Miata Mailing List: May 1997, Message #1
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From: 	"John Freas" <jfreas@gte.net>

Subject: Re: Factory Alignment Specs

Date: 	Thu, 1 May 1997 00:25:17 -0500



Previously on Factory Alignment Specs, Lanny Chambers <lanny@derived.com>

said...



> Here's my degree symbol, in brackets: [=B0]. I'll bet to at least =

> some people it looks like Klingon.



Well, no.  If the list supported HTML (like the UK list), I could show you

what Klingzai looks like, but I digress.  In fact, your symbol looks more

like a shocked Dilbert emoticon with his hair standing on end (take away

the brackets).  Hey, this is fun, kinda like Rorschach blots for the

computer!



> Don't forget, folks: when you use high-bit characters in email, =

> there's no telling what they'll look like on the other end. That =

> includes "smart" quotes, too. We wouldn't want anyone's Deathless =

> Thoughts misinterpreted, would we?



Standards man, we need STANDARDS!  How I yearn to use a real whaddyacallit

instead of 'ae' when I write about more than one Miata.



BTW, the degree symbols came over fine on my computer on the first message

:P



	-John



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John Freas (jfreas@gte.net)

Red '90 Base #7690

Daytona Beach, Florida

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