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From: ramon@convex.com (Ramon Dominguez)
Subject: Re: Living alone and liking it
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 15:48:17 GMT
Organization: The Arts Babblative and Scribblative
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In article <93020.212720SAUNDRSG@QUCDN.QueensU.CA> Graydon <SAUNDRSG@QUCDN.QueensU.CA> writes:
=>Seems this fellow had a couple of peculiarities; he was gay, of
=>the variety sometimes refered to as 'flaming mariposa', and he
=>was blind.  Which meant that he left all his interesting erotic
  ^^^^^^^^^
=>appliances out on the tops of shelves, etc. so he could find specific
=>ones readily.  (Presumably braile labels for the things aren't
=>readily available, making rumaging through a drawer a tedious process).
=>
=>This lead to some attacks of sudden tidying when the acquaintances'
=>fiance's parents were coming over to vist; this also lead to some
=>acrimonious sesions of 'the purple one with the two d cell batteries
                          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
=>goes over there; the *orange* one goes on this bookshelf..)
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
=>
=>Definately an agregate argument for living alone... :]
=>
=>Graydon
=>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
=>saundrsg@               "Praise then Darkness and Creation unfinished"
=>   qucdn.queensu.ca                   - U. K. LeGuin

So, would you care to explain how the blind guy even knows what color these
things are, and why a blind man would refer to things by their color?
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Newsgroups: soc.singles,alt.romance
From: ollis@funlwb.stl.dec.com (Stephen Ollis)
Subject: Re: Where did you meet your SO?
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 23:12:40 GMT

alan@ctsx.celtech.com (Alan Dahl) writes:

>I meet an ex-SO in what is probably one of the most unique ways:
. stuff deleted
>So, did anyone else meet because of a natural disaster? :-)

>- Alan

Well, I dunno if it classes as a natural disaster but..

A group of my friends decided that we'd go down to the local children's 
playground to sit around and talk. It had been raining fairly heavily for 
an extended period of time, and we were all pretty much pleased to just be out
and about. My now wife decided she was going to hop on one of the children's 
swings. After a couple of minutes, she'd had enough, and attempted to jump 
out of the swing seat to avoid dragging her feet through a couple of inches of
muddy water under the swing. Unfortunately, she mis-timed her jump, and fell
into the water. Being the Sir Walter Raleigh type gentleman, I offered her 
my warm jacket (seeing as it was night time) to stop her catching her death of
cold. She didn't want it, and after several repeated requests, walked off in a
bit of a huff (`ungrateful woman .. etc etc').. She chased me up the streets
until she caught up with me. We talked things out, each explaining our actions. I hugged her to warm her up (her teeth were chattering, and she was going blue)
and the next thing I knew we were kissing under a full moon, on a clear starlit
night. 5 years later, and we have been married for 3 years, and still as 
suicidally romantic as ever  :-)


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From: kiran@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (Kiran Wagle)
Subject: Re: How Does your Name Sound?
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 07:24:24 GMT

sethb@panix.com (Seth Breidbart) writes:

>Seth	[but the book "Never Make a Reservation in Your Own Name" has
>lots of good advice]

That's an interesting book.  I saw it remaindered years ago, I don't
know if it's still in print.
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From: martinc@grover.cs.unc.edu (Charles R. Martin)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Trygve's shower
Date: 23 Jan 93 12:27:02
Organization: UNC Department of Computer Science
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In-reply-to: tlode@nyx.cs.du.edu's message of Fri, 22 Jan 93 20:02:21 GMT

In article <1993Jan22.200221.11126@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> tlode@nyx.cs.du.edu (trygve lode) writes:

   >Work on it.  The Live Psychics incredibly difficult to entertain.  In fact,
   >they've been after me to send the Minions to Charlie, since they think he'd
   >be a little more lively.  (Can I call him that, being fictional, and all?
   >I wouldn't want him to think I was imposing upon his good nature.)

   Well, at least he'll probably be a little more mobile.  Of course it
   depends on the tastes of your minions--Charlie has a dissertation while
   I have a dungeon, so you just need to decide which they prefer. 

Take the dungeon.  Bastinado is preferable to a dissertation.
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From: tlode@nyx.cs.du.edu (trygve lode)
Subject: Re: Chocolate, love, and mental "illness"
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix @ U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 93 05:39:29 GMT

In article <ewright.728251491@convex.convex.com> ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright) writes:
>
>So, Charlie believes that any behavior that has a biochemical
>basis is a mental "illness" that must be "cured" by psychiatric
>"treatment."
>
>Researchers have found that the chemical beta-phenylethylamine
>is the responsible for many of the good feelings people experience
>when they are in love.
>
>The same chemical is found in chocolate.

'Tis true--indeed, this fact has caused many people to conclude that
love is merely a substitute for chocolate. 

>So, is love a mental illness?

Perhaps, but at least it's treatable--I know I like to treat my love
to dinner, plays, picnics in the mountains.... 


Trygve
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From: martinc@grover.cs.unc.edu (Charles R. Martin)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Living alone and liki
Date: 26 Jan 93 10:39:30
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In article <C1FDu2.BH3@panix.com> pw@panix.com (Paul Wallich) writes:


   Got you both beat. Living in nyc, cd changer filled with roches

If I didn't know you could spell I wouldn't be sure if that was a joke
or not.
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      to resist the temptation to laugh uncontrollably.  Amen." -- Rob T
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From: thurlow@convex.com (Robert Thurlow)
Subject: Re: Those DAMN Doubble posts
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 03:23:58 GMT
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In <6618.13.uupcb@uuworld.via.mind.ORG> brent.mason@uuworld.via.mind.ORG (Brent Mason)  writes:

>       I would like to take this moment to say that I'm sorry for some of
>those nasty doubble posts of late.

>       I uploaded up reply packet.. forgot to delete the last batch of
>messages first (live and learn).  Was going to delete the dups that got
>posted but I forgot for a few minutes and guess what?

(sigh)

I really regret the day they told BBS sysops about USENET, even if
I do run a Fidonet BBS myself.

Brent, do you realize that the majority of people do not know what
you mean by "uploading packets"?  Oh well, don't sweat it, others
have done similar things.

Rob T
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- "Passionate Kisses" Lucinda Williams
From: thurlow@convex.com (Robert Thurlow)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: SM ISO MAIL
Date: 24 Jan 93 15:04:42 GMT
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In <1993Jan23.223506.28886@sol.UVic.CA> atovorni@engr.UVic.CA (dreas) writes:

>In article 4335@news.acns.nwu.edu, drmax@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Marianna Max) writes:
>>Its perfectly fair and reasonable to insult someone on the net using every 
>>bit of personal and specific information about them or their posts that you 
>>have (well almost) especially if it is funny, but it is not okay to use racial >stereotypes to insult a single individual. 

>Oh, well. Some folks enjoyed it and others didn't. [...]

Dreas, I itch whenever I see stuff based on racial stereotypes.
Certainly people laugh, I do at some of the milder forms too, but
that one was well over my line.  You have not gone that far before
that *I've* read.

Maybe it's time you stopped flipping off all the people who are
trying to suggest that an element of your style sucks and *think*
about it rather than defending your percious position.

Rob T
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 and, passionate kisses, passionate kisses, passionate kisses, from you?"
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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: Thu, 21 Jan 93 20:11:10 GMT

In article <C16EsB.ME7@portal.hq.videocart.com> dfuller@portal.hq.videocart.com (Dave Fuller) writes:
>
>  I have a question that i have never been able to get an answer for.
>
>  Does anybody know why they are attracted to certain people ? This includes
>only physical features: gender, eyes, body, hair, etc. etc.

Yes, all those are important--I'm rarely attracted to anyone who lacks
them.  (Well, I have to waffle on the hair part--I know one quite
attractive woman who is bald.)

More than any given physical feature or suite thereof, it's a matter
of attitude--body language, expressions, and what they say and do counts
for a lot more than mere physical appearance. 

>  How much of what we find attractive is conditioned ?

The hair, usually, though some people don't use anything more than shampoo.

>  Does anybody think they can actually say 
>"I know why I find x and y to be attractive" ??

Frequently, yes--one of the most common reasons I'll find a particular
physical feature attractive is that it reminds me of someone I used to
be involved with.

Trygve
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Newsgroups: soc.singles
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 09:52:33 -0500 
From: "William C. Hulley" <bhulley+@CMU.EDU>
Subject: good morning from the...


majik kingdom. major allnighter. back in the office, peripheral vision 
has that bright wavy edge, each whisker weeped before it was visciously cut
down in the prime of hairhood by the hideously efficient braun electric 
razor, the neck strains against a tie, and the feet long to be snuggled 
under a comforter. 
 
(reagan strolls into the lincoln memorial, stumbles against steps, looks
up, sees abe, recognizes him as classmate, says howdy, turns, surprised by
the camera, relexively reacts to cue cards. image cuts to ski boots zooming
down gs course at innsbruck...
 
"this is bill's brain." 
 
cut to a jar that apparently holds a small, pickled allen edmond wingtip...
 
"this is bill's brain on no-sleep."
 
lights cut, reagan startled again, looks up at abe, wonders why *he* gets
to sit down, undoes jar lid and wanders offstage nibbling on shoe, fade to
black.)

yes kiddies, the life of a professional, makes you want to stay a postdoc
forever don't it...

(wait, wait, whaddayamean this isn't alt.politics.reagan.bashing?)

never mind.


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From: martinc@grover.cs.unc.edu (Charles R. Martin)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: what is attractive ?
Date: 26 Jan 93 22:23:06 GMT
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In article <1993Jan26.193620.29278@cbnewsd.cb.att.com> nance@cbnewsd.cb.att.com (nancy.l.colucci) writes:

   In article <ewright.728074350@convex.convex.com> ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright) writes:
   >People who dig ditches for a
   >living *still* get plenty of exercise and (unless they are smart
   >enough to use sunblock) tans.

   No, sun not block.  Sun big round thing in sky.

Nance, whatever you put in your coffee today, I want some.
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      to resist the temptation to laugh uncontrollably.  Amen." -- Rob T
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From: drmax@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Marianna Max)
Subject: Re: Anonymous Postings
Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston Illinois.
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 22:40:18 GMT

In article <1993Jan23.180418.14464@watson.ibm.com> margoli@watson.IBM.com writes:
>In <1993Jan21.133733.18301@news.acns.nwu.edu> drmax@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Marianna Max) writes:
>>
>>I tend to give 'personals' posters the benifit of the doubt and believe that
>>they do it out of ignorance rather than arrogance. That of course doesn't
>>mean that they are exempt from abuse :-).
>
>On the other hand, we've seen anonymous posts saying "I know personal ads
>don't belong here, but ..."
>--


Sort of like painting a bullseye on your forehead huh!?

Max
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From: julie@cucbs.chem.columbia.edu (Julie Wright)
Subject: Re: Flirting How To Guide
Organization: The Cultural Elite
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Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 22:36:19 GMT

In article <77138@apple.apple.COM> stef@Apple.COM (Stef Jones) writes:

>julie@cucbs.chem.columbia.edu (Julie Wright) writes:

>>aahz@netcom.com (Mean Green Dancing Machine) writes:
>>>The simplest way I've found is to use non-agressive physical contact,
>>>back rubs, neck rubs -- and, most importantly, RUB HER FEET!

>>This sounds like a pretty good suggestion, but it has one disadvantage:
>>it's not quite balanced or mutual.  

>Why not? All you have to do is stop him after a little while and say "Your
>turn," and then give him whatever kind of rub you feel comfortable giving.

But I'm impatient :) .  

>>I agree about the non-aggressive physical contact, but I think it would
>>be better to do something that allows her to give you more physical 
>>feedback about how she is feeling about you and the situation.  

>It is easy to give feedback when you are being rubbed.

Yeah, OK.  As I said in following up Seth's post, it's probably just me.
I don't find that the feedback I give from a rub is a very reliable guide
to how I feel about the other person physically.  I am more likely to
want a rub if I'm feeling blah and worn out, and I'm very unlikely to 
feel that way with a new person whose company I'm enjoying.  I'm perfectly
willing to believe I'm atypical in this way.

>>[somewhat inadequate attempt to describe handholding language]

>Ick. I always hated the part of my high-school dating experience that involved
>micro-focusing on hand positions. [...]

>I guess that's partly why I began making the first move in no uncertain 
>terms, because little games like that have always made me tense and 
>uncomfortable.

*ouch* *ouch* *ouch* *ouch* *ouch*

OK, now that we've established that I'm an adolescent game-player... :)

To each her own.  I kind of like little games.  Not the dishonest kind,
but the kind where, for a little while, no one's _quite_ _positive_ that
something's going to happen.  Tense, yes; uncomfortable, no.  It gets
you all keyed up for the next stage.  

But as for hand-holding vs. backrubs vs. whatever, perhaps everyone needs
to pick the thing they feel communicates their mood the best, which is
probably the thing they enjoy the most.  Also, I forgot to say in my
original post that talking is at least as important as the physical stuff
at the beginning, in my experience.  Get a few good innuendos flying and
if she answers with some of her own, you'll both be having a great time.

Charlie, where are you?  Is this the sort of thing you were looking for
or not?

---Julie
-- 
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* i know what you mean/ but i am waiting for/ somebody to pull through 
* for me/ somebody's gonna have to be me              ---- The Roches
From: jm0i@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (JOSEPH ALOYSIUS MCVEIGH)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Stef Vs. Phantasm 3-D
Date: 21 Jan 93 20:37:00 GMT
Organization: Lehigh University


When phantasm@iastate.edu writes:
>>After seeing such, Stef, a quote comes to mind that you might like to know...
>>     When I play with my cat, who knows whether she isn't
>>     amusing herself with me more than I am with her?

stef@Apple.COM (Stef Jones) replies:
>Really. Must we hierarchicalize the amusement factor that various species
>derive from each other?

I see it now: "Women whose cats are 'Control Freaks'...on the next 'Geraldo.'"

>Who are you, anyway? You keep coming around here with these mysterious
>suck-ups, but I've never managed to catch you actually saying anything...

Must be some sort of government official...
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From: jmd@bear.com (Josh Diamond)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Quote of the day
Date: 25 Jan 93 20:53:13 GMT
Organization: Bear, Stearns & Co. - FAST


Just a quote for the day, happening to be of the same origin as my
last quote...

  A human being is a part of a whole, called by us UNIVERSE, a part
  limited in time and space.  He experiences himself, his thoughts and
  feelings as something separated from the rest... a kind of optical
  delusion of his consciousness.  This delusion is a kind of prison
  for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for
  a few persons nearest to us.  Our task must be to free ourselves
  from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all
  living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.

				-- Albert Einstein




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From: mel@niblick.ecn.purdue.edu (Meloney D Cregor)
Subject: Re: Credibility...
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 00:44:06 GMT

In article <1993Jan25.214231.15049@netcom.com> marcia@netcom.com (Marcia) writes:

>I think part of the problem is that there are certain people who somehow
>dom't comprehend that there are people who have higher priorities than 
>having an SO. It's all a matter of what you want right now.
                                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Exactly.  The nice thing about setting your own priorities is, YOU know
where the re-set button is.....
From: stef@Apple.COM (Stef Jones)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: chocolate
Date: 21 Jan 93 20:15:31 GMT
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA

martinc@grover.cs.unc.edu (Charles R. Martin) writes:

>In article <C14I2x.Mr8@vu-vlsi.ee.vill.edu> 122548592@vill.edu (FARRIS, KING) writes:
>   WHAT IS IT WITH YOU PEOPLE AND CHOCOLATE? AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH! 

>nuqDaq yuch Dapol, tera'ngan?

<chuckle> When my PYM saw this, his first reaction was to try Rot-13.

Stef
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From: stef@Apple.COM (Stef Jones)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Stef... A quote for you...
Date: 23 Jan 93 17:27:30 GMT
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA

diana@wetware.com (CatWoman ) writes:

>stef@Apple.COM (Stef Jones) writes:
>] A Firecat.

>And *I* am "CatWoman" - 
>No whips, some spandex - and lots of cats.
>Diana
>(not to be confused with "Tyger" - either of
>us.)kk

Should we add this to the FAQ?

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