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From: ecl@hocsj.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.social
Subject: Re: Is anyone out there?
Message-ID: <249@hocsj.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 14-Nov-84 08:34:04 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov 14 08:34:04 1984
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Reference: <242@hocsj.UUCP>, <1787@sun.uucp>

>From the list of newsgroups:
net.motss		Issues pertaining to homosexuality.
net.singles		Newsgroup for single people, their activities, etc.
net.social		Like net.singles, but for everyone.

(I still hope that someday all these merge--I still don't know where someone
who is involved in a multiple marriage would post.)

Sunny's comments seem to indicate that the net, like life in general, is
constantly evolving--newsgroups are born, they grow up, they go through
senility, and they die.  (Sometimes the third phase starts almost immediately
and lasts interminably.  :-) )

Also Sunny (and someone else) indicated that this is more like net.etiquette.
If it's net.etiquette.missmanners that would be great, but I suspect there are
still some diehard net.etiquette.emilypost folks out there.  (Just
kidding, folks.  Let's not start a bitter argument about who writes the best
etiquette books!)  But something like net.etiquette would be useful--with
everchanging relationships, people often lack "rules" (for want of a better
term) to operate under.  Often common sense should get you by.  Sample from
Miss Manners:
	"What do you say when introduced to a gay couple?"
	"How do you do?  How do you do?"
Sometimes it won't.  (How do you introduce the aforementioned menage a trois
to your mother when they come to visit you for college vacation?  I know--very
carefully! :-) )

> So, it would seem appropriate for everyone who still subscribes to this group,
> to pick their favorite social subject, and contribute.  Even a question?
> Like, who in your relationship get's stuck with the wet spot?  Oh, blush, did
> I say that?  Yup...that ought to clear the air and open up, why, nearly *any*
> subject as being a little less risky than the one I just asked about?

The wet spot is usually in the middle, so no one gets stuck with it.  (Or to it
:-) )

> if ERA is passed, will I have to leave the toilet seat down in a coed bathroom

Statistically that makes the most sense--as someone pointed out (in
net.women?), men occasionally sit down also.  For that matter, why is it that
some people leave the lid down on toilets at home and some don't?

> or is it socially acceptible to use a squirt gun to put out the cigarettes of
> offensive smokers in your office,

No, you might miss.  (I had a roommate in college who persisted in smoking in
the room.  One night I leaned over and snipped the end of her cigarette off
with a pair of scissors.  I don't recommend this either, but it shows that I've
always been ornery, and not that it's a hobby I just took up. :-) I hope )

>                                   or have you always ignored the issue of
> whether or not to brush your teeth after lunch?

Flossing isn't as good but it's easier.  You know your life is too hectic when
you find yourself flossing at red lights because that's your only free time!

(Well, at least no one can accuse me of wanting to read without posting
anything!)

					Evelyn C. Leeper
					...ihnp4!hocsj!ecl