We had an ASCII art contest on the Beardies-L December 1998 So I made these - I had never done it before, except a small one for my email signiture - hope you like them - Hobo   Please not that this page uses fixed width normal font - if you are having trouble seeing it, then your browser may be set to some other preference.  You can see the same file in text format by clicking here.  There are two types on this page.  The kind with all the detail is realistic.  The other is sor of a line drawing (or cartoon)

Hobo in Santa hat - this one is pretty big, and you need a high screen resolution to see it all

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Hobo play position (lots of love xoxo)

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