On Sun, 23 Nov 2003 14:01:43 -0700, Jim Thompson
wrote:

Are small binaries allowed on this newsgroup to illustrate a question?

In general, newsgroups without 'binaries' in their name do not welcome
binary posts of any size/sort. Nor HTML 'Plain text' allows everyone
to view posts and not spend a lot of time (and money, in many
situations) downloading. Many ISPs provide hosting space for posting
graphics, and supplying a link to these is fine. Don't know if there's
an alt.binaries.home.repair, but perhaps you could post a picture to
some generic binary group and refer to it.

Frustrating, I know. It's often easier to draw a picture/diagram than
describe in words. Kind of you to ask first before sending a
5000-'line' post.