Welp...

[WoodmanStark]

The biggest collection of nostalgic Easter eggs has to be the novel Ready Player One by Ernest Cline.
It's really just a giant nerd jerkoff fantasy.
But I happen to be a giant nerd jerkoff so it's right in my wheelhouse.

 

[SimonDoom]

You mean this one?

That's the one!

 

[UsuallyPresent]

In my recently published chapters, I have referenced early edition D&D, the Bay City Rollers, Fritz the Cat, and Pinky Tuscadero from Happy Days.

And my readers are going berserk, loving it and thanking me for such welcome trips down memory lane.

I guess I'm old. Lol.

Getting old is usually better'n the alternative.

I've not really gone there, will have to see if I can remember that when writing going forward. Of course, the most I've written is kinda ALL easter-eggs, as it's based in mythology, albeit twisted for ... reasons.

 

[jaF0]

One poor guy has his date laugh at him because he has a used 1975 Austin Marina. He bought it because it was so cheap.

Hubby's gagging at the thought of an Austin Marina; I saw a picture, .

I looked it up. I don't see anything wrong with it. Looks like most 70s cars.

 

[Lori_the_Hoosier]

I looked it up. I don't see anything wrong with it. Looks like most 70s cars.

Compared to its contemporaries and competitors, like the BMW 2002 Bavaria, Rover SD1 (designed by Pininfarina and inspired by the Ferrari Daytona, also by Pininfarina) The Ford Capri, the Ford Cortina and it's beefy big-brother, the Grenada Ghia, the Vauxhall Ventora, even the Hillman Avenger, the Marina looks blocky and cumbersome, and just plain butt-ugly; no wonder it bombed in America. Trying to sell a car that looked and smelled like it was built to the bottom-end of a price scale never works, my neighbor, an English gentleman of a certain age asserts it was the cheapest, most poorly lashed-up trolley he'd ever had the misfortune to drive. It drove like a pig, snorted gas like a coke-dealers convention without delivering any thrills whatsover, and nearly bored him to death. BL refused to take it back on a part-ex for a triumph Dolomite Sprint or a Stag, so he went and bought a Datsun 510, and sold the Marina at a huge loss just to get rid of it.

"From its release, the Morris Marina has been criticised for its poor performance, styling, handling and build quality. Launched in April 1971 by British Leyland, it was considered outdated at the time of its launch as its reused existing mechanical parts such as front suspension from the 1948 Morris Minor, ex-BMC engines first launched in the early 1950s and a gearbox and axle sourced from Triumph and introduced in 1962.

The Marina was designed and developed on a limited budget and a very quick timescale - less than three years from initial conception to full production - to urgently replace a number of outdated saloon car models inherited by British Leyland from BMC, and was intended to only be in production for five years before a more considered and bespoke car could replace it. The Marina was designed as a direct response to the highly successful MkII Ford Cortina, however in the same month that the Marina was officially announced - October 1970 - Ford released the larger, more upmarket and more sophisticated MkIII Cortina which immediately made the Morris seem dated. Very early cars had a design flaw in their front suspension which caused dangerous handling - while this was corrected before full-scale sales began, the Marina was commonly criticised for its poor handling, roadholding and refinement."

 

[gunhilltrain]

Hubby's gagging at the thought of an Austin Marina; I saw a picture, I'd laugh at a guy who showed up in one of those buckets. Will made me laugh when he noted how some iconic 70's cars, like the Triumph Stag, Jensen Interceptor, Jaguar XJS, Opel GT are charismatic, and the Marina earned its place in history for being truly char-isn't-matic...

The Triumph Stag looked cool at the time. I have one guy who tries to impress his new girlfriend with one. In another story a woman aspires to have one, but it's mostly a fantasy.

At one point the British motor industry couldn't get anything right. That's why it barely exists now. Rolls-Royce is now owned by BMW and Bentley is in the Volkswagen Group. Now, who won the war?

 

[gunhilltrain]

. . . . . .

 

[gunhilltrain]

Double post

Now how do I delete a double post? It's supposed to be in the edit function, but I don't see it.

 

[Salacious_Scribe]

Now how do I delete a double post? It's supposed to be in the edit function, but I don't see it.

You can't delete a post. You can edit text. The minimum is five characters. Most people use five dots.

 

[gunhilltrain]

You can't delete a post. You can edit text. The minimum is five characters. Most people use five dots.

Thanks!

 

[Kumquatqueen]

Enjoying all the references here - Happy Days seemed to be on constantly when I was a teenager - but what on earth is a welp?

 

[gunhilltrain]

Compared to its contemporaries and competitors, like the BMW 2002 Bavaria, Rover SD1 (designed by Pininfarina and inspired by the Ferrari Daytona, also by Pininfarina) The Ford Capri, the Ford Cortina and it's beefy big-brother, the Grenada Ghia, the Vauxhall Ventora, even the Hillman Avenger, the Marina looks blocky and cumbersome, and just plain butt-ugly; no wonder it bombed in America. Trying to sell a car that looked and smelled like it was built to the bottom-end of a price scale never works, my neighbor, an English gentleman of a certain age asserts it was the cheapest, most poorly lashed-up trolley he'd ever had the misfortune to drive. It drove like a pig, snorted gas like a coke-dealers convention without delivering any thrills whatsover, and nearly bored him to death. BL refused to take it back on a part-ex for a triumph Dolomite Sprint or a Stag, so he went and bought a Datsun 510, and sold the Marina at a huge loss just to get rid of it.

"From its release, the Morris Marina has been criticised for its poor performance, styling, handling and build quality. Launched in April 1971 by British Leyland, it was considered outdated at the time of its launch as its reused existing mechanical parts such as front suspension from the 1948 Morris Minor, ex-BMC engines first launched in the early 1950s and a gearbox and axle sourced from Triumph and introduced in 1962.

The Marina was designed and developed on a limited budget and a very quick timescale - less than three years from initial conception to full production - to urgently replace a number of outdated saloon car models inherited by British Leyland from BMC, and was intended to only be in production for five years before a more considered and bespoke car could replace it. The Marina was designed as a direct response to the highly successful MkII Ford Cortina, however in the same month that the Marina was officially announced - October 1970 - Ford released the larger, more upmarket and more sophisticated MkIII Cortina which immediately made the Morris seem dated. Very early cars had a design flaw in their front suspension which caused dangerous handling - while this was corrected before full-scale sales began, the Marina was commonly criticised for its poor handling, roadholding and refinement."

The styling wasn't that bad, although dull. The weirdest styling in the early 1970s was on some of the Datsuns. The quality was probably better, although I never drove one. Some of the French cars then looked intriguing, but I think they were a pain to repair and maintain.