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From: ewillims@unix1.tcd.ie (Emma Williams)
Subject: Re: E.W. - Weddings....
Organization: Trinity College, Dublin
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 09:47:32 GMT

In <1992Sep9.192801.17005@ryn.mro4.dec.com> tang@akofin.enet.dec.com (Gabe Tang) writes:

Emma writes:
>> 
>>	Dart Boards?? I've never yet met an Irishman who plays darts!
>>Are you sure you're not thinking of English men?  It's a national
>>pastime in Britain!

Gabe writes:
>	Hmmmm, seems like you've been hanging around the wrong type of
>	Irishmen. Almost all the ones I know of, just-over-on-the-boat,
>	and most 1st/2nd generation Americans seem to have a certain affinity
>	to the game. 

	Hey, they don't count as Irish!  Only people born and bred in
Ireland are considered to be Irish.  They are Americans who just happen
to have Irish ancestry!
 

	 I think it goes hand-in-hand with being in a pub with
>	a pint in one hand to off-set the weight of the darts in the other
>	hand. :-)  

	Nope, the pint in one hand is offset by the weight of the pint
in the other hand, not by the darts! (*GRIN*)
 
>        Hmmmmmm, on second thought, maybe the ones you've met weren't thinking
>	about darts when they saw you! ;^)

	True, very true! (*laughter*)
	
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: kiran@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (Kiran Wagle)
Subject: Re: Desperation (was Re: Commitment--The C
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 01:26:10 GMT

c71@ix.urz.uni-heidelberg.de (Francesco Tarantelli) writes:
>Personally I prefer wolves. They have an undeserved bad reputation. 
Wolves are mondo cool.  The Wolf Park near Lafayette, IN had _CUBS_
this year.  Wolf puppies are the cutest, most cuddly critters...one of
these days i hope to be able to volunteer to raise the pups.  

>I don't know anything about their pheromones, but I gather they smell

They smell bad.  
You don't know bad breath until you've been kissed by an honest carnivore.

But they're cool anyway.  They don't bark, and they only bug, er, greet you 
for a few minutes before wandering off to do wolfy things by themselves. 

>P.S. I think piglets and bunny-rabbits and rain-deer are cute, too.
>But I eat them. With garlic, preferrably. I must have a split personality. 

In Finland, they make pizza with reindeer and cloudberries.

-- 
"Digestion, n. The conversion of victuals into virtues.  When the
 process is inperfect, vices are evolved instead."
 ..........................Ambrose Beirce, _The Devil's Dictionary_
-- 
Kiran Wagle <kiran@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu>
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: Ross Ridge <ross@zooid.guild.org>
Subject: Re: Various ramblings...
Organization: ZOOiD BBS
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1992 08:44:01 GMT

damond@acpub.duke.edu (Elizabeth Abrams) writes:
>Hee hee.  Good point.  This reminds me a little bit of that fantastic 
>marketing ploy, "extra large" condoms.  Not everyone buys them, but I 
>bet lots of people *claim* to buy them.

johnf@Auspex.COM (John Fereira) writes:
>I thought *nobody* actually bought them as they always seem be in stock when
>I go into to pick up a couple of boxes of "extra large" condoms.

I thought *everybody* bought "extra large" condoms, so stores rarely stock
"normal" condoms anymore.

>Those that say "money isn't important to me" probably have never been in
>the situation where they didn't have *any*.  

I don't have any.  Money isn't very important to me, but food and shelter is.

							Ross Ridge

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From: stef@Apple.COM (Stef Jones)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Sense of smell (was Re: Sex & Moose & Wolf )
Date: 15 Sep 92 23:39:48 GMT
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA

c71@ix.urz.uni-heidelberg.de (David N) writes:

>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. 

In _A Natural History of the Senses_ Diane Ackerman claims that women's
sense of smell tends to be more sensitive than men's. Specifically, she
believes that she could identify each of her lovers by scent alone.

Stef                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
stef@apple.com       It is the time you have wasted for your rose
                     that makes your rose so important.       Saint-Exupery
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: markh@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Mark)
Subject: Re: chemistry / love at first sight : fact or fiction?
Organization: Computing Services Division, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 18:00:10 GMT

In article <ewillims.716050913@unix1.tcd.ie> ewillims@unix1.tcd.ie (Emma Williams) writes:
>In <1992Sep9.040523.8889@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> tlode@nyx.cs.du.edu (trygve lode) writes:
>>It's traditional--after all, if the people you were interested in were
>>also interested in you, it would probably upset the whole order of the
>>universe.  
>
>	And people might actually be "happy" (*gasp*). The fates 
>would NEVER allow that! (*GRIN*)
> 
Sometimes the Fates can be forgiving and generous in this regard.  When it
happens, don't take it for granted.
From: dhardin@bbn.com (Dawn Hardin)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Desperation (was Re: Commitment--The C-word?)
Date: 9 Sep 92 16:29:10 GMT
NNTP-Posting-Host: bbn.com

andrew@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk (Andrew Walker) writes:
> liz@prc.unisys.com (Liz Loquacious) writes:
> 
> So, does one follow from the other. Does men shaving their legs imply
> that their success with the AS will improve? :-) Anyway, all ex's deserve
> what's coming to them (smile).

My sweetheart is naturally almost hairless.  He has the most gorgeous legs
I've ever seen and you wouldn't believe how nice that smooth skin
over muscles feel.  I don't know how I'd feel about men *shaving* -- I 
guess I'd think it was an annoying affectation, especially since I don't
shave myself -- but since he's hairless naturally, it sure is nice.

(He does have a little bit of hair on his head, but it's cottony and feels
more like fur than hair.  I'm getting so spoiled -- I'd never be able to
find anybody else that looks like this if we ever broke up.)

Dawn
"Oh, Time!  Of all the dwellers here below 
You only elevate buffoons or fools,
Or him whose anus as an inkstand serves."
The Perfumed Garden of the Shaykh Nefzawl, translated by Sir Richard F. Burton
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: misrael@csi.uottawa.ca (Mark Israel)
Subject: "try becoming obsessed with..."
Organization: Dept. of Computer Science, University of Ottawa
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 92 20:40:23 GMT

In article <JMD.92Sep10105050@lion.bear.com>, jmd@bear.com (Josh Diamond) writes:

> Note that I said "try getting involved in... ".  I did not say "try
> becoming obsessed with..." :-) :-) :-)

    One activity that I have been involved in but not obsessed with is 
dancing.

    The result?  I have no skill at dancing.  

    I'm too busy trying to do the footwork to have a conversation with 
my partner.

    And my repeated tripping over her feet does not favourably impress 
her.

    A friend of mine who was a good dancer got *lots* of dates at the 
dance club.
  
    But the only way I could become good at dancing is by becoming 
obsessed with it.  (My learning for such activities is slower than 
average.)

   Back to square one. :-(

   (Today's local newspaper listed 6 events specifically for singles
that are happening this weekend.  They're all dances. :-( )

misrael@csi.uottawa.ca			Mark Israel
Sunbeams brightly play, where Fancy's fair pavilion once is pight.
From: martinc@grover.cs.unc.edu (Charles R. Martin)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Heinlein
Date: 15 Sep 92 02:07:19 GMT
Organization: UNC Department of Computer Science
In-reply-to: bart@muppet.bt.co.uk's message of 14 Sep 92 16:20:04 GMT

In article <1992Sep14.162004.24489@muppet.bt.co.uk> bart@muppet.bt.co.uk (Tim) 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.

Dare I say "eat toad flesh and die, heretic british person"?

You bet.
--
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: jjd1@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (james.j.dutton)
Subject: Re: Where the best posts come from
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 13:21:00 GMT

In article <1992Sep12.165716.23264@news.acns.nwu.edu> drmax@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Marianna Max) writes:
>In article <c5mn-y#@lynx.unm.edu> hays@TECHNET.NM.ORG writes:
>>In article <4125@moscom.UUCP>, wjb@moscom.UUCP (Bill de Beaubien) writes:
>>>Larry 'Purple' Hays (hays@TECHNET.NM.ORG) wrote:
>>>: In article <1992Sep1.193918.12045@cbfsb.cb.att.com>, jjd1@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (james.j.dutton) writes:
>>>: >In article <14405@auspex-gw.auspex.com> johnf@Auspex.COM (John Fereira) writes:
>>>: >>Anyone that has the balls/gall/chutzpah/ability to suck up to himself 
>>>: >>deserves a perfect 10.0 on the suckup scale.
>>>: > 
>>>: >And the judge from chicago concurs.
>>>: >What precision. What flair. What ambidextrousity.
>>>: 
>>>: Well, Hell.  Nobody *ELSE* was gonna do it.
>>>
>>>Hey, you never know.  Some of us are open to bribes.
>>
>>I'll mail ya a lizard.  Green racer or horny toad?
>>
>
>Well I'd opt for the green racer but my bet is that james would identify
>more with the horny toad.
>
>Max

 Hey. HEY. Hey. In fractions.
 A guy comes over at 10:30 and informs me the ex still loves someone
and is their a chance of getting together.
*BANG*
 Susie just called to say Hi.
 BroomHilda be fine.
 Would that horny toad have any horny relatives?
 Pretty soon it will be time to honker down w someone for the winter.
Thoughts, reflections.
 ex for sale, get your ex. Here you go. That ex looks perfect on you.
 Due to missplaced parts I'm afraid I'll have to invoke our no refund
no return policy.
 
Does anyone on here know how I can get a girlfriend(tee hee). 
================================================================================
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From: yyz@cbnewsf.cb.att.com (donald.w.coons)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Singles Bar (Why would you want one?)
Date: 11 Sep 92 17:40:17 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: AT&T

In article <1992Sep10.131520.6528@cbfsb.cb.att.com> jjd1@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (james.j.dutton) writes:
>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:
>
>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.
> 

Jim, Jim, Jim all this and no reference to the food. How could you forget
the tacos. My god man, your slipping.
From: bmeyer@feds12.prime.com (Bob Meyer)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Boston Baby Boink!
Date: 10 Sep 92 17:27:09 GMT
Organization: Computervision Corp.


   The Boston Baby Boink - I can almost taste it!

   We have events planned for friday sept 11 - sunday sept 13.

   If you've previously sent me email inquiring about the boink,
   I just sent you email with all the details (12 noon thursday sept 10)

   If you don't recieve the email, or want to be added to the list
   email me at bmeyer@feds12.prime.com

   Hope to see you there!

   Bob
From: tang@akofin.enet.dec.com (Gabe Tang)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: E.W. - Weddings....
Date: 9 Sep 92 20:18:10 GMT
Organization: The VMS company :-p


re: (Emma Williams) ......
>>>............................................I made lots 
>>>of new friends, including more single unattached males than I've
>>>ever seen before in one place!  (Very unusual for Ireland where the
>>>ratio of females to males is 3:1 )
>>          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>	Sheeesh. Now why don't all these girls come over here to Boston.....
>>	all their men do......and we're getting sick and tired of it!!! ;-)
>>	They drink all the beer and wear out the dart boards but they won't
>>	bring the women over......the nerve of these people!  :-{
> 
>	Dart Boards?? I've never yet met an Irishman who plays darts!
>Are you sure you're not thinking of English men?  It's a national
>pastime in Britain!

	Hmmmm, seems like you've been hanging around the wrong type of
	Irishmen. Almost all the ones I know of, just-over-on-the-boat,
	and most 1st/2nd generation Americans seem to have a certain affinity
	to the game.  I think it goes hand-in-hand with being in a pub with
	a pint in one hand to off-set the weight of the darts in the other
	hand. :-)  

	Of course, you are right about the English liking the game too.
	But then, Tommy O'Regan, former 2-time champ didn't hail from London
	or Reading........I'm sure.

        Hmmmmmm, on second thought, maybe the ones you've met weren't thinking
	about darts when they saw you! ;^)
From: johnf@Auspex.COM (John Fereira)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Various ramblings...
Date: 9 Sep 92 18:31:13 GMT
Organization: Auspex Systems, Inc.

In article <1992Sep9.020638.9777@uwm.edu> markh@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Mark) writes:
|In article <14490@auspex-gw.auspex.com> johnf@Auspex.COM (John Fereira) writes:
|>In article <1992Sep5.084401.15310@zooid.guild.org> ross@zooid.guild.org (Ross Ridge) writes:
|> 
|>>I don't have any.  Money isn't very important to me, but food and shelter is.
|> 
|>How do you manage to pay for food and shelter if you don't have any money?
|
|I don't attach any real importance to money except for satisfying the two goals
|(1) to live without ever again worrying about having to work to support living
|costs, with enough money (Emancipation, also called Retirement), and (2) to
|travel anywhere or engage in any learning/research or business startup
|activity without being encumbered by financial constraints and without having
|to kiss up to someone else's ass (Economic Freedom).

And I'd like to spend a week on a deserted tropical island with Angelwing,
the swedish bikini team, and Elvis.

-- 
+==========================================================================+
| John Fereira     | Auspex Systems | "Auspex does not share my opinions.  |
| johnf@auspex.com | Santa Clara CA |  So Why am I still working here?"    |
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Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: jjd1@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (james.j.dutton)
Subject: Re: Boston Boink - Highlights
Keywords: Hairless Wonder, Police, Bananas
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 16:27:13 GMT

In article <1992Sep15.155935.20581@gvl.unisys.com> liz@prc.unisys.com (Liz Loquacious) writes:
>
>Friday I can't post about.  I didn't arrive until the wee hours
>but one of the first things we did once we met up with Dawn and
 
Who's we? What time did you arrive?
 
>
>Saturday afternoon we listened to funky music and ate ethnic
>food at the Cambridge River Festival.  We gaped at Dawn's hairless
>wonder, who happens to be really cool and nice (told you you need
>to be more sensitive James!) although he did come out with some
 
More sensitive?
 
>nerdy "man baby" jokes! :-)  Alice entertained as well and then
 
I love man baby jokes! Go on??????
 
>Saturday's party was great.  Bob invited a slew of non-net people
>and everyone seemed to have a great time.  If anyone is ever planning a party,
>it would be well worth it to fly Al Duester in!  He came and made 11 pizza's 
>over the course of the evening and they were delicious.  Gal won musical chairs 
No body mentioned pizza.
 
>but he was probably disappointed that the game ended since he certainly appeared
>to be enthralled with the skirt on the cute blonde he was following around those 
 
Cute blonde?
 
>chairs!  One of Boston's finest showed up at the door and we had
 
I keel him.
 
>to tone things down a bit but the party rolled on till almost three in the 
>morning.  Allisson made it but held out on her banana tricks till Sunday!  Got
>to meet Rob Thurlow (in from Dallas) and Bill Ralston and we won't talk
>about Karen Gorman!  If I've left anything out please fill it in!
>
 
Karen Gorman??? Karen Gorman????????????
 
>We did Dim Sum for brunch on Sunday and as we were walking around the city
>afterwards Allisson got our attention with a demonstration of her banana, uh,
>talents. :-)  Had a good afternoon and everyone slowly headed on their way.     
>Speaking for myself I had a great time!  And I almost didn't go!  I'm a
>changed woman now, Road Trip Liz!  Have car, all those good looking men, will
>definately travel!
>
>Thanks Bob!
 
Bob? Bob?
 
>
>Liz Loquacious
 
I promise as soon as I sell my house and move into a bigger house a Boink
will occur.
 
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Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: ewillims@unix1.tcd.ie (Emma Williams)
Subject: E.W. - Our system crashed and I've missed all the follow-ups : (
Organization: Trinity College, Dublin
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 10:01:44 GMT

I'm very distraught as our system crashed this weekend and all the
articles about Irish Spring and Moose, Wolf and Sex, etc.... are
gone, lost in the black void, never to return.....I have no idea
either what they said :-(

Let me know if I missed anything really unmissable!

	Yours P.O.'d .....

 
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Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: cocoa@iat.holonet.net (Elise)
Subject: "attached" lurkers
Organization: The Chocolate Factory
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 20:00:32 GMT


In article <c98gqB2w164w@depsych.Gwinnett.COM> dy@depsych.Gwinnett.COM (Dr. Yes) writes:
>I think people lurk in soc.singles because there really isn't
>anything more intrinsically interesting than ways and means of
>meeting and interfacing with MOTAS.  I've often wondered if
>Aristotle or Leibnitz ever wrote treatises on the topic and then
>decided not to publish them. Or do people lose interest in the
>topic when they find an SO of their own?

No matter how much I think I've learned about relationships, it seems that
every new one brings a whole new set of puzzles and adventures.  I'm 
continuously looking for new ideas and trying to discover what makes people
interact and react the way they do.  Sometimes it's tiring, but it's also
very exciting.  

As far as posting about relationships, it's more likely that those who are
very involved in them won't post too much about it.  For me, my current
relationship takes up alot of my emotional energy.  So when I read news,
I usually want to do something that's not going to involve spending
alot of time and energy.  I'm looking for something to read in a relaxed
mood that will be fun.

There's also the posibility that net.people who have SOs, have SOs that
read the same groups they do.  Spilling one's guts in public could make
one's SO uncomfortable, so some people just prefer not to divulge too
much about their relationships through the net to avoid problems.

If I'm confused and answered questions that were not asked, just ignore me.

Cheers,

Elise

 


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Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: fredw@mks.com (Fred Walter)
Subject: Re: Can you accept criticism ?
Organization: Mortice Kern Systems Inc., Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 21:36:42 GMT

dbj@cs.washington.edu (Dave Johnson) writes:
>Ross Ridge <ross@zooid.guild.org> writes:
>>fredw@mks.com (Fred Walter) writes:
>>>An even better question, how does one give constructive criticism
>>>without it coming across as a personal attack ?
>>
>>btw, you shouldn't put a space before a question mark (?) at the
>>end of a sentence.

>I believe that what Ross meant to say here was: Excuse me, Fred,
>but I believe you accidentally put a space before the question
>mark at the end of your sentence.  I know you wouldn't have done
>that on purpose, since that would be incorrect grammar, and I'm
>really sorry to have to point it out, but I felt you might want
>to correct it, since it was obviously an accident.

This is so sugary-sweet that only an innocent wouldn't take this as
a sarcastic attempt at destructive critcism.

>Or perhaps: Geez, Fred, only complete and utter morons are stupid
>enough to put spaces before their question marks.

Gee, constructive criticism at it's best :-)

	fred "Do this for a living, do you ? Hmmm." walter
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Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: Ross Ridge <ross@zooid.guild.org>
Subject: Re: Can you accept criticism ? (was Re: Why lurkers lurk ...)
Organization: ZOOiD BBS
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 09:58:36 GMT

Ross Ridge <ross@zooid.guild.org> writes:
>Maybe she wan't your roommate then...

fredw@mks.com (Fred Walter) writes:
>Or maybe she didn't know me at all, and was talking about someone else.
>Or maybe you don't know what you're talking about.
>Or maybe you should stick to stuff you can look up in a book so you don't
>have to reley on an obviously shitty memory.

No, sorry, it's true, she definately wanted to avoid you. 

>I'd rather you didn't do it at all. I don't like people who lie about me,
>whether it's behind my back or in front of my face. I may have more respect
>for the people who can do it in front of my face, but respect won't stop
>me from knowing that someone who lies about me is an asshole.
>
>How can you stand to be a liar ?

How do you?

>>>>I don't worry about how it comes across, I just try be honest. 
>>>
>>>How it comes across is important if you want the other person to actually
>>>listen to what you are saying.
>>
>>That's up to them.
>
>If you don't care if they hear what you are saying, why are you talking ?

If for some reason they can't hear what I'm saying, I'll speak louder.
If they ignore what I say, or get upset at what I say, that's their
problem.

>Just to hear yourself talk ?

Mostly.

							Ross Ridge

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