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Re: Train set #3225 - new for sale!
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
Date: 
Wed, 21 Jul 1999 03:30:53 GMT
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MOOKIE@INNOCENT.saynotospamCOM
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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 (...) (27 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 (27 years ago, 20-Jul-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)

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