g is very very different and his success baffles
> me.
>
> Kiran
> --
> Regards,
> Kiran
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> which is also understandable. But the tea *looks* different. The liquor
> is
> > lighter and more reddish. All other conditions (tea used, time steeped)
> are
> > same. Any ideas?
> >
> > Udhay
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I'm in Makati, Manila till Saturday noon. Any Silklisters here?
Ram
On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 12:53 PM, Aadisht Khanna li...@aadisht.net wrote:
Or will I need
to use a third party dialer app?
You need an app. Also, the price on amazon.com is $92, so usual Indian
vendor markup applies.
Ram
of us think that our knowledge of this phenomenon is
higher than it actually is.
Udhay
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or mourn. When the last pup was given away she came inside the house,
licked my knee as I sat on a chair and happily curled up and went to
sleep at my feet as if nothing had happened.
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a beer. :)
The number of years Silk has existed when expressed as a power of 2 would
be higher than 4?
Kiran
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Black
Swans [1] like the Mule [2].
Curse you, Udhay, for that image of the Mule in a tutu en pointe.
On 19 June 2013 12:03, ashok_ listmans...@gmail.com wrote:
Someone should combine wine tasting with smelling of old books , to
determine which wine goes best with a Don Quixote publication from 1922 ...
There are other volatile organics that would go better with an old Don
Quixote.
Ram
On 29 May 2013 18:39, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote:
The closest approximation to infinite threads (at least on silk) are
pun cascades.
Yoko. Here we go again.
Ram
On 24 May 2013 14:20, ashok_ listmans...@gmail.com wrote:
Any idea what kind of duty / taxes one may face if I carry a case of 6-7
bottles of wine into India ?
See http://www.cbec.gov.in/travellers.htm
Wines and Beer *
BCD @100% + ACD NIL+ 3% education cess
So 103%.
Ram
On 16 May 2013 05:08, Charles Haynes charles.hay...@gmail.com wrote:
Are you friends with an importer? Do you have a lot of friends that travel
Indian wine import duties make it a daunting task.
Using an importer adds other complications. Most wine imports to India
do not seem to be in
On 26 April 2013 12:06, Ingrid Srinath ingrid.srin...@gmail.com wrote:
The problem with this scenario is that porn, increasingly violent porn, is
the only source of learning on the subject of sex for many boys/men.
Young Indian men are taught from an early age, by movies, that sexual
, distribution, forwarding, printing or
copying of this e-mail or attachment(s) in this e-mail is strictly prohibited
and may be unlawful.
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On 29 January 2013 19:08, Sean Doyle sdo...@gmail.com wrote:
materials from food long ago and now focus on packaging. And we're now
working on the education system so that the eight year old mentality
persists into adulthood.
Judging by your media and your Congress, surely you've perfected
On 15 October 2012 12:12, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote:
three silk-listers abstaining, ALL AT THE SAME TIME, from productive work.
Ram, I believe that was your cue.
What? You mean arachnis?
Ram
On 15 October 2012 19:50, Bonobashi bonoba...@yahoo.co.in wrote:
Unkind, very. Silk-listers arrive at the list after sailing through their
work. We might make an exception for Shiv. The imagination boggles at the
thought of him sailing through HIS work.
As a Bambaiyya ex-colleague of mine
On 16 October 2012 02:04, Ramakrishnan Sundaram r.sunda...@gmail.com wrote:
As a Bambaiyya ex-colleague of mine used to say, gaand faadke darwaza bana
diya.
I know, replying to oneself, and bad form, and all that sort of stuff...
but I think that's one line where I could have added /rimshot
On 27 September 2012 09:47, Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com wrote:
One of the things that tickles me about this mailing list is the way
people, who could contribute best to a discussion, keep off it!
That would be the end of internet discussion fora as we know them. Why kill
inspired
On 8 August 2012 12:24, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote:
Udhay (first encountered LotR and Rand in high school, disliked both on sight)
I read them both in high school as well. I found Rand hard to read, as
you could see the point some 2000 words before she got there, but
slogged through
On 14 July 2012 11:19, Bonobashi bonoba...@yahoo.co.in wrote:
You've just proved You Know Who right.
So Shiv is Voldemort, now?
From: Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com
Is whimsey the right (er, Kipling British) spelling or it is whimsy? I
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Peter_Wimsey
On 13 July 2012 21:47, Bonobashi bonoba...@yahoo.co.in wrote:
I can't bear the burden.
This really belongs to Ram and functional equivlents.
You're on your own.
I tend to squirm most often at things I say, rather than things others
say. So I'm a recursed Maculayite?
Udhay, how about that for
On 14 July 2012 03:09, Bonobashi bonoba...@yahoo.co.in wrote:
Persian was not only the court of language but the language of
Silver surfer moment?
Ram
On 10 June 2012 17:17, Bharath Chari ch...@arachnis.com wrote:
If atheists and other nonbelievers
were represented fairly, you would expect about 50 in the US Congress and
another 50,000 at State and local level.
In 2007, the Secular Coalition for America tried to find them. They found
only
On 11 June 2012 00:47, Eugen Leitl eu...@leitl.org wrote:
Been there, done that. No, this is just for shits and giggles.
I can vouch for the first part.
Ram
Mahesh (Murthy) has an opinion
on that.
(cf. Udhay, Shuriken, the throwing around of)
Ram
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On 6 May 2012 11:03, Bonobashi bonoba...@yahoo.co.in wrote:
Do you remember Shiv's epic first post 'after coming out'?
No. Do tell us about Shiv coming out.
Ram
--
On 18 April 2012 20:56, salil tripathi sali...@gmail.com wrote:
system. If you wear suits, have credit cards, and speak english and work for
mncs, one queue; if you look like a construction worker, go to the back of
the line.
I used to live in the UAE, and had to travel often to Saudi Arabia.
On 18 April 2012 23:23, Deepak Shenoy deepakshe...@gmail.com wrote:
apply to all. (Except those with parole violations etc. of course)
Does India even have parole to violate? I thought the poor and
unconnected are guilty till proven otherwise, and the rich and
connected are innocent as you
Udhay has a pet phrase, throwing Shuriken in all directions, that
reflects both his conversational gambit and his love of cheesy Hong
Kong flicks.
Nothing exemplies this better than Aakar Patel's latest column in
livemint,
Yes.
Sent from my BlackBerry
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From: Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com
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Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2012 22:18:11
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In Gurgaon, coverage was about 80% over 6 months, and call drops about 9%. And
this is largely at home.
Airtel's by no means great, but after 4 months in Goa, I'm missing them. Idea
has no clue and overcharges, BSNL no network.
Ram
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From:
.
Mahesh, you might get them to do something about that standard sense
feedback that @airtel_presence sends out. It's annoying.
Ram
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I could never imagine the day would come when I actually agree with anything
Ms Roy wrote. He's her op-ed in The Hindu today:
http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/article2379704.ece?css=print
I'd rather not be Anna Arundhati Roy
The Hindu Arundhati Roy. File photo
While his means maybe
On 19 August 2011 19:10, Kragen Javier Sitaker kra...@canonical.org wrote:
Are all viewpoints you don't agree with generalisations?
All viewpoints are generalizations!
And if you don't agree with them, they're nonsense.
Ram
Thaths:
Surely a Manikutti Chechi would chime or tinkle, not strike?
Sockpuppets would thud, I presume.
Ram
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On 3 June 2011 13:59, Indrajit Gupta bonoba...@yahoo.co.in wrote:
What kind of racist bad-taste remark is that, talking about Bongs weighing
in?
And Shirley, Bongs are not evaluated on their weight, are they? I can
imagine assessing them on efficiency, on the chances of accidentally
You're here too? Maybe there's now a quorum for a Gurgaon/Delhi silkmeet?
Ram
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March on, nothing to see here.
Apols for top posting, bleddy blackberry.
Ram
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To: silklist
On 30 March 2011 23:27, Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com wrote:
I do keep saying that the English language is evolving, and spellings keep
changing...but surely, it can't take all that much extra effort to type
you instead of u...and by the way instead of btwespecially if
words like
, though only a simple Gupta full of Doshes, may be able to refine this
method.
Ram
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On 17 March 2011 18:27, Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com wrote:
either a dog has been visiting her in a shower of gold, like Zeus did with
Danae
Deepa, I hate to shatter your cherished notions, or to question the
abilities of Greek gods, but golden showers do not, as far as I am aware,
On 21 February 2011 13:21, Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com wrote:
Why is Silk obsessed by the Hottest Chili? And what's the fun of burning
one's tongue off? I like my spices, but only to the extent that I can
tolerate them. The little Andhra chillies I get in the market are quite
enough for
On 18 January 2011 13:41, Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com wrote:
I remember some Pliny the Elder grousing over the lack of respect and
slothfulness of the young
You remember Pliny the Elder? Tell us more.
Ram
On 18 January 2011 18:14, Biju Chacko biju.cha...@gmail.com wrote:
You remember Pliny the Elder? Tell us more.
Wasn't he the guy who was com-Pliny-ing all the time?
Yes, his usual rant was Βγείτε γκαζόν μου!
Ram
On 12 January 2011 19:31, ss cybers...@gmail.com wrote:
Who cares. The Pakistani elte need to be kiilled or driven to exile.
Pakistan
Pah. Salman Taseer killed? Good riddance. Hope to seee Sherry Rehman killed
next.
So killing people you dislike is fine by you?
Are you still practicing,
On 4 January 2011 16:40, Biju Chacko biju.cha...@gmail.com wrote:
This is exactly what bothered me -- other than believing the salesguy,
how can you tell whether your new lenses _are_ anti-glare, scratch
resistant and what-not?
You can't, at least not easily and cheaply.
geroffmylawnmode
On 24 December 2010 07:54, ss cybers...@gmail.com wrote:
Rent a White Guy - Confessions of a fake businessman from Beijing
Companies in the Middle East have 'token whites' all the time, white
expats in good suits who come for the first meeting.
Ram
On 15 December 2010 15:43, Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com wrote:
I'm sure there will be people on this list who have 3-letter hotmail
ids.how many of you use hotmail now?
I'm not sure that wouldn't be grounds for summary removal from silk.
Hotmail accounts, I mean, not three letter ids.
On 15 December 2010 15:31, Shoba Narayan narayan.sh...@gmail.com wrote:
But I want to find out if anyone else on this list shares my views. When I
was invited into Silk by Dr. Shiv Sastry maybe two years ago, I didn't
realize that all its archives were in the open domain.
Now that I know
On 15 December 2010 15:50, Venkatesh Hariharan ven...@gmail.com wrote:
We are a bunch of happy campers tonight :-)
Diaspora is so very alpha, though.
Ram
On 15 December 2010 20:04, Eugen Leitl eu...@leitl.org wrote:
- Forwarded message from Frederick Noronha fredericknoro...@gmail.com
-
US prof behind EVM study deported on arrival
An American computer scientist, J Alex Halderman, who had co-authored
a study titled “India’s EVMs are
On 15 December 2010 22:16, Indrajit Gupta bonoba...@yahoo.co.in wrote:
How about those who only use their various Hotmail IDs ONLY to talk to Silk?
That would count as sheer trollery.
Waitaminnit. Vanavasis cohabit with trolls, don't they?
While on that, can you please fix your Yahoo settings
On 15 December 2010 22:27, Vinayak Hegde vinay...@gmail.com wrote:
In the spirit of thread hijacking ;-) , what are the travel sites that
silklisters use for travel research ?
matrix2.itasoftware.com.
Love being able to generate booking codes and sending to travel agent!
Ram
On 15 December 2010 12:35, Ramakrishnan Sundaram r.sunda...@gmail.com wrote:
Share handles, please, so we can have a silklist aspect to play around with?
Oh, mine is ...@joindiaspora.com.
Ram
On 27 October 2010 15:01, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote:
Both the description of the trip itself by said individual, and the
vigorous argument it provoked on this list, are entertaining. [1]
Do you actually remember _every_ single discussion on silk?
I had forgotten when exactly he had
On 26 October 2010 14:55, Sriram Karra ska...@gmail.com wrote:
This guy appears spoiled from not having to fill out too many visa
applications.
About ten years ago, my then employer, a large telco, asked me to
organise a series of lectures by tech celebrities to publicise the
launch of a new
On 26 October 2010 14:18, Mahesh Murthy mahesh.mur...@gmail.com wrote:
If it gives you any consolation, I (an Indian citizen resident in India) am
in the process of renewing my US visit visa.
The cost is higher, the form is longer, the questions are more onerous and
If you have a problem with
On 26 October 2010 17:19, Badri Natarajan asi...@vsnl.com wrote:
Nowadays airlines check visas of everyone boarding a plane to most countries
because otherwise the government of the country in which the plane lands will
impose a fine for allowing someone to get on the plane without checking
On 7 October 2010 17:48, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote:
I'm curious. How many of you listen to music as a single-tasking
activity? Or at least, the primary foreground activity? And what
differentiates that from other modes of listening to music?
Me.
I find listening to music when
On 4 October 2010 20:27, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote:
[1] This line added to preempt Ram.
You can't preempt Ram. He is a legal person born 4000 years ago, and now has
a court judgement to prove it. Even physical structures can't preempt him,
as a bunch of monkeys proved 18 years
Oh, I forgot to add that sacred cows make the best burgers, and that Onanism
is a festival celebrated by all Mallu men. Which brings us back full circle
to Biju.
Ram
On 5 October 2010 09:41, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote:
HmmKeith..there is at least one person on this list, who grew up in
urban India, who did not go to college...I learnt this fact only
yesterday,
Not sure who this is - I can think of several on this list. :)
A certain
On 2 September 2010 18:33, Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com wrote:
nAn pOyinNdEy irukkEn!
Isn't that what you'd yell when someone bangs on the door?
Ram
On 31 August 2010 06:46, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote:
This early in the morning, I can't tell if this is for real or not.
Candidate for AIR?
http://improbable.com/airchives/miniair/
Ram
On 19 August 2010 10:49, Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com wrote:
But my qualification still remains...the internal wiring seems to change
only if the fact of fatherhood is accepted.
Something that tends to support your argument, Deepa - Levi Johnston.
Ram
On 18 August 2010 11:12, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote:
I recall having a discussion with Shiv on this topic when my daughter
was born. Intuitively, it feels true given my experiences over the
past 5 years. Any thoughts from others?
I remember having this conversation with Shiv before
On 18 May 2010 07:02, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote:
Venky (the second) and I attempted to convince Biju to use our modified
Mallu Name Generator Algorithm. Failing which, a name Biju's kid
contest on silk. He wasn't biting. Wuss.
I must say, Biju, that you could have gone ahead with
On 12 March 2010 13:48, Srini RamaKrishnan che...@gmail.com wrote:
How much of this is because of the lack of opportunity and
unemployment in Kerala? I grew up in an alcoholic town that quit its
Having lived there eight years, I think living in Kerala is in itself
reason to drive anyone to the
On 4 March 2010 20:06, Pranesh Prakash the.solips...@gmail.com wrote:
(And whatever
happened to the Renaissance women?)
Don't know about the Renaissance, but if it's Baroque women you're
looking for, try an image search for BBW. Wouldn't recommend it,
though.
Ram
On 23 February 2010 18:43, Biju Chacko biju.cha...@gmail.com wrote:
Silklister Jace is tweeting from inside:
http://twitter.com/jackerhack
Hope he gets out ok ...
He did, and is now on NDTV.
Ram
2010/1/27 Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com:
As a courtesy to other members, also please avoid top-posting [1] and HTML
mail.
...
Well, I had the newer members in mind, but if the shoe fits...
So are we making a distinction here between members and staff?
Ram
2010/1/27 Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com:
PS: I am shocked, shocked that I beat Ram to the draw on this one. His
Smith Wosname must be on the blink.
Ab-duct-ed by aliens, obviously. I'm studiously ig-noring the member
who raised a question about his dicta.
2010/1/20 Mahesh Murthy mahesh.mur...@gmail.com:
2.5 And as an aside, the Google Maps vs Google Earth issue is one of dynamic
content vs fixed content.
...
Google Earth which will probably need to look the same to all viewers
worldwide - much like a Nat Geo atlas. And in these cases, any
2009/12/28 ss cybers...@gmail.com:
No dabauchery.
Dabau Cherry? That sounds like something he was doing with those three women.
Ram
2009/11/30 Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com:
that the children of the repats, born and raised in the US,face when trying
May I submit that repat is derogatory, as it implies someone shipped
home at the expense of the GoI?
I propose cowpat instead.
Ram
2009/11/25 ss cybers...@gmail.com:
higher level than the brown sahib was the same diference that kept the brown
For Ram that means sauce for the goose, sauce for the gaandmaster.
Brown sahib, gaandmaster... what are you really trying to say?
Ram
2009/11/25 ss cybers...@gmail.com
(Chaudvin ka chand)
Is that what it is? All these years I was under the impression that it
was Chaudhary ka Gaand.
But then I'm only a Madraasi.
Ram
2009/11/25 Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com:
now to figure out what all THAT means!
Get Udhay started on exclusionary mechanisms.
Ram
2009/11/13 Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com:
why doesn't India listen to her, Suri said this: Yes, we are very proud
of Ms Roy; she is a famous writer of fiction.
Well played, sir.
Ram
2009/10/10 Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com:
The one single thing that (for me) pushes her beyond the pale is this:
her virulent opposition, in both word and deed, to birth control - to
some of the most desperately poor people in the world. Uncounted
This is like saying you dislike credit card
work. Quite likely that i installed them in the wrong order.
The correct order is here:
http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/dsn/en/document?docid=1A0C0937D62A8739E0401E0A55174744
Ram
2009/10/4 Madhu Menon c...@shiokfood.com:
I implore you
to watch the episode of the UK series Coupling titled The woman with two
breasts.
Coupling is available - all 4 seasons, some 25 or so episodes - on
bittorrent. It's worth watching the whole thing. One of the funniest
serials I've ever
?
Ram
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for breakfast, sometimes dinner too.
shiv
** Ram - any doubts about how the word mess came to be used?
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2009/8/26 Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com
as that evening is one of the functions I'm
coming into town for.
I'm fascinated by this usage; I've only seen it in Indian English.
Any ideas on how function came to mean event?
It may be a function as in a do.
Ram
Maama, not mama, is what he said.
Veshti and filter coffee, not pasta and espresso.
On 26/08/2009, Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 8:54 AM, Ramakrishnan Sundaram r.sunda...@gmail.com
wrote:
2009/8/26 Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com
as that evening is one
2009/8/22 Indrajit Gupta bonoba...@yahoo.co.in
Please come off line, onto a chat window.
You want all of silk to do that?
Ram
2009/8/7 Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com:
More like creation--on the theory that creating a husband is the
opposite of ending a wife.
hmbut isn't marriage the creation of both a husband and a wife, Jeremy?
See, I was right all along.
Ram
2009/8/5 Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com:
What is the precise antonym for uxoricide? And don't tell me that wives
don't murder their husbands, I've come close to it many times...
Marriage
Ram
2009/7/29 Christopher Kelty cke...@gmail.com:
indeed, forensic anthro is well established, and generally involves skills
from physical anthro and archaeology as well as a detective's sense of
At least well established in the world of TV police procedurals. The
TV series Bones, now five seasons
2009/5/20 Dr. John Marshall Johnson johnso...@gmail.com:
Well, can see Shiv, Mahesh, IG, Chetan,
Venkat, Ram out here. Hi !! guys.
Hi, JMJ.
You've wandered in during a particularly lively time. Watch out for
flying furniture.
Ram
2009/5/19 Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.net:
gujarat', 'kite flying festival' etc etc)
Just occurred to me that kite flying festival could describe what
happens on silk, in times such as these, rather accurately.
Ram
Does anyone else see a unraveled thread now, [silk] Why have Indian
exit polls been so off lately? and Re: [silk] Why have Indian exit
polls been so off lately??
Is this IG's fault, as usual?
Ram
2009/5/18 Chetan N che...@nagster.org:
1. I don't believe what you've just said
2. By whose standards?
Hoo boy. Déjà vu all over again. Where's Atul?
Ram
2009/4/15 Mohit (मॊिहत) mohitmo...@gmail.com:
Oh BTW, is anyone on this list based in Kanpur
You get single malts in Kanpur? Bottled locally, then?
Ram
2009/4/2 bonoba...@yahoo.co.in:
(and that's not ad hominem, merely ad capitam).
Or lower down,
Would that be Pie Jesu?
At the rate you're spewing shuriken, you'll need a full Requiem Mass soon.
Ram
2009/3/30 Bonobashi bonoba...@yahoo.co.in:
I just saw a red dot scroll down and try to zero in on me.
Lay off the booze then and it will go away.
Ram
2009/3/22 Bonobashi bonoba...@yahoo.co.in:
Ram will swing by on a curtain, brandishing his Smith and Wagah.
Swat a Wagah, you mean.
Ram
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