Post #31,330
3/8/02 8:46:23 AM
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Throw Spock away, watch married with children :)
There is no difference between a "settler," "soldier," "secular," or "Chassidic Jew." The target is the JEW.
\ufffd Harvey Tannenbaum
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Post #31,426
3/8/02 7:43:57 PM
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Yup
When my wife was pregnant w/ 2nd child, we were watching
Married with Children.
The women were pregnant, and bitching about not getting
sex anymore.
Al told his buddies there was no point in having sex
with a pregnant women. It was like filling your car
up with gas right after you totaled it.
I laughed.
My wife threw a full 2 liter bottle of Coke at me.
Hard.
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Post #31,670
3/11/02 2:33:14 PM
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So, you *do* have liters over there...
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Post #31,701
3/11/02 4:53:35 PM
3/11/02 4:56:08 PM
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And wine comes in 750 ml and 1.5 L bottles.
But milk comes in quarts, half gallons and gallons and canned soft drink in 12 (liquid) ounces.
Alex
"People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of
thought which they avoid." -- Soren Aabye Kierkegaard (1813-1855)
Edited by a6l6e6x
March 11, 2002, 04:55:02 PM EST
Edited by a6l6e6x
March 11, 2002, 04:56:08 PM EST
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Post #31,708
3/11/02 5:11:46 PM
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Just for the soda and wine
I think we have John Sculley to thank for inventing the 2 liter bottle of Pepsi over here. Then Jobs convinced him to stop selling "sugar water" and come on over to Apple. Then Sculley ousted Jobs.
Coca-cola had the three liter bottle, but got rid of it and now has 1 and 2 liter bottles. A local soda maker, [link|http://users.arn.net/~sirrah/pages/vess.htm|Vess], has 2 and 3 liter bottles of their soda. Vess also has no sodium in their soda, and claims to have billions of bubbles. [link|http://www.kashrut.com/consumer/soda/|And it is Kosher!] Too bad that Vess doesn't appear to have their own web page? But there is a [link|http://www.catsupbottle.com/other/otherpix/vess.html|Giant Vess Soda Bottle] you can look at. :)
"Will work for fair salary and benefits, seeking company with integrity."
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Post #31,744
3/11/02 8:20:36 PM
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Don't forget the hard likker
Not just soda and wine, I don't think I've ever seen a hard liquor bottle in anything other than metric.
Where each demon is slain, more hate is raised, yet hate unchecked also multiplies. - L. E. Modesitt
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Post #31,752
3/11/02 8:53:41 PM
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Depends on where it is bottled
I guess? A pint of Jack Daniels or a Litre/Liter/Howeveryouspellit?
You know who tried to keep the metric system down in the good old US of A, right?
"Will work for fair salary and benefits, seeking company with integrity."
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Post #31,783
3/12/02 2:02:51 AM
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Never seen a pint of Jack Daniels
But then I'm not *that* much of an experienced drinker.
And again, I'm in a state that has tightly, one might say strictly, one might say anally, regulated liquor sales. State liquor stores. Nobody other than state-sponsored places can sell liquor. No surprise to me that "alternate formats" might not show up here.
Where each demon is slain, more hate is raised, yet hate unchecked also multiplies. - L. E. Modesitt
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Post #31,924
3/12/02 8:02:58 PM
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Re: Never seen a pint of Jack Daniels
I am not that experienced a drinker either. I drank in college and quit smoking and drinking around 1994. But I thought they had quarts, pints, etc of some whiskey? I do know; however, that beer comes in kegs and half-kegs from my fraternity days. :)
"Will work for fair salary and benefits, seeking company with integrity."
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Post #31,940
3/12/02 9:16:37 PM
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Can't say that they don't
All I can say is that I've never seen English measurement liquor on sale anywhere, mostly Ohio, Indiana. Maybe some of the old-timers can remember the days. :-)
Where each demon is slain, more hate is raised, yet hate unchecked also multiplies. - L. E. Modesitt
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Post #31,720
3/11/02 5:38:17 PM
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Yeah, but they spell 'em wrong. [gd&r]
"All around me are nothing but fakes
Come with me on the biggest fake of all!"
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Post #31,731
3/11/02 7:36:07 PM
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Works out fine for us non-anglophones, we spell that way too
Now, if you want to say that proves American "English" isn't really _English_... Hey, be my guest, but *I* never said it! :-)
Christian R. Conrad
Of course, who am I to point fingers? I'm in the "Information Technology" business, prima facia evidence that there's bats in the bell tower. -- [link|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=27764|Andrew Grygus]
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