HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: diamond@acpub.duke.edu (Elizabeth Abrams)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Heinlein
Date: 15 Sep 92 01:28:40 GMT
Organization: Duke University; Durham, N.C.

In article <1992Sep14.162004.24489@muppet.bt.co.uk> bart@muppet.bt.co.uk writes

>God help us all then. All the Heinlein I ever read, apart from the odd short 
>story
>was like having your eyes sucked out.
>
>Dare I say pedestrian narrative ? Soporific definitely.
>
>Tim
>---

I was *going* to post a blistering response to this, but I think I'm too 
tired. :-)  Anyone out there up to a Heinlein argument?  No, I didn't think
so.  I'd even rather have another long discussion about why women never ask
men out, actually.  ("Hey, guys, how come women never ask *Heinlein* out?")

				--Diamond


diamond@acpub.duke.edu |  "*Think* before you ask these questions, Mitch."
Elizabeth S. Abrams    |                         --Chris Knight
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: fredw@mks.com (Fred Walter)
Subject: Re: Courtship Generic Algorithms
Organization: Mortice Kern Systems Inc., Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 14:35:23 GMT

kiran@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (Kiran Wagle) writes:
>dy@depsych.Gwinnett.COM (Dr. Yes) writes:
>>I'm not religious either, but if it's legitimate to fake
>>confidence why not religious faith as well?
>
>*laugh*  the good Doctor has a point, Kevin.  If you are willing to
>fake even emotions, why not a bit of religious fervor?

Confidence is something you need to get a relationship, but isn't as crucial
in maintaining a relationship. But religious fervor would have to be continued
during the relationship, otherwise she'd figure out that you are *SINNER*
and you are going to *BURN* in *HELL* for all *ETERNITY* unless she manages
to save you, and you'd spend the rest of your relationship fending off her
attempts to send you to heaven.

Pretending to be religious, in order to find someone that is religious, when
you don't want someone that is religious, seems counter-productive.

	fred
-- 
Disclaimer: everything I write is my *personal* opinion and does not represent
or reflect the opinion of the company which employs me.
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: smith@comm.mot.com (Jeff Smith)
Subject: Re: Dill Dough
Organization: Gagging Sloth Records
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 15:03:40 GMT
Keywords: Kosher dills, half sours, dill dough.....

In article <BuCL8F.4Lu@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>, kramersc@expert.cc.purdue.edu (Scott C. Kramer) writes:
|> In article <1992Sep9.210738.3962@panix.com> pw@panix.com (Paul Wallich) writes:

|> >The Midwest!?!? You mean the place where people still wear white
|> >shirts and narrow ties and think it's about 1957? Where a good
|> 
|>  Dude!!!! How can you be so insensitive to people like myself who
|> have lived in the midwest all my life???  I am deeply offended by that
|> remark and demand an apology on my behalf and other fellow midwesterners..
|> at least we have values here in the midwest....

How can you complain about people using stereotypes after THAT statement?!
Please...

|> this is 1990, BUD, and I  
|> happen
|> to be a very hip person when I want to be and does that mena I wear white
|> shirts and narrow ties? NOOOOOOOT!

|> 
|> >time is watching cows sleep? Where people don't applaud a standup
|> >comic but just smile and nod to each other at how funny that last
|> >joke was? Pickles aren't even in the game.
|> 
|>  IF you think ALL midwesterners think alike, you are definitely WRONG...
|> Chill out, ok?? Thanks....:-)

Hey, speaking of chilling out...there's this little thing called humor, see.
IT WAS A JOKE! Geez...

jds

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                               * Health and knowledge and wealth and power,
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Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: hymowitz@whatever.cs.jhu.edu (Hymie!)
Subject: nice headlights. vroom. (was Re: What knockers!  Crreak.)
Organization: Creative Sensualities dept, Jacquie's House of Underwear
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1992 10:34:09 GMT

jm0i@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (JOSEPH ALOYSIUS MCVEIGH) writes:
[about holding doors for people]
>
>I'm going to start slamming them in front of everyone now; it's less subject
>to multiple interpretations. After all, I AM from New York.

hmmm... i'm from new york, and i was lectured and spit at for the crime
of offerring a woman with a big bag my seat.  it's just something i normally
do.  now i've stopped two habits - that one, and catching people who fall
when a nyc bus takes a sharp turn. :)

now, i get around this by not sitting down in the first place.  but once
i've got a seat, it's /mine/.

--hymie
hymowitz@cs.jhu.edu                                         hymie@jhuvms.bitnet
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You get your mellow, laid back attitude from Sonny the Cuckoo Bird.
                                                               --Josh, about me
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From: jfriday@dragnet.lapd.gov (SGT Joe Friday)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Can we can the suck-up bit?
Date: Wed, 09 Sep 92 22:50:56 MDT
Distribution: usa
Organization: LAPD Homicide

Police officers, ma'am; my name is Friday.  We're investigating the 
mysterious disappearance of several men around the country, and want to 
know what you can tell us about it.  The one thing in common among these 
men was that they all were posters in this newsgroup.  You know the ones 
I mean: Dan Mocsny, Broward Horne, a long string of previous victims.
Earlier this week an attempt was made against a Trygve Lode.  We suspect that 
a female reader of this newsgroup may be the perpetrator of these vicious 
crimes.  A concerned citizen has come forth with new information 
regarding the possible modus operandi of this disgusting criminal:

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In article <72206@apple.Apple.COM>, stef@Apple.COM (Stef Jones) writes:

>Tits are the less-than-a-handful kind, and gazongas are the kind that 
>qualify as a blunt instrument if wielded properly.
----------------------------------------------------------------------

We want to see any information you have relevant to our investigation.
Just the tits..err, facts, ma'am.  This will be easier for everybody 
if you'll cooperate, and I won't have to get out the handcuffs.
From: stef@Apple.COM (Stef Jones)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Can we can the suck-up bit?
Date: 11 Sep 92 16:18:33 GMT
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA

hays@TECHNET.NM.ORG (Larry 'Purple' Hays) writes:

>In article <72206@apple.Apple.COM>, stef@Apple.COM (Stef Jones) writes:

>>Using a friend's classification of mammary size (tits, breasts, boobs, 
>>and gazongas), mine are breasts. 

>>Tits are the less-than-a-handful kind, and gazongas are the kind that 
>>qualify as a blunt instrument if wielded properly.

>S'ok Stef - Size doesn't matter.
>             I can't believe nobody else jumped on that one...

Probably because they were afraid that a classificiation scheme of penis 
sizes would be next. 

--
Stef               "Excuse me. This life isn't working. I want to exchange it."
stef@apple.com     "Have you tried plugging it in?"
From: taina@cs.Helsinki.FI (Juha Taina)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Believe in youself, dammit! (was: Re: Singles Bar)
Date: 15 Sep 92 16:54:23 GMT
Organization: University of Helsinki, Finland

[Discussion about unconditional love and working for relationship
deleted]

IMO, unconditional love and 100% working for a relationship are two
different things.  Unconditional love is a myth that will fail sooner or
later.  It's impossible to love someone and never expect anything back. 
It will only cause problems in the long run.  This might sound selfish,
but I am the most important person in my life.  I have the right to be
treated equally in a relationship, I have the right to expect something
from my partner.

On the other hand, working for a relationship is a necessity.  The first
thing to realize is that both me and my SO are human beings with needs,
problems and flaws.

Juha
-- 
Juha Taina | taina@cs.helsinki.fi | Phone: +358-0-708-4247
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: thurlow@convex.com (Robert Thurlow)
Subject: Re: Powerful forces of nature conspire
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1992 04:25:35 GMT
Organization: Engineering, CONVEX Computer Corp., Richardson, Tx., USA
X-Disclaimer: This message was written by a user at CONVEX Computer
              Corp. The opinions expressed are those of the user and
              not necessarily those of CONVEX.

In <Bu2t50.Hx3@belay> buick@belay (Patrick D. Buick) writes:

>How come the intense interest in this group amongst the women to come where the
>snowbirds go?  I know I like to do things in the snow (leave it to your 
>minds :-)  but an influx of net_goddesses?  wow!.. I'm overwhelmed...

There ya go, Emma, you're christened a "net.goddess".  Here are the
keys to the newsgroup <jingle>, and here is the operators manual
(it's written by an engineer, but don't worry, you aren't getting
enough out of the position to justify reading the dreck, trust me
on that) ... there's a training session on Monday morning at 10 A.M.,
yes, I know it's early, but you can't play Nintendo all night and
hold a position, dear ... here's a summary of your income tax
situation, with both U.S. and Republic of Ireland earnings and
residuals accounted for, and Easy Slots (TM) to account for any
*ahem* extra income you may make outside the Program ... And for
Godssakes comb out that cowlick, it just doesn't take advantage of
the fiery red hair those net.geeks like so much ... Here, take the
clipboard, it'll give you something to refer to in case you can't
wing your commencement address completely ... Now go, hurry, your
audience awaits!

Rob T
--
Rob Thurlow, thurlow@convex.com
Across the evening sky, all the birds are leaving
But how can they know it's time for them to go?		- Sandy Denny
From: martinc@grover.cs.unc.edu (Charles R. Martin)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Where the best posts come from
Date: 15 Sep 92 13:52:49 GMT
	<1992Sep14.152543.17865@cbfsb.cb.att.com> <lb9fp9INN5um@news.bbn.com>
	<5321@news.duke.edu> <kiran.716523177@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu>
Distribution: na
Organization: UNC Department of Computer Science
In-reply-to: kiran@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu's message of 15 Sep 92 02:12:57 GMT

In article <kiran.716523177@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu> kiran@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (Kiran Wagle) writes:

   *laugh*  Great sentiment.

   A friend sells "Yuggoth Saves" bumper stickers at cons.  
   He says they go real well in the southland.


"Jesus Saves.
 Moses Invests.
 Mongols Hoard.
 ... and Cthulu calls it 'leftovers'."
--
Charles R. Martin/(Charlie)/martinc@cs.unc.edu/(ne crm@cs.duke.edu) 
O/Dept. of Computer Science/CB #3175 UNC-CH/Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3175
H/3611 University Dr #13M/Durham, NC 27707/(919) 419 1754
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"I am he who walks the States with a barb'd tongue, questioning every
one I meet,/Who are you that wanted only to be told what you knew
before?/ Who are you that wanted only a book to join you in your
nonsense?"  _Leaves of Grass_ xxiii.4.
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: schock@flip.cpsc.ucalgary.ca (Craig-Richard Schock)
Subject: Re: Dill Dough
Reply-To: schock@flip.cpsc.ucalgary.ca
Organization: University of Calgary Computer Science
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 21:10:16 GMT

In article <18njttINN7ob@moe.ksu.ksu.edu> tipping@phys.ksu.edu (Tracy N.  
Tipping) writes:
> In article <1992Sep10.055933.24183@watson.ibm.com> margoli@watson.IBM.com  
writes:
> >In  <1992Sep9.210738.3962@panix.com>  pw@panix.com (Paul Wallich) writes:
> >> The Midwest!?!? You mean the place where people still wear white
> >> shirts and narrow ties and think it's about 1957? Where a good
> >> time is watching cows sleep?
> >
> >Two words.
> >Cow tipping.
> Actually, it's Tracy Tipping...(a Texan temporarily living in the Midwest)

I'm afraid to ask, but what the hell.  When was the name of this event changed  
and for what reasons :-)

> tipping@phys.ksu.edu

Craig
Newsgroups: soc.singles,alt.romance,soc.women,ny.general,nyc.general,ny.wanted
From: yozzo@watson.ibm.com (Ralph Yozzo)
Subject: Re: Where to go on a date
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 03:48:54 GMT
Distribution: usa
Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not necessarily those of IBM
Organization: IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Keywords: new york, good impression, sos

In article <1992Sep4.164047.21015@cbis.ece.drexel.edu> jpw@lorelei.ece.drexel.edu (Joseph Wetstein) writes:
>Help! 
>
>Could anyone please suggest some nice places to go on a date in New York city?
The New York Public Library on the corner of 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue
is very nice and the Friends of the Library give a free 1 hour tour
twice a day.  I've taken it twice now.  Also, behind the Library 
there is Bryant Park and I believe that there are concerts given
in the park on certain days.



-- 
Ralph Yozzo (yozzo@watson.ibm.com)  
From the beautiful and historic Mid-Hudson Valley area of NY state
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: nance@cbnewsd.cb.att.com (nancy.l.colucci)
Subject: Re: Cradle Robbin?
Organization: AT&T
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 19:45:39 GMT

In article <1992Sep10.183818.4315@watson.ibm.com> margoli@watson.ibm.com writes:
>In  <1992Sep10.130616.29257@cbnewsd.cb.att.com>  nance@cbnewsd.cb.att.com (nancy.l.colucci) writes:
>>
>> Oh yes, give me those elevens!
>Cradle robbing indeed!  :-)

Hey, what?  If I use four at once that gives me one just about the
right age, with the sexual zing of a man in his 40's (as in, oh-yes-
baybee-you've-been-doing-this-awhile-and-you-is-GOOD) with 4 times
the energy and youth to burn.

I can handle it.  Yes, I can.

-Nance
-- 
Nance Colucci  *^*^*^*^*^*    o__    *^*^*^*^*  |  Work that body!
att!ihlpk!colucci            _.>/               | Stay fit for life.
                            (_) \(_)                           
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: ewillims@unix1.tcd.ie (Emma Williams)
Subject: Re: E.W. - Weddings....
Organization: Trinity College, Dublin
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 11:35:19 GMT

In <1992Sep11.144107.16214@ryn.mro4.dec.com> tang@akofin.enet.dec.com (Gabe Tang) writes:


>re: (Emma Williams) .....
>> 
>>>	Whaddayamean......just-over-on-the-boat doesn't count as being Irish??
>> 
>>		Sorry, I was referring to the 1st/2nd generation 
>>	Americans, not the ones who just emigrated!  Mind you, I have
>>	a friend who claims that even they are not Irish any more as 
>>	they aren't paying taxes over here to support the economy and 
>>	are also responsible for the brain drain. I don't agree...it's
>>	not their fault....it's the government's fault!

Yes, but the point I am trying to make is this.......
If a person has left Ireland, with very little intention of coming back, 
and no longer pays taxes, etc, then *it is _unfair_ for them to claim 
Irish citizenship*.   If people are unwilling to take the bad with the 
good, (i.e. and stay in Ireland), then it is unfair for them to still 
take advantage of the good.  

>	Not true. Sean still sends money to his family in Dublin. For a

Irrelevant!  That  is in the form of a private gift to his family, not
a contribution to public funds.  Although it may be laudable for him to
send money to his family, it is still not taxable income in the Irish
fiscal system.  

>>	I've noticed that before with Americans. They claim that when a 
>>	group of Irish people are together that we speak too quickly and
>>	use weird slang.  Hey, we have problems understanding some of 
>>	your weirder accents too!:>

>	So, would we have any difficulty with your accent, or do you
>	have a wonderfully melodious and lyrical tongue as so many of the
>	other Irish/Irish-descendant women in Boston have?  ;^)
		    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

I and many friends have spent a lot of time in Boston, and other areas
 traditionally associated with Irish immigrants.  In our experience, all
of the Irish descendants in Boston had American accents, *not* Irish.
They may have had "Boston-Irish" accents, but *not* Irish accents,
and they could never pass as Irish.  Without trying to be abrasive, 
(i.e. no offence intended), I have yet to hear anyone born "West of the 
Aran Islands" :-) attempting to speak with an Irish accent that was 
anything less than hilarious to our ears!!  


>	Oh gosh, a city-girl. And a college-girl too! Sounds like an expensive
>	night out. How many punts to the dollar? ;^))

The last time I checked, it was 1.6972.  And it's dollars to the pound*grin*!
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Cooking for 1!
From: wall@hel4.brl.mil (Jeff Wall)
Date: 9 Sep 92 16:02:13 EST
 <1992Sep3.180657.29641@odin.corp.sgi.com> <1992Sep07.101649.19909@microsoft.com>
Distribution: world
Organization: U.S. Army Human Engineering Lab  Aberdeen, MD

In article <1992Sep07.101649.19909@microsoft.com> jenk@microsoft.com (Jen
Kilmer) writes:
>In article <1992Sep3.180657.29641@odin.corp.sgi.com> lana@magenta.corp.sgi.com
(Lana Mountford) writes:
>>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 :-)
>>
>>Actually, I find cooking incredibly relaxing.  Creating the menu,
>>shopping for the ingredients, organizing the "schedule" so that 
>>everything comes out at the right time -- these are preludes to the
>>*real* fun!  I select the wine, get 1 extra bottle of it, and start
>>the "main event": the actual preparation.  It's such a trip to see
>>everything coming together!  Eating is almost an anti-climax.  :-)
>Well, I like this too...but not when things are messy.
>Basically I'm a slob and I hate my apartment because
>it's so dark, yucky, and messy.
>
>Yeah, I know : some cleaning, some paint, and new furniture
>would help.
>
>Bleah.
>
>any other ideas? 

yeah,  get someone else to do it for you.  If you happen to have any friends
who are starving artists or art students they can do wonders for next to
nothing.  I absolutely hate to paint and this is what i'm going to do when I
get to the point I have to paint.

>-jen
>
>maybe I'll just move my futon into the office....

Now this might not be a bad ideal. Companies have professional cleaning
services....

Jeff Wall
wall@hel4.brl.mil
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: jjd1@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (james.j.dutton)
Subject: Re: Singles Bar (Why would you want one?)
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 13:15:20 GMT

In article <JMD.92Sep9180346@lion.bear.com> jmd@bear.com (Josh Diamond) writes:
>
>In article <14523@auspex-gw.auspex.com> johnf@Auspex.COM (John Fereira) writes:
>
>   Fine, but you'll miss seeing the team of Larry, Larry, James and John in 
>   action.  When you add "singles" to "singles" bar you add all the negative
>   connotations of the bar scene.  Take away the "singles" part and just go to
>   "a bar" you might meet some interesting people.
>
>Here! Here!
>
>Very true.  There are several bars where _do_ like to hang out -- and
>where I have met some wonderful people.  But these places would hardly
>be considered "singles bars".  
>
>"Dive" might be a more accurate description... :-) :-)

My name is Jeem. I'm a baraholic. I never wanted to be a baraholic.
I didn't grow up saying: Mommy I want some milk(wink wink) and to grow
up to be a baraholic.
Yes I have a bar. Many people I grew up with hang at this bar. It
is most definately a "DIVE". If you walked in off the street you would
more then likely encounter one of the drunken idiots. The drunken idiots
are amusing at times but usually just a pain in the ass. 
 You can get beer there late for afterhours shall we say get togethers.
You can always get a check cashed. You can watch the drunken idiots
descend on new woman, similar to flys to shit. You can always get an
ear full of gossip. You can watch bartenders come and go.
Its a place to blow through on your nightly adventures. Weekends only for
parental types. It's a place to hear who's having volleyball/party/concert/
poker/fishing/camping or just who's dueing who!
Now if they'd only get Malibu Barbie.
 
================================================================================
 Sesquipedalian's 'R' Us. ZX-10. DoD#564. There ain't no more.
================================================================================
From: johnf@Auspex.COM (John Fereira)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Can we can the suck-up bit?
Keywords: encourage friendship?
Date: 10 Sep 92 19:15:05 GMT
Organization: Auspex Systems, Inc.

In article <1992Sep10.173955.4294@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> tlode@nyx.cs.du.edu (trygve lode) writes:
>In article <14521@auspex-gw.auspex.com> johnf@Auspex.COM (John Fereira) writes:
|
|>We'll if Sheba keeps on rejecting your appreciative prose you can join
|>Larry, Larry, James, and I for an evening of babe scamming.  
|
|
|Scamming?  As in defrauding?

No, scamming as in deflowering.

| Hmmmm...dunno 'bout that--I did have an
|interesting time engaging in "babe scanning" a while ago, though--a
|woman I know was getting a rather large tattoo on an area of her 
|anatomy not generally exposed to the general public; she had the 
|outline done first and was going to come back for the colors, but
|hadn't made up her mind on what color scheme to use.  So, she dropped
|by and I slowly ran a hand-held scanner over her body, printing out 
|the results to a laser printer so that she could try several different
|variations with colored pencils.

Yet another example of how technology takes all the fun out of romance.
I remember the good ole' days when a babe would get an outline of a
tatoo on an area of here anatomy that was not generally exposed and we
would use finger paints to try different color variations.

Stay within the lines, stay within the lines...


-- 
+==========================================================================+
| John Fereira     | Auspex Systems | "Auspex does not share my opinions.  |
| johnf@auspex.com | Santa Clara CA |  So Why am I still working here?"    |
+==========================================================================+
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: c71@ix.urz.uni-heidelberg.de (David N)
Subject: Re: Sex & Moose & Wolf (was Re: Desperatio
Reply-To: c71@ix.urz.uni-heidelberg.de
Organization: University of Heidelberg, Germany
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 92 17:03:50 GMT


In article 72300@apple.Apple.COM, stef@Apple.COM (Stef Jones) writes:
>A visually oriented sexuality as opposed to a scent-oriented one doesn't
>suggest 'more civilized' or 'more developed' to me.
>
>I have heard of people who tried to start a relationship with someone but
>it didn't work out because the person didn't smell right. Not that they
>smelled bad--just wrong. 
>
>Sometimes I couldn't work up a strong sexual attraction to
>someone I was involved with, and couldn't quite figure out why--maybe it
>was (partly) that they smelled wrong. I have definitely noticed the 
>reverse -- sometimes I am strongly aroused by someone's scent. 
>
>I have a friend who has lost most of her sense of smell after a nose
>operation. She claims that she has also lost most of her sex drive (to her
>dismay).
>
>--
> Stef
 
This is interesting! As a matter of fact, a few of my ex(*sigh*)-girlfriends were very attracted by my smell, while all I could recognise of their's were their perfumes. I have asked several women, and strikingly often the smells of their men are very important for them. But I have not heard of many men having the same reaction. Some men get turned on by the taste of a special woman, though.

David
Newsgroups: soc.singles