Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site fortune.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!vax135!ariel!hou5f!hou5g!hou5h!hou5a!hou5d!hogpc!houxe!drutx!ihnp4!fortune!crane From: crane@fortune.UUCP Newsgroups: net.motss Subject: Here's A New One For You: Dear Abbey Message-ID: <3644@fortune.UUCP> Date: Wed, 20-Jun-84 16:51:26 EDT Article-I.D.: fortune.3644 Posted: Wed Jun 20 16:51:26 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 21-Jun-84 08:13:03 EDT Organization: Fortune Systems, Redwood City, CA Lines: 30 Usually when somebody starts a new topic in a newsgroup either a heated discussion ensues or he/she is told to move it to another newsgroup or get off the net entirely. I would like to try something new: testing the waters first. I would like to propose a topic and get response as to its appropriateness. In some ways USENET could be compared to a newspaper or magazine. We have general news, technical news, news about news, political news, religious news, special interest news, sports, entertainment, and comics. (I suppose we would spark a whole new depate as to which of the above classifications net.motss belongs in.) :-) Anyway, we don't have a Dear Abbey column anywhere to my knowledge. And we for darned sure don't have a Gay Dear Abbey column anywhere in any public media, to my knowledge. As a topic of discussion in this group from time to time, what do you think of people making requests for personal advice and letting whoever feels themselves qualified to answer reply either publically of privately? The reason I'm asking this is because I am now having a very serious problem in my personal life and I would like to personal advice from a disinterested third party who has more experience than I have or has been through it. Maybe other people out there need some advice too. Maybe some want to give it. Maybe not. That's what I want to find out. John Crane