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1. Devine Lu Linvega (neauoire@merveilles.town)'s status on Thursday, 10-Feb-2022 10:37:02 UTC Devine Lu Linvega

   Emile Leray Survived The Desert By Building A Motorcycle From His Broken Car

   As he neared civilization, a cop pulled him over for operating an illegal vehicle.

   https://historygarage.com/emile-leray-survived-the-desert-by-building-a-motorcycle-from-his-broken-car/

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   • vikinghoarder@ioc.exchange's status on Thursday, 10-Feb-2022 10:37:44 UTC vikinghoarder

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     @neauoire
     this always reminds me that my software debugging skills might not come handy in a survival situation and i would be fcked :ablobnogood:

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   • Lunch (--) (lunch@cybre.space)'s status on Thursday, 10-Feb-2022 10:37:48 UTC Lunch (--)

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     @neauoire looks like some mad max shit

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   • The_Gibson (thegibson@hackers.town)'s status on Thursday, 10-Feb-2022 10:37:56 UTC The_Gibson

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     • ༒ ɐɥɔǝʇɐɯ ʍǝɹpuɐ ༒

     @amatecha @neauoire that guy lived Mad Max.

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   • ༒ ɐɥɔǝʇɐɯ ʍǝɹpuɐ ༒ (amatecha@merveilles.town)'s status on Thursday, 10-Feb-2022 10:37:57 UTC ༒ ɐɥɔǝʇɐɯ ʍǝɹpuɐ ༒

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     @neauoire whoa, that is extremely badass!

   • Rostiger (rostiger@merveilles.town)'s status on Thursday, 10-Feb-2022 10:38:10 UTC Rostiger

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     @neauoire 2CVs, I tell you. When I was a kid, my mom learned how to rebuild 2CVs from a befriended mechanic. She drove one for years, patched together from multiple others. She loved the car for many reasons, but one that stuck with me was possible for amateurs to repair.

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   • Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK (vfrmedia@social.tchncs.de)'s status on Thursday, 10-Feb-2022 23:36:13 UTC Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK

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     • saxnot [he/him]

     @saxnot @neauoire

     He certainly did build it, but its less clear if he was really in peril and may have gone to Morocco specifically to try this stunt.

     He got a traffic violation ticket and a fine of around 450€ for "nature of vehicle not in accordance with registration/import documents" (to be fair exactly the same would happen anywhere in Europe to anyone who tried this on a public road)

     https://sahara-overland.com/2017/08/05/the-2cv-motorcycle-survival-story/

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   • saxnot [he/him] (saxnot@chaos.social)'s status on Thursday, 10-Feb-2022 23:36:18 UTC saxnot [he/him]

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     @neauoire yeah idk if it's registered it's legal

   • Torsten (torsten_torsten@opensocial.at)'s status on Friday, 11-Feb-2022 14:01:22 UTC Torsten

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     @neauoire When Emile Leray's east german cousin Klaus Lerreh was young he built this to escape DDR:
     
     #Trabant #bicycle
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