"Peter H.M. Brooks" > wrote in message
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> "mUs1Ka" > wrote in message
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> > I have always considered 8.00 for 8.30 to mean aperitifs served at 8.00,
> > dinner served at 8.30.
> > Is this not the case?
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> Yes, but that is time for a small sherry only, and then only if it is a
tiny
> dinner party, eight people or fewer - any more and it takes longer even
for
> sherry.
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You must be a very slow drinker.
m.