We were raised nothing but family, family talk, and food at the table and you asked to be excused before you got up to leave and if it was before you had "enough time to eat" you better have a really good excuse for asking to leave.  No phones, no hats, but believe it or not you could put elbows on the table. @PATAX I guess you will just have to visit our family table, but you will have to wait until the get some of the roads and bridges replaced from Helene.

PS But you would have to like "Country Cooking"