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Newsgroups: ba.singles
From: akao@.com (Adam Kao)
Subject: Re: Oxymorons, and other important trivia
Organization: Oracle Corporation, Redwood Shores, CA
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 21:19:38 GMT
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In article <1993Jan01.030106.2525@Veritas.COM> oleg@veritas.com (Oleg Kiselev) writes:

> please, get a brain.

This from the man who claims voting Libertarian is a blanket excuse?

Adam
From: kenn@apple.com (Kenn Walker)
Newsgroups: ba.singles
Subject: Re: Needing help greeting 30!!
Date: 30 Dec 92 22:28:14 GMT
Distribution: ba
Organization: Apple Computer, Inc.

In article <1992Dec28.234553.17500@odin.corp.sgi.com>, joselyn@clio.asd.sgi.com (Trish Joselyn) writes:
> 
> 
> Hi, I've been reading this net for a few months and have never needed the
> support you all obviously have for each other in a crisis.  Is there any
> chance as a new poster, that I could get some advice getting over this
> hump?  I'm having a hard time turning 30.  Not *so* much from me, mostly
> from family, i.e., I'm not married, I'm childless, {it's okay mom!!!} and
> I'm very independent of men.  Any friendly advice would be most welcome!!!
> 
> Trish Joselyn
> Advanced Graphics Division
> Silicon Graphics Computer Systems
> Mountain View, CA 94040
> 
> 
That's OK, I'm still 28 (just barely, in <30 days the cycle will count off 
another year) and my FATHER has started in on the "You mother wants to
know when we're gonna have some grandchildren." It's such a royal pain in
the ass dealing with him these days now that I'm at the age where I'm 
supposed to own a home and quit running around the planet like I lunatic 
chasing good times (which I thouroughly enjoy doing). 

I think we're caught between a rock and a hard place with 'rents on this
until we either conform to their concepts of normalacy or convince them 
that the times have changed....

C'est la guerre...
   kenn

------------------
Kenneth E. Walker
Apple Computer, Inc.
Open Systems Product Marketing
Internet: kenn@apple.com   Link: KENN   ringy-dingy: 408/974.8815
Newsgroups: ba.singles
From: bob@netcom.com (Bob Becker)
Subject: Re: Oxymorons, and other important trivia
Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest)
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 22:21:52 GMT

In article <1993Jan2.211938.16743@oracle.us.oracle.com> akao@.com (Adam Kao) writes:
>In article <1993Jan01.030106.2525@Veritas.COM> oleg@veritas.com (Oleg Kiselev) writes:
>
>> please, get a brain.
>
>This from the man who claims voting Libertarian is a blanket excuse?

I think voting for wild, wanton women who drink a lot is a good idea.
From: johnf@Auspex.COM (John Fereira)
Newsgroups: ba.singles
Subject: Re: Oxymorons, and other important trivia
Date: 29 Dec 92 21:40:52 GMT
Organization: Auspex Systems, Inc.

In article <1992Dec29.201238.10569@netcom.com> lemay@netcom.com (Laura Lemay) writes:
>In article <16093@auspex-gw.auspex.com> johnf@Auspex.COM (John Fereira) writes:
|
|> |How many Bobs are there on ba.singles, anyway?  
|> 
>> not nearly as many as there are Laura's.
|
|
|Tsk tsk tsk, John.  Thats a *soc*.singles in-joke, and such an
|old one, too.

It may be but it certainly was a suprise to me that it got you to respond.
I didn't even have to use the word "cute" in my followup.  

-- 
+==========================================================================+
| John Fereira        | Auspex Systems | "Ask me about my vow of silence." |
| johnf@auspex.com    | Santa Clara CA |                                   |
+==========================================================================+
From: obrien@netcom.com (Robert O'Brien)
Newsgroups: ba.singles
Subject: Re: Steel Tipped Tampons
Date: 29 Dec 92 06:15:59 GMT
Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest)

In article <16100@auspex-gw.auspex.com> johnf@Auspex.COM (John Fereira) writes:
>In article <1992Dec28.221358.2101@netcom.com> bob@netcom.com (Bob Becker) writes:
>>In article <tching.2@water.ca.gov> tching@water.ca.gov (Tracy Ching) writes:
>|>In article <1992Dec24.073404.14965@netcom.com> bob@netcom.com (Bob Becker) writes:
>|>
>|>>>How many Bobs are there on ba.singles, anyway?  
>|>
>|>>Probably too many.  But you  gotta admit, that 'Bob' is quick and easy to 
>|>>spell.
>|>
>|>    'Lee' is quicker and easier.  Sorry about that Bob.
>|
>|Not true.  Lee has two vowels.  Bob has only one.
>|The Bobs win again.
>
>I agree. Even dyslexics can spell Bob.
>
but it does seem a bit difficult to attribute quotes to the appropriate Bob.
of course, without that I'd have nothing to say here...

	Bob "boB'O boB" O'Brien
--
From: jimmy@finch.scac.edu (Jimmy Tubbs)
Newsgroups: ba.singles
Subject: Re: Oxymorons, and other important trivia
Date: 30 Dec 92 02:00:25 GMT
Reply-To: jimmy@finch.scac.edu (Jimmy Tubbs)
Followup-To: misc.test
Distribution: ca
Organization: Sacramento College of Arts and Crafts

In article <16093@auspex-gw.auspex.com>, johnf@Auspex.COM (John Fereira) writes:
>[...]  It said
>that "everyone goes to PJ's on Wednesdays".  Sounds to me like an invitation
>for ba.singles for HumpdayBoink at PJ's.

Uh oh -- now the normal people are going
to have to find all new places to go to.

Jimmy
From: johnf@Auspex.COM (John Fereira)
Newsgroups: ba.singles
Subject: Re: Duck and Jive (was Re: Pre-Sex Contract )
Date: 23 Dec 92 17:17:41 GMT
Distribution: ba
Organization: Auspex Systems, Inc.

In article <1992Dec23.035519.17842@Veritas.COM> oleg@veritas.com (Oleg Kiselev) writes:
 
|I think everyone should seek therapy.  Nobody in their right mind would
|waste their time posting to the USENET.

I think we got a "keeper" here.  Mind if I use it in the future, Oleg?

-- 
+==========================================================================+
| John Fereira        | Auspex Systems | "Ask me about my vow of silence." |
| johnf@auspex.com    | Santa Clara CA |                                   |
+==========================================================================+
From: kimf@amaryllis.EBay.Sun.COM (Kim Foster)
Newsgroups: ba.singles
Subject: New Years' Eve Party
Date: 24 Dec 92 17:42:59 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems Federal, Milpitas, CA.
NNTP-Posting-Host: amaryllis.ebay.sun.com

My Homeowners' Association is organized the first New Years' Eve
Party at Seven Springs Club House in Cupertino.  Seven Springs
is a large new single home development community located at
the corner of Stelling and Prospect.  The party includes Music,
Dancing, Champagne, Gourmet Food, Cake, and Ice Cream on December
31 from 8:00PM to 1:00AM.  The cost is $12 per person.               

This is also a first party that they allow the outside guests.
So, I thought that it would be fun to invite people on the net
to attend the party.  I got the invitation awhile back, but totally
forgot about it until yesterday.  The deadline for reservation is
December 25.  I'm only working today, December 24, until noon.
Since Sun is shuting down for the holiday, I cannot be able to read
my email.  So, if anyone is interested in attending the party,
email me before noon today.  You can also leave voice mail to
me at (408) 276-3450.  I'll check my voice mail tomorrow and
get back to you.  When leave a voice mail, make sure to tell
me the time that you will be available so we don't have to
play phone tags.  

To make the party more enjoyable, I would prefer a mixture of
men and women.  So, for the male and female netters out there,
if you don't have any plan for the New Years' Eve, I hope to 
hear from you soon.

Kim
Newsgroups: ba.singles
From: bob@netcom.com (Bob Becker)
Subject: Re: Oxymorons, and other important trivia
Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest)
Distribution: ba
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 03:21:08 GMT

In article <1992Dec31.031338.21615@netcom.com> tyger@netcom.com (Kristen Kohlbecker) writes:
>
>Desiree is always hostile...you get used to it after a while...

Oh-oh.


Newsgroups: ba.singles
From: tyger@netcom.com (Kristen Kohlbecker)
Subject: Re: Oxymorons, and other important trivia
Organization:  MOOOOOOOOOON RIIIIIIIIIIVER!
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 02:21:27 GMT

erc@Apple.COM (Ed Carp) writes:
>In article <1992Dec29.225012.28203@netcom.com> desiree@netcom.com (Desiree Champagne) writes:
>
>>Anything to change the subject
>>from the local version of arc, starring
>>Ed Carp,
>
>Now, now, Des.  Are you jealous? :)  Must be because I didn't kiss you at the
>Boink.  Well, rest assured, I'll get around to you at the next one, OK?  I'll
>do my best to knock your socks off, too... :) :)

Is that before or after she decks you? ;)

>Ed Carp, N7EKG                    erc@apple.com                   801/538-0177

Tyger
-- 
      Kristen Kohlbecker    And I would choose to be with you
      tyger@netcom.com      That's if the choice were mine to make   
                            But you can make decisions too
      A Tyger and a Lady    And you can have this heart to break
From: erc@Apple.COM (Ed Carp)
Newsgroups: ba.singles
Subject: Re: Oxymorons, and other important trivia
Date: 30 Dec 92 02:22:30 GMT
Organization: Bleeding Edge Technologies - 'Sliding Down The Razor Blade Of Life...'

In article <1992Dec30.005948.9972@netcom.com> desiree@netcom.com (Desiree Champagne) writes:

>>  Are you jealous? :)

>	Nope.  Just too old and too tired to watch a local version of
>alt.romance.chat rear its ugly head in ba.singles.  If you wanna bbsy-type
>chatting, hang out in arc or on a bbs.  (And please, lose the mutant
>smileys.)

And apparantly too old to have a sense of humor, too.

>>  Must be because I didn't kiss you at the
>>Boink.  Well, rest assured, I'll get around to you at the next one, OK?  I'll
>>do my best to knock your socks off, too... :) :)
>
>	Tell you what Ed, next time you see me, if you try to kiss me,
>make sure you're wearing a cup.  See, I don't need to go around kissing
>anything that moves in order to get my thrills...

Oh, I wouldn't *dream* of trying to kiss you, Des.  And if you think you can
threaten or intimidate me by telling me to wear a cup, think again.  If you,
by some miracle, connect with any part of my body in a manner that would
threaten bodily injury, rest assured that I would (not intentionally) break
something very vital - perhaps your arm.  Then, after defending myself
against your vicious physical assault, I would be more than happy to put the
cuffs on you myself and haul you down to the local jail.  I would magistrate
you myself ... with pleasure.

Now, see what you've done?  You've turned something that started out fun and
innocent into something vicious.  Tsk, tsk.  Like I said earlier, you have *no*
sense of humor.
-- 
Ed Carp, N7EKG                    erc@apple.com                   801/538-0177
"This is the final task I will ever give you, and it  goes  on  forever.   Act
happy, feel happy, be happy, without a reason in the world. Then you can love,
and do what you will."           -- Dan Millman, "Way Of The Peaceful Warrior"
Newsgroups: ba.singles
From: akao@.com (Adam Kao)
Subject: Re: Oxymorons, and other important trivia
Organization: Oracle Corporation, Redwood Shores, CA
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 21:21:54 GMT
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In article <1993Jan2.105936.2720@netcom.com> oleg@netcom.com (Oleg Kiselev) writes:

>All I did was post on the NET that IBM's PC/RT was an abortion.  Not enough
>reason to fire someone.

"Don't blame me, I voted Libertarian."

Newsgroups: ba.singles
From: desiree@netcom.com (Desiree Champagne)
Subject: Re: Oxymorons, and other important trivia
Summary: Slurp
Organization: Suck Ups United
Distribution: ba
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 22:14:35 GMT

In article <76019@apple.apple.COM> erc@Apple.COM (Ed Carp) babbles:

>Well, as a my roshi once told me, "Very often, what makes you angry to see in
>others is very often what you see in yourself." 

	Yea, yea, yea.  I saw that episode too Grasshopper.

>I suppose your karma is
>to put up with me in ba.singles, Des. 

	Wrong-o.  But do feel free to try and guess again.

> I suggest you sit back and enjoy
>it, instead of kicking against your destiny.  It will make it much easier
>on you, karmically speaking...

	Thanks for your concern Mr. Goldfish, but it's not difficult
on me in the least.

Whatever,

Desiree

N.B.  Oleg you find that stuff yet?

Newsgroups: ba.singles
From: gerg@netcom.com (Greg Andrews)
Subject: Re: Gerg's a wimp, but Kaiser's a Doberman...
Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest)
Distribution: ba
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 00:14:45 GMT

erc@Apple.COM (Ed Carp) writes:
>gerg@netcom.com (Greg Andrews) writes:
>>
>>Oh, were you out there on the sidewalk?  I didn't know that, or I'd have
>>let Kaiser out to play.  Kaiser's like that old Life cereal commercial:
>>
>>	"He's a doberman.  He hates EVERYthing!"
>
>Hah!  Dobies are sweet dogs - if you know how to handle them.  Besides, most
>animals love me...they usually have better taste than their "masters".  hehehe
>

Perhaps you taste better than their masters do.


-- 
:::::::::::::::::::  Greg Andrews  gerg@netcom.com  :::::::::::::::::::
ObGuindon:  The correct way to bunt with a carp is head first.
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
From: erc@Apple.COM (Ed Carp)
Newsgroups: ba.singles
Subject: Gerg's a wimp...
Date: 22 Dec 92 20:33:30 GMT
Distribution: ba
Organization: Bleeding Edge Technologies - 'Sliding Down The Razor Blade Of Life...'

In article <1992Dec19.084102.15958@netcom.com> gerg@netcom.com (Greg Andrews) writes:

>>Well, this is going to be a bang-up weekend!  Gee, I'm going to have netters
>>around me all weekend! :)  How fun!!  I will be glad to finally meet the
>>mysterious "Greg"... :)

>Mysterious?!?  Yeah, sure.  "I am the terror that posts in the night..."

Well, folks, I didn't get to meet this guy, 'cause he wimped out on me.
Wouldn't even poke his nose out his front door to wave.  What a guy...  :)

Next time, dude... :)
-- 
Ed Carp, N7EKG                    erc@apple.com                   801/538-0177
"This is the final task I will ever give you, and it  goes  on  forever.   Act
happy, feel happy, be happy, without a reason in the world. Then you can love,
and do what you will."           -- Dan Millman, "Way Of The Peaceful Warrior"
Newsgroups: ba.singles
From: oleg@netcom.com (Oleg Kiselev)
Subject: Re: Duck and Jive (was Re: Pre-Sex Contract )
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
Distribution: ba
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 11:57:27 GMT

In article <1992Dec23.015258.29656@netcom.com> aahz@netcom.com (Mean Green Dancing Machine) writes:
>Oooooh, I didn't know you liked wearing a bridle.  Should I find a
>riding crop, too?

Ahem!  Shouldn't that discussion be continued in alt.sex.bondage or in
alt.romance.chat?  Thank you.
-- 
Oleg Kiselev at home			...use the header to find the path
Newsgroups: ba.singles
From: aahz@netcom.com (Mean Green Dancing Machine)
Subject: Re: Oxymorons, and other important trivia
Organization: Don't blame me, I voted for Bill 'n' Opus
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 02:03:01 GMT

In article <1992Dec30.212532.16576@oracle.us.oracle.com> akao@.com (Adam Kao) writes:
>
>"Maybe I'd like her if I met her in person."

6.2
-- 
                         --- Aahz (the *other* Dan Bernstein)
                             @netcom.com 

Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6

Virtual anniversary: 1 day and counting
From: erc@Apple.COM (Ed Carp)
Newsgroups: ba.singles
Subject: Re: Oxymorons, and other important trivia
Date: 30 Dec 92 09:01:08 GMT
Organization: Bleeding Edge Technologies - 'Sliding Down The Razor Blade Of Life...'

In article <1992Dec30.042606.21949@netcom.com> bob@netcom.com (Bob Becker) writes:
>In article <75987@apple.apple.COM> erc@Apple.COM (Ed Carp) writes:
>>In article <1992Dec29.225012.28203@netcom.com> desiree@netcom.com (Desiree Champagne) writes:
>>
>>>Anything to change the subject
>>>from the local version of arc, starring
>>>Ed Carp,
>>
>>Now, now, Des.  Are you jealous? :)  Must be because I didn't kiss you at the
>>Boink.  Well, rest assured, I'll get around to you at the next one, OK?  I'll
>>do my best to knock your socks off, too... :) :)
>
>Neat post, Ed.  I'd just from the tone and content that you are

[Steve Martin sarcastic imitation mode on]

Oh, thank you ... thank you ... thank you...

[Steve Martin sarcastic imitation mode off]

>suffering from testosterone poisoning, and that you're in your

Nope.

>late teens or early 20's.  Is that right?

No, again.  So far you're batting 0.  Bzzzt.  Sorry, but thanks for playing...
-- 
Ed Carp, N7EKG                    erc@apple.com                   801/538-0177
"This is the final task I will ever give you, and it  goes  on  forever.   Act
happy, feel happy, be happy, without a reason in the world. Then you can love,
and do what you will."           -- Dan Millman, "Way Of The Peaceful Warrior"
From: erc@Apple.COM (Ed Carp)
Newsgroups: ba.singles
Subject: Re: Needing help greeting 30!!
Date: 31 Dec 92 20:45:44 GMT
Distribution: ba
Organization: Bleeding Edge Technologies - 'Sliding Down The Razor Blade Of Life...'

In article <72639@cup.portal.com> DeadHead@cup.portal.com (Bruce M Ong) writes:
>>In article <72562@cup.portal.com> DeadHead@cup.portal.com (Bruce M Ong) writes
>:
>>
>>>	Peer pressure, peer pressure, hypnotic TV commercials with these
>>>beautiful couples in them (would somebody please tell the ad agency that 
>>>handles the <<Eden Roc Champagne>> account that the 70's are OVER?). ;-)
>>
>>I heard a commercial today from some hotel about a New Year's Eve "special".
>>The one thing that really pissed me off about it was "only $XXX per couple."
>>"You two will have a wonderful time, blah, blah, blah..."  It's like one can't
>>exist by oneself - one *has* to have a partner to feel complete, or something.
>
>	Of course we cant exist by ourselves! Remember the game of life? 
>That's the first game you are supposed to program in your college computer
>science program -- most probably in Pascal. ;-)
>
>	My gripe is mostly around the subliminal pressures that the Ad world
>sends out to the single individuals. I guess that is akin to my gripe about
>"why are there so few asians or african americans or other peoples of color
> in the ad world." It seems that madison ave. is pretty much set on celebrating
>ONE lifestyle, (married, 2.5 children, 1 dog, 2 cars (one of them stationwagon
>for the wife), a house in the suburbs, a career). And if people in the 
>commercials are not exactly "there" yet, they are working towards that
>direction. I just dont understand "why the hell cant they celebrate the
>singles lifestyle?"

They've even perverted *that*.  To the ad world, the "singles" life means having
a partner.  SO.  You are never by ourself - the sole goal is to attract a
member of the opposite sex.  The idea of being totally alone, by yourself, and
not *wanting* a partner is abhorant to them, because that would mean that you
don't *want* anything.  If you have no wants and no needs, they can't sell
you anything.  Therefore, not having an SO and liking it is "Not in the order
of things" according to the ad folks.
-- 
Ed Carp, N7EKG                    erc@apple.com                   801/538-0177
"This is the final task I will ever give you, and it  goes  on  forever.   Act
happy, feel happy, be happy, without a reason in the world. Then you can love,
and do what you will."           -- Dan Millman, "Way Of The Peaceful Warrior"
Newsgroups: ba.singles
From: obrien@netcom.com (Oh!   It's ... YOU)
Subject: Re: Needing help greeting 30!!
Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest)
Distribution: ba
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 10:08:29 GMT

DeadHead@cup.portal.com (Bruce M Ong) writes:
>
>	Peer pressure, peer pressure, hypnotic TV commercials with these
>beautiful couples in them (would somebody please tell the ad agency that 
>handles the <<Eden Roc Champagne>> account that the 70's are OVER?). ;-)
>
>	It's interesting how much symbolism the world has attached to 
>being 30. It's like: Oh! by 30 you should have your shit together, you
>should be well off, blah blah... That puts a lot of pressure on the individual.
[and a lot more good stuff]

amazing.  I wonder if reading news by threads is such a good idea after all.
The "oxymoron" thread (which, by the way, *I* started with a totally different
subject, as usual) just got me really fed up, and then I get to
Bruce, here, with what I have to say was very well stated.

OK, so now I remember why I like ba.singles again.


	Bob "oh...I though you were...circus midgets" O'Bob


(sort of makes me wish I'd used the whole prior line in my 'angry' post)
--
Newsgroups: ba.singles
From: tching@water.ca.gov (Tracy Ching)
Subject: Re: Steel Tipped Tampons 
Organization: CDWR
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 19:39:33 GMT

In article <1992Dec24.073404.14965@netcom.com> bob@netcom.com (Bob Becker) writes:

>>How many Bobs are there on ba.singles, anyway?  

>Probably too many.  But you  gotta admit, that 'Bob' is quick and easy to 
>spell.

    'Lee' is quicker and easier.  Sorry about that Bob.
Newsgroups: ba.singles
From: howeird@hpl.hp.com (Howard Stateman)
Subject: Re: Needing help greeting 30!!
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 06:14:49 GMT
Organization: HP Research Grants Program
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1.4 PL6]

Trish Joselyn (joselyn@clio.asd.sgi.com) wrote:
: 
: Hi, I've been reading this net for a few months and have never needed the
: support you all obviously have for each other in a crisis.  Is there any
: chance as a new poster, that I could get some advice getting over this
: hump?  I'm having a hard time turning 30.  Not *so* much from me, mostly
: from family, i.e., I'm not married, I'm childless, {it's okay mom!!!} and
: I'm very independent of men.  Any friendly advice would be most welcome!!!

Well, I'm 42, never married, childless, and my friendly advice is to follow
your heart. If you enjoy being independent of men, then tell your family
that early and often. The more times something is repeated, the more
accepted it becomes. If you decide to get married some day, they will
treat it as a miracle, and your wedding will be all the more spectacular.
And if you decide to stick to your present philosophy, you'll be looked at
as someone with the courage of her convictions. Either way you come out on
top.

-Howard

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 howeird@hpl.HP.COM         |                ...then life sucks again    .
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Newsgroups: ba.singles,soc.singles,soc.men,soc.women,alt.dads-rights
Newsgroups: ba.singles

Treat yourself to something positive and memorable! When I turned 30
I had been going through a bad year (long-time relationship ended at
the same time I got laid off!) The one bright spot of that year was
doing something I'd always wanted to do: I went hot-air ballooning
over the vineyards of Napa. Now all I have to do is look back at
the pictures and I still get a kick from it.

As to your family, remind them that you could be quite unhappily
married (or divorced several times) by now with hoards of screaming
children that you'd just love to hand over to the grandparents to raise!

Or, alternatively, convince a good friend to play along and introduce
the "man (or woman) of your mother's worst nightmare" to them as your
"intended". (Not nice, but it gets the point across) :-)

As to handling the kid issue, my favorite was "Sure, I like kids 3 ways -
baked, bar-b-qued, and broiled!"  (They finally gave up asking....)