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Re: Find-A-Town, Make a Word
« Reply #175 on: September 30, 2016, 05:19:46 PM »
I thought that seeing as it was basically only us participating, making it a little more challenging wouldn't be a problem - you proved me right.
To add a bit more spice, how about the no. of letters increases by one..........

OK.  Let's increase by one letter for each turn until the mods get us...   :grin,   Here's an easy eight letter word for you, and in the meantime I need to hunt for some extra vowels.
SWINGARM
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Re: Find-A-Town, Make a Word
« Reply #176 on: December 20, 2016, 10:31:23 AM »
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Re: Find-A-Town, Make a Word
« Reply #177 on: December 20, 2016, 07:18:25 PM »
SWINGARM


Seymour


Wildwood


Ida Bay


National Park


Village of Georges Plains


Yikes!  I'm embarrassed, I don't have an "A" town, this may have to do, again......until I can get on the bike.
Anytown


Romsey


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Re: Find-A-Town, Make a Word
« Reply #178 on: December 20, 2016, 07:34:44 PM »
Well done Williamson, but I do have a concern with your Wildcard "A".   Rules state  "A humorous, But CLEAN picture of any Town/Suburb has to be posted"   and while I fail to see the humor, previous adjudication has allowed this pic.  In addition, is "National Park" a town????
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Re: Find-A-Town, Make a Word
« Reply #179 on: December 20, 2016, 08:04:08 PM »
Yeah Williamson- on yer bike and go find a town or suburb starting with N.     :-(((      :grin

"Any Town" is kinda funny since you Photoshopped a sign to get it.

I deduce from all the foregoing it's OK to reuse town signs in further "solutions".  So I should be out there collecting the alphabet with a few common doubled letters.
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Re: Find-A-Town, Make a Word
« Reply #180 on: December 20, 2016, 08:20:48 PM »
Well done Williamson, but I do have a concern with your Wildcard "A".   Rules state  "A humorous, But CLEAN picture of any Town/Suburb has to be posted"   and while I fail to see the humor, previous adjudication has allowed this pic.  In addition, is "National Park" a town????

I suppose "National Park" is a town.  It has a hotel (it's address is 2366 Gordon River Rd, National Park TAS 7140), a caravan park, a few B & B's and houses, on the Gordon River Road about halfway between Westerway and Maydena.  It also has enough development to have a 950m 70km/h speed limit between two "National Park" signs and 100km/h speed limits.

Some of our Taswegian colleagues may be best adjudicating on this matter.

If / when you are next in Tasmania, (IMO) it would be worthwhile travelling through National Park, not to check out the township (although it might be worth a stop), but to ride the Gordon River Road to Strathgordon, and back.  It's gotta be one of the best motorcycle roads in this part of Tassie.
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Re: Find-A-Town, Make a Word
« Reply #181 on: December 20, 2016, 08:32:29 PM »
..... go find a town or suburb starting with N.


Could've used New Gisborne, but I was embarrassed by the poor quality pic.


Must get on the bike, ride it, take the camera, get some more pics and re-stock the library.
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Re: Find-A-Town, Make a Word
« Reply #182 on: December 21, 2016, 08:18:46 AM »
Having done a Google Map search for "National Park, Tasmania" it comes up as a specific location rather than a National Park.   It has a pub, phone box, and the usual "town" signs associated with a change of speed limit at each end of the town, rather than the Brown or Green tourist destination signs, and in the spirit of the game, Williamson has produced the evidence of having been there on the ST.

On that basis, and also on the previous adjudication of his suspect humor and photo-shopped "AnyTown", I'm prepared to accept Williamson's original post for "SWINGARM".  Let the game continue, unless our mods intervene.   :thumbsup
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Re: Find-A-Town, Make a Word
« Reply #183 on: December 21, 2016, 02:03:51 PM »
As Stinky Pete has researched the place "National Park" and found it exists.

The posts Stand,

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Re: Find-A-Town, Make a Word
« Reply #184 on: December 21, 2016, 06:06:01 PM »
As Stinky Pete has researched the place "National Park" and found it exists.....

It's sad to think that "National Park" was even questioned ..... :whistle

.... On with the game,  Next. 

Again, seeing as StinkyPete and I are the only forum members contributing, the next word has nine letters, the word is:

INDICATOR
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Re: Find-A-Town, Make a Word
« Reply #185 on: December 22, 2016, 01:25:28 PM »
OK.   Here we go for Williamson's INDICATOR.

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Re: Find-A-Town, Make a Word
« Reply #186 on: December 22, 2016, 06:26:16 PM »
OK.   Here we go for Williamson's INDICATOR.

Iron Knob (with appropriate graffiti)  :rofl
Nairne
Dampier
Ironbank
Clarendon
Ashbourne
Tintinara
Oodla Wirra
Reynella East

I don't think any adjudication is required Pete, over to you in IMHO.
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Re: Find-A-Town, Make a Word
« Reply #187 on: December 22, 2016, 06:45:38 PM »
Thanks W.   :thumb

My ten letter challenge is CRANKSHAFT, which has only one repeated letter and no Z   :grin

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Re: Find-A-Town, Make a Word
« Reply #188 on: December 22, 2016, 07:08:34 PM »
Nice one Pete ....... perhaps a bit below the belt ..... my Achilles Heal ..... whilst I'm vulnerable without any "A" towns.   I better get out there and build-up my town photo library.
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Re: Find-A-Town, Make a Word
« Reply #189 on: December 22, 2016, 07:31:14 PM »
Sorry, and I had not been monitoring your problem letters, but just wanted a reasonable ten letter word.  I'll leave you with the challenge.
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Re: Find-A-Town, Make a Word
« Reply #190 on: March 06, 2017, 08:18:19 PM »
Cambroon


Romsey


Avenel - north approach


New Gisborne


Kentucky


Shelley


Hill End VIC


Avenel - south approach


Frogmore


Tooborac


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Re: Find-A-Town, Make a Word
« Reply #191 on: March 06, 2017, 10:19:43 PM »
Well played Sir!   :clap     Finding an eleven letter part is now your next challenge.   :fp
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Re: Find-A-Town, Make a Word
« Reply #192 on: March 06, 2017, 10:38:16 PM »
Speedometer
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« Reply #193 on: March 07, 2017, 06:57:36 AM »
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Re: Find-A-Town, Make a Word
« Reply #194 on: March 07, 2017, 07:39:30 AM »
Speed
Peterborough
Eucla
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Onkaparinga
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Echunga
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Re: Find-A-Town, Make a Word
« Reply #195 on: March 07, 2017, 06:20:50 PM »
Speed
Peterborough
Eucla
Eden Hills
Dampier
Onkaparinga
Middleton
Echunga
Tintinara
Euston
Reynella East

 :hatwave :thumbsup    :clap

Over to you Pete (I type with trepidation, or is that precipitation?), I'm not really waiting on 12 letter word.
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Re: Find-A-Town, Make a Word
« Reply #196 on: March 22, 2017, 01:16:18 PM »
See how you go with TURBOCHARGER.    It's bloody hard to find a 12 letter word, but I have seen motorcycles with turbochargers..
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Re: Find-A-Town, Make a Word
« Reply #197 on: March 22, 2017, 03:28:39 PM »
See how you go with TURBOCHARGER.    It's bloody hard to find a 12 letter word, but I have seen motorcycles with turbochargers..

Yikes!  My Achilles Heal is the "A" town.  Not sure if I have another "A", having used Avenel (north and south approaches, and Anytown in a very early post).  I 'spose I better get into to the photobucket and see what dwells in there.

If I don't find anything, it'll be a while until I can get out and about on the ST.  This is because as of 11:00am tomorrow Helen and I board a big silver bird (well an Air New Zealand jet) for eight weeks in CAN and USA.  There'll be pics and plenty from our road trip in a rental Nissan, may be a chance for a few short rides on some loaner ST, maybe ..........

Back to the thread, the big challenge is really finding a 13 letter word to respond with.
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Re: Find-A-Town, Make a Word
« Reply #198 on: March 22, 2017, 04:31:48 PM »
Enjoy your holiday, and perhaps in your absence another well travelled ST owner will respond to the challenge. 
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Re: Find-A-Town, Make a Word
« Reply #199 on: March 22, 2017, 05:17:17 PM »
Enjoy your holiday, and perhaps in your absence another well travelled ST owner will respond to the challenge.

Good idea, but it's been a while since anyone other than us posted pics of towns spelling a motorcycle word.
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