Comments on: Brit Gov’t Drinks Measures Cause Brew-Ha-Ha http://crispyontheoutside.com/2008/08/14/brit-govt-drinks-measures-cause-brew-ha-ha/ The podcast from Crispy on the Outside (dot com), the irreverent food blog for food outlaws. The latest from the culinary underbelly, including news, interviews, and bluster. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:06:21 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: joe http://crispyontheoutside.com/2008/08/14/brit-govt-drinks-measures-cause-brew-ha-ha/comment-page-1/#comment-804 joe Sat, 16 Aug 2008 22:05:59 +0000 http://www.crispyontheoutside.com/?p=414#comment-804 and jessica, are you over 80 or just American? NOBODY uses the british system anymore. case in point: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Metric_system.png Enjoy who you're associated with. and jessica, are you over 80 or just American? NOBODY uses the british system anymore.

case in point:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Metric_system.png

Enjoy who you’re associated with.

]]> By: joe http://crispyontheoutside.com/2008/08/14/brit-govt-drinks-measures-cause-brew-ha-ha/comment-page-1/#comment-803 joe Sat, 16 Aug 2008 22:03:29 +0000 http://www.crispyontheoutside.com/?p=414#comment-803 the thing i don't understand is that britain is a metric country - everything is metric, so why does this law still refer to pints? the thing i don’t understand is that britain is a metric country – everything is metric, so why does this law still refer to pints?

]]> By: Jessica Lee http://crispyontheoutside.com/2008/08/14/brit-govt-drinks-measures-cause-brew-ha-ha/comment-page-1/#comment-794 Jessica Lee Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:18:37 +0000 http://www.crispyontheoutside.com/?p=414#comment-794 I have to stand up for the British system as in US bars you have no idea what you are getting and bars routinely sell "pints" that are not. I wish ABC's would enforce adhering to advertized glass size more than policing underaged drinking, which I completely support. I routinely remove "pint" glasses from DC bars, take them home and pour a beer into them. They are typically 12 oz, sometimes less, and never more. I think that ATF should investigate this. The metric system: an abomination because its measurements are either too small or too large to be useful and easily understood. (I also believe that a factor in Carter losing to Reagan was the former's support of going metric. Children of the 70s will remember the puzzling miles/km conversion stickers on the dashboard.) Too small example: the milliliter. There are 750 of them in a bottle of booze. Try to envision a milliliter, or 1/750th of a bottle. Then try to envision 20 of them in a recipe. The gram presents a similar problem, though some of us might be more familiar with that measurement. Too large example: the meter. A one foot difference in a person's height is huge in reality but is a barely inperceptible 0.30 of a meter. I have to stand up for the British system as in US bars you have no idea what you are getting and bars routinely sell “pints” that are not. I wish ABC’s would enforce adhering to advertized glass size more than policing underaged drinking, which I completely support. I routinely remove “pint” glasses from DC bars, take them home and pour a beer into them. They are typically 12 oz, sometimes less, and never more. I think that ATF should investigate this.

The metric system: an abomination because its measurements are either too small or too large to be useful and easily understood. (I also believe that a factor in Carter losing to Reagan was the former’s support of going metric. Children of the 70s will remember the puzzling miles/km conversion stickers on the dashboard.)

Too small example: the milliliter. There are 750 of them in a bottle of booze. Try to envision a milliliter, or 1/750th of a bottle. Then try to envision 20 of them in a recipe. The gram presents a similar problem, though some of us might be more familiar with that measurement.

Too large example: the meter. A one foot difference in a person’s height is huge in reality but is a barely inperceptible 0.30 of a meter.

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