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From: jimb@ism780
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: Common interests/jobs in SOs
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Date: Sun, 23-Mar-86 00:09:00 EST
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Posted: Sun Mar 23 00:09:00 1986
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> I am bemused with the discussion about whether or not it is a good
> idea for an SO to have the same kind of job or interests. There
> seems to be such an obsession with *rules* on the net. So many
> people seem to want a set of rules for relationships, so that they
> do not have to make any decisions themselves. "If he/she has the
> same kind of job, don't get involved." "Never call back more than
> three times." And so on. All meaningless, all designed to let you
> avoid the real point, which is that if you want something good to
> happen, you have to take risks.
...

> So we re-discover the same thing over and over again:  that everyone
> is unique...
...
> Andy Cohill

Well put.  I only disagree with the position, quote deleted, that the
story matters only to the teller -- I'm not that pessimisitic.

			-- from the musings of Jim Brunet

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