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Binocular snobbery

10,000 Birds

I remember my future father-in-law being taken back by my purchase, as spending £100 on binoculars was a lot of money for someone who was also saving for his first house. We had met before, so when he encountered me in Austria he asked me what I was doing there. I bought mine in 1975, the year before I got married.

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