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From: cffres@uvaee.UUCP (Chuck Ferrara)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: San Diego
Message-ID: <408@uvaee.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 11-Aug-85 07:59:05 EDT
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Posted: Sun Aug 11 07:59:05 1985
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References: <1772@reed.UUCP> <108@unc.unc.UUCP>
Reply-To: cffres@uvaee.UUCP (Chuck Ferrara)
Organization: EE Dept., U of Virginia, Charlottesville
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In article <108@unc.unc.UUCP> fsks@unc.UUCP (Frank Silbermann) writes:
>
>In article <1772@reed.UUCP> thoma@reed.UUCP (Ann Muir Thomas) writes:
>>San Diego is NOT a good place for the less-than-average looking woman!
>>As a teenager I could never get a job there because I had acne,
>>was a little overweight, short, and wore glasses.
>
>That sounds pretty bizarre.  I would not be surprised if that
>were the case for secretary/receptionist jobs, but usually
>even ugly people can get work at McDonalds.
>
Would YOU want to work at MacDonalds?

>>I also became afraid to go out alone at any time of the day or night
>>because people would throw things at me from their cars and be generally
>>obnoxious to me, the men that is-- their female companions would just giggle
>>and say "look at that dog..."
>>Speaking of dogs, one time I was walking on the beach, and
>>these guys shoved a big dog at me and told me something along
>>the lines of it being a suitable mate for me... I told them
>>to fuck off, and ran for my life...
>
>In such situations, I believe violence is the best response.

Violence is the best response when outnumbered and outmuscled? Be real, Frank!
I'd run too.
>
>
>>There ARE exceptions to this; by "fleeing" to a high school
>>where almost everybody was very bright, but not good-looking,
>>I met some very neat people.
>
>How did you do that?  Are the high schools in San Diego
>segregated along such lines?
>
Maybe she "fled" to a private school.