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[QUOTE=Camelopardalis;1171693]Sydney had 2cm hail last week,
Interesting point inches v centimeters.
In our astro world it seems we still use inches more often than not to describe our mirror sizes. Hail is more descriptive to me in inches and then when I thought about it there are still somethings we cant seem to shake the "inches" off - ie whenever I have bought a TV, even as recently as last year the salespeople still talk in inches. Sure I'm over 50 and grew up with Imperial but some of these salespeople are clearly in their early 20s.
125cm-150cm hail sounds big but 5-6inch hail sounds more impressive, even dangerous and for me a 30cm mirror doesn't sound as impressive as a 12inch. Weird eh?
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