HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: pel@maximo.enet.dec.com (Phillip E lujan)
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
Subject: Re: An official introduction...
Date: 12 Jan 93 14:26:14 GMT
Reply-To: pel@maximo.enet.dec.com (Phillip E lujan)
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation


In article <1993Jan12.110157.3635@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>, rmair@nyx.cs.du.edu (Ross Mair) writes:
|>phantasm@iastate.edu () writes:
|>
|>>Greetings all...
|>
|>>I thank you for your voices, thank you,
|>>Your most sweet voices.
|>>               -Shakespeare
|>
|>>So many of you have introduced yourselves and I am pleased indeed to make the
|>>acquaintances of those who inhabit a.r.c...
|>
|><<Massive re-post of ARCers introductions deleted>>
|>
|>>Please forgive me all for the length of this post, but my purpose is to make
|>>an overdue introduction, and I am hoping this one-time occurance will not be
|>>too much of an annoyance...
|>
|>'Tis OK. I'm not using 1200 baud modem anymore!  :-)
|>Neither is Clare.
|>But LF will probably want to kill you!  :-)
|>
|>>For those of you whose introductions I have missed, and for those who have
|>>been unable to post one, greetings to you as well...
|>
|>I must have missed this thread in my computer confusion...

Not me...  I just couldn't figure out how to introduce myself...

|>Allow me to introduce myself. I am Ross, and in real-life
|>I hail from Melbourne, a wet and cold corner in southern Australia. 
|>I must be ARC's furtherest flung resident. However, such distance
|>does not prevent me from keeping a very good eye on the lovely
|>GRW, my special friend, who's body I guard faithfully. ;-)
|>So, while you enjoy the sights up there on her broom.. make sure nothing
|>happens to her.. or you will have *ME* to answer to!!! :-)
|>
|>A fate almost as bad as having to answer to Rip!  :-)
|>
|>And greetings to you to, phantasm....

Hmmm...  Seems like a good way to go about it.  Soooo...

Please allow me to introduce myself
I'm a man of wealth and taste...  (Sorry, got caught up in the lyrics again.)

But semi-seriously, I am Sean, and in RL(TM) I live in Albuquerque, New
Mexico.  Currently, I'm under contract to Digital Equipment Corporation as
an electronics diagnostic technician, which is a fancy way of saying I sit
in front of a computer terminal and try to figure out what is wrong with
computer boards before they are shipped to the end user.  I'm not a member
of the RFA, but I'm working on my story... so I don't have any official
titles.  My hobbies are computers, music, books, role-playing games, music,
books, martial arts...  did I mention music and books?

Welcome to ARC, phantasm; we're glad you decided to unlurk...

------------------
Sean Roberts
*Sigh*  I need to get into a band...
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
From: ssalter@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (-=[SLS]=-)
Subject: Re: Its Chat Time!!!!!
Organization: OFSA
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 13:33:43 GMT

deviass@ecf.toronto.edu (Deviasse Robert) says:

>ssalter@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (-=[SLS]=-) is surprised:
>> Julie Salter <jrsalt@silver.ucs.indiana.edu> invites:
>> 
>> > 	<<<WE'VE DECIDED TO HOST ANOTHER ARC/RFA CHAT!!!>>>
>           ^^
>> WHAT?!!!??? 
>  ^^^^
>Hmmm... Since Steve was apparently not part of the original decision, who is
>the other person referred to in to "we"? Has our president developed multiple
>personalities, or is this the royal "we" (e.g. we are not amused)?

Well, ACTUALLY I was just giving her a ...er, "hard" time, so to
speak. We discussed it in detail before she posted it. She does have
multiple personalities though, it is fascinating!!!


>Well, that settles it. It must be multiple personalities! Now the question
>is: "Is the world ready for multiple Julie's?"

No, although many would want one. It is neat with those interesting
multiple personalities too. You could have the WildBedVixen or the
TenderSweetThing or the LovingMama or the
HystericalLaughingWoman...among others. Cool, huh?

>> We will try though if there is enough money passed around...heh heh
>> heh.
>
>What are you going to do?

You'll just have to come on over for the SUMMERCHAT'93 to find out!

>Hmmm... If you're real and I'm imaginary, then this really is a "complex"
>life isn't it?:-)

No, no, you got it all confused. I am imaginary and YOU are
real...sheesh.


Steve
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
Subject: Re: The life in your man! was Re: Holiday blues
From: cwes1@cs.aukuni.ac.nz (Clare West)
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 03:47:55 GMT
Organization: Dept of CompSci, U of Auckland

darren@waikato.ac.nz writes:
>lastuka@acs.ucalgary.ca (Tina Lastuka) writes:
>>  
>>    Some things get better... some things get worse... watch
>>   out for 32... sexual peak and all that.. 20 year old boys
>>   start looking appealing... 
>> 
>>    Huggles!
>> 
>>    Tina
>ooh ooh. what about 23 year old MEN? We can climb that peak together!
>We're supposed to have passed our peak by now but I'm still trying to
>find the mountain...now where did I put my oxygen mask?

I find 23 year old men quite satisfactory.... I'm afraid I'm not in
the market for anymore data points though.... sorry ;-)

clare

-- 
     |                 &   Official Welcomer    &  Hello, my name is Inigo 
,--. |  --. ,--. ,--.  &      of the RFA        &  Montoya.  You killed my 
|    | ,--| |    |--'  &  BigSis to Kristiina,  &  father. Prepare to die.
`--' " `--" "    `--'  &    Eric and Chris      &    -- The Princess Bride
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
From: rip@sequent.com (Paul T Taylor)
Subject: Re: unhappy attack ARC
Organization: Sequent Computer Systems, Inc.
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 93 05:21:04 GMT

In article <93007.185333ICSJM@ASUACAD.BITNET> <ICSJM@ASUACAD.BITNET> writes:
>seems like everyone coming down on this idjmw lady, OR is she right and we
>think or fantisize that ARC is such a happy place for us.  Maybe we should
>be in her group, but then if we did that there wouldn't be an ARC.
>I started a controversial subject, the other day, and my God, the roof fell
>half the people in this group, had nothing but negitives to say.
>After you think about that, maybe you aren't as happy as you think.  I think
>idjmw has some guts to post here......cut her some slack.....who knows,
>there may even be a better group then this somewhere.  May be ARC should not
>allow anyone in, unless they they show some sign of prejudice, or bigotry??

Well, I hate to tell you this, but we here all of us, lurkers and
regulars are not perfect.  You can't take anything you read here or
anywhere else for that matter, as the whole truth.  As far as I am
concerned there is no such thing.  Most of us come here to try to
escape the harsher realities for a time.  We come to indulge ourselves
because we would like to think that others will take us at face value
and not try to second guess us.  But like any other group of people in
the 'real' world we tend to gather into cliches, and when someone from
the 'outside' threatens the status qou, being happy and romantic in
this partcular instance, we get defensive... We can't help it.

We, do try not to flame people and come down hard on them.  We try not
to sound stupid and say things that don't help when people ask for it,
but again, we too are only human, if not humane.

>After you think about that, maybe you aren't as happy as you think.

>I think idjmw has some guts to post here......cut her some
>slack.....who knows, there may even be a better group then this
>somewhere.  May be ARC should not allow anyone in, unless they they
>show some sign of prejudice, or bigotry??

yeah, you are right, there may be a better group out there for you
and idjmw, but for me, I think I will stay around.  I have met alot
of really good people here, people who have helped me out in tough
time, people who make me laugh, and people who I can make laugh.

Just stick around, let yourself get to know the other people in the
group, you may be surprised.  And I think the crack about prejudice
and bigotry was alittle harsh...


rip(just one man's opnion)
-- 
Truly great madness can not be achieved without significant
intelligence.
                -- Henrik Tikkanen
From: lf@marooned.berkeley.edu (LexicographicalFiend)
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
Subject: Re: Sheep's It or Dung To Meet You
Date: 12 Jan 93 09:59:08
Organization: Fiends' Guild of ARCland
NNTP-Posting-Host: marooned.berkeley.edu
In-reply-to: Richard Iswara's message of Tue, 12 Jan 1993 10:54:05 -0500 

RickI asks:
>BDC defines:
>> virgin wool: n. an ugly sheep
>not a *bald* sheep??

nope.  you must be thinking of "shear agony".

while on this subject, has anyone seen "the nudity of the lambs"
starring yul bleater?

LexicographicalFiend, Pundis Horrendis Aevi
  Official ReallyGrossDittyWriter of ARCland and DirtyMindedApe
  Bro to Rip, 'Chelle, HotDi, Miche and Sarek; SpiritualBro to Lis
  "baaaaa..."
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
From: jrsalt@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Julie Salter)
Subject: Re: Its Chat Time!!!!!
Organization: Salter, Inc.
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 17:45:36 GMT

ssalter@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (-=[SLS]=-) shares: 

>> 	<<<WE'VE DECIDED TO HOST ANOTHER ARC/RFA CHAT!!!>>>
>
>WHAT?!!!??? 

Now Darlin'....we talked about this. Don't you remember?  You were almost
asleep, and I said, "let's have a Chat this summer" and you said, "sure
honey, anything you want."  It was right before I asked you to buy me that
'67 Mustang.


>> 	- You can come
>
>I'll be there babe, count on it!

Gosh I hope so.  I was sorta counting on you to cook the hamburgers!

>> 	- You're afraid we would be really gross in front of everyone
>>	- You're afraid we wouldn't be gross enough
>
>We will try though if there is enough money passed around...heh heh
>heh.

That's my baby....always trying to figure out a way to make more money
for us...;)


>> 	We have a house, so everyone can stay with us for free.
>
>but..but...FREE?..awww honey....

Now Dear, almost everyone here is a starving college student.  We've
been there, done it.


>> 	Steven is a major hunk.
>> 	But he's mine so forget it.
>
>awwwww...honey...but but, I ...oh, heh heh, nevermind.

No Really.  What were you going to say, love?  Enquiring minds and VERY
jealous wives want to know! *raised eyebrow*

>
>>	Julie is a major babe but she's mine so just enjoy the view.
>
>or else..grrrrr.

Oooooo, baby.  I love it when you growl.....*slurp*


>Heck, we can climb trees and hanglide off them if ya want! That would
>be neat.
>

Oh yeah.  THAT's a super idea.  Guess I better call the insurance man and
increase our coverage....


>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Julie Salter<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
            President, Romantic Fire Association
  Wife of the Official Fireside Sex Advisor..AKA: Steven Salter
"Look into my eyes...you will see....what you mean to me......"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>email: jrsalt@silver.ucs.indiana.edu<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
From: ssalter@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (-=[SLS]=-)
Subject: Re: Romance...
Organization: OFSA
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 14:03:28 GMT

phantasm@iastate.edu () speaks:

>Some say that the age of chivalry is past, that the spirit of
>romance is dead. The age of chivalry is never past, so long as
>there is a wrong left unredressed on earth.
>
>		-Charles Kingsley
>
>The words of Kingsley suggest that if there are those without love in the
>world, and if being without love is wrong, the age of chivalry and the
>spirit of romance are not past, but with us today...

Hmmmmm, that IS one interpretation. But, I would interpret his
statement as encompassing any wrong.

>Or are there those who feel that being without love is not wrong...

Do you mean, being without romantic love?

Steve
	aka Feral Knight
From: darren@waikato.ac.nz
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
Subject: Re: The life in your man! was Re: Holiday blues
Date: 13 Jan 93 13:04:53 +1300
Organization: University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

In article <93Jan12.012452.29286@acs.ucalgary.ca>, lastuka@acs.ucalgary.ca (Tina Lastuka) writes:
> 
> 
>>In article <93Jan09.050456.28080@acs.ucalgary.ca>, lastuka@acs.ucalgary.ca (Tina Lastuka) writes:
>>>  
>>>    Some things get better... some things get worse... watch
>>>   out for 32... sexual peak and all that.. 20 year old boys
>>>   start looking appealing... 
>>> 
>>>    Huggles!
>>> 
>>>    Tina
> 
> In article <1993Jan11.104547.13094@waikato.ac.nz> darren@waikato.ac.nz writes:
>>ooh ooh. what about 23 year old MEN? We can climb that peak together!
>>We're supposed to have passed our peak by now but I'm still trying to
>>find the mountain...now where did I put my oxygen mask?
> 
>    An oxygen mask sounds promising... perhaps we can just
>   explore in  an oxygen tent... that way we can periodically
>   have eye contact... *wink* *wink*
>  
>    This 23 year old men thing.... hhhhmmmm!   It is worth 
>   considering!  ;-)
> 
>>Phew, it's cold on this peak by myself.
> 
>    Tina huggles up to Ghandalf to warm him up... and
>    blows in his ear.. to heat things up!  ;-)

Aaaahhh. There goes the frostbite in my brain. Isn't this oxygen tent cosy
Tina. Just us, the wind howling over the tent and the small hurricane light
swinging and flickering in the corner. Let's blast a bit more of that oxygen.
Mmmmm. It makes you feel all happy and lightheaded, or is that just you making
me feel that way? Where'd you say you had frostbite?
> -- 
>           **********************************
>           * TINA THE HAPPY LITTLE OPERATOR *      lastuka@acs.ucalgary.ca
>           **********************************
> 
-- 
Darren (another happy operator)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Disclaimer: Uh oh.
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
From: bacon@mtu.edu (Jeff Bacon)
Subject: Re: Trademark..
Organization: Michigan Technological University
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 03:48:06 GMT

In article <93Jan12.011951.19916@acs.ucalgary.ca> lastuka@acs.ucalgary.ca (Tina Lastuka) writes:
>>> >But I don't have a TinaMarie...
>>>         Very true..very true....But I am available to be borrowed, if you 
>>> really need me....:)
>    Please note... this is TinaMarie (TM) and not 
>    TinaMarie(HLO)  ... life gets so confusing when
>    with both re-appear at the same time... Hi
>    TinaMarie... nice to see you back!


now I'm confused :)

-bacon
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
From: rip@sequent.com (Paul T Taylor)
Subject: Re: Best Place for a Sunset...
Organization: Sequent Computer Systems, Inc.
Distribution: na
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 93 03:35:33 GMT

In article <93Jan06.000036.26488@acs.ucalgary.ca> verwey@acs.ucalgary.ca (Mary-Ann Verwey) writes:
>In article <1993Jan4.040734.9893@sequent.com> rip@sequent.com (Paul T Taylor) writes:
>>In article <93Jan04.003339.15830@acs.ucalgary.ca> verwey@acs.ucalgary.ca (Mary-Ann Verwey) writes:
>>>In article <1993Jan1.222656.21179@sequent.com> rip@sequent.com (Paul T Taylor) writes:
>>>>In article <93Jan01.205536.16615@acs.ucalgary.ca> verwey@acs.ucalgary.ca (Mary-Ann Verwey) writes:
>>>>
>>>>**bunch deleted**
>>>>

**bunch more deleted**

>>Promise?  I can hardly wait!  You got the pulley system worked out
>>yet?  ;-)
>
>MA nods her head and grins wickedly... All ready for you my most
>affectionate slave ;)

Wooooo boy!  I can hardly wait!
[Rip steps up to the ropes that have been carefully layed out on the
floor.  Once inside, there is not turning back!  Suddenly the ropes
pull tight, and Rip finds himself suspended from the ceiling...]

Uh, MA what are you doing with that cauliflower?

rip(just call me a veg-o-matic)
-- 
Truly great madness can not be achieved without significant
intelligence.
                -- Henrik Tikkanen
From: rmair@nyx.cs.du.edu (Ross Mair)
Subject: Re: Holiday blues
Organization: University of Denver, Dept. of Math & Comp. Sci.
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 93 11:50:43 GMT

verwey@acs.ucalgary.ca (Mary-Ann Verwey) writes:

>rmair@nyx.cs.du.edu (Ross Mair) writes:
>>
>>>MA is totally envious of the positive 30 temps in Brisbane... :P
>>
>>How about 18 Deg here in rainy Melbourne??

>Still much better than the balmy -20C we have here... yep.. the
>temperature when up! *MA jumps with joy and shivers*

>>Melbourne... terrible one day, shithouse the next!

>That bad Ross? 

Oh yeah - Melbourne is notorious for its weather.
"If you don't like it, just wait 5 minutes"
I'm sure Rob can fill you in on more Melbourne weather jokes.

Trouble is, Melbourne is not warm enough for gorgeous women to wear 
lycra dresses like they do up in Brisbane, eh Rob!!  :-)~~~

>>I'm quite content with the temp (despite wearing a jumper and drinking coffee)
>>if only it wasn't raining. This is supposed to be summer!!
>>If its gonna be cold, why not be really cold, with snow!!

>Okay... excuse the ignorance but what is a 'jumper'?

Sorry.. sweater, windcheater, pullover, jersey... etc
Thick woolen thing you wear when its cold. :-)

>Snow... you want snow!!!

>MA grins evilly and packs together a huge snowball and throws it
>at Ross... "Here... snow!"

*Sploosh* *Ross is knocked off his feet by the snow-ball*

"Hey MA, I've got snow melting down my chest and back now!
Its cold!!"  *Shiver*

"I think you'd better come over here and warm me up...  *sexy grin* "

*WARMING HUGS for MA*

--
Ross
Official Personal Bodyguard to Lis, the Good Romantic Witch
***********************************************************
From: verwey@acs.ucalgary.ca (Mary-Ann Verwey)
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
Subject: Re: Holiday blues
Date: 6 Jan 93 23:12:44 GMT
Organization: The University of Calgary, Alberta

In article <robg.726292971@citr.uq.oz.au> robg@citr.uq.oz.au (Rob Geraghty) writes:
>verwey@acs.ucalgary.ca (Mary-Ann Verwey) writes:
>>Uhmmm yea, more of a large matter though :) Oh well... maybe I
>>will win the lottery (grins at Rob) who knows, and then if I do I
>>can visit all of my friends the are around the globe... 
>
>Hey not fair Mary-Ann!  *I* had the big Lotto win all lined up and you
>go and steal it from me ;-)

Well hey, I didn't say just I was gonna win it, you are supposed
to to Rob ;)

>(I don't really mind which of us wins as long as one does ;)

MA nodsnodsnodsnods

>>SNUGS
>*WARMSUMMERYSNUGS* from Oz where the temperature is 30 degrees on the
>*positive* side of the scale.  Unlike Calgary!  Brrrrr....

Guess what Rob? The temp hit a high of -20C today, positively
balmy out there *smirks*

SHIVERINGSNUGS

Mary-Ann


-- 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mary-Ann Verwey                    Hold on to the shining moments in times
verwey@acs.ucalgary.ca             of darkness, they will pull you through
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Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
From: puter@orphan.nashvil.ingr.com (PuterDude)
Subject: Re: anti-happy people attack ARC
Organization: Intergraph
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 16:28:58 GMT

In article <93006.163210IDMLH@ASUACAD.BITNET> <IDMLH@ASUACAD.BITNET> writes:

|Alt.angst is whining about ARC.  Can you believe it?  Whining about
|the BEST, HAPPIEST, NEWSGROUP IN NETNEWS?  Unbelievable!!!

You want to have some real fun? Follow-up to someone on soc.singles with...

WELCOME TO ARC! THE HAPPIEST PLACE ON THE NET!

Guaranteed laughs...   :)

(P.S. Just kidding! Please don't do it...)

|"I need a lover that won't drive me crazy" - John Cougar Mellencamp

I need a lover that will drive me to the Bahamas.

-- 
(Puter is a deranged individual at puter@orphan.nashvil.ingr.com)
A diplomat is a man who can convince his wife she'd look stout in a fur coat.
Organization: Masters student, Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
Date: Mon,  4 Jan 1993 02:57:55 -0500 
From: Richard Iswara <ri0a+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: Best Place for a Sunset...
	<93Jan04.000551.18434@acs.ucalgary.ca>

verwey@acs.ucalgary.ca (Mary-Ann Verwey) writes:
I sez:
> >Mary-Ann, did you use the silken cords around Ross' neck??
> >
> >RickI, the RoadRunner
> 
> Now RickI I want him to be able to breath :)
> 
> Mary-Ann :)

I thought the point of using silken cords is to make him *gasping*.
In pleasure, that is....

RickI, the RoadRunner

Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
From: bacon@mtu.edu (Jeff Bacon)
Subject: Re: Its Chat Time!!!!!
Organization: Michigan Technological University
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 01:25:00 GMT

In article <C0IDnp.5xy@ecf.toronto.edu> deviass@ecf.toronto.edu (Deviasse Robert) writes:
>Take care, and sweet dreams
>    Robert
>
>-- 
>/-------------------------------+---------------------------------------------\
>| Robert N. Deviasse            |"The things that are not easily attained,    |
>| EMAIL: g2devi@cdf.utoronto.ca |    are the things we cherish the most."     |
>+-------------------------------+---------------------------------------------/

you know, it just doesn't seem the same anymore, what with you not lurking...

-bacon
"living in their pools, they soon forget about the sea..."
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
From: phantasm@iastate.edu ()
Subject: Wilt thou be my guide?
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 19:19:09 GMT

> The Good Romantic Witch is so deeply touched by phantasm's
> words....   She continues to sit with him and she begins to
> tell him about some of her many past adventures in ARC-Land.
>
>           ** Bewitching Huggs**      

Lis...

I am pleased, and indeed bewitched...

I would gladly stay and listen to you spin your tales... Or is there a way I
can convince you to show me ARC as it can be seen only through your eyes, maybe
from the skies above as a passenger on your enchanted broom?

So many people have introduced themselves to me, and suggested places that I
should see, and I would like to visit them all... Do you have time to whisk
me away and give me a brief tour? We could continue to speak on the way...

Enchanted as well...

phantasm

Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
From: rip@sequent.com (Paul T Taylor)
Subject: Re: the obligatory new years stuff
Organization: Sequent Computer Systems, Inc.
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 93 02:57:27 GMT

In article <1993Jan8.161958.18588@mtu.edu> bacon@mtu.edu (Jeff Bacon) writes:
>In article <1993Jan5.142010.6850@e2big.mko.dec.com> pel@maximo.enet.dec.com (Phillip E lujan) writes:
>>|>I can't write. I'm an engineer. it's in the contract.
>>Since when did being an engineer have any effect on a persons literary skills?
>>If you didn't have to write as an engineer, no-one could ever learn what you've
>>done, and the worlds sum total of engineering knowledge would probably consist
>>of realizing that wood floats in water...  :)

So then, does wood weight as much as a duck?  Burn it!  Burn the
wood!!  (Hmmm... something is not quite right here....)


Well, Mr fried pig flesh, it is sure nice having you around, even if
you can't write...... :-)

Besides, you never said what *kind* of engineer you are.  If it is a
*software* engineer, then I must agree with you.  You should read some
of the 'man' pages around here....

rip
-- 
Truly great madness can not be achieved without significant
intelligence.
                -- Henrik Tikkanen
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