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Hekate

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6. Well, school starts at 8:00 a.m. As for businessmen from the Mainland, my recollection is...
Sat Dec 14, 2024, 05:00 AM
Dec 2024

…that they kind of thought the world revolved around them and their practices. The internet and multiple satellites have changed things a lot since I left in the late ‘70s — but the sun still rises and sets on its own schedule.

As it is, anyone involved in the stock market starts working at 2:00 a.m. straddling the time zones from Japan to New York to London. My husband’s boss’s wife is an international lawyer — they’ve settled on the Big Island, and she’s another one who’s at work in the wee hours.

Beyond that, I cannot say. I’m retired myself, and much has changed.




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