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hello folks its my first day here :) i am from germany, 25 years old and yeah hope we gonna have some fun together viper :) > hello folks its my first day here :) > > i am from germany, 25 years old and yeah hope we gonna have some fun > together > > viper :) Vy didn't the viper viper nose? >> hello folks its my first day here :) >> [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Vy didn't the viper viper nose? To get to the other side? Oh no, wrong joke. Sorry. Ich wuensche dir viel Spass, Herr/Frau/Fraeulein viper (sorry, I can't use German signs here). Where exactly do you come from? > Ich wuensche dir viel Spass, Herr/Frau/Fraeulein viper (sorry, I can't > use German signs here). You can actually. Hold down the ALT key and at the same time type in the ASCII code for the character. ASCII means American Standard Code for Information Interchange and os pretty universal in computing. Each letter and sign (there are 256 in this system, 0 to 255) has a corresponding number. The normal letters, 26 small (Alt 97 upwards), 26 capitals (Alt 65 upwards ) and various others; such as punvtiation marks, parentheses and of course, numbers. The accented characters start around Alt 129 but aren't very sequential or organised. You can probably find a list and their corresponding ASCII number on the web easily enough. a search with "Ascii codes" should do it. > > Ich wuensche dir viel Spass, Herr/Frau/Fraeulein viper (sorry, I can't > > use German signs here). [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Did you missed the right article John? > You can actually. Sorry, it doesn't work. Perhaps Cental European coding installed on my computer as a default setting has something to do with it. >> You can actually. > Sorry, it doesn't work. Perhaps Cental European coding installed on my > computer as a default setting has something to do with it. Hmm, don't think so. As I say, it is pretty universal as far a I know. You must hold the Alt key down while typing the number (which appears when you release the Alt key). Sometimes though it wan't a 0 before the number, so perhaps try that; >>> You can actually. > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > when you release the Alt key). Sometimes though it wan't a 0 before > the number, so perhaps try that; I believe you have to use the numeric keypad, not the ones on the top row.  SignatureRay. UK. >>>> You can actually. >> [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > I believe you have to use the numeric keypad, not the ones on the top > row. Yes, I meant to mention that, thanks. >> Ich wuensche dir viel Spass, Herr/Frau/Fraeulein viper (sorry, I can't >> use German signs here). [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >find a list and their corresponding ASCII number on the web easily >enough. a search with "Ascii codes" should do it. There is still a table of characters which I wrote several years ago (1998) at: http://www.csd.st-andrew.net/ansi-tbl.html or http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/u04jag/ansi-tbl.html John **Replies to <u04jag@lineone.net> have a 1Kb maximum filter. Please ask for alternate address if you wish directly to reply, include a + in the subject line.** -- John A Green Leigh, Lancashire or Aberdeen > There is still a table of characters which I wrote several years ago > (1998) at: http://www.csd.st-andrew.net/ansi-tbl.html or > http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/u04jag/ansi-tbl.html John Very good. I particularly like the hatted Ws at 129 & 130, and the hatted Ys at 133 & 134. The single quotes at 144 & 145, and the double quotes at 148 & 149 should be quite useful, as should the ellipsis at 140 SignatureDavid - toro-danyo atcost uku fullstop co fullstop uk http://www.toro-danyo.uku.co.uk/ >> There is still a table of characters which I wrote several years ago >> (1998) at: http://www.csd.st-andrew.net/ansi-tbl.html or [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >quotes at 148 & 149 should be quite useful, as should the ellipsis at >140Œ But beware, it depends on your default fount. 129 is "usually" a Euro sign, 133 the elipsis (...) sign, 134 a dagger(†), 140 OE ligature. Are you using an Archimedes, or used to using Welsh? John **Replies to <u04jag@lineone.net> have a 1Kb maximum filter. Please ask for alternate address if you wish directly to reply, include a + in the subject line.** -- John A Green Leigh, Lancashire or Aberdeen >129 is "usually" a Euro sign, 133 the elipsis (...) sign, 134 a >dagger(†), 140 OE ligature. Non-British readers may not realise that OE here stands for Old English (not Outlook Express!). SignatureJohn Hall "If you haven't got anything nice to say about anybody, come sit next to me." Alice Roosevelt Longworth (1884-1980) > >129 is "usually" a Euro sign, 133 the elipsis (...) sign, 134 a > >dagger(?), 140 OE ligature. > Non-British readers may not realise that OE here stands for Old > English (not Outlook Express!). -- Er... I thought it wor for t'letters O an' E joined tigether. SignatureDavid - toro-danyo atcost uku fullstop co fullstop uk http://www.toro-danyo.uku.co.uk/ >> >129 is "usually" a Euro sign, 133 the elipsis (...) sign, 134 a >> >dagger(?), 140 OE ligature. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >Er... I thought it wor for t'letters O an' E joined tigether. <switches brain on> You're quite right, of course. Sorry, everybody! SignatureJohn Hall "If you haven't got anything nice to say about anybody, come sit next to me." Alice Roosevelt Longworth (1884-1980) > >> There is still a table of characters which I wrote several years > >> ago (1998) at: http://www.csd.st-andrew.net/ansi-tbl.html or [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >double quotes at 148 & 149 should be quite useful, as should the > >ellipsis at 140 > But beware, it depends on your default fount. 129 is "usually" a Euro > sign, 133 the elipsis (...) sign, 134 a dagger(), 140 OE ligature. > Are you using an Archimedes, or used to using Welsh? John Neither! I am using RISC OS, though, on a Risc PC. But shouldn't the Euro be at 128? The OE lig. is at 154 and 155. Anyway, it illustrates the danger of assuming all platforms always use the same standards, especially when positions 128 to 159 aren't defined in those standards. SignatureDavid - toro-danyo atcost uku fullstop co fullstop uk http://www.toro-danyo.uku.co.uk/ >> But beware, it depends on your default fount. 129 is "usually" a Euro >> sign, 133 the elipsis (...) sign, 134 a dagger(†), 140 OE ligature. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >I am using RISC OS, though, on a Risc PC. That's what I really meant, I'm too out-of date! >But shouldn't the Euro be at 128? Yes, my error. >The OE lig. is at 154 and 155. OE at 140, oe at156 with this Windows 3.11 ancient engine! John **Replies to <u04jag@lineone.net> have a 1Kb maximum filter. Please ask for alternate address if you wish directly to reply, include a + in the subject line.** -- John A Green Leigh, Lancashire or Aberdeen > John A Green > Leigh, Lancashire or Aberdeen Has Leigh taken to going walkabout then? I agree its original location was none too salubrious, but the Aberdeen Branch of the Leeds and Liverpool could be quite heavily locked. Paul Burke > > John A Green Leigh, Lancashire or Aberdeen > Has Leigh taken to going walkabout then? I agree its original > location was none too salubrious, but the Aberdeen Branch of the > Leeds and Liverpool could be quite heavily locked. Ooh, what a cutting remark! SignatureDavid - toro-danyo atcost uku fullstop co fullstop uk http://www.toro-danyo.uku.co.uk/ >> John A Green >> Leigh, Lancashire or Aberdeen > >Has Leigh taken to going walkabout then? I agree its original location >was none too salubrious, but the Aberdeen Branch of the Leeds and >Liverpool could be quite heavily locked. I changed it from Leigh & Aberdeen because someone said I could not be in both locations at the same time. I suppose I must now change it to: "in either Leigh, Lancashire or in Aberdeen - or possibly somewhere between". Any suggestions? John **Replies to <u04jag@lineone.net> have a 1Kb maximum filter. Please ask for alternate address if you wish directly to reply, include a + in the subject line.** -- John A Green Leigh, Lancashire > I changed it from Leigh & Aberdeen because someone said I could not be > in both locations at the same time. I suppose I must now change it to: > "in either Leigh, Lancashire or in Aberdeen - or possibly somewhere > between". Any suggestions? How about "Leigh (Lancashire) or Aberdeen"? Paul Burke >How about "Leigh (Lancashire) or Aberdeen"? OK, that sounds an obvious solution, I'll use that. John **Replies to <u04jag@lineone.net> have a 1Kb maximum filter. Please ask for alternate address if you wish directly to reply, include a + in the subject line.** -- John A Green Leigh (Lancashire) or Aberdeen > >How about "Leigh (Lancashire) or Aberdeen"? > OK, that sounds an obvious solution, I'll use that. > John > **Replies to <u04jag@lineone.net> have a 1Kb maximum filter. > Please ask for alternate address if you wish directly to reply, > include a + in the subject line.** > -- > John A Green > Leigh (Lancashire) or Aberdeen So, which county is Aberdeen in? (BTW, your sig sep's broken.) SignatureDavid - toro-danyo atcost uku fullstop co fullstop uk http://www.toro-danyo.uku.co.uk/ >> Leigh (Lancashire) or Aberdeen > >So, which county is Aberdeen in? > >(BTW, your sig sep's broken.) Aberdeenshire, obviously. Surely not necessary to put that, it's not as though it were Blackburn (Aberdeenshire), is it? :-) Sig sep fixed, I hope. (Extra space deleted.) Thanks for letting me know. John **Replies to <u04jag@lineone.net> have a 1Kb maximum filter. Please ask for alternate address if you wish directly to reply, include a + in the subject line.** SignatureJohn A Green Leigh (Lancashire) or Aberdeen > >> Leigh (Lancashire) or Aberdeen > > > >So, which county is Aberdeen in? > > > >(BTW, your sig sep's broken.) > Aberdeenshire, obviously. Surely not necessary to put that, it's not > as though it were Blackburn (Aberdeenshire), is it? :-) Ah, yes, checking up in the road atlas, I find there's only one Aberdeen but nine Leighs - no fewer! > Sig sep fixed, I hope. (Extra space deleted.) Thanks for letting me > know. John You're welcome. SignatureDavid - toro-danyo atcost uku fullstop co fullstop uk http://www.toro-danyo.uku.co.uk/ > Ich wuensche dir viel Spass, Herr/Frau/Fraeulein viper (sorry, I can't > use German signs here). Where exactly do you come from? Hey Young Soc. i am from Berlin what about u ? :) berlin is a great city,i think > Hey Young Soc. i am from Berlin what about u ? :) I'm from Gdynia, a city in Northern Poland. I've got some relatives in Berlin, whom I visited last year. I found Berlin truly splendid, despite my poor command of your Muttersprache. > > Hey Young Soc. i am from Berlin what about u ? :) > > I'm from Gdynia, a city in Northern Poland. I've got some relatives in > Berlin, whom I visited last year. I found Berlin truly splendid, > despite my poor command of your Muttersprache. hehe no problem. My english also suxx :( but well thats why i am here to improve it :D how old are you ? >hehe no problem. My english also suxx :( but well thats why i am here >to improve it :D >how old are you ? I'm almost 24 now, past my prime, that is. And I'm a man - it's my sexless nickname that sometimes confuses people. Cheers > I'm almost 24 now, past my prime, that is. Gosh you must peak early over there. All that Pole dancing I suppose. Paul Burke > Gosh you must peak early over there. All that Pole dancing I suppose. Paul Burke Actually, people often think I'm sixteen or eighteen and I truly hate it. Maybe when I'm fifty I'll appreciate the fact. I'm not sure what pole dancing is, but it reminds me of a Swedish custom practised on Midsummer Night, but unknown in my country. As to jokes, I had to write an e-mail in French last night and thought that the language I used was in fact "French polish." > I'm not sure what > pole dancing is, but it reminds me of a Swedish custom practised on > Midsummer Night Not the same by a long shot- and we don't get little girls pole dancing on May Day either... > I had to write > an e-mail in French last night and thought that the language I used was > in fact "French polish." You're only rubbing it in! Paul Burke Hello, Viper:)Why have you chosen such a name;)? (Kira from Russia,24.) |
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