May 2023:Quickfire A to Z of anything/everything

[NewcastleFalcon]

Post number 2 from me on V-day is a threadstarter from yours truly.

What do you get if you put "Venom" into an FCF search. Mostly posts by me of what I consider to be the finest name for a car/bike.

An easy to contribute to thread with your own suggestions.
Car/bike Names what are the best? worst?

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Threadstarter Car/bike Names what are the best? worst? (NF2018)

Yes its been Clio day today for me, but where did the name come from and is it any good?

If you are well up on Greek Mythology maybe Clio means something, or if you are familiar with the works of Carlo Franzoni you may well make the connection to his "Car of History" sculpture in the US Capitol. In general though its a fairly meaningless word which conveys little about what has been a very successful car.

Thinking on fron that VW's little successes, the Golf and the Polo probably also fit into the pretty meaningless category. You may expect that the Polo would be slightly more exclusive than the Golf in a literal sense comparing the two sports, and neither sport conveys much about the characteristics of the car.

So in traditional FCF off-topic fashion we have to dig into the world of Motorcycles for my best ever name...

The Velocette Venom! No there's no way on earth that could be a "commuter bike" and its definitely going to be a bit of a wild thing!


Velocette Venom 1961 [CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], by Thruxton (Own work), from Wikimedia Commons

Go on what names do you like?, what are hideously boring? and where did the manufacturers dig them up from?

Neil

[mickthemaverick]

One from the medicine cabinet to get me off the mark today:

[NewcastleFalcon]

Is there a Vicks Vapour (probably shortened to Vapor! no doubt) Rub, lurking anywhere in anyone's cupboard, or a packet of Victory "V's" in a drawer.

Neil

[mickthemaverick]

I can do one of those from the same place. Unfortunately the label has long since gone but devotees will recognise the V in the lid:

MTM Original

[NewcastleFalcon]

Plenty cars to choose from on the V front to bring some original photographic content to the thread on this day, with "V-Day" shutter clicks .

Very easy with the ubiquitous VW, Volvo and Vauxhall to a fairly rare Vanden Plas, or Vel-Statis or anything with a V6 or less likely V4 V8 V12 badge. Any sort of walk or car park visit with a photographic device will produce a potential picture. On the bike front quite unlikely to see a Velocette, Vincent, or Vespa, on V-Day.

This was on U-Day. A simple example of should I or shouldn't I, I don't really care much for VW's but its a nice-ish colour...apparently I did take a photo of it...obviously seeing as it was taken on U-Day no added kudos

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Had it been grey no way would the shutter have been clicked!

Neil

[mickthemaverick]

Qualifying on both the model and the registration number, one of the birthday presents I bought my daughter, her 25th IIRC!!

MTM Original

[mickthemaverick]

Three more cars from my personal collection which all qualify:

Toyota Verso

Vauxhall Vectra

Suzuki Vitara

[NewcastleFalcon]

Forgot about our own reliable old workhorse from a few years back. Happily ticked over the 200,000 mile mark.

Falcon Original
slightly tarted about with

Neil

[NewcastleFalcon]

The car front could fill the thread 100 times over, but dont forget the trivia like Vick and Victory V-s

Falcon Original

Nice little DAF 66 Variomatic...see bumper branding.


1976 DAF 66 Coupé (9066876762)
Niels de Wit from Lunteren, The Netherlands, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

[Armidillo]

Scratching my head for a (non-vehicular) "V"...

How about a Vine - this one's in the Daintree rainforest.

[NewcastleFalcon]

You probably have a jar of genuine Vegemite in your store cupboards Alec! Photos of the mundane are equally welcome!
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Petrol of the Day or more accurately Petrol of yesterday/yester year/yester decade/yester century/yester millennium
In all its gorgeousness in monochrome from 1952. Paul Anderson/James Denis Kay Flickr.

Isherwood Petrol Company ‘S’ type Bedford in Marple.
This great period shot shows 1952 registered ‘S’ type Bedford 4X2 tractor unit Reg No MYV 293 coupled up to a 2000 gallon tanker while making a delivery to the VIP filling station on Church Lane in Marple near Stockport.

In 1974 the VIP brand disappeared as ELF Petroleum bought the company out and absorbed the fleet and retail outlets to operate under its own brand name.

Isherwood Petrol Company ‘S’ type Bedford in Marple. by Paul Anderson, on Flickr

Neil

[myglaren]

Only just noticed, Vicks nasal spray.

Cleverly just out of the picture.

[Armidillo]

You probably have a jar of genuine Vegemite in your store cupboards Alec! Photos of the mundane are equally welcome!
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Neil

Vegemite coming up! And a vase - no flowers in the vase because it's very dry and frosty here now - it was -6 (Celcius) this morning!!

[NewcastleFalcon]

Vegemite coming up! And a vase - no flowers in the vase because it's very dry and frosty here now - it was -6 (Celcius) this morning!!

Excellent, that’s the sort of thing the FCF thrives on, random creativity

Can’t really tell but one of the U’s. I forgot to put up yesterday was Uranium Glass which is a bit like your selected vase. It is a thing, and often found in Antiques emporia.

This caught my eye in an Antiques Emporium. Who knew that uranium glass was a thing
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranium_glass

Neil

[NewcastleFalcon]

The V-element

On seamlessly to periodic table elements, There is at least one Indeed there is only one, which will be most likely stamped on your socket set or spanner’s. Time for more strange behaviour to baffle your loved ones.

Make a still-life arrangement which. Includes clearly the V element name on something from your toolbox, alongside a background of your choice artistically created with your own fair hands. Armidillo points the way with his vase. Take a photo and post it up here.

Neil