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jimbo45 said:

Kids are allowed in bars in continental Europe without any seemingly adverse effects -- even pubs where loads of typical workmen using quite colourful language are drinking. -- The "Do gooders" are the people who cause the problem not the workmen or the drinkers.

When I was small I often was taken to very basic "Workmens" type Bars-- don't think it did me any harm --maybe the opposite -- I learnt a lot more useful things in those places than I ever did at any type of School or educational establishment !!!!.


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jimbo

Such as the proper way to use cuss words? Here in the US kids are allowed in pubs/bars/ restaurants that serve alcohol but must sit in designated "family" areas.

z3r010 said:

You stick to your continental pubs Jimbo, when I go for a pint I don't want to be surrounded by screaming kids.

Prezactly.

I suppose it depends on your definition of kid. From what I remember from my days as a barman (admittedly this was about 5 years ago now) the rules are basically:

A child can go into a pub at any age as long as they are supervised by parents and in the restaurant area ("family friendly" - ie not in the main bar area)
Anyone under 16 is not allowed at the actual bar (where you order drinks), although in practice I used to allow kids at the bar as long as their parents were there and they moved off once ordering was finished.
A child over 14 is allowed in the main bar area, if supervised by parents.
A child over 16 is allowed in unsupervised, but is not allowed to sit/stand at the bar unless ordering.

As an interesting aside.. a child of any age (I believe... although it may be over 14) is allowed to drink as much as they like, as long as they are eating a full sit down meal, but the drink must be taken away when the meal is done. (Although every barman I ever met would let them finish their drink).

Funny how some news threads work.

Still works for me.

z3r010 said:

You stick to your continental pubs Jimbo, when I go for a pint I don't want to be surrounded by screaming kids.

Exactly, who wants kids crawling between their legs. Reminds me this story:

Kids were making terror in a 747 flying over the Atlantic. They were running around the isles screaming and yelling. A gentleman got up and said he was a teacher and could deal with the situation. He called the kids to the back of the plane and 5 minutes later there was total silence. People asked him how he managed to pacify these wild kids. Easy, he said - I opend the backdoor and asked them to go play in the courtyard.