From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!eagle!jpl Newsgroups: net.singles Title: Re: small flame & vacation query Article-I.D.: eagle.509 Posted: Sat Sep 11 11:16:51 1982 Received: Sun Sep 12 02:37:05 1982 Ah, vacations. Microcosms of the singles existence. The best vacations I have had have been those taken with a close friend or friends. The worst have been those where I have been accompanied by a person or people I didn't get along with. The bulk have been taken alone. Although I have not done a lot of it, traveling with groups usually seems to mean highly organized activities, something I can generally do without. Vacationing alone gives you complete control, but no one to share the fun with. Traveling with one or two like-minded people is best, but not easy to arrange. Sounds like a profitable new market. I go to a travel agent, and give them fairly detailed descriptions of what I want to do this year, like: a week in Yosemite Valley, extensive hiking during the day, hot shower and water bed at night, willing to pay for good meals and wine to recover from the day's activities. The agent matches me up with one or two others with similar inclinations, and makes a nice profit setting up travel and lodging. If travel agents won't provide such a service, maybe we should start up (yet another) group on the net. By the way, what's all this "I'm not afraid to sign my name" stuff? Have people who sign their names been disappearing? Do they start getting solicitations from life insurance agents or computer dating services? John P. Linderman eagle!jpl