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The kids I knew growing up who worked on bikes all loved the smell of gas. It is the liquid agent for speed.

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Rachel Kushner
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: January 1
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
Eugene
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Bikes
Loved
Liquid
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Gas
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