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ecently, I discovered some interesting relics tucked away in stacks of engine catalogs, outdated publications, operating manuals from vintage equipment, and, strangely enough, some unloved and never-read fiction novels that have absolutely nothing to do with old iron. The boxes of curios I find around the office definitely

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