Hallo Richard!   
      
    RM> So could you please translate line 2 above for me.   
      
   I have done this multiple times now but since you asked nicely here we go   
   again; Things are bad everywhere, said the man who heard wailing in hell.   
      
   Anyhow I see the your quote of line 2 which I converted to latin1 before   
   packing confirms the your editor's LATIN-1 kludge is more than likely   
   ISO-8859-1 although it still might be CP1252 which often it is.  The hexdump   
   was a nice touch although not really needed.  Of note is the 0xfe character   
   which got buggered up on a test of a so-called LATIN-1 editor I did not too   
   long ago with the exact same line.  Obviously a buggy version of so-clled   
   LATIN-1.  No?   
      
   Het leven is goed,   
   Maurice   
      
   ... Huil niet om mij, ik heb vi.   
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