As the post title says, we've moved! (Well, in fact we're still in the process
of moving...). We've relocated GZG from our previous
industrial unit to a newly-fitted workshop much closer to home, which
has greatly reduced my long drive to work each day and will give me more time
to cast and pack orders. The move of the actual business has happened over the
last two weeks (that's why we were closed altogether the week before last, to
allow us to move all the machinery and other big stuff), and all the important
bits are now fully up and running again, but there is still a HUGE amount of
clearing out to do in the old unit before we finally hand the keys
over - which is taking up time we would normally be using for casting
and processing orders.
What this means in the short term is that there may inevitably be some delays
in dispatching orders, as we are quite low on stocks of certain items and have
to do a lot of frantic casting to bring the levels back up to normal following
all the upheaval. If your order contains items we are currently out of, it may
be a few days before we can get round to casting the necessary items to
complete it, and any order that includes things that we normally only cast to
order anyway (such as the "old" style starships) could take even longer.
Please rest assured we are doing everything as fast as we can, and will not
keep you waiting any longer than is absolutely necessary, but please allow us
a few extra days at the moment compared with our
usual lightning-fast turnround time. Hopefully within a few weeks all
will be sorted out and back to normal, then we can start working on new
releases again and begin preparations for the Autumn shows!
There will of course be new contact details (a new PO Box address and a new
phone number) which we will publish shortly, but for the moment the old
address and phone number are still valid and post and messages will still get
to us. Please feel free to email me if you have any queries or questions, and
I'll get back to you as soon as I can.
Thanks for reading!
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move. Did you find my missing order that I haven't placed
yet? :-D
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> On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 4:44 PM, Ground Zero Games <jon@gzg.com> wrote:
> As the post title says, we've moved! (Well, in fact we're still in the
> On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 10:08:50AM -0400, Indy wrote:
He's not allowed to _tell_ you how he ships orders so quickly!
Information leakage can lead to prompt causality excursions.
R
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Don't envy you that task Jon, I've see the old workshop. I'd have spent a week
just wondering where to start!
Germy
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> On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 12:15, Ground Zero Games <jon@gzg.com> wrote:
> Don't envy you that task Jon, I've see the old workshop. I'd have
Interesting point, there...
Jon, did you take before and after piccies?
Doug
PS As long as I'm using Brit versions of the mother tongue, can someone
tell me what 'gingers' are, in referring to a TV-based game source page.
In context, it might be what we in the US refer to as 'spoilers', but every
thing I'm Googling is down right nasty.
Germy wrote on 06/15/2010 09:18:41 AM:
> From: "germ@germy.co.uk" <germ@germy.co.uk>
> On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 10:32:06AM -0500, Doug Evans wrote:
> PS As long as I'm using Brit versions of the mother tongue, can someone
Doesn't sound like standard terminology to me. You can "ginger someone
up", i.e. cause him to be a bit more active/energetic, but...
> PS As long as I'm using Brit versions of the mother tongue, can
> From my understanding
Gingers = red-heads
Chip
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On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 11:32 AM, Doug Evans <devans@nebraska.edu> wrote:
> Interesting point, there...
> Don't envy you that task Jon, I've see the old workshop. I'd have
Oh, I did! Then the next couple of weeks thinking "why the hell am I doing
this...?" But, it's all coming together and it will make things SO much easier
in the long run.
What I have found during the move is HUGE amounts of old gaming
stuff, figures etc (mostly personal collection, not GZG-related) that
I'd almost forgotten about, so expect some interesting items going up
for sale at some point, here and/or on TMP's marketplace! ;-)
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2010 at 10:39 AM, Chip Dunning <chip.dunning@gmail.com>wrote:
> Gingers = red-heads
This terminology is common enough in North America that *South Park* uses it
all the time...
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I wouldn't say it's common in North America. Nobody ever uses it in regular
conversation in my part of the country. North America is a big place and you
will find a lot of words used in areas that are not elsewhere. Go down south
and ask for a Coke and they will ask you what
kind you want and not just diet - 7-Up, Dr Pepper, Mountain Dew, etc.
Not even the sub sandwich is called the same thing across the states.
-Eli
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> Interesting point, there...
'Fraid not, Doug, was a bit too busy to think of it! :-/
Might get round to a couple of shots of the new workshop once it's
tidied up a bit..... ;-)
> Doug
No idea - only ever heard it used as a mildly derogatory term for
redheaded people (or a distinctly appreciative term in the case of Karen
Gillan.... <GRIN>). Of course, if it's the Doctor Who game you're talking
about, that may be EXACTLY what they mean......
Jon (GZG)
> Germy wrote on 06/15/2010 09:18:41 AM:
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> 2010 at 11:22 AM, <emu2020@comcast.net> wrote:
> I wouldn't say it's common in North America.
It's common *enough* that South Park didn't feel the need to explain. I
don't hear it in common parlance, though. :-)
> Go down south and ask for a Coke and they will ask you what kind you
This just barely touches that iceberg. I have raging "discussions" about this
with my 11 year old stepson. He rolls his eyes and argues vehemently
over the pronunciation of the word "puma" (is it "P-YOO-ma" or is it
"POO-ma"?).
Heck, I didn't even know it was okay to spell "pyjamas" in the U.S. with an
"a" instead of a "y"!
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I never knew there was a spelling with a "y" for pajamas. My family and I like
to play with the inconsistencies of English and apply the correct native
linguistic pronunciation on words that have been anglicized. Like
llama, armadillo, and tortilla. "arm-a-dee-o" or "ya-ma" for example :)
-Eli
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http://mail.csua.berkeley.edu:8080/mailman/listinfo/gzg-lOn Tue, Jun 15,
2010 at 1:07 PM, Allan Goodall <agoodall@hyperbear.com>wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 11:22 AM, <emu2020@comcast.net> wrote:
I
> don't hear it in common parlance, though. :-)
I don't know where it's common. I've not heard it 'round these here parts,
or any of the parts I've been hanging out in. :-)
Maybe SP didn't feel the need to explain because they didn't *want* to explain
it? Maybe it's common where they are, but not elsewhere, and thus this would
be their way of manipulating the language by introducing new terms and phrases
that aren't in use elsewhere? Or maybe it's a target audience thing? All I
know is that like Eli, I've not heard the term before.
> Go down south and ask for a Coke and they will ask you what kind you
about
> this with my 11 year old stepson. He rolls his eyes and argues
with an
> "a" instead of a "y"!
I've seen the "pyjamas" spelling before but not offen. Prolly it be more
common down 'round y'all than up heah or over yonder.
Mk
And in Nebraska, we often refer to drinking 'pop', whereas other parts of the
US complain 'that's what I call my dad!' I could reply, 'and soda is what I
put on the lawn to reduce acidity'. So, I mostly say 'soda pop'.
;->
=
I refuse to say soft drink; you can't if you remember the 6 1/2 oz
cokes...
Really, we must stop; on this way lies madness. Zoe will pop up with the story
about asking, in a meeting, for an eraser.
Allen? It's pronounced 'mountain lion'.
The_Beast
> On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 01:53:21PM -0500, Doug Evans wrote:
;->
Oh, it gets better than that!
http://www.popvssoda.com/countystats/total-county.html
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> 2010 at 2:53 PM, Doug Evans <devans@nebraska.edu> wrote:
> And in Nebraska, we often refer to drinking 'pop', whereas other parts
...you mean you put your dad on the lawn for acidity reduction?!? Dammmmn,
y'all be hard core out dere!
> I refuse to say soft drink; you can't if you remember the 6 1/2 oz
Madness wool happen when the sheep are brought baaa-k in.
Mk
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> 2010 at 12:51 PM, Indy <indy.kochte@gmail.com> wrote:
> I've seen the "pyjamas" spelling before but not offen. Prolly it be
Down here, in the South, it's "pajamas". It was the subject of much heated
debate between Logan and me.
But growing up -- born in Scotland, my parents are Scottish -- it was
always
"pyjamas". In fact, my dad would jokingly call them "PIE-jams".
> From what I've found online, "pyjamas" is the British spelling. What's
According to Wikipedia, "pajamas" is common in the U.S. and Canada. I have
Canadian spelling turned on in Firefox, and it's flagging "pajamas" as the
atrocity that it is. (*chuckle and duck*). How do the other Canadians spell
it? I don't think I was ever asked in school, or if I did I didn't get it
wrong.
I asked an indian friend of mine and he confirms that the original
pronounciation in India was "pyjamas".
However here in the south, at least in Atlanta, when you ask for a Coke you
get a Coke. If you ask for a Pepsi, you get shot. Or, if you're lucky, a weird
look and a Coke. Dr.Pepper made it down here, but only recently; his less
educated counterpart Mr.Pibb reigned instead.
Rob
On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 3:39 PM, Allan Goodall <agoodall@hyperbear.com> wrote:
> Down here, in the South, it's "pajamas". It was the subject of much
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I find it neat that there are so many ways within a single nation to name the
same thing.
Did she ask for a "rubber?"
> Roger B-W wrote:
> >PS As long as I'm using Brit versions of the mother tongue, can
...but that *is* downright nasty, considering what you do to him to
make him more active/energetic X-(
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2010 at 2:49 PM, Robert Mayberry <robert.mayberry@gmail.com>wrote:
> However here in the south, at least in Atlanta, when you ask for a
Pepsi (which, for the record, I detest, at least in it's Diet form) is also
southern. The birth place of Pepsi is New Bern, North Carolina. I was there in
2006 installing a system for a client just north of there. It was almost
impossible to find Coke in a restaurant outside of fast food places.
By contrast, though Coke was born in Atlanta, it was first bottled in
Vicksburg, MS. The bottler -- and the first person to heavily advertise
the
product -- was Joseph A. Biedenharn, who moved from Vicksburg to Monroe,
Louisiana (where I work).
That's why when you're in the Deep South (Louisiana to Georgia) you *will*hear
this exchange without anyone in the conversation sounding the least bit
confused:
"Do you want a coke?" "Sure! I'll have a Dr.Pepper."