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From: cs151kx@lamar.ColoState.EDU ()
Subject: Amendment 2
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 06:58:49 GMT
Organization: Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO  80523
		I realize that these are not the places for such and
		article, however, due to the wisdom of the readers of
		these catagories, i would like to see where you stand
		on amendmant 2, which was, in colorado, an amendment
		which whould give special rights to gays.

		Being that I am from Colorado, i feel that we have the
		right to vote however we choose.  If we voted against
		special rights for gays, then that is democracy working
		for us.  I don't feel that those who feel the need to
		boycot us know what they are doing.  I will join the
		boycott against the boycotters and for starters, since
		Georgia is boycotting Colorado, and Coke is located in
		Atlanta, I will stop drinking Coke.

		It dosen't matter how i voted on the amendment, it's the
		fact that the people of colorado voted that way and i will
		stand behind them, us.  

		If you feel that same way, that gays should not have 
		special rights, that is, no more special that the standard
		american, I would encourage you to boycott the boycott and
		to start with boycotting Coke.  And for that matter, boycott
		everyone, and everything, that is in essence boycotting
		the American way.  
		Colorado has already lost ten million dollars in various
		areas due to these people, but fine if you feel that way,
		then stay out!!!!

		What do you think?

		Sincerely Lates,

		TOPHER

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Newsgroups: alt.romance
From: caforce@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov (DALE FORCE)
Subject: Re: Dating Survey REPOST (2 questions)
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: NASA Lewis Research Center
Date:  7 Jan 1993 10:37 EST  

In article <6JAN199314324744@tm0006.lerc.nasa.gov>, djd7889@tm0006.lerc.nasa.gov (Douglas J. Deutsch) writes...
> 
>>1) How many people did you date before you met the person you ended up 
>>with (hopefully permanently) and how old were you when you met?  People 
>>that you only dated once count in the total.  For you real studs and 
>>studettes just try for a reasonable estimate.
> 
>Dated 7 people before I met the person I ended up with (permanently :) )
>We were both 20 when we met.
> 
>>2) Approximately what percent of the people that you meet/date do you 
>>feel have real possibilities of being a potential permanent partner? 
> 
>100%.  If I didn't feel they had real possibilites of permanence, then I
>wouldn't date them in the first place.
> 
> 
> 
>DJD
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> 
I did things very differently. In fact the last two women I dated were both 
ones I thought nothing could develop with. The first was to be a vacation 
from getting my heart broken ( she broke up with me the day I came to 
propose (before I did)) so I turned to someone else to hold while my heart 
healed, although I didn't think either of us would fall in love. Our 
wedding will be April 17th.
Newsgroups: alt.romance,soc.men,soc.women,alt.sex,soc.couples,soc.singles
From: afdenis@lims02.lerc.nasa.gov (Stephen Dennison)
Subject: Re: How Strong Should a Man Be?
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: Ancient Souls Inc.
Date: 11 Jan 1993 18:45 EST  

In article <1iqo37INNh2e@golem.wcc.govt.nz>, parks_typ@med.wcc.govt.nz writes...
>In article <0096604B.47EFA5E0@Msu.oscs.montana.edu>, uphrrmk@Msu.oscs.montana.edu writes:
>>>(Any more along this line?)
>>    Strong enough to take responsibility for his actions.  That's about all we
>>can ask from any human being.  Men and women, alike.
> 
>Strong enough to hold off his desired course of action (usually sex) until he's
>thought well about the consequences, i.e. is he just out for sex or does he
>want a relationship?  

I resent this inference that men are just hormone-driven animals incapable 
of making a decision with the *big* head. I'll have you know I was in a 
relationship where I had to resist advances from the woman for over 4 
months, and I mean *direct* advances, while I got to know her. I am sure 
that I am not an isolated case. If we're going to chuck the female 
stereotypes and works toward sexual equality, shouldn't we be ditching the 
male stereotypes as well ? 


We'll continue this discussion right after we have sex ... :-)

> 
>Rachel                           "Supergoof!"
>                                    -  -
>                                    O  O
>                                      >
>                                     \_/


-- Stephen

{Experimental .sig # 30245/T}

Humans -- 

	Beings stupid enough to create their own monsters, and then 
	curse their luck when they run into them.
Newsgroups: alt.romance
Subject: Re: Honest Question - I'm no pervert .......
From: jsteiner@anwsun.phya.utoledo.edu (jason 'Think!' steiner)
Date: 9 Jan 93 23:27:00 EST
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4

cs91nna@brunel.ac.uk (Nisar Ahmad) writes:
> Hi - I've recently got onto this bulletin board and I've a simple 
> question to ask you people of undoubted wisdom.
> 
> Ok you go out alot, clubs, pubs, societies etc - and say in a night 
> club (could be anywhere - but take this example) - you see a 'good 
> looker'. How do you make the first move without looking tacky and 
> all the other defamatory remarks that are associated with the 
> unsuccessful first approach.

exactly the same you started this message: "Hi". this is especially
good if you're female. there's nothing more attractive than a confident
woman, unless it's a confident woman who wants to talk to -you-.

jason

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From: zaidioa@HYDRA.ROSE-HULMAN.EDU
Newsgroups: alt.romance
Subject: Re: Dating Survey REPOST (2 questions)
Date: 6 Jan 1993 23:07:55 GMT
Organization: Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Reply-To: zaidioa@HYDRA.ROSE-HULMAN.EDU
NNTP-Posting-Host: hydra.rose-hulman.edu

In article <1993Jan6.172437.5417@linus.mitre.org>, lkahn@mitre.org (Larry Kahn) writes:
>I'm reposting this since I put out the first post during the holidays and 
>forgot that everyone might be on vacation (except me, who's been working 
>like a dog).  If you'd like to add your input to the database, please 
>email me or post here.  The two questions were:
>1) How many people did you date before you met the person you ended up 
>with (hopefully permanently) and how old were you when you met?  People 
>that you only dated once count in the total.  For you real studs and 
>studettes just try for a reasonable estimate.


I dated 14 people before I met Jennifer (who I am presently with and very happy
thank you ;-) ) At the time I met her, I didn't know for sure what would become
of it, but it didn't take long for me to see that the possibilities were mind
boggling. They still are 8 months later ;-)

>2) Approximately what percent of the people that you meet/date do you 
>feel have real possibilities of being a potential permanent partner? 

hmmm.... Out of the people I've met/dated, I'd say about 15% would fit the
possibilities of what I look for. That's just speaking of them as a person,
etc. The thing that determines how long they stick around is how well they
return the feelings I have for them and how well we can communicate.

Suffice it to say, I've only found one person so far who fits the description
of permanent and if love is this fun, then I dont see why it won't remain as
such ;-)

>
>I'll post the results in another week or so,
>                  Larry 

I'm curious to see what you come up with

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From: jdonahue@sdcc13.ucsd.edu (Hysterical... )
Newsgroups: alt.romance
Subject: Love and sex
Date: 11 Jan 93 23:40:22 GMT
Organization: University of California, San Diego

I think Jason's point was not that sex was better than love,
but that while the two are not one and the same, that one can
really enjoy both.  Course, this is just one poor confused virgin's
opinion......


Jason Donahue
.

-- 
Jason Matthew Donahue   |||"If you've got love in your sights,    |
jdonahue@sdcc13.ucsd.edu||| watch out -- love bites: (Def Leppard)|
"When you come to see the Void as the Way, you will see that the Way
is Void."(Musashi Miyamoto, samurai, in his "Book of Five Rings.")
Newsgroups: alt.romance
From: hcresnic@quads.uchicago.edu (hugh carney resnick)
Subject: Re: Where did you meet your SO?
Reply-To: hcresnic@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 02:59:20 GMT

In article <1if4b7INNs6s@master.cs.rose-hulman.edu> zaidioa@cs.rose-hulman.edu (Omar A. Zaidi) writes
>	[reply deleted]
>
>Well, oddly enough, I met my SO as a result of a post I had made to
>this group in April (if anyone knows where an archive of posts exists,
>tell me). She is in Minnesota and I'm in Indiana, but we've been
>together 8 happy months now and it all started with an innocent e-mail
>on April 22 1992. 
>
>A word of advice to people contemplating LDR's... It's not all rosy.
>It really hurts when you have to part and know you won't be together
>for another three months.
>
>Trust me, I cried myself to sleep last night because last time I was
>in my room, Jennifer was with me.
>
>
>
>-- 

Another note on LDR's:  I commend people who want to try it. As of the 
18th of this month, my SO and I will have been doing the LDR-thing for
2 years, and things are going swimmingly. But it hasn't been easy. I've 
spent more money on phone calls and stamps than I care to think about.

I really does help if you both are avid letter writers. Not only does it
save a lot of money on long-distance phone calls, but it is so nice to see
something in your mailbox, and by sending letters back and forth you 
thereby keep a running history of the relationship to look back on in later
years. Phone calls are good for emergencies, but they don't keep as well. 

-- 
_________________________________________________________________________
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Newsgroups: alt.romance,alt.romance.chat,alt.personals.ads,alt.personals
From: thumim@nevada.edu (Scrooge McDuck)
Subject: Re: Amendment 2
Organization: University of Nevada System Computing Services
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 22:45:01 GMT

In article <1993Jan8.133747.916@uoft02.utoledo.edu> jsteiner@anwsun.phya.utoledo.edu (jason 'Think!' steiner) writes:

>what's the problem with just telling the woman to piss off? a lot of
>sexual harrassment comes down to just that. i'm convinced that a lot
>of people are simply passive-aggressive. they'll put up with anything
>until they've got a chance to stick it to someone, then turn around
>and complain. whenever possible, stop the problem at the root. don't
>tolerate inappropriate behavior when it first happens. it's just like
>training a dog: punish 'em -immediately-, or they'll never learn.
>
>i'm not saying harrassment is the victim's fault, but i -do- believe
>there are defensive measures that would stop a lot of it before it
>went too far.
>
Obviously you have never been sexually harrassed before.  People have
just one thing on their mind when they do this.  Regardless of what
you do or say, you will continue to be harrassed until you take such
drastic measures.

Peace.
Jon


Newsgroups: alt.romance,soc.men,soc.women,alt.sex,soc.couples,soc.singles
From: hays@TECHNET.NM.ORG (Larry 'Purple' Hays)
Subject: Re: How Strong Should a Man Be?
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 93 00:48:18 GMT
Organization: New Mexico Technet   Albuquerque, NM
Reply-To: hays@TECHNET.NM.ORG

In article <C04LDD.BL3@world.std.com>, aep@world.std.com (Andrew E Page) writes:
>
>Strong enough to keep two hearts from breaking.

Strong enough to resist crossposting to alt.romance and soc.singles

>(Any more along this line?)

No, please god, no....

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                               I'm so weak.   Sigh.
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From: cs64wag@sdcc8.ucsd.edu (Jeremy Friesner)
Newsgroups: alt.romance
Subject: Re: Don't you love it when...
Date: 7 Jan 93 06:52:01 GMT
Organization: University of California, San Diego

In article <1993Jan7.051454.28353@ncsu.edu> eagle@garfield.catt.ncsu.edu (Daniel L'Hommedieu) writes:
>Don't you love it when your girlfriend tells you that she has never
>thought of cheating on you?  That made me feel about as good as when her
>aunt told her that I am handsome.
>
>After a few events recently (one where I hurt terribly when I had hurt
>her, and the other exactly reverse) have helped me realise just how much
>Melissa and I care for each other.  Even if I doubted the sincerity of
>her statement, I have to realise that she would, in effect, be hurting
>herself if she cheated on me.
>
>After having written this, I have been sitting here for about 10 minutes
>trying to figure out what it has to do with romance.  Well, I'm not
>certain.  I just wanted to say something.  Thanks for listening/reading,
>whatever your particular situation might be.
>


Well, color me chartreuse with envy ;^), you lucky guy!



Jeremy (waiting for the day I can write the above!)








Newsgroups: alt.romance
From: petitc@vccnw01.its.rpi.edu (Christopher Jon Petit)
Subject: Re: How Strong Should a Man Be?
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 13:34:41 GMT

parks_typ@med.wcc.govt.nz writes:

>I believe true strength is mental, not physical.

 Well, I've NEVER seen a group of women walking down the beach and heard them
say...

 "That guy has such a big, strong MIND.  I wanna go out with him."

 And if you did, could you please give them my number? :&)


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Newsgroups: alt.romance
From: bacon@mtu.edu (Jeff Bacon)
Subject: Re: How Strong Should a Man Be?
Organization: Michigan Technological University
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 17:43:08 GMT

In article <43263@sdcc12.ucsd.edu> cs64wag@sdcc8.ucsd.edu (Jeremy Friesner) writes:
>I think it might have been Berke Breathed who first said "Women
>are incredibly cuddly, beautiful creatures whose primary talent
>is the ability to rip out your heart and feed it to the cat."

often, they ARE the cats...

-bacon
Xref: sparky alt.romance:15714 alt.romance.chat:22890
From: eng10276@nusunix1.nus.sg (TAM CHUAN YAP)
Newsgroups: alt.romance,alt.romance.chat
Subject: Re: Equality between men and women; is there such a thing?
Date: 6 Jan 93 12:07:13 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: National University of Singapore
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]

Just want to make an announcement. A new stydy say that making love have
a hypnotic efect on the male that causes him to fall asleep more easily.
Trust me, it's true. 
Newsgroups: alt.romance
From: afdenis@lims02.lerc.nasa.gov (Stephen Dennison)
Subject: Re: Do you have a good pickup line?
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: Ancient Souls Inc.
Distribution: na
Date: 11 Jan 1993 18:16 EST  

In article <1993Jan7.145457.26906@lincroftnj.ncr.com>, rjf@lincroftnj.ncr.com (51351[efw]-Robert Feddeler(MT4799)T343) writes...
> 
>I haven't seen the oldest one in the book go past here yet, so
>just to be sure it didn't get lost in some time-space discontinuity...
> 
> 
>"If I told you that you have a nice body, would you hold it against me?"

.. or the `computer geek' version, while in a chat-session via modem ...

"Hey, baby... nice baud ! "

:-)


-- Stephen

{Experimental .sig # 30245/T}

Humans -- 

	Beings stupid enough to create their own monsters, and then 
	curse their luck when they run into them. 
Newsgroups: alt.romance
From: rwarren@vax2.concordia.ca (Rosemary from Montreal)
Subject: silicon heaven (was Re: Meeting people)
Summary: i beg to differ  
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Keywords:  communication
Organization: Concordia University
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 21:31:00 GMT

In article <1993Jan8.181554.27079@ncsu.edu>, eagle@garfield.catt.ncsu.edu (Daniel L'Hommedieu) writes...
>
>You're never going to meet people if you sit on your Internet connection
>all day long.
'scuse me?  how long have YOU been plugged in to silicon heaven -- one day?

you realize how far this thing reaches?  (NO THIS IS NOT A DOUBLE MEANING)

you can chat to ANYBODY in the world about ANYTHING you want -- yes, even 
about the most famous residents of Gary, Indiana!  (now to actually find 
their e-mail-drops is another story :) )

i log in in the morning and rarely do i find less than 5 msgs waiting for 
me.  (one time i found 130!)  regular blips (once a day to once a week) from 
england and sweden, the 
occasional "thanks" from australia / new zealand regarding msgs in 
rec.food.cooking.  i was getting junk mail from switzerland at one point.  
more nice words flow in from various mysterious points in the usa and 
canada.  (the addresses are pretty ambiguous sometimes, glad mine is pretty 
clear) 

and i can't forget about the very special ones from omaha, nebraska ;)

you should see the collection of countries in soc.penpals -- japan, soviet 
union, netherlands, germany, chile -- could someone pls confirm that ".za" 
stands for ZAIRE?  well that's what I think!  there was even a request at 
one point for penpals for navy sea-people stationed ON A SHIP somewhere in 
the pacific.

and all these people (even the ones that aren't crazy about the Jacksons!) 
are interesting, 
fascinating individuals, and i am glad to read their kind words in my 
e-mailbag.  makes coming to work fun.  (if you think i've soaked up WAY too 
much computer radiation, you're probably right.)

if someone pulled my internet plug i would be most unhappy right now.
and so would a particular star-struck cornhusker, i'd imagine ...

"Well, I'd like to be with you,
 And you know it's Friday too ..."
	Janet Jackson, "Escapade"

Rosemary Warren		rwarren@topaz.concordia.ca
Montreal's Favorite Jacksonmaniac !!!
Newsgroups: alt.romance
From: petitc@vccnw03.its.rpi.edu (Christopher Jon Petit)
Subject: Re: Need Answers to What This Girl is Thinking
Distribution: usa
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 01:08:48 GMT

u-mwong%peruvian.cs.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Michael Wong) writes:


[Story about how guy meets girl, gets what he feels are mixed signals deleted]

>   Having gone through this situation, a couple of questions have arisen
>in my mind.  This is where I could use some net opinion.  First, why didn't 
>she tell me about her relationship when I first called her in SF?  Perhaps
>she didn't want me to feel bad until after the holidays?

 That may be it.  Don't know enough to say (sorry).

>   The next question is why would she ask me out for coffee?  Is it just
>to break the bad news in front of my face?  If she is serious with her
>boyfriend, then why ask?  I'm assuming she wanted to go out just for some
>"friendly" chit-chat and that "going out for coffee" is probably a little
>different than "going out for dinner", if that makes sense.  But, if they
>are so serious, why even ask?  Any ideas about this?

  That's probably it.  She may want to reminisce about 'old times' and
memories with you, but I don't feel she has much (if any) romantic interest
in you.

>   I know I should forget about her and continue with life, searching for
>the right girl, but I'd like to get these questions resolved.  I'm tempted
>to call this girl one more time and ask her these questions, but I don't
>want to be pain to her.  Should I call?

  It's not a pain.  To move in with life, you've gotta get things with her
resolved.  And you can't do that by yourself.  I'd say you should call as soon
as possible, and discuss what's on your minds, about the present, and what
happened in high school.

>   Has anybody gone through similar situations?  Did you ever want to ask
>or had a crush on a gal/guy that you like a lot back in high school, but 
>never did because you were too shy do it?  If so, have you found that it
>was too late to ask that person out after waiting so many years?

 I had the whole scene played out in high school.  I was a good friend with
one girl for about 2 years.  I had a crush on her, but didn't mention it.
One day, I asked her if she'd like to go out with me.  She agreed, but then
didn't want to go to the 2 places I had in mind (dancing or a movie).  I
finally (it was end of school year), the next school year, thought of a place
to take her (VERY limited budget), and she then informed me (before I asked her
) that she now had a boyfriend.

>   I'd appreciate any ideas/answers from the net about these questions!

  I did all I can, but I'm a bit tired after returning from the break.


-- 
Cat Owner/Passionate Romantic/Poet/Singer/Dreamer/Philosopher...
That's me!  Modest?  Sometimes.  Crazy?  BETTER BELIEVE IT!! :&)
"The greatest beauty in the world is beauty that is private."
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