[AT] Some ads from the 7/31 Lancaster Farming

[charlie hill]

Hi Mike,  I wasn't criticizing your good work and I guess I used the wrong 
example but I often see that.
Stuff printed in characters that I don't even have on my keyboard and I just 
wondered how it happens.



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From: "Mike Sloane" <mikesloane at verizon.net>
Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2010 6:27 AM
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Subject: Re: [AT] Some ads from the 7/31 Lancaster Farming

> In this particular case, Charlie, that is the way they show up in the
> on-line ads. I use Firefox browser, and I checked to see if MS Internet
> Explorer shows up the same way - that used to be a common problem, but
> it isn't here, the odd characters still show up. So it isn't a problem
> at your end; Lancaster Farming is probably using some kind of antique
> application to either scan the printed ads or upload them to the server.
>
> Mike
>
> On 7/31/2010 7:39 PM, charlie hill wrote:
>>
>> Can someone tell me why I am getting these characters in Mikes
>> message: “B”
>> behind 1937 JD unstyled. I'm assuming I don't have some character set.
>> This message isn't the only time I see this. Just an example. With my
>> luck they will show up as ordinary characters on everyone else's screen.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>> From: "Mike Sloane" <mikesloane at verizon.net>
>> Sent: Saturday, July 31, 2010 6:35 PM
>> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" 
>> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> Subject: [AT] Some ads from the 7/31 Lancaster Farming
>>
>>> Some of the more interesting ads from the (free to subscribers) Mailbox
>>> Markets section 7/31/10 weekly Lancaster (PA) Farming newspaper. [my
>>> comments, if any, are in brackets] I think I missed last week's ads;
>>> sorry about that - I think the heat got to me. :-(
>>>
>>> For Sale:
>>>
>>> 1937 JD unstyled “B” excellent cond. $4,500 obo, 1949 IH cub with
>>> snow plow runs good $1,500 obo, JD 3 1/2hp hit & miss $1,500. Morris Co.
>>> NJ 201-874-2327
>>>
>>> 1937 John Deere unstyled A runs good, new tires, $4,800. 1937 John Deere
>>> unstyled B new tires, good paint $4,200. Yates Co. NY 315-536-0543
>>>
>



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