On Thu, 02 May 2002 03:28:22 GMT, Thurston Ackerman <ack80@attbi.com> wrote: >I have read that there has been a considerable change in the business >communities that has brought about some other changes in living there these days. >There have been a considerable number of Italian-Americans who have gone to Italy to >work as managers of many of the American businesses (and their Italian >competitors) who changed work practices so that two hour lunches followed by a nap before >going back to work about 4pm are no longer the norm. Uhm, never been the norm here where I live. As far as I can remember, everybody here in Rimini always re-started working at about 2/2:30 p.m., after about 1/1:30 hours of lunchtime. Normal worktime here is: 8/8:30 - 12:30/13:00 14/14:30 - 17:30/18:00 >And I notice they recently elected a self-made billionaire as leader of >the government (sounds very American like to me 8-) Yes it is, I guess it is a case of over-Americanization, I'd say, as I don't know wether there ever was an American president being a self-made billionaire, and chairman of a media empire with 3 tv channels, ad agencies, press and other.... Uhm, sort of make me thing of 'Big Brother' (not the tv show, obviously... ;) Ciao Fabio

Pronto Fabio I guess my experiences in Roma, Firinze, Sorrento and Sicilia about 15 years ago must have been unique. Next time I want to start in Sicilia about this time of the year to enjoy the blossomed lemon trees while we revisit my wife's relatives; and then I will come over to the west coast and see Rimini for sure. BTW my mother named her sister Ravenna. We never really knew why she suggested Ravenna. What might she found of interest in the next city up the Adriatic coast from you in Rimini about a hundred years ago ? Ciao, Ack. Fabio Parri wrote: > On Thu, 02 May 2002 03:28:22 GMT, Thurston Ackerman <ack80@attbi.com> > wrote: > > >I have read that there has been a considerable change in the business > >communities that has brought about some other changes in living there these days. > > >There have been a considerable number of Italian-Americans who have gone to Italy to > >work as managers of many of the American businesses (and their Italian > >competitors) who changed work practices so that two hour lunches followed by a nap before > >going back to work about 4pm are no longer the norm. > > Uhm, never been the norm here where I live. As far as I can remember, > everybody here in Rimini always re-started working at about 2/2:30 > p.m., after about 1/1:30 hours of lunchtime. Normal worktime here is: > > 8/8:30 - 12:30/13:00 > 14/14:30 - 17:30/18:00 > > >And I notice they recently elected a self-made billionaire as leader of > >the government (sounds very American like to me 8-) > > Yes it is, I guess it is a case of over-Americanization, I'd say, as I > don't know wether there ever was an American president being a > self-made billionaire, and chairman of a media empire with 3 tv > channels, ad agencies, press and other.... Uhm, sort of make me thing > of 'Big Brother' (not the tv show, obviously... ;) > > Ciao > > Fabio