Dear Abby column excerpts family and office etiquette
A collection of Abigail Van Buren letters and responses. A neighbor Sue oversteps privacy while helping with childcare and errands, a 22 year old confesses about unwanted personal questions at work, and an older sister recounts a smell and cleanliness issue in her sister's marriage with guidance to mind one’s own business.
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Which Stuyvesant leg was blown off by a cannonball
In a column from 1976 L M Boyd notes that among Peter Stuyvesant paintings the right leg is the one blown off by a Spanish cannonball. The piece blends trivia and humorous asides about eyes on a gannet and a Danish open-faced sandwich union.
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Bridge deal teaches discipline over impulsive play
South and East exchange heart signals on a 1NT style auction, East wins with the ace and returns a singleton heart. West ruffs and declarer still makes, while East should have led a diamond to deny a fourth defensive trick. The lesson: resist impulsive heart returns. think ahead about missing fourth tricks and aim for precise defense.
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