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UK back to "imperial" measurements ?
TimFox:
Before changing to metric bottles, I believe whiskey was available in both “fifths” (1/5 US gallon) and full quarts, as well as US pints.
bd139:
Had a short and sweet discussion about this with a friend of mine earlier. She's in her 60s. She said it's retarded and can only conclude that it's aimed at the poorly educated country folk :-DD
CatalinaWOW:
During university one of the gigs I did to pay bills was clerking at a liquor store. We sold many individual pints to a variety of customers. And a few customers came in regularly and ordered a case of pints. Thirty two. They ran unlicenced bars and dance halls and resold them to their patrons (hypothetically).
TimFox:
The usual US pint bottle was the right size to go in a gentleman's back pants pocket.
Half-pint bottles were for lower-class purchasers.
PlainName:
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--- Quote from: IanB on May 31, 2022, 01:42:37 am ---I recall a story in the news a while back, where some Continental-style café/bars in the UK were trying to sell beer by the 500 ml glass, as is traditional in Europe. The law came down on them like a ton (or tonne?) of bricks and said they were not allowed to do that.
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I have to admit that I find that baffling. No, not baffling, pointless and stupid. It's a pointless and stupid law made by pointless and stupid legislators.
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I think it might have been because unscrupulous vendors would switch to the smaller measure but not reduce the price in proportion. Or at all. If someone asks for a pint they should get a full pint, not something that looks like one but isn't.
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