One of many colorful offsprings of the Aramcon expat's lifestyle is a group known as the 1990's Club. Back in the early ’80s, a bunch of expats were sitting around in Dhahran late one night after another friendly softball game talking about this and that when somebody came up with the splendid idea of having everyone anti-up dollars into a kitty based on a promise to gather together in Las Vegas in 1990. The money was to make sure that people kept their promise to attend.
In the meantime, a trio of teams emerged from that initial conclave, including the Finance Basketball team, the Mossy Rocks softball team and the Sand Roses softball team. In 1990, as promised, they all met in Las Vegas. They have continued to meet ever since in assorted venues. This week they are in Washington DC. We wish to thank two of the original 1990-ers, Jane and Jary Archer, for this news item.