If absolutely stuck next to them, you could open your umbrella just enough to make a small tent over your head, in which case ...

If I open my umbrella, then the rain that hits it falls onto the people next to me, most of whom do not have umbrellas.

I respond in a cordial, or at least a civil, way to friends and neighbors who ask me questions about my garden while I am ...

I attended a children’s birthday party at a well-known pizza place where tables are reserved for a few hours and the children ...

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DEAR MISS MANNERS: I attended a children’s birthday party at a well-known pizza place where tables are reserved for a few ...

If the children are of an age to understand, one can take satisfaction in explaining the lesson in the car on the way home – ...

However, another group that arrived 20 minutes after the start time did include children, and they didn’t get any pizza: The ...

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For people, such an occasion might be a ladies’ spa day, where the husband would not be invited. In the case of flatware, the ...