Hi all,

        On Wed, 12 Apr 2000, the digest contained:

> Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 13:16:06 -0400
> From: janet paterson <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: nonpd: feline envy
>
> At 12:46 PM 2000/04/12 -0400, "William A. Parrette" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > /^--^\ (42?)
> >.___. William A. ....._..._ .......7177 Heritage Drive+-- \____/ /-----+
> >| _ \__ _ _ _ _ _ ___| |_| |_ ___ .Westchester........| / \ |
> >| _/ _` | '_| '_/ -_) _| _/ -_).OH 45069-4012......| | | |
> >|_| \__,_|_| |_| \___|\__|\__\___|.513/779-0780.......| \__/ /_/ |
> >..... http://w3.one.net/~wap/ .... [log in to unmask] .......+------\ \---------+
> > / /
> > \/
> hey!
> that's my ascii cat!
>
> janet
> bereft of spike
> but still owned by the Terrible Trio of Specks, Spud, and Stubs
> ...

        Well, janet, I couldn't tell if you were saying that you were
     the ASCII-artist or the "picture" just looked a lot like one of
     your real-life cats. I'm sort of "dense" that way. :-)

        The cat "picture" you replied to is one of several cats that I
     have found in the ASCII-art news group or on ASCII-art Web pages.
     I have several others:
                               |\_/| (42?)
+- (42-mew) -------+ +-- =( o O )= / ---+ +--------- (42?) --+
| \ /\_/\ | | /\ " /\ | | /\_/\ / |
| ____/ o o \ | | | |\_/| | | | ( o.o ) |
| /~____ =ø= / | | \_>---<_/ | | > - < |
+- (______)__m_m) -+ +-- (___|___) -----+ +------------------+


     /^--^\ (42?) __ _-==-=_,-.
+-- \____/ /-----+ And, I suppose you could /--`' \_O-O.--< ---+
| / \ | call this one ==========> `--'\ \ <___/. |
| | | | a cat as well. Well, OK, | \ \\ " / |
| \__/ /_/ | sort of a "bouncy" cat. | >=\\_/`< 42?|
+------\ \---------+ ;-) +--- /= | \_/|----+
       / / _/=== \___/
       \/

        Now, if we could just get everyone on the net to send and re-
     ceive e-mail messages in plain-text and using a mono-spaced font,
     the 'Net universe would be a lot more fun for all of the ASCII-
     artists! :-)

        Take care and grok in fullness ... ;-)

Bill--
  ...who wonders if athletes get athlete's foot, do astronauts get mistletoe?
                                                             ,,-===-, (42?)
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| _ \__ _ _ _ _ _ ___| |_| |_ ___ .Westchester........|,"" { { { {} {}
| _/ _` | '_| '_/ -_) _| _/ -_).OH 45069-4012......' { { { {0 0}
|_| \__,_|_| |_| \___|\__|\__\___|.513/779-0780......"\ , , ,{=}
..... http://w3.one.net/~wap/ .... [log in to unmask] ....." +( |'"=--( |." v
                                                        (_|! (_|!

P.S. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        The ASCII-art picture in this signature is a buffalo.