CP wrote --

> Mt family bever visited anywhere for meals, so that's a lesson that I didn't need to learn.  On my own, I've figured out how to not offend, yet not eat whaqy I won't/don't.

  Pretty much the same with me.
  
> I was raised to not take things that don't belong to me,

  Same.

> I also disagree with the "Finders Keepers" philosophy. If it isbn't ine, I don't take it -- except for unidentifiable cash-only (e.g. $20 bill on the ground); I call those gifts from the universe. . .

  Ditto.
  On campus I often find coins and bills here and there. 
  When I find a bill I'll look around to see if anyone is looking for it or
in the area.  If not its in my pocket and "out of circulation" as I joke.
  I'll often find mechanical pencils people have dropped.  Sometimes they
are perfectly good and use them either as intended or as a stylus for the
small touch screen on the ticket writer.  
  I've found metal forks and spoons and use the handle as a "unjammer" for
the coin slots on meters.  
  If something of value is found its turned in.  I'll check a wallet for ID
and return to the person if I know them or know of them.  Usually any money
and cards are gone.
  I find keys often.  And have lost keys as well, usually never to be seen
again. 

> Voice in the back of the hall: "I'll give $100 reward!"

  LOL
 
> Food sensitivities are no minor thing.

  I don't think I have any sensitivity to any food.  (Well, liver which we
discussed).
  But as I get older there are some foods I avoid now which don't agree
with me any longer, or in the amount it used to.  :)  

> My courtesy cousin 

  A what?

> I'm odd, like my dad -- we're of the philosophy that it doesn't matter if you just ate "that" earlier or yesterday, if you like it -- I can eat something I like every day, if I were so inclined, or it came up that way. . .

  I'll fix a roast or ham or the like and eat on that for days and days
till its finally gone.
  I am not one to waste food.  Except for liver. I'll toss that out every
chance I get.  :)
  When I was young I was told to eat everything, "There are starving
children in Germany, Japan and Korea who would love to have that."
  When my mother was in the home (which she loved) one day she picking
around at her lunch, pushed it away and said she didn't want it.
  Roles sometimes reverse as children and parents age and I causally said
"think of the poor starving children in (then) Ethiopia who wold love to have
that".
   She gave me "the look" and said "Then pack it up and send it to 'em!"
LOL
   Joe
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