DEAR MISS MANNERS: At a dinner party, my companion quietly excused herself after the meal to smoke a cigarette. She went outside, over our nonsmoking hostess’s protestations that inside was fine. As I ...
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have a couple of friends who are painters. Every hour, they take a break from inhaling paint fumes, which consist of epoxy, acrylics, silicon and synthetic resins. The ironic part ...