Re: Happy belated 90th, Erich von Daniken! (Chariots of the Gods)

On Tue, 22 Apr 2025 16:50:25 -0400, Bice <eichler2@comcast.net> wrote:

On Thu, 17 Apr 2025 16:56:03 +0000, Lenona <lenona321@yahoo.com>
wrote:
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He turned 90 on the 14th.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erich_von_D%C3%A4niken
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https://www.google.com/search?q=Erich+von+D%C3%A4niken+90th&sca_esv=735ec2de70d5467b&source=hp&ei=gjIBaOSKIb2p5NoPobLrgAQ&iflsig=ACkRmUkAAAAAaAFAkoXvjOxN1Ax1vwxO4ZGpswbFXTjx&ved=0ahUKEwjk0-GnxN-MAxW9FFkFHSHZGkAQ4dUDCBA&uact=5&oq=Erich+von+D%C3%A4niken+90th&gs_lp=Egdnd3Mtd2l6IhdFcmljaCB2b24gRMOkbmlrZW4gOTB0aDIFECEYoAEyBRAhGKABMgUQIRigATIFECEYoAEyBRAhGKABSN4MUABYrgpwAHgAkAEAmAFcoAGwA6oBATa4AQPIAQD4AQL4AQGYAgagAscDwgIIEC4YgAQYsQPCAgUQABiABMICBRAuGIAEwgILEC4YgAQYxwEYrwHCAggQABgTGBYYHsICCBAAGIAEGKIEwgIFEAAY7wWYAwCSBwE2oAe_KLIHATa4B8cD&sclient=gws-wiz
(tributes)

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(This is my third attempt at sending this - I don't think Hamster
liked the umlauts (or whatever they're called) over the "a" in the
author's last name, so I changed it to a plain "a")

That sort of thing used to plague me when I responded to messages with
those funny-looking quote characters and apostrophes in their titles,
but setting Usenet Text to Quoted printable (MIME) and checking the
MIME Headers box solved the problem. The is on the Options\Languages
screen, BTW.

For umlauts, of course, another solution is to use "e" following the
vowel: Daeniken in this case.
--
"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"