HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Tallllll women....
From: parks_typ@med.wcc.govt.nz
Date: 9 Sep 1992 23:33:17 GMT
Reply-To: parks_typ@med.wcc.govt.nz
 <7cln7j-@lynx.unm.edu>,<1992Sep7.023328.29476@peponi.wcc.govt.nz>,<myrnynj@lynx.unm.edu>
Organization: Wellington City Council, Wgtn, NZ
NNTP-Posting-Host: blade.wcc.govt.nz

In article <myrnynj@lynx.unm.edu>, hays@TECHNET.NM.ORG (Larry 'Purple' Hays) writes:

>>I lived with a guy for a year who was 6'4", but he was a total shithead.  I've
>>decided that tall isn't *that* important - nice, but not vital.
>
>Really!  There's plenty of other people out there, just out there WAITING to
>meet you, who although they might not be as tall as he, or as geographically
>convenient, are every bit as much of a shithead as he was.


No kidding!  I think I've met a significant number of them since then too.






Rachel

"Supergoof"

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Rachel

"Supergoof"

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From: kgorman@star-trek.bbn.com (Karen Gorman)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Boston Boink - Highlights
Keywords: Hairless Wonder, Police, Bananas, Pickles
Date: 15 Sep 92 21:10:03 GMT
Reply-To: kgorman@BBN.COM (Karen Gorman)
Organization: Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc., Cambridge MA
NNTP-Posting-Host: archive.bbn.com

In article <1992Sep15.155935.20581@gvl.unisys.com> liz@prc.unisys.com (Liz Loquacious) writes:
>
|Well, now that I'm back at work after recovering from a great
|weekend and since noone else has posted anything yet....

[.....]

|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 
|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 
|chairs!  One of Boston's finest showed up at the door and we had
|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!

Yes, I was MIA all weekend long :-(.  I tried to meet up with the folks on 
Friday night, Saturday day and Sunday, but kept missing everyone since they
didn't stay in one place very long!  By Saturday afternoon, it was beginning to
seem like a "Wild Goose Chase Boink".  In any event, I found myself in Harvard
Square in the middle of a Saturday afternoon getting an early start on Saturday 
night type of activities, and I found some very pleasant company along the 
way ;-).  As a result of the libations a bit ahead of schedule and the pleasant
company, I managed to fall asleep (no I'm not getting old) for most of
Saturday evening...mea culpa!  I won't do it again, I promise.

I'm really sorry I didn't get to meet all the net.folks and the rest of the 
group too :-(....Next time!

|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. :-)  

I wanted to see this one myself!

|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!

A road trip...I like the sound of that!


|Thanks Bob!


Hope you will do it again in the not so distant future!


Karen
kg@bbn.com
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: wtr@mitre.org (Bill Ralston)
Subject: Re: Flirting.
Organization: The MITRE Corporation
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 23:54:20 GMT

in article <1992Sep11.101012.3241@memstvx1.memst.edu> 
mcsweinberg@memstvx1.memst.edu (Rai) posts:
> If she is serious her flirting will get more intense. (i.e Sitting on or
>near your desk or area often, offering backrubs, etc..)

Oh to be back in school were offering a backrub was not only an acceptible 
form of flirting, but was frequently accepted.

Bill
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Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: denis@gandalf.ca (Denis Godmaire)
Subject: Re: SHOULD I CALL MY EX-GIRLFRIEND?
Organization: Gandalf Data Ltd.
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 14:49:25 GMT

In <1992Sep10.175716.6271@TorreyPinesCA.ncr.com> shear@TorreyPinesCA.ncr.com (Jeff Shear 3769) writes:


>I broke up with my girlfriend about 2 months ago. Since
>then I haven't spoken to her.  I would like to call her
>just to say hi and see how she's doing--sort of to salvage
>a friendship out of a 6 month relationship.  It just seems
>so stupid that two people spend so much time together and
>then all of the sudden they never talk to one another again.
>She hasn't called me and I haven't called her.  Any advice
>out there would be greatly appreciated. I suppose that I 
>haven't called her because I'm afraid to find out how she
>might react to my call.

>Thanks,

>Jeff

give her a call! you have nothing to loose. she even might go back to you!



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From: mcsweinberg@memstvx1.memst.edu
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Flirting.
Date: 11 Sep 92 10:10:11 -0600
Distribution: world
Organization: Memphis State University

> Several times I have not realized someone was flirting with me until a few
> hours later I slapped myself on the head and wondered what I had been thinking
> about.   But then even if I had noticed I don't know if I would have known
> what to do about it.
> 
> So to everyone out there (especially the few women who actually read and write
> here) what am I missing?  Fill me in.  What do women like when flirting from
> men, what do they dislike?  What do they do when flirting with men (i.e. what
> should I be on the look out for)?  Thanks for the help!

Since I have been known to be a compulsive flirt, 1) Let me oint out that
just because a women is flirting with you does not mean she really interested.
She may be trying to make another guy jelous or just get off on flirting. (I 
have a friend who does this constantly) 2) Let say your not sure whether
she's flirting or not.

Either way the best way to deal with it is the Friendly Flirt. Make yourself
noticed be overly cordial and friendly. Joke around and make incinuations
without really making it clear if you are bring friendly or want more. If
she is serious her flirting will get more intense. (i.e Sitting on or
near your desk or area often, offering backrubs, etc..)

Rai.
> 
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: ewillims@unix1.tcd.ie (Emma Williams)
Subject: Re: Desperation (was Re: Commitment--The C
Organization: Trinity College, Dublin
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 15:50:19 GMT

In <1992Sep10.092753.2320@sun0.urz.uni-heidelberg.de> c71@ix.urz.uni-heidelberg.de (Francesco Tarantelli) writes:

>In article 716052347@unix1.tcd.ie, ewillims@unix1.tcd.ie (Emma Williams) writes:>In  
>>	According to the powers that be, moose pheronomes are the nearest
>>to human ones....I'm just repeating what I've been told!  Personally, I 
>>would have thought that another primate species would have been better....
>> 
>>>David
>>>(As a true Swede, I enjoy eating moose, but it stays at that.)
>>	You eat moose??? (*Gasp*)  But, they are so cute!  Have you ever
>>seen the series "Northern Exposure"??
>>
>Hey, that's a piece of interesting information about the moose pheromones! I've
>never heard about it before. As I said, in Sweden we eat them (it tastes like
>something between veal and deer. Very nice with garlic and mushrooms.). Maybe
>we should start rubbing ourselves with them instead. 

	Hey, whatever you're into!:>

>  I agree that moose are cute. On postcards. Or on television. But they are not
>very cuddly (is that an english word?). 

	Yes, cuddly is english.  Good word :)
 
>One of the major causes of death accidents on
>Swedish roads are collisions with moose. Personally I prefer wolves. They have
>an undeserved bad reputation.

	I agree with you, wolves are haunting animals.  They always look 
so sad... 

>What is "Northern Exposure" ? (except for what you are submitting yourself to by
>reading this)

	A hilariously funny comedy series about a jewish doctor's life in
a tiny town in Alaska called Cicely.  Moose are evident too!:)
 
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: kiran@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (Kiran Wagle)
Subject: Re: Desperation (was Re: Commitment--The C-word?)
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 06:46:33 GMT

ewillims@unix1.tcd.ie (Emma Williams) writes:

>Moose do it!  Why do you think they put musk in perfumes and aftershaves! ;>

When I was in New haven, we stopped at the Peabody to see the dodo.
They had an exhibit of the principal sources of perfumes--musk,
ambergris, and a couple others.  The perfumer's musk comes from the
civet cat, btw.

They smelled utterly foul.  I have no idea how ppl ever thought to
make perfumes from such rank substances. 

Afterwards we went to Sally's for a fresh tomato, basil, and
mozzarella pizza with white garlic sauce, baked in a wood-fired oven.

Now _those_ are some delicious perfumes!

[Actually we went to Pepe's that night for a fresh clam and garlic pie, and
 Sally's the next day.  Sally's is truly exquisite, much better than Pepe's,
 and as my friend says, a good story is better than a true story any day.]

-- 
"The distorted images of animals displayed in the media, language,
 advertising, and cartoons, distorts and degrades animals. 
 Is this not another form of pornography?"

 Feminists for Animal Rights, quoted in the _New Republic_.
-- 
Kiran Wagle <kiran@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu>
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: huston@access.digex.com (Herb Huston)
Subject: Re: Las Vegas
Organization: Express Access Online Communications, Greenbelt, MD USA
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 11:25:45 GMT

In article <4121@moscom.UUCP> wjb@moscom.UUCP (Bill de Beaubien) writes:
>Herb Huston (huston@access.digex.com) wrote:
>: I added the Portage Lake Vertical Lift Bridge to my collection.
>
>Collection of what?

Bridges.  Since taking them home for display in my yard presents practical
difficulties, I content myself with driving or walking across and taking a
photograph.  Some notable items in my collection are the covered bridge at
Hartland, New Brunswick, the New River Gorge Bridge in West Virginia, and
the Royal Gorge Bridge in Colorado.

-- Herb Huston
From: gal@endor.uucp (Gal Kaplan)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Nice Guys?
Summary: What I did on my Summer Vacation
Date: 15 Sep 92 16:18:53 GMT
Article-I.D.: das.1992Sep15.161853.3595
Organization: Harvard University

In article <1992Sep14.203939.19336@csi.uottawa.ca> misrael@csi.uottawa.ca (Mark Israel) writes:
>In article <jxvnggm.slf@netcom.com>, slf@netcom.com (Sharon Fisher) writes:
>
>> Sigh.  School just started again, didn't it?
>>
>> No, it is not true that women, in general, prefer assholes.
>>
>> Women, in general, prefer guys with self-confidence.
>>
>> Unfortunately, assholes are generally pretty self-confident.
>>
>> As a wise woman friend of mine once said (meaning, "I can't remember
>> her name"), "Being *nice* is not enough."  Okay, fine, you're *nice*.
>> But you also need to be *interesting*.  
>
>   Pooh.

Mark, I'm all for subtle understatements, but there are probably better ways 
of Pooh you miss her (-:

	~~~
	~~~ Gal
	~~~
From: jjd1@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (james.j.dutton)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: General topic to break the monotony
Date: 8 Sep 92 17:56:57 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: AT&T

In article <1992Sep8.161856.26787@cbnewsd.cb.att.com> nance@cbnewsd.cb.att.com (nancy.l.colucci) writes:
>In article <1992Sep8.152104.24662@cbfsb.cb.att.com> jjd1@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (james.j.dutton) writes:
>>Da plane never cleared forty feet.
>>The skydivers needed to clear 500 ft to jump.
>
>Wrongola.  You need 500 ft for your shoot to deploy.  Don't jump
>unless you're at 750 ft please.
>
>-Nance, whooze done it four times and lived. (!)

I stand corrected. That'll teach me to repeat what the instructor said.
 
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Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: hays@TECHNET.NM.ORG (Larry 'Purple' Hays)
Subject: Re: Blind dates scare me!
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 92 17:16:41 GMT
Organization: New Mexico Technet   Albuquerque, NM
Reply-To: hays@TECHNET.NM.ORG

In article <14609@auspex-gw.auspex.com>, johnf@Auspex.COM (John Fereira) writes:
>In article <1992Sep13.142731.3611@wvnvms.wvnet.edu> un030025@wvnvms.wvnet.edu writes:
>>
>>  [traumatic blind date deleted]
>
>
>Oh baby! Does she have any seesters?
>
>It seems to me that a blind date is usually set up by someone else.  Usually
>a friend or relative.  Perhaps you need to clue in your friends on the type
>of woman that you're interested in.

Better yet - do what I did the last time I went on a blind date - 
Double (or Triple) date with whomever set it up.  That way, if things
go too awfully awry, they're right there, within arm's reach, and BOTH
you and your blind date can beat them up.

Unproductive, but satisfying.

Seriously, things didn't go that badly, they just didn't go well, either.
No blood was shed.

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From: jm0i@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (JOSEPH ALOYSIUS MCVEIGH)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Can you accept criticism ? (was Re: Why lurkers lurk ...)
Date: 4 Sep 92 20:50:00 GMT
Organization: Lehigh University

fredw@mks.com (Fred Walter) writes:

>This reminds me of something else - who can take criticism (constructive
>criticism that is) without getting upset ?

If I disagree with the criticism, I dismiss its validity. If I understand it,
and see some truth in it, I consider the critic to be interested enough in my
personal improvement to risk me taking a swing at him/her, and thank him/her.

>An even better question, how
>does one give constructive criticism without it coming across as a
>personal attack ?

Attribute it vaguely. "I heard someone say that blah blah blah. I won't name
names; I don't want to jaundice your opinion of someone, blah blah blah...."

Never mention that the person you heard saying it was you.
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Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: drmax@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Marianna Max)
Subject: Re: Ring for sale (The ballad of a Guy & Girl)
Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston Illinois.
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 17:02:04 GMT

In article <1992Sep14.171217.14177@lmpsbbs.comm.mot.com> smith@comm.mot.com (Jeff Smith) writes:
>In article <1992Sep12.165433.23153@news.acns.nwu.edu>, drmax@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Marianna Max) writes:
>|> 
>|> Brownard is alive and well in Idaho. He fell in love by email so is not
>|> welding his bat on women anymore. However HP is giving him trouble so I
>|> think it hasn't been completely retired. (HP apparently recomended not
>|> rehiring him based on their reading of some of his email communications
>|> while he was in their employ). Big brother is out there still apparently. 
>
>Wow...that's pretty scary (says Jeff as he madly starts deleting old mails).
>How did he find out that that was the reason...I can't imagine them actually
>admitting to it!
>
They told him and showed the content that they found objectionable, things
like some mild complaints about HP and some other pretty innocuous stuff.
It sounded like an overzealous manager rather than any HP policy and I got
the impression that HP told the manager to knock it off but nonetheless
they do have access. Sorry Brownard if I've talked about things that I
shouldn't have. It is something to think about though, there do not appear
to be any privacy guarantees for email.
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: weird@cbnewsf.cb.att.com (john.t.erhardt)
Subject: Re: Singles Bar (Why would you want one?)
Organization: AT&T
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 21:22:49 GMT

In article <14523@auspex-gw.auspex.com> johnf@Auspex.COM (John Fereira) writes:
>In article <1992Sep9.010758.3248@cronkite.ocis.temple.edu> stan@astro.ocis.temple.edu (Stan Horwitz) writes:
>>
>
>>My latest plan for meeting people is to join a local bicycle club. According
>>to the newsletter I read from this organization, it seems like a lot of 
>>people are members that are in my age group. It is also a chance for me to get
>>out and get some riding in on my new mountain bike. So hopefully, I can
>>combine getting excercise with finding a new girlfriend. I just sent the form
>>away to apply to this bicycle group yesterday and I am anxiously awaiting my
>>first outing with the group.
>
Well since I've posted to this group twice today, I guess I'm no longer
a lurker.  At least I think so.  

I've been doing training rides with a racing team on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
They also have a group of people who like to ride for other reasons... 
health, fun, looking for a date.  It's gotten to be quite a friendly
bunch of people.  However, if you looking for women to meet it might be
a little difficult.  There are only about four women who come to these
rides regularly (out of about 30 people).  I wouldn't doubt that some of them
are married.  Also I've found that cycling is mostly a grown ups' sport.
Most of the people there have already graduated college long ago, have
jobs, and families.  THere are a few junior level racers (under 18) but
very few.  It all depends upon what you're looking for.  I'm in it because
I love bike racing.  If I meet someone who I fall in love with along the way
that's great too.  

If the club you're joining is more recrational and less racing, you might
find more women in it.  There's just aren't that many women bike racers
around Illinois.  The women who do race have incredible bodies though.

John

Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: tyger@netcom.com (Kitty in the Middle)
Subject: Re: A lurker goes to California
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 92 06:38:43 GMT
Organization:  MOOOOOOOOOON RIIIIIIIIIIVER!

wall@hel4.brl.mil (Jeff Wall) writes:
>
>tyger@netcom.com (Kitty in the Middle) writes:
>>
>>johnf@Auspex.COM (John Fereira) writes:
>>>
>>>Are you sure this is spelled correctly? 
>>>
>>
>>I am pretty sure it's spelled right, but it *could* be the wrong word, I
>>suppose. The IRS was involved in the demise of the aforementioned Ranch, 
>>but I didn't think the issue was tax *evasion*. I might be wrong, but I
>>hardly ever am...;)
>
>Well, it's nice to know somebody in this group can be labeled net.genious, and
>knows everything.  Have you considered starting your own column??  Dear Kitty??
> Or  maybe The Soc.singles Advisor??

I see this, and I am reminded of the words of an acquaintance of mine in
regards to similar braindead commentary:

      Your assignment: e-mail me an essay on the literary 
      uses of irony when you figure it out. Rest assured, 
      I'll waste no time reading it.

Do you perchance see the semicolon-parens at the end of my post? Good! 
We're making such progress with you this evening! That is what is known
in netland as a "wink face" or "winkey face", one of a number of possible
smileys and the like that can be tagged on to certain comments to lighten
the sting of a sarcastic remark or indicate...*drumroll* IRONY!, yes that 
little literary device that sailed right over your head. 


>Boy it sure is comforting to know if I have a question nobody else can answer,
>you will be able to. Gives me a profound sense of well being.

That's right, dear...I like helping the differently clued...It's a calling,
I guess...  (hint: more irony)

>Jeff Wall

   Tyger

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Newsgroups: soc.singles,alt.romance,soc.women,ny.general,nyc.general,ny.wanted
From: bdowning@mary.fordham.edu (Brian Downing)
Subject: Re: Where to go on a date
Organization: Fordham University
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 09:43:00 GMT
X-Posted-From: mary.fordham.edu
X-Posted-Through: sol.ctr.columbia.edu

>Could anyone please suggest some nice places to go on a date in New York city?

 The Circle Line ships cruise around Manhattan. This is a cool way to see
alot of the city.

 What I personally love about living in  NYC are the multitudes of
ethnic restaurants. Cheap, expensive, clean, bohemian, uptown, downtown,
etc. It's so subjective tough, I couldn't begin to tell you where to go.
How much is going to be spent? What are your/(his,her) tastes?

  I have a friend coming to visit next month and I plan to take her to
Central Park's Belvedere castle, Inwood Hill Park, the Metropolitan Museum
of Art, and maybe the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens. Then to eat I'll take
her down to the Lower East Side/East Village to eat and watch the perpetual
carnival atmosphere that exists in that neighborhood.

Brian Downing   VAX User Assistant,  Fordham University, New York, New York
Internet: bdowning@mary.fordham.edu  Bitnet: bdowning@fordmulc.bitnet
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From: dfair@octel.com (Donald Fair)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Tallllll women....
Date: 8 Sep 92 20:32:15 GMT
Organization: Octel Communications Inc., Milpitas Ca.

In article <1992Sep7.004721.23004@uwm.edu> markh@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Mark) writes:
>In article <29110@hydra.Helsinki.FI> taina@cs.Helsinki.FI (Juha Taina) writes:
>>Height doesn't matter unless you let it matter.   The world is full of
>>people who like you the way you are instead of the way you look like.
>>We can't do much to our height anyway.
>>
>>If I remember right there was/is a 5'7" - 5'9" basketball player in
>>NBA.  Anyone remember him?
>
>Yes, I do.  I even know his name and the team he played for (Kanses City
>Kings).  :)

	How about Muggsy in Charlotte NC. (Hornets)
	How about the Duke player. 
	Basketball has found that there is a place
	for short and quick.


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