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From: Harry Mason <spam@no.spam>
Subject: Re: Breakfast at 6 p.m.
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Lutz Philips wrote:
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>|                          |     |     __________________
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> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> \_____________/ \_/

It looks like you're using a variable width font. ASCII art is always made
with a fixed width font, to ensure it can be seen on as many systems as
possible. Set your editor and newsreader to a font like "Lucida Console",
"System", or "Courier", and post again.

Oh, and in this group it's common practice to initial your pictures, like
this: -.
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-- 
Harry Mason ("hjm200.ecs@soton@ac@uk" =~ tr/@./.@/)