From fork-admin@xent.com Thu Sep 19 11:04:49 2002 Return-Path: Delivered-To: yyyy@localhost.example.com Received: from localhost (jalapeno [127.0.0.1]) by jmason.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 86B8616F16 for ; Thu, 19 Sep 2002 11:04:48 +0100 (IST) Received: from jalapeno [127.0.0.1] by localhost with IMAP (fetchmail-5.9.0) for jm@localhost (single-drop); Thu, 19 Sep 2002 11:04:48 +0100 (IST) Received: from xent.com ([64.161.22.236]) by dogma.slashnull.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g8IHExC08992 for ; Wed, 18 Sep 2002 18:15:00 +0100 Received: from lair.xent.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by xent.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id BFEED2940F2; Wed, 18 Sep 2002 10:08:05 -0700 (PDT) Delivered-To: fork@example.com Received: from isolnetsux.techmonkeys.net (isolnetsux.techmonkeys.net [64.243.46.20]) by xent.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 053DF2940A9 for ; Wed, 18 Sep 2002 10:07:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 23158 invoked by uid 501); 18 Sep 2002 17:10:17 -0000 Received: from localhost (sendmail-bs@127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 18 Sep 2002 17:10:17 -0000 From: CDale To: Gary Lawrence Murphy Cc: fork@example.com Subject: Re: [VoID] a new low on the personals tip... In-Reply-To: Message-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: fork-admin@xent.com Errors-To: fork-admin@xent.com X-Beenthere: fork@example.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Friends of Rohit Khare List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 12:10:17 -0500 (CDT) X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-8.7 required=7.0 tests=AWL,EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,IN_REP_TO,KNOWN_MAILING_LIST, QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,SIGNATURE_SHORT_DENSE, T_REPLY_WITH_QUOTES,USER_AGENT_PINE version=2.50-cvs X-Spam-Level: Hear hear, Gary. I'm living with a guy right now who I met at a party, emailed with for 2 weeks, then powie! We were both looking at similar goals in life in general, had some attraction for each other, and decided to wing it. I can't say what's going to happen tomorrow, but right now, and for the past few months, we've been happy. Onward Ho! (: Cindy On 18 Sep 2002, Gary Lawrence Murphy wrote: > >>>>> "E" == Eirikur Hallgrimsson writes: > > E> You just can't tell important things from a picture and a few > E> words. It's not how we are built. There's no geek code for > E> the heart and soul. > > Nor is there a Turing Test, even for someone with whom you've spent 11 > years, boom, bust and boom again, and 3 children (trust me) There is > no magic litmus test other than the totally empirical: "Try it and > see" > > "String bags full of oranges > And matters of the heart, > People laugh at /anything/ > And things just fall apart." > - michael leunig > > The only real test, the only /sensible/ test, is to look back and > realize your relationship has lasted 50 years and see no reason to > believe it couldn't last another 50. In the absense of 50 years of > actual (ahem) hands-on experiential data, a photo and a few words are > as good as any, provided you are prepared for the dynamics of it. > > Love is a verb. Sex is a /shared/ pursuit. There is no > 'relation-ship', there is only the crew. sail away! > > -- "I don't take no stocks in mathematics, anyway" --Huckleberry Finn