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From: rberteig@cco.caltech.edu (Ross Berteig)
Subject: I want some mail!
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 01:56:39 GMT

Hi everyone!

My name is Michelle.  I'm looking for some e-mail penpals.  I LOVE to get
mail, but sometimes am slow to reply, so please bear with me!

I'm 28 years old, married, and have a lot of hobbies and interests, including
crafts and hobbies (especially counted cross-stitch), sewing and fashion,
chemistry (that's what I do), cats, sex (yes, you read that right!), music,
dieting and health.  I don't like to be like everyone else, either in looks
or attitude.  I believe that true friends are not easy to find, but worth the search.  Most people are too superficial for my taste.  I'll talk about
anything...

I'd love to hear from anyone out there.  I prefer writing to guys, since I've
always seemed to form better friendships with them, but I won't discriminate!
I'd also like to write to people out of the USA.  I do know a little
Spanish and Swedish.  Well, take care everyone!

Sincerely,
Michelle Berteig

rberteig@alumni.caltech.edu  (this is my husband's account, I will be getting my own in a month or so.)


Newsgroups: soc.penpals
From: edb238acot@vx24.cc.monash.edu.au
Subject: call me now
Organization: Computer Centre, Monash University, Australia
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 00:51:25 GMT




Howdy there.....

    My name is Maria Szmerling and im a 21 year old Bachelor
    of computing Student from Monash uni melbourne australia...

    I would love to hear from anyone who is interested in getting to know
    a fun loving girl...

    My interests are Dancing,watching sport, all kind of music,ballroom dancing
    ...i have other things but ill tell you about them if u reply..ok...

    hope to hear from you soon......

    Maria...
    edb162xsft@vx24.cc.monash.edu.au 
    edb162x@monu1.cc.monash.edu.au

   P.S. Please dont send the mail to the acount this is posted in , as it is a
   friends who i am using until my budget is sorted out which should be today..
From: Robyn_Clark@mindlink.bc.ca (Robyn Clark)
Newsgroups: soc.penpals
Subject: Re: Send me a joke.
Date: 31 Aug 92 06:48:26 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
Distribution: world

What do you call a blonde at the bottom of a pool? (an air pocket)
From: adam@wam.umd.edu (Adam L. Greenberg)
Newsgroups: soc.penpals
Subject: Re: Do YOU know???
Date: 26 Aug 92 16:18:50 GMT
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park

In article <1992Aug26.075932.13047@nntp.hut.fi> jtyrkko@vipunen.hut.fi (Juha-Petri Tyrkk|) writes:

He wrote that I wrote that he wrote that I wrote (a lot of stuff deleted)...
and he finally replied:
>  It is not the answer I would want, but it is still an answer I had better
>to prepare for. A "yes" squeezed out of her with heavy seduction might
>cause a lot of mess later.
>
>  Would it not be even more romantic to let her receive the proposal
>with no pressures whatever attached with it?

I don't get it...if you DON'T want her to say yes, then why would you
ask her?  To check and see if she's awake?  And if you DON'T want her to
say yes and she does, wouldn't THAT "cause a lot of mess later"?
I would think that if you're at the stage where you're considering asking
her to marry you that you might expect her to say yes if you did ask her.
Unless your relationship is at such an early stage (i.e. met yesterday)
that she is only likely to say no.

However, if you do want her to say yes, I'd think that heavy seduction
is a surefire winner.
Newsgroups: soc.penpals
From: enc369l@monu1.cc.monash.edu.au (Mr BDJ. Johnson)
Subject: Wanted: USA 30-60 year old penpal.
Organization: Monash University, Australia.
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 17:02:18 GMT

Mature Australia mother is looking for an USA penpal. No romantic talk or
similar. Handwritten only.
Do not reply via email, but write to:
                     Mrs. J Winkel
                      PO Box 6
                     Frankston VIC 3199
                      Australia.
Newsgroups: soc.penpals,alt.personals
From: isc10076@nusunix2.nus.sg (KWEK KHEE LENG)
Subject: Re: Theatre meets Comp. Sci.
Organization: National University of Singapore
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 09:05:14 GMT

  Hi! I'm a Comp Sci Undergraduate in the National University of
Singapore. If you donno where S'pore is , it's in South East Asia, a
pretty insignificant dot on the atlas. But a great country nonetheless.

  Over here we don't have minors, but I joined my varsity's Choir and am
currently involved in the cast of a musical, "The Bandwagon". Choral
singing is something I really enjoy, especially when you're working
full-swing towards a major concert. 

  Oops! Sorry, let myself run wild about myself again. Maybe you'd like
to tell me more about yourself. How's the coursework like over at
Smith? What productions have you been involved in? 

  By the way, I'm a Libra and I'm a Christian. In my country, we're just
that little bit conservative so maybe you won't find me quite as wild as
people from where u come from. Wait a minute. Where do you come from? I
kinda guess Smith U is in the States. Which part? Pretty ignorant of
geography myself. I've just served 2.5 years of NAtional Service in the
Army and am now 21. 

  Well, guess that's all for now. Got a test to prep for tomorrow. Do
reply and tell me more about yourself and what life is like in the
States. Hope you won't mind me becoming you're 'E'pen-pal.

  Yours Sincerely,

   KL.
From: Robyn_Clark@mindlink.bc.ca (Robyn Clark)
Newsgroups: soc.penpals
Subject: Re: From seattle ONLY....
Date: 31 Aug 92 21:39:02 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
Distribution: world

Will you settle for 149 miles North of Seattle (grin)...? For those of you
without a compass or flunked Boy Scouts and Girl Guides that would put you up
in Vancouver (grin)...
From: genem@lure.latrobe.edu.au
Newsgroups: soc.penpals
Subject: Frank from Seattle
Date: 1 Sep 92 09:27:21 GMT
Organization: VAX Cluster, Computer Centre, La Trobe University

Frank,

Sorry I lost your address and have deleted my files.
Please write so I can reply

eve.

P.S. please no other letters from anyone else...
From: schoonjans@hylkn1.Helsinki.FI (SCHOONJANS DANIEL)
Newsgroups: soc.penpals
Subject: penpals wanted
Date: 28 Aug 92 12:54:11 GMT
Organization: University of Helsinki

German girl in Finland (born 240466 in Turkey) looking for penpals who can 
write in English or German (I also understand French and Dutch/Flemish)
by normal mail. 
Preferably female, age 22+, especially from Indonesia, Korea, Belgium (I'm 
engaged to a Belgian guy), UK, Ireland, Iceland, Vatican & Rome, Turkey, 
East & Southeast Asia,  all small islands on the world,etc. 
Also anyone into Theology most welcome as well as people who love cats! 
Hobbies & interests: reading, writing, music (classical, also rock etc), 
religion(s) & theology (I'm catholic, by the way), East Asian peoples and 
cultures, photography, travelling, animals (esp. cats), etc.
I hope to get an account at my Univ's computer center by mid Sept. & might 
put in a new ad then! 

*****************************************************************
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From: rinesmith@warbrd.enet.dec.com (Roger Rinesmith)
Newsgroups: soc.penpals
Subject: Re: write to eve
Date: 27 Aug 92 17:41:45 GMT
Reply-To: decwrl::"soc.penpals"
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation, Colorado Springs



>> This says VERY little.  Am I the only one who suspects this is a guy using a
>> woman's name to get mail?  If not, my sincere apoligies; if it is, you gotta
>> wonder what kind of mail they WANT.

No, you're not the only one.  I suspect the same thing.

-- 
Children need models rather than critics - Joseph Joubert

Internet: Rinesmith@genral.dec.com
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Newsgroups: soc.penpals
From: jjd1@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (james.j.dutton)
Subject: Re: HOWDY!!
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 18:25:31 GMT


 High, if their are any females out there who have just been discovered
in a society so primitive, that you don't know what a pen or paper
is, feel free to email me at above path.
 
 Yours in evolution.
    j.(p.p.p.l.)d.
 
================================================================================
 Sesquipedalian's 'R' Us. ZX-10. DoD#564. There ain't no more.
================================================================================
From: stick@milton.u.washington.edu (Suzanne Cherniack)
Newsgroups: soc.penpals
Subject: WANTED: PENPAL IN LA LA LAND
Date: 25 Aug 92 20:15:55 GMT
Article-I.D.: milton.stick.714773755
Organization: University of Washington

I'm interested in someone concerned w/issues such as homelessness,
drug use, and mental illness among indigengents.  A psych. or soc.
student would be ideal.  

I know this probably doesn't sound terribly interesting, but I thought
I'd give it a try!

-Suzanne

:wq
From: d1leaf@dtek.chalmers.se (Fredrik L|fgren)
Newsgroups: soc.penpals
Subject: JENNIFER FRENCH from BRIDGEWATER,NJ
Date: 1 Sep 92 12:16:11 GMT
Organization: Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg Sweden

I'm desperately looking for JENNIFER FRENCH who I meet during an 
convention in WASHINTON DC in April990. She should be about 
20 years old now and she went to an highschool in BRIDGEWATER,NJ !

If you know what Univ. she attends please mail me immediatilly !!!

/FRED
d1leaf@dtek.chalmers.se


--
*  Fredrik 'The Leaf` Lofgren   * "She walks in beauty like *
*       Computer Science        *  the night, of cloudless  *
*     Chalmers, Gbg, Sweden     *  climes and starry skies" *
*    d1leaf@dtek.chalmers.se    *             LORD BYRON    *
From: Gordon_Wong@mindlink.bc.ca (Gordon Wong)
Newsgroups: soc.penpals
Subject: Re: SWF iso SWM in LA area
Date: 3 Sep 92 05:11:20 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
Distribution: world

> Stacey Silva writes:
> 
> Young obnoxious effervescent former cheerleader searching for the jock
> or her life.  I am 5'2", brown hair, deep brown eyes.  I am currently
> working at USC.  Interests include: Football, (GO TROJANS!!)  sex,
> reading, travelling, talking, walking.... keeping in shape, and
> laughing a lot.  Do you have the 18" neck I've been looking for?
>                                 Stacey


Damn ... only a 14" neck ... I'm going to have to send away for Suzanne Somers'
NeckMaster :)

Newsgroups: soc.penpals
From: michael@mlacus.oz.au (Michael Socic)
Subject: Re: Pen Pal wanted 
Organization: ACUS Australian Centre for Unisys Software, Melbourne
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 05:47:15 GMT

Joan Balser writes:

>I am net to this net stuff and would like to correspond with everyone from the
>4 corners of the earth.  

>If interested please e-mail me.

>MURPH@bnr.ca  (Joan Balser)

>*I hope I put the full e-mail address (I'm not sure).  If not, please reply
>through the net.

>Thanks!!

From what corner of the earth are you from?

Michael
Melbourne Australia

P.S I was not able to mail you at your e-mail address

Newsgroups: soc.penpals
From: tegarr01@ulkyvx.louisville.edu
Subject: Help......!!!!!!!
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 12:43:02 GMT
Organization: University of Louisville

I could use some help.....is there anyone out there that knows anyone that
goes to Western Kentucky University or maybe is there anyone out there that
goes there.

If you can help I would appreciate it.

Teg
TEGARR01@ulkyvx.louisville.edu

P.S. I am trying to find a friends account address.
From: bweiss@cs.arizona.edu (Beth Weiss)
Newsgroups: soc.couples,soc.men,soc.women
Subject: Re: Am I a grandfather? You be the judge.
Date: 29 Aug 92 02:52:53 GMT
Followup-To: soc.couples
Organization: U of Arizona CS Dept, Tucson

> colombo@bronco.fnal.gov writes:
>I'm a step-father to (among others) a 23 year old (female) that recently
>had a baby (girl). So my question is: Am I a grandfather, step-grandfather,
>or what?  

My husband's stepmother certainly feels that she is a grandmother.  I
don't know what my stepfather thinks, but my mother thinks he's a
grandfather.  

>And what of my parents, are they some sorta great-grandparents?

If they want to be.   They can choose how much of a
great-grandparenting role they want to take.  If they want to claim
your stepdaughter's baby girl as their great-grandchild, then they're
great-grandparents.  If not, don't push it.

>You'll probably say that I'm a grandfather, so maybe I should put it this
>way, what do you tell a child that has four grandfathers AND four
>grandmothers?

Until they ask why they have some many, your only problem is coming up
with non-competing names for all these grandparents.  My son has
Gramma and Grandpa, Granddad and Grandmar, Grandmommy, and Grandpa Ed.
(that's four different sets)

>Will I be a great-step-grandfather when they have kids?

If you feel close to them, then yes.

>On a related note, is being a step-parent forever?

Depends.  One of my former stepmothers is an evil wicked twisted
woman, and I wouldn't dream of claiming her.  I've lost track of the
other, but wish I hadn't--we were very close while she was married to
my dad.

>Does it apply to say an older couple that marry?  Would all of their
>children (regardless of their present age) automatically be
>step-children?  I was wondering if it doesn't apply if children are
>over 21. 

Older children are still step-children, but there usually isn't much
of a parenting role involved.  My mom remarried when I was 23, and she
was hurt that I wouldn't call her new husband 'dad'--I was just too
old for that.

Enjoy your new grandchild.  If I were you, I wouldn't really worry
about the steps except when trying to explain the family relationships
(which I wouldn't do either, unless you felt like it)


--
--Beth Weiss
bweiss@cs.arizona.edu
Newsgroups: soc.couples,soc.men,soc.women
From: garvey@skybridge.SCL.CWRU.Edu (Heather Garvey)
Subject: Re: Am I a grandfather? You be the judge.
X-Post-Machine: colima.scl.cwru.edu
Organization: Smith Undergrad Lab, CWRU, Cleve. OH
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 92 22:55:13 GMT

colombo@bronco.fnal.gov writes:
>
>I'm a step-father to (among others) a 23 year old (female) that recently
>had a baby (girl). So my question is: Am I a grandfather, step-grandfather,
>or what?  And what of my parents, are they some sorta great-grandparents?
>You'll probably say that I'm a grandfather, so maybe I should put it this
>way, what do you tell a child that has four grandfathers AND four
>grandmothers?  
	
	Congratulations?

>On a related note, is being a step-parent forever?  Does it apply to say
>an older couple that marry?  Would all of their children (regardless of
>their present age) automatically be step-children?  I was wondering if
>it doesn't apply if children are over 21.

	Yes, they are your stepchildren if you are married to their
mother. Period. That's the definition of the term. Now, do they have 
to call you Daddy and think of you as a father? That's a different
story. Whatever makes everyone happy is best. :) I imagine adult
offspring will be less likely to call you Daddy or be close as a
father-child relationship.

--
	" ...dealing with Free-Net makes me very angry  | Heather "Moose"
and gives me thoughts of breaking things and torturing  | Garvey, Biochem 93'
small animals. "   --  Bruce Ikenaga <bxi@po.cwru.edu>  | <hlg@po.cwru.edu>
Newsgroups: soc.couples,soc.men,soc.women
From: pw@panix.com (Paul Wallich)
Subject: Re: Am I a grandfather? You be the judge.
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 05:10:27 GMT
Organization: Trivializers R Us

In article <-8dnt_r@lynx.unm.edu> bevans@carina.unm.edu (Mathemagician) writes:
>In article <1992Aug28.164629.1@bronco.fnal.gov> colombo@bronco.fnal.gov writes:
>>I'm a step-father to (among others) a 23 year old (female) that recently
>>had a baby (girl). So my question is: Am I a grandfather, step-grandfather,
>>or what?
>
>>On a related note, is being a step-parent forever?  Does it apply to say
>>an older couple that marry?  Would all of their children (regardless of
>>their present age) automatically be step-children?  I was wondering if
>>it doesn't apply if children are over 21.
>
>Well, I'm not sure of the legal ramifications, but I can give my own
>personal experience.
>
>I have what I call my "ex-step-grandfather."  That is, my mother's
>mother divorced my mother's father, married another man, and divorced
>him.  I am not quite sure of the timing between the second
>marriage/divorce and my birth (I never asked.)  But, my mother and her
>sister have a good relationship with him and he is generally considered
>"part of the family" even if he has no legal ties to it.
>
>My father and my mother's sister got married after my mother died when
>I was 19 and my sister was 21.  We regard her as our aunt since she
>has been our aunt for most of our lives...and that was at her
>request...but as the years go by, she has started to take on a more
>step-mother type role...against our wishes.

Gee, and I thought things were complicated when my ex-babe acquired
a step-daughter only a few weeks younger than her kid brother, not to
mention only a couple of years younger than me. Reminds me I have
to write some letters to my ex brothers and sisters in sin and
catch up on the former quasineices and quasinephews. The longer
you live, the more interesting life gets.

paul
From: shannah@netcom.com (Teri Miller)
Newsgroups: soc.couples
Subject: Re: Wedding etiquette
Date: 28 Aug 92 05:50:36 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest)

In article <1992Aug27.222258.10569@ads.com> ellon@ADS.COM (Ellon St. Croix) writes:
>
>I said:
>>cma@cbnewsm.cb.att.com (christine.m.dakes) writes:
>>>
>>>Wow, you may be in for a shock, just as I was when I was the maid of
>>>honor at an ex-friend's wedding, ex due to the wedding!
>>>I was naive, had I known all the time, expense, and aggravation involved,
>>>I would have declined!  Never again will I be in a wedding!
>>>
>>>I'll tell you my bad experience:
>>{christines horror story deleted}
>>>
>    I just wanted to add...My sister was my Maid of honor, my niece 
>    was my bridesmaid.  All either of them had to do was pay for their
>    dress/shoes and show up at the wedding to witness.  I addressed, 
>    stuffed, stamped, and mailed all the invitations, recorded all the
>    RSVP's, wrote all the thank you notes, made the favors.
>    Basically, I did EVERYTHING.  I have a sister-in-law that opened 
>    her home for a nice shower, and she even did all the food, and the
>    shower cake.  
>
>
The groom and I did most of the addressing, stuffing, stamping, and
writing of thank you notes.  We split it as fairly as we could.

We paid for the flowers for the bridesmaids, and gave them thank you
gifts (handmade), and did the same for the groomsmen.  They all paid
for their own outfits, but we tried to select clothing that wouldn't
be terribly expensive.

The parents of the groom gave a rehearsal dinner, and treated the 
entire bridal party.

The thing that the maid of honor did that the other bridesmaids didn't
was to give me a bridal shower.  She knows my tastes, and gave a simple
small shower of just close friends.  

I tried to think of the bridal party when making arrangements, so that
they wouldn't get run ragged.  Unfortunately, I heard that the host
wore his shoes out (just kidding, but he did work hard) and really made
sure that everyone had enough to eat and drink.  He's still speaking to
me, though, so I guess it must have been okay.

A wedding, and planning a wedding, can be a wonderful experience for 
those involved.  I grew much closer to my maid of honor as a result of
her assistance in planning the wedding, and have a special fondness for
everyone who was there.  Planning everything to the last detail and 
driving oneself (and one's attendants) to distraction and financial
ruin for the perfect day, is, IMHO, going just too far.

I believe that the perfect day is when you can look back and say "Hey,
we had a good time, didn't we?"

Even if you did as I did and got caught in your sneakers for the last
few photographs... 8-)
From: bweiss@cs.arizona.edu (Beth Weiss)
Newsgroups: soc.couples
Subject: Re: Wedding etiquette
Date: 28 Aug 92 01:03:51 GMT
Organization: U of Arizona CS Dept, Tucson

>ahsiung@labs-n.bbn.com (Anita Hsiung) writes:
>I've been
>asked to be a bridesmaid .  I need to know what is expected of me.  I
>know that I have to buy dress/hat/gloves/shoes and whatnot, but do I
>also have to give a gift to the bride?

Usually, the bride asks her closest friends to be bridesmaids, and
those friends want to give a gift to the marrying couple.    Your
friend will probably be hurt if you don't give her a gift, because it
would indicate you didn't care as much about her as she does about
you.

>In Chinese culture, the maid-of-honour and bridesmaids (if any) have
>their dresses paid for by the bridal party and they receive presents
>from the bride.  This makes sense to me, because if I were getting
>married, I'd be grateful that a friend gave me the honour of attending
>at my wedding, there'd be no question that I should be the one
>thanking her.

When I've been a bridesmaid, I've been given a gift by the bride (once
a close friend and once my mother :-).  Usually those are personal
gifts--often jewelery to wear at the wedding.  Whether the bridal
couple pays for the bridesmaids clothes depends on how much money they
have.  My friend's parents paid for my dress when I was her maid of
honor.  I bought my own for my mother's wedding (I also got to choose
it).

>And, on the question of presents, just a personal bias, I don't like
>this custom of registering (too impersonal, too materialistic, etc.)
>But, personal biases aside, is artwork appreciated as a gift?  (That
>is what I'm going to get them, but I just wanted opinions...  ;^) )

You know your friends better than we do.  Artwork is appropriate, if
you think they'll like the piece you're giving them.


--
--Beth Weiss
bweiss@cs.arizona.edu
Newsgroups: soc.couples
From: purp@wixer.cactus.org (Jim Meyer)
Subject: Re: Marriage crap
Organization: Real/Time Communications
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 92 09:54:39 GMT


Tradition is just assuming that some damnfool in the past (usually one
with less facts and in a different social situation) knew better than
you do now.

--Purp, posting aphorisms in the wee hours.
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