Text 7103, 58 rader
Skriven 2013-03-02 10:33:01 av Roy Witt (1:387/22)
   Kommentar till text 7088 av Ward Dossche (2:292/854)
Ärende: Coming to America
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Ward Dossche wrote to Roy Witt:

 RW>WD>> SEK125 ... that's nearly 15 Euro. Ridiculous.

 RW>> How many bottles and what size, in a case?

 WD> That is the price for 1 (=one) bottle on that site. 33cl ... 3/5 of a
 WD> pint about?

This is what happens when the state sells and also regulates alcoholic
beverages. Iowa and Washington are like that, or used to be. In Iowa and
Washington, you could only buy alcohol in state run stores. This applied
to moving transports too. In Washington, you couldn't drink in a bar
unless you were seated. This also applied to trains while transiting
across the state.

 WD> [in a case are 24 bottles, but that is not what they're talking about
 WD> on that site]

In the English version all they talked about was their theory of operation
and how they didn't condone this and/or that. Nothing offered for sale.

 RW>> I don't know anybody who drinks that piss. We mostly drink local
 RW>> Texas brew. Abuot 60% of Texans drink Shiner Bock. The other 40%
 RW>> don't know any better and drink Lone Star (22%) and Ziegenbock (18%)
 RW>> Meanwhile the 1% minority, those who have no taste at all, drink
 RW>> Bud...

 WD> There are some very good local brews in the US. Whenever I stop
 WD> somewhere I usually ask for local stuff and mostly it is not
 WD> dissappointing.

Ziegenbock is a Anhauser/Busche beer, brewed only in Houston for Texans.
Apparently not sold outside of Texas. I've had a few, but it's not as good
as Shiner Bock (which is sold outside of Texas).

 RW>WD>> If you look, you will find quality. Having a local person with
 RW>WD>> you helps. And don't go looking in the Brussels area ...

 RW>> Because all that is available is 'horse piss' ?

 WD> Because it is a tourist trap as bad as they come ... just like Paris
 WD> (the one in France).

Paris, TX has only one local pub, the rest are chains that you can find in
any decent sized city across the country. They also serve exotic foods
like Sushi, oysters on the half shell and 10 different varieties of baked
oysters. Unfortunately for them, Paris, TX is off the beaten path, so they
probably don't get much tourist traffic.

http://www.timefliesparis.com/


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