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Jim Ward
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| Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2004 6:12 pm
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Can you buy a firkin's worth of anything nowadays?
Other musings ...
Tatterdemalion ragamuffins belong to the lumpenproletariat.
A cosh is like a blackjack (can't find a picture of one in Google). I
had previously been acquainted with sin and tan.
To poll is to trim the horns of the electorate.
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Harvey Van Sickle
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| Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2004 6:14 pm
Post subject: Re: [OT] firkin |
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On 25 Nov 2004, Jim Ward wrote
| Quote: | Can you buy a firkin's worth of anything nowadays?
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I'm fairly certain that some cask ales are still supplied to pubs in
what is *called* a firkin -- but I don't know if it actually is a
firkin, or whether it's a metric equivalent or something.
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Cheers, Harvey
Ottawa/Toronto/Edmonton for 30 years;
Southern England for the past 22 years.
(for e-mail, change harvey.news to harvey.van) |
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Don Phillipson
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| Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2004 12:11 am
Post subject: Re: [OT] firkin |
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"Jim Ward" <tomcatpolka@NyOaShPoAoM.com> wrote in message
news:q5pbq0lak6bg98rtiebc6smkalmdmstot5@4ax.com...
| Quote: | Can you buy a firkin's worth of anything nowadays?
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A firkin is a volumetric capacity, not a price.
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Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)
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Mike Lyle
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| Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2004 12:12 am
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Don Phillipson wrote:
| Quote: | "Jim Ward" <tomcatpolka@NyOaShPoAoM.com> wrote in message
news:q5pbq0lak6bg98rtiebc6smkalmdmstot5@4ax.com...
Can you buy a firkin's worth of anything nowadays?
A firkin is a volumetric capacity, not a price.
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You can easily buy a pin, or demi-firkin, for your party. Most likely
to be a tapped plastic bag in a cardboard box (a "polypin") these
days, of course; but the real things are still around.
Mike. |
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John Dean
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| Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2004 6:04 am
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Jim Ward wrote:
| Quote: | Can you buy a firkin's worth of anything nowadays?
Other musings ...
Tatterdemalion ragamuffins belong to the lumpenproletariat.
A cosh is like a blackjack (can't find a picture of one in Google). I
had previously been acquainted with sin and tan.
To poll is to trim the horns of the electorate.
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In one of the offices I worked in it was traditional to get a little
firkin in for Christmas ...
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John Dean
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Peter Moylan
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| Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2004 6:06 am
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Jim Ward infrared:
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No firkin chance.
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Peter Moylan peter at ee dot newcastle dot edu dot au
http://eepjm.newcastle.edu.au (OS/2 and eCS information and software) |
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Martin Ambuhl
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| Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2004 12:09 pm
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Jim Ward wrote:
| Quote: | Can you buy a firkin's worth of anything nowadays?
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Anything you can buy 9 gallons (US) of, you can buy a firkin of.
For other values of 'firkin':
You can buy 1/2 barrel of beer, or a firkin of beer.
You can buy 1/3 tun of wine, or a firkin of wine. |
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Mickwick
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| Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2004 12:09 am
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In alt.usage.english, John Dean wrote:
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Very good!
| Quote: | In one of the offices I worked in it was traditional to get a little
firkin in for Christmas ...
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Heard on the radio recently: A dog is for life, not just for Christmas,
so be careful at the office party.
(I didn't laugh, of course. Just passing it on.)
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Mickwick |
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