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Tuesday, July 15

Sex! Sand! Surf!
Po Bronson at Club Med

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Mary Jane Zeh | Does your neighborhood still feel like home?
04:56pm Jul 15, 1997 PST (#4 of 4)

i stayed in my hometown till I was 21 and wanderlust set in and I felt I had to see what was out there; therefore, I moved around for 8 years until I came back home to "stay" as my father died in 1972 and since I was an only child my mother needed me home. Let me tell you your neighborhood is always changing, I know mine has. We had a tornado come through and took down some "old" trees as well as destroying alot of homes and lives, of course businesses have come and gone and nothing looks like it did when I grew up here. I still love the place and would never consider leaving, since I'm retired I am enjoying it much more. This is a nice thread.

Lolli Sherry | American woman doing business with Japanese men. Help!
08:52pm Jul 13, 1997 PST (#2 of 9)

having worked for a Japanese-American joint venture I have done business in Japan and can give you lots of interesting advice and stories. Not to worry, American business women are treated with courtesy and respect (outwardly at least). Japanese men who do business outside their country are used to dealing with foreign women in a business setting. To the local staff you will be more of a curiosity. If the company is old and traditional, you may feel uncomfortable seeing the demeaning way they treat their own female employees who will also be expected to serve you tea and coffee, etc. As there are very few women in management positions you are likely to be the only female in any business meetings, other than the "office ladies" who take notes and turn lights off and on. Evening dinners and entertainment carry their own perils. If you'd like to discuss further, contact me at sherrylr@dmv.com. There is a good book available on the subject, which I forget the name of, but I can find it for you.

Constance Gerber | Losing it at club med
07:42pm Jul 15, 1997 PST (#1 of 1)

i laughed completely through the Club Med article. It was marvelous. The only thing left out was the tray of 36 or more glass (I just cannot use the word 'crystal'in this instance!) containers filled with canned fruit cocktail positioned around at meal after meal for dessert. I also want to state that any young woman who wants to get even with her (over 50) mother for ANYTHING....can beg her mother to take her to Club Med and be her companion. That's called...retribution--punisment--just deserts!!! Mothers BEWARE!!!

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