Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site uwmacc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!genrad!teddy!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!uwvax!uwmacc!rick From: rick@uwmacc.UUCP (the absurdist) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: What now? (Actually: meeting MOTAS) Message-ID: <674@uwmacc.UUCP> Date: Thu, 17-Jan-85 00:01:00 EST Article-I.D.: uwmacc.674 Posted: Thu Jan 17 00:01:00 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 21-Jan-85 01:30:47 EST References: <2447@umcp-cs.UUCP> <159@moncol.UUCP> Reply-To: rick@uwmacc.UUCP (Rick Keir) Organization: UWisconsin-Madison Academic Comp Center Lines: 38 Summary: In article <159@moncol.UUCP> john@moncol.UUCP (John Ruschmeyer) writes: >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. { Nice things happened } >Well, that's my story. Any others? > A cautionary tale: There is a board here in Madison called "The Absurd" run for pure fun. On it, I noticed many gutsy postings from a woman who was the only identifiably female voice on the board (most people were operating under pseudonyms like "Rom Chip"); as a result, she was getting a lot of semi-humorous flak from the BBSers. I rather liked her style and decided to do something "I've never done this before" that I'd never done before. To whit, ask a total stranger out on a blind date. Actually, it was fairly tame; some dozen friends of mine, many of whom were on the BBS also, were going out dancing and I asked her if she'd like to join us. Well, I got back a nice reply saying no. "Things would have to change significantly in my life to be able to accept your offer" were her words. Time passed. Eventually, I got a message from someone I knew thru my consulting job here. He said he'd been corresponding on the BBS with me both under his own name and under a pseudonym, and wanted to let me know who he was, since he felt bad about seeing me in person and having our relation less than "upfront"; and added that the deception had been unintentional. I'm sure we can all guess who he turned out to be. Yes, the Absurd's only declared female, the woman I'd asked out for a date...turned out to be a guy. Wasn't there a rock and roll song called "Mama warned me I'd meet girls like you" ? -- "She said Hey babe --- take a walk on the wild side" -- Lou Reed Rick Keir -- MicroComputer Information Center, MACC 1210 West Dayton St/U Wisconsin Madison/Mad WI 53706 {allegra, ihnp4, seismo}!uwvax!uwmacc!rick