Injury Report: Petr Mrazek (Upper Body)

[MrazeksVengeance]

the interview made it sound like he didnt want to but did it not to miss anything with the team.

His interviews are typically more revealing than that with Rod. Said McGinn might be out a month.

TRANSCRIPT:

Reporter: How does it look with COVID vaccinations in Carolina?
PM: Guys who wanted to were already given the first dose, now we wait for the second one. Coaches and equipment managers are vaccinated I think.
R: Did you consider participating in vaccination?
PM: At first I considered declining. However, I have been out for eight weeks already and being out for two more? Wouldn't want that.

I can get behind this. He got his shit together.

 

[Tryamw]

I am not ashamed to admit I had no idea this was true. My mental map of Europe doesn't work this way.

A bit like how in the USA, Atlanta is west of Detroit. That makes no sense in my brain but it is a true fact.

Yeah the Baltic sea is further east (from the US) then most think. thank goodness I've played enough EU4 to fix part of my brain

 

[MrazeksVengeance]

I am not ashamed to admit I had no idea this was true. My mental map of Europe doesn't work this way.

A bit like how in the USA, Atlanta is west of Detroit. That makes no sense in my brain but it is a true fact.

HERE COMES A NEW ONE. ROME IS NORTH OF NEW YORK.

 

[Buenos Necas]

My go-to geographical fun fact is that the closest US state to Africa is Maine.

 

[Svechhammer]

HERE COMES A NEW ONE. ROME IS NORTH OF NEW YORK.

It really does mess with me that the UK is so much further north than the NE of the US. I didn't think much about it til I was there in the summer and it was still light out at like 11pm.

 

[tarheelhockey]

HERE COMES A NEW ONE. ROME IS NORTH OF NEW YORK.

This checks out.

Rome, New York - Wikipedia

 

[MrazeksVengeance]

My go-to geographical fun fact is that the closest US state to Africa is Maine.

THIS IS LARGELY CONFUSING FOR PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY ARE USED TO STANDARD RECTANGULAR MAPS, WHICH ARE CONSISTENT IN ANGLES, BUT NOT THE DISTANCE WHEN YOU MOVE ON THE NORTH-SOUTH AXIS.

 

[MrazeksVengeance]

It really does mess with me that the UK is so much further north than the NE of the US. I didn't think much about it til I was there in the summer and it was still light out at like 11pm.

I AM SIMILAR LATITUDE AS WINNIPEG AND LEMPO IS NORTH OF GODDAMN EDMONTON.

BOOOOOOM

 

[Svechhammer]

I AM SIMILAR LATITUDE AS WINNIPEG AND LEMPO IS NORTH OF GODDAMN EDMONTON.

BOOOOOOM

Thank goodness for the Gulf Stream, huh?

 

[MrazeksVengeance]

Thank goodness for the Gulf Stream, huh?

IT'S NORTH ATLANTIC DRIFT AT THAT POINT, BUT YEAH. PRETTY HANDY.

 

[hurricure]

sooo...um, Mrazek is fine right?

 

[MrazeksVengeance]

sooo...um, Mrazek is fine right?

HE'S STILL FEELING THE THUMB, BUT IT'S MORE LIKE A BRUISE NOW.

THE REASON WHY THE PROCESS WAS SLOW WAS THAT EVERY TIME HE BLOCKED SOMETHING WITH THE STICK HE COULDN'T FEEL THE HAND FOR LIKE HALF A MINUTE.

 

[MinJaBen]

This checks out.

Rome, New York - Wikipedia

Yes, yes it does.

Rome, Maine - Wikipedia

 

[Lempo]

I AM SIMILAR LATITUDE AS WINNIPEG AND LEMPO IS NORTH OF GODDAMN EDMONTON.

BOOOOOOM

Finland is between exactly the same 60th and 70th latitudes as Alaska and Ilomantsi on the Finland's eastern border is the easternmost point of the EU. Greece is in the same timezone with Finland (and so, directly to the south). You become aware of these, but it's still challenging to properly get your head around the first two.

 

[Lempo]

Also, the TV series Picket Fences went by the name "The Sheriff of Rome" in our telly.

 

[MrazeksVengeance]

Finland is between exactly the same 60th and 70th latitudes as Alaska and Ilomantsi on the Finland's eastern border is the easternmost point of the EU. Greece is in the same timezone with Finland (and so, directly to the south). You become aware of these, but it's still challenging to properly get your head around the first two.

Had either this one or the world map above my head since I was little.
Divorce was handy in this aspect, because that meant Europe went to Mom’s place, which is also the current Shed. World map stayed at Dad’s place... I guess there is a place for it what used to be Sis’ room

 

[tarheelhockey]

This whole thing makes me realize that if I tried to draw a map of Europe, it would be arranged along nonexistent geographic boundaries that form a grid pattern according to the general culture and climate.

Vertical lines:

- The Soviets are divided from the non-Soviets by a clear north-south line. Greece and Finland would be west of that line, and stacked in between them would be Poland, the Czech Republic, and a pile of little countries that end in -ia. East of that line are of course Russia, Ukraine, and weird places like Belarus and Serbia that need somewhere to go.

- In the middle of the continent are be Germany, France, Italy, and of course the Iberian peninsula is a little west of the rest. All directly south of Scandinavia. Far, far out to sea in the west would be the British Isles.

Horizontal lines:

- In the south are the sunny countries like Portugal, Spain, France, and Italy.

- In the middle are the not-as-sunny countries like the UK, Germany, Belgium, Denmark, Poland.

- To the north are the snowy countries in Scandinavia and Finland. They are entirely north of Estonia/Latvia/Lithuania.


So everything goes into a nice little grid-square according to how sunny and Soviet they seem. The fact that this map does not resemble reality and actually causes massive geographic contradictions is irrelevant.

 

[Tryamw]

Had either this one or the world map above my head since I was little.
Divorce was handy in this aspect, because that meant Europe went to Mom’s place, which is also the current Shed. World map stayed at Dad’s place... I guess there is a place for it what used to be Sis’ room
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There's a glare over the Czech Republic.

 

[MrazeksVengeance]

This whole thing makes me realize that if I tried to draw a map of Europe, it would be arranged along nonexistent geographic boundaries that form a grid pattern according to the general culture and climate.

Vertical lines:

- The Soviets are divided from the non-Soviets by a clear north-south line. Greece and Finland would be west of that line, and stacked in between them would be Poland, the Czech Republic, and a pile of little countries that end in -ia. East of that line are of course Russia, Ukraine, and weird places like Belarus and Serbia that need somewhere to go.

- In the middle of the continent are be Germany, France, Italy, and of course the Iberian peninsula is a little west of the rest. All directly south of Scandinavia. Far, far out to sea in the west would be the British Isles.

Horizontal lines:

- In the south are the sunny countries like Portugal, Spain, France, and Italy.

- In the middle are the not-as-sunny countries like the UK, Germany, Belgium, Denmark, Poland.

- To the north are the snowy countries in Scandinavia and Finland. They are entirely north of Estonia/Latvia/Lithuania.


So everything goes into a nice little grid-square according to how sunny and Soviet they seem. The fact that this map does not resemble reality and actually causes massive geographic contradictions is irrelevant.

FRANCE FITS BOTH THE MIDDLE AND THE SOUTHERN "BELT". PROVENCE VS NORMANDY OR BRETAGNE IS A STARK DIFFERENCE.

ALPS AND CARPATHIAN MOUNTAINS KINDA MESS THIS UP.

ALSO, UK IS QUITE TO THE NORTH, BUT IT'S NOT THAT COLD BECAUSE OF THE AFOREMENTIONED NORTH ATLANTIC CURRENT (DRIFT). CLOSER TO THE OCEAN MEANS MORE STABLE WEATHER IN GENERAL.

SERBIA IS WEST OF GREECE AND FINLAND, GEOGRAPHICALLY SPEAKING.

DENMARK IS FOR CULTURAL REASONS ALWAYS JAMMED TOGETHER WITH SCANDINAVIAN NATIONS.

 

[MrazeksVengeance]

There's a glare over the Czech Republic.

BECAUSE I TOOK THAT PHOTO SECONDS BEFORE POSTING AND DIDN'T CARE ABOUT QUALITY.

 

[tarheelhockey]

FRANCE FITS BOTH THE MIDDLE AND THE SOUTHERN "BELT". PROVENCE VS NORMANDY OR BRETAGNE IS A STARK DIFFERENCE.

APLS AND CARPATHIAN MOUNTAINS KIND MESS THIS UP.

ALSO, UK IS QUITE TO THE NORTH, BUT IT'S NOT THAT COLD BECAUSE OF THE AFOREMENTIONED NORTH ATLANTIC CURRENT (DRIFT). CLOSER TO THE OCEAN MEANS MORE STABLE WEATHER IN GENERAL.

SERBIA IS WEST OF GREECE AND FINLAND, GEOGRAPHICALLY SPEAKING.

DENMARK IS FOR CULTURAL REASONS ALWAYS JAMMED TOGETHER WITH SCANDINAVIAN NATIONS.

To be clear -- in no way am I saying that my characterization of Europe is accurate. I know as a matter of fact that Serbia is west of Greece, but my mental geography forces it to be east. Same thing with Finland, I know it borders Russia but my mental geography has it next door to Sweden, which is north of Denmark, which means Finland must be somewhere north of Germany/Poland, Estonia/Latvia/Lithuania just kind of get shoved out of the way to someplace more convenient.

I think what it comes down to is that most of these geopolitical lines go Northeast-to-Southwest, but my brain wants them to be strictly North-to-South, and arranges the map accordingly. Mostly by shoving the little countries out of the way.

 

[Lempo]

Serbia is north of Greece.

I know you meant that Serbia is more to the west than Greece is, and wasn't trying to put it into Italy, but. It's directly to north, pretty much.

 

[Tryamw]

FRANCE FITS BOTH THE MIDDLE AND THE SOUTHERN "BELT". PROVENCE VS NORMANDY OR BRETAGNE IS A STARK DIFFERENCE.

APLS AND CARPATHIAN MOUNTAINS KIND MESS THIS UP.

ALSO, UK IS QUITE TO THE NORTH, BUT IT'S NOT THAT COLD BECAUSE OF THE AFOREMENTIONED NORTH ATLANTIC CURRENT (DRIFT). CLOSER TO THE OCEAN MEANS MORE STABLE WEATHER IN GENERAL.

SERBIA IS WEST OF GREECE AND FINLAND, GEOGRAPHICALLY SPEAKING.

DENMARK IS FOR CULTURAL REASONS ALWAYS JAMMED TOGETHER WITH SCANDINAVIAN NATIONS.

Well that and they used to rule both Norway and Sweden. Also they had control over some islands near England and Iceland.

 

[Lempo]

Well that and they used to rule both Norway and Sweden. Also they had control over some islands near England and Iceland.

Oh, right, the Kalmar Union and Stockholm Bloodbath.

Our BBC had a fun quiz sometime back: a bloody atrocity was described and you had to know if it happened in Westeros or Sweden. It was quite often in Sweden. Verdi's opera Un Ballo in Maschera was actually based on the assassination of an 18th century Swedish king.

Also Denmark once had the control of quite a hefty piece of what today is England. York used to be Jorvik.

 

[Tryamw]

Oh, right, the Kalmar Union and Stockholm Bloodbath.

Our BBC had a fun quiz sometime back: a bloody atrocity was described and you had to know if it happened in Westeros or Sweden. It was quite often in Sweden. Verdi's opera Un Ballo in Maschera was actually based on the assassination of an 18th century Swedish king.

Also Denmark once had the control of quite a hefty piece of what today is England. York used to be Jorvik.

But that's what makes it fun to play as the overpowered Swedes in EU4.. got to through off the yolk.. And Crush them completely... And Take land from Novgorod and then tell Muscovy to pike off Sure you got 1 billion people are ours are Better then yours.. by a 2+ to 1 margin.. early then increasing
Not sure if you can play as the Finns.. but I do know there is a group you can play that's on the Russian side (Salo? Or something) near Mermansk. (Sp?)
Edit: the Sami I think it is looking it up real quick (Shh!!!! I'm working)