20-09-2007, 03:01 PM
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The 'DRAGON MAN'
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: In the Dark at Snake Valley, Victoria
Posts: 14,412
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DJDD
does anyone still use shillings and pounds?
if we all start using metric then when older astronomers leave for the the Great Beyond (not wishing any harm on anyone  ) then no one will be around to remember that a 300mm telescope used to be called a 12" scope. |
The Yanks and Poms will
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