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In 2006, when the answer to my 'mid-life crisis' question; 'what will remain of me!?'  came close to: 'nothing..' I decided to clone myself to change the odds. At least one of them statistically should succeed in something.

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Since real cloning unfortunatly still is forbidden I started making a paper replica of myself. here I am testing the precision of the first rough try-out

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and the final portrait

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Clone nr.1 and nr.2

I am quitte pleased with the result. It's nice to have myself around..I noticed I even talk to them/me. It is a good therapy too, they help a lot to accept my bald spot.

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I made the first clone of myself in 2006 but since many scientist around the world have studied the opensource blueprints and...

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