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Gareth

@gawuffy.co.uk

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Senior Designer with LNER. Design nerd. Posts about trains a lot. Harmless with it though. Often sad. This is my personal account. He/Him 🏳️‍🌈

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · Nov 7

Introduce yourself with
One book 📚
One movie 🎥
One album 💿
One tv show 📺

Cover of "The Lost Continent" by Bill Bryson.

Album cover artwork from "Since I Left You" by The Avalanches.

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 1d

I think that's it. Those classic BMWs like other cars of the time had bags of personality and the manufacturers weren't afraid to show it. Everything is so homogenised now, it's so bleak, but at least the ones that dare to be different stand out. That Hyundai Coupe is stunning. Pure 80s futurism 👌

Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 1d

Tangent, but it makes me sad that as with the 6, the modern 8 doesn't lean more to just how distinctive the design and styling of its first generation was. Give me more this any day of the week.

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 1d

Yeah, I guess the MR2 suits them better with its sporty look. I'd take the 850 all day though, probably just sit in it and pop the lights up and down to be honest.

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 1d

This would've been a better one to think of but only with its lights in the down position as it was ugly as fuck with them popped up.

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 1d

Of all of the places the thought of pop-up headlights could take me, why my first instinct was the opening titles from 90s Top Gear I can't explain. You don't see stick-on window mascots any more though, do you?

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 3d

Thank you 🙂

Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 3d

Upgraded my work MacBook Pro to MacOS Tahoe last night thinking it'd fix some of the compatibility issues I was getting with Sequoia.

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 3d

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 4d

I got a tip off about a graphic design job that I might want to apply for, working for a train operator in York. It worked out alright I guess.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 4d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 4d

If you ever find yourself having 12 minutes with nothing to do there is a video explainer (although TL;DR it was changed from Snickers to Marathon when it came to the UK in 1968, nobody really knows why. The rise of global TV broadcasting saw it change back to align for pan-European advertising.) 🤷‍♂️

Why did Marathon change its name to Snickers?

YouTube video by Chris Spargo

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 4d

QUICK AS A FLASH I REPLIED "DON'T BE BLUE, PETER!"

British Transport Films Stills @btfstills.bsky.social · 4d

DISCOVERING RAILWAYS (1977)

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 5d

🐹 Before viral videos on TikTok or YouTube, there was Hampsterdance.

Full of dancing hamster GIFs & a sped-up tune, it became one of the internet’s first viral hits.

You can still dance to it on the #WaybackMachine ➡️ web.archive.org/web/19991222...

#Wayback1T

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 5d

Anyway thank you for coming to my Ted Talk about how much I enjoy living in the past and how difficult it is to let go of sometimes. Don't forget to like and subscribe.

Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 5d

Also, Michel Gondry's 'Let Forever Be'-esque Christmas ads from 1999 were so damn fine. These were good times. I think 🙃

Gap - That's Holiday "Trees" 11-02-1999

YouTube video by Mike Bise

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 5d

I mean, you'd struggle to convince anyone now that people used to dress like this but the Gap Khaki ads were so good. Plus some bonus pre-Matrix bullet time to blow our 90s minds 🧐

GAP Swing Commercial 1998

YouTube video by 90s Commercials

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 5d

Yes to the old Gap store playlists but also give us back the vibes from those 90s ads you cowards.

sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 5d

I think we are all in dire need of a brain cleanse so here you go 🥹 www.theverge.com/report/79080...

The quest for every Gap store playlist ever

Gap Playlists is an exercise in data collection and nostalgia.

www.theverge.com

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 6d

This is causing some form of PTSD-inducing flashbacks to when I did this with mine a few months ago. Disc drawer still won't close properly and my neurodivergent mind means that I'll now lose interest and likely never look at it again. It was nice while it lasted.

Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 8d

Happy Birthday! Have a lovely day 🎈

Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 8d

That's brilliant, and you look great wearing it! Enjoy ☺️

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Andy Kelly @ultrabrilliant.xyz · 9d

The Japanese Mario 64 official strategy guide is an incredible thing. "Can we make little hand-made dioramas of all the levels?" "Sure, why the hell not."

A model of the first level from Mario 64.

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 9d

I mean, there's some mixed metaphors there, but well done.

Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 9d

I haven't, City of York Council leaflet rack, no. But I'll certainly keep an eye out for him.

Photo of two leaflets in a leaflet rack. The first has the headline "Have you seen this bear?" with an illustration of a cartoon bear. The second, next to it contains a photo of a large, husky build man with a beard.

Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 9d

Mean Girls was one of Simon's favourite films. We'd reached the stage in a relationship where you make each other watch your favourite films and just as with every film I watch nowadays I fell asleep in the middle of it. I guess I should make an effort to watch it in a single sitting tonight 🙃

RNIB @rnib.bsky.social · 9d

What day is it?

Images of a scene from the film Mean Girls. The top image text reads 'On October 3rd, he asked me what day it was', then on the picture below it says 'It's October 3rd, the day you start using alt text!'

Both images show the character Aaron Samuels who's white with brown hair, a brown open shirt and blue t-shirt and is sitting at a school desk. Behind him is Lindsey Lohan's character Cady who is also writing notes in her book, has long fierce red hair and a grey open zip hoodie on. She's giddy and smiling as she confirms what day it is today.

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 9d

Thanks, this is useful - I had no idea you could get stuff like this. Again though it's a bit grim that in 20 years or so there'll be a whole scene of people who own what were once expensive cars now trying to mod their in-car systems to keep them useable. Yuck. This is good though, so thanks :)

Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 9d

I had the music video on VHS and was fascinated by the whole thing. Released 1983. Damn.

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