random factoids

[derien]

I read the other day that Maine has the fewest churchs per person of any state in the union. The article I was reading referred to Maine as 'under-churched.' I was... bemused. I thought this seemed like something to be proud of, personally. :) We also have more restaurants per capita than any other state, so one of my coworkers claimed. I'm not sure that's so great! :) But I do love food.

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[derien.livejournal.com]

If it were a private club (only open to members and guests) would it be different? I know here we have rules against smoking in any public place, but the Veterans clubs allow smoking because they're private - the door is always locked and you only get in if a member vouches for you.

[kryptyd.livejournal.com]

There are certain things a private club can do without a license. If there was booze and/or music there you wouldn't get away with not having all the various licenses though. I know a guy who ran a big festival once and avoided the licensing issues by pretending it was a birthday party and that worked. I don't think it would work on anything long term though.

Seriously, hardly anyone tries to set up any kind of club/space for the love of it here. It's impossible! Every other country I've been to in Europe, including really poor ones have a better set up for doing-it-yourself than here. I know some kids in Dublin are trying to set something up (http://www.facebook.com/exchangedublin?v=info), but they're already on their third or fourth building, and it gets kind of disspiriting when you've put a load of work into one place, only to get thrown out of there because of fire regulations or some other non-reason.