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How big is a tot?
The answer to this question seems to be very complex and to depend on the place and the point in history that you ask the question.
'Way back, when I was a National Serviceman doing bar duty, a tot was an eighteenth of a bottle, and a bottle was a pint, and what a pint is also seems to depend on where and when you are. If we assume (and I'm pretty sure I'm wrong, but I don't know what's right) that a pint, in the case of spirituous liquors, is around 570 ml, that makes a tot around 30 ml.
These days, a tot is held (at the place where I drink most) to be a 30th of a 750 ml bottle, or 25 ml.
Am I close?
'Way back, when I was a National Serviceman doing bar duty, a tot was an eighteenth of a bottle, and a bottle was a pint, and what a pint is also seems to depend on where and when you are. If we assume (and I'm pretty sure I'm wrong, but I don't know what's right) that a pint, in the case of spirituous liquors, is around 570 ml, that makes a tot around 30 ml.
These days, a tot is held (at the place where I drink most) to be a 30th of a 750 ml bottle, or 25 ml.
Am I close?
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[nq:1]The answer to this question seems to be very complex and to depend on the place and the point in ... place where I drink most) to be a 30th of a 750 ml bottle, or 25 ml. [/nq] Not sure about the modern usage, but wasn't the historical Navy "tot of rum" and 1/8 of a pint?
- [nq:1]The answer to this question seems to be very complex and to depend on the place and the point in ...
- place where I drink most) to be a 30th of a 750 ml bottle, or 25 ml.
- [/nq] Not sure about the modern usage, but wasn't the historical Navy "tot of rum" and 1/8 of a pint?
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[nq:1]The answer to this question seems to be very complex and to depend on the place and the point in ... place where I drink most) to be a 30th of a 750 ml bottle, or 25 ml. Am I close?[/nq]
Not sure about the modern usage, but wasn't the historical Navy "tot of rum" and 1/8 of a pint?
Not sure about the modern usage, but wasn't the historical Navy "tot of rum" and 1/8 of a pint?
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[nq:2]The answer to this question seems to be very complex ... a 750 ml bottle, or 25 ml. Am I close?[/nq]
[nq:1]Not sure about the modern usage, but wasn't the historical Navy "tot of rum" and 1/8 of a pint?[/nq]
And how much did they dilute it?
Historically it was stored on ships as nearly pure alcohol, and watered down to a drinkable strength.
Best,
Jan
[nq:1]Not sure about the modern usage, but wasn't the historical Navy "tot of rum" and 1/8 of a pint?[/nq]
And how much did they dilute it?
Historically it was stored on ships as nearly pure alcohol, and watered down to a drinkable strength.
Best,
Jan
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