I have many types of vehicles in my collection, ranging from normal run-of-the-mill cars to racing cars to one-offs

Posted by: @100ford2003

Posted by: @jack-dodds

Posted by: @ed-davis

“Universally acknowledged” might be a bit optimistic.

Don't forget, for example the ebola virus is also universally acknowledged.

I don't think it came in pink and green though, or did it ?

I believe there were a number of cases that showed up in Easten Botswana....right after a toy show there apparently.

Clearly, all of you people grew up in the seventies...not the sixties. 

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@jkuvakas Please do not include me among your seventies ignorami category. I admire your pink and green Chevrolet enormously - and would even say I am jealous. But as explained earlier, there exists a strict colour control and quarantine on my own car collection.

I feel a bit uncultured now, even low brow you might say with my answer; can I change it?  Not because of the psychedelic Ebola debate but because of Charles answer.  I am trying to absorb what he said.  Perhaps I am intellectually challenged but I find it thought provoking (should collecting little toy cars cause that?)   "War, and political changes, and above all art and society's dreams. The strange thing is that every year must flow seamlessly to the next, without jumps in colour so the individual model becomes subordinate to a whole".  I think this could be the start of a PhD thesis in all seriousness.

@charles-rockett - I love the flow of colour in your photo; that must take some thought to bring that to fruition.  Do the trees and the giant cornucopia have some symbolism as well, or am I reading too much into it?  I apologize if I am being too pedantic, but its a beautiful sunny afternoon and I spent all morning drinking mimosas with the neighbors!

John K sure knows how to start a stimulating conversation.

@karl Your answer Karl is perfect as I had to go and look-up TEKNOs following your link yesterday and have been intrigued by this manufacturer. Did they share dies with Dinky, because several of their models I recognised: Lincoln Continental; E-Type and a Mercedes-Benz. All really nice - and familiar.

Regarding my OCD approach to model car collecting, you should realise that whilst you Americans are dining on fluffy Beignets chez la Cafe Du Monde, and enjoying mimosas with neighbours, we Europeans are hard at the grind and dreaming of better lives. Hence, as I toil, I scheme of ways in which, for example, to acquire a dark green 1940 Opel Kapitan to bridge the gap between a pea-green 1939 Ford Taunus and Navy blue Talbot Lago. The trees are intended to match 'back-drop dioramas' that will express more about each decade: palm trees 1920s Florida, police cars and 'Coca Cola delivery vans' (contraband liquor). Spruce trees, 1940s Germany, Kubelwagen and Tiger tanks. So it is a constant effort to concentrate as much information about a period in time whilst at the same time trying to unify its parts into the whole.

It's the same process that fashion houses use to produce collections. These send maybe sixty garments down the runway in fifteen to twenty minutes maximum; must include every imaginable garment type, print and plain, yet make such a simple and unforgettable statement, that it will lodge in the buyers' memories through the three or four other shows they'll see that afternoon. Thus, we're all barking mad and miserable!

@karl All I know about all of this debate is that there are too many syllables to gain a clear understanding of the topic being communicated; to a point that I would suggest all parties involved be given immediate employment as political speech writers.  Even with my Grade 7 Certificate of Achievement (framed) I had some difficulty interpreting what was being conveyed....if you can imagine.  Secondly the 2 and 3 tone paint colors and application on cars made in the late 1950s was a marked departure from the *norm, which is of course a major jump in color, rendering these flashy cars unable to become subordinate to a whole.   Yeah....yeah, that's it....definitely....most definitely.  I rest my case.

Example:

* Not to be confused with Mr. Norm of Grand Spaulding Dodge

I agree with Jack. He and I have collaborated on a proposal to the Committee to limit the number of syllables in any given post. We're also considering a color and hue change to the Lounge to bring it into harmony with current trends and inclinations. 

@jack-dodds Jack, I've every confidence that despite the mimosas, Karl will have no problem reading all the syllables. They do, after all contain information asked about, rather than random information regarding men in tights and one-legged women running from the law's long arm. Despite your grade 7 certificate bestowed by the central comintern's colour committee, the brevity of text speak is not always the best form of communicating coherent thoughts.

Posted by: @jkuvakas

I agree with Jack. He and I have collaborated on a proposal to the Committee to limit the number of syllables in any given post. We're also considering a color and hue change to the Lounge to bring it into harmony with current trends and inclinations. 

Whoa!  Just a second here...the last half of this post smells like burnt baloney to me.  "to bring it into harmony with current trends and inclinations" sounds like something Slippin' Jimmy or Prime Minister Justin Turdeau (no spelling error) would try to slide past a gullible audience.  "Don't eat that Elmer that's horse droppin's", is what I say! Can anyone guess what these suggested colors of change might be?  Think Pepto Bismol and melon rind.......the first correct answer wins a 3-stage series of '59 Chevy anti-virus injections kindly administered by Dr. Chav.

Posted by: @charles-rockett

@jack-dodds Jack, I've every confidence that despite the mimosas, Karl will have no problem reading all the syllables. They do, after all contain information asked about, rather than random information regarding men in tights and one-legged women running from the law's long arm. Despite your grade 7 certificate bestowed by the central comintern's colour committee, the brevity of text speak is not always the best form of communicating coherent thoughts.

Karl is obviously a pretty educated guy who claims to get smarter with every mimosa consumed, so at his usual pace he should be a borderline genius by noon or so.  Like you I have complete confidence in him.  I just hope he doesn't poke an eye out with those little umbrella fruit spears the bartenders put in those foo foo drinks of his.  

 I'm not going to lie to you Charles, that is some impressive grammaric phraseology and syllableness you conveyed right there!  What's more it seems your comprehension and retention skills are equally outstanding in that you recall certain featured characters from the stories of Dr. Drivel and friends.  IMO you richly deserve to be the second member of our Forum to appear on Jeopardy, but I digress.  One question I have regarding my Grade 7 graduation though....are you suggesting that this "central" guy you mention, who headed up the multiracial certificate presentation committee, was a pinko commie?  Do I read that correctly??!

Posted by: @jkuvakas

Clearly, all of you people grew up in the seventies...not the sixties. 

All I can say to this is "I waaant a magic bus!"

Posted by: @jack-dodds

Posted by: @100ford2003

Posted by: @jkuvakas

@jack-dodds, you are hardly a trusted resource for the nature of universalism, considering your reluctance to do what everybody was doing in the seventies. It's easy to stand on the sidelines and throw stones. Just remember that old adage, "The higher you go, the higher you are." and never forget that there are a lot of people out there.

I always thought it was something like "The higher you go, the further is the fall".

No Charles, it actually goes "The higher you go, the longer it takes to come down."

Perhaps you've been on the Mimosas too?  I believe your reply should have been directed to someone else.

@jack-dodds “you caaant have it”