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John

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I like the analogy that Sir Patrick Moore used to use likening eyepieces to gears in a car. A car with 1 or 2 gears is somewhat limited but with 4, 5 or more it becomes much more useful :smiley:

I'm not quite sure that my "cars" need 10 gears but I'm a bit of an occularholic :rolleyes2:

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Naemeth

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I like the analogy that Sir Patrick Moore used to use likening eyepieces to gears in a car. A car with 1 or 2 gears is somewhat limited but with 4, 5 or more it becomes much more useful :smiley:

I'm not quite sure that my "cars" need 10 gears but I'm a bit of an occularholic :rolleyes2:

Perhaps I can liken mine to bicycle gears - that way I'm covered for my next 6 eyepieces (taking me up to 21 eyepieces! plus one barlow and diagonal, so in a way it would be 23...)

I really need to sell some...

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JamesF

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I like the analogy that Sir Patrick Moore used to use likening eyepieces to gears in a car. A car with 1 or 2 gears is somewhat limited but with 4, 5 or more it becomes much more useful :smiley:

I'm not quite sure that my "cars" need 10 gears but I'm a bit of an occularholic :rolleyes2:

Well, it's not that uncommon for cars to have as many as seven gears these days, and you don't swap the gearbox over if you want to use a different car, do you? :)

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I think thats a bit to technical for women John, we should stick to the TV analogy :laugh: I was explaining some technical data results to my Mrs last night and she got a headache, so now she knows man talk is no good for her and its best she doesn't get involved :shocked:

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Scooot

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I think thats a bit to technical for women John, we should stick to the TV analogy :laugh: I was explaining some technical data results to my Mrs last night and she got a headache, so now she knows man talk is no good for her and its best she doesn't get involved :shocked:

My wife just said "does this guy wanna live, surprised he hasnt got an axe in his head. but I suppose we women should just stick to cleaning and cooking, what we know best." :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin:

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