WINCHESTER:  When you are flying combat (or training, in my case), the other guys in your flight or on the ground need to know if you are able to help them or not.  If you have shot all your ammunition and dropped all your bombs and you are totally out of ability to do anything but give cover, you call on the radio "Winchester."  This means you are out of ammo.

In the beer world, this has a direct translation.  If you are out of beer, you call "Winchester," as in "I'm Winchester."  If you are out at an establishment, that might mean you want to order another or it might mean you are done.  On the other hand, if you look in your refrigerator and say to yourself, "Oh man, I'm Winchester!", that means you need to get to the store to buy Warbird.

Lesson learned: Don't be the one to "go Winchester" when you are hosting the party.  Bad form.

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