Re: [OT] Gill

>Now, you have to understand, up until the joke that confused so many of
us
>colonials, I don't recall ever hearing of gill as a volume. I have
heard
>lists of obscure measures, but just draw blank on that.
>
>Funny coincidence: at a 'thrift store', I saw a bar shot dispenser
(insert
>fifth of liquor upside down, push glass up against dispenser, get a
>measured shot).
>
>Now, I don't have a home bar; in fact, probably consume alcohol on the
>drink per quarter schedule at best, but I noticed a plastic plate
>indicating 'RAF Mindenhall Suffolk, England'. My strained memory was
that
>Mindenhall was US 8th's HQ during WWII, but even if not, I was tempted
by a
>supposed RAF artifact.

Mildenhall, actually; along with its nearby "sister"  base at
Lakenheath,
still a (the?) primary US Airforce bases in the UK) - and just down the
road from me.....

Jon (GZG)
>
>The clincher was the indication, on the lower clear part, that it
measured
>'1/6 Gill'. ;->=
>
>Back to your on-topic discussions, already in progress.
>
>The_Beast