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Old Jan 23, 2019, 10:20 am
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Originally Posted by hockeyinsider
I don't know metric so when I read that menu I read it as saying 187ml was the champagne-by-the-glass
The idea that you don't know the sizes of typical wine bottles is the least believable thing I think I've ever seen you say. You might not recognize 187 right away if you don't encounter a lot of splits, but presumably you know 750 and can do basic math.
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Old Jan 23, 2019, 11:42 am
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Originally Posted by Zorak
The idea that you don't know the sizes of typical wine bottles is the least believable thing I think I've ever seen you say.
idk I actually kind of believe it
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Old Jan 23, 2019, 11:48 am
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Originally Posted by Zorak
The idea that you don't know the sizes of typical wine bottles is the least believable thing I think I've ever seen you say. You might not recognize 187 right away if you don't encounter a lot of splits, but presumably you know 750 and can do basic math.
Yea but it's metric math and who knows that?????
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Old Jan 23, 2019, 2:09 pm
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I've spent a bit of time sitting at the bar in B - the bartenders are the real slim shady.
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Old Jan 23, 2019, 2:24 pm
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Originally Posted by Old Hickory
Yea but it's metric math and who knows that?????
just bcuz the UNITS are metric doesn't mean the NUMBERS are any different
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Old Jan 23, 2019, 2:32 pm
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Originally Posted by jrl767
just bcuz the UNITS are metric doesn't mean the NUMBERS are any different
This thread has forced me to do this. How many ML do we think it is? I promise you it is real French champagne and not Cava or Prosecco.
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Old Jan 23, 2019, 2:50 pm
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Originally Posted by bergamini
This thread has forced me to do this. How many ML do we think it is? I promise you it is real French champagne and not Cava or Prosecco.
zero, you poured it into the wrong shape glassware, and it's ruined. AOC revoked
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Old Jan 23, 2019, 3:01 pm
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Originally Posted by BenA
zero, you poured it into the wrong shape glassware, and it's ruined. AOC revoked
exACTly
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Old Jan 23, 2019, 3:05 pm
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Originally Posted by bergamini
This thread has forced me to do this. How many ML do we think it is? I promise you it is real French champagne and not Cava or Prosecco.
Not enough for a good time.
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Old Jan 23, 2019, 3:06 pm
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Originally Posted by jrl767
exACTly
It just feels better in a big glass! Although it appears I should go one size smaller to white glass: https://www.wsetglobal.com/knowledge...for-champagne/
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Old Jan 23, 2019, 3:28 pm
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Originally Posted by hockeyinsider
But regardless, what's even more shady is the bartender tried charging me DOUBLE the price. She claimed the menu was a misprint and the real price was $30 or 1,750 miles. I had to get a manager.
And how exactly was she going to rip you off if you elected to pay with miles?
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Old Jan 23, 2019, 4:28 pm
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On the flip side, I was recently charged the single glass price for a half bottle of champagne. If DL employees can't follow regs, I wouldn't expect contractors to either.
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Old Jan 23, 2019, 5:29 pm
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Originally Posted by MSPeconomist
If it's business travel, why should you care? <joke>

To me, it would be unreasonable to expect a full or even half bottle of Mot in a restaurant or bar for $14, so it would necessarily be just a split (or a glass if the word bottle didn't appear). DL doesn't subsidize the luxury bar alcohol served in SCs, but the prices generally seem fair compared to a city hotel bar, for example.

Free in Cathay/Singapore lounges - only in America does the religious right create laws against free drink.
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Old Jan 23, 2019, 5:32 pm
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Originally Posted by deadinabsentia



Free in Cathay/Singapore lounges - only in America does the religious right create laws against free drink.
If it weren't for those dang blue laws in places like New York and Seattle!
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Old Jan 23, 2019, 5:45 pm
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Originally Posted by Beltway2A
So now we've gone from "shady bartender" to "the menu doesn't indicate bottle size" to "I don't know metric." The last one sounds like a purely personal issue, the first two were just false.
How many people know how big a wine bottle is in the English system of measurement?
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