On Sat, 2004-07-03 at 22:28, Major Variola (ret) wrote: > The cool thing about 'toothing' is that the party you're arranging to > mutually stimulate is within a finite physical range. An amusing > unintended consequence.
Not so unintended if you ask me. The chief drawback of semi-anon methods of negotiating assignations is the lack of geographical data. Certain "adult" telephone chat services suffer from aggregating widely strewn patrons. A patron in Cincinnati may discover suddenly that the object of his/her pursuit is actually in Nashville, hardly a quick drive. I think toothing has grown popular *because* of the proximity limitations. One has a reasonable assurance that the object of pursuit is close enough to "close escrow", as Lenny Nero would say. -- Roy M. Silvernail is [EMAIL PROTECTED], and you're not "Progress, like reality, is not optional." - R. A. Hettinga SpamAssassin->procmail->/dev/null->bliss http://www.rant-central.com