Let's say you win a gigantic windfall...

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Greg wrote:Must have been in a STEM program. Only the liberal arts ninnies have the time, energy and self-indulgence to properly explore their perversions. (And yes, that's what parents are paying $40K+ a year for.)
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Obviously you have never seen pictures of me, Greg. I am stunningly handsome and very suave. :lol:
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Netpackrat wrote:
Greg wrote:Must have been in a STEM program. Only the liberal arts ninnies have the time, energy and self-indulgence to properly explore their perversions. (And yes, that's what parents are paying $40K+ a year for.)
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You must have been doing it wrong. :lol:
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rightisright wrote:Obviously you have never seen pictures of me, Greg. I am stunningly handsome and very suave. :lol:
Nah.

I'm decent-looking but quiet and a bit of a misanthrope. I just don't like all that many people. And I'm not willing to sleep with anyone I don't like... I'm picky as hell and not particularly outgoing. Not a strong combination. And *I* had a threesome in my younger days, and it was *their* idea. So yeah, if you just know where to look anything is possible. :shock:
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Greg wrote:You must have been doing it wrong. :lol:
I told you so. A lady I sat next to on the first day of classes my freshman year, and who took a lot of the same courses as I did over the next few, and graduated at the same time, is now the CFO of the organization for which I am a mechanic. :lol:
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Sexual permissiveness is hardly contained to liberal arts students. I still keep in touch with one of my "regulars" who is now a dual board certified MD. And I did a double major, a minor and a certification program while at RU. No Basket Weaving 101 or Oppression of Females in White Patriarchal Society classes for me.

And it's not contained to college students either. I've been off and on internet dating (I'm in construction and meet NO women during the day...well, except for the Home Depot clerks..) since I got divorced and some of the stuff that comes out of women's mouths almost makes me blush. These are 35-45 year old women who have no problem talking about and executing porn moves on the second date. That was fun for the first year after the divorce. But ultimately too much work and too time consuming. I'm either maturing or becoming a misanthrope! ;)
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rightisright wrote:Sexual permissiveness is hardly contained to liberal arts students. I still keep in touch with one of my "regulars" who is now a dual board certified MD. And I did a double major, a minor and a certification program while at RU. No Basket Weaving 101 or Oppression of Females in White Patriarchal Society classes for me.

And it's not contained to college students either. I've been off and on internet dating (I'm in construction and meet NO women during the day...well, except for the Home Depot clerks..) since I got divorced and some of the stuff that comes out of women's mouths almost makes me blush. These are 35-45 year old women who have no problem talking about and executing porn moves on the second date. That was fun for the first year after the divorce. But ultimately too much work and too time consuming. I'm either maturing or becoming a misanthrope! ;)
Oh certainly it's not just undergrads anymore. But that's always a reliable place to find easy, eager brainless partners without ulterior motives. Have I ever told about the time my wife and I, while on a road trip looking for a decent place to eat dinner, accidentally had dinner at a geriatric hookup bar? It was truly a spectacle, and genuinely terrifying.

A civilization in decadent decline can be a very pleasant (or at least entertaining) place to live. For a little while, anyway.
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Rich wrote:
Highspeed wrote: Would definitely own a Porsche 917.
I can dig it. A GT-40 and a Porsche 917.

Now that makes a statement.
I love the GT40 - it's like the working class blue collar guy rolling up his sleeves and punching the annoying arrogant European in the mouth :D

And better still, it was developed into a world beater not by Ford US, but by the John Wyer racing organisation in England. Our brains, your muscle.

The Porsche 917 was also developed by the same English talent. The Germans built a car which was insanely quick by the standards of the day but handled so badly that most top drivers wouldn't go anywhere near it. The ones who dared to race it found it made them slower. Then JWA's engineer, John Horsman redesigned the tail of the car to give it some downforce and it beat the world for a couple of years until it was banned from competition ( rules of motor racing in Europe - Ferrari must win )

One racing machine I may be able to afford one day without the lottery - the Harley Davidson XR-750 - that is just the best bike in the universe :D
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XR-750
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rightisright wrote:some of the stuff that comes out of women's mouths almost makes me blush. These are 35-45 year old women who have no problem talking about and executing porn moves on the second date...too much work and too time consuming.
You're more than welcome to send the younger ones up my way :D
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