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From: rip@sequent.com (Paul T Taylor)
Subject: Re: Part Two of "Dryads' Dailiness"
Keywords: Nymphette
Organization: Sequent Computer Systems Inc.
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 92 18:32:29 GMT

In article <Btyp6H.689@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> epperson@pop.stat.purdue.edu (Mary Epperson) writes:
>In article <1992Sep2.070317.6372@sequent.com> rip@sequent.com (Paul T Taylor) writes:
>>>  Oh, yeah??  Well, there's still a *BIG* difference between "nymph"
>>>  and "nympho" there, Brad.  Although it's true that rip has absolutely
>>>  no success in distinguishing between the two (for obvious reasons),
>>
>>'obvious reasons'?  I *told* you not to listen to Mary!
>
>Read previous post...I didn't tell her ANYTHING!!!  *hmph*

Uh huh...  I believe you, really I do....

>>>  "Died of natural causes and lost their souls."  Oh... you mean they
>>>  were once Christmas trees from rip's office.  Well, that explains it.
>>
>>Again I say, "Excuse Me?!"  I wish you would explain what that
>>explains... (Mary!  I'm gonna *get* you for this!!)  Besides, I
>>prefer they be called Chanukah bushes, not Christmas trees...
>
>Rip...listen to me...that's right...calmly now...
>
>I have NO idea where the reference about Christmas trees came from,
>and would *love* to hear your explanation...*hehehe*

Hey, I didn't bring up the Christmas tree...  a hairball maybe, but no
trees!  Jason da'Hood brought up the tree, and it was *quite* a sight!

>And I didn't
>tell Judi a thing...*honnnnnest**   *reallllly*
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

*HONK* *HONK* *WHEEEEEOOOOOO* *WHEEEEEEOOOOOOO*

BULLSHIT ALERT!  BULLSHIT ALERT!  EVERYONE HEAD FOR THE DESIGNATED
SHELTER!

I believe you....reallly....

rip



>
>And if you *think* you'll "get" me, you'll have to wait until the
>CaliChat (if I make it there, that is...)
>
>Mary
>CaliChat/TygerBoink Sex'y


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From: epperson@pop.stat.purdue.edu (Mary Epperson)
Newsgroups: alt.romance,alt.romance.chat
Subject: Re: Part Two of "Dryads' Dailiness"
Keywords: Nymphette, Nympho
Date: 2 Sep 92 17:35:46 GMT
Organization: Purdue University Statistics Department

In article <1992Sep2.000223.28028@sequent.com> rip@sequent.com (Paul T Taylor) writes:
>>>>Um ... er ... well, yes, we sort of did hijack you title a bit, didn't
>>>>we (he says, trying to get 'rip' to take at least half of the blame).
>>>
>>>Hey!  Don't drag my pristine reputation into this!  You can take all
>>>this yourself!      ^^^^^^^^
>>
>>       "Pristine"?  Maybe for a toxic waste dump.  8^)
>
>Hey!  Don't believe anything Mary tells you!  Mine is the strength of
>10 because my heart of pure!
>rip(the pure, pure what we don't know...)

Hey!!!  Ripster...leave me outta this...strength of 10, yes, how else
would you pick up the Blademan and throw him in Lake Gaston?  *grin*

Pure?  You'll have to see for yourself, Judi!!

Mary
*running for cover*

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Newsgroups: alt.romance
From: searthro@nyx.cs.du.edu (Simon Earthrowl)
Subject: Re: love and solitude
Organization: University of Denver, Dept. of Math & Comp. Sci.
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 92 16:57:53 GMT

I find this very reflective, but I don't understand what you mean by a
"wide country". I think you mean over a wide area of you life, and
perhaps a determination to continue.

>       It is good to be solitary, for solitude is difficult; that something is
>difficult must be a reason the more for us to do it. Everything alive holds to
>what is difficult, everything in Nature grows and defends itself in its own way

I can't disagree with you at all here, I wish I knew the reason why it
feels like a good thing to do. Certainly calm and serinity are good
attributes to develop, but the 'other half' wishes to go out and
boogie. There appears no to intellectual answer to this dichotomy.

>       Learning-time is always a long, secluded time, and so loving, for a
>long while ahead and far on into life, is--solitude, intensified and deepened
>loneness for one who loves.

Amen, nothing would ever shake my commitment in the same. Love is a
very powerful emotion, and perhaps more if we could but understand it.
I feel its neither good or bad, but more fundamental to living. Life
without love would not be worth living. However loneness comes from
loss, not from love or life, one is only lonely because one feels that
way. By way of further explanation, one can feel lonely when walking
on a bright sunny day, with the birds singing in a quite peaceful
place, but I have found somehow you forget to be lonely. I guess I
should only go out on sunny days....

- SimonE

Newsgroups: alt.romance
From: dswt@bnr.co.uk (Stewart Tansley)
Newsgroups: alt.romance
Subject: Re: Friends First or Not?
Date: 2 Sep 92 18:13:31 GMT
Reply-To: dswt@bnr.co.uk (Stewart Tansley)
Organization: BNR Europe Limited, London Road, Harlow, Essex, GB

In the referenced article petitc@rpi.edu writes:
> Is it better, in your opinion, or not, to be friends before dating?  On the
>one hand, if you're friends first, you know a lot more about the person, but
>(s)he will get too comfortable with your friendship, and will tend to find it
>harder to love you.  On the other hand, if you date first, you may not know a
>lot about the person, but at least you're "used to" dating each other.

Yes, weird & not-really-very-wonderful, is it? I've posted as much before...
I can't work it out either. All I know is that this newsgroup seems to be
full of people who have found success through the 'being friends first'
modus operandi. My theory is that the confused masses are all just lurking!

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Newsgroups: alt.romance
From: weaver@jetsun.weitek.COM (Michael Gordon Weaver)
Subject: Re: Religion (was Re: Together and other dating services)
Organization: WEITEK Corporation, Sunnyvale CA
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 92 01:21:12 GMT

In article <12660@ecs.soton.ac.uk> lm89@ecs.soton.ac.uk (McIlhoney L) writes:
>In <1992Aug24.103231.23103@bas-a.bcc.ac.uk> ccaajmf@ucl.ac.uk (John Franks) writes:
>
>>Religion: is it really that much of an obstacle? Isn't it possible to agree
>>to differ? Almost against my wishes, I'm getting very atheistic recently; but
>>my values aren't much changed. I'm interested because a friend of mine, who
>>is much as I am, has had a pretty long & close relationship with someone who
>>is very religious; but it did take them a long time to get off the ground.
>
>Some Christians tend not to seek deep relationships with people of
>opposing faiths (and this includes atheism - the belief that there
>is no God) because they don't want their own faith to be whittled
>down - it is precious to them.
>
I would second this. My ex-SO was quite religious and I am not. 
This was a problem, not because our world views were different,
but because she was working hard to be more deeply religious 
and needed the people around her to support her in this. While
I could respect her desire to improve herself,  I could not 
appreciate the value of being more religious (otherwise,
I would be doing the same thing), so I could not be very
supportive.

Michael.
Organization: Masters student, Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: alt.romance
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1992 14:47:54 -0400 
From: David O Hunt <dh4j+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: Together and other dating services

*guilty blush*

I was a member of not one, but two dating services while in Detroit.  I found
that all they really cared about was getting my money.

The few dates that I received were nice, but among other things I am an
atheist, and without fail the woman they matched me with was more than a
little religious.

IMHO, these are nothing but scams.

David Hunt - Graduate Slave | My mind is my own.          | Towards both a
Mechanical Engineering      | So are my ideas & opinions. | Palestinian and
Carnegie Mellon University  | <<<Use Golden Rule v2.0>>>  | Jewish homeland!
============================================================================
Email:  dh4j@cmu.edu            Working towards my "Piled Higher and Deeper"

Democracy is based on the theory that the people know what they want...and
they deserve to get it - GOOD AND HARD!
Newsgroups: alt.romance
From: michael@gandalf.moria (Michael Haardt)
Subject: Re: Friends First or Not?
Reply-To: u31b3hs@pool.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (Michael Haardt)
Organization: An old and gray machine, somewhere in Moria.
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 92 22:59:20 +0100

In article <+nsy-9q@rpi.edu>, petitc@vccnw02.its.rpi.edu (Christopher Jon Petit) writes:
>  Is it better, in your opinion, or not, to be friends before dating?  On the
> one hand, if you're friends first, you know a lot more about the person, but
> (s)he will get too comfortable with your friendship, and will tend to find it
> harder to love you.  On the other hand, if you date first, you may not know a
> lot about the person, but at least you're "used to" dating each other.

I think, starting as friends is a good way for a wonderful love.  You 
know the other person, her mind, her points of view, you can start a 
deeper friendship, feeling comfortable together and if you are lucky, 
both fall in love.  At least that happened for Mary "Twiggs" and me :-)

Take it is a subjective opinion, I am happy in love!!! So what else can 
I think than that the way how it happened is good.

Michael "root"

PS: Twiggs and root are a wonderful tree (tm) by Twiggs and root :)
From: weaver@jetsun.weitek.COM (Michael Gordon Weaver)
Newsgroups: alt.romance
Subject: Re: Second Chances ???
Date: 28 Aug 92 20:57:41 GMT
Organization: WEITEK Corporation, Sunnyvale CA

In article <36780004@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com> dennisy@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com (Dennis Yates) writes:
>
>   This is my first time posting here so please bear with me on the
>composition as well as all grammer, or lack thereof. I have a question
>in which I would like to have other's input, so here goes.
>
> Are second chances in a relationship ever possible (or probable) and
>how are people's feeling on how one would go about getting that second
>chance?
>

Second chances certainly happen. Unfortunately, I can't relate any
first-hand or even second-hand experiences.  I suspect that this is at
least in part because people don't like to talk about the low points in
there relationships.

I would suggest that you talk to her, as soon as convenient, and make
it clear that you would like to get back together, that the
relationship is valuable to you, and you are willing to compromise. If
you wait to do this, it may look like you have changed your mind, which
won't help you. It is good that you understand that you can't make her
change her mind, because a restrained but open approach would probably
serve you best.

Peace,
Michael.
From: simon@num-alg-grp.co.uk (Simon Earthrowl)
Newsgroups: alt.romance
Subject: Re: Carol's Wow...
Date: 27 Aug 92 19:46:34 GMT

Carol excites:
>Don't you lust me anymore?  I haven't gotten any e-mail.               
>  
>Carol "do you think I'm sexy" Farquhar          

Is this private or can anyone join in ?? 8-)

-SimonE
Newsgroups: alt.romance
From: michael@gandalf.moria (Michael Haardt)
Subject: Celebrating birthdays together (was Re: What is LOVE ?)
Reply-To: u31b3hs@pool.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (Michael Haardt)
Organization: An old and gray machine, somewhere in Moria.
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 92 21:57:54 +0100

In article <1992Aug22.163041.18153@leela.cs.orst.edu>, caldwem@jacobs.CS.ORST.EDU (Twiggs) writes:
>  *you* make me very very happy
>  Happy birthday my love and the next one 
>  we will be together :)
>  Mary

All you couples in love out there, what was the most special birthday
together which you can think of?  I will collect results and post a 
summary if anything uncommon is posted or sent with e-mail to me.  

*smile* You are the next one who has birthday, Mary.  You can bet that I
will look to have enough teapots for not getting any unpleasant surprises
for sure, no matter what other nice things we both may do.  (No, I am
not going to explain that to people who don't know ... *smile*)

Michael
From: mlb@CISCO.COM (Marcia Bednarcyk)
Newsgroups: alt.romance
Subject: Re: Woman dating separated man -- advice desired
Date: 27 Aug 92 23:43:42 GMT

In article <92238.214035ICSAA@ASUACAD.BITNET>, <ICSAA@ASUACAD.BITNET> writes:
|> About giving advice to a friend dating a separated - not yet divorced
|> man - I started dating my husband something like a week plus after his
|> wife left, and friends told me to watch out - we were only rebounding.
|>  Yeah, in most situations it's not a good idea, probably, but people are
|> very different, and situations vary.

I have to second this: not all situations that look like traditional rebound
situations turn out that way. A good friend of mine was torn up about this
one guy at the top of January, and she was engaged to someone else by the
end of February, and married in June. This was some years ago, and they are
still very happy.

I'll admit that it doesn't work this way for most people, but if you find
yourself in one of these situations, it's a good idea to keep asking yourself
what you feel, what is going on, etc. A little extra caution can't hurt. And
if the answers keep coming up positive, don't throw away a good thing just
because the timing isn't there.

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Marcia Bednarcyk                                        ADDRESS: mlb@cisco.com
"Sweaty Snugglebunnies."
"... the meaning of life is to be happy, try not to hurt people, and hope
you fall in love."
Newsgroups: alt.romance,alt.romance.chat
From: rip@sequent.com (Paul T Taylor)
Subject: Re: Part Two of "Dryads' Dailiness"
Organization: Sequent Computer Systems Inc.
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 92 03:22:38 GMT

In article <Bto7Ct.CHx@bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au> coates@newton.physics.uq.oz.au (Tony Coates) writes:
>In article <1992Aug27.022244.4403@sequent.com>, rip@sequent.com (Paul T Taylor) writes:
>|> >How about 'Official Nymph of the RFA' ?????
>|>
>|> Would that be 'Nymphette', or 'Nympho'?
>|>
>|> Dirty minds want to know....
>|>
>|> rip
>
>Nymph? Oh!!  Didn't think of that one (rip - 1, Tony - 0).
>
>Anyway, maybe we should just vote on it :-)
>                                               Tony.

I vote Nymphette... *leer*

rip
From: ziggy@r-node.gts.org (Adrian Buss  Sys-Op)
Newsgroups: alt.romance
Subject: A proposal...
Date: 31 Aug 92 03:09:05 GMT
Distribution: all
Organization: Public Access UNIX Information System


I am as well as alot of readers to this group a lurker as well
but I would like to propose that cows are much more romantic
than cats :).  And therefor as follows much more romantic
then dogs =).

An remember cows can fly :)

best regards 
ziggy

-- 
ziggy@r-node.gts.org         | Have you rubbed noses with an Eskimo today??
ziggy@zooid.guild.org        | My inability to spell and gramatize are no
adrian@skypod.guild.org      | reflection on the GENERAL CANADIAN intelligence!!
Newsgroups: alt.romance
From: cyamamot@marconi.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Cliff Yamamoto)
Subject: Empathy & A Story
Summary: The loooong 3 day weekend
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 18:31:24 GMT

Greetings all u romantics!

Well I haven't posted in a few months but here we are again coming up on
a long 3 day weekend.  I've still be lurking here reading the problems that
some?/most? of us romantics have.

Lately there's been a bit more postings regarding breakups or running into
ex's and I thought I'd share my brief story to perhaps empathize with others
and maybe show that it could be worse.

In my case, 5 months ago, I broke up with my SO after a two year relationship.
We had our ups and downs but basically her family never gave me chance and
would hang the phone up on me, etc.  Marriage was a serious consideration as
well at the time.

To keep this story short, I've been trying to forget her but I'm in a living
hell.  That's because my high school friend who introduced me to her 2 years
ago is now renting a room from me.  However, he has also been seeing my
ex-SO's sister for the last 7 years and she comes over almost everyday.
In fact their father had a B-day recently and even the mother came over
to my place since they were stashing the gifts in my friend's room.

Anyway, how can one forget about their ex-SO when her sister, brother and
even her mom comes over to your place.  My friend is a good guy and nothing
would be gains by blasphimising(sp?) his SO or his SO's (my ex-SO's) family.
And to top it off, we all live in a moderately small town that I still see
my ex-SO driving around now and then (you tend to remember you SO's car
after a while).

Life sucks sometime but life also goes on.  Hope you all have (or try to
have) a nice three day weekend.

- Cliff
Newsgroups: alt.music.alternative
From: hahn@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (David James Hahn)
Subject: Re: Matthew Sweet
Originator: hahn@csd4.csd.uwm.edu
Reply-To: hahn@csd4.csd.uwm.edu
Organization: University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 18:24:17 GMT

From article <flower.715035229@camelot>, by flower@camelot.bradley.edu (Heather Matanock):
> In <1992Aug27.120107.18299@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> ab870@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Eric Rickin) writes:
> 
> 
>>I like Matthew Sweet, but how many songs on this "Girlfriend" album deal
>>with females?  It seems to me, most of them!
> 
> 	this may be true but don't a lot of songs released these days 
> 	have to do with male/female relationships.  it has been, is 
> 	and always will be the main topic of songs.
> --
	Isn't that the supposed to be the theme for Sweet's album?
Except for some left overs from his first album anyways..... In my opinion
it's one of the best albums to come out this year.

						- Dave

-- 
			     David Hahn
 		   University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
		         hahn@csd4.csd.uwm.edu
From: skmurphy@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Sean K. Murphy)
Newsgroups: alt.music.alternative
Subject: Re: look blue go purple (flying nun band)
Date: 27 Aug 92 19:21:26 GMT
Organization: Princeton University
Originator: news@nimaster

1.  LBGP is often compared to Lush, although LBGP recorded first.

2. "Are there any other good NZ bands?"  YES!  The Clean, the Verlaines,
The Great Unwashed, The Cake Kitchen, Chainsaw Masochist, Able Tasmans,
The Puddle, Dead C, Peter Jefferies, Alastair Galbraith, David Mitchell
- the list could go on for a while, but basically anything that has been
released by either Flying Nun or Xpressway Records will be good.  One
possible exception is the Headless Chickens (N.Z. industrial/sounding
stuff), but virtually anything else is good.  maybe I'm a little biased,
but I have not been disappointed yet by any of the stuff I've heard.
Listen and enjoy.

Sean Murphy
skmurphy@phoenix.princeton.edu

The way you think is all so bloody stale...
				- The Verlaines
From: clare@aero.org (Clare Waterson)
Newsgroups: alt.music.alternative
Subject: Need Info on SanFran Record Stores (Quickly!)
Date: 1 Sep 1992 22:11:11 GMT
Organization: The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: auto.aero.org

Hi.  I've been collecting lists off the net for a while, and, now
that I find myself venturing up to San Francisco (to see the They
Might Be Giants free show in Union Square Thursday at noon!), I
am aghast to find that I have no info on SF record stores.  I am 
into TMBG, Concrete Blonde, Sting/Police, 10,000 Maniacs, The Bangles,
The Ringling Sisters, The Havalinas, The B-52's, etc.  I especially
like stores with imports and collectables and unusual stuff.  Or 
just a very complete selection of music (new and used CDs).

Could someone please e-mail me a copy of a list of SF record stores, or
just make a few suggestions.  I'd also consider stores in the Berkeley
and Oakland area.  But please mail quick since I need to receive them
BY NOON TOMORROW (Wednesday) or I can't take them with me!

THANK YOU!

P.S. Any other San Francisco suggestions would also be welcomed -- it's
effectively my first time in the area.

-- 
    -- Clare Waterson
       Master Lucubrator

                   ``Wake up and smell the Cat Food'' -- They Might Be Giants
Newsgroups: alt.music.alternative
From: aragorn@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Strider)
Subject: Re: violent femmes info
Organization: The Banzai Institute
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 11:30:59 GMT

All I can say is that they are from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where I live, and
I used to like them much more than I do now ... see following post regarding
their bass-player.


Steve J. White		|	Reality is for those who can't handle	|
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Newsgroups: alt.music.alternative
From: dlcogswe@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Dan Cogswell)
Subject: Re: They Might Be Giants
Organization: Oakland University, Rochester MI.
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 20:55:20 GMT

mbrockma@bank.ecn.purdue.edu (Matt Brockman) writes:

>Sorry if this is the wrong type of music, but anyway...

>I just want to say that TMBG's Apollo 18 album is great!

>Are their other albums just as good?

I think Flood is even better and Licoln better than that.  Try 'em all.
-- 
Dan Cogswell               Or as we say in Michigan:  "Dee-troit"
From: vh00+@andrew.cmu.edu (Vernon H Harmon)
Newsgroups: alt.music.alternative
Subject: Re: Name that Song
Date: 4 Sep 92 14:57:28 GMT
	<1992Sep3.193046.8954@gvl.unisys.com>
Organization: Senior, Math/Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

|> Earth Below
|> Drifting, Falling
|> Floating Weightless
|> Coming Home

just to clarify: it should say "Earth below us"
 :)
--Vernon.
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 17:03:54 EDT
From: <MTR111@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: alt.music.alternative
Subject: Any info on the Erasure Tour?

I heard that Erasure is to tour in the fall.  Any information about when they w
ill be coming into the Pennsylvania/New York/New Jersey/Maryland area would be
greatly appreciated.  Thanks!  Either post replys on the board or write directl
y to me at mtr111 at psuvm.
                                                 maria