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From: ins818e@mdw040.cc.monash.edu.au (Pratap Patnaikuni)
Subject: Re: PENCHAT FOR A MINUTE/DAY/HOUR? Pleez!
Organization: Monash University
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1992 01:56:08 GMT

In article <1992Sep4.165116.11788@ohrd.uucp> ohrd!rdowlati@cs.toronto.edu (Ramin Dowlati) writes:
>Where is Curtin U of Tech.? I've never heard of it before.
>
>-Cheers

Perth, Western Australia.

Hooroo!

-Pratap

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Newsgroups: soc.penpals
From: datasbld@bnr.ca (Datasbuild)
Subject: English PenFem wanted...
Organization: BNR Europe Ltd, Maidenhead, UK
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Date: Mon, 07 Sep 1992 16:27:26 GMT

Hi!

My name is Nick, I live near Slough in England and I would like to exchange
mail with an English woman.  I am interested in all sorts of music, I am a bit
of a francophile, I ride a BMW motorbike, I am interested in children, I write
really naff poetry, I visit other European countries whenever I can and I work
in the computer business.  Please write to me an tell me about yourself and
what it's like where you live.

Nick.
From: oldman@coos.dartmouth.edu (Prakash Das)
Newsgroups: soc.penpals
Subject: Re: Thanks, everyone!
Date: 8 Sep 92 01:21:06 GMT
Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH

In article <950@emoryu1.cc.emory.edu> chemsn@emory.edu (Sreehari Nimmala) writes:
>
>Then, why the hell you posted on this net? Imagine a person
.....
>and then doesn't even get an acknowledgement from you. You
>
>---Sree

Well, she *is* acknowledging (to all of them) through this net. She
just couldn't reply *individually* to each. Can't you view it from
her side? So stop shouting.

Anyways, Michelle has by now regained her faith which is happy news!

-PD
Newsgroups: soc.penpals
From: mhs@fokus.gmd.de (M.Schmeil)
Subject: WANTED: punkrockgirl from china or somewhere like that
Organization: GMD-Fokus (Berlin)
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 12:18:14 GMT

hi,
    i'm the bernd from berlin/germany and my favourite music is
punk/hc. i'm 26 years old and a lazy boring sod. if you're a
bored and boring woman with similar interests email me (i'm a
member of the punk-list, but there are only US and canadian
women and i want to know about punk-rock in china, etc.).

- tB!
   ^
   |
   b is for boredom 
Newsgroups: soc.penpals
From: aria@next11pg2.wam.umd.edu (Naimi Lee Ramia)
Subject: Re: birthday women who said she was going to do
Organization: Workstations at Maryland, University of Maryland, College Park
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 16:56:26 GMT

>Bob - anyone else out there at the Libra Front End ??

	How 'bout October 14?  There's still time!  :-)


login:  aria                   In real life:  Naimi Lee Ramia
no plan is a good plan
Newsgroups: soc.penpals
From: erkert@scan2.tamu.edu (Ron Erkert)
Subject:  zapped note
Organization: Texas A&M University, College Station
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 20:10:29 GMT

Shannon from CalTech (I think that's right).

I zapped your note by accident, so give me a call back soon.

To answer your questions:  Yes, I am a real cowboy, and, no, I am not
a Texan...yet.

Cowboy.
Organization: Queen's University at Kingston
Date: Thursday, 10 Sep 1992 07:55:23 EDT
From: bob burge <BURGER@QUCDN.QueensU.CA>
Newsgroups: soc.penpals
Subject: It's my Birthday!

It is!  Now, I would like to know what my horoscope has in store for me for
the coming year.  Does anybody know?
Newsgroups: soc.penpals
From: jyoung@Cadence.COM (John Young)
Subject: Re: Penpals: interest in humorous subjects
Organization: Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 15:58:06 GMT

In article <92246.124636U59849@uicvm.uic.edu> <U59849@uicvm.uic.edu> writes:
>I'm interested on information concerning "The Book of Revelations" and
>also on your opinion of "Judgement Day"  I'm not a realigous fanatic, but
>I feel this is really a fasinating subject.  Also, I'm enjoy movies, horror,
>good comedies. Have a good day!!
>

Well...I will know its "Judgement Day"Because all the beer will dry up.
God will come down to earth and execute all the evangelists for stealing
his most holy profit.He'll publish his second great sci-fi classic
"the Bible part 2"
Newsgroups: soc.penpals
From: gilletj@alleg.edu (Jennifer Gillette)
Subject: LOOKING FOR AN L.A. PENPAL
Organization: Allegheny College
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 00:53:16 GMT

Hi!
My name is Jenny and next summer I will be moving to L.A. from Meadville,  
Pennsylvania (pop. 15, 000). Needless to say it will be quite a change,  
and I am paranoid about living in Los Angeles.  Will some content L.A.  
inhabitant (or someone from near the city) please calm me down?  I'm a  
senior at Allegheny College, looking at grad schools and considering  
Pepperdine, USC, etc.  Please get in touch and tell me how much you love  
L.A.!!  Or how much you want to leave!!  	
	Jenny
From: kramersc@expert.cc.purdue.edu (Scott C. Kramer)
Newsgroups: soc.penpals
Subject: Re: PENPALS WANTED
Keywords: I'm here.......
Date: 8 Sep 92 05:04:10 GMT
Organization: Purdue University Computing Center

In article <1992Sep8.085014.10664@waikato.ac.nz> rgty_ska@waikato.ac.nz writes:
>I'M KNEW AT DOING THIS AND ITS ALSO IN WORK TIME, SO I HAD BETTER NOT RAVE ON
>TOO MUCH.  ANYWAY, MY NAME IS SHERYL ARMSTRONG AND I COME FROM DOWN UNDER.  NO,
>NOT AUSTRALIA, BUT NEW ZEALAND.  I HAVE DONE LOTS OF TRAVELLING: BRITAIN,
>EUROPE, AUSTRALIA (ONLY SYDNEY) AND AMERICA (ONLY THE WEST COAST SO FAR).  I
>ENJOY RUGBY AND FOLLOWING THE NZ CRICKET TEAM.  I WOULD APPRECIATE TO MAKE
>CONTACT WITH ANYBODY FROM AROUND THE WORLD, EITHER THROUGH EMAIL OR TO MY
>ADDRESS:  23 WINNING TERRACE, DINSDALE, HAMILTON, NEW ZEALAND.  THANKS SHERYL

  Hi, Sheryl....I tried e-mail to someone in that part of the
country f but it did not work......if you don't get a message from me,
write me...my login is kramersc@expert.cc.purdue.edu  thanks you...
Scott
:wq
From: i921652@redgum.ucnv.edu.au (  ***THE WIZZARD***)
Newsgroups: soc.penpals
Subject: Re: Greetings to everyone, and a few questions for your entertainment.
Date: 3 Sep 92 08:26:35 GMT
Organization: UCNV, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia

In article <BtxyGA.Lty@news.cso.uiuc.edu> ftw33616@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (.) writes:

<stuff deleted>
>(1)  Is it me, or are guys generally complete bums when it comes to letter
>     writing?   I mean, I get tons of letters, and they're almost all from 
<everything else deleted>

Is it just me, or do many people find e-mail unsatisfying as a means of
writing letters?  It seems to me to be too quick.  If you put everything
that has happened recently into an e-mail letter, chances are that
you'll get a reply in a week, and have nothing left to talk about.  It
seems to fill that gap between telephone and letters, and I'm really not
sure that it seems to be good for anything other than brief notes (this
is just my own generalisation).  While I'm saying this, I should just
add that this is the reason for my slow replies.......I haven't
forgotten anyone, I'm just waiting to accumulate enough for a letter! :)

What does everyone else think?

Jared Quinert
i921652@redgum.ucnv.edu.au
From: Gordon_Wong@mindlink.bc.ca (Gordon Wong)
Newsgroups: soc.penpals
Subject: Re: Thanks, everyone!
Date: 6 Sep 92 17:32:47 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
Distribution: world

> Ross Berteig writes:
> 
> Msg-ID: <1992Sep6.004217.18417@cco.caltech.edu>
> Posted: Sun, 6 Sep 1992 00:42:17
> 
> Org.  : California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
> 
> In article <950@emoryu1.cc.emory.edu> chemsn@emory.edu (Sreehari Nimmala)
> writes:
> >rberteig@cco.caltech.edu (Ross Berteig) writes:
> >: Hi everyone!
> >:
> >: I just wanted to say thanks to all the nice people who responded to my
> >: request for e-mail penpals.  Unfortunately I can't reply to all who
> >: responded, there's just too many!  But I do appreciate it, though.
> >: Gee, this thing really works!
> >:
> >: Sincerely,
> >: Michelle Berteig
> >
> >Then, why the hell you posted on this net? Imagine a person
> >spending good amount of his time typing a letter for you
> >and then doesn't even get an acknowledgement from you. You
> >better reply to everyone who responded to your posting.
> >
> >---Sree
> 
> Hi,
> This is Michelle again.  This comment was the rudest, most inflammatory
> thing I've ever read in my life!  All I wanted to do was send out an
> acknowledgement, and I get attacked!  Count me out from now on. folks.
> (And everyone wonders why no women ever post!)
> Disappointed,
> Michelle
> 

Michelle:

Isn't that true about everything in life ... for all the good that one does,
there's always someone who comes around to ruin it all. At these times, one
oftens wonder whether it was worth it at all. Although, the one "negative"
usually overshadows all the "positives", it is more important at these times
to think about the "positives". Think about all the positives (e.g., the
good people that you have met, etc ...) ... don't let everything be ruined by
just one person. You lose more by walking away ... hope you reconsider,
Michelle.

Gordon

---------------------------
"Every person was put on this Earth to serve a purpose, even if only to serve
as a bad example." A little empathy can go a long way.

Newsgroups: soc.penpals
From: jara0040@nova.gmi.edu (jaramillo jamison)
Subject: Looking for Michigan GWM (40-70)
Organization: GMI Engineering&Management Institute, Flint, MI
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 03:59:12 GMT

	Hi there!  My name is Jamison and I'm  one hell of a lonely 

freshmen at college.  If you are old, (and hairy,) enough to give a guy some
good manly advice and just talk about life in general, give me a ring.  No 
phony people, just wishing to comment on me personally.  I want a real man.

	My e-mail address is jara0040@ gmi.edu

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Newsgroups: soc.penpals
From: datasbld@bnr.ca (Datasbuild)
Subject: Re: English PenFem wanted...
Organization: BNR Europe Ltd, Maidenhead, UK
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Date: Wed, 09 Sep 1992 15:14:06 GMT

Datasbuild (datasbld@bnr.ca) wrote:
: Hi!
: 
: My name is Nick, I live near Slough in England and I would like to exchange
: mail with an English woman.  I am interested in all sorts of music, I am a bit
: of a francophile, I ride a BMW motorbike, I am interested in children, I write
: really naff poetry, I visit other European countries whenever I can and I work
: in the computer business.  Please write to me an tell me about yourself and
: what it's like where you live.
: 
: Nick.


PS  I forgot my address!  It is:-
    14 Hogfair Lane
    Burnham
    Bucks.
    SL1 8BY
From: cecilw@access.isc-br.com (Cecil Williams)
Newsgroups: soc.penpals
Subject: Re: Doesn't Anybody Find These Blonde Jokes Offensive?
Date: 12 Sep 92 17:10:51 GMT
Organization: ISC-Bunker Ramo, Spokane, WA



 (PuterDude) writes:
> (S.Ramakrishnan) writes:
>> (Susan Atwater) writes:
>>  
>>  >Five to one [the blond jokes] 'd never make it onto r.h.f.  

>>You're right. I sent some blond jokes to Rhf sometime ago and they still
>>haven't been posted. I suspect the moderator of Rhf is a blond himself
>>(and an irate blond at that).

I can't believe there are still people out there who think these blonde
jokes are original or new material. These jokes are older than
the hills! Where have you people been all your lives? I suspect the 
moderator of Rhf has a filter on his mail to automatically delete
any mail containing the word "blonde"... 

> Maybe there is another reason. The one that comes to *my* mind
> is that I've heard them all before. There was a LONG list of blonde
> jokes that circulated some time ago.

Right you are, PuterDude. The comprehensive list of blonde jokes gets
posted almost WEEKLY in rec.humor. In fact, it was just reposted 
September 6th for about the 500th time. It's up to 412 blonde jokes. 
You wanna-be comedians could save yourself some typing by just posting
the number of the blonde joke instead of the joke itself. It'll
save bandwidth...


Here are the numbers from V6.0 of the Blonde Jokes List
for some old blonde jokes recently posted here in pen-pals:


 From: skc@Turing.ORG (Shriram K. Chaubal)
  Heard the one about the Blonde's belly button that was hurting??????

  Turns out .. her boyfriend was a blond too ... *grin*
 Shriram

This one is a covered in both #94 and #284. Other blonde-boyfriend jokes 
are #198, 222, 226, 228, and 374.

 From: Harvey_Armitage@mindlink.bc.ca (Harvey Armitage)

  Why do blondes wear underwear?

  To keep thier ankles warm.

#39, #345 combination. #32 and #34 are also blonde-ankle jokes.

From: dennisp@kpc.com (Dennis Preston)
 Whats the difference between a blonde and a 747?

 Not everyone's been in a 747.

#83.  Check out #82 also if you like blonde-747 jokes.



Yawn...

(-;
Cecil
Newsgroups: soc.penpals
From: clc@kepler.unh.edu (Christian L Claiborn)
Subject: I'm a chat wuss.
Organization: University of New Hampshire  -  Durham, NH
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 19:52:08 GMT

Hi.  My name is Christian.

I want penpals.  Indulge me and win a prize.  

					clc
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From: ramakris@csgrad.cs.vt.edu (S.Ramakrishnan)
Newsgroups: soc.penpals
Subject: Re: Doesn't Anybody Find These Blonde Jokes Offensive?
Date: 6 Sep 92 01:52:31 GMT
Organization: VPI&SU Computer Science Department, Blacksburg, VA

In article <Bu41pp.7F7@cgl.ucsf.edu> atwater@labmed.ucsf.edu (Susan Atwater) writes:
  >
  >Five to one [the blond jokes] 'd never make it onto r.h.f.  

You're right. I sent some blond jokes to Rhf sometime ago and they still
haven't been posted. I suspect the moderator of Rhf is a blond himself
(and an irate blond at that). Here's another blond joke:

 What's a blond with two brain cells called ? 
 
 Pregnant.

---
S Ramakrishnan, CS Dept, McBryde Hall, VaTech
Newsgroups: soc.couples
From: wallace@dtc.hp.com (David Wallace)
Subject: Re: Marriage crap
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 18:23:05 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Design Technology Center, Santa Clara, CA

In article <17mbcqINN5ht@network.ucsd.edu> mbreen@sdacs.ucsd.edu (Michael Breen) writes:
>I can't believe some of the things that were said here regarding wedding
>'obligation' of those in the wedding party.  Is it really all that important
>to 'keep with tradition' if it trashes long standing relationships?  Gee, I
>hope not.  I think Miss Manners et. al. are full of **it.

I missed the earlier discussion, but all that I've read Miss Manners write on
weddings is perfectly in line with this sentiment: when relationships and
tradition conflict, honor the relationship.  If that means you have extra
people up front or in the reception line, or need to find a place in the
wedding for your great-uncle's ex-spouse that you feel particularly close
to, so be it.  She is also less than patient with those who view weddings
as a mercantile opportunity: gifts should be freely given based on what the
giver feels comfortable with, not demanded as the price of admission.  The
degree of feeling certainly should not be measured by the price of the gift.

>Communicate!  If you are invited to be in a wedding party, it is an honor
>and a privilege, but it is also the best gift you can give the wedding couple,
>and (IMHO) it should be the only gift you give them.  Talk to the bride/groom
>and let them know if you think that renting/buying/sewing all that stuff is
>either uncalled for or simply out of your budget.  If you are both truly
>communicating, and this is a problem, you may be out of the wedding party,
>but there should be no hard feelings.

I don't think Miss Manners would have a problem with you explaining that
the requested renting/buying/sewing is beyond your means, and offering to
take a lesser role in the festivities (thereby leaving it up to the
bride/groom to either offer to reduce the burden or accept your offer).
Telling them that you think it is uncalled for treads on the dangerous ground
of criticizing others' manners to their faces, which is itself an etiquette
violation (except when one's own minor children are being corrected).

>Tradition is to be overcome.  Have the wedding *you* want and are comfortable
>with.  Give the gift of participation *you* want and are comfortable with.
>As with many situations in life, if the other party involved isn't happy
>or won't accept your opinion, and you can't negotiate a resolution, how
>the hell have you remained friends so far anyway?

I suspect that Miss Manners would agree with the second and third sentences
above, but might have some reservations about the rest.  Still, I think
you were giving her a bum rap - if you haven't read her books, you might
be surprised by some of her opinions on the subject.

Dave W.		(dwallace@dtc.hp.com)

>Sorry, anger isn't good for the synapses.
>
>Michael Breen
>singing and philosophizing
>(and celebrating 4 years of wedded bliss and not-so-bliss today!)


Newsgroups: soc.couples,soc.men,soc.women
From: "Amy Young Leith" <alyoung@kiwi.ucs.indiana.edu>
Subject: Re: Am I a grandfather? You be the judge.
Organization: Indiana University, Bloomington
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1992 21:22:44 -0500

In article <1992Sep3.232511.1609@ncsu.edu> echyatt@eos.ncsu.edu (EDWARD CRAIG HYATT) writes:

>And while we are on the subject, I'd like the net opinion about what to
>call my mom's significant other.  My dad died in 1989 after a bout with
>cancer, and my mom has been going with the same guy for a couple of years.
>In fact, according to her latest letter, they are "merging" households.
>The aren't married, and my guess is that they don't plan to marry.
>
>I generally call her S.O. by his first name, since I consider him
>a peer, but I would have no qualms about calling him "dad" or whatever.

If you and he are comfortable with you using first names, that sounds
fine as an "outsider."  I don't think I would ever call anyone who
didn't bring me up mother or father. 

>It mainly comes up when discussing my family with new friends, and I
>have to say something like "my mom's boyfriend after my dad died...."
>and give a big long explanation.  I'd just as soon say "dad" just to
>avoid a long story.  Also "boyfriend" sounds stupid for a guy in his
>50's!

Doesn't "mother's boyfriend" normally get the picture across?  If
people say, "What??" simply explain that your father passed away. 

>Also, I'm unsure how to broach the subject with my mom, although, now
>that I think about it, I can't think of anybody who would be more
>understanding!
>
>One other facet to all of this is that I don't really know her S.O.
>very well personally, since they live in another city, and I don't
>get out to see them except holidays.
>
>Opinions, please!

There were mine.  I didn't have this happen directly, but rather my
grandfather got married again after my grandmother died.  I called her
by her firstname by thought, however soon found myself almost
unknowingly referring to her as grandmother.  

amy
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Organization: Queen's University at Kingston
Date: Friday, 11 Sep 1992 12:44:03 EDT
From: K. Roper <ROPERK@QUCDN.QueensU.CA>
Newsgroups: soc.couples
Subject: Re: Advice on responsibilities of Best Man

  We hid the car and had the wedding hearse pick us up.

  People are rather reluctant to decorate a hearse, especially when
   the driver will rip out the lungs of the decorator :>


  At the time, we drove a blue Ford Tempo -- we figured the ideal place
   to hide it would be a Ford dealership :>  (It ended up in a park, with
   accessways arranged so we could tell if we were being followed.)


  Kim
Newsgroups: soc.couples
From: ecsd@tfs.com (Eric C. S. Dynamic)
Subject: Re: couple ans
Organization: TFS
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1992 05:21:08 GMT

How about: "if you want to get laid while I'm gone, please do; I'd like the
same freedom. if you're still interested in me when I get back, great."
Newsgroups: soc.couples
From: dowling@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov (Marie Dowling)
Subject: Second Wedding Etiquette
Organization: Goddard Space Flight Center
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 12:28:00 GMT

A co-worker and husband are planning to re-new their wedding vows next 
May.  How "proper" is it for her to wear the tradional white gown with 
cathedral train and veil?  How about expecting wedding presents?  I 
thought gifts were to help a couple just getting started, but this 
couple has been married five or six years.  They're planning a 
traditional wedding cake, bridesmaids, groomsmen, etc.  As she was 
pregnant for their first wedding she feels she didn't get the wedding 
she wanted - too much emphasis on the baby - now's her chance to make 
up for it.  

Marie

Newsgroups: soc.couples
From: wiseb@rigel.cs.rpi.edu (Bowden Wise)
Subject: Help: Looking for Reading for Wedding Ceremony
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Computer Science, Troy NY
Distribution: soc
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 14:29:01 GMT

Hi, 

I am getting married in about 2 weeks and I am looking for a
non-relgious reading for a 10 year old to read.  I thought maybe some
of you out there could give me some ideas for such a reading.  (We are
going to have two readings, the other one is a bible reading.)

We had oringally thought we would use the "Velveteen Rabbit", but
after reading it again, it didn't come across right.  

If anyone has any ideas, I would love to hear them.
Newsgroups: soc.couples