Everyone wants to fit like a glove when they travel. Often this doesn’t happen though. Sometimes the rejection can even be quite brutal (especially if you’re American).

This is summed up hilariously by TikTok user @maraleebell, an American who lives in France, and has a video series of herself trying to “not look American” in France.

In the videos (see below), @maraleebell can be seen doing a skit in which she asks a supermarket worker “where are the green beans” only to be fixed with an icy stare (because she forgot to say: “bonjour”). In another she can be seen at a dinner party, where she says “good evening” to a new acquaintance only to be told, “you are American.”

This makes her think: “Ugh, how do they always know?”

“Yes, I am American. My name is maralee. Can I ask: ‘how did you know? What gave me away?'”

“The teeth. All Americans have the big shiny teeth. Very white.”

Though maralee thought this might be a positive stereotype, one TikTok commenter suggested otherwise, writing: “It’s not a compliment. The French says if your teeth don’t show you eat desserts, coffee or smoke you haven’t begin living.”

“It’s because they smile so much it’s like they are trying to catch flies,” proffered another.

Another commenter wrote; “French people; ‘we’re not mean.’ Also French people: ALWAYS ATTITUDE TO STRANGERS.”

This might seem trivial, but it proves an important point: part of the joy of travelling is in not being accepted. That’s what makes it rewarding when it actually happens.

Also: if everyone was friendly, it would all be a bit bland wouldn’t it? The same goes for if everyone ate lunch and dinner at the same time (as you can see in the video below, in which TikTok user @hrcreates compares the UK to Spain), or if every countries’ shops had the same opening hours.

So maybe the next time you are off abroad, forget the blogs explaining how you can “pass for a local in just 5 easy steps,” and embrace the rejection. As Wim Hof might say, it’s bracing.

Also: consider staying for longer. As Nomadic Matt points out, this can be make or break (“It wasn’t until my third visit to Sweden that I finally felt I got sense of the nation’s distinct culture,” he once wrote).

He also wrote: “Bonding over beers with some guys you meet at the pub is different than being asked if you want to join the family for dinner on Sunday. One is in a public space, the other private.”

Another good piece of advice for feeling like a local is not to separate yourself with money – a common mistake many travellers make. If you wouldn’t stay in a 5-star hotel in your home city, and wouldn’t usually eat in Michelin star restaurants, many of the locals you might click with probably aren’t going to be doing that in their home city, while you’re out there living (temporarily) beyond your means.

Of course, this must be balanced with the idea that you might see your holidays as a chance to treat yourself. But if you’re looking to meet people, try hanging out in places people can afford to hang out in regularly.

Otherwise, strap yourself in and prepare for a verbal bruising. And remember that things you initially find annoying or challenging, once you get used to them, will give you a smug sense of superiority when new expats arrive and struggle with them…

Another good thing to keep in mind is that a lot of stereotypes are overblown. As one New York Times article once put it: “I have lots of anecdotal stories about friendly or rude people all over the world, but that’s just it, they’re anecdotal. They have to be. So if someone tells you, ‘Oh, don’t go there, those people were rude to me on my vacation,’ all that says is that person met someone rude. Nothing more. I’ve encountered rude people in countries known to be super friendly, and I met countless friendly people in countries known for being rude.”

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Everlane prides itself on exclusively partnering with ethical factories and using only the finest materials for their products; they call it “Radical Transparency”. Therefore, you get quality clothes that will last for years to come, with an added bonus of feeling good about supporting a company that strongly advocates for fair wages and working conditions.

Everlane has marked down a huge range of clothing and accessories to extremely generous prices for Black Friday. They’ve slashed up to 40% off and you’ll find nothing in the Black Friday sale section over $100; some items have even been marked down to under $25.

Not only this, but Everlane has also pledged that for every sale made between November 24th-29th, they’ll donate to Oceana. Everlane has a goal to donate an impressive $300,000 to the nonprofit ocean conservation organisation to help them in their efforts to ban single-use plastic.

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Most car buyers have more or less warmed up to the idea of performance and luxury car brands making SUVs, a concept that was previously considered sacrilegious. Just look at the success of cars like the Lamborghini Urus or the Porsche Cayenne.

But a Ferrari SUV? That’s a step too far for some revheads… Nevertheless, it’s happening. Back in 2018, Ferrari confirmed they’re jumping on the SUV bandwagon with their very own high-performance crossover, named the Purosangue (Italian for ‘pure-blooded’ or ‘thoroughbred’, and named after a noble Italian horse breed).

Ferrari has been characteristically tight-lipped about the development of the Purosangue, but a few spy shots have emerged over the years – none of which have given a particularly good look at the car. Until now, that is. Just hours ago, Italian car spotter @moriacolom shared some spy shots from Ferrari’s home in Maranello which give us the best look yet at the upcoming Prancing Horse.

Watch these revealing spy shots of the Ferrari Purosangue below.

What makes these spy shots so exciting is that they actually reveal what the body of the Purosangue is likely to look like. Previously spotted Purosangue test mules have used Ferrari GTC4Lusso or Maserati Levante bodies, so these two – despite their odd black cladding and ‘dazzle’ paint job respectively – are seriously revelatory.

The spy shots confirm that the Purosangue will indeed have four doors. This is perhaps unsurprising, considering it’s an SUV, but it’s still big news – Ferrari has famously never made a four-door, with the exception of the one-off Ferrari Pinin concept car they exhibited at the 1980 Turin Motor Show.

We already know some technical details about the Purosangue: it will be based on the same platform as the recently released Ferrari Roma coupe and is designed to replace the GTC4Lusso shooting brake. While Car Magazine has confirmed they’ll be dumping a stonking big ~600kW V12 in the thing, Ferrari also has plans to offer a V8 hybrid V8 variant.

On top of that, Ferrari is also developing two all-electric cars, codenamed F244 and F245, that’ll be based on the Purosangue and will launch between 2024 and 2026. Ferrari has already started their march towards electrification with their first production plug-in hybrid model, the SF90 Stradale, which launched in 2019. (The LaFerrari, which came out in 2016, was also a hybrid, but only saw limited production and utilised a Formula One-style KERS system).

Now if you thought a Ferrari SUV was blasphemous, a Ferrari EV might be even worse… But as far as we’re concerned, it’s good news – on both counts.

Ferrari is unlikely to ever stop making coupes or traditional sports cars, but there’s undoubtedly a market for performance SUVs. The Purosangue will inevitably sell well and its success will help bankroll other cars that are more to traditionalists’ liking, as well as Ferrari’s myriad racing programs, such as their Formula One team.

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Defying the sands of time, otherwise known as the aging process, is something many of us wish was as easy as counting 1, 2, 3. Unfortunately, however, we all slowly succumb to the aging process and often become slower in our older years.

Now though, there could be something of a solution. According to a recent study published in the journal Nature Aging, scientists have found a somewhat bizarre method that could prevent your brain from growing old.

Your physical body will still age, however – the Fountain of Youth still isn’t a thing, we’re afraid – but at least you might still be able to act and feel young as you approach the end of your life.

The study, which was performed on mice, saw scientists conducting, “fecal microbiota transplantation from either young (3–4 months) or old (19–20 months) donor mice into aged recipient mice (19–20 months).” The scientists added that in human years, this would be the equivalent of taking the fecal matter from an 18-year-old and transplanting it into a 70-year-old.

The researchers found that transplanting young poop into an older body helped to “promote the growth of gut microbiota resembling the younger mice’s microbiome.” Essentially, the older mice’s gut started functioning more like that of a younger version.

To further test their theory, the researchers looked closely at the spatial memory in the older mice. To do this, they placed some mice with the fecal transplant and some without, into a water maze, where they needed to plot a route to get to a dry platform.

According to Inverse, the mice with the fecal transplant “found the platform with greater success than the mice without the transplant.” This indicates gut bacteria could impact cognitive function.

Inverse adds some context in relation to the study, by explaining how the brain actually functions. “The frontal cortex of your brain works as the control centre to manage learning and memory processing.”

“Another brain area is the hippocampus that works to form and store memories. Both of these regions shrink with age.”

“Aging also comes with decreased production of chemical messengers in the brain known as dopamine and serotonin. These are some of the many reasons why older adults report more trouble remembering names, multitasking, or remembering where they last left their keys.”

Of course, we’re highly unlikely to see a young person’s fecal matter transplanted into an older person in the real world, but the study does highlight just how important the role of gut microbiome has in relation to how our brain works.

According to the National Center for Biotechnology Information, Fecal Matter Transfer has been used to successfully treat recurrent Clostridium difficile infection in people, and there are “preliminary indications to suggest that it may also carry therapeutic potential for other conditions such as inflammatory bowel disease, obesity, metabolic syndrome, and functional gastrointestinal disorders.”

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This recent rodent study is just the latest in research focusing on what causes aging and puts forward potential solutions to help slow the entire process down.

Australian biologist and professor of genetics, David Sinclair has dedicated his professional career to researching aging, and along with his team of researchers, has made major breakthroughs in the space.

The Sinclair Lab at Harvard Medical School has found that “the loss of epigenetic information is likely the root cause of aging.”

“By analogy, if DNA is the digital information on a compact disc, then aging is due to scratches. We are searching for the polish.” David has also theorised that eating just one meal a day can help to slow the aging process.

Speaking to Joe Rogan during an episode of The Joe Rogan Experience podcast, David surmised that changing our meal frequency could help us live “healthier for longer.”

“We know that if you do these things to animals [restrict eating], in controlled settings, they live longer, a lot longer, sometimes 20-30 per cent longer because they’re healthier,” he said.

“They don’t get cancer or heart disease or dementia.”

David Sinclair and his team continue to research potential medicine to help slow down the aging process by “manipulating just one central pathway.”

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World champion surfer Kelly Slater founded Outerknown in 2014; a brand rooted in environmental sustainability. Outerknown walks the fine line between function, style, & sustainability, and the result is stylish clothing that’s created with long-lasting materials and in a way that both protects our natural resources & provides fair wages to factory workers.

If you’re wanting to treat yourself or perhaps get an awesomely sustainable gift for a loved one, make sure you shop Outerknown’s Black Friday 2022 Sale. The brand has just launched 30% off everything!

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The Cape York pilgrimage is one any self-respecting 4WD owner ought to have taken (or aspire to). 

But there is now a push for visitors to have to pay to visit Cape York, and for tourists to be guided by rangers on their walk to the tip. 

The journey, which grew in popularity while international borders were closed, takes place in the Northern Peninsula Area, which is Queensland’s northernmost mainland council area. 

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The NPA reckons 80,000 visitors have passed through since April, putting pressure on local communities, resources and the natural environment.

Earlier this year, reports emerged that certain Cape York destinations – Captain Bill’s Landing, Pajinka (the Tip), Ussher Point and Somerset – were closed off to tourists by traditional custodians, with a lack of amenities, off-track tourists and unregistered firearms being cited as major concerns.

Though this did not actually happen, the news arguably resulted in a busier season than usual, as people rushed to see Cape York in case it really was shut (it could also have been driven by FOMO from the pandemic situation in 2020, in which, during the start of the coronavirus pandemic, Cape York was barricaded off from the rest of Queensland to protect its communities).

Now, after this busy season of 2021 has finished (the best time to visit is in the middle of the winter dry season), community leaders in the region are looking for ways to promote more sustainable tourism, and to better equip the region to benefit from the seasonal influx.

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During this last season there was a mad rush for diesel, with providers almost running dry at points. The increased numbers of people in towns leading up the tip, too, exacerbated issues like water leaks, which in one case led to the closure of essential services (like the local school).

Supermarkets also struggled with the increased demand.

The town needs investment into old infrastructure to fix this. But according to the ABC, because the supermarket, servo and campgrounds are run privately, the council’s only income is the ferry.

The proposed fix to this is a charge to visit the area.

The ABC reports: “Traditional owners of Pajinka are planning to charge visitors on arrival to the area. The site was handed back to traditional owners in 2019, which gives them rights to manage the area.”

According to the ABC, Michael Solomon, the chair of the Gudang Yadhaykenu Aboriginal Corporation (GYAC) has said the corporation will be setting up an entry station to collect fees from tourists and that a fee would encourage more tourists to be more respectful, and give the owners the funds to create a better experience for tourists.

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“GYAC is yet to decide on how much tourists would pay, or develop the infrastructure needed for a toll booth at the entry to Pajinka, but those in charge said earning income off the site would provide long-term benefits,” the ABC reports.

The ABC reports Mr Soloman saying: “If we would have the money, we could have solved a lot of problems with that place, lot of issues and all this stuff.”

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The Sandbox’s native token (CRYPTO: SAND) has rallied over 600% since Facebook’s rebrand as Meta and 25% since Adidas appeared to confirm a partnership with it (in a tweet). But what is it? The Sandbox is an ethereum based blockchain project which lets users play in a virtual world (kind of like Mindcraft), creating and exploring galaxies.

It used to be a mobile and PC game, but was acquired by Animoca Brands in August 2018 (and was brought into the blockchain).

Players complete tasks, such as making a certain material using other assets. They can also save their progress and put it on a public gallery (which is arguably where there is great potential for the world of NFTs to come in further).

There are various other similar projects and games though, so what makes The Sandbox so special? After all, it’s not the only metaverse game with its own token. It’s also not the only game that allows users to create and use NFTs or integrate them with a marketplace.

This whole industry is booming, with new competitors cropping up all the time. So we’ll ask a second time: what makes The Sandbox the golden child right now?

The reason The Sandbox is sucking up the lion’s share of investment right now is due to a few things (though any interested investors ought to be warned, as with any crypto, this could change at any point in the future).

The first reason is traction creates traction. Success breeds success and – currently – The Sandbox has a sh*t load of it. According to The Motley Fool, “As of early November, it [The Sandbox] had more than 500,000 registered wallets and 12,000 virtual land owners on its platform.”

“It was also able to raise $93 million in a Series B financing and has had some high-profile names such as Snoop Dogg engage with the platform,” The Motley Fool recently reported. This has aroused many people’s interest and has them wondering: is it too late to invest in The Sandbox’s native token SAND?

Is it too late to invest?

— gen4us.eth (@gen4us1) November 23, 2021

Indeed, as other coins have seen pullbacks (see: Dogecoin, Shiba Inu, and even Bitcoin) lately, SAND has been holding up many people’s crypto portfolios, as it has continued to boom.

@TheSandboxGame pic.twitter.com/ora0UaPj9A

— nemesis (@nemesisogch) November 22, 2021

For this reason, as well as because of how quickly it has jumped up the ranks, many people believe The Sandbox is – though inherently risky, being a small crypto (compared to big hitters like Bitcoin and Ethereum) – a potentially lucrative investment that could have a lot more legs in it.

Coindesk reports: “The token [SAND] has also benefited from the highly anticipated play-to-earn metaverse event, The Sandbox Alpha, scheduled for three weeks from Nov. 29 to Dec. 30.”

Get ready for The Sandbox Alpha!
Launching November 29th
Anyone can experience the Alpha hub and three experiences
5,000 Alpha passes giving access to content, NFT, and 1,000 SAND!

Get all details below https://t.co/63iAl5MMmS pic.twitter.com/OiXmbAWYN2

— The Sandbox (@TheSandboxGame) November 16, 2021

The Motley Fool reports: “Given the outsize interest around the metaverse space, and the implications that blockchain-based metaverse games could have in this environment, this is a cryptocurrency that investors appear to be ready to jump on. Of course, like all cryptocurrencies, there’s inherent risk with owning any digital asset that’s difficult to intrinsically value. However, given the various catalysts driving this cryptocurrency higher, it appears there may be quite a long way for this one to run.”

inews.co.uk recently wrote about the impact comments made by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg have had on The Sandbox, attributing part of its price soaring to him.

Zuckerberg told Facebook’s annual conference: “Over time, I hope that we are seen as a metaverse company and I want to anchor our work and our identity on what we’re building towards.”

inews.co.uk wrote: “One of the world’s most powerful companies putting so much stock into the concept of the metaverse piqued interest in platforms like The Sandbox and Decentraland.”

As for The Sandbox’s price prediction, it would be silly for anyone to make any certain claims.

That said, CoinGape wrote on Tuesday, under the subheading, “Sandbox Price Analysis: Can The Uptrend Be Sustained?” that “SAND is currently trading on a second bullish session and has formed an ascending channel on the daily chart.”

CoinGape also noted: “As long as Sandbox price remains within the confines of the rising channel, its uptrend will be sustained. A closure above the upper boundary of the chart pattern at $5.54 will see SAND rise to discover new prices above the $5.63 ATH.”

CoinGape added: “However, the price action has resulted in the Relative Strength Index (RSI) and the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) indicators reaching extremely overbought level suggesting that the bullish could fizzle out pointing to a possible correction in the near-term.”

“Therefore, if SAND fails to discover support at $4.98, it way drop to seek support from the middle boundary of the rising channel at $4.54. A drop below the middle boundary could trigger massive sell orders that are likely to pull Sandbox towards the lower boundary of the channel at $3.52 or the moving averages below it,” (CoinGape).

SAND is available on Binance, Upbit, Huobi, Uniswap, Kukoin, LCX, Bittrex, Lbank, Gemini, Indodax, crypto.com, Latoken, Bitmart, Liquid, MXC, Poloniex, Simplex, Tokyocrypto, Wazirx, Nbf, Bithumb, and MAX.

At the time of writing SAND is trading at A$10.09, according to Coinbase, and has increased 96.51% in the last 7 days.

You should never invest more than you can afford to lose in any cryptocurrency, especially small, speculative ones like SAND.

Although well-known coins like Bitcoin and Ethereum have been gaining more mainstream acceptance lately, with just a month ago ASIC giving the green light for the trading of Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs (as well as the ASX’s first crypto focussed ETF – CRYP – launching), the world of individual cryptos like SAND is still a bit of a wild west.

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Investing in individual cryptos like SAND is inherently a far riskier business than investing in a legitimate crypto ETF or more well-known coin like Bitcoin (and even these have a reputation for being volatile compared to your bread and butter non-thematic ETFs on the ASX or S&P 500, which simply track the traditional market index). If you want to play with fire though, SAND could be a portfolio altering game-changer (for better or worse).

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Morocco is great for married couples. There are all sorts of places to explore. It’s also popular, in winter, with young single people, who escape Europe by heading down to places like Tagazhout, Agadir, Marrakesh, Casablanca and of course the blue town of Chefchaouen (to name a few).

But for unmarried couples, it’s more complicated. Premarital sex is illegal in Morocco, and hotels typically uphold a policy of “no marriage certificate, no (shared) room.” This has resulted in a lot of workarounds. Tourist websites recommend everything from offering extra money to putting on fake wedding rings, to booking two single rooms and sneaking across to your partner’s chambers after dark.

@joe_mcelhone omg I was gonna go to Morocco but I read somewhere that they ask for marriage documents to sleep in the same bed

— Demi (@__demi16) March 31, 2016

This has a stifling impact on both domestic and foreign tourism, but particularly on domestic tourism, with Travel Guide Marrakech claiming the rule is more strictly enforced when the unmarried couple are Moroccan citizens (or one of them is).

Was emailing back an forth with a fucker who lives is Morocco and I learned that pre-marital sex is a MISDEMEANOR there!! Damn!!

— Krystyna Hutchinson (@KrystynaHutch) October 26, 2016

According to Travel Guide Marrakech: “Strictly speaking, the ban on the sharing of hotel rooms by unmarried couples applies to foreigners as well as Moroccans themselves. However, I am not aware of any instance in which a foreign tourist has been asked to produce their wedding certificate.”

“I myself have visited Morocco more than 20 times. Either as part of a couple or with several other people, staying in countless riads, hotels, mountain huts, desert bivouacs or apartments. I have never once been questioned about my marital status. However, if you are unmarried and intend to share your hotel room with a Moroccan citizen, the situation is slightly different,” Travel Guide Marrakech adds.

“Landlords or hoteliers who allow unmarried couples to share a room are in breach of the law. Consequently, binational couples without a wedding certificate will struggle to rent a room anywhere in Morocco. Naturally, this also applies to other unmarried Muslim couples. I don’t know of any hotels that will accommodate unmarried binational couples on an official basis,” (Travel Guide Marrakech).

With the pandemic having cut the number of foreign tourists to Morocco by 78.5% in 2020 (a trend which has continued into 2021), some hoteliers are campaigning to change the law regarding extramarital sex, in order to boost the numbers of domestic tourists choosing to stay in hotels.

A resort manager in Morocco recently told The Economist: “I get more calls from unmarried couples wanting to stay than anyone else,” adding: “I could fill my hotel 100% if only they’d lift the law.”

The Economist also reports that hopes of change were sparked recently, “after the Islamist party heading the government crashed in elections in September, losing 90% of its seats.”

Aziz Akhannouch, the new prime minister, is said to be a bit more liberal. According to The Economist, Akhannouch’s government recently said it would review the entire penal code (including article 490).

However, The Economist points out: “He has left out of his coalition the only party that publicly calls for Article 490 to be repealed.”

Publically calling for such a thing is a risky business.

The BBC reported in 2012: “The editor of Morocco’s Al-Ahdath Al-Maghribia daily newspaper, Moktar el-Ghzioui, is living in fear for his life after he expressed support for pre-marital sex during a local television debate.”

Those who support keeping the law say they fear hotels could end up turning into brothels. Another concern that has been reported is that some hotel owners don’t want the bribes that come from this law being in place to dry up.

Young people are fighting back online, pointing out that other Muslim countries (like the UAE) have decriminalised extramarital sex, and that allegedly even Saudi Arabia’s hotels have stopped asking couples to show their marriage credentials.

#STOP490
Consensual sex between consenting adults should never be a crime. Anywhere. https://t.co/y9hL17ic7c

— Halima Salat (WOMAN) (@halimasalat) February 5, 2021

It’s trending #STOP490 pic.twitter.com/dstSLOVUdu

— Kharchoufi Brahim (@kharchoufibra) February 3, 2021

is no longer a french protectorate,so why do we still apply laws that were created and imposed by the colonizer ? This archaic law is nothing more than a repressive tool to control us .Lyautey ,take back your heritage #stop490 pic.twitter.com/YxWZAP9ZRe

— Camelia (@RgCamelia) October 23, 2021

Only time will tell if the law will be successfully repealed.

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Hollywood, home to many of the world’s biggest celebrities, is home to some of the rarest and most expensive car collections on the planet. But Chris Pine might just have one of the best.

The 41-year-old star, best known for playing James T. Kirk in the most recent Star Trek films and Steve Trevor in the Wonder Woman franchise, has a truly diverse garage: from vintage station wagons like his Jeep Grand Wagoneer to modern supercars like his Audi R8, the man has exceptional taste.

He’s got a thing for old Porsches in particular, though – and his pride and joy is his piano black Porsche 356 Speedster. It’s an exceptional car and a delight to see whenever he takes it for a spin around Los Angeles.

Sadly, his taste in footwear perhaps isn’t quite as ‘patrician’ as his taste in cars. Pine was spotted going for a coffee run late last week in his vintage convertible wearing a pair of white Birkenstocks that were more Cheech & Chong than Captain Kirk. We’ll give him a pass, though.

Produced from 1948 to 1965, the Porsche 356 was the legendary carmaker’s first production model and one of the most respected sports cars of the day. Powered by an evolution of the Volkswagen Beetle’s flat-four engine and sharing many components with the People’s Car that founder Ferdinand Porsche pioneered before WWII, the 356 was light, nimble and exceptionally refined – a true automotive icon.

Pine’s appears to be a relatively early 356 ‘A’ model: later B and C models featured a more prominent hood element and a wider stance that closely resembles the famous 911, the 356’s successor. Coincidentally, Pine also owns a classic 911, in forest green.

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