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Sadly, our most famous monocle wearer in modern times died 12 years ago.

A gentleman very much missed by techies and non-techies: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Moore

A friend and I wrote to him with a question when we were about 10 and got a lovely personal letter back explaining why stars flicker & pulse.

Lovely man.

I had to look him up on DDG Images, and it's disconcerting having a guy in a top hat and monocle juxtaposed with someone else with that name who looks like a live-action He-Man action figure. Pretty much aesthetic and cultural opposites...

I've got to figure out how to pull off wearing a top hat!

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