Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site utcsrgv.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcsrgv!peterr From: peterr@utcsrgv.UUCP (Peter Rowley) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: too little said in many very long letters, about confused signals Message-ID: <539@utcsrgv.UUCP> Date: Sun, 2-Dec-84 13:36:43 EST Article-I.D.: utcsrgv.539 Posted: Sun Dec 2 13:36:43 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 2-Dec-84 13:53:52 EST References: <2483@sdcc3.UUCP> <648@amdahl.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: CSRI, University of Toronto Lines: 14 > > just go with with your feelings, and dont try > > to piss anyone off.And dont feel bad when you are > > rejected, you probably will 1/2 the time anyway. > > (THERE I SAID IT IN 3 SHORT LINES) Ay, there's the rub... to go with your feelings AND try not to piss anyone off (I assume you were not recommending the obvious: "don't try to piss people off"). Surely it is better to take *intelligent* risks, rather than spilling one's heart to whomever (possibly hurting friendships). Well, just another 4 lines. Oh yes, *how* do you take intelligent risks? I'd wager that that would take more than 3 lines, or even 4. p. rowley, U. Toronto