Re: thousands separator

[Aharon Robbins]

        "Curiouser and curiouser," said Alice.

The 'little heart' 172 is a comma with the high bit set.

Your next mission, should you decide to accept it, is to figure out
why you're getting the high bit set in the character, but otherwise
it's the right character.

Or maybe you could just install Linux?  (:-)

I wish I could help you more.  Eli, any more advice?

Thanks,

Arnold