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From: eagle@garfield.catt.ncsu.edu (Daniel L'Hommedieu)
Subject: Meeting people
Organization: Computer and Technologies Theme Program, NCSU, Raleigh
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 18:15:54 GMT

Not that I'm any expert on the matter, I wanted to put forth a common
idea with respect to meeting people.  Through reading the thread "Where
did you meet your SO?" (btw, I can't stand the term "SO"), I have
noticed that it really didn't matter WHERE people met--just that they
did.

You're never going to meet people if you sit on your Internet connection
all day long.  You have to get OUT.  Where?  I don't know.  Join a yacht
club.  Learn to dance.  Pick up a sport or another hobby.  Just get OUT.
Not for the faint-at-heart: work for the school newspaper.

I used to never go out--I was a "homebody."  But since I got to college,
I'm around people all the time, and it's somewhat harder to isolate
myself in a dorm-type situation.  It's still possible, though.  Last
night, a friend took me to a Campus Crusade for Christ meeting, and...
wow!...there were some lookers there.  But, hey, I'm not looking.  It's
just an idea for those of you who are.

One friend did once give me a piece of advice: be unique.  Nobody wants
to date a girl just like his best friend's girlfriend (pardon the
apparent sexism).  The amusing thing is that people naturally want to
conform.  When you are unique, that gives people something to notice
about YOU--to notice that you are DIFFERENT.

Another friend used like to go to the mall often.  He said that he
wanted to "see and be seen."

Good luck!

Daniel
--
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From: Rec.humor.funny:				   "Ich bin ein Adler"
      My unique solution to two of the world's problems:
      "Feed the Homeless to the Hungry"
Newsgroups: alt.romance
From: euamts@eua.ericsson.se (Mats Henricson)
Subject: Re: Do you have a good pickup line?
Reply-To: euamts@eua.ericsson.se
Organization: Ellemtel Telecom Systems Labs, Stockholm, Sweden
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 17:47:09 GMT

OK, I saw a few on the net a while ago, and the following ones are the only
I didn't find plainly rediculous:

- So, what would you like for breakfast?
- Excuse me, is it true that you're a sexual tyrannosaurus?
- Hi! Can I buy you a Car?

My favourite:
- Hi!, the voices in my head said to come over and talk to you.

My second best favourite:
- Why don't you come on over here, sit on my lap, and we'll talk
  about the first thing that pops up?

If I have used any of them? Are you crazy?

Mats Henricson

Newsgroups: alt.romance
From: ashley@oasis.gtefsd.com (Bob Ashley)
Subject: Re: Where did you meet your SO?
Reply-To: ashley@oasis.gtefsd.com
Organization: GTE Federal Systems Division
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 22:15:36 GMT

In article 6pu@mach1.wlu.ca,  macl6441@mach1.wlu.ca (macleod heather) writes:
>In article <1993Jan6.064348.26971@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> bss2p@kelvin.seas.Virginia.EDU (Brent S. Stone) writes:
>>As long as Heather got the ball rolling on the 
>>subject of meeting people, where you meet your
>>current partner?  Theorizing where to meet
>>people is one thing, what works is another.  
>>So how about some info for the group?
>>
>>BS
>>
>>
>>
>Yes, absolutely!!  I'm getting hundreds of theories, let's hear some
>reallife experiences!!
>

Oh, I think I can add to Brent and Heather's request ...

We met on the network, but not where one would expect ... we met in
alt.sport.bowling, both of us being multiple league members in our
respective areas.  In just a few short weeks, our conversations had
evolved from bowling to much more personal topics, and entertained
ideas of a meeting here in Washington, DC.

Plans were made and she came out and spent five days here, with at
least three bowling nights ... she left Tuesday morning, and it was
a very emotional departure.  She did not want to leave DC and I did
not want her to go, but alas, we had our lives to resume ... but
there are possibilities.


Bob - 'twas the best five days I've had in a long, long time   :-)

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From: rstevew@deeptht.armory.com (Richard Steven Walz)
Newsgroups: alt.romance,soc.men,soc.women,alt.sex,soc.couples,soc.singles
Subject: Re: How Strong Should a Man Be?
Date: 7 Jan 93 17:10:17 GMT
Organization: The Armory

In article <1993Jan1.020146.1047@samba.oit.unc.edu> Catherine.Collingwood@launchpad.unc.edu (Catherine Collingwood) writes:
>In article <1hvafiINNcao@bigboote.WPI.EDU> satan@wpi.WPI.EDU (Matthew James Meyer) writes:
>>In article <stone.725819462@cwis> stone@cwis.unomaha.edu (Travis Stone) writes:
>>>******************************************************************
>>>
>>>Strong enough to keep from *breaking* a heart, through thoughtlessness,
>>>lack of love, or indifference....
>>>
>>>****************************************************************** 
>>>T.R. Stone
>
>Strong enough to admit when he is weak.
>Lady Firebird
-------------------------
So that women can know exactly when to deem him a loser and leave.
(As seen on "You Asked For It!")
-RSW

-- 
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* 515 Maple Street #1   * Without safe and free abortion women are   *
* Santa Cruz, CA 95060    organ-surrogates to unwanted parasites.*   *
* Real Men would never accept organ-slavery and will protect Women.  *
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Newsgroups: alt.romance,soc.men,soc.women,alt.sex,soc.couples,soc.singles
Subject: Re: How Strong Should a Man Be? (#2)
From: parks_typ@med.wcc.govt.nz
Date: 12 Jan 1993 00:49:47 GMT
Reply-To: parks_typ@med.wcc.govt.nz
 <7JAN199314362783@vax2.concordia.ca>,<1993Jan7.220527.24653@cbnewsd.cb.att.com>
Organization: Wellington City Council, Wgtn, NZ
NNTP-Posting-Host: blade.wcc.govt.nz

In article <1993Jan7.220527.24653@cbnewsd.cb.att.com>, nance@cbnewsd.cb.att.com (nancy.l.colucci) writes:
>In article <7JAN199314362783@vax2.concordia.ca> rwarren@vax2.concordia.ca (Rosemary from Montreal) writes:
>>
>>and strong enough to say the 3 most powerful words in the english language, 
>>and mean them whole-heartedly.
>
>And for those of you scratching your heads, those three words are:
>
>"You look thin."


	<clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap>


Touche!




Rachel                           "Supergoof!"
                                    -  -
                                    O  O
                                      >
                                     \_/
Newsgroups: alt.romance
From: weaver@jetsun.weitek.COM (Michael Gordon Weaver)
Subject: Re: How does love happen?
Organization: WEITEK Corporation, Sunnyvale CA
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 93 20:55:42 GMT

In article <24872@galaxy.ucr.edu> dshire@ucrengr.ucr.edu (Dag Burnit) writes:
>sorry if this post ends up not making much sense but i'm extremely tired
>right now... (sleep. good.) but what i want to know is 
>
>how did you know you were in love  (when did you realize it)
>
That's hard. I go from being uncertain about a woman to being certain,
but it is hard to describe. I get to the point where I feel that I am
not going to stop feeling for the woman even if everything
goes wrong -- even the relationship does not work out at all, even
if she turns out to be flawed in some serious way that I don't know
about.

>and
>how long after you've met your SO or whoever did you "fall in love" with
>this person?
>
Usually, about a year after I have met her. Not a year after we start
dating, but after I meet her. I think I am attracted early on, but it
takes about a year for someone to become 'real' to me.

Michael.
Newsgroups: alt.romance
From: fippen@ux2.cso.uiuc.edu (J. Fippen)
Subject: I met my gal at work.
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 23:37:15 GMT

	When I was a student waiter at UI in '46 the boss of the waiters was
a good looking gal that somehow attracted me. She scared off a lot of other
waiters, but somehow I just couldn't get her out of my mind. At first I 
couldn't date her because she was a UI employee, and dating a student was a
no no for her. But 1 1/2 years later when she was on another job, I started 
dating her.
	In the fall of '47,  lying on the grass at UI at 3AM, I knew I had
to have her forever, there just were no alternatives. I asked her to marry
me, she did  when I graduated, and we've now been married 43 years. She's
a great gal, I loved her then, and I love her now, MUCH MORE!
	
	Sometimes I just get lucky,    John Fippen    age 70

From: Robyjo@f4.n290.z1.aisbbs.com (Robyjo)
Sender: postmaster@aisbbs.com
Newsgroups: alt.romance
Subject: This Really BITES IT! (Pardon My Language)
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 05:39:50

If you are really interested in each other, keep up the communication until a
visit can be arranged...it may be worth the wait!  One of my friends from the
Des Moines Area met someone in California through the WWIV Net.

He took a chance and went to meet her, then she showed up in Iowa a few times
and now they are married and living in California.

I believe you can really get to know another person through written
communication.  I moved to New York for a year and my (now) husband and I
corresponded several times a week via the U.S. Postal Service, not to mention
the phone calls.  I didn't know if he would wait.  But, that is history now and
we still have excellent communication between each other.

Happy writing!

RobyJo


Newsgroups: alt.romance,soc.men,soc.women,alt.sex,soc.couples,soc.singles
From: petitc@vccnw03.its.rpi.edu (Christopher Jon Petit)
Subject: Re: How Strong Should a Man Be?
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 00:59:55 GMT

  Personally, I feel a guy should be strong enough (emotionally, not physically
, right?  Or did I misunderstand the question?) so that he can both be his own
person and also be willing to risk his ego for that ephemeral, beautiful thing
that we call love.


-- 
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That's me!  Modest?  Sometimes.  Crazy?  BETTER BELIEVE IT!! :&)
"The greatest beauty in the world is beauty that is private."
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Newsgroups: alt.romance,soc.men,soc.women,alt.sex,soc.couples,soc.singles
From: blazic@ecf.toronto.edu (BLAZIC Joseph R)
Subject: Re: How Strong Should a Man Be? (#2)
Organization: University of Toronto, Engineering Computing Facility
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 21:06:27 GMT

In article <1993Jan7.201810.15697@blaze.cs.jhu.edu> barrett@server.cs.jhu.edu (Dan Barrett) writes:
>In article <7JAN199314362783@vax2.concordia.ca> rwarren@vax2.concordia.ca (Rosemary from Montreal) writes:
>>...strong enough to say the 3 most powerful words in the english language, 
>>and mean them whole-heartedly.
>
>	"Hold the mayo"??

"I like ABBA"?

;-)

/Joe Blazic
Newsgroups: alt.romance,alt.romance.chat,soc.women,talk.bizarre,soc.singles
From: drieux@wetware.com (drieux, just drieux)
Subject: Revenge of Son Of Women in Combat....
Followup-To: soc.singles,alt.sex 
Organization: Castle WetWare Philosopher and Sniper
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 01:36:44 GMT

bhv@areaplg2.corp.mot.com (Bronis Vidugiris) writes:

] In article <1993Jan5.230440.507@wetware.com> drieux@wetware.com (drieux, just drieux) writes:
] 
] )Modern Day Problems:
] )
] )"lets get linear, I want to get linear, linear"
] )				Olivia Newton Algegra
] 
] Let's get metaphysical
] 
] - Olivia Newton Philosopher
] 

Lets Get Tactical

	- Olivia Newton PanzerGruppen

ciao
drieux



-- 
MajorModernDayProblems: "Olivia Newton-John is the grand-daughter 
of Nobel Prize-winning physicist Sir Edmund Newton-John." --Frank

Clear Proof Of Genetic Superiority, eh No????
From: oneal@hpcc01.corp.hp.com (Doug ONeal)
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 16:02:42 GMT
Subject: Re: Do you have a good pickup line?
Organization: the HP Corporate notes server
Newsgroups: alt.romance

I heard one over New Years, thought it was a good one.
Picker-upper: Fuck me if I'm wrong but haven't we met?
It has possibilities..........  
Doug

Newsgroups: alt.romance,alt.romance.chat
From: rip@sequent.com (Paul T Taylor)
Subject: Re: Equality between men and women; is there such a thing?
Organization: Sequent Computer Systems, Inc.
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 93 14:07:54 GMT

In article <C0C208.LpH@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> ssalter@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (-=[SLS]=-) writes:
>rip@sequent.com (Paul T Taylor)
>>In article <1993Jan3.012253.22642@mercury.cair.du.edu> charon@zephyr.cair.du.edu (Spaz) writes:
>>>
>>>Equality between men and women.  Equality straight across the board.  Not
>>>Equal when it suits a purpose, Not Equal just when it's convenient, but
>>>Equality at ALL times be it good, or bad.  Knowing this, do you still
>>>wish to be equal?
>>
>>There is no equality between Men and Men, nor Women and Women.  How
>>*could* there be equality between Men and Women?  Now *ideally* there
>>could be equality, but we do not live in an ideal word, so the
>>question is moot.
>>
>
>Are you talking about real equality or legal equality?

Well, now that I think about it, both really.


rip
-- 
Grab reality by the balls, and squeeze...
                                        Tempus
Newsgroups: alt.romance,soc.men,soc.women,alt.sex,soc.couples,soc.singles
From: sorlin@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Steven J Orlin)
Subject: Re: How Strong Should a Man Be? (#2)
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 18:42:58 GMT



>>|> >>    and strong enough to say the 3 most powerful words in the english la
nguage,
>>|> >>    and mean them whole-heartedly.

>>|> >>
>>|> >> "I got rhythm"?
>>|> >
>>|> >How 'bout either "The rabbit died" or "The test's positive" ?
>>|> >
>>|>
>>|> "Where's the Remote?"
>>|>
>>Or even "Is it in?"
>>
"lose the bra"           "Get my Beer"

"bend over bitch"
-- 
"Nobody tells a Navy man when he's had enough to drink, cause only a Navy man
 knows when he's had enough to drink!"
-Steven J Orlin   sorlin@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu  /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/
Newsgroups: alt.romance
From: htdoan@crchh618.BNR.CA (Hanh Doan)
Subject: request for a song
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 19:45:20 GMT
Reply-To: htdoan@crchh618.BNR.CA (Hanh Doan)
Organization: Bell-Northern Research Ltd.
Keywords: The Rose


hi there,
   i am looking for words to the song
The Rose by Bette Milder.  if anyone
has a copy of this, could you please
email it to me at htdoan@x400gate.bnr.ca
			
thanks in advance :-)
-hanh
Newsgroups: alt.romance,soc.penpals,alt.romance.chat
From: torenvl@ecf.toronto.edu (TORENVLIET GERARD LAWRENS)
Subject: Re: Do you have a good pickup line?
Keywords: Deal, With, It, Pink, Boy
Organization: University of Toronto, Engineering Computing Facility
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 16:35:15 GMT

Here's a few I've heard:

1.  Lick your finger; touch her/his shirt (on the shoulder area, please), then
    touch your shirt and say:

      "I think we should go back to my place and get out of these wet things."

2.  I think that shirt would look great on the carpet beside my bed.

3.  Let's make like rabbits.
Newsgroups: alt.romance
Subject: Re: Where did you meet your SO?
From: peregrin@husc15.harvard.edu
Date: 10 Jan 93 20:50:01 EST
Organization: Harvard Business School

Let's see, how about a list of the different ways my past SO's have
met me...

	1) She hollered my name out a window as I was walking by.

	2) I saw her leaving a party without dancing and grabbed her
           as she was leaving.

	3) She plopped down in front of me as I was eating breakfast.

	4) She asked me to come up to her room for a beer.

	5) She asked me to lunch.

	6) She knew I was still in town and could dance and called me
           to ask me to come to her dinner party.

	As you can see, most of the times some woman has come out of the
blue and initiated things with me!  (except for #2 above).

note: With #6, before we started seeing each other, we actually talked
about a posting from alt.romance that I printed out that talked about
how to tell if someone was interested in you.

-James
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From: zaidioa@cs.rose-hulman.edu (Omar A. Zaidi)
Newsgroups: alt.romance
Subject: Re: Where did you meet your SO?
Date: 6 Jan 1993 17:19:35 GMT
Organization: Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
NNTP-Posting-Host: adrienne.cs.rose-hulman.edu

In article <1993Jan6.114329.1@tnclus.tele.nokia.fi> arantamaki@tnclus.tele.nokia.fi writes:
>In article <1993Jan6.064348.26971@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>, bss2p@kelvin.seas.Virginia.EDU (Brent S. Stone) writes:
>> As long as Heather got the ball rolling on the 
>> subject of meeting people, where you meet your
>> current partner?  Theorizing where to meet
>> people is one thing, what works is another.  
>> So how about some info for the group?
>> 
>> BS
 
	[reply deleted]

Well, oddly enough, I met my SO as a result of a post I had made to
this group in April (if anyone knows where an archive of posts exists,
tell me). She is in Minnesota and I'm in Indiana, but we've been
together 8 happy months now and it all started with an innocent e-mail
on April 22 1992. 

A word of advice to people contemplating LDR's... It's not all rosy.
It really hurts when you have to part and know you won't be together
for another three months.

Trust me, I cried myself to sleep last night because last time I was
in my room, Jennifer was with me.



-- 
______________________________________________________________________________
Omar Zaidi                              |" Nothing we have ever done in the
zaidioa@cs.rose-hulman.edu              |  past will ever be good enough 
zaidioa@nextwork.rose-hulman.edu        |  again" 
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From: charon@zephyr.cair.du.edu (Spaz)
Subject: The other "half"
Originator: charon@zephyr.cair.du.edu
Organization: University of Denver
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 93 03:38:47 GMT

"What meanest thou by love?" said the Beloved.  And the Lover
answered.  "It is to bear on one's heart the sacred marks of the
Beloved.  It is to long for Him with desire and with tears.  It
is boldness. It is fervor.  It is fear[...]"
                                   -Raymond Lully
                                    (Raymundus Lullus)


I'm looking for the woman who knows the second half to this. 
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From: rj24@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Robert  Johnston)
Newsgroups: alt.romance,soc.men,soc.women,alt.sex,soc.couples,soc.singles
Subject: Re: How Strong Should a Man Be?
Date: 4 Jan 93 18:44:11 GMT
Reply-To: rj24@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Robert  Johnston)
Organization: Columbia University

In article <C0CAx6.Mux@cs.dal.ca> earhard@ug.cs.dal.ca (Mark Earhard) writes:
>In article <0096604B.47EFA5E0@Msu.oscs.montana.edu> uphrrmk@Msu.oscs.montana.edu writes:
>>In article <C04LDD.BL3@world.std.com>, aep@world.std.com (Andrew E Page) writes:
>>>Strong enough to keep two hearts from breaking.
>>>
>>>(Any more along this line?)
>>
>>    Strong enough to take responsibility for his actions.  That's about all we
>>can ask from any human being.  Men and women, alike.
>
>(Men *AND* Women)
>
>Strong enough to respect themselves and those around them.
>
>Marcus.

Nope. Strong enough to respect those people, and only those people
who are worthy of respect. It takes a lot more strength to have actual,
reasonable standards than to blindly respect

Robert Johnston
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Subject: Re: Amendment 2
From: jsteiner@anwsun.phya.utoledo.edu (jason 'Think!' steiner)
Date: 8 Jan 93 13:37:46 EST
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4

thumim@nevada.edu (Scrooge McDuck) writes:
> cs151kx@lamar.ColoState.EDU () writes:
> 
> Picture this scenario.

which really doesn't have a whole lot to do with the issue at hand,
but hey, i love scenarios...

> A single male is working in an office of women. The women 
> continually bother the guy about being single, trying to get him to 
> go on a date.  Is this not sexual harrassment? Now, to get the 
> women to leave him alone, he admits to being gay. The boss 
> discovers this and because of the Amendment in Colorado (not a law 
> but an amendment to the constitution of the state), he can be fired 
> from his job.  All he was trying to do was get the women to leave 
> him alone so that he could do his job.  I don't think that is equal 
> right as you say we all should have.

what's the problem with just telling the woman to piss off? a lot of
sexual harrassment comes down to just that. i'm convinced that a lot
of people are simply passive-aggressive. they'll put up with anything
until they've got a chance to stick it to someone, then turn around
and complain. whenever possible, stop the problem at the root. don't
tolerate inappropriate behavior when it first happens. it's just like
training a dog: punish 'em -immediately-, or they'll never learn.

i'm not saying harrassment is the victim's fault, but i -do- believe
there are defensive measures that would stop a lot of it before it
went too far.

jason

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From: marie.silveira@madness.network23.com (Marie Silveira) 
Newsgroups: alt.romance
Subject: RE: DO YOU HAVE A GOOD PI
Date: 9 Jan 93 16:11:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: Terminal Madness BBS - Newport, RI - 401-848-9069
Reply-To: marie.silveira@madness.network23.com (Marie Silveira) 

A guy used this pick up line on me, but it didn't work....
we did get to be friends though.

"If looks were a minute you'd be an hour"

---
Marie
                                                                                                              
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