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I was bikeless and hating it in Ghent,
and my kind host Wim bought this strange device
as supplementary transport.
For two days
we wrestled with the thing.
I guess we were successful.
Scooter rodeo is a daily event in the street
and the young man was thrilled
by the video replay of his antics.
Never seen himself wheelie, of course.
Many of the devotees of Solex
are terminal drunks
with revoked driving licenses
who skirt the law by piloting a Solex.
The worst drunks in Belgium
may be placed under a special restriction
which prohibits them from operating a bicycle,
a wheelbarrow,
or leading a horse through the street,
all bad activities for drunks.
