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From: woods@hao.UUCP (Greg Woods)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: Opening Lines
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Date: Wed, 12-Jun-85 15:43:15 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jun 12 15:43:15 1985
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> So why don't you set up a few hypothetical situations, and then give
> the readers some sample opening remarks that would be appropriate.
> Alternatively, you could post some rules of thumb on how to decide
> what sort of opening remarks would be appropriate, given some situation.
> 
> What you've told us so far is of no help at all.
> 
> 	Frank Silbermann

  Because, Frank, I'm trying to point out that trying to think up "opening
lines" is a waste of time. You have to react to the situation *as it happens*,
not through a set of rehearsed behaviors. I'm sorry *you* don't think it's
any help, because you are still stuck on finding some magic opening line
that will make it happen instantly. My experience has been that it doesn't
happen instantly or predictably. If you disagree, that's your perrogative,
but please don't speak for the whole net. I thought it was *more* helpful
to get people off of trying to come up with a "magic line" and into reacting
to things spontaneously.

--Greg
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