#and atleast one canadian

[cheeseknives]

Yes....

...why are you looking at me like that though...

[thorougly-melted-brains]

Ghost speaks pretty good spanish, or, atleast understands it well enough. He speaks better french, learned it in highschool, kept up where he could since.

Problem is, it’s like his voice hasn’t aged in the slightest since then when he speaks french. There’s the hardwired gravel, sure, but with none of the grit of his accent or his mannerisms. It’s like a whole different person talking.

It creeps the shit out of Soap the first few times he hears it. He waits for Ghost to flip up his mask just to make sure it really is him talking. Every time Soap hears him in the other room he has to tamp down the sense it’s someone else.

Ghost loves to tease, as much as he loves to deny it, so he keeps it up. Usually when getting back into the swing of it his normal cadence would filter back in, but he intentionally keeps it out.

He does more than that, even. Practices on his own, digging out old novels to read aloud. He even makes chitchat with some canadian soldiers (though both of them have trouble parsing the other’s accent).

The last one makes Soap twitch, and not just because of the language issue. English or no he can still catch the responding grin in Ghost’s voice.

[commodorez]

Do you have a favourite rotary telephone?

Excellent question!

Yes, I have a favorite:

The Northern Electric Pyramid phone from about 1935. I had this on my desk at my old job, tied into the telephone system. Its distinctive ring made it really easy to discern if I was the one being called instead of my coworkers. The chrome dial and the area code indicate that this unit came from Canada.

Coming in second place is my Northern Telecom 500-style set with official Commodore branding -- also from Canada. These were sold with VICMODEMs in a special bundle exclusively in the Canadian market. The VICMODEM requires that you detach the cord from the handset, plug it directly into the modem, then dial for the computer.

Problem is that you can't do that here, because the handset cord is permanently attached! Solution? The little white adapter box called the VIC 1605. Very hard to find, but I found one.

Coming in third place would be the Contempra from Northern Electric/Telecom from 1967 (why do these keep being Canadian?). Beautiful colors, angles. Great phone, but sadly I don't have one. Atleast not one like this... NT made these into lineman's test sets (commonly called butt sets because they hang on a lineman's belt by their butt/you use them to butt-in to a call when testing things).

I bought one and turned it into the NT2017 Rotary Cellphone, a real working 2G cellular telephone. It's got an Adafruit Fona board inside with an Atmel 32U4 microcontroller, a little screen, and zero ability to send/receive text messages. It didn't work very well, but it was really fun to build and use before it broke. Construction was very fragile, and my code running it was hot garbage. Since the discontinuation of 2G cell service, it's just decorative at this point.

The last one of my favorites is one I certainly don't have: a late 19th century Skeleton Telephone from Ericsson. Technically not a rotary phone, but it does have a crank that you rotate!

These are expensive, really hard to find, and obviously rather difficult to use without having an operator to ring up when you turn the crank. However, they are stunningly beautiful, and all of the functionality is on display arranged in such a way to accentuate the elegance of its industrial design.

How about you? Do you have a favorite rotary phone?

[kwaziicatsposts]

First legitimate contribution to anything :D

OCTONAUTS HEADCANNONS!!!!

captain barnacles: claustrophobic and scared of heights due to falling into a crevis in his childhood, only really has his sister and mentor natquit (can't spell his name) as a sort of family outside of the octonauts, second oldest at around 35 (lost track abit), very protective of his crew and won't hesitate bit-h

Kwazii: fueled by anxiety and energy drinks, lil silly guy but honestly will panic if someone gets hurt, doesn't sleep enough and stress cleans everything despite having a messy room, plays harmless pranks on the others (minus barnacles), has known shellington since college, he's from North East England but his accent is a combo of geordie, cockney and pirate aspects.

Peso: is this close to just slapping the next person to get injured, will eventually force everyone to get therapy one way or another, close with dashi and kwazii because dashi is the most careful and kwazii always ends up in the med bay, somehow not the youngest at around 28, will stab you if you hurt his family.

Tweak: she and her dad would go camping in the Australian outback and she has befriended several cassowarys and emus despite the danger, will smite shellington for breaking the gups, ended up giving them AI to make them help their drivers in emergency, it worked but now the gups are alive, never interview her she will roast all whom she hates

Dashi: least chaotic, wants to love everyone and be the therapist, has a portfolio of everyone doing stupid things and uses it to cheer herself up, has a YT channel and a Twitch channel which she does live streams on, coincidentally her YT and Twitch streams end up being on the news whenever something goes wrong on the octopod, yes everyone knows this don't worry

Shellington: originally from Scotland bit moved to Sunderland/Newcastle at age 14, knows kwazii from 6th form/college since they took the same stuff, watches casual geographic to gain random animal facts, if the air is tense he WILL crack a "ducks have a spiral pènis" just to de-tense the air, that or he just rants about the most random sh-t.

(Not doing inkling sorry ;-;)

Added stuff!!!

Barnacles is Russian, specifically siberian, Kwazii is from Sunderland making his a makam, shelly (shellington) is Scottish, dashi is Canadian-american mix and from detroit, tweak is Australian, Peso is chillean (can't spell, he's from chile) or atleast from the Chilean part of the antarctic.

Barnacles is 35 ish, kwazii is around 25, shelly is 26, Peso is 28 ish, tweak is 30 and dashi is 27 ish.

Kwazii has ADHD and autism, shelly just autism, tweak ADHD and possible autism, dashi has non miraculously, barnacles has undiagnosed possible autism and peso might have both autism and ADHD or just autism he can't tell anymore.

All have phobias of something but that's a different post. Hope you enjoyed, sorry its so long and yes I gave up half way through ;-;

[evilassistantbutnotmean]

@sagehyperfixates @boredgoon @vaporeon2010317 @cats-and-confusion @asrielmerrymoon @sirlordevil @the-belle-sisters (idk who runs their blog-)

(Ooc) I have an announcement…

I MADE ANOTHER MINECRAFT BUILD!!!

This one is for Misras therapist, The Botanist! (Who will soon get a design but for now their an unidentified Eldridge non-humanoid being)

The outside wall! It’s a wall that was built up around an abandoned building that was used for.. certain illegal activities, which was since bought by the Botanist and later turned into its HQ

the hallway! After you pass through a fake wall behind the twisted roses, you’ll end up in this cramped hallway! (Note that it’s tall anough for 3-block tall entities)

The main office! Here is where most people make their appointments and set up one-on-ones with The Botanist, all who do sign wavers that magically bind them to never speak about what The Botanist looks like, the stairwell and door will not appear if not signed with full agreement

The main room! Here is where all one-on-one sessions happen, The Botanist prefers payment in interesting plants and fungi that are fit for propagation and studying, this is how it got the moon flower, twisted roses, and broken lavender outside the wall near the entrance :]

And that’s it! Here under the cut is some info on The Botanist as a character

The Botanist does not have a name and simply goes by either “Botanist” or “Doctor”

It uses it/its pronouns and has no biological or mental gender, and sees itself as an object that others can study if it so wishes.

The Botanist has Scopophobia, which is the fear of showing one’s face, so it wears a long cloak to hide its appearance in large crowds, loosing the cloaks after a patient signed the magic waver to never even hint at what it’s face looks like under the cloak in any way, shape or form.

The Botanist developed Scopophobia at a young age (30,000 years ago) when humans treated its kind as monsters shunning and burning its special until so few remain that only the Botanist knows where it’s last remaining beings reside, having no interest in hunting the last ones down.

The Botanist became a therapist to help those who were raised to be monsters or Belice that they’re monsters, to help those who were in the same spot it’s younger self was in.

The Botanist is highly secretive but adores children and making friends, having a secret circle of friends who it trusts enough to regularly show its face.

The Botanist highly values reusing items and places and as it doesn’t need to eat, it uses its spare time to disguise itself and help clean up the city

The Botanist befriended Alex from frequent one-on-ones and while Alex no longer needs frequent sessions, the two easily find time to hang out in between Sessions

The Botanist uses the same rules as (whatever school system Tumblrtown uses, which I assume is the US one) the public school system, working in the afternoon when most people are out of class, taking 2 week breaks every 5 weeks, and taking 2 season long breaks, one for summer and one for winter, in which The a botanist can decide if it’s open for sessions.

The Botanist as previously stated doesn’t eat or drink, but can do and enjoy doing both, it describes its experience as “always full and satisfied, atleast by what Alex describes “Hunger” and “Being full” as” but it does substitute these non-needed meals by loosing the cloak and sitting in its hidden garden (which not even Alex is allowed in) where it photosynthesizes

The Botanist always sounds like it’s whispering, with a kind, gentle, and warm tone, and a Canadian accent

[unwanted-monstrosity]

Im going to cry

Im guaranteed cause i lost my 50/50 on furina's banner (the one where i got dehya yes) so i've been saving my guarantee cause i heard that kazuha was getting a rerun AND heizou was there too, i want to get all the anemo characters so im like- its okay if I don't get kazuha, atleast i'll get heizou, or vise versa.

I didn't get him.

And neither did Heizou.

So im pretty pissed at that cause i pulled a bunch of times and didn't even get either of them???

Anyway, i saved up my guarantee again because apparently cloud retainer was going to be playable, so i was just pulling at her banner. Then i saw chiori, and shit damn i want her so i saved up my guarantee again. Then i fricking saw on YouTube that kazuha was getting another rerun.

I swear i want to strangle that guy, im still pretty pissed about last time and he's gonna waltzed in after i decided that i badly want chiori??? But i need kazuha cause he's a good support (and i badly need crowd control cause I don't have venti or sucrose) so im begrudgingly skipping chiori for canadian-yakult themed aether.

THEN ARLECCHINO IS FUCKING PLAYABLE???

I FRICKING WANT HER 😭

I am debating whether i skip him for arlecchino or not 😭

[socks-wizard-money-gang]

https://youtu.be/rv45_VRtKAs

i may be too sleep deprived and this is probably not funny (or atleast not funny to anyone who's located outside of canada. i cant actually remember if you're one of the Canadian mutuals im definitely in need of sleep

I got like half of it and I think that might have to do with the fact that im french

[ashersbraincell]

Incase you ever want to go down a trip down THAT memory lane, here is a comprehensive list of all the minecraft songs(parodies and originals) I listened to as a kid, to atleast help you get started on finding your own, or even just to remind you of any you might’ve forgotten:

In Love with a Villager(PapaFearRaiser)

Banned(BIGCRAZYHUSAMHD)

Gold Digger(PICKAXE TRACKS)

Mine song(Nano)

Destroy You(Phantaboulous)

Supernatural Mobs(TheAtlanticCraft)

Don’t Mine at Night(Bepop Vox)

Minecraft Hunger Games Song(Bajan Canadian)

Like an Enderman(ThnxCya)

Wrecking Mob(CavemanFilms)

Mine it Out(AdamzoneTopMarks)

Evil Mobs(Ryguyrocky)

One More Fright(AdamzoneTopMarks)

Make a Cake(Jolly ol Brits play Minecraft)

I’ll make some cake(ItsallMinecraft)

MINECRAFT CREEPER RAP(Dan bull, Element animation)

We’re Miners and we know it(Danny Matias | MC finest)

Never say goodbye(ThnxCya)

Very Crazy Griefer(Mineworks)

The Squid(Infinityze)

Redstone Records:

TAKE ME DOWN

MONSTER CREW

GOLD

NETHER REACHES

DIAMOND SWORD

EMERALDS

MINES BELOW

NEVER STOP FARMING

CRAFTED

SHUT UP AND MINE WITH ME

RAIDERS

HEROBRINE’S LIFE

12 NIGHTS OF SURVIVAL

HYPIXEL MINIGAMES

CREEPER

LOVING REDSTONE

Mc Jams:

Castle raid series

Psycho Girl Series

Psycho girl’s little sister series

Diamond King

Hacker

Nemesis(several parts)

Little Square Face Series

Little Piggy

Diamond Sword

Hey CaptainSparklez

I’ll be there

Captain Sparklez:

Revenge

Fallen Kingdom

Take back the night

TNT

Minecraft Style

AntVenom:

Level Up

Starless Night

Through the Night

[lcndonboysstuff]

I also haven't watched a TV show in ages too tbh. Atleast like from start to finish. Same with books. I tend to have fixations and over the last year and half or so, my mind has been mostly on all of this. I have been trying to find a new thing to fixate on so I can actually focus on a fun thing, but I haven't been feeling about tv shows in a while. I actually have been into astrology lately (hence why I started that convo the other day) and I have been getting back to rewatch some old soap operas I know I already love. That has been fun actually. I live in Portugal and we are big on soap operas or telenovelas as we call it. I wish there was a way to share that with subtitles for y'all.

Still, here are some TV shows I watched like a big while ago and I liked. Others are some of my old comfort shows. I usually am into drama, thriller, crime shows. I also like to be a shipper so I do love a romance too (even though the couples I like all get screwed up somehow). I try to not stick with just the stuff I know I like and try something different every once in a while (same with books but yeah). I also like to watch anime sometimes. Anime is like my happy place. I only watch the romance and good vibe ones.

Charmed (this is the original version by the way, not the reboot. one of my ultimate comfort shows. Some of you probably will know this one, since it's very popular. But long story short, it has 3 sisters who find out they are witches. There's a lot of magic ofc, there's a lot of family union and bonding moments, there's a lot of good romance, there's a lot of funny moments. It's just a feel good show to me)

Instant star (other old but gold. Not sure if this one is very known, because it's canadian. Ok so for those who like series that have a music storyline this is it. Like the whole show is so well developed. It's basically the story of this 16 year old who wins a talent contest and the prize is to record a CD and the show is her whole journey inside the music industry. It goes from her having 16 to 19 years. It depicts the ugly sides of fame and the industry and how is definately not easy to reach success. The songs on the show are all originals written by the lead actress specifically to fit the storyline. But the show also puts a lot of emphasis on her as a person. One thing I will say is, there's a relationship with a problematic age gap here. I know to some people that can be an immediate discard, but don't just rule out. I'm someone who really gets uncomfortable with age gaps as far as up to 5 years. Here, it's higher then that. Yet I still shipped them because it has to do with the way the story is built. Looking back I can admit they were kind of toxic at times but that wasn't due to the age, but ✨ trauma ✨ Also the show treats the age gap like a real issue, it's not swept under the rug. It's a constant talk. And the couple doesn't really get together like that, that's why you end up rooting for them (when they aren't being toxic that is). It's a very slow burn and yes they do pine for each other but that doesn't stop any of them from being with other people and actually fall in love with other people. I think the first ep does give the impression that the fact she immediately crushes on him is going to lead to something right away but it's not. Anyway...ahahaha)

I already wrote a huge ask so I'm going to do a second one with more shows on it

i’ve actually managed to read a few books this year, which i’m proud of cuz i don’t read much anymore.

i think one telenovela that i’ve watched a few years ago, “La Patrona” very entertaining.

my sister has actually watched charmed and recommend it to me a few times!

i’ve never heard of the second one but i’ll add it to my list, i’m looking for a long series to watch throughout the summer. i watched greys anatomy through the last winter break, i stopped at season 11 but it was very enjoyable. those first 8 seasons are class

[embarressment-erradicated]

in 1920, febuaruy 18th, the great mollases flood killed twenty people, atleast. but what many do know not is that along with flooding every part of the small city that is matchachewsints, it also cost the brewery 20 cents (11 10 01 10 MILION DABloons in yesteryears mons) causing the bankrupture of the entiry USDA ACHOHOL PRODUCEION (en espanole este es salsa verde de mario brothers and plumbin's their game Found the secret warp zone while working on the drain Lend the princess a hand in the mushroom land. Join the action with the plumbers, you'll be hooked on the brothers! Nooooooooow, evil Koopa and his Troopas are up to misbehavin' They kidnapped the princess; Mushroom Land needs savin' Abusin' and confusin', everybody discovers They can't help but be hooked on the brothers! Unh!)

toto sentacne bylo přeloženo do češtiny, takže to vypadá, že vlastně aspoň trochu umím česky, omlouvám se… the resulting horrors of economic downturn meant that sadly, the usa couldn't help in the war against whales, and as such japan was oversunken, leainding to the great whale treatis of 1914. this in turn lead to the downfail of zi xung ping, causing the END OF COMMUNIST RUSSIA, mach to every1'ons degression. sadly, the prohibition was insteaded in 2028 to provnetnt something like the great ohio mascarra of the 1800's from hapening again, where 5000 warm blooded, living breathing, and not reanimated CANADIANS were forever sealed inside mountain yellowrock. the moloses from the great monty hall esteemed flyers club flood would seap into the ground water, poisoning millions, and melting the flesh of off their backs, but not the faces for THOSE WERE KISSED BY GOD OF HEER AND FUNGAR, SO THEY COULD LIVE DEPSIT THE GREATER MOLLOSSOEOSOEOSOEOSOEOEOI CDSCVIB VDLOOD OF 181818181818181818183746.

the en suing cranial carnage caused by the event, would sadly forever sacre canada and the bahamas. and while everyone effected by the mako positioning was shot dead on sight while trying to file taxes, TAXES WHERE I'M GOIN G TO KIL KILL KILLL THE INTERDIMENSIONAL REVENUE SERVICES, it's rumored that everyone on the world has been exposed to malosin, after the EUA dropped a nucleous bomb onto the prowld city of masachachehtings, ohio. which lead to everyone having back pain unlike in the good old days of SIXTEEN FORTY SVENEN, WHERE YOU WOULD SAIL ON THE HIGH SEAS TRYING TO MAKE A LIVING, KNOWING THAT IF YOU WERE TO FIAL, DEATH WOULD COME FOR YOU, AMD YOUR CREWS.

and that kids, is my toby "radiation" fox, is not allowed to leave the glorious glorous USA USA USA USA #1 #1 HI SAY, USA USA USA, LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[solardick]

Theres snow outside! What?! No way?!

Yes way.

Uh, not the best. Starts good with fear. But overall message works. It moves on to Dax

And the news about ukraine and the pope. Mr. francis. Asking ukraine, to put up a white flag. At roughly the same time my preliminary attention began focusing on Russia. Ukraine themselves said “no.” No peace talks with russia. While asking every other nation they can to aid them. It seems on surface level. That they are unwilling to sacrifice what little land they have already lost.

This all seems very familiar to the last few years. Save knowing it started long before the war. It serves as a supportive influence of the fortification of the will.

Thinknim dying. Lung hurts. Still. Its been months. Sorry i didn’t listen god but they wouldnt leave me alone always sabotaging me. Im not going theought hat treatment. For a slim chance at survival. Why? Ehats tje point of oiving ajyway. Ti be fucked with some more? Except for that weeks vacation time i took. My lung didn’t feel a thing. Until i went back to work. I gotta quit. Go back to being jobless again. Whochbis syicide anyway. I miss women. The only guidance ove wver got was from you. People suck. No one has ever told me anything upfront. 40 years of nothing. And the very few times they have. It’s been indirecr as of speaking of another person. I hate been alive.

Make ne guess at these stupid cards when there’s already a complete set out there. Holding the answer being language. And too bar the Devs of tblr are lgtbqueer mental disorder enthuthiasts. Ruinign abgreat platform.

Tv commercials are judge beauty, played by judge judy. Justice. Wc donalds. Get it? The wheel and the moon. The horrible tarot version of bs and death and then it goes to a cancer charity. Hahahah. Oh god. Blow up the world pls. Pardon me while i get assinated. Slow and painfully by my own government.

And i was having the first dream in… i cant remember when. I was living with my only x. And one day. She was gone and while i was in my appartment. I found she “moved” in. As she had put her stuff in my place. But, it was out of a horror flick. And i had a spychotic break from reality because of all the unexpected foreign horror crap. Like a dolls head as a ceiling light. That was talking to me. And furniture out of place. Hard to describe. But then she comes back. And theres still this distance. And i told her what haopened. She didnt really care. So i startted brushed my own cheek with my thumb. An dit felt really good cause she wouldn’t comfort me. And i felt at peace for a minute and then my alarm goes off and i wake.

And then i receive a message from tmblr. It was another lgtbfuck solidarity message. Ugh. While my lung hurts. And having proctisis like symptoms. Only severe on the weekends. Apparently. Except the lung. Only at work. So. Da fuck. Still being raped. Nearly 40 straight years. So when my lung isnt hurting i have a constant desire to take a shit. To the point its almost painful. While the news about the war is full of bs. Russia saying we cant rule out world war. If foreign bodies cant mind their own bussiness by helping ukraine. And allied forces saying we cant rule out sending troops to help ukraine. I hate life. Whole ukraine says. We aint listening to the pope. We ain’t having peace talks with russia. While a large oercentage of americans, canadians specificaaly. With the whole gay movement is agaisnt the church. Because they are the source of all wars. And they fondle little boys and dont supprt people sucking each other off for satisfaction of desires. No shit.

But now im working with a moroccan. Who practice yabadon or whatever. Where they practice resistance agaisnt bodily desires by starving themselves periodically through out the year. This kid knows atleast three languages.and so optimistic. So thats an upside i guess. Doesnt help mych if im already dying. And get bombarded with this other bs. Consistently. At every step and turn of my life. But ehy they decide to move to the americas when they arew the anti-thesis to all their beleifs. Starves yourselves what?! Fuck their dumb. Why do they do that to themselves. Man, every fucken american says the same exact thing about them. Go suck yourswlf offf eoth. Banana flavours condoms. And your extra large mc donalds servings. But atleast i have something positive to absorb to counter the consistioning of free peace and butt love and succubing to desires over the rational. Unlike what is olagues this fucken country. I camt believe they have the wntire land brainwashed into believing this shit is true. So while he’s doing that. Im going to fallow suit. Absorb his motovation. And quit smoking. Not starve myself. Because. That would be senseless and none required at this point in time. Though they arent as productive as the americans are. Because they are starving themselves. But its all in good conscience. Something. That isnt very well supporting here. And we’ll see if my ling problem goes away. And if it doesnt. It does t really matter. I’ll die. Not going through that without any love. Suicide it is. Ive been beaten enough by my own family and the last several years of this fake reality and this community of assholes.

Wow, that was much. Im afraid to read it.

Anyway. I think i need to go to the hospital. My lung is fucked. Theres something wrong with it. Its dying. Im so stupid. Its unbelievable. Can’t help it. I have a death wish. And now i think. That maybe…. Maybe my life instinct reaction. Whatever. Comes in. At the end. When its too late.

Life accomplishments….. i invented a couple tarot cards. Not much to look back on. Tried my best to avoid it all. But people wouldn’t let me. What it is, is a question to ask. The existential question of life. Knowing i was murdered. Slowly. But its ok. Cause theres is no point whne one looks back to the beginning. Not one point. Nothing good. I never stood a chance. From the get go. There’s no longevity that isnt negative. The positives are fleeting. They killed me. My family and then all them else. Needed some peace. Never got it. Hit after hit. Year after year.

[duveraimmigration]

Which Express Entry is Best for You?

Canadian Experience Class

The CEC was launched by IRCC in 2008 to encourage temporary foreign workers and international students to remain in Canada as permanent residents.

Requirements:

One year doing skilled, professional, or technical work in Canada within the last three years;

A score of 7 or higher on the Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) for jobs that fall under TEER 0 or 1 job category, or CLB 5 for TEER 2 or 3 job category;

Gained work experience by working in Canada while under temporary resident status with authorization to work;

Canadian educational credential (certificate, diploma, or degree) or foreign credential and an Educational Credential Assessment (ECA) report;

A plan to live and work outside of Quebec

The Federal Skilled Worker Program

The FSWP is designed for foreign skilled workers who have foreign work experience.

Requirements:

One year of continuous full time or equivalent paid work experience in the past 10 years in a skilled occupation under the National Occupational Classification (NOC) TEER categories 0, 1, 2 or 3;

Language ability that is equivalent to Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) 7 in English or French;

Canadian educational credential (certificate, diploma, or degree) or foreign credential and an Educational Credential Assessment (ECA) report;

Meet the settlement funds criteria meaning that the candidate has enough savings to support themselves in Canada; and

Obtain atleast 67 out of 100 points on the FSWP grid which is based on factors such as age, education, work experience and so on.

The Federal Skilled Trades Program

The FSTP is an immigration pathway similar to FSWP but dedicated to skilled trade workers.

Requirements:

Two years of continuous full time or equivalent paid work experience within last 5 years in a skilled trade classified under the National Occupational Classification (NOC)

Major Group 72, technical trades and transportation officers and controllers

excluding Sub-Major Group 726, transportation officers and controllers

Major Group 73, general trades

Major Group 82, supervisors in natural resources, agriculture and related production

Major Group 83, occupations in natural resources and related production

Major Group 92, processing, manufacturing and utilities supervisors, and utilities operators and controllers

Major Group 93, central control and process operators and aircraft assembly assemblers and inspectors, excluding Sub-Major Group 932, aircraft assemblers and aircraft assembly inspectors

Minor Group 6320, cooks, butchers and bakers

Unit Group 62200, chefs

Atleast one year of valid job offer of full-time employment or certificate of qualification in that skilled trade issued by a Canadian provincial, territorial or federal authority;

Language ability that is equivalent to Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) 5 in English or French for Speaking and Listening and CLB 4 for Reading and Writing;

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[robinfrinjs]

A Guide to NASCAR in 2022

Nascar aka nyoom in circles, most of the time. Sometimes they actually turn right :O.

I've said it twenty times probably but I definitely don't have everything so please ask questions!

I will mostly be talking about the Nascar Cup Series in this one, but might slip some stuff about Trucks and Xfinity in there too

This year we're set for the 74th season of the Nascar Cup Series (51st for the modern). It's a special season as Nascar will be racing with Next Gen Cars (as pictured at the top of this post). The car is meant to improve aero and downforce while also meant to lower costs for teams.

So what IS Nascar? Nascar stands for National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, LLC but no one ever says that so you can probably forget that. I want to start with the fact that Nascar is quite a complicated sport. Many rules many things many drivers many formats many things. It’s a lot and and some things are quite hard to understand – but you’ll learn as you watch and you don’t have to understand every little thing to enjoy the racing.

Anyway, I think it’s important to understand that Nascar is big. Nascar is not just the Nascar Cup Series, the is usually meant when someone says 'Nascar'. Nascar has three National series, The Nascar Cup Series, The Nascar Xfinity Series and The Nascar Cup Series. They’re all series of their own but race at the same tracks (with an exception of Trucks being the only series going to Knoxville).

While they’re all their own series, and you’ll see drivers racing full-time in for years after each other in all of them, the truck series and Xfinity series are also seen as stepping stone categories. From a feeder series like the Arca Menards Series, drivers can graduate to the Truck Series or Xfinity Series for a possible future in the Cup Series.

Nascar also has a few series across the world like their Canadian Series. Their Mexican Series (that has three tiers as well) and their European Series. While the Canadian Series and the Mexican Series have seen drivers graduating to the Cup Series. Daniel Suarez, driver for Track House Racing as an example. The Euro Series is yet to see a driver make its official Cup Series debut, but it won’t be for long.

Loris Hezemans, two-time Nascar Euro Series Champion plans to make his Nascar Cup Series debut this year together with a Dutch team! He’s done a few Xfinity races last year and will continue to do so this year together with a select few Cup races. This will be the first time a Dutch driver races in the Cup Series.

Teams and Drivers

Nascar has a lot of drivers and teams, it will definitely be impossible for me to mention them all. If you want an overview just visit the Wikipedia.

Numbers are owned by the teams, not by the drivers. Moving to a different team will result in a driver getting a new number. Every team has 1 to 4 cars. Big teams like Penske (3) + (sort of an extra one with Wood Brothers Racing, they have a technical alliance), Stewart Haas Racing (4), Hendrick Motorsports (4), Joe Gibbs Racing (4). Will be the ones with the most cars, and also the most money and the most success. Every brand has atleast one 'big' team, which is quite nice.

To Compete in the Nascar Cup Series drivers have to show their skills in the other National Series to be approved. There aren't set rules on it which causes for some confusion sometimes, but as long as you show promise and you're not a moving chicane you'll be allowed.

The process takes a bit of time, especially for a driver like Loris Hezemans who comes from Europe. In the Nascar Euro Series they don't (really (raced at Venray a few years ago)) race on ovals. So he comes with mostly RC experience, which means he has to slowly build up racing on ovals. He can't join the series and immediately race a super speedway. He has to race on smaller ovals first to be approved.

CHARTER

The Nascar charter system began in 2016, and teams that own charters are allowed to compete in every Nascar Cup Series points-paying race (and thus are guaranteed to earn a portion of the purse). There are 36 charters that are owned by teams. Teams may sell their charters to other owners or transfer them to another team for a set amount of time. With the NASCAR field set at 40 cars for Cup Series races, this means 36 charter teams are joined by a maximum of four open teams that must qualify to compete in any given race.

Qualifying

Qualifying is a little different depending the sort of track. This graph shows it probably in an easier way than I would be able to explain it. Here's a link to the article explaining it for Xfinity and Trucks as well

The Race

A race is divided in stages the end of every stage will see the top 10 drivers awarded points and a caution period. Stage Racing has been a recent-ish addition and not everyone likes it. I honestly don't mind it but to each their own lol.

The pace car will take the drivers out onto the track from pit-road and drive a few pace-laps around the track including one through pit-road to indicate pit-road speed. Once the pace car leaves the track, the pole sitting car controls the speed and leads the field to the green flag from which the race will start.

A race cannot really finish under caution. The race has to be green going into the last lap for the race to officially be on its last lap. Here's where 'white flag' will be mentioned. In a lot of racing series a white flag means a slow car on track, but in Nascar it indicates the last lap has started.

Especially during a race like the Daytona 500, it might take some tries to get to the finish. Because cautions, create cautions. This will create overtime. This occurs when a race goes past its scheduled length due to a caution coming out in the closing laps necessitating an overtime finish. The overtime finish consists of two laps and can be attempted as many times as needed. Once the white flag waves, it Indicates there is just one lap remaining in the race. If a caution period occurs on the final lap while the white flag is displayed, the field is frozen and the event ends immediately.

PIT STOPS

Pit Stops definitely won't be a rare occurrence in the races. Cars will visit pit-road several times a race, mostly during cautions, to get new tyres and/or fuel. During pit stops things can go wrong such as speeding in the pitlane (drivers don't have their speed on their dash only their RPM so it's something easy to get wrong), tyres coming out of the box etc. Most offenses on pit-road mean having to start from the back of the field during the next restart or a drive through if it's during a green flag.

CAUTION

Cautions come out, especially on ovals rather quickly. Once a car has spun or crashed the caution flag will immediately be waved. During cautions the pace car joins the track and will pick up the leader. Pit Lane is closed at the start of a caution and once it opens only cars on the lead lap are allowed in. Only by the following lap, lapped cars are allowed to make their stops.

The best car a lap down will be named 'luck dog' and will be able to unlap themselves. Right before the restart, cars will be able to choose their lane for the restart. This is referred to as the choose cone.

RAIN

Sadly with ovals comes the inability to race in rain. Nascar does have rain tyres but only for road courses. They're still in the process of trying to develop them for short tracks. Races are often postponed to the next day or later on the day to try and get the rest of the race in once the track has dried. In 2020 at Texas the race was delayed by several days which made it one of the longest red flags.

A race will be considered official if it has reached the end of Stage 2, or if more than half of the scheduled distance of the event has been completed, whichever comes first. This means that a race CAN be called due to rain once it has passed that stage.

Daytona 500

The first championship race of the season! And a banger really. The Daytona 500 really is a thing and it's something every driver wants to win (nearly) as much as the championship. It's a little bit of a different format, so it deserves a special section.

As said before, there's 36 cars guaranteed a spot in every race with a max of 40 cars being in the race. The same goes for this race. the remaining four spots are decided like this:

The top-finishing driver among them in each of the two races (the duels) will get a spot in the field, and the two drivers remaining with the best qualifying times in single-car runs the previous day will also get into the race.

As for the starting order:

The fastest driver from the second round of single-car qualifying runs Wednesday will be on the pole (all cars post times in the first round and the top 10 in the final round). The second-fastest will start on the front row. The rest of the starting spots are determined by finishing order in the duels, with the finishing order of the first duel being the inside row for the start of the Daytona 500 and the finishing order of the second duel being the outside row.

The Duels are two races on Thursday and they're basically qualifying races. They're both 60 lap races determining most of the starting order for the big race.

The Car

The Nascar field consist out of cars from three brands, Ford, Chevrolet & Toyota. As said this year will be the debut of the Next-Gen (Gen-7) Car. It brings a few changes

- 5-speed manual transmission (prev 4-speed)

- independent rear suspension (prev solid rear axle)

- 18 inch wheels with a single lug nut (prev 15 inch with five lug nuts)

^this will definitely change pit stops

- driver number moved forward to create more room for sponsors

The car made its race debut at the LA Coliseum a week ago, it was however not an accurate representation. There's been lots said about bad package and bad and dangerous racing, especially at super speedways over the last years. And from what the pre-season tests of these cars showed, it's going to be better.

It hopes to help passing but also hopes to make a more level playing field. With costs cheaper it also helps new teams (Like Team Hezeberg) join the series.

While probably a little bit stuck on needing to say something good testing received a lot of positive feedback. This is a little bit more about the next-gen car:

(press image and zoom to read) (if needed you can ask me to transcript it)

Tracks

All Nascar tracks are different. They can differ in length, configuration, surface and banking – even tracks that are the exact same distance have characteristics exclusive to that specific facility. This makes every track special.

Every track is asphalt except for Bristol, which is turned into a dirt track for the first of two races there this year. (Not shown on here, but Knoxville, where trucks goes to is also a dirt track)

the below image shows all tracks, their type, length and the 'package' (amount of horsepower and spoiler) for every track.

Schedule

Nascar nearly races every weekend from February til November. It's a lot. Of all races on there, the Clash at the Coliseum and the All-Star Race are non-championship races. The Clash is an exhibition race while the All-Star race is a race for a million dollars.

Drivers are only eligible for the All-Star race if they're full-time and if they've won a race the previous year or a previous All-Star race

Who’s the champion at the end?

The driver that has the most points at the end of the season.. right? RIGHT? It’s a little bit more complicated. (sadly)

Nascar works with a playoff system. The season consists of two parts, (for all national series) the regular season followed by the play-offs. For the Cup Series, the play-offs are the last ten races of the season and for the other two it’s the last seven races of the season.

Throughout the season drivers will fight for championship points. There will be a regular season champion crowned, but they don't get as much recognition as the eventual champion will.

The top 16 drivers of the regular season will compete in the playoffs. Once you've won a race you're guaranteed a spot in the play offs (which is where 'win then you're in' comes from) . Any remaining spots will be filled based on points.

The Cup Series playoffs consist of four rounds: the Round of 16, the Round of 12, the Round of 8 and the Championship 4. The Round of 16, Round of 12 and Round of 8 consist of three races each. The Championship 4 is a one-race, four-driver showdown for the Championship

The playoffs begin at the round of 16, all drivers have 2000 playoff points. Nascar then adds all the playoff points earned during the regular season. For each round points are reset round of 12 = 3000 + bonus points, round of 8 = 4000 + bonus and the championship for is 5000.

Drivers advance to the next playoff round by either winning a race or finishing a round with enough points to be above the cutoff line. The bottom for drivers at the end of each round are eliminated. Eventually four drivers will be left and those will race for the championship.

Because points are equal coming into the last race whoever finishes first among the playoff drivers will be champion. This technically means you can win every single race in the season except the last one, and not become champion.

How Points are scored

*not every driver is eligible to score points, this will be indicated with an (i)

STAGE 1-2-(3)*

*Stage 3 only at the Coca-Cola 600

FINAL STAGE (ENDING OF THE RACE)

REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS*

*When the regular season is over, drivers will be handed these points to take into the play offs depending on where they finished in the regular season standings

Resources

- Bob Pockrass

^ What would I be without Bob Pockrass? dude knows everything. I feel like it's definitely a must to follow him if you want to follow Nascar. He knows a lot and will always explain anything.

- R/Motorsportsstreams

^ for the streams, great streams posted on there. Also I didn't know where to put this so here goes:

All three NASCAR national series can be viewed on the FOX Sports or the NBC Sports family of networks. For the first half of each year, NASCAR Cup Series and Xfinity Series races, qualifying and practice sessions are broadcast on FOX and FS1. Both series are featured on NBC and NBCSN for the second half of the season. The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race season can be viewed on FS1 throughout the entire schedule. Affiliate networks such as FS2 or CNBC are sometimes used to fulfill NASCAR programming needs during the course of the season.

- Nascar Site

^ Would recommend downloading the app too. The site is pretty nice, Race Center allows u to listen to comms and see a few on-board cameras and also live timing/live points

- Bozi Tatarevic

^ Lots of good technical insights

- Nascar Youtube Channel

^ All of the old races and some more :D They upload races only a few days after they've been raced. Which is quite nice, also it makes it easy to maybe watch some races before u start watching this season!

- Me?

^ Feels weird to put this here, but please ask me any questions u have. There was too much to include so if there's anything u wanna know, askbox is always open

[ml-appreciation]

ML! Ethnicity Headcanons!

welcome to this new section of this blog called “ML! Headcanons”! where i will explain some hcs and ideas that i have on my head for a few couple of days now. also this is the 1st one but more will come soon!

So, the 1st one (already mentioned) will be about the characters ethnicities, while i was watching the show i always thought what the characters nationalities are... since some weren't stated in the show, but atleast we have headcanons :) weeeeeellll, i have nothing much to say but, i'll leave ya with these HCs of mine ;) See ya later! i will post more HC megaposts soon!

Ah, one more thing: feel free to ask me what i'm missing here and i'll add it in the post! ;)

I’ll go with the Students First!:

Rikochet - Afrolatino (Mexican/Puertorican)

Buena Girl- Mixed Latina (Chilean/Mexican)

Flea - Mixed Afrolatino (Colombian/Mexican)

Pulgita - Mixed Afrolatina (Colombian/Mexican)

Penny Plutonium - White (Canadian)

Loco Mosquito - Latino (Argentinian)

Dragonfly - Afrocaribbean (Cuban)

Potato Patata Jr. - Black (African-American)

Cindy Slam - White (American)

Pierre del Fuego - Mixed Black-White/Asian (Afro-Jamaican/Filipino/American)

French Twist - Mixed European-White (French/American)

Snow Pea - Mixed European/Latino (German/Chilean)

Zero Kelvin - White (Icelandic)

Electricity - Mixed Black/White (Afro-American)

Megawatt - White (American)

Protozoa - Black (African-American)

Sonic Sumo - Blasian (African-Japanese)

Double Ninja Ninja - Mixed Asian/Latino (Japanese-Mexican)

El Gundamo - Mixed Blasian (AfroVietnamese-Japanese)

El Pacifico - Southeast Asian (Taiwanese)

El Oscuro Invasor - Black (Afro-American)

Tic Tac Toe - Mixed Afrolatino/White (Uruguayan-Canadian)

Minotoro - Asian/Latino (Malaysian/Dominican)

El Perrito - Mixed Latino (Chilean/Argentinian)

La Flamencita - Southern European (Afro-Spaniard)

Botas Del Fuego - Southern European (Afro-Spaniard)

Tibor The Terrible - Northern European (English/Swedish)

La Piñata - Latina (Mexican)

Ensalada de Frutas - Mixed Latino/Asian/Native (Argentinian/Filipino/Hawaiian) note: his mom is latina-asian and his dad is hawaiian

Francisco of the Forest - White (American)

Coco Demento - Southern European (Italian)

Tomato Tomata - Black (African-American)

Private Reinhardt - Northern European (German)

Haystack Grande - Mixed Afrolatino/European (Peruvian-Irish)

Skelantonio - Afrolatino (Ghanaian-Mexican)

Mariposa - Mixed Afrolatina (Afro-Brazilean/Chilean)

Muñeca - White (American)

Zebrita Twins - Latinas (Venezuelan)

Caballero de Acero - Black (African-American)

Princess Enigma (I know she was cut from the “Party Animal” episode but whatever) - Mixed Asian-Latina (Chinese/Peruvian)

The adults are next!:

Mr. Midcarda - Latino (Mexican)

Sr. Hasbeena - White (American)

Headmistress - Mixed Latina (Dominican/Brazilean)

Dolor de Kurtz - Mixed European/White (Polish/American)

Custodio - Latino (Argentinian)

El Fundador - Afrolatino (Puertorican)

Mama Maniaca - Afrolatina (Mexican)

Lonestar - Afrolatino (Puertorican)

Abuelito - Afrolatino (Mexican)

Bueno Dad - Afrolatino (Mexican)

Buena Mom - Latina (Chilean)

Mr. Flea - Latino (Mexican)

Mrs. Flea - Afrolatina (Colombian)

El Rey (BOTH toy and real versions) - Latino (Mexican)

Hairy Knuckles Now!:

Primadonna Hodges - Black (African-American)

Carlton “Cold” Jones - White (American)

Heavy Traffic - Mixed Asian/White (Thai/American)

Ham Hands - White (American)

Original Characters (or Fancharacters) which i might show them later on:

Inferno - Blasian (Afro-Filipine)

Angelique - Blasian (Afro-Filipina)

Miura - White (American)

Conejita Blanca - White Latina (Chilean)

Bruja Cosmica - Blasian (African-Korean)

[diah-the-demon]

my voice prob isnt gonna sound anything like you expect it to be

also my accent is kinda all over the place (it seems to change more than my gender at this point)

im not gonna do it rn but il do it in an hour or two tho since my parents are still awake and eh

you guys have no idea how hard i try to not type with my scottish dialect, its so feckin annoying sometimes.

but i do it for yall to understand me lol

[artisinal-cheese]

I know that as somebody who has seen some bits of the C1 streams, knows the basic plot and has more attachment to the VA's than the characters, here are some of the open things I've observed from the season.

- The first 2 episodes make the series appear to have the same adult scripting and jokes as Archer (or Teletoon at night if you are Canadian).

- tbh I would have found Scanlan's character more annoying than Keyleth, since Scanlan basically needs to be saved and protected in every episode (causing Archie's death when he goes to save him, Pike protection, etc). He does get redeemed in his Scanbo episode, but he has way more vulnerable scenes than anyone else in the group, and often has humor that is very out there. It's still funnier, but it just seems harsher without the in-game chat and context.

- I can see them showing the endgame ships early on, and making it very obvious so new watchers don't get confused and say that one ship was better. That being said, I would 100% be on board with Pike x Vax, Percy x Keyleth, or Vex X Scanlan.

- knowing it's a dnd campaign, I'm always curious to 'spot the roll' or spell used in a scene. Fr I'm still trying to figure out if Scanlan used counterspell or silence on Delilah.

- overall, it seemed pretty well rounded with 5/7 characters having their mini arch resolved (or atleast a poinenint arch since Scanlan had that 'not being taken seriously' and Grog had somewhat of a time without Pike). I wonder what they will do for Grog and Scanlan in S2. Hopefully they will show some parts that work into their backstory and issues more *ahem* (Scanlan's mom or daughter, Grog's uncle) *cough*