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From: dbj@cs.washington.edu (Dave Johnson)
Subject: Re: men in their thirties who never dated
Keywords: lime pie
Organization: Computer Science & Engineering, U. of Washington, Seattle
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 92 19:49:47 GMT

In article <ewright.717452240@convex.convex.com> ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright) writes:
>
>But what kind of dates?  As I've said before, looks per se are
>only part of it.  But the sports/fitness craze is a cultural thing.
>What do people do when they go out on a date?  They go out running,
>or biking, or play tennis, or golf, or racketball.  Or maybe they
>go to a baseball or basketball game.  

Which people are you talking about?  I play all of the sports
listed above, I have a girlfriend that I go out with several
times a week, and I can only think of one date that involved
any of the sports you mention.  When I think of dates, I think
of plays, movies, concerts, dancing, etc.  Although you could
look at some of these as sports ;-) most people don't.

With all the choices out there of things to do, what makes you
feel that you must do sports-related things?


>                                      Or maybe they just go to a
>restaurant and talk.  And when they do, they're more likely to be
>talking about sports than about Shakespeare or tensor calculus.
>Even people who are involved in occupations that are considered
>"nerdy," such as science or engineering, usually don't like to
>talk about those things outside of work.  The number of women
>this leaves, who I could even consider having a serious relationship
>with, is quite small.    

At the risk of sounding sexist, I'll say that I've found that
most women roll their eyes when guys start talking about sports.
(Yes, I know there are some women sports fans out there, but there
seem to be a whole lot of women who couldn't care less about sports.)
If you can't find women who are interested in talking about theatre,
or music, or movies, or politics, then I guess I'll jump on the
bandwagon and ask "Where do you find these women?".

>
>The upshot of this is, I am not compatible with most women either
>because they want someone who is more physical/handome/athletic
>than I am or because I want someone who is less physical and more
>intellectual than they are -- more often the latter than the former.
>For some reason, though, whenever I say this, the discussion always
>zeroes in on the narrower issue of looks. 

So there are two cases: women who reject you and women you reject.
The ones who reject you put too much emphasis on physical aspects;
the ones you reject aren't intellectual enough for you?  Or is it
that you reject them because they might be intellectual enough but
spend too much time worrying about their physical fitness?
-- 
  Dave Johnson

"You're not too smart, are you?  I like that in a man."
    --Kathleen Turner in Body Heat 
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From: smith@comm.mot.com (Jeff Smith)
Subject: Re: More on guys who aren't dating Ed Wright
Organization: Gagging Sloth Records
Distribution: soc
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 14:41:51 GMT

In article <1992Sep30.174350.15714@eecs.nwu.edu>, carol@eecs.nwu.edu (Carol Surma) writes:

|> Perfectionists are people who take pains...  and give them to others. :-)
|> 
|> Carol 
|> (yes, my first post)
|> 
|> 
|> -- 
|> 			Carol "the unknown" Surma
|> 			EECS Department
|> 			Northwestern University
|> 			carol@eecs.nwu.edu

Golf clap!

jds

PS:Sorry...I can't be nice to anyone from Northwestern until *after* this
weekend.

...still a Boilermaker....

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From: tskelly@ccvax.ucd.ie
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: A question of rules? or To he that hath!
Date: 26 Sep 92 15:50:33 GMT
Organization: University College Dublin

>It has seemed to me that the opposite sex (male or female) is generally more
>interested in someone that is with someone else. If you are alone (past the
>age of 24) there must be something wrong with you, they think??
>
>Suggestion, go to public place with someone (good looking, intelligent, witty
>charming, sociable are extra qualities that help) even if your sister or
>just a good friend or your visiting cousin; then once in a while drop in
>to those same places by yourself for a short visit.
>
>    Ronald
>---
> ~ DeLuxe}/386 1.25 #10295 ~ All for one and one for all.
>--
>Canada Remote Systems  - Toronto, Ontario
>World's Largest PCBOARD System - 416-629-7000/629-7044


Like it!
Nicely devious, sly and cunning with just the right touch of panache (sp?).
I'll give it a try.

But it does open up some interesting questions!
Do people in general agree that someone who is involved has an added touch of
attraction? (For my part I'd be more interested in knowing if women feel this 
way!)
If so, Why?
Is it concious?
Is it in the eye of the beholder or is it a quality of the beholden?

Answers on a post-card addressed to soc.singles, News, Usenet, World W1 111.

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From: markh@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Mark)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Book Rec.: _Bodies: Overcoming the Tyranny of Perfection_
Date: 3 Oct 1992 16:19:04 GMT
Organization: Computing Services Division, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
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Emma writes about Trygve:
>Nonono! You are definitely perfect!  Join the club!:)

In article <29354@hydra.Helsinki.FI> taina@cs.Helsinki.FI (Juha Taina) writes:
>Perfect people are boring.

Boring is an imperfection.  Therefore, perfect people are never boring.
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From: kiran@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (Kiran Wagle)
Subject: Re: Philly Boink Announcement
Organization: Indiana University
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 10:05:40 GMT

>>>jjd1@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (james.j.dutton) writes:
>>>>If there was a possibility of a poker game

>>wtr@mitre.org (Bill Ralston) writes:
>>>Bring as much money as you can afford to lose (and your seesters).

>jjd1@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (james.j.dutton) writes:
>>HaaawooooooOOOOO baby(rubbing palms together till they smoke).
>>I don't like to loose more'n a couple hundred.

wtr@mitre.org (Bill Ralston) writes:
>A couple hundred sisters!!! Right on!!! Or did you mean a 
>couple of hundered bucks...  
>aw heck, save yourself some trouble.  Just send your seesters to
>Philly with the money, you'll never see either again anyhow, heh heh heh.

Heh heh heh yourself.  Seth and I will have to drop over and clean
your clock.  We'll both take your money, but Seth can have the
seesters all to himself.  *smile*

-- 
"You can fool all of the people some of the time;
 you can fool all of the people some of the time;
 and that should be sufficient for most purposes."
 ............................Tom Weller, _Minims_
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Kiran Wagle                           <kiran@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu>
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From: barry@netcom.com (Kenn Barry)
Subject: Re: Humans as Physical Creatures.
Organization: QQQCLC
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 01:36:59 GMT

In article <1992Oct4.220816.7895@sfu.ca> probst@selkirk.sfu.ca (Scott Probst) writes:
>hmmm. a fellow here at SFU recently completed a dissertation which made the
>thesis that neanderthals were never actually a distinct species, but that the
>regular physical differences which give this impression (all, to my knowledge,
>based on bone evidence) were caused by differences in use and physical activity.hmmm.

	Isn't he a little behind the times? I thought I recalled
Neanderthals reclassified from "Homo Neanderthalis" to "Homo Sapiens
Neanderthalensis" at least 10 years ago.

						Kayembee
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From: kiran@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (Kiran Wagle)
Subject: Re: men in their thirties who never dated
Organization: Indiana University
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 20:33:05 GMT

diamond@acpub.duke.edu (Elizabeth Abrams) writes:

>kiran@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (Me) writes:
>>ignore him, folks.  Let him post whatever he wants, but don't respond
>>except to correct errors of fact, of which there seem to be many.  Let

>Okay, Kiran, you've got my vote.  (Hi, by the way!  Where've you been?) 

Trying to answer 50K of email.  *smile*  And not being able to because
more keeps arriving.  Experimenting with French toast recipes in case
I ever have to deliver on outstanding breakfast-in-bed invitations.
(The amaretto version is particularly nummy.)  Reading Diane Ackerman's
book of poems _Jaguar of Sweet Laughter_ (highly recommended, and I
hate poetry.)  Ordering Will Cuppy books.  Testing pizza recipes at a
local restaurant.  And trying to keep up with this group.  *grin*

How've you been?

>In fact, I don't think that 'correcting errors of fact' is even worth
>it.  He's not capable of discriminating between facts, opinions, and

But we _have_ to correct errors of fact. There are 85K people out there.
Many of them were not around for the last round with Mr E V Wright.

Do we want them to think that Charlie said someone deserved death
because she was fat?  

If Ed's claims against others go uncorrected, someone might read them
and take them seriously.  It happens.  Does the name "Claire Gilbert"
mean anything to you?

>ANYWAY.  Anyone out there got any good techniques for soliciting backrubs
>from total strangers?  

Hmm, maybe you could ask someone you know instead?

>This life of solitude and studious labor I'm leading seems pretty
>cool so far, except that when I'm under stress I don't get tension
>headaches, I get tension backaches.   

Huh?  Life of solitude?  Guess you're not going out with Charlie anymore.

-- 
"The Howling Monkey is confined to South America but seems to escape.
 His howl is caused by a large hyoid bone at the top of the trachea.
 It can be cured by a simple operation on the neck with an axe.
 
 The male Howler is always followed by seven or eight
 female Howlers with young Howlers but this may be a coincidence.

 ................Will Cuppy, _How to Tell Your Friends from the Apes_
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Kiran Wagle                           <kiran@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu>
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From: nance@cbnewsd.cb.att.com (nancy.l.colucci)
Subject: Re: Nance is Hurting ...  :-(
Organization: AT&T
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 14:04:05 GMT


I'd like to warmly thank EVERYONE who sent me email.  You may not believe it
but that kind of thing actually does make healing easier.  I'm all back
to work and the staples come out today at 4:00.  After that, it's "resume
activities as normal" time and I certainly will.  The gutters need cleaning
and the grass is so high my kid needs a map to find the swing set!

I spent my convalescing time making friendship bracelets out of the forty
or so tons of DMC embroidery floss I have left over from various projects,
and every teenage girl in the neighborhood is now my friend!  (Down james,
DOWN!  Jailbait james, jailbait.)  :-)

But all's well that ends well and thank you all again ...

-Nancy Colucci

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From: nance@cbnewsd.cb.att.com (nancy.l.colucci)
Subject: Re: The Engaged Psychobitch from Hell Syndrome
Organization: AT&T
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 19:49:30 GMT

In article <1992Sep28.171931.14509@lmpsbbs.comm.mot.com> smith@comm.mot.com (Jeff Smith) writes:
>In article <90413@netnews.upenn.edu>, crawford@ben.dev.upenn.edu (Lauren L. Crawford) writes:
>|> 
>|> Anyone else out there planning on waiting until marriage before they
>|> have sex, and then sleeping only with their spouse thereafter?  Or
>|> am I too hopeless an anachronism for this group?
>My guess would be that there are more people who feel that way than will
>publicly (at least here) admit it.

I'm glad I live in an age and society where I can determine BEFORE I
marry someone if living and sleeping with him is something I want to
do for the rest of my life.

>Here's an interesting question:  with regard to the first part of your question
>(the part about waiting) would you insist on only dating someone who felt the
>same? Or is this simply something you feel that you, personally, should do?

REAL good question, in an appropriate spot.  


-Nance
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Date: Thursday, 1 Oct 1992 14:16:17 PST
From: <ANNE@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU>
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Good movies ...
 <1992Oct1.201803.16650@beaver.cs.washington.edu>

Can anyone tell me the name of this movie:  Bob Hoskins is in it, and it's
about a huge family  who all come together for someone's funeral.  I
remember in one of the ads, this punk kid was being introduced by his
father, who was totally embarrassed by his kid's clothing.

What was it called?  Was it any good?

Lee Anne
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From: greg@netcom.com (Greg Bullough)
Subject: Re: To all Christian girls
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1992 16:52:59 GMT

In article <1992Oct3.062348.24507@netcom.com> barry@netcom.com (Kenn Barry) writes:
>In article <1992Oct3.051632.17277@netcom.com> greg@netcom.com (Greg Bullough) writes:
>>In article <1992Oct3.001115.6187@newshost.anu.edu.au> just me writes:
>>> I am getting closer to my thirties, and being a genuinly trying Christian man
>>>I constantly have a problem to see where there are all those young sporty
>>>Christian girls ...
>> 
>>What does "sporty" mean? I mean, in a car, it means you can take their
>>tops down...
>
>	The expression "sporting lady" used to be well-known; perhaps it
>has fallen out of fashion? Of course, the only especially Christian
>feature of sporting ladies is the need to drop something in the
>collection plate :-).

Oh. You mean the kind that go out sowing their wild oats all week, then
go to church on Sunday and pray for a crop failure?
 
Greg
From: markh@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Mark)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Barbie likes her Math hard (was: Re: BARBIE DOES IT AGAIN!!!!)
Date: 1 Oct 1992 12:02:56 GMT
Organization: Computing Services Division, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
NNTP-Posting-Host: 129.89.7.4

In article <1992Oct1.003315.26566@noose.ecn.purdue.edu> helz@ecn.purdue.edu (Randall A Helzerman) writes:
>ARRGGGHHH!!!  Are they going to release a "Grad school Ken" which says
>"Where are all the babes?"

Mattel has just reported that they've ameliorated their situation by invoking
a new utterance in 1.65% of their Barbie dolls to the effect:

        "Ooooo, math really turns me on!  I can't get enough of those
         LONG and HARD problems!  (Moan, scream)"



JUST KIDDING!
From: epg@nature.Berkeley.EDU (little 'e' string)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Embarrasment of the Day
Date: 26 Sep 1992 18:14:27 GMT
Organization: Bourbon Street
Distribution: na
NNTP-Posting-Host: nature.berkeley.edu

In article <1992Sep24.102711.8626@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> ron@turing.toronto.edu (Ron Wessels) writes:
>Actually, although I've never tried it (never had the opportunity), it
>could probably be used as quite the inventive pick-up line:
>
>"Excuse me, but >much< as I'm enjoying the view, you might not be aware
>that your skirt is caught in your stockings."  [ pause as she checks and
>adjusts ]  "Actually, if you'd like to get together after the class for a
>coffee, I'd be happy to go into more detail about the parts I really liked."
>
>What do you thing, 'e'?  Would it have worked?

To be honest, I'm sure I would have turned bright red for a minute or
two.  After that, I probably would have laughed and thought the line was
very funny.  And if I thought you were cool, I would've at least been
friendly.

So hey, maybe it's something to think about when you see a funny thing
like that happen.

Just me,

little 'e'

p.s. Thanks to the guy who send me the story about the "funeral"
incident.  It was funny.
From: martinc@grover.cs.unc.edu (Charles R. Martin)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: men in their thirties who never dated
Date: 28 Sep 92 03:24:11 GMT
	<MARTINC.92Sep27144011@grover.cs.unc.edu> <5592@news.duke.edu>
Distribution: na
Organization: UNC Department of Computer Science
In-reply-to: diamond@acpub.duke.edu's message of 28 Sep 92 00:00:12 GMT

In article <5592@news.duke.edu> diamond@acpub.duke.edu (Elizabeth Abrams) writes:

   In article <MARTINC.92Sep27144011@grover.cs.unc.edu> martinc@grover.cs.unc.edu (Charles R. Martin) writes:
   >In article <1992Sep26.184716.1921@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> tlode@nyx.cs.du.edu (trygve lode) writes:
   >
   >   (and why he no longer uses peanut butter
   >   when using this technique); 
   >
   >Beth, I'll make an exception in your case.

   I'm touched, really.... but are you sure that by the time you're done
   with the lawyer and the journalist and both the nurses and the multi-
   degree'd woman that you're going to have the energy?  

It figures that *that* post would get through.

   Peanut butter is pretty sticky, after all, and it might be the wrong
   choice for a man who has to save his strength.  Perhaps we'd better
   go with chocolate sauce.

There's some remark here about Reese's Pieces, but I think I'm far too
urbane to make it.

(*cluck*.  *cluck* *cluck* *cluck*.)

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From: richwing@leland.Stanford.EDU (Rich Wingerter)
Subject: Re: The Engagement Ring Question (was .. Psychobitch from Hell)
Keywords: Ring
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 92 05:15:34 GMT

In article <lbv2auINNoav@news.bbn.com>, dhardin@bbn.com (Dawn Hardin) writes:
|> Related question:  What do you do with your old rings when the marriage
|> is over?

I suggest you have the gems removed and the rings melted down to make a new
ring.  You would get left over gems and metal for this, which might help
finance the project.  Whatever karma was in the rings would be removed in the
process.


--Rich Wingerter
From: keithg@cnmhnet.UUCP (keith garrard)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Marriage
Date: 29 Sep 92 23:21:09 GMT
Distribution: soc.singles
Organization: California-Nevada Methodist Homes

In article <BvB9Au.uo@inews.Intel.COM> gbennett@frx781.intel.com (gbennett) writes:
>
>   Would you be willing to give up a career, a new home, and a new car
>   for an everlasting and loving marriage?

This is a classic question.  However, in today's society there is
more to consider than  just the marriage.  For example, if one of
the parties gives up that which you mention, can the other party
make up for it financially?  This is comparable to the question
that comes up when one partner in a marriage is offered a job
in another city across country.  Is the other partner then willing
to give up their job to move with their partner?  Yes, a 
classic question.  I wonder what Nancy Colucci would do in this
situation.  Hmmmm...
--Keith

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From: atovorni@engr.UVic.CA (Andreas  Tovornik)
Subject: Re: men in their thirties who never dated
Reply-To: atovorni@engr.UVic.CA
Organization: University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 92 02:08:50 GMT

         (all kinds of nonsense deleted)       

  Ed. I read your article about doctors & moderate exercise.
Good one. You forgot one datail: Drinking two 12-ounce beers a day
has been statistically proven healthier than abstaining from 
alcohol completely.

  Only goes to show that moderation is healthier than going gung-ho
and healthier than not partaking at all.

   HMMMMM wonder if they'll prove that for my smoking habit.

CHEERS! 
 
Andy.

PLEASE EXCUSE MY OBVIOUS IGNORANCE.
From: nance@cbnewsd.cb.att.com (nancy.l.colucci)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Marriage
Date: 29 Sep 92 13:19:45 GMT
Organization: AT&T

In article <BvB9Au.uo@inews.Intel.COM> gbennett@frx781.intel.com (gbennett) writes:
>
>I would like to pose a hypothetical question to any single willing to
>respond.  Here it is:
>   Would you be willing to give up a career, a new home, and a new car
>   for an everlasting and loving marriage?

Doubt it.  Why give up my home?  To live in a tree and eat berries?
I wouldn't mind doing that if it is all we could afford, but I need to
know a little more about this scenario to answer honestly.  If this
guy is expecting me to give up everything I own to go live with him
in the Outback and do scientific research, maybe, if the subject was
of interest to both of us.

If he wanted me to give up everything I own and move with him to Iran
so he could command and I'd have to obey, no.

What do you mean by "give up" ???  Forfeit, or sell??

-Nance
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From: jjd1@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (james.j.dutton)
Newsgroups: soc.singles,alt.romance,alt.romance.chat,talk.bizarre
Subject: Re: How long has it been?
Date: 6 Oct 92 14:27:24 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: AT&T

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)
>
 
 Could you be a little more specific as to what kind of animal?

 
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