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From: paul_deema@xxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 10:59:51 +1100 (EST)Neville JI didn't mention telescopes but I get your point. I also understand that astronomers today do not sit in freezing conditions, watering eyes straining at eyepieces and sketching intermittently on a pad with a pencil held in one of those fingerless glove things.Paul D