HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: Matt Valentine
Subject: Re: Hints (Was Re: What is attractive)
Reply-To: valentin@next3.corp.mot.com
Organization: MOTOROLA 
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 17:32:31 GMT

Robert Thurlow writes
> In <1992Nov5.182021.23840@schbbs.mot.com> Matt Valentine writes:
> 
> >The response to the 'hints' thread has been great.  I summarized the  
> >various opinions I have been gathering:
> 
> I find your summaries good but written as if men and women were
> different species.  Men have needs and have to help women learn what

> Rob T

True, the categories should have been something like:

People who are currently clueless WRT their SO's needs.

People who currently aren't having their needs met by their SO.

Matt
valentin@next3.corp.mot.com
From: drmax@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Marianna Max)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: What do you Am men think about Am women?
Date: 7 Nov 92 00:57:30 GMT
Article-I.D.: news.1992Nov7.005730.17744
Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston Illinois.

In article <MARTINC.92Nov4001134@grover.cs.unc.edu> martinc@grover.cs.unc.edu (Charles R. Martin) writes:
>In article <1992Nov2.203157.7538@cbnews.cb.att.com> eleanor@cbnews.cb.att.com (eleanor.j.evans) writes:
>
>   No, no, no--on the _face_, cats sleep on your _face_.  I thought
>   everyone knew that...
>
>I think that's only domestic shorthairs.  Siamese sleep on stomachs, and
>abyssinians sleep balanced precariously on the control panel of the
>treadmill. 
>
>   Piglet (Chihuahuas sleep in the middle of the bed, but under the
>	  blankets rather than on top.....)
>
>Actually. that's what Vashti does on a waterbed.  Maybe she's a
>chihuahua?

Ferrets do this too, maybe Vashti would rather be a ferret. BTW squirrels
like to sleep in your sleeve while you watch TV (they aren't big TV fans it
turns out)

Max- who's been too busy to keep up with this grop lately
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: atovorni@engr.UVic.CA (Andreas  Tovornik)
Subject: Re: WHAT DO... AMERICAN WOMAN
Reply-To: atovorni@engr.UVic.CA
Organization: University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 92 02:41:53 GMT

In article 24874@cronkite.ocis.temple.edu, neilfp@astro.ocis.temple.edu (Neil F. Palumbo) writes:
>ADAM@EDEN.GARDEN wrote:
>: American woman
>: get away from me
>: American woman
>: mama let me be
>: ...
>: You're no good for me
>: I'm no good for you           -Burton Cummings of The Guess Who
>
>
>HEY, THEN GO HOME!




Xref: sparky soc.singles:30376 ba.singles:2122
From: prem@prem.lbl.gov (R. Shirdi Prem)
Newsgroups: soc.singles,ba.singles
Subject: Re: Where to meet women?
Date: 11 Nov 92 20:18:55 GMT
Reply-To: prem@prem.lbl.gov (R. Shirdi Prem)
Distribution: na
Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
NNTP-Posting-Host: 128.3.140.191


 In article <1992Nov11.015417.11404@netcom.com> kehoe@netcom.com (Thomas David Kehoe) writes:
 >
 >One of friends does something I haven't tried: borrow someone's baby (like 
 >your sister's) and go for a walk in the park or on the beach.  My friend 
 >said that babies attract women like magnets.
 >Thomas David Kehoe          kehoe@netcom.com         (408) 354-5926

	Been there, done that. My experience has been that :
	1. The tyke gets most of the attention.
	2. Women ain't dumb! They can catch on to what you're upto
	   as soon as you say you are actually single, and borrowed
	   the kid on easy-term credit. (though not of them hold that
	   against you.....)
	3. You don't look kool trying to calm down the brat.
	4. Baby's have this unpleasant b.o. problem... :-Q

	Your mileage may vary......

	Prem!
From: shimeall@taurus.cs.nps.navy.mil (timothy shimeall)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: nkill  (Was: Re: KILLING a Poster rather than a Post)
Date: 10 Nov 92 00:30:36 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey CA

In article <1992Nov8.051923.13546@netcom.com> rohwerwd@netcom.com (W. David Rohwer) writes:
> Now, some of my wished for nkills:
>   nkill -POISON SLOWLY PAINFULLY  Anti-Choicers@USA
>   nkill -POISON SLOWLY PAINFULLY  Censorshipers@USA
user rohwerwd killed, process ends

Why do people propose to end censorship by censorship?
				Tim
-- 
Tim Shimeall ((408) 646-2509)
The proper response to detecting a bug isn't to fix the bug - it's to make 
sure you'll never have to worry about that bug again.  --- Richard Hamming
Newsgroups: soc.singles,alt.peeves
From: jennings@tran.fishkill.ibm.com ()
Subject: Re: Oh I get it
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 92 18:21:23 GMT
Reply-To: jennings@tran.fishkill.ibm.com ()
Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not necessarily those of IBM
Organization: IBM T.J. Watson Research Center

> [stupid joke that would have parsed better if it had been edited to scan
> differently]
> 
> >
> >Jennifer Flowers is Ted Kennedy's Dead Girl Friend?
> >
> >ciao
> >drieux
> >
> >ps: I know some folks are hard up for a date,
> >but that is a BIT stiff.....
> >
> 
> There has to be a catch here, one of the few linear posts in the body
> of Drieux's work- what mort remains to be seen
> -- 
> allisson@turing.toronto.edu                            H. Allisson Roome
> "Kindness is the beginning and end of the Law" - Hebrew Proverb
> 
	
or Jennifer Flowers is the Dead Kennedy's girlfriend?????		

bill the cat......

Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: kiran@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (Kiran Wagle)
Subject: Re: PRES DEBATE
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 21:11:44 GMT

thurlow@convex.com (Robert Thurlow) writes:

>Yeah, I'll easily agree with all of this.  Carter had some good ideas,
>but I think he was a very poor delegator, and wound up in real trouble
>when he tried to tackle everything himself.  If his implementation had
>been better, he might have earned a second term.

A reporter pointed out at the DNC press conference Wednesday,
"During [the Carter Administration], relations with Congress were a
disaster."  What is less known is the -reason- they were a disaster.
Carter took a river trip with John McPhee when he was governor (which
comment gives me a chance to plug McPhee's _Pieces of the Frame_), and
even then he was a supporter of free-flowing rivers....

When he became President, one of his goals was to end the destruction
of rivers by dam-builders.  As detailed by Marc Reisner in _Cadillac
Desert_, this upset EVERY Congresscritter, since the two agencies
competing to destroy the rivers (the TVA and the Army Corps of
Engineers) had made damn sure that every state got some pork from
their projects.  Reisner claims this was one of the biggest reasons he
did not win a second term.

If Bill Clinton pays attention to history, he will think twice before
trying to challenge Congress on anything as big and important, as,
say, reforming welfare and cutting entitlements.  I for one hope he's
ignorant of history. 
-- 

Kiran Wagle                           <kiran@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu>
From: tps@jptcs.COM (Tim Sailer)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Hints
Date: 11 Nov 92 03:34:24 GMT
Reply-To: tps@jptcs.com
Organization: JPT Computer Solutions, Port Jeff Station, NY
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]

Julie Wright (julie@cucbs.chem.columbia.edu) wrote:
: 
: Personally, I'm starting to wonder if Kiran's going out with Seth's
: XSO.  :)
: 

That's amazing! I was going to make the same observation! :)

Tim
-- 
Tim Sailer
JPT Computer Solutions - SCO Sales/Consulting/Administration and Mangling
Port Jefferson Station, NY
(516) 331-9001
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From: atovorni@engr.UVic.CA (Andreas  Tovornik)
Subject: Re: Argh! Total, Complete misery.
Reply-To: atovorni@engr.UVic.CA
Organization: University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 92 02:06:38 GMT

In article 26727@b8.b8.ingr.com, larry@b8.b8.ingr.com (Larry Billings) writes:
>In article <1992Nov3.180041.15735@sol.UVic.CA>, atovorni@engr.UVic.CA (Andreas  Tovornik) writes:
>> In article 24310@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu, tlode@nyx.cs.du.edu (trygve lode) writes:
>> >In article <1992Oct29.013848.1955@sol.UVic.CA> atovorni@engr.UVic.CA writes:
>> >>In article 11941@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu, tlode@nyx.cs.du.edu (trygve lode) writes:
>> >>
>> >
>> >Yep, it's true--us nordic types are extremely practical.  We can cook, move
>> >heavy things, and repair most household items--plus we're neat, inexpensive
>> >to feed, and don't scratch the furniture.
>> 
>> So you make good pets. I prefer to remain out of captivity.
>> 
>> dreas
>> 
>
>Depend on who does the capturing....

As long as I can remain wild, capture's OK. :+)

dreas

Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: sethb@fid.morgan.com (Seth Breidbart)
Subject: Re: Nightline and Presidential Cantidates
Organization: my opinions only
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 18:57:33 GMT

In article <1992Nov5.014317.28225@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
tlode@nyx.cs.du.edu (trygve lode) writes:
>In article <1992Nov4.231756.16769@fid.morgan.com> sethb@fid.morgan.com (Seth Breidbart) writes:

>Then, the corporation builds components in the Asian country and ships them
>here for final assembly, with the value assigned to the components given a
>high enough value so that profits earned will all be listed as occurring in
>the country where they are exempt from income tax.

Then the IRS comes along and audits the company, changing the transfer
price of the components to an "arms-length" price, and reassessing
taxes and penalties based on the income imputed by the new price.

>>Better to not tax the US consumer and let us spend our money the way
>>we think best, rather than the way the government wants.
>
>Now, how do we convince the government of the value of this idea?
>(Especially when the media edit out coverage of and votes for
>Libertarians.)

Does anybody want to join in a class-action suit against the media,
for destroying the value of our votes by lying about them?  (I knew
that my vote wouldn't affect the choice of winners, but I voted the
way I did to help send a message that there are a significant number
of people who feel the way I do.)

Seth		sethb@fid.morgan.com
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From: kiran@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (Kiran Wagle)
Subject: Re: That wacky electoral college
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 00:40:48 GMT

thurlow@convex.com (Robert Thurlow) writes:

>>5. Check box for declaring 10% of your taxes to go against deficit!

>This is just a gimmick, even more emptily symbolic than the balanced

Well, as stated above, perhaps.  Altho I think the reason it is being
called a gimmick is that the idea comes from George Bush, and everyone
knows that any idea Bush proposes simply _can't_ be anything but a
silly gimmick.  (Actually, Bush has had two good ideas.  I forget the
other one.)

But as every person who has ever had a sizeable installment loan
knows, it's considered a good idea to pay some amount more than the
monthly payment, to be applied to principal (home-buyers especially
receive this advice.)  So why not apply the same idea to the principal
on the _debt_ (not the deficit) and allow citizens to allot 10% of
their taxes to reduction of principal on the national debt?  Sounds
eminiently sensible to me.  

So what's gimmicky about the idea of a check box to allow 10% of one's
taxes to go to debt reduction, other than the mouth from whence it came?

>budget amendment.  If everyone who might check such a box on their tax
>form would phone or write their congresscritter and bitch specifically
>about the defecit, we'd probably have the same effect.

I disagree.  Congressmen know that at re-election time, this won't get
them any votes.  Pork-barrel spending will.   (Let's see if Bill can
hold the line on spending.  He's in the big leagues now.)
-- 

Kiran Wagle                           <kiran@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu>
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: larry@b8.b8.ingr.com (Larry Billings)
Subject: Re: That wacky electoral college
Organization: Intergraph
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 22:12:22 GMT

In article <BxFC0w.9A0@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu>, kiran@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (Kiran Wagle) writes:
> huston@access.digex.com (Herb Huston) writes:
> 
> >You'd prefer to have your U.S Senators selected by your state legislature?
> 
> I think I would.  It might restore a balance between federalism,

No thank you.

> states' rights, and populism.  (States' rights are virtually
> non-existent these days.)  And perhaps those sent to the Senate by
> people who have actually had experience with governing would be of
> higher caliber than those sent up by the masses.  Would they be more

Or have more experience kissing up to the correct ***es.

> 
> Kiran Wagle                           <kiran@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu>
From: atovorni@engr.UVic.CA (Andreas  Tovornik)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Where to meet women?
Date: 10 Nov 92 03:19:14 GMT
Article-I.D.: sol.1992Nov10.031914.22986
Reply-To: atovorni@engr.UVic.CA
Organization: University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada

In article 26539@grebyn.com, malak@grebyn.com (Michael Malak) writes:
>In article <1992Nov7.064746.29830@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> mzank@nyx.cs.du.edu (matt zank) writes:
>>Anyway does anyone know all, and
>>I mean all the women have SO's? I do think it
>>is that I am in my mid 20's, it is far i see
>>if one goes past 23 or so you are out of luck.
>>but is also of my bad luck, or is it the fact
>>I am stuck in a very very bad area to meet
>>women, which is Northwest Wisconsin. if that
>>is so, where is a good area to move to, I have
>>a feeling that the upper midwest sucks eggs.
>
>Here in the Washington, DC area, there is a shortage of men _and_ women
>in their 20's.  That fact is not as well known as the one that their is
>a huge surplus of single women in their 30's.  Any single man in his
>30's would do well by moving to this area.  Especially if he's not a
>lawyer.
>
>I understand from my friends who live there, and from my brief visits
>there, that the West abounds with women in their 20's.
>

Now you've done it. You've given away my carefully guarded secret! :+)

dreas
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: marcia@netcom.com (Marcia)
Subject: Re: girl/lady/female  boy/guy/male
Organization: The Dolphin Conspiracy, Phase II
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 23:55:54 GMT

In article <1992Nov10.203939.994@b8.b8.ingr.com> larry@b8.b8.ingr.com (Larry Billings) writes:
>I think it should be taken on a case by case basis, as to who is doing the
>speaking and what the speakers attitudes are.  

I know it has to be taken on a case by case basis, because while all people
may be created equal, all relationships are not. Some are more familiar, while
some are more formal, and different language, dress, and behavior is 
appropriate to each. 

What bothers me is that strangers are the least familiar people, and therefore
they have the least leeway in language....yet they often take the most
liberties with language used. It would seem more practical to be rather
careful with one's language when meeting someone, and then see what is 
appropriate to the relationship as it develops.
-- 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Marcia Bednarcyk                                  ADDRESSES: marcia@netcom.com
"Sweaty Snugglebunnies."                                     mlb@cisco.com
From: aaron@minster.york.ac.uk
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: How the cold war was won. (was: Nightline and Presidential Cantida
Date: 10 Nov 92 10:45:36 GMT
Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of York, England

: The reason we "won" the cold war is that their economy collapsed before ours
: did. The arms race destroyed both our economies, we just outlasted them.

The really amusing thing (and I have seen the official US press releases as
a friend of mine is a defence analysis) is that is now believed that many
of the Soviet ICBMs were in fact mock-ups designed to fool the satellite
and aircraft surveillance. It seems the Soiviets knew they had no chance of
keeping up with the USA and decided to just make the US spend far too much,
perhaps in the hope that they would ruin their economy? Made me laugh
anyway. (Nearly as amusing as the British Chevaline nuclear missile system)

There was recently a series of programmes on British TV conerning the CIA
in which one of the analysts from the CIA of the 50s and 60s said (an
almost exact quote) "We were portraying them [the Soviets] and 10 foot
giants when we knew they were 4 foot midgets".

		Aaron Turner		aaron@minster.york.ac.uk
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: tlode@nyx.cs.du.edu (trygve lode)
Subject: Re: What do you Am men think about Am wome
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix @ U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 92 21:42:15 GMT

In article <JULIE.92Nov9001031@cucbs.chem.columbia.edu> julie@cucbs.chem.columbia.edu (Julie Wright) writes:
>kiran@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (Kiran Wagle) writes:
>
>>julie@cucbs.chem.columbia.edu (Julie Wright) writes:
>
>>>Guess I'm just demanding.  I look for love AND sex AND Scrabble, myself.
>
>>Yes, but have you found it???
>
>I'm getting very close, but I still haven't been beaten at Scrabble by someone
>I've loved (romantically).  We all have our little fantasies...
>
>*sigh dreamily*

Well, you could always try challenging someone in the habit of doing
crossword puzzles--that is, if you're willing to put up with words like
aril, adit, cwm, umbra, and yschryven showing up....)

(Or, back to an earlier conversation, "floccinaucinihilipilificatory"
if you allow word-wrap and extra tiles....)

Trygve   (Who had a headline in one of the past issues of "The Unnatural
          Enquirer" along the lines of "Scientists Discover that Eating
          Scrabble Tiles Increases Sexual Stamina"--and, as per tradition,
          there was no article to go with it.)
From: thurlow@convex.com (Robert Thurlow)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: PRES DEBATE
Date: 8 Nov 92 15:25:42 GMT
Article-I.D.: convex.thurlow.721236342
Organization: Engineering, CONVEX Computer Corp., Richardson, Tx., USA
X-Disclaimer: This message was written by a user at CONVEX Computer
              Corp. The opinions expressed are those of the user and
              not necessarily those of CONVEX.

In <1992Nov3.165703.22489@lmpsbbs.comm.mot.com> smith@comm.mot.com (Jeff Smith) writes:

>According to the Wall Street Journal, economic growth over the last five
>quarters would have been even greater than it was (OK, so it  wasn't exactly
>huge) were it not for defense spending *cuts*. There seems to be a problem
>here...other than the figures I saw in the Journal, I don't know what to report.

The defense spending cuts are real, and I applaud them.  As I heard it,
the artificial boost in spending was caused by pulling in the sales of
all those F-15's and other things that Bush announced late in the
campaign.  Normally, those would not have shown up in the GDP this early.
It's less an increase than some creative accounting resulting in that
revenue coming in abnormally early.

Rob T
--
Rob Thurlow, thurlow@convex.com
"I get so tickled debunking bad personal philosophy." - Milquetoast
From: jdavidso@nextwork.rose-hulman.edu
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Money and the Single World (was: Education and the Single World
Date: 12 Nov 1992 17:57:32 GMT
Organization: Computer Science Department at Rose-Hulman
Distribution: world
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NNTP-Posting-Host: jd-next.nextwork.rose-hulman.edu

In article <1992Nov12.022122.5197@galileo.cc.rochester.edu>  
jsmt@troi.cc.rochester.edu (Julia Smith) writes:
$ So long as we are venturing bravely into questions oft reconsidered...
$   
$ How important is money to you in considering an SO?  Particularly
$ if you are considering significant financial differences? 
$   
Makes no difference at all to me. If you can't have fun and enjoy life  
without money falling out of your pockets, will you really be able to if  
and when you do get to a more comfortable level of existance?

$   
$ Have you had someone break up with you over money issues? 

Here I have to say that this was one of the biggest contributors to my  
divorce (married just a shade under 10 years), which became official Oct.  
15. When money was tight, she was the biggest bitch I would ever care not  
to talk to; and when money was not tight, she was so easy to get along  
with it was not funny. As a matter of fact, whenever I talk to her now,  
all I hear about is how broke she is, how she may lose the house, can't  
make this payment, that payment, etc., etc.  

Well, if that is the case, how can she afford a new $500 TV, a new stereo  
system, and a new cordless phone? And still complain about being broke  
all of the time??????? How many of you have seen this in action; and will  
she ever break out of this pattern of behavior? I, for one, hope so, if  
not for her sake, for the children's sake. 

And a question for you Julia: how did you know I reset all my news  
preferences this morning, and that I changed the ">" to a "$"  ?
:)
--
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From: aahz@netcom.com (Mean Green Dancing Machine)
Subject: Re: Education and the Single World
Organization: Don't blame me, I voted for Bill 'n' Opus
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 13:27:43 GMT

Given that I've never finished my BS, and yet consider myself better
educated than most grads, my answer to all of your questions is pretty
obvious.

Anecdote: One of the most *stupid* people I have ever met had a BA from
Stanford and an MBA from Cornell.  Completely lacking in any form of
common-sense.
-- 
                         --- Aahz (the *other* Dan Bernstein)
                             @netcom.com 

Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6

Trying to be happy is like trying to build a machine for which the only
specification is that it should run noiselessly.
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From: GCTHORNE@idbsu.idbsu.edu
Subject:      Do you remember 1970 to 1980?
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 92 15:09:56 MST
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      As part of an impromptu research project, I'd like to know what
  YOU think the single most important ( dramatic, traumatic ) event of`
  1970 to 1980 was.


           ????
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From: thurlow@convex.com (Robert Thurlow)
Subject: Re: Nightline and Presidential Cantidates
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 17:03:21 GMT
Organization: Engineering, CONVEX Computer Corp., Richardson, Tx., USA
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In <Bx86LM.H8H@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> kiran@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (Kiran Wagle) writes:

>Even if I concede the income tax (which as Frank Chodorov
>points out is the root of all evil) I think that taxing corporations
>on their profits or revenues is simply silly, since they get their
>profits or revenues, including the part that goes to pay taxes, from
>selling products or services.

I sell my services to get my income, and I get taxed for it.  If you
want to sweep corporate profit taxes and income taxes away at the
same time, that's fine, but we'll then need to talk about a fairer
way of getting money for government, and probably also need to talk
a good long time about what "fair" means.

Rob T
--
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"I get so tickled debunking bad personal philosophy." - Milquetoast
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