Re: [OT] Gill

I think you'll find it is RAF Mildenhall, not Mindenhall. I ought to
know,
I spent the first 18 years of my life in Suffolk!
Come to think of it, Jon T. is still there....
regards, Mike

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.

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

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