On Fri, 17 Jul 2015 07:28:56 +0100, Stephen wrote:

> On 7/16/2015 5:54 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> Come visit, and I'll buy you a beer.;)
> 
> Only if it is in a 20 oz pint pot not one of your 16 oz short measures.

There's a few local pubs that serve "proper" pints around here.

Funny story:  Friend of mine who lives near Stratford was over visiting 
in Atlanta (tech conference), and there's a pub in the CNN Center (<--- 
just for me, and because that's how they spell it ;) ) called "Reggie's 
British Pub" (looks like it might still be there, in fact).

Dave likes a drink now and then, and they have Guinness - which is first 
choice - so we went in and grabbed a table.

The server came over and took our order, and he asked for a pint of 
Guinness.  She wrote it down and said "small pint or a large pint?" - 
which got her a puzzled stare followed by "a *pint*, please".

I think from the accent she picked up that there really was only *one* 
proper pint as far as he was concerned. ;)

Going there was a regular thing for a few years, and they remembered us - 
and even ordered in extra Guinness knowing that we'd be there that 
particular week. :)

Jim

-- 
"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and 
besides, the pig likes it." - George Bernard Shaw

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