Seasons Greetings big time......

3 posts ยท Dec 16 1996 to Dec 16 1996

From: M.J.Elliott@u...

Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 06:37:13 -0500

Subject: Seasons Greetings big time......

Hey guys,

VIEW THIS MESSAGE IN COURIER

My mate Matt Burrows in Leicester sent this on to me, having received it from
his mate in Birmingham....

Well I was just so gobsmacked by it I had to mail it on to everyone I know
- even if my usual response to the mention of the dreaded C is Bah
humbug!!!

I just can't imagine who has the time (or patience) to sit down and work these
things out.....

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Bloody amazing or what!!! (If you highlight the text you may find it looks
even better...)

Happy holidays to you one and all

> 8-0 _oo00 (me being so gobsmacked me fag's fallen out!)

From: Mike Harvey <bing@i...>

Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 14:46:13 -0500

Subject: Re: Seasons Greetings big time......

> M.J.Elliott@uk22p.bull.co.uk wrote:

[picture of Santa snipped]

> Bloody amazing or what!!! (If you highlight the text you may find it

Heh heh... must've been some UNIX hack with one old terminal... the kind with
bright letters on a dark background. Thanks for the reminder of the old days!
(I remember when I used to try to create
ASCII art.. was never very good at it  :-)

Weren't there programs (once up a time) that would convert GIFs into ASCII? I
never saw one, just heard rumors...

From: Mike Miserendino <phddms1@c...>

Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 18:06:03 -0500

Subject: Re: Seasons Greetings big time......

> Mike Harvey wrote:

I did something like this back in college for extra credit once. However, the
computer department there did not like the use of all that paper.;)