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Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: nice headlights. vroom. (was Re: What knocker
From: wall@hel4.brl.mil (Jeff Wall)
Date: 11 Sep 92 13:44:24 EST
 <1992Sep5.103409.22190@blaze.cs.jhu.edu> <86@cnmhnet.UUCP> <1992Sep11.001713.5451@odin.corp.sgi.com>
Distribution: world
Organization: U.S. Army Human Engineering Lab  Aberdeen, MD

In article <1992Sep11.001713.5451@odin.corp.sgi.com> lana@magenta.corp.sgi.com
(Lana Mountford) writes:
>In article <86@cnmhnet.UUCP>, keithg@cnmhnet.UUCP (keith garrard) writes:
>|> One cannot be a gentleman in today's
>|> working environment.  A gentleman compliments a lady on her perfume
>|> or her appearance.  NO WAY!  NOT TODAY!  Today, a simple compliment
>|> such as "...that's a nice dress..." depending on the flex in the 
>|> voice, and interpretation, can land you in court for sexual 
>|> harrassment.  Even a simple "..Good Morning" can be misinterpreted,
>|> depending on voice flex.
>
>You won't land in court unless s/he asks you to stop and you refuse
>to do so.  Most organizations (enlightened ones, at least) have
>specific avenues for dealing with alleged harassment.  A simple 
>"good morning" is unlikly to cause a court case.
>   
>|> 	I have to say it, let's bring back the days of Good Ole
>|> Fred MacMurray, and My Three Sons; when the women stayed at home
>|> and took care of the house.  Not only would this eliminate these
>|> conflicts in the workplace, it would help with such problems as 
>|> massive unemployment in the US today, as qualified men could assume
>|> the positions enjoyed by women today.  
>|> 	Fred MacMurray, we need you more than ever.  May you rest
>|> in peace.
>|> 			8-)
>
>OK, I see a smiley, and I *DO* hope you're joking here.  
>
>By the way, Fred MacMurray in My Three Sons was a single father,
>who had a MALE housekeeper.  How does your proposal, that all
>gainfully employed women leave their jobs to make room for all
>the unemployed men, relate to Fred MacMurray, with the possible
>exception of employing the unemployed men as housekeepers?  I'm
>sure there are a lot of unemployed engineers in southern CA who
>would like nothing more than to make beds and clean toilets for
>a living.  :-)

I don't know Lana, I think you let him off pretty easy, there was only one
smiley. A post that is that far off in right field needs to have at least a
whole row of smileys :-).

Jeff Wall
wall@hel4.brl.mil
From: rorschach@muppet.bt.co.uk (Rorschach)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: hello?
Date: 15 Sep 92 09:24:08 GMT
Reply-To: bart@muppet.bt.co.uk
Organization: British Telecom


In article 3600@wvnvms.wvnet.edu, un030025@wvnvms.wvnet.edu () writes:
>Hello there everyone. Just out of curiosity, where are ya all writing from? 

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*thunk*
From: johnf@Auspex.COM (John Fereira)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Airline Madness!
Date: 11 Sep 92 19:25:12 GMT
Organization: Auspex Systems, Inc.

In article <9209111415.AA07428@inet-gw-1.pa.dec.com> GCTHORNE@idbsu.idbsu.edu (Broward Horne) writes:
>
>          I feel fine
>
>              I feel GOOD!
>
>          I'm feeling like I never should

I think Broward got laid.

Welcome back, Broward.  People were wondering when they were going to let 
you out.

-- 
+==========================================================================+
| 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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From: ahsiung@bbn.com (Anita Hsiung)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Flirting.
Date: 11 Sep 1992 21:37:21 GMT
Organization: Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc., Cambridge MA
Reply-To: ahsiung@labs-n.bbn.com (Anita Hsiung)
NNTP-Posting-Host: bbn.com

elliott@csa2.lbl.gov writes:
>
>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!

Mmm, love this topic!

When I'm working with a client and we both know he's married (that
makes him "safe"), it's fun to flirt, when we both know the rules.
For instance, if I ask him (serious), do you need us tomorrow, he may
think and say (grin) , yes, I _want_ you tomorrow.  I then respond
with something like (surprise), oh, in front of all these people?  He
says (shrug), yeah, they may learn something.  I say (friendly smile),
right, we're just one big happy family.  Of course, you have to insert
the smiles, the eyes, the gestures yourself.  Part of it is knowing
how long it will go, and the ending of the "encounter" with a really
friendly remark or gesture.  (Read the book "Body Language" by Julius
Fast.)

I don't flirt with someone I like.  If I'm too nervous, it just
doesn't work!  So, what do I like when I flirt with someone?  Just
some fun.  Recognition that we both know what we're doing, that we say
things I'm not unwilling to have anyone hear, just a personal touch in
an otherwise dreary world.  ;^)

	-- Anita --


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From: blowfish@carina.unm.edu (rON.)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Which is worse??
Date: 12 Sep 92 14:56:20 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

In article <1992Sep11.222131.1@gallua.gallaudet.edu> 11jcollins@gallua.gallaudet.edu writes:
>P.S. Yes, I am short (5'2"), how else would I get the name {Penguin}?     
>     (Then again I *do* waddle sometimes and I look great in a Tux!)
>P.S. No height complexes here - I love the double-take I get when I go out with
>     a lovely lass of 5'9" (without heels!)!! 

I can just imagine the looks you get wearing heels and a tux! You probably look
smashing! (does she get jealous of your legs, though?)
:)
r.
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: loosemore-sandra@CS.YALE.EDU (Sandra Loosemore)
Subject: Re: "We're all normal here"
Organization: staff hacker @ Yale Haskell project
	<1992Sep15.042006.4392@csi.uottawa.ca> <dlzn=zp.aahz@netcom.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 10:48:07 GMT

aahz@netcom.com (Mean Green Dancing Machine) writes:

   >> Welcome to soc.singles. We're all normal here. 
   >   Yeah.  Problem is, we want to be tangent.
   I'm sorry, Mark, I think that was a little too obtuse.

Some of us have more acute sensibilities.  Do I detect sines of
another pun war?  It's enough to make my hair curl.

-Sandra
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: What knockers!  Crreak.
From: parks_typ@med.wcc.govt.nz
Date: 10 Sep 1992 01:53:10 GMT
Reply-To: parks_typ@med.wcc.govt.nz
 <1992Sep7.025433.429@peponi.wcc.govt.nz>,<18kf7uINNpap@agate.berkeley.edu>
Organization: Wellington City Council, Wgtn, NZ
NNTP-Posting-Host: blade.wcc.govt.nz

In article <18kf7uINNpap@agate.berkeley.edu>, jbecker@ocf.berkeley.edu (Jane Becker) writes:

>Yes, guys do this to me occasionally too (in fact someone did it earlier
...

>I'd almost prefer they just plant a hand on my breast and squeeze...
>it would undoubtably be more enjoyable for the both of us... of course
>they run a substantial risk of getting slapped though!  Seriously guys,
>what are you thinking when you do this?  Enquiring minds (well, mind, at
>least) want to know!
>
>-Jane

Here's another enquiring mind which would like to know.





Rachel

"Supergoof"

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   O O
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Rachel

"Supergoof"

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From: wjb@moscom.UUCP (Bill de Beaubien)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Desperation (was Re: Commitment--The C-word?)
Date: 11 Sep 92 23:22:08 GMT
Reply-To: wjb@moscom.com
Organization: Moscom Corp., Pittsford, NY
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5

Doug Rudoff (rudoff@mdd.comm.mot.com) wrote:
: Where did I say that I didn't pursue women who were interested in me?
: I just talked about women who were interested in me but I wasn't
: interested in them.
: 
: I will pursue a woman that is interested in me if I'm interested in
: her.

You don't have to pursue the ones that're interested in you;  they aren't
the ones who run away.  :-)
-- 
"Bless me, Father; I ate a lizard."
"Was it an abstinence day, and was it artificially prepared?"
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Bill de Beaubien / wjb@moscom.com
From: lewocz@acsu.buffalo.edu (John S. Lewocz)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: A lurker goes to California
Keywords: Good luck !!
Date: 11 Sep 92 14:14:51 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: UB

>tyger@netcom.com (Kitty in the Middle) writes:
>>lewocz@acsu.buffalo.edu (John S. Lewocz) writes:
>>> tyger@netcom.com (Kitty in the Middle) writes:
>>>> v105l4lg@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (c pierre) writes:
>>>>	If you can, try and rent a car and buy a map in the process, because	
>>>>that place is quite treacherous. Yes, in the blink of an eye you would be
>>>>naked and broke around those folks. Party animals you see !!
>>>That's a flaming lie! We only want his money! :)
>>
>>You'll be sorely disappointed!!!  :-)
>
>Oh sure, you expect me to believe that? I didn't just fall off a surfboard
>yesterday, you know...(actually it was about a week ago...)

OK, OK.....But if I return to Buffalo naked and penniless you'll have
to answer to C!!  :-)



>  Tyger
>-- 
>      Kristen Kohlbecker    And I would choose to be with you
>      tyger@netcom.com      That's if the choice were mine to make   
>                            But you can make decisions too
>      A Tyger and a Lady    And you can have this heart to break 
> 
>                       
>        

--John
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: ewillims@unix1.tcd.ie (Emma Williams)
Subject: Re: Desperation (was Re: Commitment--The C-word?)
Organization: Trinity College, Dublin
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 08:53:40 GMT

In <1992Sep5.181212.157516@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu> jm0i@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (JOSEPH ALOYSIUS MCVEIGH) writes:

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

>>Another friend of mine insists that it is all due to the sneaky
>>machinations of "someone up there" [pointing skyward] and so therefore she
>>never shaves her legs before going to a party....

>Who's "up there"? Victor Kiam?

	Only if he went to confession regularly!  (*GRIN*)

Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: huston@access.digex.com (Herb Huston)
Subject: Re: Desperation (was Re: Commitment--The C-word?)
Followup-To: talk.origins 
Organization: Express Access Online Communications, Greenbelt, MD USA
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 11:45:15 GMT

In article <ewillims.715969109@unix1.tcd.ie> ewillims@unix1.tcd.ie (Emma Williams) writes:
>	Actually, he had a very good point. I do know a guy who used to
>shave his head in order to make a faster time in swim races.
>Mind you I do think that maybe shaving leg hair for that reason is a bit
>silly as human hair naturally grows in whorls on the body which would
>not trap air when swimming .  At least that is what Desmond Morris says
>in his book Manwatching where he states that that is yet another reason
>why humans were once aquatic primates.  Our hair grows the same way that
            ^^^^ ^^^^
>dolphin hair does too.  (I'm only quoting someone else here!)

That should be "might once have been."  It's Elaine Morgan who would say
"once were."  Morris was writing back in 1977, but the Hardy Aquatic Ape
Theory doesn't look as good, anymore.  This is a topic that sometimes shows
up on talk.origins to which I've set follow-ups.

As for swimmers shaving body hair or head hair, these are people trying to
gain a fraction-of-a-second advantage over competitors.

-- Herb Huston
From: johnf@Auspex.COM (John Fereira)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: leg shaving
Date: 10 Sep 92 00:38:40 GMT
Organization: Auspex Systems, Inc.

In article <h5snzfh@lynx.unm.edu> hays@TECHNET.NM.ORG writes:
>
>I'll tell you why.  Blood loss.  Sepsis.  Depletion of local blood bank 
>stockpiles.  Carnage beyong belief.
>
>Don't beleive me?  Shave your butt-crack.  I dare ya.  No fair getting help,
>though you may opt for waxing if you like...
 
Larry, you're sick.  The babe chasing thing of James is starting to sound
better and better.

-- 
+==========================================================================+
| John Fereira     | Auspex Systems | "Auspex does not share my opinions.  |
| johnf@auspex.com | Santa Clara CA |  So Why am I still working here?"    |
+==========================================================================+
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: ewillims@unix1.tcd.ie (Emma Williams)
Subject: Re: Cradle Robbin?
Organization: Trinity College, Dublin
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 11:27:18 GMT

In <lasi5hINN8r4@news.bbn.com> dhardin@bbn.com (Dawn Hardin) writes:

>In article <1992Sep9.172209.2901@cbnewsd.cb.att.com> nance@cbnewsd.cb.att.com (nancy.l.colucci) writes:
>>
>>Dawn?
>>
>>A few questions about this ProblemYoungerMan?  Ignore this DCFS officer.
>>Just HOW old is this, er, "man" you speak of?  :-)
>>
>>-Nance

><nose in air, snotty sniff>  I will ignore any scandalous and unfounded 
>accusations, thank you very much.  My sweetheart is 26.

>(Of course, that's in human years...)

	Human Years? That makes him really nearly 4 years old in dog years.
		I see....  (*GRIN*)
From: wjb@moscom.UUCP (Bill de Beaubien)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Tallllll women....
Date: 13 Sep 92 00:34:25 GMT
Reply-To: wjb@moscom.com
Organization: Moscom Corp., Pittsford, NY
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5

parks_typ@med.wcc.govt.nz wrote:
: I suspect I'm more crazy *because* I'm tall - hey, if I'm going to get noticed
: anyway ...

That's it, you're taller, and consequently absorb more cosmic rays;  less
atmosphere to screen 'em.  Must be it.
-- 
"Bless me, Father; I ate a lizard."
"Was it an abstinence day, and was it artificially prepared?"
-------------------------------------------------------------
Bill de Beaubien / wjb@moscom.com
From: rkf@wildrose.infoserv.com (Ray Fink)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: chemistry / love at first sight : fact or fiction?
Date: Wed, 09 Sep 92 22:35:06 MDT
Distribution: world
Organization: Wild Rose Refugee Camp

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

>	Actually, I was discussing this very point today with a few
>friends at lunch and we rather came to the conclusion that it was
>mostly a "female thing". (Of course, the three of us were female so
>that might have something to do with our conclusions! :)
>Women find men a challenge if they can't quite be totally sure of their
>devotion.  This can be brought to extremes by some, particularly by
>someone we all know who loses all interest in a guy the second he is
>"hooked" and then dumps him callously. She has a few hang-ups as you can 
>see!  But I do think that women don't generally like guys who act like
>doormats for them..there has to be a sense of excitement in a relationship
>and the desire to put some effort into the partnership.  If the guy is too
>mushy (initially anyway) then it can be a turnoff.

Ahh, how familiar, too mushy initially but not mushy enough later.  
(There's a straight line if anyone wants one :-). 

>Well, do you guys feel the same way?  Do you hate it if the woman makes
>it too obvious that she can't live without you?  Actually, I'm sure you
>probably do...I have heard men complain before about "clingy" women!

Sometimes it's hard to distinguish "can't live without you" (argh, clingy
dependent nightmares) from "would vastly prefer to spend lots of time 
with you" (yo, mama!) particularly when there's all that chemistry/attraction
going on.   In trying to avoid the former, I no doubt overcompensate a
little... Type II errors and all that.

-- Ray
From: gds@LA.TIS.COM (Greg Skinner)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: soc.singles #64637 - Re: Desperation (was Re: Commitment--The C-word?)
Date: 6 Sep 92 15:11:57 GMT
Organization: Trusted Information Systems, Inc., Los Angeles, CA

In article <kiran.715691675@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu> Kiran Wagle writes:
>I think there is certainly nothing wrong with a person's feeling that
>his or her life is not complete without a happy romantic relationship.

I agree.  After all, why do people try to form relationships, if their
lives are already complete?

There is, however, a difference between feeling one's life is not
complete, and feeling one's life is miserable, or worthless.

It seems that in this newsgroup, admitting you have certain needs is
looked down upon.  Why is that?

--gregbo
From: lewocz@acsu.buffalo.edu (John S. Lewocz)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: A lurker goes to California
Date: 9 Sep 92 04:01:55 GMT
Organization: State University of New York at Buffalo/Comp Sci

Hi All,

I'm scheduled for an interview with a Bay Area company next Fri, the 18th,
and, this being my first trip to the state of California, I was wondering
in anyone would volunteer to show me the sights.  I'll be arriving around
noon on Thursday and leaving late Sat evening.

Thanks!!

--John Lewocz

-- 
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: sethb@fid.morgan.com (Seth Breidbart)
Subject: Re: Believe in youself, dammit!
Organization: my opinions only
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 02:04:57 GMT

In article <1992Sep13.213227.1867@samba.oit.unc.edu>
Bathsheba.Grossman@bbs.oit.unc.edu (Bathsheba Grossman) writes:
>In article <kiran.716377022@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu> kiran@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (Kiran Wagle) writes:

>>I have no trouble initiating conversations with strangers.

>Kiran, you're weird, and furthermore I don't believe you B).

Well, he has initiated conversations with me, and they don't come much
stranger :-)

Seth		sethb@fid.morgan.com
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: misrael@csi.uottawa.ca (Mark Israel)
Subject: Groucho Marx syndrome
Organization: Dept. of Computer Science, University of Ottawa
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 92 04:25:19 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:

>> Plus, there's the slight problem that a good proportion of the 
>> population tends to find people who aren't interested in them more 
>> attractive than people who are interested in them. 
>
> Actually, I was discussing this very point today with a few
> friends at lunch and we rather came to the conclusion that it was
> mostly a "female thing".

   I think it's a "people-who-haven't-consciously-picked-a-strategy" 
thing.  That *would* TEND to make it more a female thing.

> Women find men a challenge if they can't quite be totally sure of 
> their devotion.

   I used to think I needed such a challenge, but I now realise that 
finding and wooing a satisfactory woman is a sufficient challenge.

> Well, do you guys feel the same way?  Do you hate it if the woman 
> makes it too obvious that she can't live without you?

   Yes, but I certainly don't mind if she admits being attracted to me!

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: Intelligence vs Smart Alec (Was: Various ramblings...)
Date: 6 Sep 92 22:47:23 GMT
Organization: UNC Department of Computer Science
In-reply-to: misrael@csi.uottawa.ca's message of 6 Sep 92 03:00:07 GMT

In article <1992Sep6.030007.5552@csi.uottawa.ca> misrael@csi.uottawa.ca (Mark Israel) writes:

      Try closing the window.  That should provide draught relief.  But
   don't you spell it "draft" in the U.S.A.?  :-)

Nope, we haven't had a draft since the mid 70's.
--
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: c71@ix.urz.uni-heidelberg.de (David N)
Subject: Re: Moose (was Re: Desperation)
Reply-To: c71@ix.urz.uni-heidelberg.de
Organization: University of Heidelberg, Germany
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 92 09:44:44 GMT


In article TBcVqB2w165w@wildrose.infoserv.com, rkf@wildrose.infoserv.com (Ray Fink) writes:
>ewillims@unix1.tcd.ie (Emma Williams) writes:
>
>> In <1992Sep9.102845.4852@sun0.urz.uni-heidelberg.de> c71@ix.urz.uni-heidelber
>> 
>> >AHA! But Different animals have different pheromones! Does Yves Saint Lauren
>> >moose-sex? Or could there be a flaw in the theory?
>> 
>> 
>> 	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....
>>  
>> >(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
>
>Hey, I've eaten moose...it's good! Sweet and fine-grained, not gamy at
>all. 
>
>You are what you eat? and moose pheromones are the closest to human ones?
>I'm trying to recall if we ended up in the sack after the moose dinner...
>or was I just horny afterward?
>
>-- Ray
>

It's the first time I've heard about the similarities between moose and human
pheromones. Interesting. But why go for no.2? Why not put human pheromones into perfumes, etc?
  Moose reaaly tastes good! Something between cow and deer. It fits well together with garlic and mushrooms and a wine sauce (*yumyum*). Too bad the Germans here in Heidelberg don't have them. I guess they might look cute on pictures or on television, but in reality they are quite dangerous. More dangerous than wolves (who actually aren't dangerous at all for people). I don't know much about wolves' pheromones but they ought to smell a bit lke dogs. When I was a kid my family had a border terrier, so the s


mell of wet dog makes me feel quite good nowadays. But not horny (this supports the moose-pheromone theory by exclusion).
  Here are some cute animals: Rabbit, deer, rain-deer, piglet and duck. All of them taste good with garlic. I must have a split personality.
  What is "Northern Exposure" (except from reading this) ?

David

P.S. Moose are a major cause of death accidents on Swedish roads.