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From: diamond@acpub.duke.edu (Elizabeth Abrams)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Money and the Single World (was: Education and the Single World
Date: 20 Nov 92 17:54:54 GMT
Organization: Duke University; Durham, N.C.

In article <BxzJot.L4G@access.digex.com> huston@access.digex.com (Herb Huston) writes:
>Are you still using stone tools in your cave?  There's now software for
>personal computers that not only maintains a check register but also will
>dial up a service in Columbus, Ohio, and transmit information on about all
>the checks you've just written.  The service then prints up the checks, 
>stuffs them into metered envelopes, mails them off, and places a draft on
>your checking account.  You can have the service schedule the payments for
>future dates.

Sounds nifty.  However, I'm operating at a ridiculously low income level,
and the service you describe would probably cost more than I have in my
checking account in the first place.  My pressure-sensitive checks may
be 'obsolete' (by what standard?) and my own personal computer may be
at about the stone-tool level, but the whole system works for me.  

				--Diamond

diamond@acpub.duke.edu |   The soul may choose its own society and shut
Elizabeth S. Abrams    |   the door, but the body gets thrown into bed
		       |   with the damnedest people.  --Peter Beagle
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From: corbetew@cco.caltech.edu (Corbet E. Wilcox)
Newsgroups: soc.singles,general
Subject: Re: Nightline and Presidential Cantidates
Date: 20 Nov 1992 18:14:01 GMT
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
NNTP-Posting-Host: alumni.caltech.edu

In article <1992Nov20.091430.16548@mr.med.ge.com> bednarek@picard.med.ge.com (Dennis Bednarek Mfg 4-6971) writes:
>
>As someone said in replies this global recession is not
>Bushes falt and did not start with him.  Well I haver to agree
>with them it really started with Nixon price and wage freeze
>to stop inflation, then when the Democrats took office and 

I'm too young to remember this, please explain what this actually was.
It also seems to me that the were some pretty severe recessions in the 70's
much worse that the '91 recession.

>lifted the freeze they were blamed for the inflation.
>That brought the eara of Regeanomics which was the biginings
>of putting inflation in line by causing a US reccession,
>that has slowly grown to a Western recession.
>
>Where did the job shortage really come from.  Well its
>the old story of corperate greed.  Why should I hire an American
>for $30,000.00 dollars a year, when we can hire an oriental
>for $10,000.00 plus shipping costs of $28,000.00 for a total
>of $2,000.00 less profits.  Even Bush said that when the US

I don't understand, that makes $38,000.00 => $8000 less profit

>wages meet the Mexican wages then Mexican yobs will be coming to
>the US.  Well who can survive in the US on $5.00 an hour?
>
>
Now on a diferent topic:
If unemployment is running at 7.5% what does that actually mean in terms of 
actual numbers?  I know that 62% of the nation that is of working age does 
work, that could acount for maybe 100million jobs (order of magnitude).

Now, how many of those jobs are civil servant oriented?  I've heard figures
like 50% of the work force has government related jobs. Not all government
jobs are entirely unproductive in wealth creation, but I would have to argue
that the bulk, posibly over 3/4, are not contributing to improving the 
nation's standard
 of living.  

I don't know the numbers, but what I'm driving at is that if you create 1millionjobs (magically) they better be the right kind or they wont help society.  In
the 30's people were given jobs digging holes, and then others were given jobs
to fill them up. Your supposed $14billion gain could really cost 1mil x $21000 =
$21 bil if they're just make-work jobs.



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From: sethb@fid.morgan.com (Seth Breidbart)
Subject: Re: girl/lady/female  boy/guy/male
Organization: my opinions only
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 22:12:57 GMT

In article <1992Nov17.180510.25922@cbnews.cb.att.com>
lib@cbnews.cb.att.com (Lib) writes:
>In article <1e95jcINNt7o@mozz.unh.edu> rll1@kepler.unh.edu (Robert L Lamothe) writes:
>  
>>respect without earning it.  The point is some things are earned and not
>>ascribed, any person who has earned respect from me will recieve the
>>proper addressing.  Anyone else?  Well I guess it depends on whether I
>>feel irascible or condescending.

>Ah, so much for basic respect for your fellow human beings. How
>do you treat the janitor in your building?

He does a good job.  I respect him for that.

Seth		sethb@fid.morgan.com
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: geos@cbnewsk.cb.att.com (george.j.schwerdtman)
Subject: TL&EH?
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 03:01:11 GMT

Seems a bit ambitious ... L&H would be fine. :)

Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: sethb@fid.morgan.com (Seth Breidbart)
Subject: Re: Argh! Total, Complete misery.
Organization: my opinions only
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1992 00:30:22 GMT

In article <1992Nov20.133114.22469@netcom.com> aahz@netcom.com
(Mean Green Dancing Machine) writes:
>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:

>>>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.

Some people think she's lovely.  Anybody who has seen her banana trick
can't deny that she's talented.  However, in her case, those are just
two descriptive adjectives, not part of a trademarked phrase.

Seth		sethb@fid.morgan.com
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: rohwerwd@netcom.com (W. David Rohwer)
Subject: Re: nkill  (Was: Re: KILLING a Poster rather than a Post)
Organization: Netcom - San Jose, CA
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 06:38:19 GMT

In article <1992Nov16.230556.29630@fid.morgan.com> sethb@fid.morgan.com (Seth Breidbart) writes:
>In article <MARTINC.92Nov11182550@hatteras.cs.unc.edu> martinc@hatteras.cs.unc.edu (Charles R. Martin) writes:
>>In article <1992Nov11.070916.11329@netcom.com> rohwerwd@netcom.com (W. David Rohwer) writes:
>
>
>>	I do not mind if there are differences of opinion.  Just do not
>>   make others do what you want them to do against their will.  If you
>>   do, then you must expect consequences.  Basically, live and let live.
>>
>>David, I don't think I disagree with any of the positions you took as
>>explained.  But nkill-ing people whose positions you dislike seems to
>>display the opposite of "live and let live".  It sounds an awful lot
>>like "do what I say or I'll kill you."
>
>How about "I don't care what you do to yourself, but let me do what I
>want or I'll kill you"?
>
>Seth		sethb@fid.morgan.com

     I like that.

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From: GCTHORNE@idbsu.idbsu.edu ("Broward " 8088 " Horne")
Subject:      Re: Salmon Russki
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 92 15:45:47 MST
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From: rkf@wildrose.infoserv.com (Ray Fink)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Salmon (Re: PRES DEBATE)
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 92 10:43:34 -0700

>ObSingles: What would you do if you were the last member of your
>sex returning to the traditional spawning grounds. And how
>important is 'attractive'?  Talk about performance anxiety, heh!

       Find a bigger computer, to relieve performance anxiety.
From: thurlow@convex.com (Robert Thurlow)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: girl/lady/female boy/guy/male
Date: 21 Nov 92 20:39:04 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 <MARTINC.92Nov19144038@hatteras.cs.unc.edu> martinc@hatteras.cs.unc.edu (Charles R. Martin) writes:

>   }(still can't find a way of getting 'igneous' into a pun :)

>   Sedimentary my dear rON.
>   You just have to come up with an igneous idea, of quartz.

>That's not gneiss.

This newsgroup really is going to schist, isn't it?

Rob T
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Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: tlode@nyx.cs.du.edu (trygve lode)
Subject: Re: Question: How to increase the male sex drive ?
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix @ U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 92 23:17:24 GMT

In article <1992Nov22.123018.18911@lmpsbbs.comm.mot.com> markr@mcil.comm.mot.com writes:
>
>Definitely, I've been following the conventional wisdom of 'the Net'
>which says that to increase my sex drive, I just gotta keep at it.
>Well, after spending many hours each day for the past week at 'it',
>the advice seems to be working very well. (We've been at it about
>3-4 times a day since last Saturday night)

Good show--keep it up.

>Don't ask me how it feels to be sore all the time, everywhere.

I've recently found that taking aspirin right after a serious workout
helps keep me from being sore the following day--you might give that a
try and see if it helps.

Trygve 
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From: aahz@netcom.com (Mean Green Dancing Machine)
Subject: Re: What is attractive to women?
Organization: Don't blame me, I voted for Bill 'n' Opus
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 19:16:17 GMT

In article <74476@apple.apple.COM> pooh@Apple.COM (Pooh) writes:
>In the referenced article, aahz@netcom.com (Mean Green Dancing Machine) writes:
>>Interesting.  I was recently "forced" into purchasing a leather jacket
>>at the behest of my ProblemOlderWoman,
>
>Your ProblemOlderWoman has good taste.  What else is she
>"forcing" you to wear? ;-)

Nothing, of course.
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specification is that it should run noiselessly.
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: thurlow@convex.com (Robert Thurlow)
Subject: Re: Question: How to increase the male sex drive ?
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 22:15:26 GMT
Organization: Engineering, CONVEX Computer Corp., Richardson, Tx., USA
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              Corp. The opinions expressed are those of the user and
              not necessarily those of CONVEX.

In <74522@apple.apple.COM> stef@Apple.COM (Stef Jones) writes:

>I understand that extensive aerobic exercise in general (not just the 
>circulation-limiting kind) decreases sex drive.

My sex drive always comes charging on when I raise my fitness level.
I can see how it could diminish with a really long bout of cycling,
but I do try to keep my seat adjusted properly :-)

Rob T
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Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: probst@selkirk.sfu.ca (Scott Probst)
Subject: Re: Top 9 things...
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1992 01:14:35 GMT

In article <1992Nov24.010040.6482@fid.morgan.com> sethb@fid.morgan.com (Seth Breidbart) writes:
>In article <92324.214223TWA101@psuvm.psu.edu> <TWA101@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
>>my favorite is "you're the type of guy that my mother wishes that I would date.
>>"  Makes me wonder if her mother is available.
>
>So far, I've found it's the kiss of death for any relationship that I
>hope will be serious for her mother to approve of me.
>
along the same lines, one's mother commenting about a girlfriend that: "she
seems like a nice little girl" can take some mental effort to overcome, as well.


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From: cjp8b@dayhoff.med.Virginia.EDU (Chris Penington)
Subject: Re: raising children
Organization: University of Virginia
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 18:37:39 GMT

In article <lgl0ohINNr1e@news.bbn.com> dhardin@spcink.bbn.com (Dawn Hardin) writes:
>In article <1992Nov17.233938.52596@gmuvax.gmu.edu> sparker@gmuvax.gmu.edu writes:
>>
>>When you ask these little lovelies  for their I.D., you are told, 
>>immediately, to fuck off. 
...
>>This, you see, is the result of single parent homes.
>
>Not necessarily.  I have both of my original parents and I could tell you
>to fuck off as well as anyone.
>
>Fuck off.

10.0, 10.0, 10.0, 10.0, 10.0, 9.8, 10.0

(The Soviet judge just *has* to be different. :) )

Chris

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From: nehs@romulus.rutgers.edu (-Killer Klondike-)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Another Top 9 List (was Re: Top 9 things...)
Date: 20 Nov 92 05:38:18 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.

pooh@Apple.COM (Pooh) writes:


>Top 9 things a woman doesn't want to hear from a man
>she's interested in:

>9.  <belch> Hey, that was a good one, huh?

>8.  Man, this is the fourth time this week I've had a hangover!

>7.  No, tonight I have to recompile all my X source.

>6.  Hey, did you see the tits on that one?  Woo woo!

>5.  Women only go for jerks, not nice guys like me.

>4.  What my wife doesn't know won't hurt her.

>3.  What's for dinner?

>2.  Your thighs are too fat.

>1.  Let's just be friends.


>Enjoy,
>Pooh
>	pooh@apple.com

Touche! 
(ps  Do you know nerm@apple?)
-Benjamin
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: larry@b8.b8.ingr.com (Larry Billings)
Subject: Re: nkill
Organization: Intergraph
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 17:39:42 GMT

In article <MARTINC.92Nov16111544@grover.cs.unc.edu>, martinc@grover.cs.unc.edu (Charles R. Martin) writes:
> 
> Okay, I see what you're saying ...but one can't be surprized then that
> after being in a system that *claims* that the precise numerical score
> is the sole criterion, people who find themselves at a numerical
> disadvantage because of some other criterion resent the hell out of it.

This is a little off the subject of minorities but I must agree with Charles
about the resentment.  While I was in the Navy, I was what is refered to as
a Rate-Climber (Basically that is someone who gets promoted every time they 
take the test) and in two years I made Second Class (E-5).  With all advantages
added in that is about the earliest you can make E-5 and the policy was: You
had to have a certain time in pay grade for advancement and time in service
was not a factor.  To make paygrade E-6 I needed 2 years as an E-5, but just
as I became elligibile for E-6 they decided that they had too many E-6's that
were too young, so they changed the rules to make it more difficult for young
E-5's to make E-6.  First they prevented us from taking the test until we
had 6 years time in service, then when I was again elligible to take the test
they added a new feature:
If A has over 8 years TIS (time in service) he must make test score X.
If B has less that 8 years TIS but qualifies by TIR (time in rate) then
he must make test score X + Y.

I took the test 3 times under these new rules, and every time made X+
but not X + Y, then on the fourth time I did make X + Y, but didn't have the
time left in service to recieve my promotion (I missed by one month).  That
was one of the reasons I got out of the Navy.

BTW, the test covered every aspect of the job requirements, the problem was
they had too many people who had been in ten years and could not make the
rate, and were getting too many young people in positions of power, and we
had ideas on ways to improve things.  We had not been in long enough to be
brainwashed, or decide "it's just not worth the effort to attempt change".


> --
> 		Charles R. Martin/(Charlie)/martinc@cs.unc.edu

Larry Billings
From: stef@Apple.COM (Stef Jones)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: What is attractive to women?
Date: 16 Nov 92 15:13:34 GMT
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA

jmd@bear.com (Josh Diamond) writes:

>   Sandra Loosemore (loosemore-sandra@cs.yale.edu) wrote:
>   : I also consider wearing a suit and/or tie to be a bad sign (conformity).

>Ugh.  That stereotype again.
>The fact is that at least in the business I'm in (I write software for
>an investment bank) either you wear the uniform of a suit and tie or
>you don't work there.  <justification deleted>

Sure sounds like conformity to me (conformity is doing what everyone
else does because you feel you must to be accepted). However, just because 
someone conforms in one area of his life doesn't mean that he conforms in 
other areas. 

--
Stef                  I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit 
stef@apple.com        this year's fashions.            -- Lillian Hellman
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From: blowfish@carina.unm.edu (rON.)
Subject: Re: Argh! Total, Complete misery.
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 92 12:31:21 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

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!
:)
r.
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From: bgray@engr.UVic.CA (dreas)
Subject: Re: Seriousness.
Reply-To: bgray@engr.UVic.CA
Organization: University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
Distribution: comp
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 92 02:22:50 GMT

dreas on borrowed time again:
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

In article 17490@galileo.cc.rochester.edu, jsmt@troi.cc.rochester.edu (Julia Smith) 
writes:

>I think there are different levels of seriousness a relationship
>can go through.  One is, "You are more important to me
>than other people in my life." Another is, "I want to share
>pleasure and joy with you."  Another one is, "I anticipate a future
>with you.  Another is, "I want to share my life with you."  Those
>don't necessarily involve physical proximity or sharing space, but
>do involve in the later stages sharing something - some kind of
>bond which says that this person will be there for you even when.

I'll get back to you when I can access my mailfiles again.

dreas
From: pickerig@eee.bham.ac.uk (Guy Pickering)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: What is attractive to women?
Date: 18 Nov 92 10:05:55 GMT
Organization: The University of Birmingham, England
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I am a conformist - and proud of it.

I personally like to look smart, so when I work for my sponsoring company
I wear a suit+tie like everyone else. It makes my life easier as it aids
communication. If you meet a new manager and want something done,
conforming helps.

When I started University, I wore what I always wore, smart (but not tie)
clothes, but I soon towed the line and bought some jeans.

It is all very well standing up for individuality, I'm all for that. But,
to dress to non-conform, well, I am interested in improving my
lifestyle, and conformity helps a great deal in my business. See it as
a means to an end.

And now, when I go out? Well I dress how I _like_ to dress...Need you ask,
yes smartly of course. This means I don't conform some of the time, but
not in the way everybody else non-conforms. Now thats real non-conformance
for you!

Guy

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Organization: Queen's University at Kingston
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 20:00:39 EST
From: Graydon <SAUNDRSG@QUCDN.QueensU.CA>
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: PRES DEBATE
 <92316.215155SAUNDRSG@QUCDN.QueensU.CA>
 <JULIE.92Nov12182406@cucbs.chem.columbia.edu>
 <1992Nov16.231239.29795@fid.morgan.com>

Nope.  The energy source for most maple syrup is cull trees from
the sugar bush.  Price curve is a result of dead trees.  The
why of this is one of the questions that might relate to acid
rain damage.

Just think; twenty years from now, there will be heaps of people
who never got to bring a bucket of snow inside, pour soft maple
sugar taffy on it, drape taffy swirl on appropriate bit of LO,
and proceed.

Graydon
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