May 2023:Quickfire A to Z of anything/everything

[myglaren]

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis?

[mickthemaverick]

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis?

Errr! That doesn't begin with 'S' Steve !!
Even so my word is longer!!

[NewcastleFalcon]

S is for many, many words but I believe I know the longest one!! 100 points to anyone who can tell me the word that is longer than this:

""“Super Caley Go Ballistic, Celtic are Atrocious!”

Something like "slightyears" I believe. We had this somewhere in the FCF before April 1st 2021 as it turns out
Bit more generous in the Points today!

Not really a quiz as there is only one question, but it is a good one! 50 points for the answer on the card:

What is the longest word in the English language?

Deadline 10pm tonight for submissions

Neil

[mickthemaverick]

Indeed something like that Neil but it is a proper word rather than a concocted one!!

As for the points - inflation strikes everywhere!!

[NewcastleFalcon]

I know you know

From SecretScotland bit of a throwback sign to assist others

https://secretscotland.wordpress.com/20 ... -old-sign/

https://secretscotland.wordpress.com/2018/06/29/glasgows-miles-better-nope-glasgow-smiles-better-in-this-old-sign/

Neil

[Gibbo2286]

Around here the S is prominent on the Estate agents boards outside the houses 'Sold' they're having a good run and at some extraordinary prices.

[NewcastleFalcon]

Around here the S is prominent on the Estate agents boards outside the houses 'Sold' they're having a good run and at some extraordinary prices.

I can see the straight-to-the-point marketing logic in these, but not entirely in tune with the anthropomorphisisation of bricks and mortar... I can see why they went for the red on the "I'm sold" sign. Eyes are drawn to red as per the "S's" on this post.

North-East Estate agent Sarah Mains

https://www.solutiongroup.co.uk/work/sarah-mains/

https://www.solutiongroup.co.uk/work/sarah-mains/

Neil

[myglaren]

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis?

Errr! That doesn't begin with 'S' Steve !!
Even so my word is longer!!

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis!

Yours isnt'a word anyway, fake, like Llanfair­pwllgwyngyll­gogery­chwyrn­drobwll­llan­tysilio­gogo­goch
Which my mother could reel off perfectly. (She grew up in Welshland).

[mickthemaverick]

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis?

Errr! That doesn't begin with 'S' Steve !!
Even so my word is longer!!

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis!

Yours isnt'a word anyway, fake, like Llanfair­pwllgwyngyll­gogery­chwyrn­drobwll­llan­tysilio­gogo­goch
Which my mother could reel off perfectly. (She grew up in Welshland).

Oh yes it is!!!

[myglaren]

Oh no it isn't!









Behind you

[Armidillo]

I'm raring to go with 'S's - did a cruise along the East coast of Tasmania in February last year.

We saw

Sea lions

Scrimshaw

Sooty Oystercatchers

and Seaplanes (actually this one was at the Horizontal Falls, Kimberley Coast)

[NewcastleFalcon]

Roar away Alec, the thread thrives on it!
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Petrol of the day

Sadler or Shell, that is the question

The only two that stick out, and there is virtually no internet information on what I seem to remember were a fairly regular sight on the roads of the North East...the Sadler King of Petrol Tankers. It would appear that the marketing phrase, albeit wrapped up in a very iconic logo with the Lion, proved to be a bit of an empty claim.

This is indeed the only image of anything Sadler, I can find, and its thumbnail-ey and generally pretty indistinct. It's from Dan Lockton's site British Petrol Stations Design and Branding History http://www.danlockton.co.uk/petrol/petrol_list.html



That leaves us "Shell". In it's current form it's stations look suitably bright and garish and can be quite photogenic in night-time scenes. The more nostalgic views with the gorgeous globes especially the pale blue Super Shell are the ones for me, a few 60's early 70's cars around always a bonus.

Neil

[mickthemaverick]

Oh no it isn't!









Behind you

'tis too!!!

[myglaren]

[mickthemaverick]

I think you'll find this has most of the ingredients you desire Neil! :