ped@mtuxo.UUCP (p.davidson) (09/18/86)
Whenever I have read the personal ads in the gay papers, everyone seems to want someone into movies, theater and diners. Don't any gays beside myself like, hunting, fishing camping, motorcross racing, the woods and hiking.
wray@uiucuxc.CSO.UIUC.EDU (09/18/86)
Well, I like concerts, good food, hiking in the woods, etc, and I know a few others who do. If you are in an area where there are a wide variety of gay organizations, you can probably find some like minded people if you find the right group. If not, maybe you need to place an ad yourself. Good luck.
root@ozdaltx.UUCP (root) (09/19/86)
In article <1987@mtuxo.UUCP>, ped@mtuxo.UUCP (p.davidson) writes: > > Whenever I have read the personal ads in the gay > papers, everyone seems to want someone into movies, theater > and diners. Don't any gays beside myself like, hunting, fishing > camping, motorcross racing, the woods and hiking. You've noticed that too! Hummmm. There are times I really think that if a prospective 'trick' didn't have an alligator tatooed on his chest or a horse stamped on his ass, most would loose interest instantly. Give me 501s any ole day. ;-). I'll admit it's fun to get "pissy" every now and then, but personally, it's not me. I DO enjoy dinners out, although I CAN cook better than most resturants, and an occasional symphony, (Beethovan and Wagner send me into orgasmic estisicy). BUT, having grown up in West Texas, (ever heard of Pecos?) I could ride a horse before I could walk and still enjoy that, hiking and camping. (Not the kind done in the middle of Cedar Springs Rd.) I have this strange quirk about hunting though, and generally prefer to do mine with a camera. My experience in fishing is limited to trout fishing in New Mexico and drowning worms at the pier in Corpus Christi. I _have_ always wanted to try salmond fishing in Washington. We have a local group here called 'Outdoor Dallas' that promotes just those sort of activities. I could send you more info if you'd like to get one started in your area. But, really, it's just as much fun to get a group of people together and take off somewhere for a weekend in the woods. Finding the people can be a chore; some folks idea of 'roughing it' is no outlet for their blow dryer or missing an episode of DALLAS. Good luck.... Scotty ...ihnp4!killer!ozdaltx!root "Oh, my friend, it's not what they take away from you that counts- It's what you do with what you have left." - Hubert Humphrey
davet@oakhill.UUCP (Dave Trissel) (09/19/86)
In article <1987@mtuxo.UUCP> version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site oakhill.UUCP oakhill!im4u!ut-sally!seismo!columbia!caip!clyde!cbatt!ihnp4!houxm!mtuxo!ped ped@mtuxo.UUCP (p.davidson) writes: > > Whenever I have read the personal ads in the gay >papers, everyone seems to want someone into movies, theater >and diners. Don't any gays beside myself like, hunting, fishing >camping, motorcross racing, the woods and hiking. Of course! There are outdoors clubs all over the country for people specifically interested in such things and more are popping up all the time. A really great alternative to the bar scene. And even if a group is not in the immediate vacinity the closest one probably has events near your home some time or other. As a public service here is the latest list for such groups as known by IGLOO (International Gay and Lesbian Outdoor Organizations) for the U.S. and Canada in zip code order. Addresses belonging to residences have been left out but send me mail and I'll supply any particular one. (Isn't it sad I have to do this?) The address for IGLOO itself changes from club to club each year but for now is: IGLOO Representative Out & Out Club, Inc. P.O. Box 331, Station F Toronto, Ontario Canada M4Y 2L7 *The individual club list follows* Chiltern Mountain Club P.O. Box 407 Boston, MA 02117 Outdoors Conn-ection Bridgeport, CT 06610 Diff'rent Spokes New York, NY 10019 Helen Wheels Cycle Club New York, NY 10014 Hikin' Dykes New York, NY 10024 Sundance Outdoor Adventure Society P.O. Box 3971 New York, NY 10163 Hike & Bike Group c/o Gay Professionals of Buffalo P.O. Box 287, Station C Buffalo, NY 14209 Rochester Outing Group Rochester, NY 14607 GO! Philadelphia P.O. Box 15784 Philadelphia, PA 19103 Outdoors Club of Pittsburgh McKeesport, PA 15132 Adventuring, D. C. P.O. Box 2584 Washington, DC 20013-2584 Washington Women Outdoors P.O. Box 301 Garrett Park, MD 20896 Atlanta Venture Sports P.O. Box 7718 Atlanta, GA 30309 Friends - Atlanta P.O. Box 900246 Atlanta, GA 30329 Sunshine Athletic Association P.O. Box 14481 Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33302 Houston Outdoors Group Houston, TX 77098 Dallas Outdoors Group P.O. Box 35474 Dallas, TX 75235 Adventuring Outdoors P.O. Box 43918 Austin, TX 78745 Gay and Lesbian Outings P.O. Box 14255 Chicago IL 60614 Minneapolis GAMMA P.O. Box 9536 Minneapolis, MN 55440 Different Spokes Minneapolis, MN 55404 Milwaukee GAMMA P.O. Box 1900 Milwaukee, WI 53201 Gay Coalition of Des Moines Des Moines, IA 50317 The Group P.O. Box 9733 Denver, CO 80209 Desert Adventures P.O. Box 2008 Phoenix, AZ 85001 Great Outdoors - Tucson P.O. Box 42740 Tucson, AZ 85733 Great Outdoors - San Diego P.O. Box 82106 San Diego, CA 92138 SAGA Ski Club P.O. Box 3203 San Diego, CA 92103 Great Outdoors - Inland Empire 1550 North Arrowhead San Bernadino, CA 92405 Great Outdoors - Orange County/Long Beach 2619 East Palmyra Street Orange, CA 92669 Amazon Spokes P.O. Box 633 Temple City, CA 91780 Arriba Ski Club Woodland Hills, CA 91364 Great Outdoors - Los Angeles P.O. Box 93247 Los Angeles, CA 90093-9998 SAGA Ski Club P.O. Box 27193 Los Angeles, CA 90027 Great Outdoors - Pomona/San Gabrial Valley P.O. Box 2934 Pomona, CA 91769 Spokesmen P.O. Box 29651 Las Angeles, CA 90029 Great Outdoors - Santa Cruz 711 Sumner Street Santa Cruz, CA 95062 Gay & Lesbian Sierrans San Francisco, CA 94117 Different Spokes P.O. Box 14711 San Francisco, CA 94114 Great Outdoors - San Francisco P.O. Box 4814 San Francisco, CA 94101 Women on Wheels San Francisco, CA 94118 River City Cyclists Sacramento, CA 95824 Gay Hiking Group P.O. Box 4991 Portland, OR 97208 Outdoor Adventure Club 801 East Harrison Street, Ste 105 Seattle, WA 98102 Take-A-Hike P.O. Box 2259 Vancouver, B.C. Canada V6B 3W2 Spokes P.O. Box 2259 Vancouver, B.C. Canada V6B 3W2 Gay Outdoors Group c/o Gays for Equality Box 27, UMSU University of Manitoba Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada R3T 2N2 Amazon Canoe Co. P.O. Box 71 Little Current, Ontario Canada P0P 1H0 Out & Out Club P.O. Box 331, Station F Toronto, Ontario Canada M4Y 2L7 *That's All Folks*
stoner@noao.UUCP (Jeff Stoner) (09/19/86)
In article <1987@mtuxo.UUCP> ped@mtuxo.UUCP (p.davidson) writes: > > Whenever I have read the personal ads in the gay >papers, everyone seems to want someone into movies, theater >and diners. Don't any gays beside myself like, hunting, fishing >camping, motorcross racing, the woods and hiking. Hunting, no; fishing, yawn; camping, YEAH!; motorcross, no; the woods, YEAH!; hiking, OF COURSE! Movies, sometimes; theater, not too often; dinners, sure (if it's your credit card, not mine). ;-) Actually, I am amazed at the number of gay men and women taking to the outdoors. Being a member of the Tucson Great Outdoors (one of eleven or so such chapters in AZ and CA), I am really enjoying seeing gay people out enjoying things such as the San Diego chapter's whale watch cruise, or just simple day hikes of a few miles roundtrip in the local area (I also find it stimulating dragging my lover, Gary, out into the great outdoors. The effort I expend... *sigh* :-o ) -----------and now, for something completely different, sort of------------- In recent times there was a thread of conversation along the lines of "what is gay culture?". Well, any poor antropologist trying to use the Advocate's (or any major city's gay newspaper's) personals would probably be led to believe the 'average' gay male is summarized as follows: -------------------------------------- SUBJECT: Gayess maless dynastii (English usage flames -->/dev/null) (heck, ALL flames ------>/dev/null) PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: About 30, blond, blue eyes, good physique (maintained by 'workouts' at a local gym or YMCA). EMOTIONAL STATUS: Highly emotional and expresses emotions well. Often emotionalizing all over the place, much to the chagrin of the general "straight" population. Example: loudly decrying Joan Collin's dress in a photo on the cover of the Enquirer as being "just the <wrong> thing for the b**ch to wear to a party!" INTERESTS/HOBBIES: Foremost, the physique and sexual attributes of other similar males (shown in the oft-used phrase in a personal of "...seeks same..."). In addition, prime-time dramas such as Dynasty and/or Dallas taken precedence over nearly everything else. Also, the rite of 'Sunday brunch' includes conversation about the current status of Broadway theater (even if said brunch is occurring in Sioux Falls, South Dakota), the latest movies just appearing, and how good or bad the food is at the 'charming little place that just opened'. DISLIKES: Sweat(*), any minor physical discomfort(*), drugs, smoking, "fats", "fems" and married men. However, the smoking dislike is believed to be only an attitude due to the heavy blue clouds of cigarette smoke that plague the primary meeting centers of gayess maless, the "gay bar". MISCELLANEOUS: Serious contributor to Salvation Army of clothing, due to fetish of desiring "always the latest fashion". A current side effect is the commonplace sight of a bum with 501's, a white tank top, white tennis shoes, and mirrored sun glasses (especially in San Francisco, the primary concentration of gayess maless). Is a near-lethal player of the card game "Trivial Pursuit", due to extensive internal database of random knowledge. (*) -- Note that two somewhat despised subgroups of gayess maless dynastii, known as gayess maless outdoorsii and gayess maless dominii, find sweat and/or minor physical discomfort (such as hiking exhaustion, sports competition, major home rennovation--in addition to, or instead of, the sado-masochistic methods of sexual interaction) stimulating. Gayess maless dynastii apparently find these men undesirable, using such derogatory phrases as "Oh, ignore him, he's just trying to be butch". Our analysis indicates that these groups are so small as to be negligible to our survey. END OF REPORT. -------------------------------------- Obscure English word of the day: "bissextus: (bis-sex-tus) noun. February twenty-ninth; the extra day added to the Julian calendar every fourth year (except those evenly divisble by 400) to compensate for the approximately six hours a year by which the common year of 365 days falls short of the solar year. -------------------------------------- -- ===================================================================== Jeff L. Stoner (...!noao!stoner) (also, CompuServe 71535,2043; The Source BDB 970) [Views expressed are not necessarily those of NOAO, AURA, my terminal or the after-hours janitor at the 24-hour 7-11 at the corner of Warren and Speedway]. =====================================================================
rjw@ptsfc.UUCP (Rod Williams) (09/19/86)
In article <1987@mtuxo.UUCP> ped@mtuxo.UUCP (p.davidson) writes: > > ... Don't any gays beside myself like, hunting, fishing >camping, motorcross racing, the woods and hiking. No...you're the only one. :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) -- rod williams | pacific bell | san ramon | california ---------------------------------------------------------- {ihnp4,qantel,lll-crg,pyramid}!ptsfa!ptsfc!rjw