Post #288,500
7/8/07 5:44:31 PM
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It is not my objective . . .
. . to be bludgeoned to death with empty wine bottles.
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Post #288,502
7/8/07 6:22:37 PM
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Wimp
Any opening for interaction can progress to something better, while no interaction (good or bad) simply cannot.
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Post #288,504
7/8/07 6:55:51 PM
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I'm not a sailor shipping out next day.
I don't need to bet all on a one-shot bad approach that'd most likely mark me as a jerk. Patience and cunning serve much better.
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Post #288,515
7/8/07 8:36:14 PM
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Arrrghhh!
The *LAST* thing you need is more PATIENCE!!!
Jump in head first.
Jump Jump Jump Jump
You have absolutely NOTHING to loose!
I hate to say it, but The Crazy One has a point.
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Post #288,517
7/8/07 8:53:07 PM
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So you presume . . .
. . my tactics did not succeed? Notice I said "patience and cunning". I got a whole lot more face time using my opportunistic tactics than I would have with crazy's in-your-face method. Enough to find who was married or involved with someone else and who wasn't (only one of them wasn't), get names, get known, and set a foundation for future meetings.
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Post #288,519
7/8/07 9:13:23 PM
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I'm confused.
When does the 'cunning" part come in?
That was nothing but safe and slow. A little dull, but it eventually might pay off.
I swear, one of these days I'm going fly out there, take you to a bar, get you good and drunk, and show you how it's done.
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Post #288,520
7/8/07 9:28:03 PM
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The cunning part . . .
. . is arranging to be in the right place when there's a break and having been attentive enough to know what subject matter will ease me into the conversation. No, I can't pry teachers apart, but I have some experience dealing with them so I can sneak in and out of their conversations when there's a little slack to take up. After all, even teachers occasionally need to refresh their drinks or powder their noses.
I do have to be opportunistic because I can't participate fully in teacher to teacher conversation. I don't know the names of the schools and their locations, the names of the administrators, the current policies and personalities being griped about etc. so I have to be creative.
And between opportunities I talk to other people.
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Post #288,523
7/8/07 9:38:51 PM
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Okay. You win
You're no fun tonight. I dangle the bait and you dont bite. Sigh.
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Post #288,525
7/8/07 9:50:35 PM
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Oh I am so sorry for being serious and dull.
I'm working on a problem here. My problem is not social ineptness but exposure, and that's what I'm trying to fix. I do best within communities where I'm known and trusted. Unfortunately, for various causes, I lost all my communities and I'm trying to build new ones.
And getting drunk just does not work well for me in a social context - though if I'm with someone, getting smashing drunk together now and then is fine (I become a rather euphoric when intoxicated).
And if you want to get into a fight I left you one down in Science.
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Post #288,526
7/8/07 9:58:32 PM
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Yeah, I saw that in Science
You're not dragging me down that road again.
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Post #288,530
7/8/07 10:20:41 PM
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See? You're no fun either.
So lets get together and get drunk.
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Post #288,560
7/9/07 11:12:33 AM
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So, does this make you
a bright language specialist working on the circus, otherwise known as a cunning linguist working on a cunning array of stunts?
/me puts on the asbestos underwear....
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Post #288,580
7/9/07 6:40:40 PM
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Nope.
The moment has past.
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Post #288,593
7/9/07 10:23:58 PM
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Yeah, that was yesterday already . . .
. . but the time will come again.
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Post #288,606
7/10/07 6:56:13 AM
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Undoubtedly
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Post #288,540
7/9/07 6:56:00 AM
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ah, the old hang out in front of the ladies can approach
young lady do you happen to have a fresh straw, mine seems to be clogged. thanx, bill
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Post #288,553
7/9/07 10:48:23 AM
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You got that backwards.
The trick is to move in and replace the one that's had to make the trip.
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Post #288,563
7/9/07 11:15:53 AM
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I thought that ...
"Hanging out in front of the ladies" was something you could be arrested for.
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