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Dave V

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Re: Name game
« Reply #30 on: December 20, 2012, 12:45:47 PM »
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The Nut Sack - Peanuts, almonds, pecans, and more!
Long Meat Corp.
V. J. J. Clam Co.
A. Blumpkin Pie Factory

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Re: Name game
« Reply #31 on: December 20, 2012, 12:49:12 PM »
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Slow day at work Dr. Dave?  :facepalm:
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Re: Name game
« Reply #32 on: December 20, 2012, 12:50:04 PM »
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Quote from: Skytop 47 on December 20, 2012, 12:45:18 PM
Some kind of bulk food/ feed distributor.


Hmm... Edgar Allan
Potatoes...

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Two scientists create a teleportation ray, and they try it out on a cricket. They put the cricket on one of the two teleportation pads in the room, and they turn the ray on.
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"It works! It works!"

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Re: Name game
« Reply #33 on: December 20, 2012, 12:50:24 PM »
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Quote from: Philip H on December 20, 2012, 12:49:12 PM
Slow day at work Dr. Dave?  :facepalm:

At lunch...  And channeling my inner 13-year-old.
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Re: Name game
« Reply #34 on: December 20, 2012, 02:13:59 PM »
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I travel all over the US and have a photographic file of relatively clueless business names and odd situations I've seen.

I assure you, these are all too real...many are now defunct, perhaps terminally clueless... those are the best ones.

BURNS & BURNS INSURANCE  (our town, here)

FOO KING RESTAURANT (Cooperstown, NY)

BURNT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (near Winchester, VA)

NOT NANS PLANS  (Berlkey Spring, WV)
ENGLISH MUFFIN SEAFOOD RESTAURANT (Berkley Springs, WV)
PMS MOTOR SPEEDWAY (Berkley Springs)  (small letters:  Professional Motor Sports)
HEAVENLY NEWS (Berkley Springs, printed on a 250 lb bomb casing hanging above the door)

CHURCH OF LITTLE HOPE (Little Hope, PA)
BM CAMPGROUND (Pennfield, PA)
GREEN PROSTHETIC (Union City, PA)
CAMP GROSS (Fredonia, NY)

RUSHLESS CARWASH (Titusville, PA)  (sign malfunction, missing the "B" for years)
TERMINAL COLLISION (Jamestown, NY)
JNK SUPPLY (Jamestown, NY)

FUCCI INSURANCE (Erie, PA)
HOPE, AZ  (leaving town:  You are Now Beyond Hope")
RELIABLE WASTE  (Chattanooga, TN)
CHAPUT FUNERAL HOME (Deadwood, SD)  (counts as two)

I've always thought that the partially burned-down hulk of a "Burns & Burns" company would make a great model.
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Re: Name game
« Reply #35 on: December 20, 2012, 02:28:11 PM »
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Quote from: randgust on December 20, 2012, 02:13:59 PM
I've always thought that the partially burned-down hulk of a "Burns & Burns" company would make a great model.

Many years ago, I was walking down Esplanade Avenue in New Orleans when I saw a house that had partially burned down. Next to it was a half-burned trailer that had "Fireball Movers" on the side.

Once I was on a bus just about to enter the French Quarter, looking out the window. I saw the most beat-up, rusted, dented-up pickup I have ever seen. On the door was "Bango Furniture."

I was coming home from a Saints game one Sunday when I saw a one story building with "Otis Elevators" on its sign.


Hmm... what alternate
universe does Kiz live
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Re: Name game
« Reply #36 on: December 20, 2012, 02:38:18 PM »
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Oh, I have it.....

"N&Z SELECTIVE COMPRESSION, INC."

We're done here.  Move on.
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Re: Name game
« Reply #37 on: December 20, 2012, 02:48:31 PM »
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I am not a fan of funny names, but that is just my preference. One thing to consider when naming a structure like this is the ethnicity of an area. For example in Milwaukee, there are were many businesses with Polish and German family names. Next thing to consider is the era and the products that would be manufactured. Finally, look at the structure and the loading facilities. This building is not a foundry, or a steel fabricator, etc..  Not sure if any of this is helpful.

Finally, although you are not asking (but this is The Railwire), I am not a big fan of the water tank on the roof. That is a lot of weight for a building like this, and would require posts extending all the way through the building to the foundation. Maybe put some longer legs on it and put it next to the building?

Best wishes, Dave
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Re: Name game
« Reply #38 on: December 20, 2012, 02:57:12 PM »
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Some people create wonderful business signs even without the creative input of Railwire a$$hats :D



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Re: Name game
« Reply #39 on: December 20, 2012, 03:04:43 PM »
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Fruit Puddine Co., an actual company owned by my great-great grandfather.
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Re: Name game
« Reply #40 on: December 20, 2012, 03:25:35 PM »
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Current established tool & die companies and machine shops in the York PA area (ex Maryland & Pennsylvania) that appear to have been around for a while:

Arete Tool and Die Inc
Central Equipment Company
K S Tooling Inc
Penn Tool Company
Three M Tool & Die Corp
Tooling Dynamics Inc
V R Machine Company Inc
Wolfe Tool & Machine Company
York Tool & Die Inc
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Re: Name game
« Reply #41 on: December 20, 2012, 03:30:45 PM »
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What in the hell is Puddine?
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Re: Name game
« Reply #42 on: December 20, 2012, 03:47:08 PM »
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Re: Name game
« Reply #43 on: December 20, 2012, 03:49:33 PM »
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Instead of punny or cutsey name, how abotu just figuring out what that business does then just naming it after either a family member or one of the layout operators?  Like this:





That way it will look realistic and will make people around you happier.  :)
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Re: Name game
« Reply #44 on: December 20, 2012, 05:01:18 PM »
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