"Louise Bremner" <dame_zumari@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Adam Whyte-Settlar <grawillers@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On my server the text above appears to me to be 'boxes' dollar signs,
> > brackets and numbers etc.
>
> That's kanjibberish--Japanese text as seen by a single-byte-only system
> (you need something further to convert each pair of characters into a
> single Japanese character).
>
> > It's all very mysterious to a failed Scottish troll.
>
> There, there--don't worry about it. It's me that has the worry, over
> what the heck is making my reception of Japanese text so random?

Yes - Jolly odd that. I can see why you might have sleepless nights over it.
Have you tried Saki as a nightcap?
Thanks for the reassurance by the way - I've always been a bit insecure you
know.
--
The adorable Adam Whyte-Settlar
 - destined to be forever in the minority