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Re: Improving... Nish Nishant10-May-04 4:13 Nish Nishant 10-May-04 4:13  Paul Watson wrote: Why do you want to "improve" your social life, Nish? Because the few odd occasions when I've been to parties or public gatherings, I've felt that I wasn't enjoying it enough because I felt awkward and shy and couldn't really keep up with everyone else. Maybe if I do that sort of stuff more often, I won't be the shy silent odd one out every single time Nish Now with my own blog - void Nish(char* szBlog); My MVP tips, tricks and essays web site - www.voidnish.com Request - Could everyone who have in the past, posted on my personal forum on CP, be kind enough to delete all your posts please? I intend to start a personal non-technical blog there, now that it is RSSd and would very much like to empty the forum before I do so - because the posts that are there as of now are mostly test posts and posts that were made before we all knew it was a blog Re: Improving... Paul Watson10-May-04 4:39 Paul Watson 10-May-04 4:39  Fair enough, so long as you don't let it make you feel inadequate. Being a social butterfly doesn't make others better than you. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Chris Maunder wrote: "I'd rather cover myself in honey and lie on an ant's nest than commit myself to it publicly." Jon Sagara replied: "I think we've all been in that situation before." Crikey! ain't life grand? Re: Improving... Roger Wright10-May-04 4:43 Roger Wright 10-May-04 4:43  Shyness is crippling; no one knows better than I. But being the life of the party is a shallow existence, at best. Somewhere in between is optimal. Some people think of it as a six-pack; I consider it more of a support group. Re: Improving... mystro_AKA_kokie11-May-04 18:51 mystro_AKA_kokie 11-May-04 18:51  Roger Wright wrote:Shyness is crippling; no one knows better than I. That is why i stay away from places that activate my shyness. The only thing i can do, is smile until my jaw bones get stucked. No matter how many times u take a dump, u can never accumulate more than your mother. West African proverb(a favorite of my mother). Re: Improving... Daniel Turini10-May-04 4:26 Daniel Turini 10-May-04 4:26  Paul Watson wrote: Why do you want to "improve" your social life, Nish? This seems so "Elisa"... Due to technical difficulties my previous signature, "I see dumb people" will be off until further notice. Too many people were thinking I was talking about them... Re: Improving... Nish Nishant10-May-04 4:42 Nish Nishant 10-May-04 4:42  Daniel Turini wrote: This seems so "Elisa"... Doolittle? Nish Now with my own blog - void Nish(char* szBlog); My MVP tips, tricks and essays web site - www.voidnish.com Request - Could everyone who have in the past, posted on my personal forum on CP, be kind enough to delete all your posts please? I intend to start a personal non-technical blog there, now that it is RSSd and would very much like to empty the forum before I do so - because the posts that are there as of now are mostly test posts and posts that were made before we all knew it was a blog Re: Improving... Daniel Turini10-May-04 7:15 Daniel Turini 10-May-04 7:15  I was referring to a jurassic version of this[^] Due to technical difficulties my previous signature, "I see dumb people" will be off until further notice. Too many people were thinking I was talking about them... About my life... fadee10-May-04 0:07 fadee 10-May-04 0:07  Me? Me a farmer/software-engineer and lives in a little hut beside a beautiful mountain full of purple flowers and a fresh water stream. In front of hut, there is a corn field. Snow in winter, rain in summer... sky is beautiful here. In day, I work in that field and in night I use my oil lamp and study books or use my Laptop to connect to net via mobile phone. I have also got an old truck. I go to the village (about 60 miles away) on truck to get fuel for my power generator and to get things to eat. Life is amazing here... tin tin tin... seven O' Clock... get up... otherwise will be late for office... and the dreams ends!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! All days of life are same, all evenings are same; every morning find myself on same raod; same faces... mE! ------------------- IMPORTANT: No trees were killed during the sending of this message but a large number of electrons were terribly inconvienced. What is social life? Corinna John9-May-04 21:53 Corinna John 9-May-04 21:53  What exactly does "social life" mean? a) meeting family and friends b) talking to other people on the phone / via eMail c) talking/writing to lots of people who are not really friends d) ... A CPian who spends one hour each day in the Lounge talks to many people from all over the world, what a bright social life! Somebody who understands "social life" as "going out, meeting idiots" would say that the CPian had no life at all. Re: What is social life? Maxwell Chen9-May-04 22:06 Maxwell Chen 9-May-04 22:06  If talking to my turtles and playing with them is included, yes I have an OK social life! Maxwell Chen Re: What is social life? Corinna John9-May-04 22:22 Corinna John 9-May-04 22:22  I would never reduce the word "friends" to "human friends". My canary birds don't treat me like a member of the family yet, but we get along alright. How many turltes do you have? Re: What is social life? Maxwell Chen9-May-04 22:36 Maxwell Chen 9-May-04 22:36  I have two turtles (red-eared sliders), one male and the other female, 10-year-old both now. I bought them since 1994 when I entered university, at the time they were as the size as coins (10 dollar coin, NT$). Maxwell Chen Re: What is social life? Anonymous9-May-04 23:20 Anonymous 9-May-04 23:20  Just curious. How intellegent are turtles? Do the understand when you talk to them. Have you taught them any tricks? Re: What is social life? Maxwell Chen10-May-04 16:38 Maxwell Chen 10-May-04 16:38  Anonymous wrote: How intellegent are turtles? If measured by the IQ system which we generally know, turtles are 'stupid'. But they can distinguish people between acquaintance persons (human) and non-acquaintances, by people's face and voices, no matter what he / she dressed. Anonymous wrote: Do the understand when you talk to them Basically NO. They just recognize my voice only. Even among turtles, they communicate without speech / voice. Turtles can not make any voice, at least red-eared sliders. They communicate by gestures and phiz countenance, and others like pheromone. Anonymous wrote: Have you taught them any tricks? No. It's difficult! Maxwell Chen Re: What is social life? Corinna John10-May-04 0:58 Corinna John 10-May-04 0:58  Cute How old can red-eared sliders become, 200 years? Re: What is social life? Maxwell Chen10-May-04 16:41 Maxwell Chen 10-May-04 16:41  Corinna John wrote: How old can red-eared sliders become, 200 years? According to the book, a red-eared slider's average life is 75 years. Maxwell Chen Re: What is social life? Daniel Turini10-May-04 4:26 Daniel Turini 10-May-04 4:26  Maxwell Chen wrote: If talking to my turtles and playing with them is included, yes I have an OK social life! Maybe, but if they start talking back to you, it's time to seek for professional help Due to technical difficulties my previous signature, "I see dumb people" will be off until further notice. Too many people were thinking I was talking about them... Re: What is social life? Maxwell Chen10-May-04 16:58 Maxwell Chen 10-May-04 16:58  Daniel Turini wrote: Maybe, but if they start talking back to you, it's time to seek for professional help Sometimes I wonder whether the male one is an alien pretender. He learned to stretch hand to me to ask for something he wants. Maxwell Chen Re: What is social life? Uwe Keim10-May-04 2:39 Uwe Keim 10-May-04 2:39  ...Pssssst... I've heard that there are actually some "non-idiots" out there in the real world ...Psssssst... -- - Free Windows-based CMS: www.zeta-software.de/enu/producer/freeware/download.html - See me: www.magerquark.de - MSN Messenger: uwe_keim@hotmail.com Re: What is social life? Roger Wright10-May-04 4:47 Roger Wright 10-May-04 4:47  Corinna John wrote: many people from all over the world, what a bright social life! Indeed! Not only is it great to know so many good people, the diversity here allows us to be far more interesting in local conversation. It's fun to be able to toss into a conversation the opinions of a friend in South Africa, or the views of a few people in Germany. Some people think of it as a six-pack; I consider it more of a support group. OK social Life Anand Paranjpe9-May-04 20:10 Anand Paranjpe 9-May-04 20:10  As all maintenance and enhancement projects are being dumped in India , I am able 2 enjoy OK social Life. The chosen One Someone is telling the truth about having no life Jon Sagara9-May-04 18:46 Jon Sagara 9-May-04 18:46  And the other 8 people are lying. (I am one of the liars. ) Jon Sagara If you've ever watched 6-year-olds playing soccer, that's what the mainstream media is like. -- Jon Stewart My Articles Re: Someone is telling the truth about having no life Roger Allen10-May-04 0:18 Roger Allen 10-May-04 0:18  I am a cat with 9 no social lives. Not that I am unhappy about it. I like not having a life. It means I get to live like I like. Roger Allen - Sonork 100.10016 Strong Sad: Clever I am? Next to no one. Undiscovered and soggy. Look up. Look down. They're around. Probably laughing. Still, bright, watery. Listed among the top. Ten. Nine. Late night. Early morn. Early mourn. Now I sleep. Perspective Paul Watson9-May-04 18:45 Paul Watson 9-May-04 18:45  Not to get too deep on this but it depends on whose perspective you judge from. If you asked my co-workers, family or the couple of flesh-and-blood friends* I have, they will say my social life is on par with a nudist in Mormon territory. If you asked FHM, GQ and Playboy I would be cast as a null object in the social namespace. PaulWatson.GetSocialLife(); : Object reference not set to an instance of an object. But if you asked me "Paul, are you happy with your social life?" I would say "Very, Bob." My social life just happens to not fit the norm. I do spend a lot of time behind this CRT and here on CP but I talk to a lot of people, interact with a billion cultures and am saturated by ideas and discussions from every corner of the globe. My friends are flung from New York to Tazmania to Cebu to Ireland to Botswana to Berlin to London to Tierra del Fuego. They range from 16 year olds to 66 year olds. They do everything from photography to developing to fashion to writing to packing shelves to design to drinking beer on their porch all day. We discuss everything from that evil man Bush to the power of Visual Basic to idealism to philosophy to movies to music to what colour underwear she is wearing (black). But no, according to society a social life means going out every night, getting hammered, talking about the weather, who is shagging who and what Posh and Becks** are up to. I know most of you know better, that cliquey society is not a social life but someone forgot to tell the great unwashed. So I don't feel bad admitting to no social life according to convention. Call it dellusion, call it denial, I am happy with my social life as it is and that is what counts. Are the people who read and live FHM and GQ really happy with theirs? * Because the rest of you are all make believe until I actually meet you, kapiche? ** Or is that the beer? regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Christopher Duncan quoted: "...that would require my explaining Einstein's Fear of Relatives" Crikey! ain't life grand? XmlTransformer, my latest CP article. Re: Perspective mystro_AKA_kokie9-May-04 19:23 mystro_AKA_kokie 9-May-04 19:23  same here. My ability to turn thougth into speech is severely impaired , a nite club would probably not work for me. No matter how many times u take a dump, u can never accumulate more than your mother. West African proverb(a favorite of my mother).

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