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In article <4bsj3g$lbb@gazette.tandem.com> Aqua <reif_andrea@tandem.com> writes:
   > >On 23 Dec 1995, Allan N. Hessenflow wrote:
   > >> In article <4bf28t$c16@gazette.tandem.com>,
   > >> Aqua  <reif_andrea@tandem.com> wrote:
   > >> >If he wants to impress women why does he drive an American car?
   > >> >That's a sure turn-off to any intelligent woman.
   > >> So what type car should men drive to impress intelligent women?


   > >Erm... one that he likes, that does what he needs it to do, that he can 
   > >afford, that runs... did I leave anything out? Oh, one that isn't a 

		   ^^^^  
   and doesn't break down every other week.

   > >garbage pail inside with fast food wrappers all over and something 
   > >decaying under the back seat. I think that's about it.

   > But surely there must be an American car somewhere that meets those
   > requirements.  Well, OK, it wouldn't be easy for me to find an American
   > car I like, but plenty of men do like some...

   Yeah, they're the ones standing on the side of the road stranded waiting
   for chicks. (or a towtruck)

   > allan

   Aqua (likes Japanese cars)


I'm 40.  I date *younger* men, and my being "grateful" doesn't enter into
it.  (That particular generality really annoys me).

As a matter of fact, the men in my life are usually the grateful ones :)

For me, brashness and self-confidence, energy and a sense of humor, 
combined with a lack of respect for those pompous enough to think it's
their due, simply because they've attained some position perceived as
"power" -- those are the truly attractive qualities.  I think those 
qualities are often lost as men grow older and succumb to the 
expectations our society has of them.

I may be (though I honestly don't think I am) your average 40 year old. 
That is, if that means a not particularly ambitious computer "professional",
whose reasons for working are:

1. support my horse
2. pay my mortgage
3. ski
4. get tattoos

(not always in that order)


and who has been called an alterna-babe and techno-babe, despite the
fact that I keep my hair very short and am not a, ahem, fashion plate,
though I can dress to the nines when I want to, and get some eyes bugging
out with appreciation.  And I find nothing sexist in a complement on
how good I look.

Some men look very nice in suits, some just look smarmy and insincere,
and usually that impression is borne out once they open their mouths.

There are women who *are* impressed with the fancy cars, the sharp creases
in the pants; the big-hair crowd at Revere Beach will swoon at a brand
new Z28 or a (dare I say it?) Yup-mobile Beemer.  If that's the kind
of woman a man is looking for, you'll find each other.  But just because
you happen to collide with a few of these beauts out in the hunting
arenas -- barland -- doesn't mean that all women have little dollar
signs lighting up their eyeballs when a man with conspicuous consumption
written all over him makes his appearance.

Oh yes...

I drive a 1992 Ford F150 pickup truck, which has had only routine
maintenance problems and no breakdowns.  I used to drive small, 
front-wheel drive foreign cars, but got tired of hearing "I didn't
even see you coming" everytime someone squashed them.  I have to admit 
to lusting after the new Dodge pickup though -- they're really sexy.