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From: rohwerwd@netcom.com (W. David Rohwer)
Subject: Re: Car Crazy (Was: CarEdNess Of a Relationship)
Organization: Netcom - San Jose, CA
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 03:46:57 GMT

In article <1992Oct30.163007.15670@clsi.COM> shankha@clsi.COM (Shankha Mitra) writes:
>
>Well, my girlfriend was telling me that there were men she used to go out with
>who always insisted on driving.  I don't mean that the cars were theirs and so
>they wanted to be at the wheel (pretty harmless), but that they would insist on
>being at the wheel no matter what.  One guy even would insist on driving 45 min.
>out of the way to pick her up when it would have been much easier to take
>separate cars and drive down.   Anyway, this surprised me a great deal since I
>really couldn't care less who drives (I'd rather let her drive and do all the
>work :-)).  
>
>She also mentioned that if you look at couples driving on the road, more often
>than not, the guy's driving.  And you know what -- she seems to be right.
>What's going on here?  Have our (i.e. men's) fragile egos gotten that bad?
>Say it ain't so.
>
>Flames/comments?
>

     If we are driving some place and we use my car, then I drive or else
when we use her car, then she drives.  No ego that concerns driving here.

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Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: jjd1@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (james.j.dutton)
Subject: Re: That wacky electoral college
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 16:17:37 GMT

In article <1992Nov4.204041.16253@lmpsbbs.comm.mot.com> smith@comm.mot.com (Jeff Smith) writes:
>In article <96094@netnews.upenn.edu>, crawford@ben.dev.upenn.edu (Lauren L. Crawford) writes:
>|> 
>|> OK, this bugs me in every presidential election.  Why do we still have the
>|> electoral college?  
>...
>|> 
>|> No other office needs this "electoral college" system -- people win or
>|> lose by the popular vote, period.  Which only makes sense.  So why do we
>|> still use it for the presidential elections?
>
>Good question...I think it was originally proposed because "states' rights"
>were a big issue back then, as well as the belief that "the masses" weren't
>necessarily qualified to vote.
>
>I can really only think of one advantage, and even so it never occurred to
>me until someone pointed it out at lunch today. It prevents a candidate from
>campaigning (read "promising things to") a few specific high-population areas
>and ignoring everyone else. Although, when I think about it...DOES it do that?
>I wonder, is it possible for someone to get enough popular vote out of, say,
>CA and NY to be able to ignore the rest of the country? And if so, does the
>electoral college really prevent this? Hmmmm...I haven't really thought this
>one through, but it's the only possible reason I can think of. Certainly, the
>possibility of the popular vote winner losing the election is unacceptable.

I'm for keeping the electoral college. The public is swayed too easily
by todays lates PC thang. Wishy Washy if you will.
The last election extra marital affair did in a candidate. Rumours of pot
smoking could do you in yesterday but Braun wins big time now.
Wheres the consistency. The public wants hula hoops today and disco tomorrow.
 The last popular vote got you Quayle. Say no more.
 Course the electoral can get you Quayle also. So that might be why I don't
vote. Now I can party with the Clinton crowd, cry with the Bush crowd
and just be an all around spineless pain in the ass.
Maybe I ought to run for office.


 
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Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: nance@cbnewsd.cb.att.com (nancy.l.colucci)
Subject: Re: Monogamy, Polygamy, and raising children (Was: Falling in Love
Organization: AT&T
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 14:32:05 GMT

In article <74009@apple.Apple.COM> stef@Apple.COM (Stef Jones) writes:
>
>My parents have remained married for 33 years, but I also had a problem
>with working out problems in relationships, mostly because I never saw my
>parents do it. They sheltered me from the problems in their relationship
>and so I never learned skills to deal with such things. (Until recently.)

On the same note, whenever my parents argued or even had a mild disagreement,
they felt they needed to "shelter" us from that horrible stuff so they'd
switch to their native Czech language, which none of us kids understood.  I
don't think they realized that it's rude to speak another language in front
of people who don't understand it to intentionally exclude them from the
conversation.  It provided us three kids with an unrealistic view of married
life and that it's OK to be rude.  :-)

Thus the first time I had a good knock-down argument with a man I loved
and he called me a "bitch" I about freaked.  When I mentioned it to my
mom she rolled her eyes and said "Oh, is that all?  Your father and I
called each other names and we're still in love.  That stuff happens."

Well how was *I* supposed to know that?  I never understood what they
said to each other.  What they said in English was the lovey-dovey
stuff.  I don't think kids should be shielded that much.


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From: martinc@grover.cs.unc.edu (Charles R. Martin)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: That wacky electoral college
Date: 6 Nov 92 16:06:31 GMT
Article-I.D.: grover.MARTINC.92Nov6110631
Organization: UNC Department of Computer Science
In-reply-to: ljhr@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu's message of 4 Nov 92 18:37:36 GMT

In article <1992Nov4.133736.1824@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu> ljhr@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu writes:


   The reason that we still have the Electoral College is because our whole 
   electoral system is biased in terms of the incumbent, and there must be 
   a real dislike of the incumbent for the challengers to win the presidency.
   I wonder if many people would be complaining if the election had worked out 
   the other way around?

Don't be an ass, man.  The electoral college was invented before there
*was* an incumbent; the second President lost re-election.  The
Electoral College was part of a compromise to ensure that big states
wouldn't dominate small states in the government (the same compromise
that ended up with Representatives apportioned by population and
Senators 2-per-state.)
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     Dept. of Computer Science/CB #3175 UNC-CH/Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3175
	    3611 University Dr #13M/Durham, NC 27707/(919) 419 1754
     "Oh God, please help me be civil in tongue, pure in thought, and able
      to resist the temptation to laugh uncontrollably.  Amen." -- Rob T
From: jsmt@troi.cc.rochester.edu (Julia Smith)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Money and the Single World (was: Education and the Single World
Date: 12 Nov 92 02:21:22 GMT
Organization: University of Rochester (Rochester, NY)

So long as we are venturing bravely into questions oft reconsidered...
  
How important is money to you in considering an SO?  Particularly
if you are considering significant financial differences? 
  
Scenerio 1:  You find out the person you are interested in makes
    *quite* a bit more than you do.  Does it make a difference to you?
  
  
Scenerio 2:  You find out the person you are interested in makes
    *quite* a bit less than you do.  Does it make a difference to you?
  
  
Have you had someone break up with you over money issues?  Do you think
that those of the opposite gender care more or less about money than
your own affiliation?
  
<inquiring minds want to know...>
  
--j
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: coleman@rocky.cs.ucla.edu (Mike Coleman)
Subject: Re: Diurnal Weenies 
Organization: UCLA, Computer Science Department
Distribution: usa
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 92 14:32:19 GMT

blowfish@carina.unm.edu (rON.) writes:
|In article <lfmp4bINNb6s@news.bbn.com> ahsiung@labs-n.bbn.com (Anita Hsiung) writes:
|>Gosh, it's almost 11pm, I'm still in the office.  Why am I always the
|>one to turn on the burglar alarm?
|11pm is late? Since when?
|(its almost 2:30 am here, time for lunch in a few minutes :)
|Oh wait, I get it, your one of them diurnal weenies. I see now :)


Oh yeah?  Well it's 6:30am here.  Wimps.  :-)

Mike


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Xref: sparky soc.singles:29905 soc.motss:46259 soc.couples:4139 soc.men:18709 soc.women:18895
From: centaur@spud.kludge.com (Victor Scott Rose)
Newsgroups: soc.singles,soc.motss,soc.couples,soc.men,soc.women
Subject: Re: Presidential Poll- The Final Results!
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 92 10:28:14 PST
Organization: T.T.L.F.  San Francisco, CA

blowfish@carina.unm.edu (rON.) writes:
> 
> Since the popularity for Clinton in the Soc.motss group is very overwhelming,
> (see the breakdowns below), this is what the breakdown of votes (question 2)
> would look like with the soc.motss votes only counting 25%:
> (The original votes are in parenthesis)
> Bush- 12 (12)
> Clinton- 54 (79)
> Perot- 12 (13)
> Marrou- 6 (9)
> 
I'm not sure EXACTLY how you mean if motss only counted 25%.
However, Clinton got 73% of the vote here in San Francisco. The highest 
percentage in the state. I wouldn't be too surprised if places in 
arkansas were the only places where percentage are higher...
I wonder if there was any other block of 300,000+ who voted so 
overwhelmingly for Clinton...
Exact #s  Total votes cast for Pres in SanFrancisco   305,316
 Total # of votes for Clinton in SanFrancisco         222,047
YEAH!!!

Vik-Thor Scott Rose  /   centaur@spud.Kludge.COM
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Newsgroups: soc.singles,ba.singles
From: mzank@nyx.cs.du.edu (matt zank)
Subject: Re: Where to meet women?
Organization: University of Denver, Dept. of Math & Comp. Sci.
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 92 06:47:46 GMT

The reason why i post this thing in the first place is
that all the women I have run into in school, now at
work have a SO. btw I know that places like bars
do not work, anyone who said shoping is the way
is from mars. Anyway does anyone know all, and
I mean all the women have SO's? I do think it
is that I am in my mid 20's, it is far i see
if one goes past 23 or so you are out of luck.
but is also of my bad luck, or is it the fact
I am stuck in a very very bad area to meet
women, which is Northwest Wisconsin. if that
is so, where is a good area to move to, I have
a feeling that the upper midwest sucks eggs.
From: martinc@hatteras.cs.unc.edu (Charles R. Martin)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: KILLING  a Poster rather than a Post
Date: 7 Nov 92 04:56:09 GMT
	<1992Nov3.061712.26223@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
	<MARTINC.92Nov4111710@grover.cs.unc.edu>
	<1992Nov5.093820.18264@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>
Distribution: usa
Organization: UNC Department of Computer Science
In-reply-to: ron@turing.toronto.edu's message of 5 Nov 92 14:38:20 GMT

In article <1992Nov5.093820.18264@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> ron@turing.toronto.edu (Ron Wessels) writes:


   martinc@grover.cs.unc.edu (Charles R. Martin) writes:
   >Now you see why Trygve is a millionaire.

   Actually, didn't Trygve become rich by committing matricide?
   After all, he did hit the mother Lode.

Oh, good christ.
--
		Charles R. Martin/(Charlie)/martinc@cs.unc.edu
     Dept. of Computer Science/CB #3175 UNC-CH/Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3175
	    3611 University Dr #13M/Durham, NC 27707/(919) 419 1754
     "Oh God, please help me be civil in tongue, pure in thought, and able
      to resist the temptation to laugh uncontrollably.  Amen." -- Rob T
Newsgroups: soc.singles,ba.singles
From: malak@grebyn.com (Michael Malak)
Subject: Re: Where to meet women?
Organization: Grebyn Timesharing
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 16:31:51 GMT

In article <1992Nov7.064746.29830@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> mzank@nyx.cs.du.edu (matt zank) writes:
>Anyway does anyone know all, and
>I mean all the women have SO's? I do think it
>is that I am in my mid 20's, it is far i see
>if one goes past 23 or so you are out of luck.
>but is also of my bad luck, or is it the fact
>I am stuck in a very very bad area to meet
>women, which is Northwest Wisconsin. if that
>is so, where is a good area to move to, I have
>a feeling that the upper midwest sucks eggs.

Here in the Washington, DC area, there is a shortage of men _and_ women
in their 20's.  That fact is not as well known as the one that their is
a huge surplus of single women in their 30's.  Any single man in his
30's would do well by moving to this area.  Especially if he's not a
lawyer.

I understand from my friends who live there, and from my brief visits
there, that the West abounds with women in their 20's.
From: martinc@grover.cs.unc.edu (Charles R. Martin)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: PRES DEBATE
Date: 6 Nov 92 15:54:56 GMT
Article-I.D.: grover.MARTINC.92Nov6105456
	<1992Oct29.160958.13237@cbfsb.cb.att.com>
	<1992Oct29.164945.10209@cbnewsd.cb.att.com>
	<15209@auspex-gw.auspex.com> <thurlow.720799109@convex.convex.com>
	<ewright.720905879@convex.convex.com>
Distribution: usa
Organization: UNC Department of Computer Science
In-reply-to: ewright@convex.com's message of 4 Nov 92 19:37:59 GMT

In article <ewright.720905879@convex.convex.com> ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright) writes:


   In <thurlow.720799109@convex.convex.com> thurlow@convex.com (Robert Thurlow) writes:

   >I mean, hell, I used to think I deserved a vote as a Canadian just 
   >because of the impact U.S. elections have on us up there.

   By the same logic, US citizens should have the right to vote in Canada
   because of the influence that Canadian elections have on them.  (Not
   to mention our paying for virtually all of Canada's national defense,
   for which we receive nothing but a few America-hating imports like you.)

Ever the quick eye for sarcasm, eh, Ed?

   Actually, this is nothing new, just the same old double standard the
   left has been using since the 1960's.  "American Must Not Interfere
   In The Affairs Of Other Nations."  (Thought, of course, it's perfectly
   fair for other nations to tell us how to run our affairs.)

Just to be fair, we should note that the rule is actually "America Must
Not Interfere In The Affairs Of Other Nations Unless We Can Get On TV
Saying Otherwise", cf. Bosnia.
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	    3611 University Dr #13M/Durham, NC 27707/(919) 419 1754
     "Oh God, please help me be civil in tongue, pure in thought, and able
      to resist the temptation to laugh uncontrollably.  Amen." -- Rob T
From: tps@jptcs.COM (Tim Sailer)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: SWF iso S*M to be SO
Date: 12 Nov 92 01:06:10 GMT
Reply-To: tps@jptcs.com
Organization: JPT Computer Solutions, Port Jeff Station, NY
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]

Lauren L. Crawford (crawford@ben.dev.upenn.edu) wrote:
: In article <n0e08t@ofa123.fidonet.org> Michelle.Walters@ofa123.fidonet.org writes:
: 
: >        I'm enjoy cycling, swimming and skiing and am in very good
: >shape I ride a 12 speed about 46-63 miles every day but am not
: >particularly athletic
: 
: Whoa.  46-63 miles every day?  If this isn't athletic, what is? 
: Power-lifting dump trucks with one hand?

Yeah! That's what I thought! Something tells me I don't want her
legs wrapped around my chest with her ankles locked if she's mad! :)

-- 
Tim Sailer
JPT Computer Solutions - SCO Sales/Consulting/Administration and Mangling
Port Jefferson Station, NY
(516) 331-9001
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: jdnicoll@prism.ccs.uwo.ca (James Davis Nicoll)
Subject: Re: What do you Am men think about Am wome
Organization: University of Western Ontario, London
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 18:31:52 GMT

In article <JULIE.92Nov8174535@cucbs.chem.columbia.edu> julie@cucbs.chem.columbia.edu (Julie Wright) writes:
>atovorni@engr.UVic.CA (Andreas  Tovornik) writes:
>
>>Good topic! This thread hits on the fundamental psychological difference 
>>between the sexes, IMVHO:
>
>>Women look for love and find sex while men look for sex and find love!
>
>Guess I'm just demanding.  I look for love AND sex AND Scrabble, myself.

	Why is it that scrabble-partners/ProblemYoungerWomen  won't
permit  the use of Hawaiian creole, but *do*  insist on getting 90+
points per turn? 

					James 'Vowels From Hell' Nicoll
From: martinc@grover.cs.unc.edu (Charles R. Martin)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Searching for the Perfect Turkey
Date: 9 Nov 92 00:29:13 GMT
Organization: UNC Department of Computer Science
In-reply-to: johnf@Auspex.COM's message of 6 Nov 92 23:06:55 GMT

In article <15382@auspex-gw.auspex.com> johnf@Auspex.COM (John Fereira) writes:

   In article <1992Nov6.200525.23986@cbnewsd.cb.att.com> nance@cbnewsd.cb.att.com (nancy.l.colucci) writes:
   |Does anyone have a better turkey graphic than this one?

   No, I don't think anyones come up with a picture of Bill Clinton yet.

I would like to draw everyone's attention to the fact that *I* didn't
make a political comment about turkey pictures.


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     Dept. of Computer Science/CB #3175 UNC-CH/Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3175
	    3611 University Dr #13M/Durham, NC 27707/(919) 419 1754
     "Oh God, please help me be civil in tongue, pure in thought, and able
      to resist the temptation to laugh uncontrollably.  Amen." -- Rob T
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: mmwang@adobe.com (Michael Wang)
Subject: Re: That wacky electoral college
Organization: Adobe Systems Incorporated
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 21:03:43 GMT

smith@comm.mot.com (Jeff Smith) writes:
>thurlow@convex.com (Robert Thurlow) writes:
>>larry@b8.b8.ingr.com (Larry Billings) writes:
>>> 4. Line item veto!
>> 
>> Sounds good to me, but doesn't this put the president into the budget
>> process where he isn't constitutionally supposed to be?
>
>How?  It seems to me that all the line item veto does is prevent Congress
>from stringing meaningless or downright bad items along with larger bills.
>The effect would be that when a bill goes before the president, it would
>be cohesive, logically. I don't understand how this could be bad.

But the Democrats aren't the only party submitting pork bills, the
Republicans do it too (although to a somewhat lesser extent), and the
President is not above playing party politics. If President Bush had a
line item veto, he could have vetoed all the Democratic pork items,
but left in the Republican stuff, and there would be no way to
overturn the veto. Of course, if the Democrats knew this was going to
happen, they could stop the "I'll rub your back..." theory of
political compromise and simply exclude the Republican pork, but then
gridlock becomes an even greater problem as more bills languish in
never ending committee battles. Sigh...

-- 
Michael Wang
mmwang@mv.us.adobe.com
From: aahz@netcom.com (Mean Green Dancing Machine)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: **FIRST*DATE*IDEAS**
Date: 13 Nov 92 19:19:33 GMT
Organization: Don't blame me, I voted for Bill 'n' Opus

In article <BxLzJ3.6zI@mail.boi.hp.com> morrison@boi.hp.com (Glen Morrison) writes:
>Ok, so I met this lady about two weeks ago and I'm very interested in her.
>She showed quite a bit of interest in me also.  We've only had one
>long conversation and some short phone chats, but I'm pretty sure she'll
>go out with me. 
>So I need some attractive, interesting first date ideas.  I want to impress
>her, but not overly impress.  Also, while we're on the subject, how about
>some DOs and DON'Ts on first dates. More DOs than DON'Ts please. 
>Oh yea, I forgot to mention we're both in our mid-twenties.

Better hope she doesn't read the Net.
-- 
                         --- Aahz (the *other* Dan Bernstein)
                             @netcom.com 

Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6

Trying to be happy is like trying to build a machine for which the only
specification is that it should run noiselessly.
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: Bathsheba.Grossman@launchpad.unc.edu (Bathsheba Grossman)
Subject: Re: KILLING  a Poster rather than a Post
Organization: University of North Carolina Extended Bulletin Board Service
Distribution: usa
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 22:23:30 GMT

In article <MARTINC.92Nov6235609@hatteras.cs.unc.edu> martinc@hatteras.cs.unc.edu (Charles R. Martin) writes:
>In article <1992Nov5.093820.18264@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> ron@turing.toronto.edu (Ron Wessels) writes:
>   >Now you see why Trygve is a millionaire.
>   Actually, didn't Trygve become rich by committing matricide?
>   After all, he did hit the motherLode.
>Oh, good christ.

*Drat!  I'd been waiting for a chance to do that one.
-Sheba
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From: tps@jptcs.COM (Tim Sailer)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Argh! Total, Complete misery.
Date: 10 Nov 92 04:12:17 GMT
Reply-To: tps@jptcs.com
Organization: JPT Computer Solutions, Port Jeff Station, NY
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]

Mats Henricson (euamts@eua.ericsson.se) wrote:
: In article 1dduoeINNhnd@FUNCTOR.SYSTEMSZ.CS.YALE.EDU, loosemore-sandra@cs.yale.edu (Sandra Loosemore) writes:
: #kiran@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (Kiran Wagle) writes:
: #
: #   It's perfectly possible to be miserable and still have high
: #   self-esteem.  If you're miserable because some goal of yours is
: #   eluding you, you can still feel confident about other things, and,
: #   more importantly, -worthy- of happiness, even of the goal that's
: #   eluding you.
: 
: This is true - I consider myself to be the best guy on this planet,
: but when it comes to relationships I'm stuck with bad luck. Sometimes
: I feel happy just bacause I'm unlucky! It's like: "OK, the risk of
: getting into this mess is one in a million, and the laws of statistics
: pointed at me, ME! Isn't it great". I'm NOT joking!

The odds must be 2 in a million because the  statistics point at me too! :(
BUT... I'm still the best I know! Just ask me!! :)

-- 
Tim Sailer
JPT Computer Solutions - SCO Sales/Consulting/Administration and Mangling
Port Jefferson Station, NY
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