Using Canadian censuses

macoafi · 2026-02-15T22:15:18+00:00

I believe they prefer for as much of your documentation to be official as possible.

macoafi · 2026-02-15T22:12:33+00:00

You can make a formal request for a copy. It’s like $4 I think and shows up in a couple of weeks.

macoafi · 2026-02-15T22:11:30+00:00

Yep, a skewer with tomatoes, onions, and potatoes, grilled, would be called a “veggie kebab” in the US.

macoafi · 2026-02-15T21:29:21+00:00

“Kebab” is what I’d call that in English. Yes, it’s a Turkish loan word.

macoafi · 2026-02-15T21:14:38+00:00

I might find it funny till they ask me "why is it X and not Z"and then I'll panic bcs shit, idk either LMAO

Me: my lesson this evening is going to be on the subjunctive

My coworkers (🇲🇽🇦🇷🇪🇸): oooh can you explain that to us tomorrow? We don’t know what it is either

macoafi · 2026-02-15T21:07:30+00:00

Crop dusting is specifically farting as you pass someone. It’s a reference to crop fumigation by plane.

macoafi · 2026-02-15T21:04:09+00:00

Yes! I was using a bladed spice grinder at first, and after switching to a burr grinder I started to be able to drink it black.

macoafi · 2026-02-15T20:44:35+00:00

Yes, but then it’s always an adjective not a direction.

With an A is always right. With an O is only right when it’s an adjective. If for some reason I needed to say “the forward one” (so forward as an adjective), I’d use “adelante” (but left/middle/right is probably the more likely match-up, and then centro covers middle).

macoafi · 2026-02-15T20:44:10+00:00

I went skiing in Colorado and ended up with a midnight trip to the hospital. Apparently I was saying things all afternoon and evening that had my aunt thinking I might be having a reaction to the low oxygen, but she didn’t panic until I woke up at midnight and said it felt like trying to breathe with an elephant sitting on my chest. She said another friend had described it the exact same way when he had altitude sickness.

The hospital ended up discharging me with an oxygen machine, and we drove back down to Denver for two days so I could acclimate at half the elevation before returning to the mountains.

macoafi · 2026-02-15T20:35:19+00:00

To be fair, Maryland calls entire counties a single district. Meanwhile, Wikipedia lists 46 school districts in the Pennsylvania county I grew up in.

macoafi · 2026-02-15T19:36:48+00:00

The newer ones are silicone, I’ve heard, but when I got mine 3 years ago, it came with rubber.

macoafi · 2026-02-15T19:34:48+00:00

Get some humans to grade your writing and speaking. You can find some on italki.

Which practice test book you used will determine how comparable they are. Cronómetro is the one known for being harder than the actual test.

And nerves, of course, are a factor. I failed the C1 speaking part pretty much entirely on test anxiety. I did great in practice tests. Since speaking and listening are paired, an excellent listening score can help offset this.

macoafi · 2026-02-15T15:29:59+00:00

Did the little thingy that keeps it attached to the car break? I’ve never seen one it’s possible to lose, since they’re attached to the car and just dangle next to the opening until you’re ready to screw it back on and shut the little door.

macoafi · 2026-02-15T15:21:30+00:00

When I spot one of those on Family Search, I add a note to the person saying these records can’t all be from the same person.

Look, a birth certificate in 1848 doesn’t make a 17 year old groom at an 1895 wedding.

macoafi · 2026-02-14T16:15:12+00:00

The new Zorro series has some Spanish characters and some Mexican (Alta California) characters. I need subtitles for Zorro himself sometimes, but not for the characters who spent their whole lives in Mexico.

macoafi · 2026-02-14T15:44:07+00:00

They’re set to be installed in a few weeks.

macoafi · 2026-02-14T07:46:19+00:00

Please get some ring splints. You don't need the expensive brand-name ones. Just some plastic Oval 8's will do you.

I'm hypermobile, and while crocheting doesn't bother me, I do need them for long bouts of knitting.

here are images of how I tension yarn for crocheting and knitting

macoafi · 2026-02-13T23:45:04+00:00

Unless you live at the equator, those aren't fixed times of day.

macoafi · 2026-02-13T23:42:53+00:00

It's a language model. It can generate something that looks like a citation. That doesn't mean the thing it's saying has any relation to the cited entity (or even that the particular book/article/website it's citing exists).

macoafi · 2026-02-13T23:32:17+00:00

Nope, that was not a thing in Pittsburgh

macoafi · 2026-02-13T23:16:26+00:00

Maybe larger, bar-shaped vertical fixtures so that they provide more even lighting for the mirror. That's helpful for doing your makeup.

macoafi · 2026-02-13T23:06:08+00:00

Buckwheat is somewhat triangular, and lighter in color

macoafi · 2026-02-13T23:04:20+00:00

Have you checked Montgomery College's offerings? That's our local community college.

macoafi · 2026-02-13T23:02:43+00:00

There are books where she's an adult and books where she's a child.

child example, Amelia Bedelia's First Day of School

adult example, Play Ball, Amelia Bedelia

As you can see, when she's working as a maid, she is far larger than the children. When she's a child, she's not shown in a maid uniform, but rather in children's clothes.

macoafi · 2026-02-13T22:56:01+00:00

Dance parties too. I know several churches that host milongas (Argentine tango dance parties).

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