DEAR MISS MANNERS: I ride bikes with my buddies several times a week, going 30 miles or so in two hours. We don’t usually stop, except for an occasional mechanical issue or water break.

Dear Miss Manners: Could you suggest alternative replies to “I’m sorry” when one hears bad or unsettling news from family or friends? When one hears “I lost my job,” “My husband has ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: There are many examples of technology and bad behavior merging, and I ask for your opinion regarding one that bothers me: people locking their vehicles by pressing the key fob ...

Advice; Miss Manners: Is ‘it seems you’re having a bad day’ an appropriate response to someone who has been rude? Published: ; May. 18, 2024, 6:10 p.m.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: During a brief conversation with a friend, she told me that it is bad manners to cut your over-easy eggs with a fork and knife so they are broken and mixed up, or to use toast ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: A few months ago, I had a local plumbing company come to my house for some drain cleaning and to have the main pipes snaked. It was a lot of work and a messy job. The company is ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am an elected official. Where I serve, it is the custom for elected officials to be addressed by their titles -- for example, “councilor” -- but for staff to be addressed ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: At a dinner party at our home, my husband left the table momentarily, and a guest picked up his mug of coffee to look at the novelty message on it.