From: lgbeard <lgbeard@bullreguard.nut>
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Subject: A Castle
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lgbeard <lgbeard@bullreguard.nut> wrote in 
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> lgbeard
> 

That is inspirational! I just had to post and say so :-)

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That was flippin awesome.  I've lurked forever on this ng and nothing has ever
made me comment on until now.

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From: lgbeard <lgbeard@bullreguard.nut>
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On Tue, 26 Nov 2002 06:38:56 GMT, ABCGi <abcgi@SPAMcodemonkey.com.au> wrote:

>lgbeard <lgbeard@bullreguard.nut> wrote in 
>news:tcr5uu065i5jva18tq2k890id8onvf2l2n@4ax.com:
>
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>> 
>
>That is inspirational! I just had to post and say so :-)
:) 

The maiden in need of knight. Monster in the moat. The draw brigde
to cross an sneak past the guard. Very nice diddle.

lgbeard

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From: lgbeard <lgbeard@bullreguard.nut>
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On 26 Nov 2002 07:28:15 GMT, mysantaclaws@aol.com (MySantaClaws) wrote:

>That was flippin awesome.  I've lurked forever on this ng and nothing has ever
>made me comment on until now.

There is better Out there. Thanks.

lgbeard

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lgbeard <lgbeard@bullreguard.nut> wrote;
> The maiden in need of knight. Monster in the moat. The draw brigde
> to cross an sneak past the guard. Very nice diddle.
> 
> lgbeard

Nah - compared to your original castle my diddle is an insult. I hesitated 
to diddle in case it affronted you. Too bad my ASCII skills are not up to 
scratch cuz that little fella on the road is meant to be the "knight"!

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ABCGi wrote:
> lgbeard wrote;
> > The maiden in need of knight. Monster in the moat. The draw brigde
> > to cross an sneak past the guard. Very nice diddle.
> 
> Nah - compared to your original castle my diddle is an insult. I hesitated
> to diddle in case it affronted you. Too bad my ASCII skills are not up to
> scratch cuz that little fella on the road is meant to be the "knight"!

Diddling is tricky if you want to preserve the original artist's style.
I had a tough time *not* using / and \ on that centaur earlier tonight.


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