Re: [St] English v U.S.Mile

["marc Ve" <daytona955.marc@xxxxxxxxx>]

what impresses me about the Irish is that they churn out world class surfers
and windsurfers even though they have the most dismal weather and fierce
seas.

No wonder they have so many pubs!

cheers


Marc, RSA


On 4/24/08, brettwilson21@xxxxxxx <brettwilson21@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
>
>
> it seems that
> ireland is the only country in the world that doesn't have any 'Irish'
> pubs.
> Go figure!
>
>
> Ermmmm... are you hoping someone will bite on that one...?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: STEVE SCILLEY <steve.scilley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: st@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 7:17 pm
> Subject: [St] English v U.S.Mile
>
>
>
> The american mile is 3.219mm longer than the english mile which doesn't
> make
> much difference to anything
> I'm Irish - too good to be English and too poor to be American!  we have
> our
> own mile called the 'country mile' this is a flexable measurement usually
> applied when estimating the distance to the nearest Pub ie.no matter where
> you
> are in Ireland there is always a pub "about a mile away" however it seems
> that
> ireland is the only country in the world that doesn't have any 'Irish'
> pubs.
> Go figure!
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