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Dave, you are partly correct about Old Pigs Ear beer. It=E2=80=99s now calle=
d just Pigs Ear and is brewed by the Uley Brewery in Gloucestershire (pronou=
nced Glostershuh). It=E2=80=99s therefore a very local brew to where I live a=
nd has won several prizes in competitions run by our Campaign for Real Ales (=
CAMRA). It=E2=80=99s a pale ale, very hoppy and is a tad over 5% alcohol. Af=
ter a few pints, you=E2=80=99ll be ready to drive fast through speed limits a=
nd not get caught. The =E2=80=98old=E2=80=99 part of its original name was r=
emoved when a group supporting ageism in general felt it was unkind to elder=
ly people. They didn=E2=80=99t seem to think about what the pigs felt about i=
t....
JM
> On 22 Dec 2025, at 18:10, DAVID MASSEY <dave1massey@cs.com> wrote:
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> Yet another engaging treatise on the history of our cars. As a diversion I=
googled "Old Pig's Ear" and And did not find any reference to a British bre=
wery serving "Old Pig's Ear" but there is a brewery in New Hampshire offerin=
g up "Pig's Ear Brown" which is an English style beer. Sounds yummy. I mus=
t check it out. =20
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> BTW Woodstock Brewery started brewing in 1995. I wonder if this is the sa=
me beer that found its way across the pond.
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> On another note, Green's Dictionary of Slang defines Pig's Ear as slang fo=
r beer (possibly Cockney rhyming slang). As in=20
> "I bunged down a tosheroon for two pigs=E2=80=99 ears."
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> Dave=20
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> On Monday, December 22, 2025 at 10:32:02 AM CST, AOL <johnbmacartney@gmx.c=
om> wrote:
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> I've been clearing up my SSD today of junk and came across this attached a=
rticle I wrote about 12 years ago for a UK club. Coincidence really, because=
it deals with the aftermath of an expired letter of credit which was hopefu=
lly explained to you yesterday.
> This one has pictures in it but you'll find them at the end with their cap=
tions
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<html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D=
utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto"><div dir=3D"ltr"></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Dav=
e, you are partly correct about Old Pigs Ear beer. It=E2=80=99s now called j=
ust Pigs Ear and is brewed by the Uley Brewery in Gloucestershire (pronounce=
d Glostershuh). It=E2=80=99s therefore a very local brew to where I live and=
has won several prizes in competitions run by our Campaign for Real Ales (C=
AMRA). It=E2=80=99s a pale ale, very hoppy and is a tad over 5% alcohol. Aft=
er a few pints, you=E2=80=99ll be ready to drive fast through speed limits a=
nd not get caught. The =E2=80=98old=E2=80=99 part of its original name was r=
emoved when a group supporting ageism in general felt it was unkind to elder=
ly people. They didn=E2=80=99t seem to think about what the pigs felt about i=
t....</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">JM</div><div dir=3D"l=
tr"><br>On 22 Dec 2025, at 18:10, DAVID MASSEY <<a href=3D"mailto:dave1ma=
ssey@cs.com">dave1massey@cs.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type=
=3D"cite"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"ydpebafaeceyahoo-style-wrap" style=3D=
"font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div dir=3D"=
ltr" data-setdir=3D"false">Yet another engaging treatise on the history of o=
ur cars. As a diversion I googled "Old Pig's Ear" and And did not find=
any reference to a British brewery serving "Old Pig's Ear" but there is a b=
rewery in New Hampshire offering up "Pig's Ear Brown" which is an English st=
yle beer. Sounds yummy. I must check it out. </div><d=
iv dir=3D"ltr" data-setdir=3D"false"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr" data-setdir=3D=
"false">BTW Woodstock Brewery started brewing in 1995. I wonder if thi=
s is the same beer that found its way across the pond.</div><div dir=3D"ltr"=
data-setdir=3D"false"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr" data-setdir=3D"false">On a=
nother note, Green's Dictionary of Slang defines Pig's Ear as slang for beer=
(possibly Cockney rhyming slang). As in </div><div dir=3D"ltr" d=
ata-setdir=3D"false">"<span><span style=3D"color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-fami=
ly: Libertine, serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: normal;">I bunged dow=
n a tosheroon</span><span style=3D"color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Libe=
rtine, serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: normal;"> for two pigs=E2=
=80=99 ears."</span></span></div><div><br></div><div class=3D"ydpebafaecesig=
nature"><div style=3D"color: black; font-style: normal; font-size-adjust: no=
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tretch: normal; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, He=
lvetica, sans-serif;"><div><font size=3D"4">Dave <br></font></div><div><span=
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<div><div id=3D"ydpe775fcfyiv1405122492"><div><div style=3D"=
font-family:Verdana;font-size:12.0px;"><div>I've been clearing up my SSD tod=
ay of junk and came across this attached article I wrote about 12 years ago f=
or a UK club. Coincidence really, because it deals with the aftermath of an e=
xpired letter of credit which was hopefully explained to you yesterday.</div=
>
<div>This one has pictures in it but you'll find them at the end with their c=
aptions</div>
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