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mr d Nov 2020 10:25pm, 30 Nov 2020 3,945 posts	0 mr d I've definitely learnt something today. You would have thought they would have talked to Peter Saville when the complied terms book. blogs.scientificamerican.com
ChrisHB Dec 2020 12:47pm, 1 Dec 2020 20,172 posts	0 ChrisHB A “table meal” was defined as a meal eaten by “a person seated at a table, or at a counter or other structure which serves the purposes of a table and is not used for the service of refreshments for consumption by persons not seated at a table or structure serving the purposes of a table.” From the Guardian but I don't know where they got it from.
DeeGee Dec 2020 1:07pm, 1 Dec 2020 20,152 posts	0 DeeGee [So a table can be a bar, so long as there's no drink being served over it to people who aren't sitting down. So a pub can put bar stools at the bar and it becomes a de facto table, because the pub does not contain any "persons not seated at a table or structure serving the purposes of a table.” who would be getting served drinks over that bar?]
ChrisHB Dec 2020 2:12pm, 1 Dec 2020 20,174 posts	0 ChrisHB Yes, Sir Humphrey.
Dvorak Dec 2020 2:28pm, 1 Dec 2020 21,513 posts	0 Dvorak But where does this leave a traditional Japanese-style restaurant?
swittle Dec 2020 2:31pm, 1 Dec 2020 70,363 posts	0 swittle [Those foldaway laptop 'trays', beloved of the solo householder? Portable - and practical too.]
DeeGee Dec 2020 2:31pm, 1 Dec 2020 20,156 posts	0 DeeGee One where you sit cross-legged on a Tatami mat with a tray placed in front of you? I'd say that the tray serves as "a structure which serves the purposes of a table".
ChrisHB Dec 2020 10:24pm, 1 Dec 2020 20,181 posts	0 ChrisHB What my unemployed daughter charges (and gets) for a day's consultancy.
macca 53 Dec 2020 10:25pm, 1 Dec 2020 28,346 posts	0 macca 53 What does she consult in, Chris?
ChrisHB Dec 2020 10:26pm, 1 Dec 2020 20,183 posts	0 ChrisHB online marketing and today, building an online presence.