Dear Abby: My wife walks around our house nude or topless with the shades open, and anybody walking outside can see in. Recently she did this while some painting contractors were working around our house. I have begged her not to, to no avail. What should I do?

More Modest in North Carolina

Dear M.M.: It appears you married an exhibitionist. You might point out to her that parading around that way could be considered disrespectful to the workers she's exposed herself to. But don't be surprised if she's unwilling to change because it may give her some kind of thrill. (I'm sure it also gives the viewers something to talk about around the dinner table.)

Dear Abby: Please remind beachgoers that they need to leave their fire pits OPEN and not cover them with sand. My 16-month-old grandnephew was walking on a beach in Carmel, Calif., with his mom and dad when he suffered burns to his feet from walking across sand beneath which were hot coals. It will take at least three weeks for this dear baby's feet to heal from those burns.

People don't realize that covering the coals with sand hides them and keeps them hot for up to 24 hours! Beach fires must be treated differently from those in a forest, where they should be covered with dirt because of the surrounding trees.

Beach Etiquette

Dear B.E.: I'm printing your letter not only as a warning to beachgoers who might be using fire pits, but also to the parents of small children because hot buried coals can be a hidden danger to their little ones. Because the coals cannot be seen, children sometimes confuse fire pits ringed by rocks with "sandboxes," and the results can be tragic.

According to the University of California Irvine's Regional Burn Center, "coals should be extinguished by drenching them with water, waiting five minutes and drenching them again." When water isn't available, the coals should simply be allowed to burn out.

Dear Abby: My husband, "Patrick," and I were married last year. On the morning of our wedding, his grandmother, "Sally," died. It was very sudden. Everyone assumed we'd postpone it, but we didn't.

Abby, my husband is still emotionally distraught over her death. Patrick's parents were absent from his life and Grandma Sally had raised him. Did we make a mistake by not postponing our wedding? How can I help him?

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Dear Abby: My wife walks around our house nude or topless with the shades open, and anybody walking outside can see in. Recently she did this while some painting contractors were working around our house. I have begged her not to do this. What should I do?

-- More Modest in North Carolina

Dear M.M.: It appears you married an exhibitionist. You might point out to her that parading around that way could be considered disrespectful to the workers she's exposed herself to. But don't be surprised if she's unwilling to change because it may give her some kind of thrill.

Dear Abby: Please remind beachgoers that they need to leave their fire pits open and not cover them with sand.

My 16-month-old grandnephew was walking on a beach in Carmel, Calif., with his mom and dad when he suffered burns to his feet from walking across sand covering up hot coals. It will take at least three weeks for his feet to heal from those burns.

Beach fires must be treated differently from those in a forest, where they should be covered with dirt because of the surrounding trees.

-- Beach Etiquette

Dear B.E.: I'm printing your letter not only as a warning to beachgoers who might be using fire pits but also to the parents of small children because hot buried coals can be a hidden danger to their little ones.

Because the coals cannot be seen, children sometimes confuse fire pits ringed by rocks with "sandboxes," and the results can be tragic.

According to the University of California Irvine's Regional Burn Center, "coals should be extinguished by drenching them with water, waiting five minutes and drenching them again." When water isn't available, the coals should simply be allowed to burn out.

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A couple who quit their office jobs to set up their own company are painting the town red with their fledgling decorating business.

Francesca Lock and Louise Berriman, both 35, left their jobs in human resources and sales for food processing and packaging company Tetra Pak to set up their venture in Berkshire in 2008.

The pair, who met on holiday in Australia in 2002, decided to move north to Manchester in 2012 with ambitions to grow their company, Berriman and Lock, but found it difficult to re-build their business in a new area and attract the large contracts they wanted.

That was until the couple teamed up with City West Housing Trust and joined its Dont Keep It Under Your Hat programme, which was set up to support people looking to start-up and grow their own businesses.

Lock said: We decided to go it alone after we decorated our house and realised we had a real talent for the job

While we know a great deal about painting and decorating, we didnt instinctively know how to grow our business, especially as we set up during the economic downturn.

But when we sat down with the team, we found that by being two women going it alone, we had our own unique selling point. Since then the business has grown and grown.

The Salford landlords programme helps small businesses based in and around its neighbourhoods to get off the ground by offering free one-to-one consultations and workshops.

Over six months the team helped Lock and Berriman to create a business action plan, and found new ways for the company to diversify its offerings such as selling recycled and re-decorated furniture as a side business.

The housing provider, which owns and manages 14,600 homes in Salford, also introduced the pair to construction contractors Queensbridge, which was so impressed by their work that it took them on to decorate 50 City West properties their biggest contract to date.

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DEAR ABBY: My wife walks around our house nude or topless with the shades open, and anybody walking outside can see in. Recently she did this while some painting contractors were working around our house. I have begged her not to, to no avail. What should I do?

More Modest in North Carolina

DEAR M.M.: It appears you married an exhibitionist. You might point out to her that parading around that way could be considered disrespectful to the workers she's exposed herself to. But don't be surprised if she's unwilling to change because it may give her some kind of thrill. (I'm sure it also gives the viewers something to talk about around the dinner table.)

DEAR ABBY: Please remind beach-goers that they need to leave their fire pits open and not cover them with sand. My 16-month-old grandnephew was walking on a beach in Carmel, Calif., with his mom and dad when he suffered burns to his feet from walking across sand beneath which were hot coals. It will take at least three weeks for this dear baby's feet to heal from those burns.

People don't realize that covering the coals with sand hides them and keeps them hot for up to 24 hours. Beach fires must be treated differently from those in a forest, where they should be covered with dirt because of the surrounding trees.

Beach Etiquette

DEAR B.E.: I'm printing your letter not only as a warning to beach-goers who might be using fire pits, but also to the parents of small children because hot buried coals can be a hidden danger to their little ones. Because the coals cannot be seen, children sometimes confuse fire pits ringed by rocks with "sandboxes," and the results can be tragic.

According to the University of California Irvine's Regional Burn Center, "coals should be extinguished by drenching them with water, waiting five minutes and drenching them again." (Italics are mine.) When water isn't available, the coals should simply be allowed to burn out.

DEAR ABBY: My husband, "Patrick," and I were married last year. On the morning of our wedding, his grandmother, "Sally," died. It was very sudden. Everyone assumed we'd postpone it, but we didn't.

Abby, my husband is still emotionally distraught over her death. Patrick's parents were absent from his life and Grandma Sally had raised him. Did we make a mistake by not postponing our wedding? How can I help him?

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