Granny Danger Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 10 hours ago, Sergeant Wilson said: I'll give you old. 41 years ago tonight I went to see The Clash at The Apollo. http://www.glasgowapollo.com/index.asp?s_id=1&m_id=14&yr=1978 The 55th anniversary of my first gig will be later this year. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamamafegan Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 Still using shoelaces? You absolute heathen. I've been wearing these to work for the past year. Never felt freer in my whole life. WHAT ARE THOSE?! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 Just now, jamamafegan said: WHAT ARE THOSE?! I think they're those loafer things that Shandon Par and now Silverton End keep going on about. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 6 minutes ago, Granny Danger said: The anniversary of my first gig will be later this year. Mozart live in Vienna? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbornbairn Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 44 minutes ago, Granny Danger said: The 55th anniversary of my first gig will be later this year. 37 minutes ago, Melanius Mullarkey said: Mozart live in Vienna? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 10 hours ago, Bairnardo said: My current obsession with the garden and learning how to do gardening is certainly for their benefit... As in - hiding things in plastic tubing underground? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 As in - hiding things in plastic tubing underground? Its all part of a bigger picture.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 3 hours ago, Melanius Mullarkey said: I think they're those loafer things that Shandon Par and now Silverton End keep going on about. Don't associate me with those monstrosities! If I ever start wearing something like that or show an interest in gardening it will be time to have me put down like an old dog. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 I'd butterfly the chicken breasts & fashion a breaded escalope.........Known in certain parts as a “Hope Solo”........... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted July 5, 2019 Author Share Posted July 5, 2019 17 hours ago, whiskychimp said: We've already established you guys use a multitude of incorrect words and phrases. Nah, not having this. In every other country, like NE Scotland, a 'half and half' is something with two ingredients of equal measure. Only if it was the lunacy a half pint of beer mixed together with a half pint of whisky could it possibly be classed as a half and half. This is why a nip and a half pint is called a 'nip and a half', to correctly distinguish it from a mixture of drinks (e.g. bitter and IPA) within the same glass. Using the half and half term for the whisky option is clearly something reserved for the social bubble that uses names likes of roll 'n' sausage (see previous page) / square sausage and can't say basic words such as 'definitely' correctly. The rest of the civilised world kens the script. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Kincardine Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 (edited) 19 hours ago, whiskychimp said: I agree wuth you but dispute your "nip and a half". Its a "half and a half" in grandad speak. 23 minutes ago, Hedgecutter said: Nah, not having this. In every other country, like NE Scotland, a 'half and half' is something with two ingredients of equal measure. Only if it was the lunacy a half pint of beer mixed together with a half pint of whisky could it possibly be classed as a half and half. Whisky and beer being sold using different units of measure. A half gill of whisky and a half pint of beer naturally got abbreviated to a 'half and a half'. Makes perfect sense. A nip and a half is a quarter gill and a half of beer. Edited July 5, 2019 by The_Kincardine 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raidernation Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 I have to agree with Kink here It was always a half and a half in the auld mannie pubs I’d frequent in Caithness, Aberdeen and all points in between.I also doubt that the majority of today’s P&Bers Ken fit a Gill even is/was 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted July 5, 2019 Author Share Posted July 5, 2019 8 minutes ago, The_Kincardine said: Whisky and beer being sold using different units of measure. A half gill of whisky and a half pint of beer naturally got abbreviated to a 'half and a half'. Makes perfect sense. A nip and a half is a quarter gill and a half of beer. So a single nip (35ml) and a half pint would be a 'quarter and a half'. Hence unless it's a double dram, a 'half and half' makes no sense at all. Therefore... single whisky and half pint = nip and a half double whisky and half pint = half (gill) and half (pint) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Kincardine Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 10 minutes ago, Raidernation said: I have to agree with Kink here Cheer up, M90. It may be rare but not unique 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 4 hours ago, Florentine_Pogen said: Known in certain parts as a “Hope Solo”........... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whiskychimp Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 54 minutes ago, Hedgecutter said: So a single nip (35ml) and a half pint would be a 'quarter and a half'. Hence unless it's a double dram, a 'half and half' makes no sense at all. Therefore... single whisky and half pint = nip and a half double whisky and half pint = half (gill) and half (pint) Got it. Tight teuchters drink singles. Good bois drink half gills 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
printer Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 I'll give you old. 41 years ago tonight I went to see The Clash at The Apollo.http://www.glasgowapollo.com/index.asp?s_id=1&m_id=14&yr=1978 The Clash. Is that one of those new beat combos? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Golden God Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 It's a half and half, usually pronounced hawf and hawf. Anything else is wrong. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bold Rover Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 1 hour ago, Hedgecutter said: So a single nip (35ml) and a half pint would be a 'quarter and a half'. Hence unless it's a double dram, a 'half and half' makes no sense at all. Therefore... single whisky and half pint = nip and a half double whisky and half pint = half (gill) and half (pint) Only in Scotland could a double be a half. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic Joe Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 In the days when spirits were measured in gills the most common dram was one-fifth. If you were fortunate you might find pubs that served a quarter gill. In England it was typically one-sixth. Irish pubs, as ever more civilised than the Brits often served a third of a gill measures... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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