Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 11/03/84 (WLS Mods); site astrovax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!princeton!astrovax!richmon From: richmon@astrovax.UUCP (Michael Richmond) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: What now? (Actually: meeting MOTAS) Message-ID: <528@astrovax.UUCP> Date: Tue, 15-Jan-85 19:01:43 EST Article-I.D.: astrovax.528 Posted: Tue Jan 15 19:01:43 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 16-Jan-85 05:33:15 EST Organization: Princeton Univ. Astrophysics Lines: 38 > I am a personal computer user and regularly call a local BBS. (Think of it > as a dial-up USENET in microcosm- no pun intended.) One of the groups on the > system is devoted to trivia and, for a while, seemed to have been vacated > by all but a young lady and myself. > > After exchanging questions with her for some weeks, I finally got the nerve > up to send her personal mail via the system- nothing much, just a sort of > "who am I dealing with" inquiry. After a while at this we noted that we had > a few interests in common, including a particular movie we both wanted to > see. > > The bottom line is that she gave me her number and we went out one evening > last week. (It's too early to say where it will end up, but I figure "one > step at a time". Jeff, are you reading this?) > Well, that's my story. Any others? > -- > John Ruschmeyer ...!vax135!petsd!moncol!john i met someone the same way this summer. she had been in a computer course here at princeton last year in which i was moderately involved and so knew my name. when she heard that i was working up at masscomp in massachusetts (hi guys) she sent some mail saying hello, and i answered back. we got to the point of exchanging letters every day and eventually set up two visits, one for each of us to the other's home. while i wouldn't say that we were at any time heavily involved, we were and still are very good friends. and, although i know she'll do me great bodily harm if she ever reads this, i have to tell someone about the very first thing she ever said to me. it was back when i was acting as a clinician for the course she was taking; she had just made a new .plan file and wanted to show it off, so she turned to the person sitting next to her (me) and said "Would you finger me?" can any of you top THAT as an opening line? -- Michael Richmond Princeton University, Astrophysics {allegra,akgua,burl,cbosgd,decvax,ihnp4,noao,princeton,vax135}!astrovax!richmon