Old secondary school souvenirs: I attended a commercial school for foreign trade so we had to learn the imperial measures (lenght, weigth, volume both dry and liquid, even those in use for precious metals and stones) ...and their use so that we were able to manage the shipping of any goods to any corner of the globe (which, I later discovered, has no corners... ). I liked it, but now it's alla lying quietly under the dense blanket of fog shrouding my memory.OK Dave, now do Drams, scruples and grains…..I had to learn them in my first job in a yarn dye house as they had not gone metric and all the recipes were in imperial, including temperatures
Should have known you'd recall this Dave!2 lighters = 1 sipper, 2 sippers = 1 gulper, 2 gulpers = 1 grounder
Arcane piece of useless knowledge!
Dave
Possibly! There was a book called 'Jackspeak' issued by the Lambs Navy Rum company - lost my copy unfortunately!Can't remember where I picked that up! Never was in the Royal Navy, so must have been in a book!
Dave
Just for you then Andy…apothecary weight system…Old secondary school souvenirs: I attended a commercial school for foreign trade so we had to learn the imperial measures (lenght, weigth, volume both dry and liquid, even those in use for precious metals and stones) ...and their use so that we were able to manage the shipping of any goods to any corner of the globe (which, I later discovered, has no corners... ). I liked it, but now it's alla lying quietly under the dense blanket of fog shrouding my memory.
Double Diamond AN Whatney' RED BARREL an a Manns brown what i used to drinksDouble Diamond and Whatney's come to mind.......but I could be miles off
Brown and Mild, with a later foray into Light and Bitter were amongst my earlier experiments in frontal-lobe destruction!In the same glass Chris? Seriously, I always like Manns brown, it was my go to pint for a few years….
WELL Tim when i had the manns brown ready to pour down my neck the girls in the pub used to say a mann for a man an then laugh their heads off but it was a nice drop of beerBrown and Mild, with a later foray into Light and Bitter were amongst my earlier experiments in frontal-lobe destruction!
Steve
That's okay Bob, Heck, I can't understand half of what any of you guys are saying on these forums whatwith all of that Brit slang y'all useCracking intro Paul, far to young to remember woolies what ever that is
For a minimal fee I'll gladly provide a translation service Ron - shall we say two gob-stoppers and a pair of Black Jacks ...That's okay Bob, Heck, I can't understand half of what any of you guys are saying on these forums whatwith all of that Brit slang y'all use
How about I throw in an Astro Pop for good measure Steve ?For a minimal fee I'll gladly provide a translation service Ron - shall we say two gob-stoppers and a pair of Black Jacks ...
SOLD to the man in the floral waistcoat!How about I throw in an Astro Pop for good measure Steve ?
YEA ITS GREAT ENIT LOLPaul having seen and read what we are like are you still sure you want to join us ? As you can see we are completely mad as a box of frogs .
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