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Note 7.28                   Introductions From Men                      28 of 29
RSTS32::TABER                                         5 lines  25-JUL-1986 11:24
                          -< May I intrude for a mo? >-
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    Not an intro, just a comment...
    
    Bravo, guys.....  The honesty is like a breath of Spring in January.
    
    bugs

This is a reply to note 2.78 by Janice Fernetta asking about non career
parts of this notesfile.

Hi Janice,

Welcome aboard!  Despite assertions other where, I don't think this notes
file is just for career questions.  This just below is from the welcoming
note.  

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Note 1.0                            Welcome!                           5 replies
VIKING::TARBET "Margaret Mairhi"                     18 lines  18-APR-1986 09:58
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  Welcome to =WOMANNOTES=, the notefile dedicated to topics of interest
  to women.

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A directory (DIR at the notes prompt) revealed the following topics that
might interest you.  This is just a few I've picked out from remembering
the discussions they contain.  I'm sure I've missed some very informative
and interesting notes (found another one just now checking a name).  By
all means read through the whole notesfile. If there are issues that
haven't been addressed or just things you're thinking about that you'd like
to hear what other folks have to say, start a new note!  


The notes. . .

Definitely not work related. . .

Note 36  Co-ed education.  Not much use to you right now, but what about your
kids? or you if you go after a graduate degree (o.k. work intrudes. . .)

Note 58  Bugsy Taber traded her very own S.O. to another softball team.
Note and replies talk about what issues that raised at home and how they
could be dealt with.

Note 74  Experiences with Girl Scouts.  Useful, if you want to help the
kids you have decide on the scouts.

Note 75  Medical Issues for women.  Hysterectomies, IUDs ect.

Note 77,78 Deal with establishing a woman's credit rating.  This is vital
for a woman who chooses to stay home with her children.   

Note 89 How spouses deal with different levels of social energy.  Good
discussion of dealing with different life styles (not quite the word I
want) in one home. 

Note 90 Etiquette of birth control, talking about it to your kids (next
note actually).

Note 95 Appropriate gifts for kids.   What do you want you kids to have?
What impact might their toys have on their psyche.  New note  not much
discussion but seems like an interesting topic. . .

Two that I didn't think about till here, are the topic on keeping your own
name (8?) titled something like When is a Rose . . .

and

The note requesting ideas for the Non-Sexist wedding (how is that going
anyway?). 



Work Related but also home related. . .

29 Having it all.  A long impassioned discussion on the "New" super women.

73 Opportunities/experiences for working part time at DEC.  Several with
comments from people like you (did I really say that?  Send before
midnight. . . sigh.  To much TBS late night) who want to be close to their
kids while they're growing up.  These folks also wanted/needed to keep some
money coming in the door.


Well, that doesn't cover nearly all 

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Note 7.80                    Introductions From Men                     80 of 81
MARX::MAHLER                                          5 lines  18-MAR-1987 19:10
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    WHY do the men who read this file have
    to register seperaely from the women?


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Note 7.81                    Introductions From Men                     81 of 81
STUBBI::B_REINKE "the fire and the rose are one"     16 lines  18-MAR-1987 21:07
                 -< It may have started as a bit of a joke.. >-
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    Well if you went back to the beginnings of both notes you could
    tell by their origins....
    
    The note for women was started first and is titled "What do Women
    do at Dec?" It has kind of evolved into an introduction note.
    Then a few notes later Jym Dyer started a note, rather tongue
    in cheek, I believe, saying to in  effect that the note was in 
    "keeping with the separate but equal nature of the conference".
    His note was introductions from men.
    
    I guess it just stayed that way because nobody had any problem
    with it.
    
    Bonnie
    
    p.s. Hi Mike, are you still trying to give up smoking?
    

    Sorry for putting that in the wrong note.

    Stress and Smoking.  The Dealdy S's.

Note 277.1                       update to 2.93                           1 of 2
SWSNOD::RPGDOC "Dennis (the Menace) Ahern 223-5882"   6 lines   8-APR-1987 14:53
                            -< Who did your perm? >-
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    Congratulations.  I would suggest, however, that you think of it
    as a "Direct" position.  The only permanent things are death and
    taxes.  As a contract Technical Writer at Raytheon, I worked alongside
    some who jumped at the chance to become "permanent", only to see
    them laid off at the end of the project.
     

I suppose this is a reponse to my own introduction.  

Now that Jon and I have the same last name, we have decided to live in the
same country.  To this end, I will be leaving european headquarters as of
15-May and Geneva as of 27-May to join him in England.  

As you can see this gives me just two more weeks on the net ... ack, withdrawal.

With any luck I will resurface either in DEC in the UK or the US this summer.
As soon as we've picked the country I can start the job hunt.  
(Maybe I should start a topic on moving for love before I go ;-).  

I'm sure Martin can translate Zoziau (or Z. can pull in Mac from the French
notefile?).              

I'd just like to say "au revoir" to everyone.  Thank you for your all you've
shared.  I've enjoyed "meeting" you all.

Helen             

    Doggone it, Helen, i was gonna write and thank you for
    the excellent translation service. Well, thanks for 
    all you've done, hope there is happiness at the end
    of your trip. Wish I'd paid attention in all those
    years of French classes, though. Au revoir, Dana.

    Good luck.
     
    It's been a pleasure knowing you for even the few weeks I've been
    in this notesfile.
    
    I will try to assist with the translations.  My French background
    is entirely literary, so it should be quite a learning experience
    too!
   
    --bonnie

    Au revoir, Helen.  Please do let it be au revoir, and not adieu.
    I, too, have enjoyed getting to know you via Notes.
    
                  Carol

    Helen, passe-moi un coup de fil, je te dois un cafe avant que tu
    t'en ailles !!
    
    
    Zoziau

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Note 7.89                    Introductions From Men                     89 of 91
SHIRE::MILLIOT "Mimi, Zoziau, Vanille-Fraise & Co"    8 lines   4-MAY-1987 04:45
                        -< RE: RDGE00::SADAT "Jambo!!" >-
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    Un ami qui etait alle au Kenya (je crois que c'etait le Kenya, mais
    je n'en suis pas sure du tout !) m'a dit que "Jambo" voulait dire
    "Bonjour". Est-ce bien cela ?
    
    Bienvenue.
    
    
    Zoziau
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GCANYN::TATISTCHEFF                                  10 lines   4-MAY-1987 11:01
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    quote:
    
    A friend who had gone to Kenya (I think it was Kenya, but I'm not
    at all sure) told me that "Jambo" meant "hello."  Is that true?
    
    Welcome.
    
    Z.
    
    endquote
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RDGE00::SADAT "Jambo!!"                               0 lines   5-MAY-1987 04:30
                          -< Yep. Oui. Aiwa... etc. >-
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    This seems to be the best place to put this....
    
    Today at lunch time a blond young man with a package under his
    arm walked into my office and said "Hi, I'm Jym Dyer." We had
    corresponded off and on but never met. Jym is leaving DEC as of
    tomorrow. I have an address for him so that he can find out
    about the time and place for the next womannotes party in July.
    
    Jym began note 7 - introductions from men, and must have been
    one of the first men to join this file.
    
    He was very pleasant person finally meet and talk to in person.
    
    Bonnie J.

    Jym, I will miss your contributions in many notes files!  Best of
    luck.

Re: .10:

>    Helen, passe-moi un coup de fil, je te dois un cafe avant que tu
>    t'en ailles !!

Quote:

     Helen, give me a call, I owe you a coffee before you take off.

    Zoziau

Unquote

    Re: -1  thanks.....
    
    G

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Note 2.133                  What do women do at DEC?                  133 of 134
JACUZI::DAUGHAN "fight individualism"                 6 lines  19-MAY-1987 20:36
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    re.132
    thank you,thank you thank you.....!!!!!!
    i made a similar statement in here and NOBODY SEEMED TO HAVE EVER
    FELT like i did/do??????
    i am learning women are people too
    					kelly

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Note 2.134                  What do women do at DEC?                  134 of 134
CSSE::MARGE "Kitten on the break key..."              4 lines  20-MAY-1987 07:08
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    indeed, welcome, Sharon... I believe you'll bring a bit of balance
    to this notes conference... 
    
    Marge

    I'm putting this in here now, while things are relatively calm,
    so that if my leaving happens to correspond to an upheaval in the
    file, people won't think I left with hard feelings.
    
    My contract ends when the month ends, so after 31-July I won't be
    noting for . . . who knows how long?  I'll be going back to full-time
    novelling (and I am looking forward to that!)
    
    My present plans call for me to come back some time next year, but if I
    hit the best-seller list, it won't be necessary.  And if I do hit the
    best-seller list (lots of smiley faces here) I will put on the biggest
    autograph party Nashua has ever seen -- and you'll all be invited! 
    
    Thanks for everything.  I love you all.
    
    --bonnie

    Indeed!  I don't think I realised that you're a contractor, Bonnie.
    Pity you can't get one of the bluebadge openings, we need more people
    like you around here.
    
    Hope you make it back!
    							=maggie

    Thanks, Maggie, but I'm really looking forward to getting back to
    my own writing.  
    
    I was a DECcie for six and a half years before this, and I may be
    a DECcie for sixty years after this, but for now, I just want to
    churn out the deathless prose.
    
    --bonnie

        Knock 'em dead, kid.
        
        JimB.

    definitely will be missed! I liked having another Bonnie!
    
    Please try and make it Friday, it can by your "goodbye notes"
    party!
    
    Bonnie J

    Bonnie, I shall miss you too.  I've had the double pleasure of
    not only your engaging conversations in the conferences but also
    the privilege of working with you a few years back.  Come see
    us again real soon now, you hear?
    					Steve

    Goodbye, Bonnie, and good luck!
    
    	Hello again to everyone else!
                                                         
    		I am back -- located in Reading for this incarnation.
    		Jon & I married on June 12.  We're both happy & well.
                                 
    			Helen

        Welcome back, Helen, and congratualtions.
        
        JimB.

    A combo of good and sad.  *sigh.
    
    Congratulations Helen.  Good to have you back.
    
    Bonnie, I am really going to miss you.  Good luck with your novel.
    Please keep in touch with one of us occasionally by mail or phone, 
    so s/he can update the rest.
    
              Carol

    I for one am going to watch the bookstores. I collect first editions
    by women authors (especially mysteries), and I especially LOVE to
    have 'em autographed!!!!
    
    Best of luck, Bonnie
    
    Dawn
    

    Oh Boy, Helen's Back!!
    
    Lee

    Re: 2.143
    
    Congratulations to Ann & Ian.  Best wishes for a long and happy
    life together.
    
    Helen