for inspiration , and wondering what it is about London rule that turns countries to drink and drugs , and once free , like Ireland , they become among the healthiest in the world. |
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