From: russell-watson@att.net   
      
   On Tue, 15 Jul 2003 16:47:08 +0200, Greger Hoel   
    wrote:   
      
   >On Fri, 11 Jul 2003 21:55:51 GMT, Russell Watson   
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >>That's probably one of the better pics of her I've seen yet, but I   
   >>actually knew a couple of girls in the AF who I think looked better   
   >>than her, believe it or not. One was an English girl who was on some   
   >>sort of exchange training program from the RAF, a petite thing with   
   >>curly brown hair and some of the bluest eyes I've ever seen, which   
   >>were highlighted magnificently by her uniform. Another was a tan,   
   >>dark-eyed brunette with a butterfly tattoo on her ankle, which I   
   >>believe was the first time I ever saw a tattoo on a girl. There was   
   >>also a blonde who was not in the service but was the daughter of an   
   >>officer. I thought she was one of the prettiest girls I'd ever seen,   
   >>but was taken aback by the fact that she was dating a black airman. I   
   >>wouldn't think twice about that now, but as an 18-y/o from the rural   
   >>south it was culture shock to the bone. That was 26 years ago, and   
   >>nowadys salt and pepper sets are common as anything, even here in   
   >>Crackerland of So. Georgia/No. Florida. My how time changes things...   
   >   
   >Well, at least some of them - like this one - are good changes.   
      
   Well, truth be told, the way I was raised it is hard for me to see all   
   the inter-racial couplings as "a good thing", but the willingness to   
   tolerate it without somebody getting run out of town or worse is   
   definitely a positive change for this part of the country. I'm 44   
   years old and have seen the town I live in go from strict,   
   apartheid-like segregation to what it is today starting from when I   
   was about 10. Hard to believe that the social landscape could be   
   altered so drastically in less than 35 years.   
   >   
   >>>>BTW, since you're obviously not in the US, where are you located?   
   >>>   
   >>>I live in Norway.   
   >>   
   >>Cool, but I guess you know that, huh? :-)   
   >   
   >More cold than cool, actually :P   
      
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