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That thing that you loved (before you googled it) — from the Desk of van Schneider — Edition №266
by Tobias van Schneider

That thing that you loved (before you googled it) — from the Desk of van Schneider — Edition №266

Welcome back to DESK! I hope you had a lovely weekend. We had some lovely weather in NYC so I spent my Saturday a couple hours on The Escape Machine driving through Manhattan. You can't stop at a red light without someone talking to you, this motorcycle is
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