nessus@nsc.UUCP@tekecs.UUCP (nessus@nsc.UUCP) (10/03/83)
Re: recent articles in these newsgroups{shaving legs, long hair, women in computing} 1. I don't shave my legs. There have been many articles about how **AWFUL** unshaven legs are under nylons. My solution: I wear tights. I can find them in almost any color to go with anything I wear. They are much thicker than nylons, therefore warmer. I buy the really thick kind[like Danskin(tm)], that one associates with dancers and such. After my friends got used to me wearing them, they gave me no hassles. Also, tights don't run as easily as nylons. I had a pair for a year, and the only reason they ran was because I scraped my foot brushing against a cement wall. I wouldn't touch the stuff palmed off as "opaqe panty hose"; you can still see through them more easily than through my car windows... However, they[and nylons] have the annoying habit of sticking to my dresses/skirts/pants. Does anyone know how to cure this problem? It cannot be insurmountable, because I have seen other women walking around that don't have this problem. If I wear a slip, the slip sticks, and I'm back where I started. Can anyone advise me by mail? Any men that have {constructive} advice will not have their names announced to the net[:-)]. Also I have had luck with a silk slip, at least with Danskin[(tm)] skirts, but silk slips are too expensive for my budget. 2. I wear my hair moderately long[middle of my back], frequently tied back pony-tail style. People say this looks good on me, and it is easy to implement. All it requires is a brushing-out[ghastly/painful process] in the morning. Have you ever gone done the freeway with windows open, then tried[!] to brush long hair out? That is almost an excuse in itself for cutting my hair, but I enjoy having long hair too much. 3. I am into hardware. Repairing/debugging prototypes is my primary job. My TI99/4A is going to get 8-inch floppies, {parallel port for}TRS-80 printer/plotter, 128K RAM and more in the near future. All of these things I am having to build myself because my computer budget is =<0. Also, I think TI has braindamaged some of their peripherals from a hardware point of view. Mind you this is the point of view of the author, not the author's employer, and is expressed as a personal opinion not to be construed as slander/libel/etc. I realize that #3 does not relate to CS, but I just wanted to include myself. Paranoidally yours, Kchula-Rrit I was given this address: !menlo70!nsc!nessus or: !fortune!nsc!nessus