On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 9:42 PM, Sam Couter <s...@couter.id.au> wrote: > "Pub" is short for "public house" and is a hotel, a place where anyone > can get a meal, a drink and a room. Bars don't have rooms.
That's a historical definition that I doubt many people would appreciate these days. > In the ACT, a club is the only place you can go to play a poker machine. Right. So...using "club" to hint at pokies is complicated. > Clubs are not always sports-oriented, there are labour clubs, trademen's > clubs, fishermen's clubs, clubs centered around ethnic groups, etc. > Access restrictions to members, their guests and out-of-area visitors is > a significant difference compared to pubs. Clubs usually have dress codes > and other rules that pubs may not. They are heavily regulated by > State-based legislation and are obviously different (when you visit them) > from a pub or bar. At one extreme, yes. The OP described the other end of the spectrum, where they're really not so different from gaming venues. Steve _______________________________________________ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
