On Sat, 22 May 2004, Mark A Mandel wrote: > Philip Hart writes: > > >>> > > Thanks, you know these things so I don't have to. I have to retreat to > "more like 20 Earth-years than 10" ... > <<< > > You don't need to say "Earth-years". Earth years and Dragaeran years > are the same length: Short-hand for equivalent-years-in-an-Earthling's-lifetime... Of course 20-30 to 1 doesn't exactly cut it - a <200-year-old may already be at least a famous flirt (e.g., Jenicor) while at 500 Aliera and Morollan are "young" but Adron seems to be a grown-up...