How is beer like chicken?
August 4, 2010 at 2:29 am | Posted in Other, Practice | 1 CommentTags: $2, 50¢, Beer, Food
As I noted the other day, dark meat is better than white meat. As it turns out, there is a similar relationship between sorts of beer. Dark beer is better than white beer.
Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy a good wheat beer every now and then. Especially in the summer time. But I recently rediscovered how much I enjoy a dunkel. Dunkels are German dark lagers and they are pretty pretty good.
Purchased one slab of Special Dark:
Price $29+
Paid: Two $10 notes, one $5 note, two $2 notes, one 50¢ coin
Response: The twos gave the cashier a bit of trouble. After counting the monies, she had to double and triple check to make sure I’d given her enough.
Gambling?
October 12, 2009 at 3:45 pm | Posted in Practice | Leave a commentTags: $2, Beer, Food, Gambling
When I was in Australia, I gambled a little. I was also successful. At a local pub, my ticket in a meat raffle won me a “slab.” Unsure of what that meant, I was surprised when the people at my table seemed very impressed with my victory. When I found out that a “slab” is a case (24 pack) of beer, I was also very excited.
I also won $1 on a one-armed bandit and $5 on a spin of the roulette wheel. (Bet small, lose small.) The most impressive win of my stay was on a horse-race in Singapore. Australians love to gamble, and in many bars there are betting machines that can place bets on races around the world, from dogs (which we intentionally avoided because of worries about greyhound welfare) to Standardbreds. My cousin and I pooled our pocket change to make a $5 bet on “Free Spirit.” (I picked him because his name reminded me of American Spirit cigarettes.) My share of the winnings was $7.
I mention all of this because it has been brought to my attention that $2 is (or at least used to be) the standard bet on American horse-racing. So next time you are at the track, put a deuce on #4 in the third race to show. (Remember: bet small, lose small.)
Purchased carrots, onions and celery. Came back when I realized that I’d forgotten to get milk:
Price: $6+, $3+
Paid: Three $2 bills and one dollar coin (Jefferson), two $2 bills
First response: “Look at all this funny money! Where’d you get these, the racetrack?”
Second response (different cashier): “It’s been a while since I’ve seen these.” She then checked both sides twice with the iodine pen and then got confused and gave me change as if I had paid with a $5 bill. (I corrected her and returned the extra dollar she’d given me.)
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