tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186499665856075184.post8848498475843963911..comments2023-10-10T12:33:43.016-04:00Comments on A Bad Case of the Dates: Mail and FemaleJMGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18362998962851574254noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186499665856075184.post-87419888129633308922015-09-29T23:23:57.379-04:002015-09-29T23:23:57.379-04:00That's not even unusual today. On the rare occ...That's not even unusual today. On the rare occasions that I write snail mail, I type it. So does virtually everyone else I know, at least under the age of 60 or so. Marnen Laibow-Koserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15025800959226949679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186499665856075184.post-81107139991047011322015-09-29T23:22:31.832-04:002015-09-29T23:22:31.832-04:00And calling it GNU/Linux means you never have to w...And calling it GNU/Linux means you never have to worry about being on a date anyway, right? :D<br /><br />(Sorry, couldn't resist.)Marnen Laibow-Koserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15025800959226949679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186499665856075184.post-86852461425623220472011-09-26T19:44:39.572-04:002011-09-26T19:44:39.572-04:00Well Miss Gnome, generally when a woman I'm on...Well Miss Gnome, generally when a woman I'm on a date with avoids the living room in favor of the bedroom, I take a certain hint from that. ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186499665856075184.post-76302777808863329742011-09-26T11:17:42.761-04:002011-09-26T11:17:42.761-04:00@Kitty - a lot of people actually write long email...@Kitty - a lot of people actually write long emails in Word, so that they have time to think about what they wrote and to have a backup in case the power blows or something. Nowadays most email clients will automatically save a draft, but they didn't always do that. I lost many long emails and discussion board posts that way.<br /><br />Also, I totally thought the date was going to steal something, or was looking for information to steal his identity. Wasn't expecting a mere snoop!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186499665856075184.post-24997964191490924432011-09-26T10:20:29.915-04:002011-09-26T10:20:29.915-04:00^Sadly, if i ever needed to contact someone by sna...^Sadly, if i ever needed to contact someone by snail-mail, I would probably do the same. My penmanship is atrocious, and the fact that most of the work I've done for the last five years has been on a computer hasn't done much to help that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186499665856075184.post-32034369073744805122011-09-26T04:42:56.667-04:002011-09-26T04:42:56.667-04:00I just can't get over the fact that OP writes ...I just can't get over the fact that OP writes his letters to friends and girlfriends on a computer, rather than by hand.Kittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03931898966391105412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186499665856075184.post-90325359077732835192011-09-26T03:20:26.096-04:002011-09-26T03:20:26.096-04:00People are either really naive or, as JMG comments...People are either really naive or, as JMG comments, they are just too smitten to care..Shattering lookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11472820258661386075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186499665856075184.post-12147705842918707252011-09-26T02:44:39.749-04:002011-09-26T02:44:39.749-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.SE7https://www.blogger.com/profile/01149195447196054351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186499665856075184.post-61960052126874618232011-09-25T21:02:44.624-04:002011-09-25T21:02:44.624-04:00Good point wolfdreams01, I mean once she was in th...Good point wolfdreams01, I mean once she was in the bedroom would be a shame not to waste the op to give her the 'extended' tour...Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14455136756424949727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186499665856075184.post-64440564024733016442011-09-25T20:36:53.491-04:002011-09-25T20:36:53.491-04:00Am I the only guy thinking that I would have made ...Am I the only guy thinking that I would have made a pass at her the first time I caught her "giving herself a tour" of the bedroom? Not the second time, of course - going through somebody else's mail; that's just CRAZY.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186499665856075184.post-68941907434934353142011-09-25T19:56:57.191-04:002011-09-25T19:56:57.191-04:00And that's exactly where being a console-heavy...And that's exactly where being a console-heavy GNU/Linux user has its advantages. Most people wouldn't know how to read the mails on my machine. ;PDrMcCoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06163849821028780265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186499665856075184.post-11745627154974844242011-09-25T17:32:26.786-04:002011-09-25T17:32:26.786-04:00Subtlety is dead.Subtlety is dead.S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05026459025680598503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186499665856075184.post-48335331560107212912011-09-25T16:42:33.530-04:002011-09-25T16:42:33.530-04:00"It sounded weird to me, in retrospect"
..."It sounded weird to me, in retrospect"<br /><br />I'm surprised it didn't sound weird there and then, but when you're in a situation where you want to like someone, I suppose, it makes sense. Thanks for sending this in.JMGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18362998962851574254noreply@blogger.com