Re: [silk] On Silk, by Silk

2016-09-30 Thread Bruce A. Metcalf
Dear All, Udhay has responded to my foolish remark by calling my bluff: I also worked at the front desk of a hotel (part-time) for ten years. Got some stories from that! ​Please share (you too, Udupa!)​ ​*cough*​ Okay fine, here's one. In the hotel business, there is an unfortunately

Re: [silk] On Silk, by Silk

2016-09-28 Thread Udhay Shankar N
On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 6:54 AM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: >> It's worse than you think. I also worked at the front desk of a hotel >> (part-time) for ten years. Got some stories from that! > > > ​Please share (you too, Udupa!)​ > ​*cough*​ -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @

Re: [silk] On Silk, by Silk

2016-08-02 Thread Udhay Shankar N
On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 10:41 PM, Bruce A. Metcalf wrote: Not to paint you as a father-figure, but that's exactly what my dad did for >> over three decades! Substitute railroad conductor with running the cash >> register at Hotel Pai Vihar near Bangalore's Corporation

Re: [silk] On Silk, by Silk

2016-08-02 Thread Deepa Mohan
Bruce, your point about civil discourse is interesting in view of the fact that until I joined, entry to the group was not moderated. (I don't know if the two were related!) And yes, in today's "uncivil" world, where offence is taken so much more easily than the path to assuming goodwill...our

Re: [silk] On Silk, by Silk

2016-08-02 Thread Bruce A. Metcalf
Thejaswi Udupa wrote: Bruce A. Metcalf wrote: mostly I've worked as a reference librarian and technical writer Not to paint you as a father-figure, but that's exactly what my dad did for over three decades! Substitute railroad conductor with running the cash register at Hotel Pai Vihar

Re: [silk] On Silk, by Silk

2016-08-02 Thread Thejaswi Udupa
On 02-Aug-2016 10:28 PM, "Bruce A. Metcalf" wrote: > > mostly I've worked as a reference librarian and technical writer Not to paint you as a father-figure, but that's exactly what my dad did for over three decades! Substitute railroad conductor with running the cash

Re: [silk] On Silk, by Silk

2016-08-02 Thread Naresh
Geeks Rule ,OK !. Nice one,Shrabonti! Naresh Narasimhan Sent from my Phone > On 02-Aug-2016, at 12:36 PM, Shrabonti Bagchi wrote: > > FYI, good people... > > http://factordaily.com/silk-indias-oldest-mailing-list-history-geek-culture/

Re: [silk] On Silk, by Silk

2016-08-02 Thread Deepa Mohan
Ah. The Surgical Steel Kniveswallah. I only see cutting remarks from him on FB (which I enjoy) ...don't see him here much. Romba tanks SRS! On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 6:31 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > Chugli is hindi for carrying tales / koL sollaradhu > > The knifeman is a

Re: [silk] On Silk, by Silk

2016-08-02 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Chugli is hindi for carrying tales / koL sollaradhu The knifeman is a certain bald, tubby and bearded guy who uses a lot of chef knives very effectively if I don’t miss my guess. On 02/08/16, 6:23 PM, "silklist on behalf of Deepa Mohan"

Re: [silk] On Silk, by Silk

2016-08-02 Thread Deepa Mohan
Vot is "chugli" and who is the knifeman? Obviously I am out of touch with Intelligent Conversation! So much of "what is under one's nose"...Shrabonti, I never realized that I could write about this listserv. I enjoyed the write-up. Sorry...Gmail makes it too much pain to scroll to the end of the

Re: [silk] On Silk, by Silk

2016-08-02 Thread Bhaskar Dasgupta
I'm going to do chugli on you guys to the knifeman > On 2 Aug 2016, at 12:30, Shrabonti Bagchi wrote: > >> On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 4:41 PM, Amit Varma wrote: >> >> On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 12:36 PM, Shrabonti Bagchi >> wrote: >>

Re: [silk] On Silk, by Silk

2016-08-02 Thread Shrabonti Bagchi
On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 4:41 PM, Amit Varma wrote: > On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 12:36 PM, Shrabonti Bagchi > wrote: > > > FYI, good people... > > > > > > > http://factordaily.com/silk-indias-oldest-mailing-list-history-geek-culture/ > > > > Great piece,

Re: [silk] On Silk, by Silk

2016-08-02 Thread Amit Varma
On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 12:36 PM, Shrabonti Bagchi wrote: > FYI, good people... > > > http://factordaily.com/silk-indias-oldest-mailing-list-history-geek-culture/ > Great piece, Shrabonti! (Btw, it's an urban legend born out of playful banter that you'll get thrown out of

Re: [silk] On Silk, by Silk

2016-08-02 Thread Charanya Chidambaram
This was an incredible read to wake up to! Reminded me of my very first conversation with Udhay over a cup of 'not beer'. On 2 August 2016 at 13:02, Mahesh Murthy wrote: > Nice, shrabonti! > > On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 12:36 PM, Shrabonti Bagchi >

Re: [silk] On Silk, by Silk

2016-08-02 Thread Mahesh Murthy
Nice, shrabonti! On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 12:36 PM, Shrabonti Bagchi wrote: > FYI, good people... > > > http://factordaily.com/silk-indias-oldest-mailing-list-history-geek-culture/ >