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To: jerryf who wrote (13768)	5/12/1998 12:16:00 PM
From: Patrick Slevin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17305

Why the Philippines? Would they throw Imelda's shoes at me? Market teetering here. Very much lower on the banks or a reversal of today's action in the bond and it could provide a nice wing clipping intra-day.

To: jerryf who wrote (13768)	5/12/1998 2:34:00 PM
From: John Westman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17305

That's precisely why I dropped my AMEX. 20 years as a card holder and five as a stockholder when they decided to pull the plug on my account when I was in Mexico for 45 days. Unfortunately, I left no one at home to intercept the mail and pay the bills.. AMEX stopped my card on the 16th day! What a pleasant surprise (not). We were with clients when the refusals started coming first at dinner, then in a shop, and finally at a hotel. The whole time I was chalking it up to the lousy local phone connection. I made the switch then to VISA gold and haven't had a problem since.. never paid a card fee or a finance charge, either. (Can you tell, I still carry a grudge) g j