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   August Abolins to Maurice Kinal   
   Are QWK packets still the way?   
   26 Dec 25 08:22:00   
   
   MSGID: 2:221/1.58@fidonet 27cc6be6   
   REPLY: 1:153/7001.2989 694dedf5   
   PID: OpenXP/5.0.64 (Win32)   
   CHRS: ASCII 1   
   TZUTC: -0500   
   Hello Maurice Kinal!   
      
   ** On Friday 26.12.25 - 02:07, Maurice Kinal wrote to August Abolins:   
      
    MK> Hey August!   
      
    >> Just keep in mind that more than 12 penguins is not compatible with   
    >> quoting. ;)   
      
    MK> Yep.  The below 100% legitimate penguin matrix fits perfectly in a msg   
    MK> but will indeed screw up any attempt to properly quote back given the   
    MK> additional characters added by any quote method currently being deployed   
    MK> by fidonet msg-ing types.  What a shame.   
      
    >> MK> -o    o-   o-   o-  -o    o-  -o   -o   -o    o-   o-   o-   
    >> MK>  (\  /)   /)   /)    (\  /)    (\   (\   (\  /)   /)   /)   
    >> MK>  ^^  ^^   ^^   ^^    ^^  ^^    ^^   ^^   ^^  ^^   ^^   ^^   
      
    >> 12.  Those "fit" OK.   
      
    MK> Twice over now.  I see it could easily go thrice.   
      
   Thrice seems ok here.   
      
      
    MK>  o-   o-  -o   -o   -o   -o    o-   o-  -o   -o   -o   -o   -o    o-   o-   
    MK>   o- /)   /)    (\   (\   (\   (\  /)   /)    (\   (\   (\   (\   (\  /)   
    MK>  /)   /) ^^   ^^    ^^   ^^   ^^   ^^  ^^   ^^    ^^   ^^   ^^   ^^   ^^   
    MK> ^^   ^^   ^^ ... Fidonet 4K - Sweet Sixteen Penguins of the Apocalypse.   
    MK> -+- GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)   
    MK>  + Origin: One of us @ (1:153/7001.2989)   
      
   Oops..  starting to get messy, like penguins usually are.   
      
   Maybe you can consider bringing in your penguins closer to each     
   other,  eg:   
      
    -o   o-  o-  o- -o   o- -o  -o  -o   o-  o-  o-   
     (\ /)  /)  /)   (\ /)   (\  (\  (\ /)  /)  /)   
     ^^ ^^  ^^  ^^   ^^ ^^   ^^  ^^  ^^ ^^  ^^  ^^   
      
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     ../|ug   
      
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