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From: puter@no1home.nashvil.ingr.com (PuterDude)
Subject: Re: On Chivalry: RELAX!
Organization: None, today. Thank you.
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 16:28:27 GMT

>Ya never know when some wild and crazy man might come along with 
>ropes and chains trying to steal the Good Romantic Witch's 
>Romance Dust!

HEY!! I ain't got no ropes. Don't need 'em. I got these here handcuffs
and shcakles that I borrowed from Officer Bob!  *evil grin*

Although, the rest applies pretty darn well, thank you!  :0

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Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
From: swalter@nyx.cs.du.edu (DreamWeaver)
Subject: Re: To Chivalrous Lis protecting Knights
Organization: University of Denver, Dept. of Math & Comp. Sci.
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 92 03:03:28 GMT


BDC counters:

> DreamWeaver asks:
> +Alright, BDC ... you've placed everybody else in the ARC as far as
> +particular characteristics ...
> + ... where the heck am I?
> Denver maybe????

Maybe ... but only on the 'net ;)

> + (and don't you dare say Planet O ;)
> Planet Eau (Sorry local humour)
> How about Planet Eye or was that Aye.......

Lessee ... eee - Aye - eee - Aye - Eau ... :}D

{> I guess a couple questions have to be asked:
> 1) Are you gentleman?

::DreamWeaver makes a quick personal scan ...::

Well ... I'm male ... I think I am a gentleman (that's one for the ladies
to decide, I guess :/)

> 2) Are you willing to be someone's champion?

Jes call me the Don Quixote of the Dreamer Set :)

-DreamWeaver

Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
From: erisande@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Kryst the Philosopher)
Subject: Feelings
Organization: Quitters Inc.
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 06:48:13 GMT

	For the girlfriend I had for four good, long years.  It was a
sad time for me when I wrote this, and this is one of my favorites.
It is not a poem, but only a letter.  This is one of my sister's
favorites of mine.  These are the reasons I post it.

                         Ah, I Weep


                    For a Dream Gone By


     I  love you.  I don't know why,  but I do.  Maybe it is
the way you hold me.  The way you kiss me, or maybe just the
way  you love me.  All three?  Possibly.  I have no idea why
we had so many problems in life.  We should have been fairly
happy  with what we have got.  It isn't and wasn't that way.
This is the reason I am sad.


     I would love to feel your hand in mine as we walk along
the   trails  of  life,  leading   you  to  a  place  called
'Paradise'.   To  feel your lips  upon mine in  a long, slow
kiss.   To smell  the perfume on your  neck... oh... just to
have  that.  That would be all  it would take for me to fall
in love with you again.


     Your  eyes hold me in their gaze when I look to you.  I
can  feel your presence in the  room.  Love is dominate when
you  enter a room, but a love for  who?  For what?  God only
knows.    What would  it take  to  win over  your heart?   A
lifetime  joy?  A  lifetime love?   What?  Just  tell me.  I
shall give it to you.


     Now  life  has claimed  me  as one  of  the unfortunate
people  who has lost a  loved one.  What  I would give to be
together  with you again, but alas, I know it will never be.
It's  all over, isn't it...?  Yes.   I give my thanks to you
for  giving me that one last chance  at love.  I truly had a
different  ending in mind planned for us.  It was a dream of
love,  life, and  happiness between  the two  of us.   It is
(was)  a dream  which I  held sacred, now  it is  a memory I
shall hold forever in the depths of my soul.


     In  your eyes, the end has come and the time has passed
for  our personal  loves between  us.  So  if it  must be, I
leave  you with one last request...  May I always be present
in  your mind  as a  good friend and  a person  whom you can
always trust... to the end.  Forever yours.  Forever ours...


                                             Erin Anderson -
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
From: 9999cs02@uhdvx3 (Tina Marie!)
Subject: Re: alt.romance.chat.ldr
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41A   
Organization: University of Houston-Downtown
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 19:02:00 GMT

(Lee Groves) writes...
>From article <25JUL92.02930044.0011@lafibm.lafayette.edu>, by HJ46@lafibm.lafayette.edu (Baboo (Holton, Jeffrey)):
>> Are we going to need a new group?  ;)
>> 
>> --Jeffrey, blessed/cursed in an LDR with a very wonderful young
>> woman.
> 
> 
>Ok, everyone...
> 
>Run wc on your archive of mail from your LDTL ("Long Distance True Love")
>and then post the numbers here...
> 
>This should be fun!

	Well, some of us aren't blessed with Unix access...but I've got over
6 inches printed out, and lots more not printed, as well as a whole folder
full of 'snail mail'...

Tina Marie
Official TradeMark of ARC/RFA

"And love made death an illusion" -- Chthon, Piers Anthony
From: HJ46@lafibm.lafayette.edu (Baboo (Holton, Jeffrey))
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
Subject: Re: ALERT ALERT!!
Date: 24 Jul 92 13:44:03 GMT
Organization: Lehigh University
Originator: news@lafcol

In article <1992Jul23.233531.6433@cs.aukuni.ac.nz> cwes1@cs.aukuni.ac.nz (Clare West) writes:
>Whats all the panic about, calm down Darren, its ok,
>
>   Welcome to ARCland, The Happiest Place On The Net!
>
>clare
>
>--
>Oh, why didn't I listen when they said "Never do a   |  cwes1@cs.aukuni.ac.nz
> masters and try to have a life at the same time"?   |  clare west
>                 BigSis to Chris, Eric and Kristiina
>                    Official Welcomer of the RFA

Um...am I invisible, or is my distribution set up wrong, or do I have
a social disease (or too much peanut butter behind my elbow--whatever
that means) that I never got an official welcome from the official
welcomer?  I mean, if I've crashed the party and I'm unwelcome, you
can let me know.

Gosh, rejected from the very place I came for a hug...    :(

Well, at least I got my peanut butter.  :)

--Jeffrey "Baboo" Holton
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Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
From: jmalone@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Julie Malone)
Subject: Re: Touching
Organization: Salter, Inc.
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 14:17:30 GMT

crerar@rodan.UU.NET (Andy Crerar) shares: 
>Hi guys!
>
>Evie, the Bladette, has somehow lost your various greatings. :'(  If you 
>would say hello again, I know she'd appreciate it.  And she might just 
>post without being prodded by Blade or myself.  This means you, Yoda and
>Ender and Rip and...
>
>She's waiting fellas!
               ^^^^^^
So, Andy, does this mean that us ladies can't welcome her too?  I did the
first time....*pout*

On second thought, I take the pout back and I'll welcome her anyway....

Hi Bladette!  Welcome to ARC!  *hug*


Little too strong willed to be held back, ain't I? ;)

And yes, my honey knows that......so you don't need to warn him.

=========================================================================
 Julie Malone...AKA...		|   "Look into my eyes, you will see
 Grasshopper 			|   What you mean to me
 PR Agent for Blade		|   Search your heart, search your soul
 Member: Romantic Fire Assoc.	|   When you find me there, you'll search
 FUTURE MRS. JULIE SALTER	|   no more....."
 Anyone think I'm getting too   |		Email Welcome
 many titles here?		|	jmalone@silver.ucs.indiana.edu
=========================================================================
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
From: rip@sequent.com (Paul T Taylor)
Subject: Blade's thoughts (was Re: Fill-In-The-Blank Impaired)
Organization: Sequent Computer Systems Inc.
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 92 02:34:43 GMT

In article <150qjpINNem0@rodan.UU.NET> dch@rodan.UU.NET (Dan C. Horner) writes:
>>'Chelle writes:
>>>Corky (the sweet, naive, intelligence-impaired female): Miller, I have
>>Intelligence Impaired....I like that.....(In the immortal thoughts of
                                                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>Blade..."As long as she's female.....)

You know I looked at this and I looked and I looked and I knew
something was wrong here.  It took awhile but I finally figured it
out.  The word "immortal", it just doesn't fit here in connection to
Blade, especially his thoughts.

After pondering this dilemma for all of abut 5 seconds the proper word
was made known to me.  'In the *immoral* thoughts of Blade...  "As
long as she's female...' is how *I* personally believe it to be....

rip
From: lisad@dynamo.ecn.purdue.edu (Lisa Dominique)
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
Subject: Re: Jokes/Payback
Date: 21 Jul 92 19:05:21 GMT
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network

In article <1992Jul21.175517.27433@ctr.columbia.edu> boatman@sun1.coe (Tommy Boatman) writes:
>From article <1992Jul20.134719.18546@noose.ecn.purdue.edu>, by lisad@dynamo.ecn.purdue.edu (Lisa Dominique):
>> 
>>                ** Bewitching Huggs to All **
>    Hugs back to you Lisa!  Long time no talk to :(

Thanks for the Hugs!  I definitely can use them this
afternoon.  It has been a while since we've chatted.  Where
ya been hiding yourself?  Must be those beautiful days at
the water.  :-)  

            (jokes deleted for space)
>> 
>   Were we in a male-bashing mood today?  Shame on you! *smile*

*chuckle*  Actually, I think I've heard every blonde joke
there is, and someone gave me this list.  I couldn't resist!
*grin*  

>                      *hug* *kiss*

Oooooooooooo, a Kiss too!  *Lis Swooooooooooooons*   :)

>-tommy

Good to see you posting again!  ** Warm Bewitching Huggs **

Lis, The Good Romantic Witch
President of the Romantic Fire Association
Like a Diamond, Her Life has Many Facets

p.s.  Heaven is a *Hug* and a *Smile*
      the Joy of Music and the Beauty of Silence
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
From: swalter@nyx.cs.du.edu (DreamWeaver)
Subject: Re: Peanut butter
Organization: University of Denver, Dept. of Math & Comp. Sci.
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 92 03:56:16 GMT


::Baboo stops DW from crossing the Bridge of Eternal Hallucinations ...
and poses these questions three::

> 1)  *What* is your name?

I am DreamWeaver ... son of DreamLord ... twin of DreamMaster ... sister
to ... ooops ... nevermind :D

> 2)  *What* is your quest?

I seek an Eternal Fantasy Fulfilled ... preferably with a brunette of
shoulder-length hair, intense green-grey eyes ... 5'10" or so of stature
... and a personality to ... well ... nevermind ... :|

> 3)  *What* is your favorite brand of peanut butter?

Jiff ... _no_ ... Skippy ... NO ... Peter Pan ...

::Once again, DW is launched out of the comfort of his fuel-injected,
hydraulic office chair, through the living room <startling the cats>, and
into the courtyard pool::

-DreamWeaver
 "... the wind would whisper, and I'd think of you ..."

Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
From: rip@sequent.com (Paul T Taylor)
Subject: Re: Fill-In-The-Blank Impaired
Organization: Sequent Computer Systems Inc.
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 92 23:38:23 GMT

In article <1992Jul24.064854.10813@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> swalter@nyx.cs.du.edu (DreamWeaver) writes:
>
>BDC comments:
>
>> Organizationally Impaired - messy people
>
>Hmmm ... what's that make Lexi and me?  "Realistically impared"?

Virtual Realistically Repressed....

rip
From: smccoy@dw3f.ess.harris.com (Scott McCoy)
Subject: Re: Jokes/Payback
Reply-To: smccoy@dw3f.ess.harris.com (Scott McCoy)
Organization: Harris Corporation Information Systems Division
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 21:28:27 GMT

In article ... jmalone@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Julie Malone) writes:
| >puter@no1home.nashvil.ingr.com (PuterDude) shares: 
| >
| >>
| >>Just remember that lurking under every dumb blonde COULD be
| >>a smart brunette!  :)
| >
| >*giggle*  Reallly?  *tossing head side to side*  Gee!  That's way cool!
| >
| >Thought for the day:
| >
| >If blondes dying their hair brunette is called artificial intelligence,
| >then what is it called when a brunette dies her hair blonde?

ROOTS!

---
Scott	| I'm back to livin' Floridays
	| Blue skies and ultraviolet rays
	| Lookin' for better days.
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
From: t923335@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au (IronEagle )
Subject: Re: anyone notice me yet?
Organization: RMIT Computer Centre, Melbourne Australia.
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 13:04:34 EST

tyger@netcom.com (Kitty in the Middle) writes:

>>>>this is only my third article in two days...
>>>>hello?
>>>Hiya! I'm not one of the official ARC greeters, but I guess I'll have to
>>>do for now! I *love* your alias...Lady Firebird...oh my oh gracious...
>>>I'm Tyger...I'm loud, crude, obnoxious, and romantic...nice combo, huh?
>>>Keep writing!
>>Dont believe a word she says...  she really is twice as bad as that!
>>  (only kiddin Tyger hon..  =)

>Dont'cha just love this! Stabs me in the back then calls me his honey...why I
>ought to smack you...problem is you'd probably like it...:P

I did NOT stab you in the back, it was more of a good, long, hard
massage......  and well, I may just like it, try me and see!  =)

>>>>Catherine G. Collingwood, aka Lady Firebird       NCSSM '92
>>>  Tyger (Your real name is cool too!)
>>Hmmmm...unless you are a Melbournian....  I am sure Chris will back me
>>up here  =)

>Huh?

Well, Collingwood is a surburb of Melbourne, from which the much hated
Collingwood Football Club originates from....  =)

>    Tyger

-BMIEB!

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From: pm3_norr@csd.brispoly.ac.uk (Paul Norris)
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
Subject: Re: CaliChat
Date: 30 Jul 92 18:36:33 GMT
Organization: Bristol Polytechnic, England

Catwoman reveals all (shock! probe!):
}Looks like the consensus is on the Bay Area.  

[details deleted]

Sounds like a fun weekend to me.

Know the whereabouts is fixed how's things stand with the *when*abouts?

Paul



-- 
Nothing takes the taste out of peanut butter quite like unrequited love.
                                            --  Charlie Brown
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
From: velour@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Michelle Wiener)
Subject: Re: Fun with Language...
Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston Illinois.
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 18:14:15 GMT

In article <+gdm4bl.tyger@netcom.com> tyger@netcom.com (Kitty in the Middle) writes:
>In article <1992Jul19.053803.12947@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> swalter@nyx.cs.du.edu (DreamWeaver) writes:
>>
>>Tyger purrrrrrs:
>>> *grin* I dunno...it generally takes me a looooong time to get 
>>> tired of someone spoiling me rotten! ;)
>>
>>::DreamWeaver looks over at Tyger and 'Chelle::
>>
>>Care if I join in ... I'm told I'm very good with my hands (hey, you play
>>keyboard for 20+ years ... you learn a thing or two ;)...
>
>Oh, that sounds really good to me! Chelle?

Well, now, that depends on where those hands are gonna be!  Some places are
off limits, y'know.

But, Tyger, if you would care to stretch out across both our laps, I don't
think I'd mind...

Seems like the only way I can hold a cat is through a computer... no allergies
that way...


Michelle
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
From: erisande@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Kryst the Philosopher)
Subject: Re: My Bioghraphy
Organization: Quitters Inc.
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 01:04:37 GMT

pm3_norr@csd.brispoly.ac.uk (Paul Norris)
>Kryst the Philosopher shares:
>
>}                 Erin Anderson's Biography

>Erin, less a biography more a way of life.  It struck many chords
>with me.  Thank you

	This isn't anything of poetry, or story.  So I can not take
credit for anything.  I take what is given and leave the rest to the
true writers.  Maybe I should post all 77 pages of my life journal!
;)  Yeah.  Like it would be interesting.  *Laugh*
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
From: rip@sequent.com (Paul T Taylor)
Subject: Re: I Am Still Around :)
Organization: Sequent Computer Systems Inc.
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 92 02:15:16 GMT

In article <LF.92Jul22101641@barkley.berkeley.edu> lf@barkley.berkeley.edu (LexicographicalFiend) writes:
>Rip chuckles:
>>LF puns:
>>>Copping a feel again, aren't you?  I just don't understand how you can
>>>get away with impersonating a Highway Patrol officer.  [Audience
>>>groans loudly at the TrulyHorrendousPun.]
>>Har har, hardy har har, har har har.... it *is* to laugh...
>>Yes ma'am, it *is* a breathelyzer...
>
>Oh really?  What are *those*, condensation sacs?  8-)

Yes, and if you don't pass this testicle, we take you down to the
station.  Now are you sure you understand the penal code in this
state?  Uvula got the right to one phone call, don't blow it...

>>>And so it is...what the *heck* are you talking about???
>>Last night during our little 'chat' you used both of these phrases at
>>one point or another.  You really must come up with some new
>>matterial, my friend... :-)
> ^^^^^^^^^
>OK, how's about the following put-down line?
>
>Ma'am, that's a nice boson you've got there.  Is that real or a gluon?

Ok, works for me.  (What the hell did he just say?)

>(Non-ParticlePhysicsPractitioners can stop scratching their heads now. 8-)

But it itches!!

rip
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
From: swalter@nyx.cs.du.edu (DreamWeaver)
Subject: Re: Peanut butter
Organization: University of Denver, Dept. of Math & Comp. Sci.
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 92 10:51:14 GMT


Baboo asks:

> Crunchy or smooth?

I don't know ... AAAAAAARRRRRRGGGGGHHHH !!!!

::DW is catapuled out of his fuel-injected, hydraulic lift, auto massage,
office chair ... through the open patio door ... and into the complex pool
... ooops, sorry ... just saw Monty Python and the Holy Grail again::

-DreamWeaver
 "... I'm getting better ..."

Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
From: t923335@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au (IronEagle )
Subject: Re: Pulling out
Organization: RMIT Computer Centre, Melbourne Australia.
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 11:29:47 EST

epperson@pop.stat.purdue.edu (Mary Epperson) writes:

>Because of time constraints (and other things), I will no longer be
>posting on ARC.
>I'm sorry for this, but I don't believe it can be helped.  I may be
>back later on, but am not sure.  
>I will miss you guys/gals.  You've really been there for me in the
>past when I needed you.
>Thank you for everything!!

Oh no......  what is happening??  Everyone is slowly leaving.. Please
come back soon, as I know that I, and everyone else, will surely miss
you dearly......

>*HUGS*

*BIG HUGS*

>Mary

-IE

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Newsgroups: alt.romance
From: tokorhon@messi.uku.fi (Tommi Korhonen)
Subject: Re: Pre-breakup vibes 
Date: 24 Jul 92 06:50:20 GMT
Organization: University of Kuopio, Finland

Stephen Quan writes:
>Chris Oliva writes :
>> I was having a great relationship with a girl in Toronto, I live about
>> a 2 hour drive West in London, when all of a sudden things went to hell!
>> [rest of article omitted...]

>Dale Robert Burnett replies with :
>>dump her

>Is it *that* simple???????????

Nope, but it might be everything left to do...
-- 

It's Tkorho above there, at tokorhon@messi.uku.fi
"The Black Crow of love"
From: diana@wetware.com (CatWoman )
Newsgroups: alt.romance
Subject: Re: Pre-marital Sex and Relationships
Date: 30 Jul 92 13:45:27 GMT
Organization: Castle WetWare MouseCatcher

markway1112@iscsvax.uni.edu writes:

] This has always been something I've been curious about.  I'd like
] to conduct a short e-mail poll (don't post responses, please.. I know
] people get sick of poll responses on the newsgroup).  In your opinion,
] does pre-marital sex do more to enhance the relationship, or harm it?

I'm posting this answer because it's not exactly an
answer that could be used in a poll - it's a good
general answer that I personally think people should
keep in mind in their every day lives...

The rest of the paragraph goes on to ask what I would
say if someone says they are now a virgin, but are 
considering having sex.  

My answer is:  If it feels like the right thing to do,
then by all means, go ahead and do it.  BUT, I happen
to think that if the person has to ASK, then it is
obviously NOT something that they feel "right" about.
So if you have to ask - the answer is DON'T!

And this goes for ANYthing that you are considering -
from sex to buying something to eating something to
going out with someone to sleeping late and calling
in sick!!!

The answer to the poll question is that there IS no
absolute answer - it's all situation/person dependent...

Diana
Newsgroups: alt.romance
From: weaver@jetsun.weitek.COM (Michael Weaver)
Subject: Re: Friends & lovers..
Organization: WEITEK Corporation, Sunnyvale CA
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 92 17:52:35 GMT

In article <1992Jul22.223013.9192@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> alangend@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Andrea D Langenderfer) writes:
>In article <22101.1979225482@kcbbs.gen.nz> Rob_Tan@kcbbs.gen.nz (Rob Tan) write
>s:
>>Many peoplehave said that having a lover that has been a friend is really
>>good & all that....

>For me it is not a choice that I am aware of, but it usually ends up that there
>is this friend that I have known for awhile as strictly a friend(ie group 
>activities, conversations about life in general, confide about relationships 
>that have gone arye,ect). Then all of a sudden it hits me that I like this guy 
>alot, that I would like to ask him out, that there is a strong attraction,ect.
>
This is the way it works for me too. Not always a friend, but always someone
I have known long enough to have a really good idea what they are like.  I
think this is one of those personality things.

>And it's ironic because I start thinking about him and when we first met and I
>think "Gosh, I never wasn't attracted to him before in a romatic way". It is 
>like I completely change my view of him. But usually by this time he thinks of 
>me strictly as his friend, not a potential date. Sometimes I wonder if this guy 
>even remember I am a female. It more like just my buddies. This has only 
>happened three times to me. For me,I think it has to do with
>like him for who he is, qualities, habits, personality rather then for straight
>out looks.
>
>my theory is that these guys have a time limit-if you aren't a potential date 
>right off they never consider you again. Where as for me the more I know him 
>they more attracted to him I am, and by then it's too late. I guess that is 
>what timing is all about, but at this rate it may never work to the positive 
>ending.
>
I suppose there are some people who are literally like this, and can't fall
for someone they already know. But I suspect (unfortunately, no success stories
to tell) that in many cases, they just need a good push.

>That's just my input on the subject, sorry to sound negative but I am just 
>getting over one of "friends" and it is has to be the most difficult by far.
>Andi
>
I've been there. If you figure a way out of it, let me know.

Good Luck,
Michael.
Newsgroups: alt.romance
Subject: Re: Why ? Was:I don't know why I am posting this...
From: cwes1@cs.aukuni.ac.nz (Clare West)
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 03:18:21 GMT
Organization: Dept of CompSci, U of Auckland

tokorhon@messi.uku.fi (Tommi Korhonen) writes:
>
>I believe too, when someone turns me down. But when that someone then
>later (be it three days or two years) comes complaining that why 
>don't you DO anything, then I'm out!
>It's two different views colliding. Such is life.

People (and unfortunately it is almost exclusiively women) who play
such games really annoy me *and* make life more difficult for those of
us who don't want to continue the 'no' really means 'yes' myth.

thanks for an interesting discussion

clare

-- 
Oh, why didn't I listen when they said "Never do a   |  cwes1@cs.aukuni.ac.nz 
 masters and try to have a life at the same time"?   |  clare west
                 BigSis to Chris, Eric and Kristiina
                    Official Welcomer of the RFA