[USMA:30608] Re: Irish Times today

[Stephen Davis]

A bit late in the day, perhaps, but I thought I would comment on this as I have just returned from holiday in the Republic of Ireland - Castlebar, County Mayo, in fact.   It IS true that you pay more than half the price of a pint in Ireland and it does seem to be a rip-off as I've never known it to happen in England.   The prices in Dublin are regarded as a rip-off anyway as you ALWAYS pay more for a pint there. Around the west coast of Ireland, Mayo, Galway, etc, the average for a pint was around E3.60 (just under £2.50).   I'm at a loss why a half pint is changed at 9% more, though.  In England, especially the North East, they wouldn't stand for it.     ----- Original Message ----- From: Han Maenen To: U.S. Metric Association Sent: Saturday, July 31, 2004 12:11 PM Subject: [USMA:30586] Irish Times today Letters to the editor. Pub arithmetic Madam, - One pint of Guinness: €3.85. Two half-pints of Guinness: €4.20. A 9 per cent surcharge. For what? Could we seek an EU harmonization directive demanding that the price of 284 ml of Guinness is half that of 568 ml? - Yours, etc., DENIS GILL, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin. The EU should harmonize this nonsense? Really? BTW, all small portions are rip-offs anyway.   The news from the disaster in Belgium was covered today in the Irish Times in a way that would do the BWMA and the IAML proud.   Han Historian of Dutch Metrication, Nijmegen, The Netherlands