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Re: Train set #3225 - new for sale!
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Date: 
Wed, 21 Jul 1999 03:30:53 GMT
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I suppose so :) though there really isn't any other polite way to
address a man other than Mr.. where as females we get many more
choices.. Mrs. Ms. Miss Lady, Ma'am... ugh...  and you can never go
wrong calling a woman Miss, unless she's a total feminist, then she'll
chew you up and spit you out :)

Though I think this is getting a little off topic now... Follow up's can
go there.. I just don't know exactly how to set it there in the first
place...

Steve Bliss wrote:

On Mon, 19 Jul 1999 15:22:05 GMT, Mookie <Mookie@execpc.com> wrote:

ya know... if I gotta take a choice of those two headings... I'll take
sir over that other one!!!! that 2nd one just grates on me for some
reason.. it makes me feel like I'm 70 years old when someone says that
to me!

A lot of guys feel the same way about being called "sir".  But I bet they'd
like being called "ma'am" even less.

Steve



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  Re: Train set #3225 - new for sale!
 
(...) In Southern California, "Dude" is acceptable, just as "Dumbass" is acceptable in New York. (...) Yes, it's a nice term. And those women who like "Mrs." will tell you so, and not unkindly. They're kinda proud of it. (...) Usually when that (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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  Re: Train set #3225 - new for sale!
 
(...) A lot of guys feel the same way about being called "sir". But I bet they'd like being called "ma'am" even less. Steve (25 years ago, 20-Jul-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)

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