From: ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright)
Subject: Re: Any Available Jewish Men Out There??
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 23:49:21 GMT
Organization: Engineering, CONVEX Computer Corp., Richardson, Tx., USA
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In <1993Jan5.230959.17783@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> tlode@nyx.cs.du.edu (trygve lode) writes:

>Not quite--I've claimed that I know and meet few men and women who are
>interested in exercise, fitness, and sports; since I have never claimed
>that the set of people that I know and meet is a representative sample
>of the US population as a whole, it is not possible to conclude from the
>statements that I have made that there are few such people nationwide or
>worldwide.

Oh.  I see.  So, if the people you meet are not representative of
the people others are likely to meet, what's your point?

 
>Well, if you think that is in any way relevant, go right ahead and do
>the research to quantify these values.  If nothing else, you can use all
>the time it'll take as a new excuse for why you can't actually do
>anything that would be likely to involve you in a satisfying relationship.

The way you spend your life making excuses about all the nerds
you meet, instead of actually doing something likely to lead to
your finding an exercise partner, huh?  

If you really wanted to find someone, you would have by now.  After 
all, it only takes one.  Instead, you reject all my attempts to help
you, and only answer, "Yes, but...."  Can't you see how self-defeating
that is?  I can't believe you unable to find one dedicated jock in a
city the size of Denver. ;-)


>I suppose that would be the case if it were my purpose--or even if I'd
>ever so much as implied such a thing.  My claim is that I know more
>science enthusiasts than fitness enthusiasts and that there are a fair
>number of science enthusiasts out there.  That's quite different from
>what you seem to think I'm claiming.

More excuses and self-defeating behavior. 

What?  That argument doesn't apply to you?  You mean it's harder
to find an exercise partner, whose age, sex, and marital status
don't even matter, than it is to find a romantic partner?

For that matter, why are you posting in soc.singles?



>True, which is not too surprising in a store that carries cement-filled
>plastic weight sets and generally awful exercycles, which are also
>children's toys

Well, if children can lift those 100-lb weights, perhaps you should
ask one of them to be your exercise partner... or your trainer.  At
the very least, find out who supplies their steroids. And any child 
large enough to ride those exercycles is going to grow into an 8-foot 
adult, so be nice to him. :-)


 
>I pretty much just hang around the lobbies and other "public" places at a
>con rather than bothering with any of the events, I'd guess offhand that
>I have at least twice as many women striking up conversations with me
>than men.

You see, that's your problem.  If you attended some of the events,
you'd have an exercise partner by now. :-)



>Only two dozen full-time SF authors?  That sounds extremely low; where
>did you get that figure?

Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle (former president of SFWA).