A summary for those that haven’t been keeping up with this series:
I found a number of 5.25″ disks at a thrift store a number of years ago. I finally got around to acquiring a 5.25″ disk drive and extracting the contents a while back. Since then I have been posting the contents here.
Based on the contents, at least some of these disks were apparently once owned by someone named Connie who used to run the “Close Encounters” Special Interest Group (SIG) on Delphi in the mid 1980s.
A specific definition of this SIG was found in a document on one of the disks: “This SIG, known as ‘Close Encounters’, is a forum for the discussion of relationships that develop via computer services like the Source, CompuServe, and Delphi. Our primary emphasis is on the sexual aspects of those relationships.”
This service was text based and was accessed via whatever terminal program you used on your computer to dial in to Delphi’s servers. Many of these disks have forum messages, e-mails and chat session logs. All of this is pre-internet stuff and I don’t know if there are any archives in existence today of what was on Delphi in the 1980s. In any case, much of this stuff would have been private at the time and probably wouldn’t be in such archives even if they existed.
This post includes the contents of CO921.DOC. This is a chat log from September 21st, 1985 about what people do after sex.
See the previous post here.
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CO921.DOC
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4) CLE AFTERPLAY - Conference of 9/21/85
.Myself> tonights topic is in the group name so lets take off <ha>
.Myself> <what first?>
.Dick> shoes!
.Myself> good start
.Myself> as noted in the published schedule
.Dick> so much for starting!
.Myself> it has been fairly well documented as to the importance of
foreplay in sexual or intimate relations
.Myself> but what do you do on the way down from up?
.Myself> A lot of people simply light up a cigarette, or roll over
<and play dead>
.Connie> Rod, I think you've been looking forward to this topic of
discussion - so start talking! <grin>
.Myself> the idea is that after you peak, most folks slow down a bit
.. or just relax...
.Myself> but very often don't do much other than fall asleep.
.Myself> but there is still some thing left to be enjoyed as you
drift off.
.Myself> ga rod
RODM> Thanx
RODM> You mentioned falling off to sleep and I have a comment to that
RODM> If you do, you will miss the closest and possibly the most
intimate moments available to two people!!
.Myself> indeed. the time after reaching the peak (or something
close to it) ....
RODM> <personally> I know of few times that the rest of the world is
any farther away and and fewer times that my lover could
possibly be closer!!
.Myself> is a time for special attention, some special and gentle
caring...
.Myself> those soft almost floating warm feelings can be translated
nicely into
RODM> And more love and SHARING not just passion is exchanged in what
may be minutes than some people exchange in YEARS!!
.Myself> more quiet displays of affection.
.Myself> which will make your partner feel really loved and not
simply used.
RODM> Holding, talking and sharing ALL of life!
.Connie> ?
RODM> EXACTLY!!!
.Myself> right, and then drifting off to sleep together.
.Myself> ga ca
.Connie> thanks...
.Connie> I'm the first to admit there's nothing like the feeling
afterwards of holding each other, exchanging tender kisses
and caresses, or of talking but...
.Connie> why is it that *typically* women crave this and men are
notorious for rolling over and going to sleep? <that's a general question, by the way, not from -personal- experience!>
.Myself> well many men are simply not tuned in to their partners
.Myself> and think that once they are done, so is she.
JOEY> When do we start talking about sex?
.Connie> we tried to talk about that, Joey, but no one seemed
interested.
.Myself> well...
RODM> huh
.interested> I am.
.Connie> correction - some were interested but seemed to have had
their say!
RODM> ?
.Myself> ga rod
RODM> A poll if necessary - Do MOST men 'just fall asleep' or
'cherish ' those moments??
.Myself> yes.
JOEY> Most probably fall asleep.
.EFK> ?
.Myself> <ef next on ga from rod>
.EFK> Most women probably do too.
RODM> ga
.EFK> Do we really have to tell?
RODM> PLEASE!!!
.Myself> only if u want to.
.EFK> I fall asleep.
.Myself> <huh??>
.EFK> Alex said to tell you he carries on even after I fall asleep.
.Myself> indeed, I do hope you enjoy it anyway.
RODM> that a boy Alex!!
JOEY> Go get em alex.
.Alex> Thanks Rod
.Myself> unless he carries on with someone else. <grin>
.Elizabeth> I wouldn't know. I'm asleep!
.Myself> right
RODM> I could tell a PRIVATE joke but WON'T!!!!
.Elizabeth> So don't.
JOEY> hmmmm
.Connie> awww why not, Rod?
.Myself> then since u raised the question - tell a not so private
joke.
.Libby> Tell it, Rod
JOEY> Yes, Rod, dig your grave.
.Elizabeth> Is this a PRIVATE joke or a dirty one?
.Myself> <he did that already - now he's climbing into it>
JOEY> Probably both.
.Elizabeth> Oh goody. Tell it Rod.
.Elizabeth> Or else.
RODM> My reply will have to take the form of a QUESTION!!!!
.Elizabeth> /still waiting
RODM> I am now 6 1/2 feet down and digging deeper!!!
.Connie> just spit it out, Rod - you'll pay for it later anyway!
<giggle>
.Elizabeth> You *have* to tell it now.
JOEY> <grabbing shovel>
JOEY> <now talk>
.Connie> yeah Joey!!! you tell him!
.Myself> <getting quick dry ready>
JOEY> <i've got the shovel, john>
JOEY> Rod?
.Elizabeth> Maybe he died in the grave. How convenient.
JOEY> <going to use shovel>
RODM> What should the party left awake do? - Try for a replay? / Go
to sleep / Call your father for advice / commit suicide <like i have>
.Elizabeth> Hit him over the head, maybe.
.Libby> or maybe he was jumped---a most convenient dump, I say
.Elizabeth> Watch tv.
JOEY> Jumped?
.Libby> dumped
JOEY> Take a break, replay.
.Elizabeth> As long as it's not an instant replay.
JOEY> Sometimes.
JOEY> Can't be instant, Liz.
.Elizabeth> Certainly, don't call your father.
.Elizabeth> How about try for a morning exercise. Then you *can't*
go to sleep.
RODM> Priest?
.Elizabeth> WOrse
JOEY> Pray?
.Elizabeth> <praying for an instant replay>
JOEY> Praying for any replay.
.Connie> if I was the one awake, I'd probably lie there and watch him
for a while, unless...
RODM> there you go - Joey!
.Elizabeth> Joey:3 on the pathos scale.
.Connie> I'm *frustrated* then likely to think of some way to wake
him up!
JOEY> Pathos?
JOEY> I would settle for first showing now.
.Elizabeth> You make me so sad, sometimes.
JOEY> Me?
RODM> Ice water?
.Elizabeth> TV!!!!!
.Connie> yeah - ice water's a good idea! <grin>
.Elizabeth> LOUD!!!!
JOEY> Johnny Carson.
RODM> My fate is SEALED!!
.Elizabeth> So's your coffin.
.Myself> u bet rod
.Connie> you just bet it is, Rod!
JOEY> Alright, Guys, time to fess up.
.Elizabeth> Anything for you Joe.
.Myself> liz - ur a strange lookin guy.
.Elizabeth> I know. I know.
.<tiggy> so...?
.Elizabeth> What do you want to know, Southerner?
.Myself> sew?
RODM> fess up to what?
JOEY> On a normal night, I will stay awake if the other party is up
to it. ga
.<tiggy> *IF* Joey? Wouldnt you take the first step hon?
.Elizabeth> Seriously folks, doesn't it depend on how tired we are?
.Myself> sorry joey - u do nothing 4 me <griggle>
JOEY> Sure, Liz.
JOEY> Good, John.
.Myself> sure does liz.
.Connie> sure does, Liz.
.<tiggy> Liz--* some of us dont get too tired too quick tho...right??
(hum)
.Elizabeth> Sorry to spoil the party, but I'm ever the pragmatist.
RODM> of course!
.Myself> though I usually don't fall asleep till we're both dropping
off anyway.
JOEY> Tig, sometimes the other party is sleepy.
.Elizabeth> Good for you, John.
.<tiggy> Joe--* Ok ok hon...
.Myself> the only time I did otherwise, I still haven't heard the end
of.
.<tiggy> But as Dr Ruth always said:
.Connie> think you'll ever hear the end of it, Myself?
.<tiggy> "The afterplay is the foreplay for the next time!!"
.Myself> not likely.
RODM> true but there are time we miss the BEST!!!
