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[Athy]

Boo, say no to short measures.

I'll have my metric pint at the full 568ml please.

Er, that's an imperial pint.

Yes, Kev, it is usually drunk from a pint glass but does not quite fill it. There are other furrin approximations of imperial measures around, such as the metric ton (2,000 kilograms), sometimes rather jarringly written in English as the "tonne".

[MHS]

Er, that's an imperial pint.

I know.

 

But don't think the metric pint of 500ml has been accepted as an official volume.

[cotswoldsman]

my meat pies don't usually get a second outing....

I bought one at Tesco that got a second outing as I vomited it up out of my side hatch into the canal

[John V]

Are you allergic to pony John?

[Athy]

Are you allergic to pony John?

As the poor chap had thrown the offending growler* up, he probably couldn't go for a pony, so any allergy problem was avoided.

 

 

* slang for a low-grade meat pie, presumably an allusion to the origin of its "meat" content.

[John V]

[craftycarper]

There seems to be rather a lot of confusion above with metric to imperial measures an imperial pint is less than 500 mil and a metric ton is 1000 kilos I stand to be corrected but am pretty sure that's right as my I ton tipper old money now carry,s around a 1000 kilos and 1000 mil is 1 litre which equals 2.2 pints so 500 mil should be 1.1 pints I think that's right

[Athy]

Nope. There are four and a half litres to a gallon, so a litre is less than two pints.

Edited September 1, 2014 by Athy

[craftycarper]

Nope.

. Would you care to elaborate ????

[MHS]

There seems to be rather a lot of confusion above with metric to imperial measures an imperial pint is less than 500 mil and a metric ton is 1000 kilos I stand to be corrected but am pretty sure that's right as my I ton tipper old money now carry,s around a 1000 kilos and 1000 mil is 1 litre which equals 2.2 pints so 500 mil should be 1.1 pints I think that's right

Nope.

As per my earlier post a pint is 568ml.

[craftycarper]

Nope.

As per my earlier post a pint is 568ml.

. Just checked pints you are correct but tonnes are just under 1000 kilos it's the weight versus fluid thing that's got me as 1 kilo is 2.2 pounds as opposed to a litre being 2.2 pints learnt something new today cheers

[magnetman]

Aldis offers are a lidl bit tempting but i am going to wait to see what good deals i can netto when the competition hots up. this asda be a good plan

[Peter X]

Just in case this whole pint thing needs further clarification:

 

In the Imperial (basically British not US) system, a pint is 20 fluid ounces, i.e. the volume of 20 ounces of water, thus a pound of water being 16 ounces weighs 453g and a pint of water weighs 568g. Our ton is 20 cwt, each being 8 stone, each of which is 14lb, hence a ton is 2240lb. A US pint is 16 of their (slightly smaller) fluid ounces and thus somewhat less than the "metric pint".

 

In the metric system it's nice and simple, a litre is the volume of one kg of water, i.e. one ml weighs one gram.

A metric tonne is 1000kg and our ton is 2240 x 453g which is slightly heavier.

 

The above is for our everyday purposes, for example the density of water varies with temperature, so the scientists who need extreme accuracy use a more complicated definition, let's not go there.

[Peter X]

Anyway, I won't be buying any Aldi wine or beer because I gave up alcohol 25 years ago. But I do have about 24 litres, or about 42 pints if you will, of plum wine bubbling away under my desk (see the Recipes: Plum glut topic)

[Daiboy]

All I know is that when you buy bottle beer (500ml) from Tesco at £1.97 per bottle and it's a great selection of beers, it nearly fills a pint glass. That'll do for me.

[Simon clarke]

Aldi have some good prices but some not

so good. Same as poundland. Iceland are good. I never bother with Tesco now to expensive. They had and offer on cakes which still worked out 30% more than icelands normal price.

[gazza]

As the poor chap had thrown the offending growler* up, he probably couldn't go for a pony, so any allergy problem was avoided.

 

 

* slang for a low-grade meat pie, presumably an allusion to the origin of its "meat" content.

There's another slang term for growler but that's probably best left to the virtual pub :-)

[Nickhlx]

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Edited September 1, 2014 by Nickhlx

[gazza]

The word that shall not be uttered....

 

That lowered the tone somewhat!

[magnetman]

A metric tonne is 1000kg and our ton is 2240 x 453g which is slightly heavier.

 

Isn't it 2240 x 454g not 453?

/pendant mode OFF/

[Athy]

A metric tonne is 1000kg

 

/pendant mode OFF/

Nope - tautology alert.

[kevinl]

These go on sale today if anyone wants a stove thermometer of fire glass scraper.

K

https://www.aldi.co.uk/en/specialbuys/thursday-4-september/product-detail/ps/p/stove-pipe-thermometerglass-scraper/

[craftycarper]

These go on sale today if anyone wants a stove thermometer of fire glass scraper.

K

https://www.aldi.co.uk/en/specialbuys/thursday-4-september/product-detail/ps/p/stove-pipe-thermometerglass-scraper/

. I do have the stove thermometer it's been on my woodburner for a couple of years and works fine nothing fancy but let's you know if your getting a bit to warm does what it says on the tin

[alan_fincher]

1000 mil is 1 litre which equals 2.2 pints so 500 mil should be 1.1 pints I think that's right

Nope!

 

I litre is 1.75975 pints, not 2.2 pints, so you are quite seriously adrift.

 

I strongly suspect you are getting well mixed up with kilograms to UK lbs, (where the number is 2.20462).

[gazza]

Nope!

 

I litre is 1.75975 pints, not 2.2 pints, so you are quite seriously adrift.

 

I strongly suspect you are getting well mixed up with kilograms to UK lbs, (where the number is 2.20462).

Incidentally - has anyone else noticed some smaller shops and garages selling milk in 1l bottles but still charging the same price as 2 pints? Edited September 4, 2014 by gazza