I have to have my caddy clean them because my umbrella girl (unique experience everyone should get to try at least once) is busy getting my rangefinder, golf balls, and tees together to put in my bag. :)

I'd need an ugly umbrella girl or I'd get performance anxiety.

I'd need an ugly umbrella girl or I'd get performance anxiety.

Unfortunately for you, our umbrella girls are chosen for most appealing appearance, and are dressed soft fluffy form fitting clothes. Sort of female work clothes . They do know how to hold up an umbrella and stand closer to you, the better to protect you from the elements. ;)

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it's a beautiful culture and I don't portend to know anything of this situation other than what was posted by Chris but I have done business in Japan and while I love everything about the culture: food, girls, celebrations, feeling like king kong on the trains, social custom, the patterns of life, etc, I found the business environment very diff than what I'm used to in America.

I loved the social component of my Japanese business relationships but found negotiating very challenging and quite honestly I just wasn't very successful. part of it was due to my own ignorance and lack of patience but I also perceived a different set of rules while spending time there. not better or worse mind you, just very different...there is a longer term view of things sometimes I think...such a groovy place, would be delighted to live there if I could afford it...in any case In hindsight, what I thought at the time to be poor business sense on behalf of my Japanese associates I believe now to be a result of different values and priorities....

Well said. I am surprised you weren't successful in your business dealings in Japan as you seem to understand the culture and appreciate it's tradition and culture. I guess it is 20/20 hindsight.

Well I can't claim too much alcohol, but I was working all night. Let me remove this and apologize for an overtired mistake.

Edited March 16, 201311 yr by Mob

Well said. I am surprised you weren't successful in your business dealings in Japan as you seem to understand the culture and appreciate it's tradition and culture. I guess it is 20/20 hindsight.

those cats like things the way they are. the guys I dealt with were closed to new ways of doing things. I loved the parties 'cause everyone got 8 shades of hammered and there was no stigma, but at the end of the day candor could only be deciphered, it was rare to have direct clear communication...a good learning experience for me but frustrating because i was convinced some of my proposals could have been big for them.

one funny thing was when they visited me in America. they wanted to go to golfsmith and despite having way better gear already they bought all new sets and were like kids at Christmas....just like me when a package shows up from TSG.

Too strong language used, removing this post. Now, back to the Epon discussion.

Edited March 16, 201311 yr by Vegaman

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Well, not from me. The EHR, 702s, and the EMB was always ugly looking things in my view. And I still haven't heard anybody praise the EHR, even the most die hard epon fan thought that driver sucked, idea/looks-wise at least. I also haven't heard anybody say Epon can't produce a "decent golf club" anymore..? The production standards of Epon are undisputable, nobody have ever said anything else, so don't spread BS like that. So you can climb down from your perch from where you are studying the "very interesting sociological phenomenon" now, because you are dead wrong and not a little ridiculous.

I think that's what they call paranoia.

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