HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: gds@oahu.cs.ucla.edu (Greg Skinner)
Subject: Re: Commitment--The C-word?
Originator: gds@oahu.cs.ucla.edu
Reply-To: gds@cs.ucla.edu (Greg Skinner)
Organization: too funky
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 92 21:20:33 GMT

In article <1992Aug25.202038.21806@cbnewsd.cb.att.com> nance@cbnewsd.cb.att.com (nancy.l.colucci) writes:
>In article <1992Aug25.162227.24637@cs.ucla.edu> gds@cs.ucla.edu (Greg Skinner) writes:
>>There is also the possibility he lives in a place where such women are
>>not readily available.
>Like where?  The Western Frontier in 1874?

Ed Wright, for example, claims that without exception, every woman
he's asked out has rejected him because he's not in shape (read:
athletic enough).

His case is (probably) extreme, but I think in general it is possible
for some people not to be able to find an SO in their current
environment, due to the lack of availability of compatible people, or
the lack of means to make connections with compatible people.

For example, you might be riding the bus and be sitting right next to
someone who'd be a compatible mate, but you might never connect, 
unless you live in Trygve's universe. :-)

--gregbo
From: wtr@mitre.org (Bill Ralston)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Las Vegas
Date: 25 Aug 92 16:54:30 GMT
Organization: The MITRE Corporation

in article <l9kk0nINNk6r@news.bbn.com> dhardin@spcink.bbn.com (Dawn 
Hardin) writes:

> On second thought, don't ask me about my ex.

At least he's your _ex_ (Now stay calm, I'm not asking about.... :)

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Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: tlode@nyx.cs.du.edu (trygve lode)
Subject: Re: Cooking for 1!
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix @ U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 92 17:32:26 GMT

In article <4127@moscom.UUCP> wjb@moscom.UUCP (Bill de Beaubien) writes:
>
>Why don't I ever find people who love to cook?  I don't really mind cooking
>per se, but after 8-10 hours at work, I certainly don't want to spend an
>hour cooking.  I'd rather sit here and read soc.singles :-)
>
>Besides, I never seem to have the correct ingredients to make anything
>interesting.  I know, forsight and planning.  Well, maybe next life :-)

Easilly solved--pop on down to the store someday when you're in more of
a cooking mood and buy great quantities of foods that can be prepared
ahead of time and make them all at once.  Things like lasagne and stuffed
pasta shells freeze quite well when uncooked and you just mix up a half
dozen pans of the stuff at once and freeze--then when you're in the mood
to eat them after work, you pull one from a freezer, stick it in the oven,
and set it for "time bake."  Or, you can make really quick stuff like 
fettucini Alfredo, stir-fry, or various Mexican dishes.

Trygve 
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: nance@cbnewsd.cb.att.com (nancy.l.colucci)
Subject: Re: Commitment--The C-word?
Organization: AT&T
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 16:22:15 GMT

In article <1696@necis.UUCP> dlyons@necis.UUCP (Dave Lyons) writes:
>In article <1992Aug24.203448.27761@news.acns.nwu.edu>, drmax@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Marianna Max) wrote:
>> 
>> way take over the job of finishing my house for me. Of course they all
>> thought that since they had a Y chromosome that they just had to know a
>> better way to do the job than I did, never mind that I designed the house
>> in the first place. Sheesh
>I have a house that is in desperate need of finishing out here in the
>So. NH countryside.  Trust me, even with my Y chromosome, I'd be more than 
>happy to let you do anything you wanted to it without kibitzing of any kind.

Dave and others who express similar ideas:

Marianna wrote with what I thought was pride about finishing her
house without any help.  A few weeks ago I wrote about being able to
change oil and do that kind of stuff, also with pride.

I didn't see where either of us offered similar services to anyone
on the net.  If I say I know how to tie my shoes, it doesn't mean I'm
going to go around tying anyone else's - I'm just not going to ask
anyone to tie mine.

-Nance
-- 
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From: johnf@Auspex.COM (John Fereira)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Desperation (was Re: Commitment--The C-word?)
Date: 4 Sep 92 01:05:37 GMT
Organization: Auspex Systems, Inc.

In article <5100@news.duke.edu> diamond@acpub.duke.edu (Elizabeth Abrams) writes:
>In article <14455@auspex-gw.auspex.com> johnf@Auspex.COM (John Fereira) writes:
>
>	(description of cute "dinner date" costume deleted)
>
>That sounds amusing.  I should look around for some singles places, but
>I've been so busy!  I've only been here for a few weeks, so I'm still hoping
>I'll just run into people here at the university.

I'm sure that you will.  I'm quite suprised that your mailbox hasn't been
inundated with propositional email already.  Wait a couple weeks until
more schools get going.  You'll have more dinner offers than you can stomach
(cute, eh).  

> I'm not really focused
>so much on meeting available persons of the opposite sex, just on meeting
>fun people I can talk to without having to spend long-distance money.

You are *really* in trouble.  With that kind of attitude, people from as
far away as, say, Santa Clara, Cal. will be asking you out for dinner, or 
at least suggesting that would make a good dinner companion.  

>(Or be logged on! :-))
 
Oh sure, meet someone interesting at the University and drop us like a lead
balloon.  We've seen the wide-band come-on mode.  Now we have the wideband
LJBF.

>>I'll have to agree with Kiran.  I got a kick out of the comments about the
>>tequila sunrises and the ex.  You've already shown a sense of humor which,
>>for me, would go a long way to making an enjoyable dinner companion. 
>
>Awww.  So, what city are you in? :-)
 
Apparently, the wrong one.

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Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: aahz@netcom.com (Aahzmandius)
Subject: Re: Desperation (was Re: Commitment--The C-word?)
Date: Wed, 02 Sep 92 23:07:57 GMT
Organization: Bill 'n' Opus for Prez

In article <laa4gbINNfoj@news.bbn.com> dhardin@spcink.bbn.com (Dawn Hardin) writes:
>
> Who will you complain about your sweetie to when you've found her? 

Complain?  What's that?
-- 
                         --- Aahz (the *other* Dan Bernstein)
                             @netcom.com 

Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6

So much Astroglide.  So little time.
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: barry@netcom.com (Kenn Barry)
Subject: Re: Where the best posts come from
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 92 19:09:17 GMT
Organization: QQQCLC

In article <la4pdaINNl25@news.bbn.com> dhardin@spcink.bbn.com (Dawn Hardin) writes:
>whoops, I guess it's a waste of time to suck up to the men, huh?

	You can suck up to me any time, Dawn; how many PSI can you
manage?

						Kayembee
From: walter (Walter Lego)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Finding Romantic Partners (on the net)
Date: 26 Aug 92 18:33:56 GMT
Reply-To: nobody
Followup-To: soc.singles
Organization: Twisted Pair Inc.

In article <1992Aug26.120402.8810@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> allisson@turing.toronto.edu (H. Allisson Roome) writes:
>Thanks a lot, Walter.  Now I'm going to get deluged with mail wondering
>where my heart is and if it's available.  It's located in my thoracic 
>cavity which is located in Upstate NY at the moment -- availabilty is
>only after my death (organ donor).  Oh, metaphoric heart ... nevermind,
>no comment, I take the 5th.
>

The 5th caller or the 5th e-mailer?

						Walter

What disclaimer?
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: Bathsheba.Grossman@bbs.oit.unc.edu (Bathsheba Grossman)
Subject: Desperation Explained
Organization: Extended Bulletin Board Service
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 06:01:23 GMT

In article <laa4gbINNfoj@news.bbn.com> dhardin@spcink.bbn.com (Dawn Hardin) writes:
>You make it sound like a person only has one relationship.  Not true.  What
>about your friends, 
My which?
>your parents,
Good people, but so what?
>your grandparents, 
Dead-O
>your co-workers,
None
> your neighbors, 
Soon shoot me as look at me
>your classmates,
None
>your dog, your cat, your gerbil, your dancing partners 
Oh, I don't think so.
>or whoever the heck you interact with?  
"Cheese on that, please."

Finding somebody to screw is simple, even for a somewhat overripe nymphet. 
But I don't approach such a rel. reasonably, because the rest of the social
network has broken down: any intended has to cope with the whole package. 
The last possibility, I came down on like a ton of bricks; exeunt with
alarums.  I guess that will tend to go on happening.

The solution: USENET.  There are so many of you (bless you all), and only the
faintest of heart can be overloaded at 9600 bps.

Why not get a real social life, given a solid theoretical grounding in how
they work?  The usual reasons.  Startup expenses.  I'm far enough along to
want old friends, not the casual, hit-or-miss acquaintances they start out
as.  Schedule trouble.  I'm into things that are not done with people; how
otherwise?  Once bitten.  It never worked out before, or it didn't last,  
and I am become like a bottle in the smoke.

>You
>shouldn't be desperate to have your emotional/hugging needs filled before
>you get a sweetie.  If you can't connect emotionally with any of these
>people, then how do you know you'll be able to connect emotionally with
>a lover?  
Good question.  Because it happened once, and it was so fine to feel that
someone was on my side, in here with me, that I must try again.  I'm trying to
change those emotionally monogamous habits, because inadequate is better than
none, but it's uphill -- I'm a one-serial-port machine.  

>Who will you complain about your sweetie to when you've found her? 
>Dawn
Fiddle-de-dee.  I'll think about that tomorrow.

-Sheba
"They do respect her, but...they love to watch her strut."	--???

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From: johnf@Auspex.COM (John Fereira)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Kiran Wagle
Date: 31 Aug 92 17:45:41 GMT
Organization: Auspex Systems, Inc.

In article <kiran.715076280@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu> kiran@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (Kiran Wagle) writes:
 
>Oh well, de gustibus non est disputandum, as they say.

Speak for yourself.

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| johnf@auspex.com                                                           |
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Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: huston@access.digex.com (Herb Huston)
Subject: Re: Exactly what I mean by "unattached"...
Organization: Express Access Online Communications, Greenbelt, MD USA
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 10:45:46 GMT

In article <71603@apple.Apple.COM> stef@Apple.COM (Stef Jones) writes:
>dy@depsych.Gwinnett.COM (Dr. Yes) writes:
>
>>In primate
>>society it was the strong, aggressive male who had survival value
>>and who therefore got selected and looked sexy to females.  
>
>Incomplete. Even in primate societies that *have* social hierarchies with
>strong aggressive males at the top (and there are many primate species that
                                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>do not), the females are known to sneak off and have sex with the lower-
 ^^^^^^
>ranking males at regular opportunities.

Jane Goodall records that Mike, a low-ranking chimp, discovered that he
could make an interesting noise by rolling empty kerosene cans along the
ground.  He incorporated this into his display and became the alpha male
through intelligence.

Frans de Waal documents how Nikki, the No. 3 chimp, formed coalitions with
other chimps to rise to the alpha position.

-- Herb Huston

P.S. Kiran Wagle, I hear your school presented an academic award to a bonobo.
True?
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: smith@comm.mot.com (Jeff Smith)
Subject: Re: Powerful forces of nature conspire
Organization: Gagging Sloth Records
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 19:11:18 GMT

In article <ewillims.715020154@unix1.tcd.ie>, ewillims@unix1.tcd.ie (Emma Williams) writes:
|> In <1992Aug28.155227.3103@u.washington.edu> intrigue@milton.u.washington.edu (Angelwing) writes:
|> 

|> >Angelwing - Give me rain *any* time.

Snow?! Rain?! Ha!  Wind is where it's at. Wind. 160 mph, now THAT'S wind.

jds

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From: pdsmith@bbn.com (Peter D. Smith)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Hark tis it the wind.
Date: 29 Aug 92 00:09:45 GMT
Reply-To: pdsmith@spca.bbn.com (Peter D. Smith)
Distribution: na
Organization: Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc., Cambridge MA
NNTP-Posting-Host: bbn.com

[Somebody writes...]
>>Unfortunately James, I don't want to be near *ANY* interstate - nor do 
>>I want a tourist trap.

Consider two Boston neighborhoods: Beacon Hill and the South End.
Beacon Hill is the touristy place, and in addition to the run-of-the-mill
nice houses has gorgeous mansions, old, old trees, purple glass in the
windows, and various atavistic features like cobblestones.  There are also
good restaurants (and some cheap ones), interesting alleyways, and expensive
yuppie shopping.

South End, on the other hand, has run-of-the-mill nice houses and lots
of laudromats.

So tell me -- where would you rather be?  In the nice touristy area, or
lost in laundryland?


					Peter D. Smith
					Native American.
From: cfeem@ux1.cts.eiu.edu (Eleanor Midkiff)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: The Chocolate Urgies (was: Re: Finding Romantic Partners (long))
Summary: Hormones
Keywords: chocolate, hormones
Date: 4 Sep 92 19:54:24 GMT
Article-I.D.: ux1.1992Sep04.195424.27884
Expires: ?
Followup-To: net
Organization: Eastern Illinois University

In article <ewillims.714912832@unix1.tcd.ie> ewillims@unix1.tcd.ie (Emma Williams) writes:
>
>>There must be something hormonal about women and chocolate.
>
>	There is a connection...read my earlier posting.
>I did say it was chemical but some body out there, better qualified
>than I to comment on this, may disagree with me and say it is 
>hormonal!
> 
 Hormones are chemicals; so is the rest of us.  (So are the rest of us?)

Chocolate as usually consumed is high in fat and sugar; we are genetically
programmed to prefer fat and sugar.  There may be an increased preference
for chocolate around the time of ovulation; reason not totally eplained,
but it may be related to higher energy expenditures.  ;-)

-- 
Eleanor Midkiff
(cfeem@eiu.edu)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: cfg@cray.com (Cindy Glass)
Subject: Re: Powerful forces of nature conspire
Organization: Cray Research, Inc.
Date: 26 Aug 92 23:57:15 CDT


rON (blowfish@carina.unm.edu) writes:

>Oh, yeah, and what is a 'sweltering hot' day in Wisconson? 
>50 degrees?
>r.

A 'bit' warmer than that - 50 degrees is about what I found in
New Mexico when I was there at the end of May!!

Cindy :) 


Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: smith@comm.mot.com (Jeff Smith)
Subject: Re: Desperation (was Re: Commitment--The C-word?)
Organization: Gagging Sloth Records
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 22:43:35 GMT

In article <5049@news.duke.edu>, diamond@acpub.duke.edu (Elizabeth Abrams) writes:
|> In article <1992Sep1.171709.19079@walter.bellcore.com> nobody writes:
|> >Hmm... "Hungry, broke female looking for a dinner companion". Not quite the
|> >same ring. It is all in the phrasing, I guess.
|> 
|> If someone around here knew of a good place for wings, I'd probably hock
|> one of my parrots and buy some!  I'm broke, but I'm also awfully tired 
|> of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.  (And of eating alone)!

Ha, you should live down here! EVERY place seems to have wings...they're
practically inescapable!

jds

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                               * Health and knowledge and wealth and power,
Jeff Smith                     * Passion and poems and sex
smith@fl08-g.comm.mot.com      * I wear a smile like a leather glove,
                               * I won't shut my mouth for less.
                                                - shriekback
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Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: morton@rtpnet06.rtp.dg.com (John R. Morton)
Subject: Re: Commitment--The C-word?
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 92 10:14:39 GMT
Organization: Data General Corporation, RTP, NC.

Whenever we fall off the path and go stumbling around , we immediately
proclaim ,"My Life Is For ME... I'm important.. I must make me happy,
nobody else willl... !!! !"
Well, by inspection, that's obviously selfish, and even if you can't
handle inspection, it's still selfish...
I heard someone recently say,"This is the ME generation, I don't 
make excuses!"  Well, OK, but the truth is, it's the MTV generation,
it's the " do good in school and your personality will somehow follow"
generation....   admit it !
Knowing this, it should be obvious that something as intense as SEX,
is out of the question.....
That was for the 60's dudes, and will be again for the 2000 dudes,
but you guys .... forget it !

Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: myhui@bnr.ca (Michael Hui)
Subject: Women are more attentive listeners
Organization: Bell-Northern Research Ltd., Ottawa, Canada
Date: Wed, 02 Sep 92 03:28:28 GMT

In article <76@cnmhnet.UUCP> keithg@cnmhnet.UUCP (keith garrard) writes:
>In article <1992Aug31.154436.19762@u.washington.edu> intrigue@milton.u.washington.edu (Angelwing) writes:
>>In article <71@cnmhnet.UUCP> keithg@cnmhnet.UUCP (keith garrard) writes a
>>most amazing suck up: 
>>>	A little note though, the most interesting posts come 
>>>from "Angelwing".  She is a hot babe!
>>Keith Keith ...all heresay, hon.
>>Angelwing - Best wishes to your bride, btw
>
>Oh my goodness!  This ^^^ is why I am so impressed with Angelwing!
>I've only mentioned once, that I was recently married and that I 
>am a newleywed, and Angelwing picked right up on it!  A very
>smart lady, and very quick!  

Not really. Men usually are less prone to remember details from
conversations compared to women, that's all. This deficient bahavorial
trait among men is sometimes turned around by men to blame women for
remembering every single little thing that was ever said, no matter how
long ago. Those with good memories and listening skills should _not_
be blame for having such skills.

Michael MY Hui          myhui@bnr.ca           Ottawa Canada
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: jjd1@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (james.j.dutton)
Subject: Re: Seesters, I want the seesters.
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 13:13:43 GMT

In article <1992Aug28.184724.1165@gvl.unisys.com> liz@prc.unisys.com (Liz Loquacious) writes:
>In article <1992Aug28.153810.6931@cbfsb.cb.att.com>, jjd1@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (james.j.dutton) writes:
>|> 
>|> While I do have a tattoo, it was from the navy and not motorcycles.
>
>And where is this tatoo?  Can just anybody see it? 
 
Yes anyone can see it if I don't have a shirt on or short sleeves. It's not
one of those namby pamby hidden ones nor am I the illustrated man.
 
>
>|> Harley riders hate crotch rocket riders and vica versa. I actually
>
>Yes, you're telling the truth.  They'd love to take your bike I'd bet and
>string it up on a tree and take their aggressions out on it.  They really 
 
This they would do if they could catch it. Bwaaahhaaaaaahaaaaaa.
 
>have done this or so one of my sisters told me.  I don't socialize 
>with 'em. :-)  All this and if you met her husband (yeah, one of them's 
>married anyway; sorry to disappoint the masses) you'd probably describe him 
>as polite and even meek.
 
Must be that follow the heard mob mentality.
 
>
>|> prefer petite women(notice the plural). AND while my class may be
>|> debateable my women's/woman/girlie/girl/buxom/great legs/tush/feline
>|> is/are/will be above reproach.
>|> and Now I will sulk over liz's denigrating description. I'm taking
>|> my humour and going home.
>
>Oh that sensitive side of you is so irresistible James.  I think 
>I might swoon.  You'd catch me so I wouldn't fall, wouldn't you???
 
Pleasure M'am.
 
>
>|> I don't want your sisters.
>|> Hi Liz.
>|> What be shakin.
>
>Probably your knees.  Most everything on this end is fairly taut. :-)
 
Humina humina.
 
>Why your knees?  Well, it seems you're intimidated by tall women; guess
>we'll just be friends then.  Sorry dearie.
 
Maybe I prefer petite because that's whats all around when in fact
all my formative years have been consumed with dreams of meeting
a tall taught women I could lavish gifts/praise/favors(wink wink) on.
Maybe, just maybe.

>Liz Loquacious

 
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Subject: Re: The Chocolate Urgies
Summary: 
Expires: 
References: <714991539.16551@minster.york.ac.uk> <1992Aug28.145041.19239@cbnewsd.cb.att.com> <1992Aug28.185915.1664@gvl.unisys.com>
From: gds@LA.TIS.COM (Greg Skinner)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: How'd You Get Here?? (Was:Lurkers)
Date: 31 Aug 92 16:26:44 GMT
Reply-To: gds@la.TIS.COM (Greg Skinner)
Organization: Trusted Information Systems, Inc., Los Angeles, CA

In article <kiran.715221072@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu> Kiran Wagle writes:
>I'm of the more inclusive "better newsreaders and more focused
>newsgroups solve the news volume problem" philosophy.

Not me.  I'm of the "less postings and more original content per
posting (i.e. limiting included text) solve the news volume problem"
philosophy.

>For instance, I don't read rec.music.classical because I want to
>discuss more, shall we say, obscure repertoire.

Maybe you ought to post an article there indicating something you'd
like to discuss, instead of complaining about current content.

>I would support splitting that group
>into r.m.c.standard-repertory and r.m.c.interesting.  

r.m.c.interesting.imho, you mean.
From: johnf@Auspex.COM (John Fereira)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Oh, no! Statistics! Run!! :-)
Date: 26 Aug 92 00:00:16 GMT
Organization: Auspex Systems, Inc.

In article <1992Aug25.192721.39783@watson.ibm.com> margoli@watson.ibm.com writes:
|In  <1992Aug25.004519.16716@nuchat.sccsi.com>  kevin@nuchat.sccsi.com (Kevin Brown) writes:
|>
|> >It's not the car. It's not the driver. It's the tools.
|>
|> Hmm...wonder if women go for guys with Sears Craftsman tools.  :-)
|
|No, women like men with Snap-On tools.  :-)
 
I know at least one woman on the net that has a foundness for my pneumatic
power drill.

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| John Fereira            "Is that all you ever think about?"                |
| johnf@auspex.com                                                           |
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