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Taken from KeelyNet BBS (214) 324-3501
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Sponsored by Vangard Sciences
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PO BOX 1031
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Mesquite, TX 75150
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How to throw a 90's Party!
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Parties are not what they used to be. Nowadays, people hang
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out, eat broccoli washed down with designer water and talk about
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their work.
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In the past, people got their kicks from parties which relied
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on excessive consumption of alcohol and drugs. Not to mention the
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intimate liasons with friends or strangers that continue past
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sunrise.
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But with those activities in disrepute, primarily because of
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health concerns, parties are changing.
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People are getting their stimulus in different ways : from
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conversation, from entertainment, from games and from dessert,
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which may be the only decadent pleasure that can still be enjoyed
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without profuse apology.
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Dessert is what people now hang around for. Few people these
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days do drugs or drink at parties. Even on New Year's, people
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drink Perrier and talk.
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People of all ages say their friends are drinking less and
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generally shunning drugs. Whether in their 20s or their 50s, they
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usually sigh and say it must be because they are getting old.
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Many people have "turned down the volume" on their appetites,
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but they still lust for a variety of experiences that will provide
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stimulation.
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As people get to know each other on a more intellectual and
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private level, they find a different perspective arising from
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simple conversation. The turnon is from being around people who
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interest you. A good host today will invite people who are
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stimulating by having wide interests. Partygoers say they find
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the interactions more personal now.
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When the talking trails off, there is food. Chocolate seem
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to be the dessert of choice. Dr. Howard Shaffer, head of the
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Center for Addiction Studies at the Harvard Medical School, says
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there is no biochemical reason that desserts would especially
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appeal to people who have cut down on drinking. But he says that
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"eating often reduces anxiety."
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Many partygoers say today's events are not boring: they are
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just civilized. Today, cocktail party guests mingle, talk, then
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pair up to go out to dinner.
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People still drink, but not to get drunk, most people are
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beginning to understand that they simply don't need the
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aftereffects.
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More people are hiring entertainers for parties, even in
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their homes. Psychics, comedians and magicians are also hired for
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entertainment.
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Gee, just think what all these people have been missing all these
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years. I have been attending seminars all over the country and
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have met some very interesting people.
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Parties are not boring if you can get people interested in
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science, history or politics. The only reason that people find
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that parties are boring is that they never study or take part in
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community affairs. So they have nothing to keep their minds
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busy which results in polluting it with drugs and drinking.
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Submitted by Ronald Barker
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Vangard Sciences
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