“Oy!” “Wut?” Just chat (The Return of)

I read somewhere they’re going to be like different editions of Ticket to Ride with tweaks rather than big changes.

I love GWT, but I can’t see myself buying 3 new versions of it

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Me: I’m looking for a futuristic car with three-abreast seating. Oh! And it also has to look like it was carved out of a single piece of Baltic amber.

Salesman: If sir would follow me please?

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Well, a full-sized model. It’s a 1980 Citröen Karin concept car. :smirk:

Needs more angles.

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The dashboard was awesome.

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And it was “wafer-thin” too.

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For people who don’t want actually to carry things in their car, just be seen in it.

Or to see out, I suspect.

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Nevertheless, I want one! :star_struck:

I would take one. I could park it under my other car.

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“Nothing dates as fast as the cutting edge” - those coloured calculator-type buttons below and outside the steering wheel look old to me in a way the overall design doesn’t

1984 Buick Riviera was apparently the first in-car CRT:

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Those Rivs were way ahead of their time. My Mom had a 1984 Chrysler New Yorker, which had a fabulous futuristic NOSTROMO-esque dashboard as well. LEDs, no less. Or as we called them, “La-Di-Da-LEDs” :laughing:

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Damn. As a kid I had a book all about concept cars that was full of stuff like this. I assume I got rid of it as my interest in cars diminished, but my love of design makes me wish I could revisit it.

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Personally, I think the Mercury Cougar (basically a rebadged Ford Thunderbird) had the best looking digital dash cluster of the era ('85-'88).

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I know some of you like funny German word creations… apparently Covid-19 made us especially creative during the last year.

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The talk of German words and Erklärbär on the Last Game You Bought thread reminded me of this:

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Exactly. I made rhubarb compote today. First of the season.

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My new hobby: listening to optimistic podcast episodes released in January of 2020

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I thought there were a few people here who would appreciate the latest addition to my desk:

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I assume thats the Luggage and not a mimic from D&D?

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