[Metakit] utf-8 string weirdness

[Adam Russell]

I am writing an application which usesmetakit to store lists of strings.
Sometimes when I retrieve these strings I get these oddball utf-8 
charcaters. wtf?
It'll be workin a-ok then all of a sudden *boom* all these utf-8 strings.
I'll then go back and re-red the same db file and it'll be ok.
What would cause this?
I am using mk4py.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!!

ryngitis, Acute Nos; Dysphagia; Dysphagia', 'None', 'PR')
('33333334', 'Shock/Coma', '11/09/2003', '30 to 34', 'M', 
'Minneapolis:55440:*No
MemRec*', '', 'None', '0', '01/01/1970', 'BT, Test', '33333334', 
'33333334', 'Sh
ock, Other, W/o Trauma', 'None', 'PR')
read encounters, n= 15 cutoffdate= 20031110
ll= ['      ']
('55555555', 'Fever', '1/10/2003', '/1970', 'e', 's:55440:*NoMemRec*', 
'', '/197
0', 'e', '/1/1970', 'T, Test', '2222222', '', 'itis, Acute Nos; 
Dysphagia; Dysph
agia', 'PR', 
'\x01\x87\x1d\xbf\x88\n\xe4\x80\x03\xfa$\xea\x8f\n\xec\x80\xcb\r\xd
6\x88\x0e\xa1\x80\xad\x16\xa6\x84\x0e\xa9\x80PR')
('55555555', 'Respiratory', '/1/1970', '/1970', 'None', 
's:55440:*NoMemRec*', ''
, '1970', '\xaa\xaa\xaa*\x99\x99\x99\x99\x99\x99\x99\t11/10/2003', 
'\x05\xff\xff
\xff?\xff\xff?\xff\xff?\xff?1970', 'T, Test', '8888888', 
'$\xea\x8f\n\xe6\x80\xc
b\r\xce\x88\x0e\x99\x80\xad\x16\xa6\x84\x0e\xa1\x80\xd4\x80\x01\x87\x15\x9f\x88\
n\xdc\x80\x01\x87\x1d\xbf\x88\n\xe4\x80\x03\xfa$\xea\x8f\n\xec\x80\xcb\r\xd6\x88
\x0e\xa1\x80\xad\x16\xa6\x84\x0e\xa9\x80PR', 'bdominal Pain,generalize; 
Chest Pa
in, Unspecified', 'ec*', 'PR')
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