Re: [silk] Where do I buy wines from Indian vineyards in Chennai?

2013-01-07 Thread Deepa Mohan
On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 11:46 AM, Thaths tha...@gmail.com wrote: Anyone know where I can buy a couple of bottles of wines from Indian vineyards in Chennai? Thaths Someone who lives in California, wants to buy wine in Chennai..such is life...Thaths, how come you didn't get your 2.5 litres at the

Re: [silk] Where do I buy wines from Indian vineyards in Chennai?

2013-01-07 Thread Srini RamaKrishnan
On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 2:04 PM, Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com wrote: Someone who lives in California, wants to buy wine in Chennai..such is life...Thaths, how come you didn't get your 2.5 litres at the duty-free when you came in? si fueris Rōmae, Rōmānō vīvitō mōre; si fueris alibī, vīvitō

[silk] Fwd: Where do I buy wines from Indian vineyards in Chennai?

2013-01-07 Thread Deepa Mohan
Hi Thaths...Here's what I asked my friend Jerry, who's been very involved with vineyards in the Nandi Hills area for the past decade...and his reply -- Forwarded message -- From: Jaithirth Rao je...@jerryrao.net Date: Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 2:44 PM Subject: RE: [silk] Where do I

Re: [silk] Where do I buy wines from Indian vineyards in Chennai?

2013-01-07 Thread Thaths
On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 2:04 PM, Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 11:46 AM, Thaths tha...@gmail.com wrote: Anyone know where I can buy a couple of bottles of wines from Indian vineyards in Chennai? Someone who lives in California, wants to buy wine in

Re: [silk] Where do I buy wines from Indian vineyards in Chennai?

2013-01-07 Thread Charles Haynes
I am in Ethiopia, which has a (very) modest wine industry. I wish I could help your collection. I have been collecting local beer labels in Amharic, sadly the labels are usually the best part of the beer. BTW with respect to African wines, besides the justifiably well respected South African

Re: [silk] lower than absolute zero?

2013-01-07 Thread Dave Long
I read recently about new theories of infinitely or nearly infinitely hot plasma existing in the picoseconds after the big bang. I have a hard time understanding what temperature even means in this context, since I've always thought of temperature as a measure of the wiggling around of

Re: [silk] Where do I buy wines from Indian vineyards in Chennai?

2013-01-07 Thread Chew Lin Kay
Thaths: re collecting strange alcoholic things, I am happy to bring over the Singapore Sling alcopop if you're still in Bangalore or Chennai next week. :)

[silk] What's this word?

2013-01-07 Thread Udhay Shankar N
I am trying to recall a word for a figure of speech. It's a typical Brit thing where you deliberately make a really weak analogy (as slippery as a really slippery thing, or, as you can see below) Anyone? __ ZAPHOD Hey, this rock... FORDMarble... ZAPHOD Marble...

Re: [silk] What's this word?

2013-01-07 Thread Bonobashi
The best of luck in your immortal quest. Indrajit Gupta On Jan 8, 2013, at 10:09 AM, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: I am trying to recall a word for a figure of speech. It's a typical Brit thing where you deliberately make a really weak analogy (as slippery as a really slippery

Re: [silk] Where do I buy wines from Indian vineyards in Chennai?

2013-01-07 Thread Shoba Narayan
On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 11:46 AM, Thaths tha...@gmail.com wrote: Anyone know where I can buy a couple of bottles of wines from Indian vineyards in Chennai? Thaths Thaths: how about a barter? You bring me a couple of bottles of Cabs (Shafer, Phelps, have your pick) and I will personally

[silk] Why don't women write or reply more on Silk?

2013-01-07 Thread Shoba Narayan
How many women to men in Silk? Percentage? And how come most of them don't write or reply?

Re: [silk] Why don't women write or reply more on Silk?

2013-01-07 Thread Radhika, Y.
I thought I had better answer this - else it would be too ironic! I see you and Deepa most often on Silk whereas the other women do seem absent. Sometimes I don't reply because I am too afraid of top posting by mistake (have been guilty a number of times!) Radhika

Re: [silk] Why don't women write or reply more on Silk?

2013-01-07 Thread Udhay Shankar N
On 08-Jan-13 11:23 AM, Shoba Narayan wrote: How many women to men in Silk? Percentage? I thought this is best answered with actual data. I went and looked at the subscriber list. There are currently 264 addresses on the subscriber list. 63 are known by me to be women. There may be a little

Re: [silk] Why don't women write or reply more on Silk?

2013-01-07 Thread thewall
But why is top posting a problem? Its an archaic and arbitrary dictum that is largely meaningless today. Sent on my BlackBerry® from Vodafone -Original Message- From: Radhika, Y. radhik...@gmail.com Sender: silklist-bounces+thewall=gmail@lists.hserus.net Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2013

Re: [silk] Why don't women write or reply more on Silk?

2013-01-07 Thread Bonobashi
True. Indrajit Gupta On Jan 8, 2013, at 11:47 AM, thew...@gmail.com wrote: But why is top posting a problem? Its an archaic and arbitrary dictum that is largely meaningless today. Sent on my BlackBerry® from Vodafone From: Radhika, Y. radhik...@gmail.com Sender:

[silk] Top-posting

2013-01-07 Thread Udhay Shankar N
On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 11:47 AM, thew...@gmail.com wrote: But why is top posting a problem? Its an archaic and arbitrary dictum that is largely meaningless today. Groan. Not this again. There are very good reasons for NOT top-posting, to do with the way humans process information, as well as

Re: [silk] Top-posting

2013-01-07 Thread Bonobashi
Encrusted, port-swilling diehards Indrajit Gupta On Jan 8, 2013, at 11:52 AM, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 11:47 AM, thew...@gmail.com wrote: But why is top posting a problem? Its an archaic and arbitrary dictum that is largely meaningless today.

Re: [silk] Top-posting

2013-01-07 Thread thewall
I won't get into arguments over whether one style is better than another, but when people refrain from replying on the list because of the top posting fear, isn't that enough reason to relax the rule? Sent on my BlackBerry® from Vodafone -Original Message- From: Udhay Shankar N

Re: [silk] Top-posting

2013-01-07 Thread Udhay Shankar N
On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 11:57 AM, thew...@gmail.com wrote: I won't get into arguments over whether one style is better than another, but when people refrain from replying on the list because of the top posting fear, isn't that enough reason to relax the rule? 1. As I already said, I don't

Re: [silk] Why don't women write or reply more on Silk?

2013-01-07 Thread Deepa Mohan
I am not going to reply to this thread, either on the women issue or the top-posting issue. :)

Re: [silk] Why don't women write or reply more on Silk?

2013-01-07 Thread rashmi v
OK. I'll take the bait. I am a woman , once described by Udhay's as a ' determined lurker' . The reason I lurk are 1. I've been on the list only for a few months. 2. Unless I have substance to add I don't weigh in . Rashmi On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 12:09 PM, Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com

Re: [silk] Why don't women write or reply more on Silk?

2013-01-07 Thread Priyanka Sachar
I agree with the reactions to top posting .. kinda used to it everywhere but here I am not supposed to do it :p and I end up just lurking

Re: [silk] Top-posting

2013-01-07 Thread Radhika, Y.
oh lord! i was totally joking...

Re: [silk] Top-posting

2013-01-07 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Tue, Jan 08, 2013 at 11:57:21AM +0530, Bonobashi wrote: Encrusted, port-swilling diehards *plonk* Indrajit Gupta On Jan 8, 2013, at 11:52 AM, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 11:47 AM, thew...@gmail.com wrote: But why is top posting a

Re: [silk] Top-posting

2013-01-07 Thread Deepa Mohan
OK, OK, here I go. Udhay, there ARE many times when the ..er...bottom-posting becomes irksome, so I don't post at all. I *am* serious about saying this, as, I feel, Radhika is, too. Hahahaha, you can't fuss about this top-posting! Deepa. On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 12:04 PM, Udhay Shankar N

Re: [silk] Top-posting

2013-01-07 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Tue, Jan 08, 2013 at 01:05:16PM +0530, Deepa Mohan wrote: OK, OK, here I go. Udhay, there ARE many times when the ..er...bottom-posting becomes irksome, so I don't post at all. I *am* serious about saying this, as, I feel, Radhika is, too. Hahahaha, you can't fuss about this top-posting!