controversial carwash conundrum

hi

yes, this is all (very much) against my better judgement. although far be it from me to suggest, or even imply, that my ability to cast such on any subject is any better than anyone else at doing so, look you see. but, in this day and age, what with all this ill-defined, rather threatening and i am not at all sure i understand it claims of "woke" and "cancel culture", i thought i had better do some balance here. 

so, as the title suggests, once again i have been to (and done business with) a car wash facility. the same one what i would mostly visit, if such is important. but no, not presented here in Commodore 64 mode. instead, so as to avoid being accused of being some sort of "ist" or advocate of some form of "ism", here you can see how it went in (sigh) ZX Spectrum form. 

i really think this is a waste of everyone's time. or just maybe mine. you are, after all, reading this, so i suppose you have some sort of interest in how things look in the realm of the ZX Spectrum. perhaps this is some sort of curiosity on your behalf, or you freely admit to being misguided and consider presenting things in ZX Spectrum mode to be a good idea. when it is not. 

maybe some good can come from this. looking at the beauty of a car wash mechanism doing its thing in a way that is desecrated by the (severe) limitations of the ZX Spectrum can only serve to underline how much more awesome the same looks when presented in the greater glory of Commodore 64 mode. 

an animated moment from the car wash is presented above, then, also in ZX Spectrum mode. i hope it is enjoyable despite the inferior format used. for those interested in such, the above image used somewhere north of 4 times the maximum computing power the "Speccy" inflicted on those unfortunate souls who punished themselves using the infernal machine. or something like that. 

one of the biggest problems with the ZX Spectrum (somewhat exemplified here) was that it did not know how colour worked. for some reason them what made it (a bloke called Sinclair, as i recall) could not comprehend that things might be more than one colour, or even different shades of just one colour. 

certain other issues existed with the ZX Spectrum, mind. like no joystick port, the rubber keys, the woeful sound and the propensity it had to "crash" if you used it for more than thirty consecutive minutes. it was very much a computer for someone who did not particularly want a computer but all the same felt obliged to have one. and, indeed, for those who indulged in (or engaged with) that "buy British" mantra. 

how did the car wash go? it was just as enjoyable, or rudimentary as ever, i suppose. no, i did not particularly like recording it in ZX Spectrum mode, but here we are. 

just another of them "animated GIF" things (or just GIF) for you, to finish it off. actually, this last one, whilst of course not up to Commodore 64 standard, isn't so bad. basically the only advantage you got to owning a ZX Spectrum instead of a Commodore 64 was that the games were usually £1 cheaper. that they were ten times worse on the Speccy is, i suppose, neither here nor there nor anywhere for one who looks on such things as important. 

whereas i shall likely be using a car wash again in the not too distant future, i do not for one moment believe that it will be recorded in this format. either i shall revert to Commodore 64 mode, or maybe even experiment with another. 

for what it is worth, hope that someone somewhere found this interesting. 

be excellent to each other!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!