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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 5 Jun 1997.
Re: Thanks Joan, for the VW

Re: Thanks Joan, for the VW


In article <5mt4ao$a7...@reader.seed.net.tw>, dsk...@cameonet.cameo.com.twx
(Dan Strychalski) wrote:
>
> In article <339...@freent.toronto.on.ca>,
> cq5...@freent.toronto.on.ca (llizard) wrote:
>
> > I can't keep my meddling fingers away. What does Joan call this --
> > tweaking?
> >
> >                          O O
               [snip of offending character]
> >                         \___/
> 
> We often call it diddling.
> 
> That nose is not ASCII and not ISO 8859-1. It is a bullet
> character in Windows only, and the byte value used for it
> is in a range of values that all standards organizations
> deem unsuitable for use in text on the Internet.
> 
> Dan
> dski at cameonet cameo com tw (not "twx" as in the header)

   !!!

^^^^%---
 "   \ yikes! 

I humbly beg your pardon. I didn't even notice the square. I thought it
was a period. I will retweak (or perhaps I should say "rediddle").


                          O O
                           .
                         \___/


NOTE: If you hit the reply button, add an "e" to the "freent";
its absense is to stop the torment of automatic mailers.
--
       ___
     _/   |      ,^%---
    |_____|   __ >  \ I promise to be more vigilant....
      ---  == -- >
    [_____]    __>,^         llizard aka ejm
     |   |    //| |    cq5...@freenet.toronto.on.ca

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From: cq5...@freent.toronto.on.ca (llizard)
Subject: Re: Thanks Joan, for the VW
Date: 1997/06/05
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