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From: drieux@wetware.com (drieux, just drieux)
Subject: Ok Folks....
Organization: Castle WetWare Philosopher and Sniper
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 03:27:30 GMT

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 :-)


... doesn't this belong in alt.romance.pets????


ciao
drieux

obWonderMent: Why is it that both My ProblemOlderWoman
and her cats presume that I come visiting just to pet them....


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sometimes, a thing will happen after another thing, 
and they may not be connected.....
From: martinc@grover.cs.unc.edu (Charles R. Martin)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Favorite Groups
Date: 24 Jan 93 18:47:48 GMT
Article-I.D.: grover.MARTINC.93Jan24104748
Organization: UNC Department of Computer Science
NNTP-Posting-Host: grover.cs.unc.edu
In-reply-to: rohwerwd@netcom.com's message of Sun, 24 Jan 1993 09:15:28 GMT

In article <1993Jan24.091528.2336@netcom.com> rohwerwd@netcom.com (W. David Rohwer) writes:


   >I'm under 30, and I posted the original quote.  Doesn't anyone listen
   >to any decent music any more?
   >

	Sure and by the way I am 30.  I like, in alphabetical order:

   AC/DC;
	.
	.
	.
   Young, Neil.

	There are other artists and groups which I like that I may not
   listed.

Jeez, I hope you have that on computer, and didn't have to go to all the
effort of typing that in alphabetically to prove that you're humor-
challenged and can't tell when someone is kidding you.
--
		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: hays@TECHNET.NM.ORG (Larry 'Purple' Hays)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Audrey Hepburn (was: *How* did you meet your SO)
Date: 26 Jan 1993 02:49:48 GMT
Organization: New Mexico Technet   Albuquerque, NM
Reply-To: hays@TECHNET.NM.ORG
NNTP-Posting-Host: grande.nm.org

In article <1993Jan21.173136.11109@netcom.com>, cocoa@netcom.com writes:
>I read in the paper this morning that Audrey Hepburn died.  I loved most of
>her musicals and movies.  I'll miss her.

Yeah, wadda drag.   Been a lot of sad or depressing deaths lately...

Audrey Hepburn.  Dizzy Gillespie.  Thourgood Marshall.  Shame.

>(Who sat up *way* past her bedtime watching Katherine Hepburn last night)

Good choice!
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               Only 6 hundred some postings to go.   Whew...
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Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: vincent@Micor.OCUnix.on.ca (Victor W. Wong)
Subject: What's the Word on Introduction Services?
Organization: M.B. Cormier INC.
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 93 08:33:59 EST

Some time ago I got contacted by one of those dating service agencies, 
and I have an appointment to chat with them later this week.

These guys are in the local directory, so as far as I know, this isn't
a "fly-by-night" ripoff operation.

What I'd like to know is, has anyone here ever used these type of
services, and what's the impression about them?

======================================================================
                            VICTOR WONG
                     vincent@micor.ocunix.on.ca
----------------------------------------------------------------------
            "Closed minds lead short lives."--Anonymous
======================================================================

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 15:16:54 GMT

In article <MARTINC.93Jan27193707@grover.cs.unc.edu> martinc@grover.cs.unc.edu (Charles R. Martin) writes:
>In article <1993Jan27.214527.21573@cbnewsd.cb.att.com> nance@cbnewsd.cb.att.com (nancy.l.colucci) writes:
>
>   And I have NEVER flown off a handle.  
>Uh, you're kidding us, right?

Examples?  Just when is one flying off a handle?   How does one
GET on a handle?  And why would one be on a handle when things
are getting testy anyway?  And no please don't ANYONE allude to
a "handle" being a "penis" because then I'll be REALLY confused.

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Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: jwall@nyx.cs.du.edu (Jeff Wall)
Subject: Re: Living alone and liking it
X-Disclaimer: Nyx is a public access Unix system run by the University
	of Denver for the Denver community.  The University has neither
	control over nor responsibility for the opinions of users.
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix at U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 18:52:05 GMT

In article <77121@apple.apple.COM> stef@Apple.COM (Stef Jones) writes:
>blowfish@carina.unm.edu (rON.) writes:
>
>>So what do you look like in latex? :)
>
>Like Garfield.

Garfield is absolutely adorable!!  (Not to mention humerous)

Cheers,

Jeff Wall
wall@hel4.brl.mil

Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: drieux@wetware.com (drieux, just drieux)
Subject: Re: Talking to shy friends?
Organization: Castle WetWare Philosopher and Sniper
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 02:51:56 GMT

GEN5021@Husky1.StMarys.Ca (JOHN SAKALAUSKAS) writes:

] Does anyone have any advice about how to communicate effectively with
] friends who are VERY shy, to the point of which they answer questions
] with simple one-word answers. This makes it very difficult to keep
] a form of conversation running smoothly.

p1: it could be as much a cultural thing. Amongst
EuroCentrists there is the presumption that making
'eye contact' is obligatory, where as in many nonEuroCenterist
cultures this is construed as bad form.

Being Blind as a Bat, I tend to take my glasses off,
and it no longer matters, as everything is French
Impressionist painting from then on.... This sometimes
will help put the other person at easy.

p2: you might try working with a 'positive confirmation'
feedback loop, as well as 'I Language' - in that you
return to the person what You are 'hearing' from what
they are saying....

"I hear you saying, <string> with that,
am I fully understanding you?"

So that what you help work forward is the notions:

	2.1: what they have to say is important to you.

	2.2: that you are trying to understand them.

	2.3: that you are not trying to judge what they are
		trying to say.

p3; there are many levels of being 'shy' and just as
many reasons for why that occurs, so any ONE 'solution'
is NOT the answer. And you will need to just keep working
on the basic communications with them, as well as allowing
them their space to be whom they are.

Trying to Interrogate them will NOT Help.

Trying to use p2 above as a tactic to Interrogate
will also ultimately backfire.

ciao
drieux



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and they may not be connected..... 
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: GEN5021@Husky1.StMarys.Ca (JOHN SAKALAUSKAS)
Subject: Talking to shy friends?
Organization: St. Mary's University, Halifax, N.S., Canada
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 01:26:58 GMT
X-News-Reader: VMS NEWS 1.13.SMU

Does anyone have any advice about how to communicate effectively with
friends who are VERY shy, to the point of which they answer questions
with simple one-word answers. This makes it very difficult to keep
a form of conversation running smoothly.
Thanks in advance.
-john
From: brent.mason@uuworld.via.mind.ORG (Brent Mason) 
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Infinate # of Monkies
Date: 24 Jan 93 10:19:00 GMT
Reply-To: brent.mason@uuworld.via.mind.ORG (Brent Mason) 
Distribution: world
Organization: Micro Exchange - Kenwood, CA - 707-833-4032

JD> From: jmd@bear.com (Josh Diamond)
  >  When was the last time you saw a gorilla write a computer
  > program?
  >
  > 					Spidey!!!

       Haven't you ever heard of the Infinate Number of Monkies Theory.
       (Look at MicroSoft!)  If you get enough fools together you'll
       eventually create something (wouldn't venture to guess what).

       Besides, who do you think carries all these letters to your
monitor.  I refuse to believe that it's the Elfs.

       Brent Mason
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Newsgroups: soc.singles,soc.penpals,alt.romance,alt.romance.chat
From: fes9s@faraday.clas.Virginia.EDU (Howard Johnson's Got His Ho-Jo Workin')
Subject: Re: SM ISO MAIL
Organization: University of Virginia
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 16:36:39 GMT

In article <C19GCo.DE7@cen.ex.ac.uk> st92rcn@cen.ex.ac.uk writes:
                                ^^^^
>My name is rachel and I want your body

RACHEL! How many times do we have to tell you the net is international
and the UK is a long way off from nearly everybody??? Tease.

Besides, what gives you the idea that many of us are still colonies for
plundering? ;)

frank
--
I was so happy that I didn't have a .sig, and then someone had
to go and teach me how it's done.
"Be sure to leave your underpants with someone you can trust."
     -- Jethro Tull                          "...Bueller?"
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: gdb15@grebe.cl.cam.ac.uk (Guy Barry)
Subject: Re: Honesty, Your word, and Trust -- a crisis?
Reply-To: gdb15@cl.cam.ac.uk
Organization: U of Cambridge Computer Lab, UK
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 20:28:21 GMT

In article <JMD.93Jan22123711@lion.bear.com> jmd@bear.com (Josh Diamond) writes:
>
>I think that the way to do something about this is to just go ahead
>and break with precedent -- create a present which is completely
>different from the past.  Go ahead and trust -- creating an
>environment where the people you meet understand that their word means
>something -- and that you will not stand for broken agreements.
>And be honest -- creating trust in those around you.  And above all
>else, trust yourself, and be honest with yourself.

Fine words, but what if no one else is willing to do the same?


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Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: dheisler@CERIS.Purdue.EDU (Dave Heisler)
Subject: Re: MWF?
Organization: Center for Environmental and Regulatory Information Systems, Purdue University
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 19:52:36 GMT

From article <16B5DA8A7.SURGDM@mizzou1.missouri.edu>, by SURGDM@mizzou1.missouri.edu (Diane):
> In article <1993Jan21.000419.7811@noose.ecn.purdue.edu>
> mel@niblick.ecn.purdue.edu (Meloney D Cregor) writes:
>  
>>I work out on MWF's.  I have meetings on Tuesdays.  I have piano and
>>dance classes on Thursdays.
>>There just isn't time to cook.
>  
> Tell us more about these MWFs you 'work out' on. Depraved minds
> want to know...

oh probably Married White Ferrets, real popular these days...
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: rna@leland.Stanford.EDU (Robert Ashcroft)
Subject: Re: Companion
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 93 02:36:44 GMT

In article <1993Jan26.193443.7161@doug.cae.wisc.edu> matthewk@cae.wisc.edu (Matthew Thomas Kotowski) writes:
>
>Hi, I am new to this school.  I am doing graduate work in nuclear
>engineering.  I did my undergrad work at University of Coloroda-Boulder.
>I am a single straight male.  I am 26 years of age.  

...

>P.S.  I am good guy ..just give me a chance.

But you are bad poster.  Personals go in alt.personals.  The purpose of
soc.singles has never been divined, but if it were to be, it would immediately
be replaced by something even more odd.

RNA


Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: walter (Walter Lego)
Subject: Re: (LONG) Re: Living alone and liking it
Followup-To: soc.singles
Reply-To: nobody
Organization: Twisted Pair Inc.
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 93 17:05:54 GMT

In article <77582@apple.apple.COM> pooh@Apple.COM (Wendy Nather) writes:
>
>Seriously, I can relate to a lot of what you say.  The men
>I know ....
>
>... It seems to me that
>men do indeed get more out of a relationship than women do.
>

If you were to get into *relationships* with women with the same propensity and
intensity as you do with men, my dear Pooh, you might realize that women tend
to fall along the same spectrum of selfishness and to any man that is at least
as observant as you are, women might appear to get more out of a relationship 
than men do.

And also consider the possibility that one may *see* only a very small part or
perhaps just a narrow and subjective view of the other's contributions to the 
relationship.

Hence your conclusion, to put it mildly, is ludicrous.

						Walter

What disclaimer?
From: martinc@grover.cs.unc.edu (Charles R. Martin)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Credibility and Trueness
Date: 27 Jan 93 14:40:10
Organization: UNC Department of Computer Science
	<ewright.728158167@convex.convex.com>
NNTP-Posting-Host: grover.cs.unc.edu
In-reply-to: ewright@convex.com's message of Wed, 27 Jan 1993 18:09:27 GMT

In article <ewright.728158167@convex.convex.com> ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright) writes:

   Seeking "help" from astrologers, psychiatrists, psychologists,
   psychics, psychic astrologers, trance channelers, crystal healers,
   and similar charlatans only helps you avoid facing the real problem.   

   Besides, psychology is based on a denial of the existance of 
   free will.  And without free will, you cannot decide to do
   anything, including "seeking help" from a psychologist, 
   you can only be driven to it by mysterious "psychic forces"
   beyond your control.   So, when a psychologist tells you 
   you should seek his help, he isn't even being internally
   consistent.

What a fascinating assertion.  Are you once again speaking ex cathedra
from your rectum or do you have some logical, if ignorant, argument for
it?





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     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: gds@york.cs.ucla.edu (Greg Skinner)
Subject: Re: (LONG) Re: Living alone and liking it
Originator: gds@york.cs.ucla.edu
Reply-To: gds@cs.ucla.edu (Greg Skinner)
Organization: in your face!
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 93 22:30:20 GMT

In article <ewright.728168374@convex.convex.com> ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright) writes:
>Law #3:  If you ignore the laundry long enough, maybe some of 
>         it will go away.

Even if you don't ignore it, sometimes some of it still goes away.
I'm always losing a sock or two between the laundry room and my
apartment.  The idea is to lose enough laundry items that you have to
go to the store to buy new clothing.  Then you can argue that rather
than wait for your laundry to disappear, you'll go buy new clothing
and get the jump on those missing socks.

--
Happiness is an empty syslog file.
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: aahz@netcom.com (Mean Green Dancing Machine)
Subject: Re: (LONG) Re: Living alone and liking it
Summary: Ed Wright posts an interesting and amusing article
Organization: Don't blame me, I voted for Bill 'n' Opus
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 01:23:29 GMT

By George!  I think he's got it!

(Except for the parsnips.  Don't see how anyone can stand parsnips.)
-- 
                         --- Aahz (the *other* Dan Bernstein)
                             @netcom.com 

Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6

Kinky vanilla queer het
From: martinc@grover.cs.unc.edu (Charles R. Martin)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Honesty, Your word, and Trust -- a crisis?
Date: 25 Jan 93 23:35:44
Organization: UNC Department of Computer Science
	<MARTINC.93Jan23132913@grover.cs.unc.edu>
	<1993Jan25.144344.27709@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>
NNTP-Posting-Host: grover.cs.unc.edu
In-reply-to: ron@turing.toronto.edu's message of 25 Jan 93 19:43:44 GMT

In article <1993Jan25.144344.27709@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> ron@turing.toronto.edu (Ron Wessels) writes:

   martinc@grover.cs.unc.edu (Charles R. Martin) writes:
   >tlode@nyx.cs.du.edu (trygve lode) writes:
   >   This reminds me of someone I know who has severe, debilitating attacks
   >   of anal retentiveness; this tends to result in conversations along the
   >   lines of
   >	< deleted >
   >
   >Wow.  Who does this remind me of?

   To be perfectly honest?  Me.  I'm glad to know I'm not the only person
   that has discussions over whether "many" is more than "several", or who
   proceeds to compute an approximate number when told that there are
   "a ton of cats up for adoption".

Oh, no, you're not the only one to do that, not at all.  I would bet
most of the "core" posters on here have done that, because we're all
pretty verbally oriented, clearly.

The part that seemed reminiscient of someone in particular is the part
where they (1) over-literalized (2) transformed your statement into a
crisp black-and-white statement (3) realized that wasn't precisely what
you meant, and (4) proceeded to announce that you *lied* to them.
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     "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: thomas@datamark.co.nz (Thomas Beagle)
Subject: Re: Gee, who'd have thought it....
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 02:24:52 GMT
Organization: Datamark International Ltd.

In article <1993Jan21.113158.1@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz> quirke_a@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz writes:

>   Hmm, I recall about a decade ago, a group of Maori activists was
>seen taking off for Libya, under the kind financial aid of that noted
>philanthropist, the Colonel. Nothing ever came of that. Thomas, you
>recall the incident ?

Yes, I do. Syd Jackson and friends wasn't it? Can't see why everyone
got so upset...

ObSingles : So, what's the singles scene like in Libya and where do
you pick up camels?

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From: dhardin@bbn.com (Dawn Hardin)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: (LONG) Re: Living alone and liking it
Date: 28 Jan 93 16:20:34 GMT
Organization: Bolt Beranek and Newman (BBN)
NNTP-Posting-Host: spcink.bbn.com

In article <ewright.728168374@convex.convex.com> ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright) writes:
>
>Law #3:  If you ignore the laundry long enough, maybe some of 
>         it will go away.

[The others deleted for space.  This is my favorite one anyway.]

Story time.  A couple years ago, when I was still married, one of my students
told me a joke.  A woman met her husband at the door and breathed "make
me feel like a woman."  He said OK, pulled off all of his clothes, threw 
them on the floor and said "Now go do my laundry."

I thought this was pretty good and told my husband when I went home.
He got angry.  He said it was sexist and anti-male, and as a sensitive
New Age guy who would never do anything like that it pissed him off.
We bickered a bit, and I ended up apologizing.  Later that evening, he
said "Hey, you didn't wash any of my socks last time you did laundry.
How could you do laundry and miss all of my socks?"  Me:  "I didn't see
any of your socks in your laundry, where did they get to?"  Him:  "They're
in the laundry hamper where they should be."  Me:  "The laundry 
hamper?  I didn't know you had put anything in the laundry hamper.  I
expected them to be on the floor with the rest of your clothes."  I
thought it was funny.  He didn't.

>I must admit that comes close to describing the way I
>subsist when I'm alone (substituting Fuddrucker's or
>KFC for beer and Doritos).  When I have the opportunity
>to cook for someone else, though, I'm more likely to prepare 
>a roast chicken with stuffing, broiled parsnips, an elaborate 
>salad, homemade bread, and white-chocolate brownies. 

Bless your heart, Ed, any post that mentions white-chocolate brownies
is an automatic 8.0 or better in my book.  I've never eaten parsnips,
but I'm willing to be convinced.

Dawn
-- 
"You have this adorable and misguided notion that death is something really
radical and cool but I still can't help being attracted to your fresh-faced
uncompromised tatoo-ed rebel stance and god damn, I'd like to help you
sing your tune."  "Folk Song..." by Bongwater
Newsgroups: soc.singles,talk.bizarre
From: kiran@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (Kiran Wagle)
Subject: Re: Mushy_O_Phobic v. CloseAirSupport_O_Phobics
Organization: Indiana University
Orgainzation: soc.singles.music.early
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 09:29:50 GMT

Cannam@sc.ZIB-Berlin.de (Chris Cannam) writes:
>kiran@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (Kiran Wagle) writes:
>   Cannam@sc.ZIB-Berlin.de (Chris Cannam) writes:

>   >Can I put in a word for the pommer?

>   Sure.  What word would you like to put in for it?

>I think `timorousness' is suitably inappropriate.

Timorous indeed.

For those who might not know, the pommer is essentially the chanter.
(To avoid redundancy, I shall not say "the chanter of a bagpipe.")

I once contra danced to a bagpipe.  One is enough.

(You got me, btw.  The pommer is the bombarde, which I had already
mentioned.  I didn't make that connection until just now.)

While we're on the subject of odd instruments, anyone know what a Xibomba is?

I tried to look it up.  The closest I got was "yapok."  An aquatic
opossum.  Cute critter.
-- 

Kiran Wagle                           <kiran@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu>
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: llk4k@Virginia.EDU ("Lori Karalow")
Subject: Re: Ankle bracelets
Organization: University of Virginia
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 01:48:48 GMT

Don't you guys know the 10 basic rules a Southern Belle must
always follow?????  One of the basics is "No southern women
would ever wear an ankle bracelet.  There has never been a
baton twirling, ankle bracelet wearing belle that was ever the
president of Junior League."  Get a Clue!  (and furthermore, I
know for a fact, ever Junior League president had a clitoris.)
From: brent.mason@uuworld.via.mind.ORG (Brent Mason) 
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Credibility...
Date: 25 Jan 93 12:50:00 GMT
Reply-To: brent.mason@uuworld.via.mind.ORG (Brent Mason) 
Distribution: world
Organization: Micro Exchange - Kenwood, CA - 707-833-4032



  > Man, this post got longer than I expected.  Well, as long as it
  > was good for someone else.  It was fun for me! ...
  >
  >
  > Ray  8-)
  >
  > --------------------------------------------------------------------
  >    Ray Helie         8-)                   University Of Delaware
  >    [helie@bach.udel.edu]                   Newark, DE
  > --------------------------------------------------------------------

       No kidding... I was getting pretty board towards the end but you
ended well so you get a 7 instead of a 3.  Maybe next time you could
state your thesis just a little earlier, and in 7 words or less.

       I have problems understanding more than that many words in a
sentence, ya know. (a poor joke)

       Brent Mason
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