Sunday Drivers question - Page 2

Tom H. · 06-26-2018, 12:56 AM

Oh yeah, I forgot to add this.

If I remember correctly, living in Texas in those days we had the "Blue Laws." This kept most businesses closed on Sundays likely stemming from religious reasons.

So to those concerned, it was probably more difficult to associate shooting up Midville with Sunday if you weren't even supposed to be shopping.

JLV · 02-03-2019, 01:49 AM

There are still jokes made about the Chevy Nova down along the border (I lived in El Paso for many years), but it didn't have a thing to do with any unusual intercourse activities -- basically, in Tex-Mex (which is the variant of Spanish spoken a lot down there) "No va" means "doesn't go." Which, you will admit, is both a funny name for a car, and also kind of bad advertising... ;-)

And it WAS a Chevy -- which at the time, weren't exactly the most reliable cars on the market, though I don't remember the Nova being particularly bad in that regard (unlike the Vega)!

owenmp · 02-03-2019, 11:44 AM

Blue Ghost,

SJ Games recently posted online (I cannot remember where at the moment, possibly Twitter or Kickstarter) the name change from Sunday Drivers to Crash City was a result of a legal situation, likely a case of intellectual property.

ColBosch · 02-03-2019, 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by owenmp

Blue Ghost,

SJ Games recently posted online (I cannot remember where at the moment, possibly Twitter or Kickstarter) the name change from Sunday Drivers to Crash City was a result of a legal situation, likely a case of intellectual property.

Phil mentioned it a couple places, and yeah, it was a trademark thing. I never really bought into the myth that it was angry older types who forced the change. I just can't picture SJ, having just won his legal battles against Metagaming, caving to a bunch of humorless fossils. :D

philreed · 02-03-2019, 01:33 PM

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Originally Posted by ColBosch

Phil mentioned it a couple places, and yeah, it was a trademark thing. I never really bought into the myth that it was angry older types who forced the change. I just can't picture SJ, having just won his legal battles against Metagaming, caving to a bunch of humorless fossils. :D

One of the coolest tools online: USPTO TESS.

Tom H. · 02-03-2019, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by owenmp

Blue Ghost,

SJ Games recently posted online (I cannot remember where at the moment, possibly Twitter or Kickstarter) the name change from Sunday Drivers to Crash City was a result of a legal situation, likely a case of intellectual property.

Oh cool, I got you covered this time.

Post from Phil Reed referencing the name change of Sunday Drivers

When I saw that several days ago, I bookmarked it and immediately thought of this discussion.

owenmp · 02-03-2019, 02:56 PM

Tom H. and philreed,

Thank you for the replies. I have known about the USPTO TESS for several years. I was too lazy to use it to search for Sunday Drivers. :o)

philreed · 02-06-2019, 05:09 AM

Speaking of Midville, today's Pocket Box news:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects.../posts/2408207

Blue Ghost · 02-07-2019, 11:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tom H.

Oh cool, I got you covered this time.

Post from Phil Reed referencing the name change of Sunday Drivers

When I saw that several days ago, I bookmarked it and immediately thought of this discussion.

Very cool. Thank ya kindly.

06-26-2018, 12:56 AM	#1
Tom H. Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Central Texas, north of Austin	Re: Sunday Drivers question Oh yeah, I forgot to add this. If I remember correctly, living in Texas in those days we had the "Blue Laws." This kept most businesses closed on Sundays likely stemming from religious reasons. So to those concerned, it was probably more difficult to associate shooting up Midville with Sunday if you weren't even supposed to be shopping.

02-03-2019, 01:49 AM	#2
JLV Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Arizona	Re: Sunday Drivers question There are still jokes made about the Chevy Nova down along the border (I lived in El Paso for many years), but it didn't have a thing to do with any unusual intercourse activities -- basically, in Tex-Mex (which is the variant of Spanish spoken a lot down there) "No va" means "doesn't go." Which, you will admit, is both a funny name for a car, and also kind of bad advertising... ;-) And it WAS a Chevy -- which at the time, weren't exactly the most reliable cars on the market, though I don't remember the Nova being particularly bad in that regard (unlike the Vega)!

02-03-2019, 11:44 AM	#3
owenmp Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Bellevue, WA, USA	Re: Sunday Drivers question Blue Ghost, SJ Games recently posted online (I cannot remember where at the moment, possibly Twitter or Kickstarter) the name change from Sunday Drivers to Crash City was a result of a legal situation, likely a case of intellectual property. __________________ Michael P. Owen Seattle Washington Autoduel Team https://www.seanet.com/~owenmp/swathome.html Twitter: Car Combat Central https://twitter.com/carcombat

02-03-2019, 02:56 PM	#7
owenmp Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Bellevue, WA, USA	Re: Sunday Drivers question Tom H. and philreed, Thank you for the replies. I have known about the USPTO TESS for several years. I was too lazy to use it to search for Sunday Drivers. :o) __________________ Michael P. Owen Seattle Washington Autoduel Team https://www.seanet.com/~owenmp/swathome.html Twitter: Car Combat Central https://twitter.com/carcombat

02-06-2019, 05:09 AM	#8
philreed I do stuff and things. Join Date: Aug 2004	Re: Sunday Drivers question Speaking of Midville, today's Pocket Box news: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects.../posts/2408207 __________________ Battlegrip.com, my blog about toys.