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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|_| \__,_|_| |_| \___|\__|\__\___|.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.