HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: taina@cs.Helsinki.FI (Juha Taina)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Suggestions needed....
Date: 20 Nov 92 18:09:16 GMT


Looks like your friend is going through a transition time.  There
is his long distance love.  It's easy to love her.  He can't know
her very well, so what he doesn't know he imagines.  It's easy to
dream about such beloved one.  He must have a strong mental picture
about her, and it's prpobably far from the real picture.

Then there is you, someone he knows pretty well, someone he can
trust.  He knows about your feelings but he's afraid of deeper
commitment.  He is used to see you around, so (a wild guess) he
doesn't really notice you.

If his current long distance relationship fails, he might understand
that he needs a "real" relationship.  Then he's ready to look around
there.  I hope that he notices you.

(In my opinion, of course)

Juha Taina  taina@cs.helsinki.fi  Phone: +358-0-708-4247
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: barry@netcom.com (Kenn Barry)
Subject: Re: What is attractive to women?
Organization: QQQCLC
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 19:54:52 GMT

In article <1992Nov18.171600.23779@beaver.cs.washington.edu> dbj@cs.washington.edu (Dave Johnson) writes:
>In article <1992Nov17.230759.19848@netcom.com> barry@netcom.com (Kenn Barry) writes:
>>In article <JMD.92Nov17135431@lion.bear.com> jmd@bear.com (Josh Diamond) writes:
>>>Finally, about respect, every living thing is due respect.
>>
>>	Even maggots? Viruses?
>
>What do lawyers have to do with this?

	They are the ultimate Suits.

						Kayembee
From: tps@jptcs.COM (Tim Sailer)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Unattached Ph.D.'s (was:Re: Education and the Single World
Date: 16 Nov 92 14:32:58 GMT
Reply-To: tps@jptcs.com
Organization: JPT Computer Solutions, Port Jeff Station, NY
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]

H. Allisson Roome (allisson@turing.toronto.edu) wrote:
: Gary, I suppose I should take exception to that comment and say that
: there are several women on the Guyland who fit that description (I
: think, that I count -- only my account is in Toronto, I currently
: reside in the Mt.Sinai/Port Jefferson area).  Unfortunately, most of the
: people that I knew who fit that description have left (or I haven't
: met them yet) ... <looking furtively over both shoulders> I was born,
: raised, and spent all but the last 9 years of my life on Long Island
: and I couldn't give a flying ^*#! about Oogs truck -- I also escaped
: the accent.

Ahhh... but I think you are wrong and Gary is right! You know where I
live, and Gary is about 15 mins away. What he is describing is EXACTLY
the attitude of women 'on this part' of Long Island. If you don't fit the
'macho Guido' image (PLEASE no flames), you don't even deserve the 'honor'
of them admitting you are alive! "You think I'm beautiful? Buy me a car."
Yeah, right honey.... 
Allison, you work in the city. It's a different world there than it is out 
here on the Island. If you work AND live out here, you're SOL... :(

Tim
-- 
Tim Sailer
JPT Computer Solutions - SCO Sales/Consulting/Administration and Mangling
Port Jefferson Station, NY
(516) 331-9001
From: dhardin@bbn.com (Dawn Hardin)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: net.hugs?
Date: 19 Nov 1992 17:32:14 GMT
Organization: Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc., Cambridge MA
Reply-To: dhardin@spcink.bbn.com (Dawn Hardin)
NNTP-Posting-Host: bbn.com

In article <31541@hydra.Helsinki.FI> taina@cs.Helsinki.FI (Juha Taina) writes:
>
>>I guess there must be a different Dawn posting over there.
>
>Well, although you are the first person I got to know in soc.singles
>and you are a terrific net.persona, I still wouldn't dare to hug you
>here. :)

Thanks Juha.

Actually, I think I've hugged about half of the net-oids that I've met
at first meeting.  I practically collapsed into Allisson's arms when I
met her, but I was covered in baby diarhea at the time so I don't think
she appreciated it.

Dawn

Joseph Campbell gave me hope and now I have been saved.
"Folk Song" by Bongwater
From: kiran@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (Kiran Wagle)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Where to meet women?
Date: 16 Nov 92 02:02:50 GMT
Article-I.D.: usenet.BxsDor.24r
Distribution: usa
Organization: Indiana University

huston@access.digex.com (Herb Huston) writes:

>The current _Washingtonian_ has a big story on The Date From Hell.  The
>promo on the radio mentioned guys who think watching _The McLaughlin Group_
>on TV is foreplay and those who quiz their dates on current events.

Well, the McLaughlin Group is a bit obnoxious, I prefer the Capitol
Gang.  And my date often quizzes me on current events.  Does that mean
she's the sweetie from hell?  

-- 
"The Loon bobs up in the surf on dark nights, ruins your summer with a
 burst of wild maniacal laughter, then dives and waits for the next
 victim.  And he wonders why people shoot at him."
 ...........Will Cuppy, _How to tell Your Friends from the Apes_

-- 

Kiran Wagle                           <kiran@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu>
From: dhardin@bbn.com (Dawn Hardin)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Nightline and Presidential Cantidates
Date: 17 Nov 1992 16:29:11 GMT
Organization: Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc., Cambridge MA
Reply-To: dhardin@spcink.bbn.com (Dawn Hardin)
NNTP-Posting-Host: bbn.com

In article <JULIE.92Nov16193715@cucbs.chem.columbia.edu> julie@cucbs.chem.columbia.edu (Julie Wright) writes:
>pdsmith@bbn.com (Peter D. Smith) writes:
>
>>Well, that's glory for you.
>
>>(10 point trivia question: where's the quote from, and why does it apply?)
>
>Maybe Dawn's offspring would know.

Hey, Alice's name didn't come out of just *any* book.  And one of her 
favorite dolls is a big Humpty Dumpty.

Dawn

Joseph Campbell gave me hope and now I have been saved.
"Folk Song" by Bongwater
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: huston@access.digex.com (Herb Huston)
Subject: Re: Question: How to increase the male sex drive ?
Organization: Express Access Online Communications, Greenbelt, MD USA
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 13:09:00 GMT

In article <5QAErAOIBh106h@wildrose.infoserv.com> wildrose!rkf@infoserv.com writes:
>johnf@Auspex.COM (John Fereira) writes:
>>In article <74522@apple.apple.COM> stef@Apple.COM (Stef Jones) writes:
>>>tlode@nyx.cs.du.edu (trygve lode) writes:
>>|
>>|I understand that extensive aerobic exercise in general (not just the 
>>|circulation-limiting kind) decreases sex drive.
>> 
>>Couldn't sex be considered an aerobic exercise?
>
>It could, I suppose...70-80% of max heat^Hrt rate for at least 20 minutes.

Not when the elevated heart rate is due to a flood of hormones.

-- Herb Huston
-- huston@access.digex.com
From: tps@jptcs.COM (Tim Sailer)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Who is Reading?
Date: 16 Nov 92 16:11:54 GMT
Reply-To: tps@jptcs.com
Organization: JPT Computer Solutions, Port Jeff Station, NY
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]

MICH (MICH@UNB.CA) wrote:
:      I'm not from Maine but I'm writing from southern New Brunswick
:  which is right beside that state. We had a couple ofinches on the
:  ground this morning and so Maine probably got dumped on as well.

Thanks  for the snow report. Time to tune up the sled for real! I'm going
back up this weekend!

Tim
-- 
Tim Sailer
JPT Computer Solutions - SCO Sales/Consulting/Administration and Mangling
Port Jefferson Station, NY
(516) 331-9001
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: aahz@netcom.com (Mean Green Dancing Machine)
Subject: Re: Argh! Total, Complete misery.
Organization: Don't blame me, I voted for Bill 'n' Opus
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 13:31:14 GMT

In article <gcnq4ym@lynx.unm.edu> blowfish@carina.unm.edu (rON.) writes:
>In article <DANIEL.92Nov19121924@algol.clsi.COM> daniel@clsi.COM (Daniel Barclay) writes:
>>> Mine's for sale...and it's a four-posted one.  Of course you'll have to wait
>>> till after the boink!
>>You know, I have this image in my mind of four net.posters standing at the
>>corners of the bed holding a canopy over Allisson.
>
>Woo!

Sorry, no.  Allisson may be lovely or she may be talented, but she
can't be both.
-- 
                         --- 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.
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: shannah@netcom.com (Teri Miller)
Subject: Re: finding a soulmate
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 22:32:12 GMT

In article <1992Nov20.160128.13449@panix.com> nancyw@panix.com (Nancy Weiner) writes:
>I am new here..second day or so ..so please forgive the format. Not sure I'm
>doing this right. 
>   Wondering here how many people can really talk to who they are dating..and is that a criteria you use?   for me someone could be purple and green for all
>I care if I can really talk to them.
>   tired of meeting conventional guys who clam up all the time..so, is being
>able to tell anything to your s.o something other people look for?
>
I think that's very important.  What's the point in dating someone if 
you can't talk with them?  I've had it happen a lot where I would be dating
someone and he just couldn't talk to me.  One way I learned to overcome
that was to learn to be able to converse about various things, like
cars, woodworking, boating, and such - sometimes people who don't know
what to say will respond enthusiastically if you bring up a topic they
are comfortable with.

It doesn't always work, but it helps often.

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From: kiran@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (Kiran Wagle)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Irangate: The Singles View
Date: 16 Nov 92 01:54:15 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Indiana University

nance@cbnewsd.cb.att.com (nancy.l.colucci) writes:

>Question:  If you and your significant other have opposing political views,
>does it put a strain on your relationship?  :-)

No of course not, it's just one more thing to argue about.
-- 

Kiran Wagle                           <kiran@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu>
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: blowfish@carina.unm.edu (rON.)
Subject: Re: looks
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 92 10:27:05 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

In article <1992Nov21.120258.1@csc.canterbury.ac.nz> phys224@csc.canterbury.ac.nz writes:
>hello everyone,i'd like to hear peoples opinions on several things...
>i am sick and tired of the media,fashon shows etc. stating what is attractive
>in peoples appearance,what we should all be wearing,etc.

Hot babes in Bikinis. The only way to go.
:)
r.
From: dhardin@bbn.com (Dawn Hardin)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Kiran and his sweetie
Date: 16 Nov 1992 18:01:57 GMT
Organization: Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc., Cambridge MA
Distribution: usa
Reply-To: dhardin@spcink.bbn.com (Dawn Hardin)
NNTP-Posting-Host: bbn.com

To Kiran and his sweetie (you know who you are):

If you don't stop being cute and happy and *gushing* in public (especially
being cute and happy and gushing and *COY*) , then proper measures will 
have to be taken.

Proper measures do NOT involve maple syrup in any way.

(I think Kiran will remember one of my first posts when some unfortunate
soul inflicted us with a long annoying smoochie-face about how perfect and
wonderful her darling was, and he agreed with me that being held down and
kicked was an appropriate punishment for such obnoxious behavior.  In fact,
it was almost unanimous, Trygve being the sole objector if I recall correctly.)

Dawn

Joseph Campbell gave me hope and now I have been saved.
"Folk Song" by Bongwater
From: mmwang@adobe.com (Michael Wang)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: nkill
Date: 17 Nov 92 02:15:54 GMT
Organization: Adobe Systems Incorporated

In article <1992Nov16.232936.196@fid.morgan.com> sethb@fid.morgan.com (Seth Breidbart) writes:
>I don't like the form of AA that requires discrimination.  I'm in
>favor of the initial meaning (e.g. advertise your opening in Veterans'
>Weekly and Minorities Monthly as well as the Wall St. Journal, then
>hire the best applicant.)

Suppose we have the following situation. In 1990, employee A who is
female, is not given promotion, which is instead given to employee B,
a male who was much less qualified than A. Despite this clear-case of
sex discrimination, A stays with the company. In 1992, the same
position becomes available again. However, this time, employee C, a
male who is much more qualified than A is also in the running for the
promotion. Should A be granted preferential treatment and be given the
promotion over C (who is better qualified) because of the
discrimination against her in the past?

-- 
Michael Wang
mmwang@mv.us.adobe.com
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: larry@b8.b8.ingr.com (Larry Billings)
Subject: Re: What is attractive to women?
Organization: Intergraph
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 20:33:19 GMT

In article <JMD.92Nov17135431@lion.bear.com>, jmd@bear.com (Josh Diamond) writes:
> 
> FLAME MODE ON!
> 

Flames deleted.

> FLAME MODE off...
> 
> Whew.  I fell much better now.
>          ^^^^ 
> Spidey!!!

I usually don't do this (being a bad speller and typist) but this typo is
too funny to pass up.  Used up so much energy flaming you couldn't stand up??
"I feel so relived. WHAT?  WHAAAA  SPLAAAATT!!!  Just joshing Josh.  Sorry :)

> --
>  /\ \  / /\  Josh Diamond                                          jmd@bear.com

Larry Billings
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: dbj@cs.washington.edu (Dave Johnson)
Subject: Re: What is attractive to women?
Organization: Computer Science & Engineering, U. of Washington, Seattle
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 92 20:08:10 GMT

In article <1992Nov16.233917.29267@netcom.com> barry@netcom.com (Kenn Barry) writes:
>In article <1992Nov15.204331.17994@bnlux1.bnl.gov> schroede@bnlux1.bnl.gov (gary l. schroeder) writes:
>
>>Wearing a tie dosen't necessarily make you a ... oh MY
>>GOD!..."conformist"!
>
>	True. It makes you a Yuppie. The problem with Yups ain't that
>they've sold out; sometimes that's necessary. The problem is that they
>sold out too young, and usually too cheap. Keep your pottage.

Now that's funny.  A few years ago at my company all the customer
service reps went on a "professionalism" kick--all the guys started
wearing suits and ties, and the women were wearing suits or nice
dresses, because that's the way professionals dress.  What was so
goofy about it was these people all sat in an office and answered
the phone all day--they never met any customers in person!  The
fancier attire was supposed to magically make them act in a more
professional manner.  Of course, according to Kenn, they also
became Yuppies.

I find people who are zealots about NOT wearing ties just as
amusing (before they become tiresome) as those who are zealots
about wearing ties.  As Marcia said, sometimes you feel like
dressing up, others you don't.
-- 
  Dave Johnson

"You're not too smart, are you?  I like that in a man."
    --Kathleen Turner in Body Heat
From: martinc@grover.cs.unc.edu (Charles R. Martin)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: What is attractive to women?
Date: 20 Nov 92 16:10:12 GMT
	<lgj18jINN9f8@news.bbn.com> <By0Kns.Bs8@access.digex.com>
Organization: UNC Department of Computer Science
In-reply-to: huston@access.digex.com's message of 20 Nov 92 12:14:12 GMT

In article <By0Kns.Bs8@access.digex.com> huston@access.digex.com (Herb Huston) writes:

   >                         He fought the first duel in Massachusetts, and had
   >to spend a day chained to his partner-in-crime.

   Both duellists surviving is the least satisfactory outcome, but I guess that
   your ancestor's being killed might have made problems for you, eh?

Actually, no: duels were usually fought to settle an affair of honor;
once a single touch had been made or a sigle shot had been fired, honor
was satisfied and the offended party could hold his head up again.  This
is why the Hamilton/Burr duel was such a furor -- Hamilton threw his
shot (unless the rumor is true and he had a misfore from a hair-trigger)
but Burr shot him anyway.
--
		Charles R. Martin/(Charlie)/martinc@cs.unc.edu
     Dept. of Computer Science/CB #3175 UNC-CH/Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3175
	    3611 University Dr #13M/Durham, NC 27707/(919) 419 1754
     "Oh God, please help me be civil in tongue, pure in thought, and able
      to resist the temptation to laugh uncontrollably.  Amen." -- Rob T
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: schroede@bnlux1.bnl.gov (gary l. schroeder)
Subject: Re: Being Alone
Organization: Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 22:38:32 GMT

In article <31505@hydra.Helsinki.FI> taina@cs.Helsinki.FI (Juha Taina) writes:

>>I wonder if women like "intelligent" men. 
>
>Don't worry, they like all kinds of men.  There is someone for
>everyone.  You just have to find him/her.

As someone much older than myself said: "there's a lid for every pot".
My reply to that has usually been "yeah, but I think that my lid is
currently residing on somebody else's pot!".



-- 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Gary L. Schroeder  		|  
schroede@bnlux1.bnl.gov         |        It's a pomaceous life. 
Brookhaven National Laboratory  | 
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: huston@access.digex.com (Herb Huston)
Subject: Re: What do you Am men think about Am wome
Organization: Express Access Online Communications, Greenbelt, MD USA
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 20:14:08 GMT

In article <1992Nov20.004250.21371@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> tlode@nyx.cs.du.edu (trygve lode) writes:
>In article <JULIE.92Nov18210236@cucbs.chem.columbia.edu> julie@cucbs.chem.columbia.edu (Julie Wright) writes:
>>huston@access.digex.com (Herb Huston) writes:
>>>Here are some numbers.  The average duration of human copulation is about
>>>four minutes.  
>>
>>I have this image of some guy standing discreetly in the corner of the
>>bedroom with a clipboard and stopwatch.  "Pay no attention to the man
>>behind the curtain, dear."

Well, that's more or less how Masters and Johnson gathered the data for
_Human Sexual Response_, and why it's probably more reliable than Kinsey's
interviews.  Besides, they had to come up with something for the grad students
to do, didn't they?

>Nah--there's no reason to make things that complicated; all you have to
>do is notice the time counter when you play back the videotapes. 

M&J had to make do with movie film, as videotape equipment was prohibitively
expensive back then.

-- Herb Huston
-- huston@access.digex.com
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: Mon, 23 Nov 92 23:26:11 GMT

In article <By4p3x.Hw0@access.digex.com> huston@access.digex.com (Herb Huston) writes:
>
>Well, I might have found a possible "explanation" for the 90-second figure.
>It seems that Kinsey published a statistic of 75% of all men in 2 minutes or
>less.  It seems plausible that some bozo would multiply .75 by 2 minutes and
>convert the result to 90 seconds.

Either that or 90-seconds was the median value from that dataset; confusion
between the meanings of mean and median is so common that you'd have to
expect somebody to report a median value as the "average." 

>  Masters and Johnson and other researchers
>dispute Kinsey's result as being too brief.  On the other hand, I could see
>that M&J's technique (observation instead of interviews) might lead to longer
>durations.

I could see that; on the other hand I wonder how accurate people are at
timing themselves at that particular activity--I know that I've been known
to lose track of the time often enough.  (Speaking for myself, I've never
been in the habit of making much use of the clock at such times and the
only time I really have a very good idea is if we've decided to use some
background music and I realize that I'm listening to the CD for the nth
time and get an urge to change it.)

Trygve
From: martinc@hatteras.cs.unc.edu (Charles R. Martin)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Description of the Fetal Remains from an Abortion
Date: 20 Nov 92 00:51:17 GMT
	<1992Nov18.173151.4801@ncsu.edu> <1992Nov19.040020.26242@wetware.com>
Organization: UNC Department of Computer Science
In-reply-to: diana@wetware.com's message of 19 Nov 92 04:00:20 GMT

In article <1992Nov19.040020.26242@wetware.com> diana@wetware.com (CatWoman ) writes:

   Well, well, well - he's managed to get to
   soc.singles finally.  

He's right down the street (well, more or less -- local phone call,
anyway) so if it continues I'll take it upon myself to call his sysadmin
and ask him/her to explain the concept of "appropriate news group".
--
		Charles R. Martin/(Charlie)/martinc@cs.unc.edu
     Dept. of Computer Science/CB #3175 UNC-CH/Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3175
	    3611 University Dr #13M/Durham, NC 27707/(919) 419 1754
     "Oh God, please help me be civil in tongue, pure in thought, and able
      to resist the temptation to laugh uncontrollably.  Amen." -- Rob T
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: CENG51@maccvm.corp.mot.com (Craig Witkowski)
Subject: Re: 13 The older woman
Organization: Motorola
Date: 20 Nov 1992 07:31:46 CST

>I know you've heard this one before (an ``older woman'' has most likely
>herd it ALL before), but, what constitutes an older woman?

>And, in your response to "Got some phone numbers?" you excitedly reply:

>   *clank* *rattle*
>   <four metallic snaps>

>   "I'll be back for you later. Maybe."

>I know there are a thousand ways to respond to this, but don't you think
>you are over-reacting a little?  I mean, give the poor guy the number
>for AA or something but, my God, do you have to shackle and leave him at
>the mercy of the elements before he even gets your name?

>Besides, handcuffs chaff.  I prefer a softer cotton rope.
                                              ^^^^^^ ^^^^
>Thanks for your input - or, was it output?

>-------------------
>  David W. Jones
>  davidj@wrs.com
>-------------------

Nah, using neckties, silk scarves or pantyhose (depends on who's tying whom)
is more comfortable.  Those steel cuffs can also be made fur lined (although
I prefer a different kind of fur holding me down! 8^)


Craig Witkowski, CENG51@maccvm.corp.mot.com
Motorola Communications & Electronics Inc.
Glen Rock,  NJ

Let's Go Racin'!
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From: stef@Apple.COM (Stef Jones)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: How to explain?
Date: 16 Nov 92 14:10:37 GMT
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA

misrael@csi.uottawa.ca (Mark Israel) writes:

>   When I cross the Canada-U.S. border, and a U.S. immigration official
>asks me the purpose of my visit, how can I explain that I'm going to a
>Boink in a manner that will minimize the number of followup questions?

Well, when I went to the TorontoBoink, I told them that I was coming over
to meet some friends for a Nap.

--
Stef                           Who needs lime jello?  We had lasagna...
stef@apple.com                                         
Newsgroups: soc.singles