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Binocular snobbery

10,000 Birds

We had met before, so when he encountered me in Austria he asked me what I was doing there. These binoculars were made at Leica’s factory in Portugal. I visited the factory a few years ago, and the quality control there is now first class. (I I’m here to show you birds, Lars” I told him. With hindsight this wasn’t a great move.

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