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bob_bob

Dec 29th 2019 3:59 am

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Originally Posted by olivefarmer (Post 12783038)

obsolete? Have you been to any plumbing outlet in Spain to buy tubing and joints. Many are still sold in imperial measurements - inches. A neighbours caterpillar tractor has some non metric fittings.

Caterpillar will be American so stuck in the past a degree perhaps.

New build in UK is all metric these days but 'push fit' fittings are there for mixing the two systems. A few years back we combined the back boiler off one of our woodburners to the gas central heating system which I thought would cause problems but my fears were unfounded.

bob_bob

Dec 29th 2019 4:08 am

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Originally Posted by amideislas (Post 12782365)

you must be in a tourist resort. A 500ml beer is still â‚¬1.50-â‚¬2 around here.

Oh, and you should start getting used to the metric system. The old imperial system is all but obsolete.

You can get your 568ml 'pint' for much the same price in the UK these days 'guest ale/lager' sort of thing. One area where Spain is weak is the choice of beers commonly offered, the bargain half litre 'pints' are often little better than fizzy urine...awful stuff.

scot47

Dec 30th 2019 12:47 am

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"Fizzy Urine" Must try that out on my drinking pal. Seriously though - best beer is German or Czexh !

Loafing Along

Dec 30th 2019 1:37 am

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Originally Posted by bob_bob (Post 12783175)

Have you never tried some of the excellent craft beers - Estrella Galicia, Alhambra Reserva and there plenty more

bob_bob

Dec 30th 2019 1:58 am

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Originally Posted by Loafing Along (Post 12783466)

Have you never tried some of the excellent craft beers - Estrella Galicia, Alhambra Reserva and there plenty more

Truth be told I drink very little beer/lager these days as I switched to wine a decade back. Craft breweries popping up all over the place in the UK, IPA is the 'new' drink discovered by younger folk LOL

I enjoy a pint of the black stuff from time to time or a cold Duval or Leffe. Cold cider on a hot day takes some beating.

Loafing Along

Dec 30th 2019 2:30 am

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Cold cider on a hot day takes some beating.:thumbup:

Casa Santo Estevo

Dec 30th 2019 3:03 am

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Originally Posted by Loafing Along (Post 12783466)

Have you never tried some of the excellent craft beers - Estrella Galicia, Alhambra Reserva and there plenty more

Estrella Galaica is not a craft beer. Below is an image of the brewery which produces around 200millon litres are year. The company has a turn over of over 400 millon Euros a year.

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/british...0a7c9d5259.jpg

philat98

Dec 30th 2019 3:44 am

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AB Inbev are the real brewing experts. They produced 9billion litres under 500 labels in 2018. Some of their products probably look like craft beers. Some might be closer to fizzy urine.

amideislas

Dec 30th 2019 6:47 pm

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I've seen those claims that foreign beer is hugely inferior to "real" beer. I don't think it applies to just beer though.

bob_bob

Dec 30th 2019 7:54 pm

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Originally Posted by philat98 (Post 12783521)

AB Inbev are the real brewing experts. They produced 9billion litres under 500 labels in 2018. Some of their products probably look like craft beers. Some might be closer to fizzy urine.

Pages of beer sold in my local Tesco but how much of it is really a good quality drink?
https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-G...ut-beer&page=1
This thread led me to a glass of Guinness with an added shot of Port in it last nigh and very nice it was too. :)

Tweedpipe

Dec 31st 2019 1:04 am

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Originally Posted by amideislas (Post 12782365)

you must be in a tourist resort. A 500ml beer is still â‚¬1.50-â‚¬2 around here.

Oh, and you should start getting used to the metric system. The old imperial system is all but obsolete.

Old imperial system is all but obsolete! Is it really?
I'd be very surprised in Spain if many ads for car alloy wheels, smartphone and laptop screens etc were not still stated in inches/ pulgadas.

Here in France, by the middle of the 19th century, metrication was fundalmentally completed, as a change over from arpents, toises and pieds(feet), which were the traditional French units. Even today in France, ads and store promotions for car/bicycle (wheels), tyres, inner tubes, tv screens, computer screens etc are invariably stated in inches (pouces).
The old imperial system may be forgotten by many, but certainly not obsolete.
:britflag:

jonboy

Dec 31st 2019 4:50 am

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Originally Posted by amideislas (Post 12783714)

I've seen those claims that foreign beer is hugely inferior to "real" beer. I don't think it applies to just beer though.

Perhaps anything with the word "foreign" in front of it?:blink:

VFR	Dec 31st 2019 8:47 am

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I wonder what happened to the OP ?

Barriej

Dec 31st 2019 8:59 am

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Originally Posted by VFR (Post 12783938)

I wonder what happened to the OP ?

Probably didn't like our answers. :)

Fred James

Dec 31st 2019 9:20 am

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Yes, he seems to have gone away.

There isnâ€™t much point in continuing this subject - I think we all are giving much the same advice. Also the thread is wandering off topic.

Thread is now closed.

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