HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: dhesi@cirrus.com (Rahul Dhesi)
Subject: Starlight Ballroom promotion
Keywords: ballroom
Organization: Cirrus Logic Inc.
Distribution: ba
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 00:36:03 GMT

(This is for distribution in the Bay Area only, although it will
probably leak out.)

You may have already seen references in these newsgroups, or heard on
the radio, that the Starlight Ballroom in Sunnyvale is having a big
promotion these days.  The word "ballroom" should not mislead you; this
general category also includes what are commonly known as the
"nightclub" dances, primary nightclub two-step, west coast swing, and
(three-count) hustle.  The nightclub dances are all done to music that
you might hear on any contemporary radio station playing popular rock
and similar music (e.g., FM 106.5 in the Bay Area).

The deal is pretty simple:  On any Friday night (newcomers' night), you
can get in at half price, and also be entitled to one month of free
group classes and one free private lesson.  You don't need any coupon
to do this, but you must be referred by somebody for this specific
offer.  The offer ends November 15.

I have a number of calling-card size tickets that explain this offer,
and give you location and contact information for the Starlight,
including a map.  You don't really need one of these cards to take
advantage of the special offer.  But if you would still like one
anyway, just email me your US mail address and I will mail you one (or
two, if you prefer) at no cost to you.  They have my name on them, so
the Starlight can offer free stuff to both the person referring and the
person referred.
-- 
Rahul Dhesi <dhesi@cirrus.com>
also: dhesi@rahul.net
Newsgroups: ba.singles
From: joshua@homespac.uucp (Joshua Levy)
Subject: Re: Quiet late night spots
Organization: Expert Support Inc., Mountain View, CA
Distribution: ba
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1992 02:15:13 GMT

In article <1992Sep24.220658.20230@kronos.arc.nasa.gov> chucko@kronos.arc.nasa.gov (Chuck Fry) writes:
>My dates and I have been closing the local coffee houses of late.  I
>don't know of any quiet, non-smoking hangouts in Mountain View, Palo
>Alto or Menlo Park that are open past 11 on weeknights.  

I think that the coffee shop next to Tower records (on the Palo Alto, 
Mountain View boarder) is open until 12 on weeknights.  Also, several
of the restaurants in downtown M.V. are open late.  Dynasty and Food
street come to mind.  I'm not sure exactly how late, and I'm not sure
if a chinese restaurant can be a hangout for you.

Joshua Levy  (joshua@veritas.com) 


Newsgroups: ba.singles
From: chucko@kronos.arc.nasa.gov (Chuck Fry)
Subject: Re: Quiet late night spots
Organization: Recom Technologies, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Distribution: ba
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 16:51:56 GMT

In article <1992Sep27.035455.13883@leland.Stanford.EDU> richwing@leland.Stanford.EDU (Rich Wingerter) writes:
>I believe Cafe Verona on Hamilton in Palo Alto is open until midnight.

Nope, 11 PM.
 -- Chuck Fry  Chucko@charon.arc.nasa.gov
Xref: sparky ba.singles:1847 ba.politics:5837
From: bruce@StarConn.com (Bruce Michael Roberts)
Newsgroups: ba.singles,ba.politics
Subject: Presidential/Vice Presidential Debate Party
Date: 3 Oct 92 04:39:36 GMT
Organization: Starnet-Public Access UNIX--Los Altos, CA  415-949-3133

I would like to host a Presidential/ Vice Presidential "boink."  I
don't mind offering my place.

If you're interested please respond, and we'll get this thing rolling.
From: jimmy@finch.scac.edu (Jimmy Tubbs)
Newsgroups: ba.singles
Subject: Re: Fun facts to know and tell
Date: 7 Oct 92 00:16:40 GMT
Distribution: ca
Organization: Sacramento College of Arts and Crafts

In article <1992Oct6.230236.11752@netcom.com>, Marvin Raab writes:
>Adding Never Married to Divorced, we have a 1.2:1 ratio of available
>men to available women.

Never Married and Divorced are not the same thing as available,
especially with respect to the nerds in ba.singles.

Jimmy
Newsgroups: ba.singles
From: richwing@leland.Stanford.EDU (Rich Wingerter)
Subject: Re: Quiet late night spots
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Distribution: ba
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 92 03:54:55 GMT

In article <1992Sep24.220658.20230@kronos.arc.nasa.gov> chucko@kronos.arc.nasa.gov (Chuck Fry) writes:
|> My dates and I have been closing the local coffee houses of late.  I
|> don't know of any quiet, non-smoking hangouts in Mountain View, Palo
|> Alto or Menlo Park that are open past 11 on weeknights.  

I believe Cafe Verona on Hamilton in Palo Alto is open until midnight.


--Rich Wingerter
From: HOLMES@VAXT.LLNL.GOV ("WHAT, ME WORRY?")
Newsgroups: ba.singles
Subject: Just an observation
Date: 6 Oct 92 06:18:00 GMT

Boy, 

Since everyone decided to kill my freenet address, this place is hoppin' now.
What, one, maybe two posts a day? Damn, I hate to say it, but it's so boring
here, someone needs to start a flamwewar. How about Techno-Athiest's as 
second grade school teachers?

Otis
From: johnf@Auspex.COM (John Fereira)
Newsgroups: ba.singles
Subject: Re: Driving people from the net
Date: 28 Sep 92 17:29:07 GMT
Organization: Auspex Systems, Inc.

In article <1a6301INNqn0@overload.lbl.gov> asya@ux5.lbl.gov (Asya Kamsky) writes:
>In article <14791@auspex-gw.auspex.com> johnf@Auspex.COM (John Fereira) writes:
>>Agreed.  When my folkes moved here in 1960 we were pretty much surrounded
>>by orchards.
>
>Hmm, that wouldn't make you a 5th generation Californian -- where did they
>move from, Sacramento?

Nope, Ft. Bragg. up in Mendocino County.  My Grandfather, my father, and I
were all born in Ft. Bragg.
>-- 
>"In nature there are no rewards or punishments, only consequences"
>
>Asya Kamsky	      e-mail: asya@ux5.lbl.gov                   Go Red Sox
>"In order to command you must first learn to submit" - chinese fortune cookie


-- 
+==========================================================================+
| John Fereira     | Auspex Systems | "Auspex does not share my opinions.  |
| johnf@auspex.com | Santa Clara CA |  So Why am I still working here?"    |
+==========================================================================+
From: oleg@netcom.com (Oleg Kiselev)
Subject: Re: Quiet late night spots
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 92 12:35:14 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
Distribution: ba

In article <1992Sep27.021513.12933@homespac.uucp> joshua@homespac.uucp (Joshua Levy) writes:
>I think that the coffee shop next to Tower records (on the Palo Alto, 
>Mountain View boarder) is open until 12 on weeknights.  

He wanted a *quiet* place.  Since Eclectic Company closed down, we have not
found any *quiet* place around Palo Alto.

-- 
Oleg Kiselev at home			...use the header to find the path
From: carole@rembrandt.Sun.COM (Carole Parker)
Newsgroups: ba.singles
Subject: Re: Quiet late night spots
Date: 26 Sep 1992 06:58:49 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Mt. View, Ca.
Distribution: ba
NNTP-Posting-Host: rembrandt

In article <1992Sep24.220658.20230@kronos.arc.nasa.gov> chucko@kronos.arc.nasa.gov (Chuck Fry) writes:
>
>My dates and I have been closing the local coffee houses of late.  I
>don't know of any quiet, non-smoking hangouts in Mountain View, Palo
>Alto or Menlo Park that are open past 11 on weeknights.  Can any of
>you ba.carousers help?  Thanks in advance...
>
Printers Inc in Mountain View on Castro Street is one alternative.


I found myself. See? I'm right here! Until later--

Carole Parker
Newsgroups: ba.singles
From: aahz@netcom.com (Mean Green Dancing Machine)
Subject: Re: I give up!
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 92 05:50:36 GMT
Organization: Bill 'n' Opus for Prez
Distribution: ba

In article <c00nd1_.bob@netcom.com> bob@netcom.com (Bob Becker) writes:
>
>I'm just not going to plow through all this mindless drivel
>from insecure  bozos who can't control their
>testosterone levels and have this need to wave their limp
>little dicks in front of all of us in a sad demonstration
>of male assertiveness.

Feeling a bit teste tonight?
-- 
                         --- 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.
From: derek@netcom.com (Derek LeLash)
Newsgroups: ba.singles
Subject: Ballroom Boink revisited
Date: 1 Oct 92 04:36:38 GMT
Distribution: ba
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest)

Okay, after sifting through the first wave of responses, here's a scenario:
This Friday's lesson (2 Oct) covers Salsa, Two Step, and Swing, which I
think makes it a pretty good "first time," while next week is Foxtrot, Cha
Cha, and Waltz (almost as good).  So, if you're specifically interested in
one or the other, and would like the "protective cover" ;-) of a group of
netters, drop me a line, or call at 408-720-1236 (x201).  I'll assemble a
group on the date that gets the most interest.  Alternately, if you plan
to just go by yourself, but would like to hook up with someone who already
knows some steps, let me know that too.

I should mention that, even if you go there "in a group," the lesson format
involves constant switching of partners unless you choose to stick with one,
so you may meet other folks despite yourself. :-)  It's kind of a strange
dynamic:  I've been going there for six months, and I don't know the names
of any of the men!  :-)

Derek
-- 
Derek LeLash (derek@netcom.com)  "That's 1-4-5 if you're scoring at home,
Tech Writer/dietCokehead          or even if you're alone." -- ESPN
BASYS Automation Systems, Inc.  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  - 
Sunnyvale, CA  408-SEX-LLAMA     DISCLAIMER: Contains 100% recycled humor.
From: cd975@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Daniel K. Holmes)
Newsgroups: ba.singles
Subject: Re: Driving people from the net
Date: 26 Sep 1992 07:28:35 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: cd975@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Daniel K. Holmes)
NNTP-Posting-Host: hela.ins.cwru.edu


In a previous article, oleg@netcom.com (Oleg Kiselev) says:

>In article <1a06unINN689@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> cd975@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Daniel K. Holmes) writes:
>>I seem to be at a loss. What competition? Are we trying to win something here?
>
>You have been desperately trying to win acceptance and approval.

You got me there. My sole purpose in life is to be accepted by whining, 
sniveling, children who can never agree on anything, and probably have a hard
time deciding which hand to use that night. And I thought I covered it so well.
This statement is meant for a chosen few, NOT the group on a whole. That 
disclaimer may slow SOME flames.

BTW, since I know that you have not and will not create a kill file, mainly
because you thrive on this shit, how do you "win" a newsgroup? The guy with
the biggest hemoroid from sitting behind a terminal wins? I concede!

Dan
-- 
Generic .sig file:        
place address here___________________________
place cute saying here_________________________
give directions to flamers here  ____ ___
Newsgroups: ba.singles
From: derek@netcom.com (Derek LeLash)
Subject: Ballroom Boink, take 1
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Distribution: ba
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 20:36:40 GMT

I've gotten enough people to respond so far that we'll try to get together
tonight (Friday).  Let's meet at around 7:00 outside the Starlite (corner of
N. Fair Oaks and Tasman).  I'll be the guy wearing glasses and a polo shirt.
If we somehow don't hook up there, feel free to go in anyway; you don't need
an escort or partner.  Admission is $3 for your first time, $6 otherwise.
Dress is slightly above informal, with no rubber-soled shoes.

If you can't make it tonight, but would like to try another Friday, let me know.


Derek
-- 
Derek LeLash (derek@netcom.com)  "That's 1-4-5 if you're scoring at home,
Tech Writer/dietCokehead          or even if you're alone." -- ESPN
BASYS Automation Systems, Inc.  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  - 
Sunnyvale, CA  408-SEX-LLAMA     DISCLAIMER: Contains 100% recycled humor.
Newsgroups: ba.singles,ba.politics
From: madhaus@netcom.com (Maddi Hausmann)
Subject: Re: Presidential/Vice Presidential Debate Party
Organization: Society for Putting Things on Top of Other Things
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 06:30:01 GMT

In article <1992Oct3.043936.21596@StarConn.com> bruce@StarConn.com (Bruce Michael Roberts) writes:
>I would like to host a Presidential/ Vice Presidential "boink."  I
>don't mind offering my place.
>
>If you're interested please respond, and we'll get this thing rolling.


Um, you *do* realize that the debates are all at 4 p.m. except the one
on Thursday the 15th, don't you?  The only one that's not on a workday
is the first debate, Sunday the 11th.

The schedule, for those who don't know, is:

Sunday 11 October   4 pm   Presidential Debate with reporter panel
Tuesday 13 October  4 pm   Vice-Presidential Debate, single moderator
Thursday 15 October 7 pm   Presidential Debate with single moderator
Monday 19 October   4 pm   Presidential Debate, both formats

I'd love to attend a debate party, but do you really plan to give them
during working hours, or were you going to tape them for evening viewing?

:
-- 
Maddi Hausmann                madhaus@netcom.com
Humorist, Satirist, Tech Writer.  Take your pick.

Centigram Communications Corp, San Jose California  408/428-3553
From: msmiller@Rational.COM (Mark Miller)
Newsgroups: ba.singles
Subject: Re: Loudmouths: go to alt.flame or soc.singles.  unsubscribe from here.
Date: 28 Sep 92 20:11:07 GMT
Organization: Rational

In article <rs_p4jc.tyger@netcom.com>, tyger@netcom.com (Kitty in the Middle) writes:
|> In article <5698@igor.Rational.COM> msmiller@Rational.COM (Mark Miller) writes:
|> >In article <mz9n9+.tyger@netcom.com>, tyger@netcom.com (Kitty in the Middle) writes:
|> >> 
|> >>No, he just doesn't take himself as seriously as you take yourself...different
|> >>strokes and all that...and for my What To Do In The Bay Area bit, to satisfy
|> >>the self-appointed newsgroup police, TygerBoink/CaliChat is still on for 
|> >>December, and we are still taking suggestions  for activities...heck, if there
|> >>is enough response, we might expand it! :)
|> >
|> >I hope you ain't implying I'm being a net.police person.
|> 
|> Would *I* imply such a thing? Nah, you must be mistaken! But then, I wasn't the
|> one telling people to leave just because I didn't agree with their way of 
|> dealing with certain other people that were flaming them...

Neither was I.

|> >All I originally said was that while the intent if this group may be to
|> >inform, it ends up not being a very informative place.
|> 
|> You may have a point there, but t'was never my impression that ba.singles was
|> much more than a smaller version of soc.singles, with a little more emphasis
|> on things to do and where to go than s.s

Other people have stated otherwise at other times.

|> >Most of the followups henceforth have pretty much proved my point.
|> 
|> Oh come now! The TygerBoink info was very informative! :)

Are your activities gonna include the ritual stoning of East coasters?

|> >Y'all can be as nasty and arrogant and harsh as you want. Hell, I _like_
|> >reading Oleg's and Monica's stuff.
|> 
|> I am *NOT* a Monica wannabe, nor yet an Oleg wannabe...I think they'd be very
|> offended if they caught wind of that comparison...:)

Wasn't comparing. Merely stating a preference.

|> As for arrogant...I am not arrogant...you're just wrong...:)

Yeah, right.

	-MSM
________________________________________________________________________
Mark S. Miller                                     msmiller@Rational.COM
"Life is a 4-letter word."                        msmiller@world.std.com
[ insert tedious disclaimer drivel here ]                           IV-Q
Newsgroups: ba.singles
From: chucko@kronos.arc.nasa.gov (Chuck Fry)
Subject: Re: Quiet late night spots
Organization: Recom Technologies, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Distribution: ba
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 16:50:51 GMT

In article <1992Sep24.220658.20230@kronos.arc.nasa.gov> I wrote:
>>My dates and I have been closing the local coffee houses of late.  I
>>don't know of any quiet, non-smoking hangouts in Mountain View, Palo
>>Alto or Menlo Park that are open past 11 on weeknights.  Can any of
>>you ba.carousers help?  Thanks in advance...

In article <lc82h9INN32e@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> carole@rembrandt.Sun.COM (Carole Parker) writes:
>Printers Inc in Mountain View on Castro Street is one alternative.

Ah, but as I indicated they close at 11... that's why I'm asking for
places that are open later.

Other respondents have suggested Frankie, Johnnie and Luigi's Too in
Mountain View, open til 2 am; the coffee house at Tressider Union on
the Stanford campus; and the always-open Lyon's and Denny's
restaurants, to which I add Ken's in Mountain View.

Hope this helps anyone else in the same predicament.

 -- Chuck Fry  Chucko@charon.arc.nasa.gov
Newsgroups: ba.singles
From: bob@netcom.com (Bob Becker)
Subject: Re: Fun facts to know and tell
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Distribution: ba
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 01:04:59 GMT

In article <1992Oct6.230236.11752@netcom.com> marv@netcom.com (Marvin Raab) writes:
>
>From the 1990 census:
>
>Santa Clara County (age 15+)
>------------------
>
>                       Total  %            Male  %           Female  %
>                  ----------------      --------------     ---------------
>Separated            26,059    2.2       11,564    1.9      14,495     2.5
>Widowed              58,736    4.9        9,529    1.6      49,207     8.3
>Divorced            114,160    9.6       48,002    8.0      66,158    11.2
>
>Adding Never Married to Divorced, we have a 1.2:1 ratio of available
>men to available women.
>
But, Marv, you're looking at the wrong statistics.  How about a nice, 
old, rich divorcee?  You may even find one you could keep up with.


Newsgroups: ba.singles
From: richwing@leland.Stanford.EDU (Rich Wingerter)
Subject: The Edge
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 92 23:12:18 GMT

The Palo Alto Planning department has rendered its judgement on The Edge.  It
has restricted The Edge to 2:00 p.m. closing and placed a number of other
restrictions on operations, including ones intended to keep lines outside to a
minimum.

I don't know if The Edge plans to appeal or how they would do that.  I was at
both Planning hearings and I spoke in favor of keeping The Edge open later.  I
went because I believe that closing it earlier means that there will be less
people in the California Avenue area at night, which makes the area less safe,
and will probably lead to earlier closings of other businesses.  Since I live
just a few blocks from California Avenue, I was not happy with this decision.

If you'd like to see this decision repealed, I'd like to hear from you.


--Rich Wingerter
Newsgroups: ba.singles
From: tyger@netcom.com (Kitty in the Middle)
Subject: Re: I give up!
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 92 18:54:58 GMT
Organization:  I didn't do it, nobody saw me do it, you can't prove anything!
Distribution: ba

aahz@netcom.com (Mean Green Dancing Machine) writes:
>bob@netcom.com (Bob Becker) writes:
>>
>>I'm just not going to plow through all this mindless drivel
>>from insecure  bozos who can't control their
>>testosterone levels and have this need to wave their limp
>>little dicks in front of all of us in a sad demonstration
>>of male assertiveness.
>
>Feeling a bit teste tonight?

Oh come now Aahz...you should know that there is a vas deferens between 
feeling teste and voicing a complaint about penis-waving. I fear though
that this may become a seminal thread in yet another punwar.

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
From: asya@ux5.lbl.gov (Asya Kamsky)
Newsgroups: ba.singles
Subject: debate party?  what about the play-offs???
Date: 6 Oct 1992 00:41:59 GMT
Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
Distribution: ba
Reply-To: asya@ux5.lbl.gov (Asya Kamsky)
NNTP-Posting-Host: ux5.lbl.gov

So, is anyone having play-off parties and offering up their place for it?
This is the last chance for a baseball fix this season and I'm down on
the peninsula TV-less :(

Alternatively anyone want to recomment a sports bar in PA area this won't
be too smokey for the playoffs and maybe have reasonable food as well?
-- 
"In nature there are no rewards or punishments, only consequences"

Asya Kamsky	      e-mail: asya@ux5.lbl.gov                   Go Red Sox
"In order to command you must first learn to submit" - chinese fortune cookie
Newsgroups: ba.singles
From: marv@netcom.com (Marvin Raab)
Subject: Fun facts to know and tell
Organization: user of Netcom Public Access Unix, SF Bay Area
Distribution: ba
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 23:02:36 GMT


From the 1990 census:

Santa Clara County (age 15+)
------------------

                       Total  %            Male  %           Female  %
                  ----------------      --------------     ---------------
Total persons     1,193,385  100.0      603,742  100.0     589,643   100.0
Never married       376,139   31.5      221,874   36.7     154,265    26.2
Now married      
  (not separated)   618,291   51.8      312,773   51.8     305,518    51.8
Separated            26,059    2.2       11,564    1.9      14,495     2.5
Widowed              58,736    4.9        9,529    1.6      49,207     8.3
Divorced            114,160    9.6       48,002    8.0      66,158    11.2


Adding Never Married to Divorced, we have a 1.2:1 ratio of available
men to available women.



              -marvin


-- 
Marvin Raab                                  
marv@netcom.com                              Mountain View, CA 94040
apple.com!netcom.com!marv                    415-961-6501 (h)
From: charleen@ADS.COM (Charleen Bunjiovianna)
Newsgroups: ba.singles
Subject: Re: Quiet late night spots
Date: 28 Sep 92 18:12:44 GMT
Distribution: ba
Organization: The Original Estrogen-Crazed Lust Bunnies

In article <1992Sep28.165051.24526@kronos.arc.nasa.gov> chucko@kronos.arc.nasa.gov (Chuck Fry) writes:
>
>Other respondents have suggested Frankie, Johnnie and Luigi's Too in
>Mountain View, open til 2 am; the coffee house at Tressider Union on
>the Stanford campus; and the always-open Lyon's and Denny's
>restaurants, to which I add Ken's in Mountain View.

Unfortunately, the Lyon's in Palo Alto can't be considered non-smoking
by any stretch of the imagination.  There's a "non-smoking section" but
the attempt at separating the clean air lovers from the smog producers
is futile.

Charleen

--
Last Halloween was bad for me.  I got real beat up.  I went to a party
dressed as a Pinata.              -- Jim Samuels