re: rule about not reading at the table when others are eating with you
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					Originally Posted by James_Wilde  Does that also apply to eating, say, lunch at restaurants and sharing the table with strangers? | 
	
 It doesn't apply to sharing the table with total strangersn who just happen to be there, but I will not read at the table when out with people I know.  I don't get out with friends enough to ignore them when I do it.