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From: ecoughlan@desire.wright.edu
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: MWF?
Date: 25 Jan 93 00:20:15 EST
Organization:  Wright State University 

In article <thurlow.727892129@convex.convex.com>, thurlow@convex.com (Robert Thurlow) writes:
> In <1993Jan24.155004.4976@noose.ecn.purdue.edu> mel@niblick.ecn.purdue.edu (Meloney D Cregor) writes:
> 
>>Now, Rob, I haven't done that in at least a couple days. 'Sides, I have
>>3 cats and a dog.  I can get tail anytime I want and Bull has such a nice
>>fluffy one.......
> 
> Well, I only have two cats, but then again, I get to enjoy the whole
> pussy :-)

Claws and all, eh?  MmmROWRrrrrrrr!
> 
> Rob T
> --
> Rob Thurlow, thurlow@convex.com
> "Shouldn't I have this, shouldn't I have this, shouldn't I have all of this,
>  and, passionate kisses, passionate kisses, passionate kisses, from you?"
> - "Passionate Kisses" Lucinda Williams
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: tlode@nyx.cs.du.edu (trygve lode)
Subject: Re: what is attractive ?
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix @ U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 93 05:28:44 GMT

In article <1993Jan28.170221.7659@walter.bellcore.com> nobody writes:
>In article <1993Jan28.074409.11830@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> tlode@nyx.cs.du.edu (trygve lode) writes:
>>>>You grab the coffee, Charlie, I'll take Nance.....:-)....
>>>>
>>>-1.0
>>>
>>>Being presumptuous has never been a good tactic.
>>>
>>I don't know about that, Walter--Piglet is welcome to be presumptuous 
>>with me any time she likes.  (I've always had a fondness for confidence.)
>
>"being presumptuous" is to "being confident" as "blowing one's own horn" is to
>"making music". But then why beat a dead horse when talking ones are around?

Sounds good to me--I'd be happy to blow Piglet's horn and see what sorts
of music she makes.  (I'm sure the resulting sounds would count as music;
at least John Cage would have considered them so.)

Trygve   (Waitaminit--Piglets don't have horns, do they?  I suppose I'd
          just have to find another part of a Piglet to apply my lips to.)
--
For a good prime, call 2^756839-1. 


(Hmmmm...unless, I suppose, it's a horny Piglet....) 
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: rna@leland.Stanford.EDU (Robert Ashcroft)
Subject: Re: Flirting How To Guide/Backrubs
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 02:44:40 GMT

In article <1993Jan24.220457.12422@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> tlode@nyx.cs.du.edu (trygve lode) writes:
>In article <1993Jan24.064613.29860@leland.Stanford.EDU> rna@leland.Stanford.EDU (Robert Ashcroft) writes:
>>Huh?  I don't like spinach much either.  Does this mean I avoid those who do?
>>Tell me: I'm dying to know what my preferences are, since you seem to know
>>so much more about me that I do.
>Perhaps it was a little presumptuous to assume that you felt that way, but
>it isn't that unreasonable an assumption, given how often differing feelings
>about physical contact cause friction (or, worse, not enough friction) in a
>relationship.  Like Aahz, I would be unlikely to enjoy a romantic
>relationship with someone who wasn't given to being physically affectionate--
>indeed, I've found through experience that if I'm involved with someone
>who is not physically affectionate (in a generalized sense, not merely a
>sexual sense) that I end up losing both romantic and sexual feelings for
>this person.

 *?*  Are you saying that not being wildly appreciative of a backrub implies
not physically affectionate?  Because that's not true either.

All I said, repeat, ALL I said, was that backrubs don't do much for me.

Note that this does NOT imply that I filter out those who do, and it does
NOT imply that I'm not physically affectionate within a relationship.  It's
remarkable how some people immediately draw these implications.  Is there
something threatening about someone for whom backrubs are not a wonderful
thing?

Sheesh, I thought I made a joke when I came out as not wild about backrubs.
You gonna tar and feather me too?

RNA
From: stef@Apple.COM (Stef Jones)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Living alone and liking it
Date: 23 Jan 93 17:25:30 GMT
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA

H. Allisson Roome writes:

>I don't know, my PYM seems to like the fact I'm a very good cook and am
>willing to do repeated demonstrations of the infamous "banana trick"

On a banana, or on a banana substitute?

--
Stef                    We always thought there was something a little      
stef@apple.com          weird about Scooby Doo, but we didn't realize 
                        he was in oppression-denial. 
                                             The New Republic, discussing 
                                             Feminists for Animal Rights
Newsgroups: soc.singles,alt.postmodern
From: drieux@wetware.com (drieux, just drieux)
Subject: What is Wrong with this Picture....
Organization: Castle WetWare Philosopher and Sniper
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 23:37:10 GMT

balaji@nexus.yorku.ca (Balaji) writes:
] drieux@wetware.com (drieux, just drieux) writes:
] 
] >CapitalistRoaderBourgeisiePlebeianMarketingDroidsOfKultur!!!!
] 
] spelling flame ON
] 
] That should be
] CapitalistRoaderBourgeOisiePlebeianMarketingDroidsOfKulCHur!!!!
] 
] Get it right for heaven sake. How'd YOU like it if I started writing
] about drewspeak or drouspeak or mebbe even MaayaamaaLavaGaulai? Huh?
] Huh? How'd YOU like it?


some days you just have to stop and wonder.....


ciao
drieux


-- 
MajorModernDayProblems: 

sometimes, a thing will happen after another thing, 
and they may not be connected..... 
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: tlode@nyx.cs.du.edu (trygve lode)
Subject: Re: *How* did you meet your SO (And do they know?)
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix @ U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 19:51:39 GMT

In article <93021.163647SAUNDRSG@QUCDN.QueensU.CA> Graydon <SAUNDRSG@QUCDN.QueensU.CA> writes:
>In article <1993Jan21.195934.5683@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>, tlode@nyx.cs.du.edu
>(trygve lode) says:
>>
>>Trygve   (But most of all, I'd like to know the identity of the mysterious
>>          tall, attractive woman with long blonde hair who has been
>>          convincing people that she's my girlfriend--as far as I know
>>          I've never seen her, but I keep running into people who mention
>>          that they've run into her.)
>>--
>
>I think this is evidence of a cunning plan - either some subset of
>your friends wants to make you a bit twitchier than you already are,
>*or* the TAWWLBH has dark, nefarious plans that involve marriage, and
>she figures that a little conceptual momentum on the part of your
>social surrounds wouldn't hurt.
>
>Repeat something often enough and you start believing it - she's just
>practicing on your friends before getting to you.

Actually, the mysterious TAWWLBH hasn't made it to anybody I talk to on
a regular basis; it's a little bit weirder than that--it's always people
that I might run into once a year or so or friends-of-friends who call
me looking for a phone number or someone I haven't seen in years who
mention her to me. 

>Graydon, who is occaisionally a touch paranoid...

Generally a trait conducive to a slightly longer life....

Trygve   (Speaking of paranoia, when one of my brothers was learning to
          drive, I explained to him my philosophy of driving as if everyone
          else on the road was out there for the express purpose of killing
          me and if I ever stopped paying attention to them, they would 
          make some sort of vehicular attempt on my life.  He accepted this
          concept but decided instead that, even in driving, the best 
          defense is a good offense--and the most important element in 
          attack is surprise, independently developing the art of Ikky-Thump
          in an unexpected, automotive direction.)
--
Up next:  Modern-day Tarzan lives in New York parking garage!
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: aahz@netcom.com (Mean Green Dancing Machine)
Subject: Re: Zen and the art of refrig upkeep (Re: Living alone)
Organization: Don't blame me, I voted for Bill 'n' Opus
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 13:20:03 GMT

In article <1993Jan21.235330.27895@noose.ecn.purdue.edu> mel@niblick.ecn.purdue.edu (Meloney D Cregor) writes:
>
>>Or get involved with someone who lives with a
>>trained chef - and volunteer to help with the
>>cooking.
>
>What I need to do is find some sweet young thing who'd like to work out
>his rent.....I'm very negotiable.

9.6 on the Broad-Band-Come-On scale
-- 
                         --- Aahz (the *other* Dan Bernstein)
                             @netcom.com 

Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6

Red shirts finish faster.
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: mel@niblick.ecn.purdue.edu (Meloney D Cregor)
Subject: Re: MWF?
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 23:30:15 GMT

In article <16B5DA8A7.SURGDM@mizzou1.missouri.edu> SURGDM@mizzou1.missouri.edu (Diane) writes:

>Tell us more about these MWFs you 'work out' on. Depraved minds
>want to know...

Well, a depraved mind is a terrible thing to waste.

I suppose I should pay closer attention to these things with the very
itching rash of personal ads here 'bouts.  I'm afraid it wouldn't stand
for the 'norm' in that respect.  I'm just one of the crowd, stricken
young with heterosexuality. It's limiting, I know and I cope as best I
can, but no matter how I flip it, it keeps coming up heads and not tails.

>Diane
>(who would be very disappointed if it meant Medium Weight Folders or something

Always go for the heavy weight, the mediums can't stand up to the job..
However,  this might not be so disappointing depending on what they're
folding.....
From: ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Women and steaks
Date: 26 Jan 93 19:30:18 GMT
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.


Last Friday, the entertainment section of the Dallas Morning
News contained a review of Dallas's top steak houses.  One
think that surprised was the description of the customers:
"Most of them are men.  The preponderance of male to female
customers was noticeable everywhere.  Table after table of 
white-shirted corporate warriors.... There was an occasional
couple but virtually no unescorted women."

The small number of couples, especially, surprised me.  I
know that restaurants in this price range used to be popular
places to take a date, especially on "important" occassions.
Am I out of date, or is this just a Dallas phenomenon?  Do
women really not eat steak anymore?  (I know a lot of women
are giving up or cutting down on red meat, in favor of fish 
and salads and such, but a lot of men are also.  I wouldn't
have thought it changed the ratio that much.)  Is inviting
a woman to a steak restaurant a bad idea these days?
From: martinc@grover.cs.unc.edu (Charles R. Martin)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Credibility...
Date: 26 Jan 93 22:16:55 GMT
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Organization: UNC Department of Computer Science
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In-reply-to: ewright@convex.com's message of Tue, 26 Jan 1993 18:16:43 GMT

In article <ewright.728072203@convex.convex.com> ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright) writes:

   In <1993Jan26.083707.7300@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> tlode@nyx.cs.du.edu (trygve lode) writes:


   >>>Trygve   (I'm trying very, very hard not to make any "Mister Ed" jokes
   >>>          here.  I hope you're proud of me.) >
   >>
   >>Well, it's a start, but doesn't quite make up for bringing America
   >>all those Gilligan's Island reruns.

   >Awww, gee.  Well, lucky for you, we here in the cable TV business are
   >working even now on ways to make sure you don't have to watch "Gilligan's
   >Island" reruns or even episodes of the upcoming series, "Gilligan's
   >Island, the Next Generation."  Later this year, we'll be unveiling the
   >new 24-hour "Leave it to Beaver" channel, 

   The scary thing is, Trygve, I'm not sure you're joking.

   (Especially after what I've heard about the "Sci-fi Channel.")

See?  SEE?  That was actual banter.  BANTER!  At least mildly funny.
Witty.  No conspiracy theories, he didn't mention my name, nothing about
health clubs or fitness....

Someone send him some flowers or something, this behavior should be
reinforced. 

I'd send him chocolates except he'd probably immerse them in water and
turn them over to the bomb squad.

Even if he didn't know I've got the _Handbook of Poisoning_ on my coffee table.
--
		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: kiran@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (Kiran Wagle)
Subject: Re: Living alone and liking it
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 08:59:12 GMT

eleanor@cbnews.cb.att.com (Piglet) writes:

>Piglet, stunned that Ms. Kyle isn't part of our common mythography

It's Mrs Peel that's part of our common mythography.


-- 

Kiran Wagle                           <kiran@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu>
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright)
Subject: Re: Credibility...
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 19:57:48 GMT
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 <1993Jan21.081657.8326@netcom.com> rohwerwd@netcom.com (W. David Rohwer) writes:

>     Gosh, I wish that you could give Daniel and the other people that
>have responded to you in this thread the benefit of the doubt and trust
>what they say instead of calling them liars.

In my experience, people who are truly happy rarely have a
desperate need to *prove* their happiness to other people.  
Anyone who shows so much anger and hostility, just because
someone else does not believe in his happiness, probably
does not really believe it himself.  "Methinks thou dost 
protest too much."

I can understand this reaction.  I know the pain of being
lonely and understand the desperate desire to do something --
anything -- to lessen it.  And it has been medically proven
that denying pain does, indeed, lessen it.  The problem is,
denying pain may also stop you from treating the symptom.
Unlike the delusional "Doctor" Charlie Martin, I do not believe
that self-deception is an effective way of dealing with reality.

I have had many friends who claimed that they were happier doing
something else than being involved with someone (though none of
them ever went so far as to put commuting, vacuuming, or laundry 
into the "more desireable" category).  But all of them would
readily admit, now that they have found someone, that they were
only deceiving themselves.  Not that I imagine they would spend 
too much time arguing the point.  They are too busy *being* happy 
to argue about it.

Daniel, on the other hand, seems to be something of a special case:
Someone who chooses to say he is not in a relationship, even though
he continues to do the same things he did when he was in a relationship.
That may indeed make him happier, since he the benefits of the
relationship without acknowledging its existance (which, apparently,
would cause him a bit of trouble).


>     Discounting others' experiences by calling them liars makes you
>as credible as a convicted murderer on death row claiming that he/she
>never committed the crime.

Oh?  But you discount others' experiences all the time.  Anyone
who does not believe your bald claim that it's easy for anyone,
no matter what they look like, to find someone of the opposite
sex who finds them attractive, is called a liar.

So, what are you in for, pal?



Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: nance@cbnewsd.cb.att.com (nancy.l.colucci)
Subject: Re: (LONG) Re: Living alone and liking it
Organization: AT&T
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 16:49:11 GMT

In article <1993Jan28.154414.22040@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> jwall@nyx.cs.du.edu (Jeff Wall) writes:
>In article <1993Jan27.214527.21573@cbnewsd.cb.att.com> nance@cbnewsd.cb.att.com (nancy.l.colucci) writes:
>>A relationship that never loses it's passion is one where both parties
>>haven't lost touch with themselves.  I'm in one of those now.
>You are one lucky lady, you do know that don't you!!!

No, I'm one very SMART lady.

OK so now that's over - let's get back to those white-chocolate brownies?
-- 
-+*+-+*+-+*+-+*+-+*+-+*+-+*+-+*+-+*+-+*+-+*+-+*+-+*+-+*+-+*+-+*+-+*+
Nance Colucci                                      att!ihlpl!colucci
"In the next life, I should like to come back as your trousers."-BPC
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Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: barry@netcom.com (Kenn Barry)
Subject: Re: Looking for someone?
Organization: QQQCLC
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 09:08:00 GMT

In article <93022.183602AABNK1@ASUACAD.BITNET> <AABNK1@ASUACAD.BITNET> writes:
>LOOKING FOR SOMEONE?  If you supply us with a social security number,
>we can find them anywhere in the U.S.A.

	Any old social security number?

	Wow. The wonders of modern technology.

						Kayembee
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: tlode@nyx.cs.du.edu (trygve lode)
Subject: Re: Favorite Groups
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix @ U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 01:24:17 GMT

In article <thurlow.727889563@convex.convex.com> thurlow@convex.com (Robert Thurlow) writes:
>In <1993Jan24.091528.2336@netcom.com> rohwerwd@netcom.com (W. David Rohwer) writes:
>
>>     Sure and by the way I am 30.  I like, in alphabetical order:
>
>[Mr. Data dumps his database]
>
>Boy, now that was sure what I had hoped to read today on soc.singles!
>A computer generated list of artists like "Browne, Jackson".  Be still
>my beating heart!  Just the raw data I wanted!  Happy, happy!  Joy, joy!
>
>Hint: if you're trying on any level to portray yourself as a human
>being with warmth and emotions, it's not working.  You come across
>in almost any article I read by you as a logical little automaton
>with Spock ears.  If that's really what you're like, please accept
>my apologies for making a big deal about it.

Funny, I don't recall getting that impression from his posts, either
recently or in past months.  However, back during the "Pre-Sex-Contract"
flame-fest, I seem to recall a bunch of people who reacted with such a
lack of emotional control or rationality that perhaps even David's 
return flames seemed so logical by comparison as to seem almost Spockian.

Trygve
--
"I never would have guessed that Grandma would have brought a severed
 head back from the 7-11, which was reasonable, because she never did."
From: martinc@grover.cs.unc.edu (Charles R. Martin)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Credibility...
Date: 23 Jan 93 12:36:44
Organization: UNC Department of Computer Science
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In-reply-to: ewright@convex.com's message of Fri, 22 Jan 1993 19:57:48 GMT

Ed, the step you're missing is that you seem to be completely incapable
of believing that anyone who disagrees with you may be honestly
disagreeing with you.

Get a clue, Ed: I'm single.  Hell, I'm just divorced.  I'm happy as a
clam.  I may be as happy as two clams.  I'm not lonely.  I've got dates,
I've got friends, I've got good work, I've got CNN and CSPAN (so I'm a
politics junkie, so sue me) and while I'd like to get laid a little more
often, that *ISN'T* a major problem in my life.

I don't doubt that you're lonely.  I don't for the least moment doubt
that it's very painful for you.  Anyone who didn't read postings through
shit-colored glasses would realize that there are many of us who have
expressed sympathy for this have also offered you our best advice on
what to do about your plight.

But until you grasp that it CAN be better, it's bloody unlikely to GET
better. 
--
		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: kiran@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (Kiran Wagle)
Subject: Re: Flame this sucker
Organization: Indiana University
Distribution: soc.singles
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 09:22:29 GMT

barry@netcom.com (Kenn Barry) writes:
>gopal@nx33.mik.uky.edu (P Gopalakrishnan) writes:

>>Philistine is the only name I can call you because I am too decent .

Ah, Philistine.  What a wonderful word.  Good choice for an ethnic
slur, too, since there probably aren't a lot of them around the net.

>	Whatever. Interesting you chose an ethnic label as an insult,
>yourself - I'm offended on behalf of Philistines everywhere :-).

Now Kenn.  Look out for those Gypsies first.

-- 
"The great problem with the creation of deathless elemental daemons to
 do one's bidding lies in finding a place to put them afterwards."
 ...........................................Barbara Hambly, _Dog Wizard_



-- 

Kiran Wagle                           <kiran@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu>
From: pooh@Apple.COM (Pooh)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Too Young 2B single
Date: 25 Jan 93 12:56:57 GMT
Organization: Internet Refugee Camp

In the referenced article, kiran@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (Kiran Wagle) writes:
>pooh@Apple.COM (Pooh) writes:
>>I'm fat, AND I'm ugly ... 
>
>I must have met a different Pooh at the Chicon @! party.

I like it.  Tasteful, succinct, and understated.

10.0

Pooh
	pooh@apple.com
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: rna@leland.Stanford.EDU (Robert Ashcroft)
Subject: Re: Mocsny?
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 93 03:05:31 GMT

In article <1993Jan28.013452.26669@netcom.com> aahz@netcom.com (Mean Green Dancing Machine) writes:
>Gee, now that Walter Lego and Mark Israel are posting again, is there
>any chance that some *real* old-timers might show up?
>-- 

Mocsny is an old-timer?  Jeez.  Then someone like Griz must be truly ancient.
(actually, there are people from the mid/early 80s who are still around).

RNA
From: yan-dicky@cs.yale.edu (Dicky Yan)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Flirting How To Guide
Date: 21 Jan 1993 02:29:14 -0500
Organization: Yale University Computer Science Dept., New Haven, CT 06520-2158
Distribution: soc
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In article <93019.195221SAUNDRSG@QUCDN.QueensU.CA> Graydon <SAUNDRSG@QUCDN.QueensU.CA> writes:
>
>Well, I'm probably not the best person to answer this question, but,
>for what it is worth:
>
>I have yet to meet a woman I considered attractive who believed it;
>if I was inclined to express interest, it often took until the third
>or fourth 'hint with a brick'; telling lack-of-lightbulb from disinterest
>is an NP-complete problem and often requires small time outs to do
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>unkind shushing things to your insecurities.

                              [ ... deleted ...]

>
>Graydon
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>saundrsg@               "Praise then Darkness and Creation unfinished"
>   qucdn.queensu.ca                   - U. K. LeGuin

It's not so bad; at least, to you, the problem is in NP!!