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muriel_volestrangler

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5. When I was a kid, we rented a boat on the French Canal du Midi for a holiday

Reply to WestMichRad (Original post)

Sun Mar 22, 2026, 05:25 PM

Sunday

It got stuck in reverse, and we had to go backwards a couple of miles to the previous city to get a mechanic to fix it. People were stopping on the bridges and pointing at us.

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