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When I was a little guy, we had a family friend who was Mongolian, a civil engineer, a true polyglot (7 languages, speak, read and write), and a test pilot of B17 bombers during WWII. A major influence on my life.
He gave me a spanish language encylopedia, which had instructions for building your own 200mm Newtonian, grinding your own mirror AND eyepieces. It also had a great section on astronomy.
My folks insisted that I get good grades in school, and they'd get me a scope- a 50mm Tasco refractor. Cooooolll.
Then my first views of the Moon, Mars, Jupiter and then Saturn! Chased down all these planets from tables in the Sydney Morning Herald. My hard work was paying big time!
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