Metspitzer wrote:
>
> I was taught not too put my elbows on the table in a restaurant. Since
> it is a very comfortable position, I ignore my manners. When that
> happens, I always look around and find, at least, half of the room
> doing the same.

That bit of dining etiquette seems to have gone the way of the dodo,
even in some pretty high end restaurants. Times change, people change...