Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 (Tek) 9/28/84 based on 9/17/84; site mako.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!tektronix!orca!mako!seifert From: seifert@mako.UUCP (Snoopy) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: What now? (Depressed ramblings) Message-ID: <515@mako.UUCP> Date: Mon, 14-Jan-85 22:46:05 EST Article-I.D.: mako.515 Posted: Mon Jan 14 22:46:05 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 16-Jan-85 15:28:33 EST References: <263@boulder.UUCP> <1328@hao.UUCP> <2447@umcp-cs.UUCP> Reply-To: seifert@mako.UUCP (Snoopy) Organization: The Daisy Hill Puppy Farm Lines: 34 Summary: >You may not see a lot of women on the net because we are in the minority in >computer-related fields >But you have to try to meet them. Find something you like to do and do it >with some friends. (Sex probably shouldn't be the chosen activity. :-) ) >Every so often, people want to know how to get on with their lives or how >to meet MOTASs. Does anybody have some other ideas of how they have met >people in the past? My current SO was a co-worker, so that topic has >already been discussed. > >People are people too. Beth Katz > {seismo,allegra,rlgvax}!umcp-cs!beth There may not be a lot of women on the net, but the ones that are are some of the nicest ladies you'll find anywhere. USENET is a great way to meet people. You already have something in common, you have an additional line of communication (telephone tag? foo!), with a few possible exceptions, netters tend to be pretty intelligent. There *are* problems. Like s/he may be hundreds or thousands of miles away. Visits and phone calls get expensive. The size or color could be wrong. Batteries may not be included, especially in the case of an AI project. There may already be an SO. (hard to peek at ring-fingers over the net) Then there are the *ordinary* ways of meeting people, such as joining a volleyball team, waxing the Sopwith Camel, hanging out at the pub quaffing root beers... _____ |___| the Bavarian Beagle _|___|_ Snoopy \_____/ tektronix!mako!seifert \___/