tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post2037565926847923837..comments2024-03-29T03:17:49.172-07:00Comments on Shut up about Barclay Perkins: Five Gallons of Ale Sucked through a gas pipeRon Pattinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-7543308245990331592013-01-16T06:49:57.980-08:002013-01-16T06:49:57.980-08:00I have to assume their would be some (lots actuall...I have to assume their would be some (lots actually) leaking and spilling, so I doubt they got 1 gallon each.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07290967499580060041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-72426629035045461322013-01-16T05:23:54.885-08:002013-01-16T05:23:54.885-08:00I wonder if someone in the building facilitated th...I wonder if someone in the building facilitated this. How do you insert a pipe into a sealed cask at a distance? I suppose it could be hammered in, but the hammering would be hard to achieve with a pipe a yard long or more. I'd think there was collusion indoors. <br /><br />At one time in the U.K., it was a kind of stock convention of literature that industrious youth would note improper activities and inform the authorities. I recall one "boy's book" I read when I was actually that age, where a boy had a practice of noting auto registration numbers (the license number) in a book. He did it just for amusement, but it came in handy once so police could nab a car absconding from a robbery. This little story reminded me that one I read about 50 years ago...<br /><br />The current practice of "ticking", more relevant in a beer context, might be regarded as the same thing, but not really. :)<br /><br />Today as BN reminds us, observation is restricted to a screen of some kind within close view, to the public's loss perhaps.<br /><br />GaryGary Gillmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-85406361930609809862013-01-16T03:11:23.907-08:002013-01-16T03:11:23.907-08:00Beer Nut, exactly. Though it doess seem that only ...Beer Nut, exactly. Though it doess seem that only the weakest of the group got caught so maybe it's natural selection at work.Ron Pattinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-76906865420002846052013-01-16T01:54:34.009-08:002013-01-16T01:54:34.009-08:00I'm glad we have TV and video games and the li...I'm glad we have TV and video games and the like nowadays, so there aren't gangs of boys just hanging around, waiting to snitch on their elders.The Beer Nuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14105708522526153528noreply@blogger.com