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HOLY SHIT GUYS I’M LOCKED OUT OF MY BLOG! I just tried to get on with my laptop and it said “time to change your password” but it won’t recognize my current email, it only recognises the email I signed up with which has been deactivated for years. I already made a new blog just in case and I’m about to start transferring stuff over. The only reason I can write this post now is because for some reason my tablet didn’t boot me out of tumblr. So my new blog is: @formerly-makingstarsshine so go follow that blog for more of Not What You Expected, and if anyone knows how to help, shoot me a message! Please and thank you!
So as some of you may have noticed, I haven’t posted an update in a bit, and my updates have been coming less frequently. Well I’m here to apologize for leaving you all hanging, and to tell you that I am NOT dropping the fic! I’ve just been super busy with a new exciting project that I’m co-writing with the wonderful @little-red-2404! It’s only just started cuz we had to work out a lot of details before we began actually writing, but it’s gonna be a Flash fic, and it’s gonna center around Cisco/Francisco or Vibe/Reverb and their respective ladies. So don’t you guys worry! I’m working on the next chapter of NWYE right now, and I hope to be posting the collaborative fic titled “In Sickness and In Health”soon!
[ID: 2 photos of a silver sword with a black leather wrapped hilt. In the first photo, the sword is leaning against a white wall and several cellphone charms including a blue tamagotchi and a small red octopus plushie are dangling from a ring around the crossguard. In the second photo, a person is holding out the sword in one hand and the charms are hanging around the pommel.]
This suggests that Maximum Overdrive wasJurassic Park for motor vehicles.
I’m sorry, but that is misleading as hell. American and European trucks are bred for different purposes.
American trucks are bred for long hauls on largely straight roads. They can go for hours without a break. A European truck needs more breaks and a lighter load, and they would indeed take great internal damage if they tried to keep up with the Longsnout.
The European Shortsnout is not bred for looks, but for agility! They navigate the windy roads of Europe in a way that would be way too risky for the powerful, but more clumsy American truck. It is true that the European overheats faster at high speeds, that is the very reason that breaks every 4,5 hours are mandatory for both the truck and the handler and a day of driving can never be longer then 9 hours.
So, all in all, appreciate all of our trucks and our shared history, and be the responsible owner that gets the right breed for the right job.
To be fair, the US does have shortnose trucks as well, they’re just a breed kept mainly for very local work where, like the above says, they are working in places with lots of turns, shorter drives, and plenty of stops. I see them used for garbage pickup a lot, where a longnosed Mack wouldn’t be able to fit much less maneuver, and the short nose prevents them from getting rubs (raw skin or even open sores) on their snouts.
I would also like to point out that the tags have got it backwards. The wild trucks (which I’m pretty sure are extinct in the wild now) that all modern breeds stemmed from were shortnose trucks. We had known about automobiles and domesticated several species, but the truck species was not discovered until close to the start of the 1900’s, in Germany, which I BELIEVE was the first country to breed them in captivity, although England was the first country to really start using them for work. I managed to find a photo of taxidermied specimen
As you can see, it resembles both long and short nosed breeds, as well as the far more common house truck used by individuals instead of for commercial work.
As to the aggression, while the mack longnose LOOKS aggressive, they’re generally gentle giants (although please do give them space on the road! not seeing you in their blind spot is NOT the same as aggression!), it is actually the smaller house truck that is often trained by their handler to be aggressive: the keyword being TRAINED, they are also not naturally aggressive. The only time I have seen a mack be commonly aggressive is when they are pulling 2 gravel trailers, and I would be cranky if I was being overworked, too. If you see them hauling that kind of load, just give them space, and you’ll be fine.
I feel like somebody should add something about the Australian variants.
From my understanding of Australian wildlife:
Does anyone know if/how American School Busses are related to trucks?
Pics for reference:
The classic long-nose schoolbus
But short-nose varieties exist, I remember when they first started appearing in my district!
@dreorzen While school buses ARE in the automobile order, they are actually part of the Van family, not the Truck family, due to their passenger capacity. As you can see in the photos, they have no cargo bed or hookup, and are not really built for object transport. But they DO excel at carrying passengers, particularly children (although certainly not limited to just children)
They’re known to be exceptionally protective of any passengers, and if you look closely on that second image you can actually see a specialized appendage that is (I think) unique to school buses- a small, red, octagonal fan, which they extend when there are small creatures around them that they are acquiring or releasing. Much like an angler fish’s bioluminescent bulb appendage, this fan (along with several bioluminescent patches on top of their faces and on their hindquarters) works to mesmerize any other vehicles in close proximity, to where those vehicles will cease movement until the bus lowers the fan. It’s super fascinating behavior, and little wonder why we trust our children to these gentle, protective giants.
I’m so glad I actually managed to join Reverb this year anyways i’m paired with @skadventuretime and I am FERAL. WOW. THEIR WRITING IS SO STUNNING AND AMAZING AND WHEW. DEATHSTAR CANON 2020
Taken in Seattle, WA. This is the location that the field recording underneath ‘On Leaving’ were captured. I’ve always been able to relax when near the sea, and watching larger cargo ships slowly drift by in the distance is a bonus. I chose this image as the cover for my album, 'Accidentals’, as it represents the sounds and nature of my work well.
Easily one of my favourite bands at the minute. To think that such a sound comes mainly from two guys, each with a guitar, blows me away on a regular basis. I’m fully aware ambient is an uncool genre, and no-one is interested in the music I’m working on. Still, this brightens up the day a bit.
