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Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago
Date: Saturday, 19 Dec 1992 17:59:33 CST
From: <U60703@uicvm.uic.edu>
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
Subject: Re: Did anyone see this before ?
 <92354.101106U60703@uicvm.uic.edu> <1992Dec19.184408.26771@mtu.edu>

In article <1992Dec19.184408.26771@mtu.edu>, bacon@mtu.edu (Jeff Bacon) says:
>
>In article <92354.101106U60703@uicvm.uic.edu> <U60703@uicvm.uic.edu> writes:
>>Me a woman...and....One of the first rules of dating is NEVER go out with a
>>man who is still married...NO MATTER WHAT HE SAYS......
>>
>>It may be just a technicality....just on paper ....over a long time          .
>ago...etc.
>>It is not that the person (you in this case) is nessecarily being insincere
>>about his affections or end of the marriage...the fact remains that there
>>is6OCsituation that needs to be finalized...resolved...and until that is done
>>through the proper channels you are not/can not be ready to move forward
>>into a new partnership....esp if this woman is marriage minded....this is
>>my opinion....but a lot of us women feel that way...
>>
>>In talking w/friends if one of us happens to mention/say "I met this really
>>great guy....etc.....but he is still married legally, but he says......"...
>>Instantly red flags go up...and we reply to each other"Hey!..wait..hold on.
>>a minute here.".....It DOES make a difference....
>
>yeah, but what do you do?
>I have a friend who is in this situation...has been in this situation
>for years...it's caused her a lot of heartache...but she LIKES it there
>and is still waiting....
>HELP!!!!
>
>-bacon

Wow....is a toughie Mr. Bacon.....The best thing you can do for her is to
leave her be...i know this sounds cruel...but YOU can't do anything about
her situation, only she can....

Sounds kike you may have affections for this friend???.....You best move on if
so....If you are always there for her to "dump" sorrows on....be that friend
in need ...is not good for you or her....if she had to cope w/situation
on her own....she may come around and realize she has put herself in that
position when she has to really think on her own instead of dumping on you...
...but she also may never come around..

...I know this may sound cruel but
sometimes people will not learn/grow unless things hit bottom....you being
a buffer/unloading station may be hindering her more than helping....I let
my friends talk to me....but when they consistently dump...I inform them
that the "same old" is pretty old...and I don't care to keep going over it...
usually they will come around after having to stew with their dilemmas and I
feel better  too for having given them thinking space :)


Don't know if that will help but...only thing I can think of to tell you guy...


Carole :)
From: ABR105@psuvm.psu.edu (Adam B. Repsher)
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
Subject: Sunsets (was RE: Still Stunned)
Date: 16 Dec 92 14:33:45 GMT
 <1992Dec15.120200.11435@csd.uwe.ac.uk>
Organization: Penn State University

How about those great sunsets in good old Pennsylvania!...
There's a great view from my *dorm room* --- AACK!

No -- seriously -- there's a great park about 30 minutes
from Penn State called Black Moshannon.  It has a beautiful
lake (on the top of a mountain) that you need to boat out on and see
the sun's reflection.  No motorbaots so the water is _always_ calm.

the same place is great for moon watching too!   :)


                       --Adam
  *** FOUR years at 'Dear old State'!!!   when am i going to get out
                 of here!!!
___________________________________________________________________
Adam B. Repsher        |  Wait for it!  Wait for it!
abr105@psuvm.psu.edu   |  Anticipation is half the fun...
Penn State             |
-What they think and   |  ...so I've heard.      --Phil Collins
what I think usually   |___________________________________________
don't equate, so don't think that I represent them and they represent me
etc, etc, etc....
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
From: lastuka@acs.ucalgary.ca (Tina Lastuka)
Subject: The Perfect work day
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 92 22:14:17 GMT
Organization: The University of Calgary, Alberta

In article <1992Dec9.184024.25298@orphan.nashvil.ingr.com> puter@orphan.nashvil.ingr.com (PuterDude) writes:
> lastuka@acs.ucalgary.ca (Tina Lastuka) has a siesta...
>
>|>Now I remember! It was 2 years ago after MY vacation to Florida. My
>|>brains weren't mush, but more like tanned grits.   Hmmm... Come to
>|>think of it, that's about the same thing, huh?   ;-)
>|
>|    I think it has something to do with the lenght of vacation...
>|    3 months can unmush any ones brains... it was hard to get 
>|    back into work mode!
>
>Work mode? What's that? I usually wake up sittin' at a desk around 9:30-
>10:00 in the mornin' wearin' a tie and answerin' phones. Is that what I'm
>doin', work? No WONDER i get a paycheck...
>
>|>Oh no!!! Your mind is as lovely as ever...
>|   What lovely as ever?  it is more warped then usual!
>
>My kind of lady...

    Work in the same job for 10 years, 5 days ... you get warped!

    The perfect work day - from a postcard I sent to work from
    my last trip to London, England!

    OFFICE TIMETABLE

    9:00    Starting Time
    9:30    Arrive
    9:45    Coffee break
   11:00    Workbreak
   11:15    Prepare for lunch
   12:00    Lunch
    2:00    Return from lunch
    2:45    Afternoon work break
    3:00    Tea break
    4:00    Perpare to go home
    4:30    Go home
    5:00    Leaving Time

   Tina
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          * TINA THE HAPPY LITTLE OPERATOR *      lastuka@acs.ucalgary.ca
          **********************************

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From: puter@orphan.nashvil.ingr.com (PuterDude)
Subject: Re: Ariel's legs...
Organization: Intergraph
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 17:28:05 GMT

 wmcgillivray@OAVAX.CSUCHICO.EDU slobbers on my screen... EEWWWWW! :)
| rmair@nyx.cs.du.edu (Ross Mair) writes:

|>Come now, dear Ariel, don't be sad.  *HUG*
|>Why should *you* believe Puter - no one else does... :-)
|>I'll wager just about anything that your legs are better than Puters.
|
|I will personally guarantee it.  I have seen Ariel's (Lisa Mae's)
|legs and all I can say is *Hubba-Hubba* ... *wolf whistle* ... *Aa-ooga* ...
|*pant, pant*.

Gosh, Dark Knight. But ya haven't seen mine! And I also have *pant* *pant*
on my legs. That _is_ why they are called pants, right?   ;-)

-- 
(Puter is a deranged individual at puter@no1home.nashvil.ingr.com)
There ain't no such thing as a free lunch.	-- Robert Heinlein
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
From: bacon@mtu.edu (Jeff Bacon)
Subject: Re: Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow
Organization: Michigan Technological University
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 23:24:37 GMT

In article <BzCuyx.ME2@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> jrsalt@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Julie Salter) writes:

I seem to have missed a post somewhere here.
oh well, that's what I get for leaving town.

>>>not to intrude, but what's an official strawberry?
>>>(and what's an RFA, for that matter?)
>>No intrusion.  :)
>>*I* am the Official Strawberry.  *sweeping bow*

but WHAT is an official strawberry? what about you makes you qualified?
red hair? body like a strawberry? weird mind?

>>Pleased to meet ya'. *hug*

*duck*

>>The RFA is the Romantic Fire Association. 
>>Ask Julie Salter, the president, for more details. 
>And *I* am said Madam President, Julie Salter.  I've been away from my
>duties due to first some surgery, then a nasty cold...which I still have
>*cough* *Wheeze* *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACHEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!*

hmmm...
*pulls out doctor's bag of remedies*
what can I offer you?

>The Romantic Fire Association is a sub group of ARC.  To become a member, you
>need to post a romantic story that includes a) romance 2) a romantic fire and
>Thirdly) romance. :)  After you post that, we vote you in.  At that point,
>you get to choose a title...and it you need help ask...and you'll get 
>more than you can use most likely.

interesting.
too bad I can't write. :)

>>>(and who decides what's official??)
>>Why, the president, of course.  *hug*

I suppose that makes sense...

>Anyway...Mr. Bacon...welcome to ARC!

greetings eh? 
thanks!

-bacon
completely unofficial
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
From: rip@sequent.com (Paul T Taylor)
Subject: Re: Materialisation... (was Re: A story--revised)
Keywords: Sonic screwdriver, jelly babies
Organization: Sequent Computer Systems, Inc.
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 92 20:37:08 GMT

In article <1992Dec5.100620.14247@cs.aukuni.ac.nz> cwes1@cs.aukuni.ac.nz (Clare West) writes:
>rmair@nyx.cs.du.edu (Ross Mair) writes:
>>rip@sequent.com (Paul T Taylor) writes:
>>
>>>In article <1992Dec4.074319.13988@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> rmair@nyx.cs.du.edu (Ross Mair) writes:
>>>>cwes1@cs.aukuni.ac.nz (Clare West) writes:
>>>>
>>>>>rip@sequent.com (Paul T Taylor) writes:
>>>>>>cwes1@cs.aukuni.ac.nz (Clare West) writes:

**bunch deleted**

>>Well, I would prefer a woman who I could have a conversation with like
>>Alber Schweitzer, rather than a woman who looked lke Aunuld
>>Schwaaatzenaggaw.
>>Women with brains don't intimidate me - they stimulate me....  :-)

Jah!  Mee too!  (hey, look at the set of brain on *that*!) ;-)

>>*Serious mode OFF*
>>It was a joke Rip!!!!  :-)
>>Sheesh!  Lack of sense of humor up there, eh Clare??
>
>I think Rip knew it was a joke! (just because there isn't a :-) in his
>reply doesn't mean it wasn't also joke)

I knew!  I knew!  Just because my sense of humor is...  shall we say
different, don't mean I ain't got one.

>(now I suppose I've missed the joke in your posting :-)

thanks clare, for sticking up for me.... *hug*

rip
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Bizarreness is the essence of the exotic
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From: smccoy@dw3g.ess.harris.com (Cheshire Cat)
Subject: Re: Googleplex (was Re: Chocolate...: )
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 20:44:57 GMT
Organization: Harris Corporation Information Systems Division

Ah, but you all missed the point!

A googleplex is one of them new-fangled movie theaters
opening soon in a sprawling metropolis near you!

(Frightening close to the truth, too!  *shudder*)

---
Cheshire Cat		   Official Back Scratcher of the RFA
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
From: verwey@acs.ucalgary.ca (Mary-Ann Verwey)
Subject: Re: Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 92 06:13:08 GMT
Organization: The University of Calgary, Alberta

In article <1992Dec11.134211.975@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> rmair@nyx.cs.du.edu (Ross Mair) writes:
>verwey@acs.ucalgary.ca (Mary-Ann Verwey) writes:
>
>>Well here in Calgary Alberta Canada there isn't a lot of snow and
>>thank goodness for that... I'm not one for snowmyself... figure
>>it should only be allowed to snow on Xmas Eve and New Years
>>Eve... and maybe on occasion when a romantic walk is in order ;)
>>We usually get hit here aroundthe end of December and get a
>>constant dumping of the white stuff until March or thereabouts...
>>want me to send what we get over to you *chuckles*?
>
>I don't believe it!!!
>Living there in Calgary, and "not one for snowmyself"!!!!
>Too many ungrateful people round here!!!  :-)

Well I would gladly change places with you Ross... :) I don't
like cold weather never have :)

>How about sending some of the spare white stuff over to us MA??  :-)

Sure, how do you want it? Airmail or regular, hmmm how about a
oil tanker full of the stuff ;) We got lots here, especially due
to the lovely blanket of the white stuff we received over the
weekend and tonight :) BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!

>Its about 30 Deg C as I post this - and its nearly midnight!!!

Hmmm well it's about -17C now and almost midnight here :) Quite a
drastic change if I do say so myself :)

>*HUGS*

SNUGS 

Mary-Ann



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From: peterw@coombs.anu.edu.au (Peter West)
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
Subject: Re: FINALS WEEK
Date: 21 Dec 92 03:09:35 GMT
Organization: Australian National University
NNTP-Posting-Host: 150.203.76.2
Keywords: finals

sheila@nx26.mik.uky.edu (shelia c kinney) writes:

>Well, I'm almost done with finals.
>Actually, this is not much of a letter; I just got a neXt account and 
>am absolutely amazed with the htings one can access.

>    I really only wanted to see if I can do this.

you sure can!

   Welcome to ARC, the happiest place on the net,

*WELCOME HUGS*

clare
--
currently rgl@adfa.oz.au or peterw@coombs.??? but usually cwes1@cs.aukuni.ac.nz

Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
From: kkwwkk@mixcom.com (TA Shaw)
Subject: Re: Still Stunned
Organization: Milwaukee Internet Xchange BBS, Milwaukee, WI U.S.A.
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 06:31:32 GMT



Watch the sun rise on a beach in Belize.

Set amongst the ruins of Machu Pichu and wonder about
the Incas long gone.

Embrace the wet snow falling gently with subtle urgings
to make and throw a snowball.

To reach out and stroke the satin smooth belly of a
dolphin as it stops to allow you to touch it.

To lie underneath the wide open skies, with all the Milky
way visible above.

Everywhere are there places of beauty, if we only see them.

BDC
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  ever behold the red and purple sunset.   | shaw@mixcom.com  |  _____ OO 
  Make my hands respect the things you have+------------------| (_/-\_)..
  made, and my ears sharp to your voice - Chief Yellow Lark   | ==(0).
From: CE42@lafibm.lafayette.edu (CE42)
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
Subject: RE: Sunsets (was RE: Still Stunned)
Date: 17 Dec 92 00:23:35 GMT
Organization: Lafayette College
Originator: news@lafcol

In article <92351.093345ABR105@psuvm.psu.edu> ABR105@psuvm.psu.edu (Adam B. Repsher) writes:
>How about those great sunsets in good old Pennsylvania!...
>There's a great view from my *dorm room* --- AACK!

Hey! Exactly what is wrong with Pennsylvania!!!! ;-)

I live next to a farm in central PA, and at this time of year, after the
corn's been cut down, you can see for miles.  And when the sun sets
in the winter after a snow, there is the most beautiful reflection...

However, my favorite place for a sunset is not in Penn. at all, but
in Maryland.  On the Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake Bay, my family
has a little hideaway.  In the summer evenings, I'll often stand at the
end of the dock and watch westward, as the sun gradually sets behind the
Bay.  The pinks, oranges, reds, and purples are dazzling.  Often there
is the silhouette of a lone sailboat out on the water.  The best thing
is that they are never the same.  I've been watching those sunsets now
for twenty years, and they still take my breath away.

Emily
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From: Rishi.Kumar@launchpad.unc.edu (Rishi Kumar)
Subject: Accessing IRC? Can someone help please?
Organization: University of North Carolina Extended Bulletin Board Service
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 21:00:23 GMT


Would anyone know of means to get access to IRC?

Like telnetting for instance or some other way?

(no we don't get it at this site)

Thanks in advance
Rishi
UCONN
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From: A.P.Ferguson@newcastle.ac.uk (Andrew Ferguson)
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
Subject: WARNING -- OLDIE returns
Date: 14 Dec 92 10:16:56 GMT
Organization: University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, NE1 7RU

A distant and old newbie returns again

what goes on out there?
Lots of new names since last visit


Fergie
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
From: rmair@nyx.cs.du.edu (Ross Mair)
Subject: Re: a gift for him
Organization: University of Denver, Dept. of Math & Comp. Sci.
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 92 07:52:13 GMT

mjohnsen@hedda.uio.no writes:

>Hi, everybody "over there".

>I have a BIIIIG problem -what do I buy for HIM (the guy that I've been seeing
>for 6 months and probably will see  more to in the future.....)-
>So all you nice (who said anything about nice??)guys at romance.chat, what
>would melt your heart on Christmas Eve?...
>PLEASE - HELP A WOMAN IN  DESPAIR......

Um, well since you asked for ideas from Nice guys  (NG[tm])...

What would melt my heart on Christmas Eve...
The presence of a special lady to give Chritsmas presents to...   :-(

(Sorry to be a downer on this thread)

Ross
Official Personal Bodyguard to Lis, the Good Romantic Witch
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From: 9999cs02@dt3.dt.uh.edu (Tina Marie!)
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
Subject: Re: Chocolate...: )
Date: 15 Dec 1992 20:04 CDT
Organization: University of Houston-Downtown
Distribution: world
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X-Lunar-Date: 4 days, 16 hours, 42 minutes since the full moon
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41A   

(Phillip E lujan) <actually Sean Roberts, Phil's happily married> writes...
>In article <15DEC199208121942@uhdvx3>, 9999cs02@uhdvx3 (Tina Marie!) writes:
>|> 
>|> 	*grin*
>|> 
>|> 	Tina takes advantage of his thoughtfulness, and licks a bit of
>|> the chocolate off his neck..."Delicious", she says, quietly, then goes
>|> to work on his lips...
>|> 
> 
>A looonngg while later, Sean pulls his head up, showing signs of oxygen
>deprivation (glassy eyes, flushed skin... ;-) )  "I'll have to remember the
>aphrodisiac effects of chocolate on TM..."  He then dives back into Tina
>Marie's chocolate covered embrace...

	Tina smiles at you softly, then finishes removing the chocolate
from Sean, making sure to let him breathe...."Tell me when to stop", she
says, softly....

Tina Marie
Official TradeMark of ARC/RFA

"And love made death an illusion" -- Chthon, Piers Anthony

Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
From: bacon@mtu.edu (Jeff Bacon)
Subject: Re: Sunsets (was RE: Still Stunned)
Organization: Michigan Technological University
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 18:06:13 GMT

In article <1992Dec18.155600.18737@mlb.semi.harris.com> smccoy@dw3g.ess.harris.com (Cheshire Cat) writes:
>Jeff Bacon writes:
>|> Lake Superior sunsets, on the west coast of the Keweenaw Peninsula...
>|> I can't describe them. I'm not that good with words or descriptions.
>|> But it's gorgeous. But then again, so is the Keweenaw shoreline in general...
>|> and Lake Superior is a wonderfully majestic, powerful lake...
>Pretty lake...pretty damn cold, too!

well hey. it's part of the charm. (And the danger and the romance of
it too...like the Edmund Fitzgerald story...and the majesty...)

>Look, you try wading along the shores of Superior, looking for
>rocks/nodules, for, oh, shall we say 10 minutes?  Can you say
>blue feet?  I thought you could!  *shiver*

I have. I've done it for that long and longer.
It's all in how and where and WHEN you do it.
North Agate beach, or Misery Bay...

>The Great Lakes hold many fond memories for me, since I spent
>a lot of time on Macinac Island (did I spell that right?  Doesn't
>look right...oh, well) with my grandparents.  *sigh*  Oh, the
>fudge!  Salt water taffy wasn't too bad either!

Mackinac

gotta love that fudge!

>For those of you who've never been to the Island, it's about 9
>miles a'round, and they don't allow cars.  So it's bicycles and
>horses.  Great place.

definitely!!

-bacon, naturalized yooper
From: jrsalt@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Julie Salter)
Subject: Re: Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow
Organization: Salter, Inc.
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 14:01:45 GMT

johnsons@cheshire.oxy.edu (Sarah Curtis Johnson) shares: 
>In article <1992Dec10.164109.1906@mtu.edu> bacon@mtu.edu (Jeff Bacon) writes:

>>not to intrude, but what's an official strawberry?
>>(and what's an RFA, for that matter?)
>
>No intrusion.  :)
>*I* am the Official Strawberry.  *sweeping bow*
>Pleased to meet ya'. *hug*
>The RFA is the Romantic Fire Association. 
>Ask Julie Salter, the president, for more details. 

And *I* am said Madam President, Julie Salter.  I've been away from my
duties due to first some surgery, then a nasty cold...which I still have
*cough* *Wheeze* *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACHEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!*

Sorry 'bout that...here's a kleenex.  Take two...we'll make more...*snicker*

Ahem....sorry...must be the meds....

The Romantic Fire Association is a sub group of ARC.  To become a member, you
need to post a romantic story that includes a) romance 2) a romantic fire and
Thirdly) romance. :)  After you post that, we vote you in.  At that point,
you get to choose a title...and it you need help ask...and you'll get 
more than you can use most likely.


>>(and who decides what's official??)
>
>Why, the president, of course.  *hug*

Dats me!  I love power...;)

Anyway...Mr. Bacon...welcome to ARC!


>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>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: verwey@acs.ucalgary.ca (Mary-Ann Verwey)
Subject: Re: Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 92 06:17:13 GMT
Organization: The University of Calgary, Alberta

In article <1992Dec11.140009.1453@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> rmair@nyx.cs.du.edu (Ross Mair) writes:
>puter@orphan.nashvil.ingr.com (PuterDude) writes:
>
>

>>*sniff* (Puter looks out the window where it has been rainin' and cold
>>for days...)

MA sends the artic front over to PuterDude so he too may enjoy
the lovely and wet and cold wet stuff :)

>Oh No - Puter is snowless too!!
>
>MA!!!  More snow for Puter too!!!

MA waves her Icicle and incants a spell of snow pointing it
towards PuterDude... Maybe it will get there before it turns to
rain :)

>I just thought!
>
>Mary_ann could become our official snowstorm,
>bringing fresh Canadian snow to all those without any!!  :-)

Offical Snowstorm... hmmmm.... Hey Rip my lucious slave, what do
you figure... am I a good SnowStorm? ;)

>(Of course, that's if she has time after being Rip's LoveSlave!  *grin*  )

Well he's more under my control than me under his... or at least
I think he is, he might just enjoy this role too much me thinks
;)

SNUGS

Mary-Ann


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