HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: HJ46@lafibm.lafayette.edu (Baboo (Holton, Jeffrey))
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
Subject: Re: How is your memory?
Date: 28 Jul 92 00:20:33 GMT
Organization: Lehigh University
Originator: news@lafcol

In article <Bs264n.LCJ@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> jmalone@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Julie Malone) writes:
>HJ46@lafibm.lafayette.edu (Baboo (Holton, Jeffrey)) shares:
>>Folks,
>
>
>>1)  Does anyone remember the RFA story I posted (in several parts, I
>>believe) in February, because I never found out any feedback.  Silly
>>me, that's because I wasn't reading the group!  <*grubmble*>  What
>>did you think?  *Did* you think?  Am I in, or do I get to start over?
>
>What was it about.  I don't particularly remember names of the authors, but
>I usually remember the story....
>

It was about 2 people in front of a fire.  DUH!  Seriously, well, it
was a fantasy-come-true of a sort, an autobiographical analysis of
how my week was going (pitifully miserably) juxtaposed with the
pleasant memories which had unfolded not-so-long before that horrible
week that I don't want to remember (except that everything turned out
awfully nicely in the end...I think).

I remember I mentioned that there was Bach (Brandenburg Concertos)
playing in the background.  Do you want me to search through the posts
to find it again???!?  (Hi, are you crazy?)

I might be able to, but not too likely.

No matter, if I can't have a title (that's okay...sniff) I'll just
write another one, though in the summertime (yes, those of you
down under--up here it is summer now) I try not to think about things
like fires.  They may be romantic, but right now it is hot and muggy
and sweaty and sticky and yucky.  (And those adjectives may work nicely
on some groups--like go ahead 10 or 15 or so--but not in an application
for the RFA.)

>>2)  Yes, I am still going out with Jennifer.  (This is a blessing, not
>>a curse, but I just wanted you all to know that things are nice.)  =)
>
>Good to hear.....*hug*

Yeah, but if you don't remember the story, what's the point?  ;)

>>3)  Did the story I posted last week, "Retiring Photos," make it on
>>here?  I think I can repost.
>
>Sure did.  Didn't see my response?  And I think there were a number of
>comments made about it, Jeffrey.
>

Nope, and I *did* just go back through and search everything.  Did
someone change the subject line along the way?  But I never saw your
response or anyone else's.  BTW, there is a sequel in the works.  I
hate sequels, but I like this character.  He's fun to write about.

--Jeffrey "Baboo" Holton
"Yes, my middle name really *is* Boris."
Unofficial nothing-until-lost-post-is-recovered of the RFA

"Everything I touch gets ruined!"
--C.B.

(No, that does not stand for Charles Bronson, nor Christie Brinkley.)

(No, this does not count as a sig file.  Give me a while.)

(Say, that rhymes!)
From: diana@wetware.com (CatWoman )
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
Subject: Re: Jokes/Payback
Date: 24 Jul 92 12:09:51 GMT
Organization: Castle WetWare MouseCatcher

puter@no1home.nashvil.ingr.com (PuterDude) writes:
] jmalone@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Julie Malone) tosses her locks...
](which is much more invitin' than her cookies)
]>puter@no1home.nashvil.ingr.com (PuterDude) shares:
]>
]>>Just remember that lurking under every dumb blonde COULD be
]>>a smart brunette!  :)
]>
]>*giggle*  Reallly?  *tossing head side to side*  Gee!  That's way cool!
]
]I KNEW that you would understand.  :)
]
]>Thought for the day:
]>
]>If blondes dying their hair brunette is called artificial intelligence,
]>then what is it called when a brunette dies her hair blonde?
]
]The "Madonna Syndrome"?     (toss cookies time)

No, no, no!! (Uh 0h - there's that echo again!)

It's called "A Good Excuse"!

CatWoman
(who tried it a few years ago, and is still trying
to get her hair to recover...)
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
From: Sarek@world.std.com (Garrett Fitzgerald)
Subject: Re: What can I do? Who can I turn to?
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 19:36:07 GMT

In article <1992Jul29.130022.15119@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au> t923335@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au (IronEagle ) writes:
>Thanks, I need all the hugs I can get at the moment, I have something
>worring me pretty bad, and it doesnt have to do with family either...

<*hughughughughughughughughughughughughughughughughughughughughughug
  hughughughughughughughughughughughughughughughughughughughughughug
  hughughughughughughughughughughughughughughughughughughughughughug
  hughughughughughughughughughughughughughughughughughughughughughug
  hughughughughughughughughughughughughughughughughughughughughughug*>

Do those help? :-)
--------------------
"...Someone to sleep with me nightly, I'm weary of sleeping alone."

Sarek of Vulcan
a.k.a. Garrett Fitzgerald `:-)
Official Diver of the RFA and 'Chelle's TwinSib

Sarek@world.std.com

Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
From: erisande@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Kryst the Philosopher)
Subject: Re: Touching
Organization: Quitters Inc.
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 05:32:52 GMT

velour@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Michelle Wiener)
>Erin wonders:
>>velour@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Michelle Wiener)
>>>Erin 'splains:
>>>>velour@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Michelle Wiener)
>>>>>Erin says that I say that he supposes:

>>>>	'cause I would 'splode!

>Right.  Everyone, I want you all to keep that in mind.  While anyone else
>exploding, say, oh, RIP... would be pretty amusing, Erin exploding would tend
>to get messy.  And we don't want that, doooooo we?

	Hey!  Don't make me 'splode for no reason.  Twoldn't be cool.

>>	Anyone.  Is this true?  Does she go through life never
>>thinking?  ;)  I hope not, or I would lose faith in the Michelle's out
>>there.  Sigh.

>Nope, women ain't supposed to think.  It's too dangerous for the patriarchal
>society we all live in.  Y'all might LEARN something, heaven forbid!

	Yeah.  I wouldn't want that to happen.  Like I said,m might
make me 'splode.

>>Shane

>Who?

	Me.  ;)  I change names too much when I am writing.  I was in
a shane mood.  Is that ok with you?
From: diana@wetware.com (CatWoman )
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
Subject: Mangling( was Re: CaliChat)
Date: 30 Jul 92 13:11:12 GMT
Organization: Castle WetWare MouseCatcher

lf@barkley.berkeley.edu (LexicographicalFiend) writes:

{Stuff - and signs it:}

] Lexi(CoffeeForNothingAndTheTeaForFree[*])Fiend
] [*] Trivia(l) question: Which song did I just mangle?

The question is more - will Knopfler want royalties?
or just want to ignore the travesty!!!

CatWoman
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
From: cjp8b@dayhoff.med.Virginia.EDU (Chris Penington)
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
Subject: Re: Clare!!
Date: 23 Jul 92 00:31:02 GMT
Organization: University of Virginia

In article <1992Jul21.224928.4006@sequent.com> rip@sequent.com (Paul T
Taylor) writes:

>Well, actually the inhabitants of my home planet have the power to
>teleport anywhere we like, and we can telepathically contect with any
                                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 
>person with red hair
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Huh! Whassat? Huh? Hmm. I seem to have a little static in my
connection. Hmm, my hair is defiinitely red, maybe I need some sort of
an interface device to receive telepathic contacts. (Damn, but I wish
I'd made it to the Beachchat!).

	Chris

-- 
Chris Penington (cjp8b@virginia.edu)             .A---------.        My
Biochemistry Dept., Box 440                     /o           `   Favourite
UVa Health Sciences Ctr,                       (_,           7   Marsupial
Charlottesville, Va 22908   (804)924-8210         \>~~~~~~z7
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
From: jmalone@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Julie Malone)
Subject: Re: anyone notice me yet?
Summary: yes!
Organization: Salter, Inc.
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 17:25:10 GMT

ccolling@nyx.cs.du.edu (Lady Firebird) shares: 
>this is only my third article in two days...
>hello?

Hi, Lady Firebird!  Been a bit busy myself, and just getting to ARC after
3 days off.

Welcome to ARC!  Hope you enjoy the stay *hugs*



=========================================================================
 Julie Malone...AKA...		|   "Look into my eyes, you will see
 Grasshopper 			|   What you mean to me
 PR Agent for Blade		|   Search your heart, search your soul
 Member: Romantic Fire Assoc.	|   When you find me there, you'll search
 FUTURE MRS. JULIE SALTER	|   no more....."
 Anyone think I'm getting too   |		Email Welcome
 many titles here?		|	jmalone@silver.ucs.indiana.edu
=========================================================================
From: HJ46@lafibm.lafayette.edu (Brother to Many (Holton, Jeffrey))
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
Subject: Re: Catherine a sexy name?
Date: 31 Jul 92 17:35:36 GMT
Organization: Lehigh University
Originator: news@lafcol

In article <1992Jul30.225416.27466@cs.aukuni.ac.nz> cwes1@cs.aukuni.ac.nz (Clare West) writes:
>HJ46@lafibm.lafayette.edu (Brother to Many (Holton, Jeffrey)) writes:
>>
>>P.S.  As long as I'm here...can you do me a favor and hold these arms
>>behind this person's back for a few minutes...I'll be right back.
>
>I see not content with holding me captive you're going to abandon me
>as well.
>
>Hmmmmpf
>
>;-)
>
>clare

nonononono...I'll be right back...it's just, well, after 96 hours of
this I could really use a potty break (he says, crossing his legs and
probably permanently damaging some important...er...'equipment').

--j.
From: diana@wetware.com (CatWoman )
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
Subject: Re: Hi all!  Did anyone notice I was gone?
Date: 30 Jul 92 13:16:49 GMT
Organization: Castle WetWare MouseCatcher

ssalter@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (-=[SLS]=-) writes:

] lf@barkley.berkeley.edu (LexicographicalFiend) sez:
] 
] >Hmmmm...seems ARCland hosts a casts of OddReligiousCharacters: the
] >PrayerfulSnoopy, the JesuitTheologian (sorry, JT 8-), the Genuflecting-
] >Vulcan, the HolySorceress, and (of course) the DirtyRottenCatholic. 8-)
] 
] Don't forget NatureFreakPseudoDruids!

Errr - don't you mean "NatureFreakPseudoDrieuxIds"?

CatWoman
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
From: jmalone@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Julie Malone)
Subject: Re: The ARCKissingBooth (was Re: Kissin')
Organization: Salter, Inc.
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 14:03:03 GMT

lf@barkley.berkeley.edu (LexicographicalFiend) shares: 

>
><BZZZZT!>  I'm sorry, your response is incorrect.  The correct
>response is "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"  8-)

Well, I don't want to rub it in too bad to womankind that I got the last
perfect guy in the world....that wouldn't be nice....

>
>What happened, all your clothes fell over laughing?  8-)

No, just fell off my chair again.  My boss is beginning to worry about me....

>
>Still haven't changed that .sig, have ya?

I'm workin' on it...


=========================================================================
 Julie Malone...AKA...		|   "Look into my eyes, you will see
 Grasshopper 			|   What you mean to me
 PR Agent for Blade		|   Search your heart, search your soul
 Member: Romantic Fire Assoc.	|   When you find me there, you'll search
 FUTURE MRS. JULIE SALTER	|   no more....."
 Anyone think I'm getting too   |		Email Welcome
 many titles here?		|	jmalone@silver.ucs.indiana.edu
=========================================================================
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
From: velour@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Michelle Wiener)
Subject: just wondering
Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston Illinois.
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 20:03:25 GMT


Has anybody out there seen "Naked Lunch"?  I just saw it last night... man, is
typing a weird experience right now...

Michelle
~~~ "The astronomer who hated women generally, caused her so much puzzling
speculation that she one day asked Mr. Stelling if all astronomers hated
women, or whether it was only this particular astronomer.  But, forestalling
his answer, she said, 'I suppose it's all astronomers: because, you know, they
live up in high towers, and if the women came there, they might talk and
hinder them from looking at the stars.'"  -- Marian Evans, _Mill on the Floss_
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
From: mhytti@cs.joensuu.fi (Mika Hyttinen)
Subject: Re: anyone notice me yet?
Organization: University of Joensuu
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 09:04:55 GMT

ccolling@nyx.cs.du.edu (Lady Firebird) writes:

Good Monday afternoon Lady Firebird !
Yes you have been noticed here in Finland. 

>this is only my third article in two days...

We want much more :-)
*Warm Monday Hug* to you !

Mika

-- 
 	"I love her 
	and I need her!
 	I seed her !" 
	-Deep Purple : Highway Star-
From: pm3_norr@csd.brispoly.ac.uk (Paul Norris)
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
Subject: Re: Hello! and Why...  (and thanx)
Date: 31 Jul 92 14:57:24 GMT
Organization: Bristol Polytechnic, England


}Paul Norris writes:
}
}| >How about Beethoven's 6th?

Scott grins:
}6th, hmmm.  Can't say I've heard that one.

Have to admit I've not tried it myself (in the context we're talking about :)
It's the "Pastoral" - the one in the middle of Fantasia (a really good way to
get into some new classical stuff btw) with the centaurs.

It just strikes me that there's all this nice anticipatory music, then a
bit of rustic amusement; then the climactic storm and a period of calm
reflective stuff to end with.

Paul
Official Snoopy to the RFA
Joe cOOl,  PR Agent to 'Chelle
==============================
Don't you feel like trying something new
-- 
Nothing takes the taste out of peanut butter quite like unrequited love.
                                            --  Charlie Brown
From: diana@wetware.com (CatWoman )
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
Subject: Re: Interesting typos....
Date: 24 Jul 92 12:04:34 GMT
Organization: Castle WetWare MouseCatcher

Sarek@world.std.com (Garrett Fitzgerald) writes:

] I just tried to 'g alt.romance.cat'. Hmmmm, must be a discussion about
] _Always_Kiss_With_Your_Whiskers_.... :-)

Heh.

Either you were mostly trying for the WestCoastContingent
(that's where Tyger, CatWoman and BabyCat reside...), or
you've been talking with Blade again*

But then, I think that probably quite a lot of us are
"cat-people"...

CatWoman

*Hey Blade - how ARE your beasties??  They must be getting
BIG now...my "kitten" is now 11 lbs...
From: catherine@lambada.oit.unc.edu (Catherine Collingwood)
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
Subject: for all those out there who are separated...
Date: 25 Jul 92 00:20:40 GMT
Organization: University of North Carolina Extended Bulletin Board Service

The Final Night (Spring Break '92)
for Master THEspian

This moment could just last forever, frozen still in time
  and I wouldn't particularly mind.
Here in your arms bathed in the light of the city is heaven.
Close my eyes and lean against your chest and just smell you
  this is something I could do forever.

I don't want to think about when I have to see the sunlight
  and get up and leave you here 200 miles away.
I just want the night and the light from the streetlamps.
Go to bed and lie there for a thousand hours until the sky is pink
  feel nothing but missing you.

Our time will come I know but it's still difficult to think ahead
  to a date -- well, at least we know it's coming.
It's still in the future and that means more waiting.
And more and more for months when so much can and will happen
  maybe it will change us.

I just want to lie here and be with you and hear you sigh, asleep
  and feel your arms wrap tighter around me.
Out the window I see the lights of the city and they comfort.
Debating sleep because I don't want to waste this last time
  memorize even the sound of your breathing.

Soon I have to go and face the morning and I have to leave and not
  come back for a long time and barely get to see you either.
But I don't want to think about that right now.
I just want to feel your arms around me and know we're together
  reality for once happens instead of just thought. 

--copyright 4/30/92

a little background:
I wrote this at a point when I thought I was going to attend college
with my SO, who is a year ahead of me (I just graduated from high school).
Early in June, this panned out and I'm now going to be approximately 600
miles from him during the school year for the next three or possibly four
years.  He has inet access, but at the moment it doesn't seem like I will,
and neither of us can afford much long distance.  Fortunately I guess, it
does look like I'll be able to spend summers in the same city where he is,
although not in the same place.  So for all of you out there who know about
LDR's...I hope it helps to know I'm another one.

Catherine Collingwood, aka Lady Firebird
catherine@lambada.oit.unc.edu
"Imagination is only intelligence having fun." --Anon.
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
From: kimmyd@bnr.ca (Kimmy Posey P920)
Subject: To Chivalrous Lis protecting Knights
Organization: Bell-Northern Research, BNR-RTP 
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 20:37:44 GMT

I get the message gentlemen.  No worries.  I have my hands full as it is.
I do find it interesting (though not surprising) that Lis is described
as "a cute one".  She read as such.  But I'm wondering what she looks
like.  I mean in detail.  I'm not much into GIF viewing but I wouldn't mind
seeing her picture.  For that matter I wouldn't mind seeing everybody's
pic.  Julie (Malone as I recall) mentioned that a collection of them exist
from various ARC functions.  How do I receive and view them.  Email is
temporarily broken for me but will be fixed soonest.

However, gentlemen, a lady is always free to choose her own champion and if
the Fair One should in some alternate reality give me the nod ... well lets
just say that I am well equipped and morally prepared to defend her honor.

KimmyD
From: pm3_norr@csd.brispoly.ac.uk (Paul Norris)
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
Subject: Re: Bathtime for Tyger
Date: 29 Jul 92 11:01:22 GMT
Organization: Bristol Polytechnic, England


IE:
}>I think psychic would be more like it.... or maybe I am just very
}>knowledgable in certain areas??

Tyger:
}Nah...all that stuff about aussie men is a myth!

Or possibly just mythinterpreted.

}>>>Maybe You would like me a little lower??
}>>How Low Can You Go?
}>
}>How low would *you* like me to go??
}
}Oh that depends, but I love to get Down and Dirty...:)

Really?  I've got a bike needs fixing.  Definitely not a clean job (and I
ended up having to bus in to work this morning.

}>>>Well, you are on the right track there, but 'digging in' wouldnt be
}>>>the terminology that I would personally use.....
}>>Um...sliding, perhaps?
}>
}>Well, if I may use that word, I guess so...  =)
}
}You cna use whatever word you want...whether you'll be correct is another
}matter altogether! :)

"Words mean exactly what I want them to mean... ... it is a question
of who is to be master" [*]

}>-BMIEB!  (Was all oily on the weekend!)

So was I last night - rear derailleur *still* isn't right :(

   ,_~o
 _-\_<,
(*)/'(*)Paul
Official Snoopy to the RFA
Joe cOOl,  PR Agent to 'Chelle
==============================
One smile and suddenly nobody else will do

-- 
Nothing takes the taste out of peanut butter quite like unrequited love.
                                            --  Charlie Brown
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
From: underdog@leland.Stanford.EDU (Dwight Joe)
Subject: Re: anyone notice me yet?
Organization: Miners for a Heart of Gold
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 92 22:47:17 GMT

In article <1992Jul25.205620.3282@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> ccolling@nyx.cs.du.edu (Lady Firebird) writes:
>this is only my third article in two days...
>hello?

I notice you.  Got any useful comments besides a trite "hello?"

Where is "nyx.cs.du.edu"?

>
>
>--
>Catherine G. Collingwood, aka Lady Firebird       NCSSM '92
>catherine@lambada.oit.unc.edu  -or-  ccolling@nyx.cs.du.edu
>-----------------------------------------------------------
>"Imagination is only intelligence having fun."  --Anon.

People without imagination are intellectual bores.  That, of course,
makes them cynical.  Me, for example.

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From: darren@waikato.ac.nz
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
Subject: ALERT ALERT!!
Date: 24 Jul 92 09:44:54 +1200
Organization: University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

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Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
From: swalter@nyx.cs.du.edu (DreamWeaver)
Subject: Re: Hello! and Why... (and thanx)
Organization: University of Denver, Dept. of Math & Comp. Sci.
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 92 06:45:36 GMT


Scott McCoy advises:

{DW Note:  Well, before I dive into this one, I'd really like to welcome
Scott to the fold.  Being that, once I step out of the phone booth, my
name is also Scott ... I can see we're going to have one heck of a good
time ... right, Lexi? ::DW Reaches through the 'net, dodges several
bounced mail packets, pops out of Lexi's terminal and nudges him::}

{Anyway, Scott, back to chat you were saying...}

> I have a few special replies:
> To Dreamweaver:  check out Good Stuff #12 
>         below (re: wine)

Don't mind if I do, shank you. ::DreamWeaver lives up to his name at this
point, weaving his way down the post singing "I Dream of Telnet with the
light Net Load..." at the top of his lungs ad he enjoys his latest bottle.
 His singing is such that even LexiChromaticFiend cringes in terror ...
it's been a bad week ... anyway ...::

> Good Stuff #12
> Take your ladylove to dinner (or make her dinner).  

Huh?  Oh ..... make dinner _for_ her ::slapping forhead ... trying to
erase picture of beautiful brunette covered in barbeque sauce from
memory:: ... gotcha ;)

[the rest of the fantastic setting omitted ... for the heck of it ...
sorry, it's been one of those weeks]

Excellent choice of wine, Scott.  I've discovered that women tend to
prefer White's over Reds.  However,

> For the music, try Robert Perera: "Erotica", 
> or Yani: "Reflections on Passion".

What?  Why not the Beatles:  "Why don't we do it in the road?"

Perhaps that's a bit too forward ... hmmm ... 

> Between the wine, the 
> chocolate, and the giggling, it turned into a 
> wonderfully memorable night of playful frolicking.

Well, tell ya what.  Why not meet me over on alt.sex.kiss.and.tell and
tell the ole' Dreamer _exactly_ what happened!

(Man ... what's happening to me?  My character is getting way out of hand
... I apologize, gentle Dreamers ... it's been a bad week.}

-DreamWeaver
 "... now and forever, 'till the end of time ..."
From: ri0a+@andrew.cmu.edu (Richard Iswara)
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
Subject: Re: Hi all! Did anyone notice I was gone?
Date: 28 Jul 92 19:59:16 GMT
	<1992Jul28.050157.26146@ringer.cs.utsa.edu>
Organization: Masters student, Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

jturner@lonestar.utsa.edu (John M. Turner) writes:
> If I had known you would be coming into my life, I would have cleaned up
> the house before you got here...

guess this explains that annual ritual SpringCleaning!

Richard
Official RoadRunner of RFA