Aug 2019
10:14am, 7 Aug 2019
15,381 posts
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Angus Clydesdale
Ace! I'd forgotten about the 'smiles better campaign. When was that? mid-80s?
My money's on the Yard of Ale
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Aug 2019
11:47am, 7 Aug 2019
113,774 posts
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GregP
I think Ankh's right. Next month's is nothing to do with me so will probably be an improvement. Not sure how it can not be, tbf.
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Aug 2019
12:28pm, 7 Aug 2019
113,781 posts
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GregP
Pool A closed ===
Miles: The New Miles Davis Quintet, a 1956 album: gross 9, net 3 (Progresses to next round)
Miles & Miles PLC, a boutique law firm dedicated solely to solving immigration problems. : gross 3, net -3 (Eliminated) Miles Field (Oregon), a former professional baseball stadium in Medford, Oregon: gross 3, net -3 (Eliminated) Miles Stadium, a former stadium in Blacksburg, Virginia, on the campus of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University: gross 2, net -4 (Eliminated) Miles River, Maryland: gross 1, net -5 (Eliminated) Miles City, Montana: gross 0, net -6 (Eliminated)
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Aug 2019
12:32pm, 7 Aug 2019
113,783 posts
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GregP
Pool B closed ===
Miles (band), Bangladeshi band: gross 9, net 4 (Progresses to next round)
Miles Community College, Miles City, Montana: gross 2, net -3 (Eliminated) Miles Field (Virginia Tech), a former collegiate sports venue: gross 1, net -4 (Eliminated) Miles City, Florida, an unincorporated community: gross 0, net -5 (Eliminated) Miles, Virginia, an unincorporated community: gross 0, net -5 (Eliminated) Miles Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania: gross 0, net -5 (Eliminated)
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Aug 2019
12:38pm, 7 Aug 2019
113,786 posts
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GregP
Pool C closed ===
Miles, Queensland, Australia, a town: gross 6, net 3 (Progresses to next round) "Miles", a song by Sponge from Rotting PiƱata: gross 4, net 1 (Progresses to next round)
Miles-Platts, a world-leading designer and manufacturer of precision technical mouldings in advanced high performance, flame retardant and glass filled engineering polymers: gross 3, net 0 (Eliminated) Miles 33, a leading supplier of digital publishing solutions for the media industry: gross 1, net -2 (Eliminated) Miles Electric Vehicles, a former manufacturer and distributor of all-electric vehicles based in California; declared bankruptcy in 2013: gross 1, net -2 (Eliminated) Miles Laboratories, an American pharmaceutical company: gross 0, net -3 (Eliminated)
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Aug 2019
12:39pm, 7 Aug 2019
113,787 posts
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GregP
Disappointed that Miles-Platts, a world-leading designer and manufacturer of precision technical mouldings in advanced high performance, flame retardant and glass filled engineering polymers didn't scrape through.
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Aug 2019
12:43pm, 7 Aug 2019
113,788 posts
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GregP
Pool D closed ===
Miles Aircraft Ltd, a UK manufacturer of light and military aircraft: gross 11, net 9 (Progresses to next round) Miles! Miles! Miles!, a 1993 album by Miles Davis released exclusively in Japan: gross 6, net 4 (Progresses to next round)
Miles, Iowa, a city: gross 2, net 0 (Eliminated) Miles College, Fairfield, Alabama, an historically black college founded in 1898: gross 1, net -1 (Eliminated) Fort Miles, a former American military installation on Cape Henlopen near Lewes, Delaware: gross 1, net -1 (Eliminated) "Miles", a song by American singer Christina Perri from her 2011 debut album lovestrong.: gross 1, net -1 (Eliminated)
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Aug 2019
12:45pm, 7 Aug 2019
113,789 posts
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GregP
Pool E closed ===
Miles baronets, a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom: gross 0, net -23 (Eliminated) Miles Lake (Alaska): gross 2, net -21 (Eliminated) Miles Lake a.k.a. Miles Pond, Barnstable County, Massachusetts: gross 2, net -21 (Eliminated) Sam Miles Lake, Wilkinson County, Mississippi: gross 0, net -23 (Eliminated) Miles Lake a.k.a. Lower Stillwater Lake, Flathead County, Montana: gross 0, net -23 (Eliminated) Miles Lake, Garden County, Nebraska: gross 1, net -22 (Eliminated)
Yard glass, an extremely long beer glass progresses under Rule 5.
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Aug 2019
12:48pm, 7 Aug 2019
43,977 posts
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GlennR
Exciting stuff.
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Aug 2019
12:48pm, 7 Aug 2019
113,790 posts
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GregP
Pool F closed ===
Miles Glacier, Alaska: gross 13, net 9 (Progresses to next round)
Miles, West Virginia, an unincorporated community: gross 0, net -4 (Eliminated) Miles Mausoleum, two mausoleums in the US: gross 0, net -4 (Eliminated) Miles, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community: gross 1, net -3 (Eliminated) Miles (mascot), the official mascot of the Denver Broncos NFL football: gross 3, net -1 (Eliminated) Miles Scientific, manufacturers of high quality chromatography products since 1961: gross 4, net 0 (Eliminated)
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