CULTURAL QA 09-2021-06 Being compilation there may be errors
Q1 What aresome unusual French habits you should know about before visiting France? A1 Diana Arneson Lived in France once;now just visits October 9, 2018 If you’re not preparedfor it, French toilets (especially in cafes) can be a bit puzzling or evenalarming. For Americans who areused to flushing the toilet by pulling down on a lever, European toilets areusually flushed either by pushing a button or (in some more quaint cases)pulling on a chain. There are generally twobuttons you can push; the smaller is for “petites commissions” (a.k.a. NumberOne); the bigger one is for “grosses commissions” (Number Two). Some older buildingshave Turkish toilets, which can pose a problem for women wearing tight pants orpantyhose: You will almost alwaysfind a toilet brush next to the toilet; it’s expected that you will clean upafter yourself, and not leave “skid marks” in the toilet. (Not everyone meetsthis expectation, however.) Women using these restrooms are sometimes unnerved to find a urinal near the sink, and (in somecases) a man quietly using the urinal in front of them. The proper French wayto handle this is not to see it; just go about your business. Most French stores donot have rest rooms available for customers to use. If you need a toilet, oneway to access one is to duck into a cafe and order something to drink; then usethe facilities. Cafe toilets are often in the basement; if you see a narrowstaircase leading down, chances are that that’s where the toilet is. If you’re in Paris, youalso have the option of using a public toilet on the street. There’s even a mapyou can access, that shows you where the nearest ones are situated: Publictoilets in Paris - Paris Tourist Office - Paris tourist office This might seem like anodd topic to address here, but it’s an important one! Traveling is stressfulenough, without feeling like you need to use a toilet, and having no idea whereto find one. ;) Q2 What isit like to grow up in a middle class Indian Family? A2 BhuvanaRameshwar married for threedecades Sat Middle class familymeans the following.. All these by default.. Colgate for toothpaste.Natraj for pencils Reynolds for blue andblack pen.Camlin for geometry box, sketch pens Hamam soap for bath.Parachutecoconut for hair oil. Clinic plus forshampoo, during my youth I had Pond's egg shampoo, another popular brand. Benadryl for cough andrasam for colds. We went to doctors only if the fever stuck us for many daysotherwise Crocin would do. NV once a week, usuallyweekends, after oil massage and hair wash Fruits means thestandard, humble bananas and mangoes and guavas in their season. Icecream once afortnight , restaurant food outing once a month , movies only if it is a familymovie with good heros. Pocket money only ifgoing by bus or when relatives come home and gift money Mother always gave somemoney from her savings kept in the kitchen provision tins! New dresses for b’daysand Diwali New shoes and uniformevery new academic year. Tour meant visitinggrandparents or temples Pickles, potato wafers,sweets and fries.. All were made at home. Dad ‘s unused shirts,for sons.Dad ‘s old phone for mother or children going for tuition. Embroidered covers onTV, sewing machine, even washing machine. Cushion covers, sofa spreads and pillow covers stitchedat home. We ironed our own clothes and dad's. No giving it for washing orironing outside. Sweaters knitted bymother and grandmothers. Year end sale, aadimonth discount sale were preferred for clothes purchases, even for weddings Provisions bought fromthe local shop with a long list every month, which were cut short by dad. Watched TV programmes together in a single TV, kept inthe hall. When the computer came in, it too sat in the hall (drawing room). Two bedroom houses, noguest room. So either children or guests were made sleep in the hall on mats. These are few I couldthink as a person born and brought up as middle class and who carried on sowith our son also.. Q3 How didthey manage to seal steam boilers and ironclad ships in the 19th century beforewelding was invented? A3 Jason AlmendraBA Geography HunterCollege. I took college History August 28 Before welding wasinvented, ships' hulls and boilers were sealed by rivets. They were actuallywatertight and steam tight. However for boilers, the rivets were spaced veryclose and the plates overlapped. Q4 Can weuse an electric kettle inside a train in an AC or sleeper coach in India? A4 Prasanna Bhalerao Knows abouttrains.August 28 NO. NO. NO. (thousand times). The power socket on the train is meant for low wattage usage such as mobile/laptopcharging only. If you use an electric kettle (500W or above), it will (not may)cause a fire. Profile photo for Bhuvana Rameshwar Q5 Do someIndians still eat with their hands in 2021? A5 Bhuvana Rameshwar South Indianculture Updated 5h ago Even in 3021 or beyond we Indians and other S. E Asians will continue eating with our hands as our food habits are such.Unless of course we settle in future on Mars where washing hands with coldwater on a cold planet may be bone freezing. We eat better, relish our food more with our hands. There is a fingers to heart connection if we eat with our hands. Thereis a soul - satisfaction of feeling the food with our fingers and palm'ssensory nerves. This message instantly pleases our brain. A happy brain, asatisfied stomach is what we need most. When we eat our foodsay a dosa or a rice and gravy or vada with spoon or fork we feel we are eatingwith others’ hands. We cant feel the texture or the warmth with the spoon. Wecan even feel a spoilt food just by touching it and avoid eating it immediately. We don't have to take it to or mouth orv taste it. Food is not wasted andeverything is eaten to completion like our veg and non veg items. Besides very soon youmay here about scientists asking people to sanitize their hands and eat withfingers as corona may soon colonize wet, stainless - steel cutlery. Just likeour Indian ‘namaste’ , eating with hands will become a safety norm, who knows.Aren't we hundred percent sure of our clean hands more than the dirty cutlerywashed, used and re washed by others..? Profile photo for Hannah Madden Q6 Whattechnology may be older than it seems? A6Hannah Madden·June 1 Steam engines. The ancient Greeks hadthem, but it was just cheaper to use slaves. It’s not really difficult: just combine a boiler with anAchemedes Screw-pump, and it turns an axle. But again, as MiltonFriedman explained: “The rich in Ancient Greece would have benefited hardly atall from modern plumbing : running servants replaced running water.” And under Greekaristocracy, the rich made the rules. Q7 Did blackskin appear first in humans or white skin or neither? When do we know for surewhen humans started to have a whiter and a darker skin by genetic means oranother historical evidence? A7 Ernest W. Adams School taught me to hate history, but nowI love it.August 26 Black skin came first. As the early hominids lost their protective hair, their skin evolved to be dark to protect them from thesun in central Africa. White skin evolved much, much later, perhaps as littleas 7000 years ago. When humans migrated north into areas with less sun, theirskin got lighter to compensate. Our skin makes Vitamin D from sunlight, and ifthere is less light, we need lighter skin to make enough. Q8 How do Iknow if my AC doesn't have gas? A8 Gopala Krishnan , former Assistant General Manager 1996-2004at Department of Telecom (1966-2004)Answered just now In the split type AC inIndia, after setting right temperature to about 18 degrees still feel hotnessin room. After AC technician check compressor is working, still cool air is notcoming 2nd answer- Phil Jones, studied at BournemouthUniversity Answered 7h ago Well, in UK, if we haveweak, or no effect from this device, we would usually go to a service thatoffers air conditioning service, whether for domestic, or automotive use, andask the question written above, so that they could test it. To figure this out foryourself is really not that difficult. Q9 How aresome people able to remain calm in a bad or scary situation? A9 Srinath NalluriMost Viewed Writer inBehavioral, Social & Human PsychologyAugust 25 Because they are logical.Let me give you an example. I have worked with someof the best bosses and seniors all my career. Sometimes, things don’tgo as planned, there would be miscommunications, goof-ups, resulting in delays. I have never seen them blame the team or shout or throwthings or say unrealistic things like ‘I don’t you what you will do. I want it done in an hour.’ and walk away. The first they do issit with the team and discuss. ‘So we have this issue. We have to complete itby this day. We can try these alternatives. Let’s do it this way.’They leverageon the fact that there can be more than one way to do one job and you just haveto pick the right alternative if one plan fails. The thing is Fear and anger are high-voltageemotions. It is during this timeyour thinking is low and you tend to completely lean towards being on autopilotmode. The people who stay calm are those who don’t letcontrolled by those emotions. They take control and study thesituation logically. They don’t feel ‘Whocreated this mess? Why is this happening to me?’ Rather they think ‘Howto get out of this mess first?’ Q10 Do youneed to dry tomato seeds from your bush to grow a new plant or can you plant afreshly picked tomato that has the seeds exposed in the dirt? A10 James Boettcher, works at ITConsultants No. But, fresh tomatoseeds are enclosed in a gel that contains germination-inhibiting hormones. I put the seeds fromthe tomato in a screen strainer, and rub them under running water to remove allthe gel. You can also ferment them for a few days in water till the gel washesaway. Then you let them dryfor storage. But, you could have planted them then. They still will need theproper environment to sprout and grow. We get volunteertomatoes all the time from fruit that has fallen into the dirt. Unfortunately,they sprout later in the year than I prefer, and are not very productive. If you are at afriend's, and find a specially delicious heritage variety, you can just smearthe gel enclosed seeds across a paper towel or napkin, fold it up, and put itin your pocket. (You might want to note on the napkin a date, and why youcollected it.) Heirlooms are self fertile, and generally breed true. Just soakthe napkin a few days when you want to plant, and rub any gel away. Q11 What's asustainable way to stain and protect wood? A11 GopalaKrishnan, former Assistant General Manager 1996-2004 atDepartment of Telecom (1966-2004) Answered 8h ago In Tamilnadu and Keralain India, wood is first processed by putting in river water or water tanks. Theprocessed wood is used to make furniture. After making furniture, doors orwindows they are polished or painted. The wood if any usedoutside for poles etc is treated with chemicals and used. Q12 Can youapply for an undergraduate electrical engineering when you didn't study physicsor chemistry? A12 LS Ganapati, B.Sc.(Engg.) ElectricalEngineering, National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur (1968) Answered Wed Electrical engineeringprimarily focuses on applying electricity and magnetism principles from physicsto make useful devices and materials. Chemistry is vastly applied in electricalengineering covering discussion about the transistor, resistor, capacitor,inductor, and also semi-conductors. The current passing through these items isdue to the movement of electrons. Electron and its properties are alsochemistry sub-field. Without physics and chemistry coverage, electricalengineering does not appear complete. 2ND ANSWR-Douglas Duncan Pickard, B.S. in Computer Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteAnswered June26, 2017 Most good Engineeringschools require a solid foundation in math and science to enroll. I would contactthe admissions office at the schools where you want to attend and ask themabout the requirements. If you don't qualify, see if you could take therequired classes at a community college first. 3RD ANSWER- Gopala Krishnan, former Assistant General Manager 1996-2004 at Department of Telecom (1966-2004)Answered17h ago As I know in India,physics is taught from middle school level. Most technicians are having diplomafrom Polytechnics. Nowadays many engineers also work as technician. Due tocovid 19 there is employment problem in India. All the above QA are based on Quora digest to me on 05-09-2021.Quora answers need not be 100% correct answers Compiler- R. Gopala Krishnan, 77 dated 06 -09-2021. SOONBCOME 78. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/2046920039.2092719.1630891244897%40mail.yahoo.com.
