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Old August 11th 05, 12:46 AM
Richard Clark
 
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On Wed, 10 Aug 2005 17:12:34 -0400, "Fred W4JLE"
wrote:

Well, here, are, a, few, more, for, your, reading, pleasure.


Printing did not always include punctuation and in fact it is a
relatively recent invention where some authors who tried to publish
complained publisher wanted them to add inverted commas to denote a
speaker's words.

Before then, another recalcitrant author submitted his manuscript with
the last page:
............................,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,"""""""""""""""""""""""""";;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;;;;
............................,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,"""""""""""""""""""""""""";;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;;;;
............................,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,"""""""""""""""""""""""""";;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;;;;
............................,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,"""""""""""""""""""""""""";;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;;;;
salt and pepper the text to taste with these marks

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC