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Buying liquor in bottles on Princess
NO1 we are AMERICANS!
"Tobie Gerbrandt" wrote in message news:_%Djh.525762$R63.304638@pd7urf1no... A 26 is the most common size that liquor used to come in in Canada. It is 26 fluid ounces, and approximately the same size as Americans call a "fifth", which I presume is 1/5th of a gallon (American, not British). Wouldn't it be great if everyone, world-wide, would switch to the almost universal, and easiest to understand of any measuring system (METRIC). It IS the way to go! Tobieon an Island in the Pacific "Don & Lynn" wrote in message ink.net... What does" a 26 of" mean, please? Don "Wayne J." wrote in message news:Onwjh.518339$5R2.506520@pd7urf3no... "Shorty" wrote in message oups.com... Can one buy bottles in their duty free shop to use on board in the cabins? we buy ours at one of the lounges. Price was around $20 for a 26 of rum. High compared to offshore in most places, but a heck of a lot cheaper then buying one drink at a time. Combine it with a coke sticker and you can get some savings. Only problem there is that you have to keep going back to one of the bars to get a glass of coke. |
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Buying liquor in bottles on Princess
Shorty wrote: Can one buy bottles in their duty free shop to use on board in the cabins? Shorty, I quickly perused at ALL 10 of the follow-ups to your question, and NONE addressed your question, and all promptly went into the usual rec.travel.cruises Bull ****, headed by Clint and the rest. For Princess cruise ships, if you buy bottled liquor at duty free shops, on board OR on at ports of call, the ship will keep it for you (and you're not allowed to consume it) until you disembark. I know that even as a non-drinker who doesn't even drink the 8 FREE mini-bottles and beer for our cabin, on every Princess cruise. As for Clint's "Friends of Bill", I am not sure if there's one, but I know on almost every Princess cruise there is some schedule of meetings for "Friends of Dr. Bob". since I AM a Dr. Bob, but not THAT Dr. Bob. I knew what it was all about, but I went to one of those schedule meetings just to see WHO (I think Dr. Bob is already dead G) would waste cruise time attending those AA meetings. It turned out NOBODY showed up :-) except me, though I am a non-drinker by choice but NOT an anti-drinker for those who drink socially and moderately. Besides, a recent study (which was funded by our tax money to Uncle Sam) concluded (on their tests of the four-legged RATS) that drinking Bordeaux wine is effective in reducing the incidents of heart diseases, when the RATS were given a high dossage of the chemical ingredient in said wine in the "controlled study". The results, when translated to HUMANS, was reported by the newspaper article as well, was that a Man of Average size will reduce their heart disease RISKS if they drink 150 bottles of wine a DAY, everyday. Hey, if someone CAN consume 150 bottles of wine, even in a week, I don't think that person would care whether his risk in heart disease is reduced or increased! -- Reef Fish Bob. |
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Buying liquor in bottles on Princess
Actually, I was always under the impression that a "fifth" of scotch was
actually 4/5 of a quart. "Reef Fish" wrote in message ps.com... Shorty wrote: Can one buy bottles in their duty free shop to use on board in the cabins? Shorty, I quickly perused at ALL 10 of the follow-ups to your question, and NONE addressed your question, and all promptly went into the usual rec.travel.cruises Bull ****, headed by Clint and the rest. For Princess cruise ships, if you buy bottled liquor at duty free shops, on board OR on at ports of call, the ship will keep it for you (and you're not allowed to consume it) until you disembark. I know that even as a non-drinker who doesn't even drink the 8 FREE mini-bottles and beer for our cabin, on every Princess cruise. As for Clint's "Friends of Bill", I am not sure if there's one, but I know on almost every Princess cruise there is some schedule of meetings for "Friends of Dr. Bob". since I AM a Dr. Bob, but not THAT Dr. Bob. I knew what it was all about, but I went to one of those schedule meetings just to see WHO (I think Dr. Bob is already dead G) would waste cruise time attending those AA meetings. It turned out NOBODY showed up :-) except me, though I am a non-drinker by choice but NOT an anti-drinker for those who drink socially and moderately. Besides, a recent study (which was funded by our tax money to Uncle Sam) concluded (on their tests of the four-legged RATS) that drinking Bordeaux wine is effective in reducing the incidents of heart diseases, when the RATS were given a high dossage of the chemical ingredient in said wine in the "controlled study". The results, when translated to HUMANS, was reported by the newspaper article as well, was that a Man of Average size will reduce their heart disease RISKS if they drink 150 bottles of wine a DAY, everyday. Hey, if someone CAN consume 150 bottles of wine, even in a week, I don't think that person would care whether his risk in heart disease is reduced or increased! -- Reef Fish Bob. |
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Buying liquor in bottles on Princess
Isn't it 1/5 of a gallon? Is that the same thing?
Ermalee Jr. wrote: Actually, I was always under the impression that a "fifth" of scotch was actually 4/5 of a quart. "Reef Fish" wrote in message ps.com... Shorty wrote: Can one buy bottles in their duty free shop to use on board in the cabins? Shorty, I quickly perused at ALL 10 of the follow-ups to your question, and NONE addressed your question, and all promptly went into the usual rec.travel.cruises Bull ****, headed by Clint and the rest. For Princess cruise ships, if you buy bottled liquor at duty free shops, on board OR on at ports of call, the ship will keep it for you (and you're not allowed to consume it) until you disembark. I know that even as a non-drinker who doesn't even drink the 8 FREE mini-bottles and beer for our cabin, on every Princess cruise. As for Clint's "Friends of Bill", I am not sure if there's one, but I know on almost every Princess cruise there is some schedule of meetings for "Friends of Dr. Bob". since I AM a Dr. Bob, but not THAT Dr. Bob. I knew what it was all about, but I went to one of those schedule meetings just to see WHO (I think Dr. Bob is already dead G) would waste cruise time attending those AA meetings. It turned out NOBODY showed up :-) except me, though I am a non-drinker by choice but NOT an anti-drinker for those who drink socially and moderately. Besides, a recent study (which was funded by our tax money to Uncle Sam) concluded (on their tests of the four-legged RATS) that drinking Bordeaux wine is effective in reducing the incidents of heart diseases, when the RATS were given a high dossage of the chemical ingredient in said wine in the "controlled study". The results, when translated to HUMANS, was reported by the newspaper article as well, was that a Man of Average size will reduce their heart disease RISKS if they drink 150 bottles of wine a DAY, everyday. Hey, if someone CAN consume 150 bottles of wine, even in a week, I don't think that person would care whether his risk in heart disease is reduced or increased! -- Reef Fish Bob. |
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Buying liquor in bottles on Princess
Ermalee wrote: Isn't it 1/5 of a gallon? Is that the same thing? Ermalee BINGO! First piece of INFO I've seen in the group for some time. See Measures of Volume in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_unit -- Reef Fish Bob. Jr. wrote: Actually, I was always under the impression that a "fifth" of scotch was actually 4/5 of a quart. "Reef Fish" wrote in message ps.com... Shorty wrote: Can one buy bottles in their duty free shop to use on board in the cabins? Shorty, I quickly perused at ALL 10 of the follow-ups to your question, and NONE addressed your question, and all promptly went into the usual rec.travel.cruises Bull ****, headed by Clint and the rest. For Princess cruise ships, if you buy bottled liquor at duty free shops, on board OR on at ports of call, the ship will keep it for you (and you're not allowed to consume it) until you disembark. I know that even as a non-drinker who doesn't even drink the 8 FREE mini-bottles and beer for our cabin, on every Princess cruise. As for Clint's "Friends of Bill", I am not sure if there's one, but I know on almost every Princess cruise there is some schedule of meetings for "Friends of Dr. Bob". since I AM a Dr. Bob, but not THAT Dr. Bob. I knew what it was all about, but I went to one of those schedule meetings just to see WHO (I think Dr. Bob is already dead G) would waste cruise time attending those AA meetings. It turned out NOBODY showed up :-) except me, though I am a non-drinker by choice but NOT an anti-drinker for those who drink socially and moderately. Besides, a recent study (which was funded by our tax money to Uncle Sam) concluded (on their tests of the four-legged RATS) that drinking Bordeaux wine is effective in reducing the incidents of heart diseases, when the RATS were given a high dossage of the chemical ingredient in said wine in the "controlled study". The results, when translated to HUMANS, was reported by the newspaper article as well, was that a Man of Average size will reduce their heart disease RISKS if they drink 150 bottles of wine a DAY, everyday. Hey, if someone CAN consume 150 bottles of wine, even in a week, I don't think that person would care whether his risk in heart disease is reduced or increased! -- Reef Fish Bob. |
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Buying liquor in bottles on Princess
"Jr." wrote in message m... Actually, I was always under the impression that a "fifth" of scotch was actually 4/5 of a quart. Don't know about measuring scotch but I do know any bar that doesn't have Highland Park scotch is not worth going into. |
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OT: On Scotch
Von Fourche wrote: "Jr." wrote in message m... Actually, I was always under the impression that a "fifth" of scotch was actually 4/5 of a quart. Don't know about measuring scotch but I do know any bar that doesn't have Highland Park scotch is not worth going into. I don't drink. But I do buy liquor as presents for friends. Many years ago, there used to be only Johnny Walker Black (expensive) and Johnny Walker Red (cheapie). But on browsing the duty-free shops at airports, I've noticed two VERY expensive brands of Johnny Walker Gold and Johnny Walker Blue: http://www.beerliquors.com/buy/liquors/johnnywalker.htm The page even included a Johnny Walker Green. What makes the diference of a $14.99 Red and a $179,99 Blue (in sales prices)? The Highland park 12-yr and 18-yr old blends are definitly CHEAPIES compared to the Johnny Walker Blue. -- Reef Fish Bob. |
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Buying liquor in bottles on Princess
"Tobie Gerbrandt" wrote in message news:_%Djh.525762$R63.304638@pd7urf1no... Wouldn't it be great if everyone, world-wide, would switch to the almost universal, and easiest to understand of any measuring system (METRIC). It IS the way to go! Noooooooooo, Tobie!!! Are we going to start this again? --Jean ;-) |
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Buying liquor in bottles on Princess
I like metric too! I'd be all for it! Is far more logical!!
Jeff Tobie Gerbrandt wrote: A 26 is the most common size that liquor used to come in in Canada. It is 26 fluid ounces, and approximately the same size as Americans call a "fifth", which I presume is 1/5th of a gallon (American, not British). Wouldn't it be great if everyone, world-wide, would switch to the almost universal, and easiest to understand of any measuring system (METRIC). It IS the way to go! Tobieon an Island in the Pacific \ |
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OT: On Scotch
Don't waste your money on the blue. The green is their best scotch
and it's reasonably priced. If you can't get a good single malt, you should settle for the green. On 25 Dec 2006 22:05:43 -0800, "Reef Fish" wrote: Von Fourche wrote: "Jr." wrote in message m... Actually, I was always under the impression that a "fifth" of scotch was actually 4/5 of a quart. Don't know about measuring scotch but I do know any bar that doesn't have Highland Park scotch is not worth going into. I don't drink. But I do buy liquor as presents for friends. Many years ago, there used to be only Johnny Walker Black (expensive) and Johnny Walker Red (cheapie). But on browsing the duty-free shops at airports, I've noticed two VERY expensive brands of Johnny Walker Gold and Johnny Walker Blue: http://www.beerliquors.com/buy/liquors/johnnywalker.htm The page even included a Johnny Walker Green. What makes the diference of a $14.99 Red and a $179,99 Blue (in sales prices)? The Highland park 12-yr and 18-yr old blends are definitly CHEAPIES compared to the Johnny Walker Blue. -- Reef Fish Bob. |
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