{"id":684,"date":"2016-10-17T14:48:07","date_gmt":"2016-10-17T21:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluehighways.us\/?p=684"},"modified":"2026-10-30T22:30:26","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T05:30:26","slug":"flinders-station-pint-vs-glass","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bluehighways.us\/?page_id=684","title":{"rendered":"Flinders Station (the glass of beer)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div   class='avia-fullscreen-slider main_color   avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-first  container_wrap sidebar_right'  ><div  class='avia-slideshow av-mvnf607f-0f147a4d114dc7c5cf778af68e75520e avia-slideshow-extra_large av_fullscreen avia-fade-slider av-slideshow-ui av-control-hidden av-no-slider-navigation av-hide-nav-arrows av-slideshow-autoplay av-loop-endless av-loop-manual-endless av-default-height-applied   avia-slideshow-1' data-slideshow-options=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fade&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:true,&quot;loop_autoplay&quot;:&quot;endless&quot;,&quot;interval&quot;:5,&quot;loop_manual&quot;:&quot;manual-endless&quot;,&quot;autoplay_stopper&quot;:false,&quot;noNavigation&quot;:true,&quot;bg_slider&quot;:true,&quot;keep_padding&quot;:false,&quot;hoverpause&quot;:false,&quot;show_slide_delay&quot;:0,&quot;slide_height&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;image_attachment&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\"  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><ul class='avia-slideshow-inner ' style='padding-bottom: 66.909090909091%;'><li style='background-position:center center;' data-img-url='https:\/\/bluehighways.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/FlindersStation-1.jpg' class='avia-slideshow-slide av-mvnf607f-0f147a4d114dc7c5cf778af68e75520e__0  av-single-slide slide-1 slide-odd'><div data-rel='slideshow-1' class='avia-slide-wrap '   ><div class='av-slideshow-caption av-mvnf607f-0f147a4d114dc7c5cf778af68e75520e__0 caption_fullwidth caption_bottom'><div class=\"container caption_container\"><div class=\"slideshow_caption\"><div class=\"slideshow_inner_caption\"><div class=\"slideshow_align_caption\"><div class='avia-caption-content '  itemprop=\"description\" ><p>Flinder&#8217;s Station<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><div id='after_full_slider_1'  class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap sidebar_right'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-684'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div  class='flex_column av-fh2jg-feb3cbf4e789473de3496e19ed5bd289 av_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_fullscreen  el_before_av_two_fifth  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-mvngk9iq-4832238b4414200b14e349d197e5766c '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>First night out in Melbourne I took the street car along St. Kilda to the Flinders Station. Out the apartment, along Barbarino&#8217;s and onto St. Kilda Road.<\/p>\n<p>Trams, trains, buses, cars, bicyclists, everyone in Melbourne must take St. Kilda Road. The subway trains are at Flinders Station \u2014 where I&#8217;m headed.<\/p>\n<p>Actually, &#8216;474 St Kilda Road is located directly along Melbourne&#8217;s busiest tram corridor, situated between Commercial Road\/Toorak Road and Union Street.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Hang &#8216;on!\u00a0 Those reviews don&#8217;t describe St. Kilda Road at all. The 470 block, where I started from was all tree lined and the journey to Flinders Station traveled along the _____ park, the Shrine___, another park and across the Yarra River.<\/p>\n<p>Flinders Station<\/p>\n<p>You must realize that I was forewarned that Australians may not take kindly to those from across the pond. A must read is my post related to Ozzie&#8217;s and All-Stars, although there were a couple assholes I ran into.<\/p>\n<p>At any rate, that thought was completely out of my mind at the time I stepped up to the bar and ordered a &#8216;glass of beer&#8217;. Upon arrival I noticed those drinking to both my left and right obviously had larger beers.<\/p>\n<p>I ordered another glass to see if maybe it was all nothing. It also came at the smaller size.\u00a0 \u00a0Okay. so what exactly should I do about this&#8230; Calling out the bartender wouldn&#8217;t be the smartest play, so maybe the best plan is to just drink up my losses, go on about my day and not return to this bar again. There are plenty of other bars to get insulted at, and it&#8217;s still early.<\/p>\n<p>At some point thereafter, during my stay in Oz, at some bar or restaurant, the light shined, an epiphany some might call it, <em>a sudden, intuitive perception of or insight into the reality or essential meaning of something, usually initiated by some simple, homely, or commonplace occurrence or experience.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Although it&#8217;s not very <em>intuitive<\/em> if someone needs to tell you. However the knowledge was gained, I gained it, and that&#8217;s the important thing.<\/p>\n<p>It was about as simple as basic arithmetic: a glass was smaller in size and contains 10 fl oz while a pint (which every adult (but me) was ordering) was a larger size beer starting at 15 fl oz, with the imperial pint holding 20 fl oz.<\/p>\n<p>So again, the importance of math.<\/p>\n<p>next: Mountain math or Who won the race?<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<div  class='flex_column av-14vz8-f1cabfef47d181fb6a3c352f69947ba3 av_two_fifth  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div  '     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-mvngn1la-4d0467d28145ec95eb773129e0198cfd\">\n.avia-image-container.av-mvngn1la-4d0467d28145ec95eb773129e0198cfd img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-mvngn1la-4d0467d28145ec95eb773129e0198cfd .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-mvngn1la-4d0467d28145ec95eb773129e0198cfd av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-4  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-685 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-685 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/bluehighways.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/FlindersStation.jpg\" alt='' title='flindersstation'  height=\"368\" width=\"550\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluehighways.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/FlindersStation.jpg 550w, https:\/\/bluehighways.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/FlindersStation-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bluehighways.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/FlindersStation-195x130.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-blank.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-684","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluehighways.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluehighways.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluehighways.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluehighways.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluehighways.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=684"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/bluehighways.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/684\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1053,"href":"https:\/\/bluehighways.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/684\/revisions\/1053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluehighways.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}