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Post by silverdragon on Oct 17, 2017 8:44:36 GMT
apparently, we can think on our feet better than New Yorkers. That doesnt sound too good for New Yorkers does it?. In fact, I wonder who it is, who sits there and dreams up all these new laws, and gets paid a LOT for that. I have a new law, anyone "grossly overweight" must now live more than 10,000 yds from any fast food outlet. And then they go get mobility scooters.... [yes that is something I heard at a town planning meeting once, the idea that there were too many fast food shops near a local housing estate, and they wished to limit the number of burger joints that close. What, people wont DRIVE to the shops?....]
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Post by the light works on Oct 17, 2017 14:24:30 GMT
apparently, we can think on our feet better than New Yorkers. That doesnt sound too good for New Yorkers does it?. In fact, I wonder who it is, who sits there and dreams up all these new laws, and gets paid a LOT for that. I have a new law, anyone "grossly overweight" must now live more than 10,000 yds from any fast food outlet. And then they go get mobility scooters.... [yes that is something I heard at a town planning meeting once, the idea that there were too many fast food shops near a local housing estate, and they wished to limit the number of burger joints that close. What, people wont DRIVE to the shops?....] how large a glass do you normally serve beer in, in a pub? how do you suppose it would change people's consumption if they could buy it in a half gallon instead. the principle behind it is the average person will finish their beverage regardless of whether they are still thirsty or not. if it comes a pint at a time, they are likely to drink less than if it comes by the half gallon.
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Post by GTCGreg on Oct 17, 2017 14:42:33 GMT
That doesnt sound too good for New Yorkers does it?. In fact, I wonder who it is, who sits there and dreams up all these new laws, and gets paid a LOT for that. I have a new law, anyone "grossly overweight" must now live more than 10,000 yds from any fast food outlet. And then they go get mobility scooters.... [yes that is something I heard at a town planning meeting once, the idea that there were too many fast food shops near a local housing estate, and they wished to limit the number of burger joints that close. What, people wont DRIVE to the shops?....] how large a glass do you normally serve beer in, in a pub? how do you suppose it would change people's consumption if they could buy it in a half gallon instead. the principle behind it is the average person will finish their beverage regardless of whether they are still thirsty or not. if it comes a pint at a time, they are likely to drink less than if it comes by the half gallon. Is that why they serve whiskey in one ounce shot glasses? Maybe they should use them for Pepsi too. Personally, I wish they would offer soft drinks in smaller sizes. I never finish the 16 oz servings. They did offer cans of soda in 8 oz size. I would buy them if they didn't always charge more for them than the standard 12 oz cans. I just don't think the nanny state should limit the maximum size people can order. If someone wants to buy a 32 oz cup of sugar water, they should be allowed to.
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Post by the light works on Oct 17, 2017 15:47:19 GMT
how large a glass do you normally serve beer in, in a pub? how do you suppose it would change people's consumption if they could buy it in a half gallon instead. the principle behind it is the average person will finish their beverage regardless of whether they are still thirsty or not. if it comes a pint at a time, they are likely to drink less than if it comes by the half gallon. Is that why they serve whiskey in one ounce shot glasses? Maybe they should use them for Pepsi too. Personally, I wish they would offer soft drinks in smaller sizes. I never finish the 16 oz servings. They did offer cans of soda in 8 oz size. I would buy them if they didn't always charge more for them than the standard 12 oz cans. I just don't think the nanny state should limit the maximum size people can order. If someone wants to buy a 32 oz cup of sugar water, they should be allowed to. problem with buying containers of things is that often the container is the larger part of the price. my parents sold fertilizer in 5# boxes, 20# bags, and 40# bags. the cost of making and filling the container was essentially the same for each size, so a 5# box still cost half what a 40# bag cost.
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Post by GTCGreg on Oct 17, 2017 15:58:11 GMT
Is that why they serve whiskey in one ounce shot glasses? Maybe they should use them for Pepsi too. Personally, I wish they would offer soft drinks in smaller sizes. I never finish the 16 oz servings. They did offer cans of soda in 8 oz size. I would buy them if they didn't always charge more for them than the standard 12 oz cans. I just don't think the nanny state should limit the maximum size people can order. If someone wants to buy a 32 oz cup of sugar water, they should be allowed to. problem with buying containers of things is that often the container is the larger part of the price. my parents sold fertilizer in 5# boxes, 20# bags, and 40# bags. the cost of making and filling the container was essentially the same for each size, so a 5# box still cost half what a 40# bag cost. I think in the case of the 8 oz soda cans, it's a question of quantity. It's probably cheaper (per can) to produce and deliver a half million cans of 12 oz soda than 10K cans of 8 oz. It just seems kind of wasteful to open a 12 oz can and throw away half, even if it is cheaper.
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Post by the light works on Oct 18, 2017 1:08:16 GMT
problem with buying containers of things is that often the container is the larger part of the price. my parents sold fertilizer in 5# boxes, 20# bags, and 40# bags. the cost of making and filling the container was essentially the same for each size, so a 5# box still cost half what a 40# bag cost. I think in the case of the 8 oz soda cans, it's a question of quantity. It's probably cheaper (per can) to produce and deliver a half million cans of 12 oz soda than 10K cans of 8 oz. It just seems kind of wasteful to open a 12 oz can and throw away half, even if it is cheaper. yeah, and the more you do, the cheaper per unit.
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Post by silverdragon on Oct 18, 2017 6:46:01 GMT
That doesnt sound too good for New Yorkers does it?. In fact, I wonder who it is, who sits there and dreams up all these new laws, and gets paid a LOT for that. I have a new law, anyone "grossly overweight" must now live more than 10,000 yds from any fast food outlet. And then they go get mobility scooters.... [yes that is something I heard at a town planning meeting once, the idea that there were too many fast food shops near a local housing estate, and they wished to limit the number of burger joints that close. What, people wont DRIVE to the shops?....] how large a glass do you normally serve beer in, in a pub? how do you suppose it would change people's consumption if they could buy it in a half gallon instead. the principle behind it is the average person will finish their beverage regardless of whether they are still thirsty or not. if it comes a pint at a time, they are likely to drink less than if it comes by the half gallon. In the traditional pub, in UK, its a Pint glass, in some european metrics places, its in cl, mil, but, strangely, about the same zise, there are a few oversize glasses meant to hold a BIG head on beers that are served that way, but usually the same around-a-pint liquid level, and in some Germanic countries, where they use "Steiners", maybe a little more, but, all are just about the size that is comfortable to lift with one hand. And not go flat by the time you drink it. Steiner or stein from the germanic means "stone", its used to denote a stone-wear ceramic handle-with-a-mug-on, traditionally about a pint, but the tourist trade has seen larger glass ones of recent decades. The principal behind you will finish the drink if you are thirsty or not fails in that most people will have a thirst for more than one, maybe several on a night out, and when it comes to last orders, will order up a few, because they know they can finish them before they are asked to leave. People dont just order a drink and not finish it. How many abandoned half mugs of coffee do you see in coffee shops?. half cans of coke?. Etcetera through all beverages. And then when you have a real thirst, you drink multiple containers.... If people could order a half-gallon at the bar, which will be four pints?, they do. It comes in four glasses. Most people do not do this because they drink until they are not thirsty, and prefer each pint in a fresh glass, because it goes stale if left out in the air. That is why we like the pint. The head should last all the way to the bottom. Think traditional Guinness, would you serve that "flat"?.. [and yes, in some london pubs, I have seen it served with no head... its bloody awful..] Where this falls flat is soft southeners who drink their beer flat with no head. They believe that as it comes that way in a traditional Cask, it should be served that way. They forget that the brewer designs the beer to be made frothy by the pull of the pump handle, "Meat and two veg", you put the meat of the pull in the first pull of the handle that develops the head, and then top up with two weaker strokes, thats how you are supposed to draw beer.... with a head on. It tastes better with a head. "But you get less beer in the glass" Up here in the north we have oversize lined glass, the mark of liquid, the "Paint" mark, where the term pint comes from, denotes how much liquid should be in there, and the rest of the glass is to hold the head?... See?.. We dun thought of that, you still get a pint.... And down there in south land, you get pint to rim glasses, so, your probably spilling some of your pint before you get it up to your mouth. So OVER-Size four pint glasses, Can you carry that?. How far?. How quick can you drink it before it goes off?.. or flat, or whatever... stale I think is the word I am looking for. I dont therefore believe that we are in any worry of them banning oversize glassware from the traditional pub here, we just didnt go that way anyway, because it works at a pint, so why "fix" it?. If you need more, ask for more, there is nothing wrong with ordering four pints and downing one before they pull that last one if you have a real thirst on. And I have not only seen that, I have done that as well. [if you want to try that, be sure to slap the £20 on the counter first to show you are good for the money?.. some places dont like you drinking before you pay?.]
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Post by silverdragon on Oct 18, 2017 6:50:12 GMT
how large a glass do you normally serve beer in, in a pub? how do you suppose it would change people's consumption if they could buy it in a half gallon instead. the principle behind it is the average person will finish their beverage regardless of whether they are still thirsty or not. if it comes a pint at a time, they are likely to drink less than if it comes by the half gallon. Is that why they serve whiskey in one ounce shot glasses? Where?.. have them taken out and shot.... Oh... hold on, you said whiskEy... that changes things, anything you do to stop people drinking that crud has to be good. Good whisky has no "e". Its always served in minimum 6oz glass, so you can swirl it around and get an aroma, "Shot" glasses are for fools. Additions to whisky... look, I see Ice cubes as speed bumps And here, you can get a large, thats two measures, in one glass. But its almost calorie free....
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Post by the light works on Oct 18, 2017 9:00:50 GMT
Is that why they serve whiskey in one ounce shot glasses? Where?.. have them taken out and shot.... Oh... hold on, you said whiskEy... that changes things, anything you do to stop people drinking that crud has to be good. Good whisky has no "e". Its always served in minimum 6oz glass, so you can swirl it around and get an aroma, "Shot" glasses are for fools. Additions to whisky... look, I see Ice cubes as speed bumps And here, you can get a large, thats two measures, in one glass. But its almost calorie free.... the other side of the coin is that there had to be some negotiations for bars to serve some beverages in proper glassware; as some bean counter had gotten the idea that a glass should be no larger than the official serving size with enough room to prevent spilling. to give the extreme example, imagine drinking your brandy out of a glass no larger than the size of the serving. Mrs TLW's uncle would always come home from work and pour himself two fingers of whichever brand he preferred for the night.
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Post by silverdragon on Oct 18, 2017 10:25:30 GMT
Where?.. have them taken out and shot.... Oh... hold on, you said whiskEy... that changes things, anything you do to stop people drinking that crud has to be good. Good whisky has no "e". Its always served in minimum 6oz glass, so you can swirl it around and get an aroma, "Shot" glasses are for fools. Additions to whisky... look, I see Ice cubes as speed bumps And here, you can get a large, thats two measures, in one glass. But its almost calorie free.... the other side of the coin is that there had to be some negotiations for bars to serve some beverages in proper glassware; as some bean counter had gotten the idea that a glass should be no larger than the official serving size with enough room to prevent spilling. to give the extreme example, imagine drinking your brandy out of a glass no larger than the size of the serving. END the MADNESS... brandy has to be "warmed" by the heat of the hand to release the aroma's in it that give it its unique taste. Hence the "Balloon" style... this below is a Waterford Crystal brandy glass... And is just about what I would expect for a good 5-star brandy?. And you are saying they have to serve it in a "shot" glass no bigger than say a single serving?. I have a few words that fit the [ ]-off phrase that would answer that idea. I measure your serving and tip it in the appropriate glass.
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Post by GTCGreg on Oct 18, 2017 13:08:17 GMT
Oh... hold on, you said whiskEy... that changes things, anything you do to stop people drinking that crud has to be good. Good whisky has no "e". Its always served in minimum 6oz glass, so you can swirl it around and get an aroma, "Shot" glasses are for fools. Additions to whisky... look, I see Ice cubes as speed bumps And here, you can get a large, thats two measures, in one glass. But its almost calorie free.... I'll have to take your word for that. I gave up all alcohol a long time ago when I realized it was doing me a lot more harm than good.
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Post by the light works on Oct 18, 2017 13:54:12 GMT
the other side of the coin is that there had to be some negotiations for bars to serve some beverages in proper glassware; as some bean counter had gotten the idea that a glass should be no larger than the official serving size with enough room to prevent spilling. to give the extreme example, imagine drinking your brandy out of a glass no larger than the size of the serving. END the MADNESS... brandy has to be "warmed" by the heat of the hand to release the aroma's in it that give it its unique taste. Hence the "Balloon" style... this below is a Waterford Crystal brandy glass... And is just about what I would expect for a good 5-star brandy?. And you are saying they have to serve it in a "shot" glass no bigger than say a single serving?. I have a few words that fit the [ ]-off phrase that would answer that idea. I measure your serving and tip it in the appropriate glass. no, the negotiations went in favor or proper glassware. however, there was one concession to the bean counters.
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Post by ponytail61 on Oct 18, 2017 23:59:37 GMT
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Post by the light works on Oct 19, 2017 0:31:57 GMT
and he promised to clean up litter, too.
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Post by the light works on Oct 19, 2017 0:33:01 GMT
and he promised to clean up litter, too.
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Post by the light works on Oct 19, 2017 0:34:07 GMT
another shooter. apparently started in maryland, and picked up where he left off in Delaware.
now arrested.
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Post by GTCGreg on Oct 19, 2017 5:06:47 GMT
Box of donuts? Did they also charge him with attempted bribery?
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Post by the light works on Oct 19, 2017 13:41:48 GMT
Box of donuts? Did they also charge him with attempted bribery? no, because his bet was that he would turn himself in, with a box of donuts, if he lost the bet.
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Post by silverdragon on Oct 26, 2017 8:10:41 GMT
It has come to my attention... There was a vote. The whole of europe took part. The vote was simple, "Do you trust your press", as in, do we trust the media, and thats everything from TeeVee news to newspapers and online news sites. 1,000 random people from every country were asked to vote. Where did UK come in that 33 country wide vote?. Obviously you already know or suspect. Because of the result, that "news" has been hidden from view, in that it has not been reported, because it blatantly says you dont trust us to even report this news. And the mass media dont like to admit such things. See if you can even find that report online?.. Its not easy to find. Unless you know what you are looking for. As in you ask the question of duckduckgo.com do you trust the press?. duckduckgo.com/?q=europe+do+you+trust+the+press&t=ffab&ia=webOne of the results was a gallop poll that showed this.. But as for europe?. The actual poll I mention does exist, its just harder to find. And in case you are wondering, UK, maybe I have been leading a country to wards scepticism, maybe its people like me, but we came bottom of the poll, we are the worst at trusting the media. Makes me proud... 33rd out of 33 by a long chalk. Majority of those polled do not trust as far as they can throw a printing press. Its not a bad thing at all, it just proves that I am not alone in my scepticism, I do not take what I am told as true on face value alone, and as a country, we are all highly sceptical of phake news. Which has to be good doesnt it?. And that is why this is in the behind the headlines thread, because it wont make the headlines, its more important than that.
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Post by GTCGreg on Oct 26, 2017 12:33:10 GMT
And this is why our president is so fond of his Twitter. Like what he says or not, he feels this is the only way he can get his message out without being filtered by the news media. He recently said that the only reason he got elected was because of Twitter and he is not about to give it up.
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