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From: ellon@ADS.COM (Ellon St. Croix)
Subject: Re: Does anybody celebrate a Deathday?
Organization: Wild Bill & BabyCat's House of Many Pleasures
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 21:47:54 GMT


tyger@netcom.com (Kitty in the Middle) writes:
>atovorni@engr.UVic.CA writes:
>>
>>My landlady celebrates the day her husband died every month.
>>
>
>I will be celebrating Christmas this year as always, but I will also remember
>my grandfather's death, if not actually *celebrate* it. (12/25/91)
>

  My father died on his birthday and I always take a cake and go to
  the cemetary and sing Happy Birthday to him. (EHS 1/11/20-1/11/88)


   Ellon

--
Nothin' feels as good, as good as us together.  Nothin' in the world,
no, there ain't nothin' better than this... NEW LOVE! Always feels 
like a new love. Every touch is feelin' so much like the very first
touch. It's like a new love, a new love........  WCS & ESS 4/18/92
From: johnf@Auspex.COM (John Fereira)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: The Engaged Psychobitch from Hell Syndrome
Date: 9 Oct 92 15:02:00 GMT
Organization: Auspex Systems, Inc.

|markh@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Mark) writes:
|Actually the probabiliy of someone being a perfect match is more like 1/1000
|or so.  Probably even a lot more, like 1/100.
|
|Really, I'd say 1/1000, because then the probability of finding two perfect
|matches at once would be like 1/1000000, which makes the event about as common
|as observation suggests. :)

All the more reason to throw statistics out the window.  

-- 
+==========================================================================+
| John Fereira     | Auspex Systems | "Auspex does not share my opinions.  |
| johnf@auspex.com | Santa Clara CA |  So Why am I still working here?"    |
+==========================================================================+
From: keithg@cnmhnet.UUCP (keith garrard)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Re^2: Asking advice
Date: 15 Oct 92 23:16:15 GMT
Organization: California-Nevada Methodist Homes

In article <4173@novavax.UUCP> grohol@novavax.UUCP (John Grohol) writes:
Hey John!
Thanks for the input on an OLD thread.  By the way,
isn't Nova University that Diploma Mill that operated
out of Florida a while back?


Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: billbill@wetware.com (Bill Bill)
Subject: embarrassment du jour
Organization: Castle Wetware
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 18:32:53 GMT


While I was out running my weekend errands, I sat down at a
restaurant for lunch, and after I ordered I noticed that my 
fly had been wide open all day. Fortunately I was wearing a 
long t-shirt, untucked.

Several options immediately popped into my head:
 1) Since I had left my fly open, I was trying to impress people
    with the size and color of my underwear.
    (the Gemini.cs.nps.navy.mil Gambit)
 2) Everyone leaves their fly open all the time, and by noticing
    mine I had become inane. (the Monica Maneuver)
 3) My waitress and all the women and gay/bi men I had passed all
    day were all dirty old men and dirty old women and just wanted
    to watch my Jockeys as long as they could.  (the Equal-Opportunity
    Sexist [sic] Slur)

 4) Nobody noticed, since I was with little 'e' at the time and 
    everyone was actually watching her.  (the Luck of the Drawers)
 5) Nobody noticed, since I was with little 'e' and I had absorbed
    her mysterious "I'm invisible" aura.  (the Kreskin Prospect)
 6) Everyone was being a "Nice Guy" or a "Nice Gal" <equivalent?>
    and didn't want to look "interested" in me.  (the Politeness Problem)
 7) My long t-shirt saved the day by keeping my favorite color
    a secret. (the Serendipitous Fashion Statement)

Which ONE THING was it??? Or possibly even two things; after all, I
passed at least two different people that day.

                              billbill@wetware.com
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: ewillims@unix1.tcd.ie (Emma Williams)
Subject: Re: Book Rec.: _Bodies: Overcoming the Tyranny of Perfection_
Organization: Trinity College, Dublin
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 17:21:19 GMT

In <1992Oct13.201121.28507@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> tlode@nyx.cs.du.edu (trygve lode) writes:

>In article <ewillims.718908770@unix1.tcd.ie> ewillims@unix1.tcd.ie (Emma Williams) writes:
>>In <1992Oct9.191948.29387@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> tlode@nyx.cs.du.edu (trygve lode) writes:
>>
>>>Daniel is lucky--garlic will protect him.  You, however, are in much 
>>>greater danger--even if you covered yourself in garlic butter, it still
>>>wouldn't be sufficient to protect your dainty neck from being nibbled
>>>mercilessly....
>>
>>	Garlic butter? Hmmm....no, I don't think so... if it won't stop
>>you biting on my neck anyway, then I think I'd prefer the chocolate
>>or icecream please!:)  Garlic is just too difficult to clean off properly!

>Well, it sounds like we'll just have to experiment--and, in worst case,
>if we try something that is particularly difficult to clean off properly,
>we'll just have to work longer and harder at it.

	You mean my normal method of bathing in asses milk won't work?:)
	The slaves usually do such a good job! (*GRIN*)
From: ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Female geeks
Date: 15 Oct 92 19:07:55 GMT
Article-I.D.: convex.ewright.719176075
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 <1992Oct15.184349.10592@cbnewsd.cb.att.com> nance@cbnewsd.cb.att.com (nancy.l.colucci) writes:

>Do cute guys in red BMWs put their cellular phone numbers on those
>vanity plates?  I didn't know those things had point-n-shoot
>capabilities although that *is* an interesting concept:

Not very resourceful, Nancy.  All you need is a friend who works 
for an insurance company or the state DMV. Call him, give him the 
license number, get the name, then call information to get the 
phone number.

You don't have to be a geek to figure that out.  Why, if he
knew how to dial a phone, I bet even Jimmy Dutton could do it.
From: akcs.phalynn@ddsw1.MCS.COM (phalynn powers)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Female geeks
Date: 14 Oct 92 23:00:10 CDT

ok....female geeks are hrd to come by...i should know because o am
one...i am NOT left handled, i have contacts and can usually be seen
ewearing 2 or more pagers and carrying my laptop amnd pal top and some
sort of book.
my roommate calls me "tron head" she amafe fun of me until i saved her
ass when she lost a major presentation in her pc.

i know few females mlike myself..i have some male geek friends, and am
racking my brain to think of another female..tha ts single........

i grew up with two brothers amd i think that may add to it...being
"techy"...anyway...don't give up.....
ps i am looking for a geek who wswims or is a triathklete..wish me luck.

phalynn
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: mel@niblick.ecn.purdue.edu (Meloney D Cregor)
Subject: Re: Vicky Boink.
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 00:52:45 GMT

In article <14969@auspex-gw.auspex.com> johnf@Auspex.COM (John Fereira) writes:

>a trip to Nanaimo for some of those famous Nanaimo bars we've heard about?

Nanaimo bars are WONDERFUL!!!  The x-LO's mom gave me a recipe and I tried
it and we are talking orally orgasmic here.  Complete and total decadence
of the buds.

WARNING! Don't even attempt these if you have a cholesterol problem.
Sinfully rich.
--
 Life is exactly what you make of it, always has been, always will be.
                                          
                                          --  Grandma Moses
Newsgroups: soc.singles,talk.abortion,talk.bizarre,talk.politics.misc,alt.sex,alt.politics.homosexuality,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,alt.politics.elections,alt.politics.clinton,alt.politics.bush
From: garrett@Ingres.COM
Subject: Re: Family leave farce (was a most pressing COncern)
Summary: Catching on
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.4-b1  
Keywords: 
Organization: ASK Computer Systems, Ingres Product Division
Date: 8 Oct 92 21:57:53 GMT

In article <1992Oct8.195203.15406@ringer.cs.utsa.edu>, kjurena@lonestar.utsa.edu (Keith R. Jurena)          writes...

These are the kind of posts that I love to flame. The ones with as little
independent thought as possible.

>Apparently you don't listen to Rush.

That's right. Some people don't take Rush's word for everything.

  In a recession with ~7% unemployment
>the thing we DON'T need is three months of unemployment promised to a
>worker. 

News Flash: This isn't unemployment benifits. This is unpaid leave.

>When 75% of the jobs are in small businesses, imposing such legislation
>will only result in greater unemployment.

Second News Flash: the bill won't affect small businesses. It only 
                   affects businesses with more than 50 employees.

>her/his family?  If this bill would have passed, it would have required
>"Aid to temporarily unemployed workers who have sick children and who
>don't have to work".  Get real, family values is working for your children/
>spouse.

Family Values is TAKING CARE of your family. That means whatever your
family needs at the time. Not what is good for the economy, or your 
employer. FAMILY!
	BTW, what makes you think that staying home and helping 
a family member get better IS'NT working for your children/spouse.
If that is your logic, then you wouldn't want women staying home and
raising children. They should be out working, right?
> 
-Garrett
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From: krgjus01@uctvax.uct.ac.za
Newsgroups: soc.singles,alt.romance,talk.bizarre
Subject: Re: How long has it been?
Date: 12 Oct 92 13:01:49 +0200
Organization: University of Cape Town

In article <1992Oct9.161544.4856@ms.uky.edu>, dahead00@nx28.mik.uky.edu (Zippidy Do Dah) writes:
> In article <1992Oct9.125743.203045@uctvax.uct.ac.za>  
> krgjus01@uctvax.uct.ac.za writes:
>> In article <1992Oct6.134605.16183@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>,  
> mneeley@nyx.cs.du.edu (Mark Neeley) writes:
>> > How long has it been since you were kissed by a member of
>> > the opposite sex?
>> > 
>> > 	Mark (almost a year)
>> > 
> 
> 
>> Mark!!!
>> 
>> I think it is time you accepted that you are GAY and give up .
> 
> SERIOUS FLAMAGE UPCO> I think you are a ...(serious crap deleted!)
> 
> INFERNAL FIRE BREATHING MODE OFF
> 
> Sorry about that previous heat to the rest of the Netters out there but I  
> got a litte steamed.  The main thing is for Mark to keep trying for  
> whatever it is that he is seeking and to not get discouraged or give up  
> and stop short of his goals.
> 
> (And yes I do belive a persons sexual choice is their own {be it HOMO,  
> HETERO, BI, ANIMAL, VEGTABLE, MINERAL, ETC....} and should not be dictated  
> to by others) So no flames from PRO/ANTI gay forces 8-}  ...
 
So what category do you fall under ?
Personally I'm into my greens ,salad valley if you know what I mean.

So Mark , what do you think ? 

Does Zippidy Do want to yank my Do-Da ?

The Mouse Man
From: jdavidso@nextwork.rose-hulman.edu
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: More Questions we all wanted to ask
Date: 8 Oct 1992 16:59:52 GMT
Organization: Computer Science Department at Rose-Hulman
Distribution: world
Reply-To: jdavidso@nextwork.rose-hulman.edu
NNTP-Posting-Host: jd-next.nextwork.rose-hulman.edu

In article <1b1pahINNvr@master.cs.rose-hulman.edu>  
jdavidso@nextwork.rose-hulman.edu writes:


Honest, I only wrote it once, but the newsserver is very very sick ever  
since Monday when the power flucts killed it dead dead dead.

IOW, sorry for the repeats.
--
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(hardwaire guy extraordinaire)       MACTech,NeXTtech; NeXTmail accepted
                      "Everything is relative."
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Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: myhui@bnr.ca (Michael Hui)
Subject: Re: Vicky Boink.
Organization: Bell-Northern Research Ltd., Ottawa, Canada
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 92 04:57:08 GMT

In article <1992Oct10.051823.18780@sol.UVic.CA> atovorni@engr.UVic.CA writes:
>   The boink will take the ferry to Vancouver Island and get into
>some of the local nightlife. We were thinking of visiting some of
>the local attractions and doing some serious hiking in the mountains.
>We could go on a whale watching trip and essentially pack about 
>three months of good times into a weekend.

But first, the boinkers _must_ visit Vancouver! (my beloved home town. :)

See the Vancouver Aquarium, the world's first aquarium with unscheduled
whale and dolphin shows. :-)

Cruise through Robson Street, from Burrard to Davie.

Then walk along English Bay.

Check out the night time sight of downtown across the water from the
darkness of that wonderful patch of grass behind the H.R. MacMillan
Planetarium. All you instant-romance types can indulge in your favorite
activiry there.

How about all the _very_ nice Chinese restaurants around town? A
different one each night can keep you busy for a week even if you only
try all the best ones.

I can go on and on, but you get the message.

Vancouver, B.C. is a beautiful place to live in, and an excellent tourist
destination. Go there. Spend there. Have fun there. Spend some more there.
Heck, even stay there.  :-)

Michael MY Hui          myhui@bnr.ca           Ottawa Canada
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: tlode@nyx.cs.du.edu (trygve lode)
Subject: Re: Book Rec.: _Bodies: Overcoming the Tyranny of Perfection_
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix @ U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 92 19:19:48 GMT

In article <ewillims.718647627@unix1.tcd.ie> ewillims@unix1.tcd.ie (Emma Williams) writes:
>In <1992Oct7.030259.19883@walter.bellcore.com> dl@cockatoo.bellcore.com (Daniel Liebster) writes:
>
>>In article <BRUCE.92Oct6180738@suprenum.uxb.liv.ac.uk>, bruce@uxb.liv.ac.uk (Bruce Stephens) writes:
>>|> >>>>> On 6 Oct 92, kiran@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (Kiran Wagle) said:
>>|> 
>>|> > The four food groups are actually Pizza, Chocolate, Ice Cream, & Barbecue.
>>|> 
>>|> WHAT?  No garlic?  Or is that included with chocolate?
>
>>I must heartily agree with the previous post. After being attacked by 
>>vampyres on three seperate occaisions, I shall never leave home without
>>this life saving subterainian biomass.
>
>	Ah!  I see you've met Trygve then! (*GRIN*)

Daniel is lucky--garlic will protect him.  You, however, are in much 
greater danger--even if you covered yourself in garlic butter, it still
wouldn't be sufficient to protect your dainty neck from being nibbled
mercilessly....

Trygve   (It's a funny thing, being a vegetarian vampyre--garlic doesn't
          bother me a bit, but a steak will definitely keep me away.) 
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From: johnf@Auspex.COM (John Fereira)
Newsgroups: soc.singles,alt.romance,alt.romance.chat
Subject: Re: How long has it been?
Date: 15 Oct 92 16:39:23 GMT
Followup-To: soc.singles
Distribution: na
Organization: Auspex Systems, Inc.

In article <Oct14.084517.51847@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU> peters@CS.ColoState.EDU (eric peters) writes:
>So, if all you people have been kissed by an SO of some sort in the last 
>6 hours, What are you doing reading the singles group?

So we can make those that haven't feel bad.

-- 
+==========================================================================+
| John Fereira        | Auspex Systems | "Ask me about my vow of silence." |
| johnf@auspex.com    | Santa Clara CA |                                   |
+==========================================================================+
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: atovorni@engr.UVic.CA (Andreas  Tovornik)
Subject: Re: Qui est le plus MUSHY?
Reply-To: atovorni@engr.UVic.CA
Organization: University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 92 19:13:12 GMT

In article 31289@hydra.Helsinki.FI, taina@cs.Helsinki.FI (Juha Taina) writes:
>In <JULIE.92Oct15160821@cucbs.chem.columbia.edu> julie@cucbs.chem.columbia.edu (Julie Wright) writes:
>
>>I do agree that many women go out with people I think are
>>jerks, as do many men.  But it isn't at all clear to me that they go
>>out with those people *because* they're jerks.  In most cases, I think
>>they try desperately to ignore their partner's obnoxious qualities in
>>order to put up with the things they like.  (Or they just may not have
>>the same ideas of what a jerk is as I do, in other cases.)  
>
>Sometimes I see people that I think have no taste about clothing.
>They would look great if they had even a faintest idea what clothes
>fit them.  Every now and then I see people that use absolutely
>horrible hair styles or have no idea what makeup is for.  But then
>again, these people look happy.  They have their style and at least
>they seem to be proud of it.  Who am I to judge them anyway?  They
>probably think that I don't have a clue about clothing or hair style.

I agree. No matter what your appearance is, there's someone out in that
weird wide world who will find you attractive, clever, and lovable.

>The same is true to relationships.  I can't point someone and say that
>she is dating a jerk.  She might be happy with him and think that I
>would be a lot worse choice.  Tastes differ.  I am proud of me, and I
>am not going to be an actor in order to attract someone.  If someone
>doesn't like me, it's her loss.

Yes, and isn't it a blast when a relationship begins and your lover accepts
you as you are without prejudice? It appears that too many of us have
trouble being patient while getting to know others. Many relationships
fail because some people only hear what they want to hear, see what they
want to see and find out too late that they've been living with strangers.
whether we are jerks or nice guys[Tm], we will be perceived as one by some
and the other by others.

Andreas.
>Juha Taina  taina@cs.helsinki.fi  Phone: +358-0-708-4247




Newsgroups: soc.singles,alt.sex,talk.abortion
From: shannah@netcom.com (Teri Miller)
Subject: Re: More Questions we all wanted to ask
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 23:13:17 GMT

In article <thurlow.719034723@convex.convex.com> thurlow@convex.com (Robert Thurlow) writes:
>In <1992Oct10.010216.165546@watson.ibm.com> Larry Margolis <margoli@watson.ibm.com> writes:
>
>>In  <Bvs0Js.F81@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>  jewell@mace.cc.purdue.edu (Larry Jewell) writes:
>>> rogers@ial1.jsc.nasa.gov (mister rogers) writes:
>>>
>>> > yes, i make a lifestyle choice to live near an airbase. i control
>>> > that, i take the risk. i also control exactly where my dick is at
>>> > all times.
>>>
>>> Great, tell me how to keep mine from getting tangled in the leg-hole of
>>> my briefs!
>
>>I find a velcro strap just above the knee keeps it out of harm's way.
>
>Has anubody else tried braiding theirs?
>
>Rob T

Good grief, here I thought that was your pet octopus!  Silly me!

Maybe that explains why it didn't seem that interested in the 
biscotti....

Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: earhard@ug.cs.dal.ca (Mark Earhard)
Subject: Re: older women
Organization: Math, Stats & CS, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 16:48:22 GMT

In article <92284.2346012893684@QUCDN.QueensU.CA> <2893684@QUCDN.QueensU.CA> writes:
>when she insisted on knowing my age and backed off
>when I told her (this was about 6 months ago). 

Hmm...  Smellz like trouble.  If she's hesitant about your age now, and
something happens (you git it together, ifyouknowhatImean) she may be very
regretful and kill your friendship.  I was in a similar situation a while
ago, and that's more or less what happened to me.

>We've remained good friends,
>if anything we've gotten closer and we are very fond of each other but she
>does have serious hang ups about my age. She has gone out with younger men
>before as much as 10 yrs younger but not this young.

Kool.  These types of friendships can IMHO be some of the most interesting,
since people can have such varying opinions (and more experience) when
they're not in your age group or sex group.

>We relate very well, she doesnt see me as immature at all and our friendship
>is balanced and devoid of power games etc and their is mutual respect.
> I'm also not pressuring her at all though we do discuss the situation from
>time to time. So what do I do. Do I wait and hope she comes around? Do I
> put matters on the table in a serious discussion and risk harming our
> friendship?  Do I just give up any hope of a serious relationship with her?

Mark sez relax.  Nurture the friendship, and see if you can deal with being
with her without letting other feelings get in the way.  If it develops,
it develops, if not, then it doesn't!

It's ok to be friends, and at least you'll still have a close friend with
a different (maybe) perspective on the world.  If you find you keep letting
your other feelings overwhelm you, then follow your heart, but realize you
may get it stomped on.

YMMV

Marcus.
-- 
__
Mark Earhard -      earhard@ug.cs.dal.ca -       07marcus@ac.dal.ca
Reclaimer:  GIVE ME THAT BACK THIS INSTANT!      BRING THE NOISE!
From: jmd@bear.com (Josh Diamond)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: How Important Is Being IN-LOVE?
Date: 13 Oct 92 14:31:04 GMT
Organization: Bear, Stearns & Co. - FAST
In-reply-to: allisson@turing.toronto.edu's message of 13 Oct 92 02:28:08 GMT


In article <1992Oct12.222808.308@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> allisson@turing.toronto.edu (H. Allisson Roome) writes:

   How important is "BEING IN-LOVE" with someone you're involved
   with for the duration and course of the relationship?

                         Do you need to be "in-love" versus just loving them
   with the significant other to be physically intimate with them?

This is something that I am concerned with right now, in a major way.

NEWS UPDATE:  I broke up with my girlfriend of 2 years a few weeks
ago.  At first I wasn't sure why -- despite the fact that it was I who
had (essentially) pulled the trigger.

Only now am I beginning to understand that although we still love each
other very much, we are not "in love" with each other as we were
before.  We had come to a point where (perhaps due to my own perceived
limitations) I found it necessary to choose between being her lover
("in love with her") and being her friend ("loving her").  Given that
choice, I selected the later.  It has been (and will be) difficult,
but I know that this was for the best.

The terminology of love is confusing, unfortunately.  I find myself
dealing with the same paradox that I was involved in discussing
earlier: Is it possible to love someone and not want to be in a
romantic relationship with them?  Is it possible to love
unconditionally while still being selective about a mate?  I believe
that it _is_ possible -- and now I tread that course.

If only the actual act were as free of pitfalls as speaking about it
here :-) :-)

So, in conclusion, I would have to say that ROMANCE _is_ important in
a relationship -- it might not be present all of the time, and it is
definitely not the sole requirement, but I believe that the joy of
romance is crucial to having a relationship last.

   Anyway, something for people to chew over and offer opinions on (something
   soc.singles is good at, true?) and it is a change from the endless diatribes
   about Ed Wright's datability.

Here here.

					Later...

						Spidey!!!

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