Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ttidcc.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!ttidca!ttidcc!hollombe From: hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (The Polymath) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: wasting time Message-ID: <11@ttidcc.UUCP> Date: Thu, 7-Nov-85 13:08:34 EST Article-I.D.: ttidcc.11 Posted: Thu Nov 7 13:08:34 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 8-Nov-85 21:28:39 EST References: <917@cvl.UUCP> <352@whuts.UUCP> Reply-To: hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (The Polymath) Distribution: net Organization: The Cat Factory Lines: 31 Summary: In article <352@whuts.UUCP> amc@whuts.UUCP (Andy Cohill) writes: >electronic communication is no substitute for the real thing. Electronic communication isn't real? You mean there aren't real people reading this stuff? It's just an AI experiment? Perhaps you don't believe in telephones, either? (-: >Get out there and laugh a little, love a little, hang your soul out >where people can stomp on it; take a little risk; do something just >because you are afraid to do it; do something you have never done >before; hitch your pants up, or straighten your brassiere, and go >talk to that guy or girl about whom you've been having dreams. And oh >yes, don't forget to listen to the song without a sound... I'm getting pretty tired of the automatic assumption that posting to the net is prima facie evidence that one has no other social life or skills. Dealing with people face to face is what most of the discussion in this group is about. People don't just make up these stories ( :-) well, mostly not). Just because one chooses to spend some time in a "safe" environment (the net is safe? You _like_ hate mail? (-: ) doesn't mean one spends all one's time there. -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ The Polymath (aka: Jerry Hollombe) Citicorp(+)TTI Common Sense is what tells you that a ten 3100 Ocean Park Blvd. pound weight falls ten times as fast as a Santa Monica, CA 90405 one pound weight. (213) 450-9111, ext. 2483 {philabs,randvax,trwrb,vortex}!ttidca!ttidcc!hollombe