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From: julie@cucbs.chem.columbia.edu (Julie Wright)
Subject: Re: Temptress...
Organization: The Cultural Elite
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 19:05:13 GMT

atovorni@engr.UVic.CA (dreas) writes:

>If I were to use the term, *temptress*,
>would even I get that 8.5 automatically?  </.Q

[pipe smoke deleted -- at least I guess that's what that thing is]
[please resist the Magritte jokes]

Well, dreas, I'm relatively new to this ratings game, but I'd say that
you've compromised future scores on this point by asking this question.
Flattery is most effective when the calculation isn't quite so evident;
the flatteree ought to feel that the compliment was wrenched from your
almost reluctant lips against your will, after you were overcome with 
her charms.

The flatteree should NOT feel that you are merely testing an algorithm.

But your thesaurus should have a few synonyms.

---Julie
-- 
| "Come here, I want to show you something," he murmured...  "This is     |
| our baby; I had it yesterday," he said.  "My," I said hoarsely, "you're |
| full of surprises," and fell forward into his arms, arms, arms.         |
|             --- from "Sylvia", by Nicole Hollander                      |
From: markh@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Mark)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: ISO Babes
Date: 7 Jan 1993 23:55:12 GMT
Organization: Computing Services Division, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
NNTP-Posting-Host: 129.89.7.4

In article <1993Jan7.033024.27713@sol.UVic.CA> atovorni@engr.UVic.CA writes:
>Such a compliment, coming from anyone that I hold in the
>stratosphere of esteem and respect, such as yourself, is 
>to be the recipient of the highest form of gratitude from
>Yours Truly as witnessed by *this* August Company.

2.9.  The landing was a bit too forced.

To redo it.

The most wretched curse uttered by you delights my ears in the bliss of
its sweet sound.  Engage me with your spoken word, and I will likewise seek
your engagement.
From: pooh@Apple.COM (Pooh)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Too Young 2B single
Date: 12 Jan 93 14:25:43 GMT
Organization: Internet Refugee Camp

In the referenced article, alby@access.digex.com (Albatross) writes:
>tell ya, it's hard ta meet a girl that's single and in her 20's
>cause the one's I've run into all have boyfriends, or there FAT, or
>they look ugly...  Just can't win either way,and I'm they type of
>guy that wants a girl to love me, as well as show her off to people I know

This IS a joke, right?

Hon, I have a boyfriend, I'm fat, AND I'm ugly ... but at least
I'm getting laid and you're not.  Take a look at your last
sentence and see if you can figure out why you're losing.

Pooh
	pooh@apple.com
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: schroede@bnlux1.bnl.gov (gary l. schroeder)
Subject: Re: Breaking up is hard to do....
Organization: Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 15:11:38 GMT

In article <1993Jan7.054337.22351@netcom.com> rohwerwd@netcom.com (W. David Rohwer) writes:

>     In my last relationship, I told her that I did not see the
>relationship as a long-term type and I would be happy with a
>friendship with some physical aspects.  She did not like what I 
>said that much. 

Gee, I wonder why.  So, basically, what you told her was 'I don't want 
to be emotionally involved with you, but is it okay if we fuck?'

> The major complicating factor was that the only way
>that she would lose her virginity is if she knew that her lover truly
>loved her and vice versa. 

Imagine the nerve of the woman!  Demanding all that silly 'love' tripe
before hopping in the sack with Mr. Wonderful.

> It seemed as if she wanted some type of
>commitment which I would not give her.  

Obviously.  I sounds like you're genuinely confused by her response.


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From: jjd1@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (james.j.dutton)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: rON bashing
Date: 4 Jan 93 16:37:43 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: AT&T

In article <C0C3wv.Ltp@panix.com> jis@panix.com (Jack Szwergold) writes:
>>personal insult in this area as some others might be.  However, I could
>>make the statement, " I think it idiotic to have to go to work."   Who
>>or what would I be insulting then?
>
>Well, how abou this then.....
>
>"I think it idiotic to have to go to work and utilize modern technologies
>to spread YOUR words worldwide, but refuse to eat a ham-and-cheese
>sandwich because you might get condemned to whatever for it."
>
>The fact that YOUR is used as well as the statement "refuse to eat..."
>blah blah blah, are statements againsta a person.  Does an idea eat a ham
>and cheese sandwich?  Gimme a break....  If the statement were worded
>differently (maybe "I think it idiotic that one can spread ideas
>instantaneously using modern technolgies yet practices such as refusing to
>eat ham-and-cheese sandwiches still exist"....) it would be attacking the
>idea only, NOT the person....
>
>Excuse this nitpicking grammar lesson, but "rON" assinine statement is/was
>a personal attack against personal beliefs, not a philosphical attack upon
>an idea.....
 
Congratulations Jack you managed to make the leap in thought to enable you
to get the gist of rons idea, my condolences on your lack of being able to
apply it.

Now when I say "I'll believe that when pigs fly out my butt" do you picture 
actual swine exiting my anus? What color are they? How big are they?
Do they struggle to get out or just spurt out? Are they happy and by that
I mean are they smiling or are they sad? Crying? What is the level of emotional
commitment these pigs have to the task at hand?
 
>
>I am sick and tired of the B.S. being thrown that claims that somehow ONLY
>Jews are the only ones who marry or socialize within "their" group. 
 
Perhaps counseling might help. Nice diatribe though.
 
>Please, show me one group that DOESN'T.  Any attempt to introduce outside
>elements into ANY group (wether that be gang, tribe, nation, race or religion)
>is always met with opposition.........
>
>So can we quit this "WhydoJewsonlywanttomarryJews" B.S......
 
How about can we drop this "Whydopeoplewhoneedacrutchtofacelifewanttomarrypeople
xxwhoneedacrutchtofacelife" B.S......



>Please?
 
Don't grovel.

>

 
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Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: amy@lloyd.Camex.COM (Amy Lindsay)
Subject: Re: Speaking Of Being ProAirBorne....
Organization: Camex Inc., Boston MA
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 11:12:47 EST


In article <MARTINC.93Jan10193443@grover.cs.unc.edu> martinc@grover.cs.unc.edu (Charles R. Martin) writes:
In article <1993Jan10.011553.11350@wetware.com> drieux@wetware.com (drieux, just drieux) writes:
	      (...and who really knows who said what anymore...)

>   ]  You young kids.   There ain't nothin' like a Constellation.  Or a C-47.
>
>    The Problem With Kids these Days is that they
>    want Planes with Metal on them!!!!!
>
>    Real Men are not afraid to Go with Cloth wings.....
>
> Or sew the cloth wings.  (Many a pleasant evening I spent with my
> father, sewing dacron to spruce....)

No, no, no.

Everyone knows that the True Test for Compatibility is: Is his preferred
number-of-wings-to-number-of-engines ratio the same as yours?  After all,
what fun is it to date someone if you can't fly their airplane...

					--amy

Typography & Design Department ~ Camex, Inc. ~ Boston, MA (617-426-7550 x575)
A.G.Lindsay, PP-ASEL   *   Cloud Rental: Reasonable Rates   *   amy@camex.com
"General Aviation... What Lieutenant Aviation would have become if he hadn't
	    taxied his $35 million F-15 into a C-5A transport."
From: jmd@bear.com (Josh Diamond)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Mega-stud seeks large woman....
Date: 11 Jan 93 20:59:44 GMT
	<MARTINC.93Jan8115202@grover.cs.unc.edu>
Organization: Bear, Stearns & Co. - FAST
In-reply-to: martinc@grover.cs.unc.edu's message of 8 Jan 93 16:52:02 GMT


In article <MARTINC.93Jan8115202@grover.cs.unc.edu> martinc@grover.cs.unc.edu (Charles R. Martin) writes:
   In article <1993Jan7.223412.17691@spectrum.xerox.com> eradm@wbst845e.xerox.com (J. Erik Radmall) writes:
      In article xl@lynx.unm.edu, blowfish@carina.unm.edu (rON.) writes:
      > In article <1993Jan7.104810.26647@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> ron@turing.toronto.edu (Ron Wessels) writes:
      > >mhull@aurora.cc.monash.edu.au (Mr Mj Hull) dreams:
      > >>Hi! I'm a 23 year old engineer who is looking for a casual relationship
      > >>with a beefy woman.
      > >I am truly cowed by the thought!
      > 
      > Well, it was a personal ad in the wrong newsgroup, but as they say, 
      > To err is human, to forgive, bovine.
      > :)
      > r.

      I had to check myself from posting some stupid followup sentence with
      the word "udder" in it.

   Why?  We coulda milked that one for days.

What a creamy prospect.  I don't think we should let ourselves
be herded into ending this thread, even if it is a bit cheezy...

Spidey!!!

--
You don't hunt ducks with a turnip! 

 /\ \  / /\  Josh Diamond                                          jmd@bear.com
//\\ .. //\\ AKA Spidey!!!                        ...!ctr.columbia.edu!ursa!jmd
//\((  ))/\\
/  < `' >  \                                              Do whatever it takes.
From: martinc@hatteras.cs.unc.edu (Charles R. Martin)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Any Available Jewish Men Out There??
Date: 11 Jan 93 09:58:34
Organization: UNC Department of Computer Science
	<1993Jan7.225814.20952@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
	<ewright.726520511@convex.convex.com>
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	<ewright.726726993@convex.convex.com>
NNTP-Posting-Host: hatteras.cs.unc.edu
In-reply-to: ewright@convex.com's message of Mon, 11 Jan 1993 04:36:33 GMT

In article <ewright.726726993@convex.convex.com> ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright) writes:


   >matter, just about any other abilities) takes an investment in effort and
   >dedication. 

   Well, if that's the case, energy and dedication being finite quantities,
   the more you invest in developing your muscles, the less you have left
   to develop your mind.  But Trygve Lode, Charlie Martin, and Company are
   pretty vehement in denying that is true.

Look, schmuck, first of all, this doesn't follow UNLESS (a) the energy
and dedication used for developing one's mind and one's body are the
*same* thing; (b) the quantity of energy and dedication are so great
that it can't be expended in all one's waking hours.  I don't believe
(a) from my experience --- I can often work on my dissertation or
something like that when I don't have the energy for a workout --- and
(b) doesn't correspond to my experience or that of anyone I know.  If
you're really spending *every* *waking* *minute* on improving your mind,
or at least find that getting time to eat and shit interferes with the
time you spend improving you mind, you might have a case.  But if you
tell me this to be the case, I'll find it very hard to believe and will
probably make derisive masterbatory gestures in your general direction.

And second, you seem to compusively bring this up every so often.  I
already know you're incapable of hearing or understanding anything that
challenges your defensive obsessions.  I'm not interested.  Why are you
bothering? 
--
		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: vincent@Micor.OCUnix.on.ca (Victor W. Wong)
Subject: Re: Facial Hair
Organization: M.B. Cormier INC.
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 93 17:50:07 EST

So, Rob Thurlow (thurlow@convex.com) wants some comments on facial
hair, eh?

One thing I do know is that a good beard takes about two weeks or more
to grow, depending on the follicle density on a man's face.  During 
that two-week period intimate facial contact is usually not advised,
due to the "sanding effects" of stubble on unprotected skin.
 
One thing that can be said is that a good beard (or a good mustache)
can make some men look YOUNGER, rather than older.  When Tom Selleck
shaved off his mustache for a recent movie, he definitely looked
middle-aged.  Ditto for professional wrestler Rick Rude.
 
And of course there are some people who one wouldn't think of without
a beard.  Raymond Burr and Jonathan Frakes, for example.  There's no
point in shaving them now, is there?
 
However there are some faces that don't wear beards very well.  Tom
Cruise did not look very good with face fur.  Neither would Wayne
Gretzsky.

======================================================================
                            VICTOR WONG
                     vincent@micor.ocunix.on.ca
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            "Closed minds lead short lives."--Anonymous
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Organization: Queen's University at Kingston
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 18:56:24 EST
From: K. Roper <ROPERK@QUCDN.QueensU.CA>
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: FLIRTING AS AN OLYMPIC DEMONSTRATION SPORT


In article <93011.185210HOLTONS@QUCDN.QueensU.CA>, Psycho!!
<HOLTONS@QUCDN.QueensU.CA> says:
>
>>  and with a swish of my longjohns, I'm off into the night .... Kim
>
>
>     Hmmm... are those the ones with the trap door in the back?
>

   Yes, and the wine cellar.  Care to join me in a toast?


   *swish*  *smile*


Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: will@dekalb.dc.peachnet.edu (Beldin Feldegast)
Subject: Re: Too Young 2B single
Organization: Mallorea
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 16:31:25 GMT


>2 1/2 year relationship with this girl. At any point I go to College and
>I work a part time job, and I ask you, Where does one go to find a girl
>that isn't a baby 16 nor an outta college girl that's 24-25..  Lemme
>tell ya, it's hard ta meet a girl that's single and in her 20's
>cause the one's I've run into all have boyfriends, or there FAT, or
>they look ugly...  Just can't win either way,and I'm they type of
>guy that wants a girl to love me, as well as show her off to people I know
>
>						Albatross
>					    alby@digex.com

Albatross, huh? Sounds like you might be destined for it. Fat or ugliness
isn't a big a crime as everyone seems to think. ;^) If you want a Barbie,
then I'm afraid you might be in for the long haul. :( I dunno, but 
you might want to reevaluate you standards just a bit. Some of the most
beautiful women I've known have been in the category you reject. This
isn't a flame or intended to be one, but you complaint seems to be a
whine.

Showing her off? There's nothing wrong with that as long as you include
her personality and not like a trophy. We all want to be loved, granted
it's an inherent need, but I think that it's unfortunate that we've all
been brainswashed into thinking looks over personality.   

I wish you the best of luck in your search for an SO. Too young to be
single? Hmmm.....I guess that all depends on your point of view.

later..,

Beldin





Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: sitar@oosik.sprl.umich.edu (Robert J. Sitar)
Subject: Re: update on the mother wanting to kill me
Reply-To: sitar@pitts.sprl.umich.edu
Organization: University of Michigan EECS Dept., Ann Arbor, MI
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 14:30:21 GMT

In article <93011.180032GWOODS@NDSUVM1.BITNET>  writes:
>     Well here's an update on my situatio concerning my relationship
> with a 19 yearold "girl". I decided to just break it off.(actually
> her mom's choice) Her mom said if I ever tried to get any
> contact with Angela ever again she would make Angela sign a
> restraiing order against me. So naturally (she may be worht a
> fight like that, but I am not up to it) I am moving on. We
> had something good, just too bad she couldn't mature. I am so
> much wiser from this situation, the funny thing is that I still
> love her, but alas it will never be.
> Greg

That's too bad.  Have you told Angela yet?  Until Angela resolves the  
situation with her mother, your relationship would be hell.  When you do  
tell Angela, try not to be hostile towards her mother.  Angela will  
probably be mad enough at her already, and you don't want to give her  
mother any more reason to hate you (I believe hate is the appropriate word  
here).  

Angela may well be worth a fight, but the fight probably would last for  
the duration of your relationship (which, in theory, could be as long as  
the rest of your life).  At this point, however, it might be better to let  
Angela go and make her own decisions, and just see what happens.  

bob
From: monaghn@garnet.berkeley.edu (Mara Monaghan)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Meeting guys
Date: 11 Jan 1993 21:51:57 GMT
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
NNTP-Posting-Host: esb1mac20.berkeley.edu

 >>In article <MARTINC.93Jan11100559@hatteras.cs.unc.edu>, martinc@hatteras.cs.unc.edu (Charles R. Martin) writes:
 
*In article <Jan.11.02.27.21.1993.11528@andromeda.rutgers.edu> capistra@andromeda.rutgers.edu (M-A-H-L-O-N-A) writes:

  >>Well, if you like mildly geeky middle aged over-intellectual white boys,
  >>there's always me.

* HAHAHA!  Good one!  :)
 
> *snif*  They're laughing at me.
> --
> 		Charles R. Martin/(Charlie)/martinc@cs.unc.edu

Charlie, oh Charlie -
Don't you see that attitude isn't
going to get them anywhere?

Imagine them -oh let's say 10+ years
down the line (maybe less). They'll
be whining 'n' worrying about getting
"old."  Barrels o' fun (yuck). So let
'em laugh now, 'cuz they'll be crying
later...

-Mara

(and if it's any consolation to you
Charlie, I'd take a mildly geeky middle
aged over-intellectual white boy over
a seedling-middle-age-crisis-whiner 
any day).
From: martinc@grover.cs.unc.edu (Charles R. Martin)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Any Available Jewish Men Out There??
Date: 7 Jan 93 02:02:24 GMT
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	<1993Jan6.222351.18707@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
Organization: UNC Department of Computer Science
NNTP-Posting-Host: grover.cs.unc.edu
In-reply-to: tlode@nyx.cs.du.edu's message of 6 Jan 93 22:23:51 GMT

Golly, the only thing I can think of to compare with that list is
spending an entire day making shaped charges out of clay and black
powder and trying to key 110 v @ 60 Hz with a Heathkit "Learn Morse
Code" telegraph key.
--
		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
From: dhardin@bbn.com (Dawn Hardin)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Any Available Jewish Men Out There??
Date: 7 Jan 1993 17:11:10 GMT
NNTP-Posting-Host: bbn.com

In article <1993Jan6.220416.17663@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>, tlode@nyx.cs.du.edu (trygve lode) writes:
> In article <lkmgm6INN1vh@news.bbn.com> dhardin@bbn.com (Dawn Hardin) writes:

> There's nothing wrong with being happy with a K-Mart weight set, a
> broomstick, a K-Mart telescope, or half of a broken pair of binoculars
> you found in your grandfather's attic--however, none of these are 
> examples of "high-end" equipment that would be the choice of serious
> and knowlegeable amateurs.  Ed's claim was that it was possible to get
> "high-end" sports equipment in a K-Mart, but impossible to get "high-end"
> scientific stuff.  While I agree with him on the latter, the fact is that
> a serious, knowlegeable amateur weightlifter would be no more likely to
> train with K-Mart weights than a serious amateur astronomer would consider
> K-Mart's telescopes to be the instruments of choice for locating new
> comets.
> 
> If K-Mart telescopes and weights are fine for you, that's great and isn't
> any sort of bad reflection on you--but they're still not examples of
> "high-end" equipment.

Personally, I don't think most people with an interest in astrology make
serious attempts to discover new comets or that most people with an interest 
in weightlifting want to get into your league (but then, you started out 
bigger than most people.)  Maybe you're stressing the word "serious" and 
I'm stressing the word "most."  

Dawn
"What if I had PMS all my life, and told you you looked just like Barney Fife,
What if I twisted it in like a knife, Until it made you cry? Until it made
you lie? Would you still love me?"
"What If..." by Bongwater
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: krw@cbnewsk.cb.att.com (keith.r.smith)
Subject: Re: finding it when ya ain't lookin'
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 16:07:24 GMT

In article <1993Jan8.145019.15359@cbnewsd.cb.att.com> nance@cbnewsd.cb.att.com (nancy.l.colucci) writes:
>In article <1993Jan7.175638.2576@merrimack.edu> nin15b63@merrimack.edu (The Wolf) writes:
>>
>>In the thread on meeting people, posters have been emphasizing things like
>>getting involved in activities which are interesting anyway, or using the
>>immediate situation and just "going with it".  What people seem to be saying is
>>that when one is not caught up in meeting someone, that's when s/he meets
>>someone.  It might seem like a paradox, but try it; it has been my experience.  
>Oh, Bingo.  Said much better than I did.  

This is all well and good, provided that your daily routine and those hobbies
that you pursue with a passion are likely to bring you into regular contact
with like-minded individuals of the opposite sex.  For example, a female
computer-nerd-techie-type would be likely to come in contact with several
men on a daily basis during the course of her workday.  Sadly, this is not
so in the case of the male-of-the-species, because of relative numbers of
same.  A male hairdresser or clothing salesperson would meet _lots_ of
women in the course of his workday, for the same reasons. A woman who is
a die-hard fitness-freak (I can say that 'caus I are a fitness freak) is
likely to come in contact with several men at workout time during the course
of any given week (that is, unless she choses to train alone, or at a 
women-only gym), but again, this is not so for the male of the species.
I wonder what the male/female ratio is among "hammerhead" cyclists,
for instance?  What about woodworkers, construction workers, or "motorheads".
A male telephone installer might meet several women in the course of his
workday, as a consequence of entering many homes/businesses, but how many does
he see _twice_ as a matter of course, and just as important, how many can
he really "talk shop" with?............. And so on...............

Comments?

Keith R
>-- 
>Nance Colucci                                      att!ihlpl!colucci