"Jim Henderson" <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote in message
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> Of course, that only
> works with *soft* spiffs - I wouldn't want to give away, say, an external
> hard drive by throwing it into a crowd. :)
>

Lol.

Had something similar at a recent MS event. Presenter says that he has lots
of stuff to give away over the course of the day.
"I have stress balls," he says, and throws two of them into the crowd.
"I have T-shirts," he says and tosses one into the crowd.
"I have some nice hardcover books," he says, hoisting three into the air as
if to throw. People in the front couple of rows duck. He grins and puts the
books back down, "Maybe I shouldn't throw these"

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Gail Shaw wrote:

> Had something similar at a recent MS event. Presenter says that he has lots
> of stuff to give away over the course of the day.
> "I have stress balls," he says, and throws two of them into the crowd.
> "I have T-shirts," he says and tosses one into the crowd.
> "I have some nice hardcover books," he says, hoisting three into the air as
> if to throw. People in the front couple of rows duck. He grins and puts the
> books back down, "Maybe I shouldn't throw these"

Ah, the art of a TRUE presenter! ;-)

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Invisible wrote:
>>> (And girlie is apparently even more busy, and not too keen on meeting 
>>> me alone it seems...)
>>
>> Not a bad thing, actually.
>>
>> Good news is, if she wants to double date, she's not thinking of you 
>> as 'just a friend'.
> 
> Nah. She's explicitly not looking for a BF.

Girls *always* say that, and then end up dating the first guy with the 
guts to ask them out.

Don't let it put you off :)

Of course, don't stalk her, either!  It's important that she be 
comfortable with you, so don't try to push something she isn't ready 
for.  Just hang out with her, and who knows?  You might find out she's a 
great friend, but *not* someone you want to date.  Or, things could go 
the other way, and we'd have to find a new mascot :)

...Chambers

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>> Nah. She's explicitly not looking for a BF.
> 
> Girls *always* say that, and then end up dating the first guy with the 
> guts to ask them out.

Erm... this girl has just come out of an abusive relationship with a guy 
who used to physically beat her. I'm pretty sure she's not kidding.

> Don't let it put you off :)
> 
> Of course, don't stalk her, either!  It's important that she be 
> comfortable with you, so don't try to push something she isn't ready 
> for.  Just hang out with her, and who knows?  You might find out she's a 
> great friend, but *not* someone you want to date.  Or, things could go 
> the other way, and we'd have to find a new mascot :)

That's more or less my plan, but... she's so hard to hang out with! 
She's always "busy". :-(

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>
> That's more or less my plan, but... she's so hard to hang out with!
> She's always "busy". :-(
>

It happens.

I've been trying to meet up with an old work colleague. First I'm busy, then
he's on vacation, then I'm busy again.

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Gail Shaw wrote:

> It happens.
> 
> I've been trying to meet up with an old work colleague. First I'm busy, then
> he's on vacation, then I'm busy again.

Annoying, isn't it?

(Well, *I* am almost never busy - after all, I don't "do" anything. I 
just spend my life sitting alone in front of a computer. But evidently 
normal people lead significantly busier lives than that...)

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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> (Well, *I* am almost never busy - after all, I don't "do" anything. I 
> just spend my life sitting alone in front of a computer. But evidently 
> normal people lead significantly busier lives than that...)

Even though I have people I want to hang out with, we haven't actually 
met up for around 2 or 3 months.

Life's busy.  Most people either have to work, or go to school, or play 
with POV-Ray, or clean their house, or do laundry, or spend their little 
remaining time with their significant other.  She might not have all 
those things to deal with (you *did* say she's single now), but don't 
worry if it takes a month or more to find a good time to hang out.

Also, people are more cautious the first few times.  After you've been 
friends a while, they're more likely to blow off their current plans to 
spend time with you.

...Chambers

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> Life's busy.  Most people either have to work, or go to school, or play 
> with POV-Ray, or clean their house, or do laundry, or spend their little 
> remaining time with their significant other.  She might not have all 
> those things to deal with (you *did* say she's single now), but don't 
> worry if it takes a month or more to find a good time to hang out.
> 
> Also, people are more cautious the first few times.  After you've been 
> friends a while, they're more likely to blow off their current plans to 
> spend time with you.

Yeah, I'm not "worried", just dissapointed, that's all...

(She's promised to make time to call me tomorrow though. We'll see.)

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On Sat, 12 Jul 2008 08:28:34 +0100, Orchid XP v8 wrote:

>>> Nah. She's explicitly not looking for a BF.
>> 
>> Girls *always* say that, and then end up dating the first guy with the
>> guts to ask them out.
> 
> Erm... this girl has just come out of an abusive relationship with a guy
> who used to physically beat her. I'm pretty sure she's not kidding.

Ugh, that's some nasty stuff to deal with.

>> Don't let it put you off :)
>> 
>> Of course, don't stalk her, either!  It's important that she be
>> comfortable with you, so don't try to push something she isn't ready
>> for.  Just hang out with her, and who knows?  You might find out she's
>> a great friend, but *not* someone you want to date.  Or, things could
>> go the other way, and we'd have to find a new mascot :)
> 
> That's more or less my plan, but... she's so hard to hang out with!
> She's always "busy". :-(

She's getting over some pretty serious stuff.  Give her space and time.

Jim

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On Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:58:26 +0200, Gail Shaw wrote:

> "Jim Henderson" <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote in message
> news:4877ae3f$1@news.povray.org...
> 
>> Of course, that only
>> works with *soft* spiffs - I wouldn't want to give away, say, an
>> external hard drive by throwing it into a crowd. :)
>>
>>
> Lol.
> 
> Had something similar at a recent MS event. Presenter says that he has
> lots of stuff to give away over the course of the day. "I have stress
> balls," he says, and throws two of them into the crowd. "I have
> T-shirts," he says and tosses one into the crowd. "I have some nice
> hardcover books," he says, hoisting three into the air as if to throw.
> People in the front couple of rows duck. He grins and puts the books
> back down, "Maybe I shouldn't throw these"

LOL, that's always a fun one to do ... :-)

Jim

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