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To Clarify - THIS is a fifth

Because I am apparently the only one with both an interest in history and drinking as a combined subject:

A fifth is a unit of volume formerly used for distilled beverages in the United States, and is equal to one fifth of a gallon, 4⁄5 quart, or 253⁄5 fluid ounces (757 mL); it has been superseded by the metric fifth of 750 mL, approximately 1% smaller, which is the standard capacity of wine bottles world-wide.

In the late nineteenth century, liquor was often sold in bottles which appeared to hold a quart (32 fl.oz.) but in fact contained 2, 3, or 4 fluid ounces less than a quart and were called "fifths", short quarts, or commercial quarts.

A quart or one fifth of a gallon was a common legal threshold for the difference between selling by the drink and selling by the bottle or at wholesale, and thus the difference between a drinking saloon or barroom and a dry-goods store.

The fifth was the usual size of bottle for distilled beverages in the United States until 1980. Other authorized units based on the fifth included 4⁄5 pint and 1⁄10 pint.
 

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And don't tell me you "have a life job and no time to watch AWESOME shows"

Fixed that.


And I will watch it... I just haven't, yet. I am attempting to grade papers this morning so I can actually - GASP - write this afternoon.

That's the plan anyway.

:chores:
 

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Fixed that.


And I will watch it... I just haven't, yet. I am attempting to grade papers this morning so I can actually - GASP - write this afternoon.

That's the plan anyway.

:chores:

NO EXCUSES!



i should really go back to bed. if only i could... :(
 

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I also have not seen yesterday's Castle. No cable in my house.

No word from HR. It's early yet, but still. You dont tell someone you wont pay and then say you'll get back to them whenever. Grrr.

What type of bush beans do folks like right off the plant and raw???
 

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I also have not seen yesterday's Castle. No cable in my house.

No word from HR. It's early yet, but still. You dont tell someone you wont pay and then say you'll get back to them whenever. Grrr.

What type of bush beans do folks like right off the plant and raw???

Do snow peas count as bush beans?

And :gaah and :rant:about your problems with HR. Ya ought to be paid, plain and simple.
 

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I also have not seen yesterday's Castle. No cable in my house.

No word from HR. It's early yet, but still. You dont tell someone you wont pay and then say you'll get back to them whenever. Grrr.

What type of bush beans do folks like right off the plant and raw???

Dare I ask what is going on with your HR department? Are they refusing to pay you???

As for beans, I'm not sure if they're a bush bean or a vine bean, but I LOVE LOVE LOVE raw green beans. My grandmother used to grow them and after she picked a bushel or so, she'd invite me over to pull off the tips and I would help myself to a handful or two ;)
 

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I have just discovered Castle. Gosh, that Fillion is cuddly.

Yes, although he is sadly unwilling to pose with twine. )-:

So this is turning into a weird but good day

Yay for good days!

I am at work eating cheap Indian food for lunch, as usual, and using my brief break in the insanity to check AW and think about where my story goes next.
 

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Multi-quote peeps:

Anyone else having trouble with them today? I've gone to multi-quote twice today and it keeps putting what I typed in the middle of the quotes - which is not where I put it.

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Yay for good days!

I am at work eating cheap Indian food for lunch, as usual, and using my brief break in the insanity to check AW and think about where my story goes next.

Indian foooood!

Multi-quote peeps:

Anyone else having trouble with them today? I've gone to multi-quote twice today and it keeps putting what I typed in the middle of the quotes - which is not where I put it.

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This is a test of a multi-quote. This is only a test....
 

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then one of the tech staff comes by and gives me some dark chocolate.

You have a chocolate tech? Where do you work, 'cause I want in! Nao!


Grrr! (for solidarity)

Yes, although he is sadly unwilling to pose with twine. )-:

Now you have my giggling. I cannot wait for her book to come out. I have a feeling I'm going to need an oxygen tank to get through it. :D
 

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Ah, why bother with coffee when I have piracy issues to keep me warm? :mad:
 

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