CULTURAL QA12-2021-25 BEING A COMPILATION THERE MAY BE ERRORS
Q1 What are ideal requirements for washing machines? A1 Maaz Ansari , Co-Founder@OriServeAnswered Dec 19, 2016 It’s important to look at your needs first. What is the size of your washload? Size: 1-2 members? Capacity:5-6 kg Size: 3 members? Capacity: 6-7kg Size: 4 members? Capacity: 7-8kg Size: 5 or more? Capacity: 8 kgor more. How frequently do you expect to wash the load? If you are washing for 8 or more and your wash frequency is once a week,then you should go for a large machine. On the other side, those who have to wash clotheseveryday should opt for smaller machine. What kind of budget are you looking at? A semi-automatic machine costsless than a fully automatic one. Likewise, a top-loader costs less than afront-loader. Are you looking to economise on the use of water and electricity? Semi-automatic machines use less energy and water relative to fullyautomatic ones. Similarly, a front-loader uses less energy and water relativeto a top-loader. What functions do you want the machine to serve you? The more technologically advanced the machine is, the more functions it can serve - inbuilt heater,hot wash, variable speeds for washing & drying etc. Other than this, look at extra features like quick wash facility, digitaltimer etc. Q2 Can ladies eat rice on Amavasya night when she does not havea mother in law and father in law? A2 Bhuvana Rameshwar Tamilculture and heritage 7h In my inlaws place we had a custom of having only tiffin items like dosa,adai, idlies on amavaasai days. The explanation was that it is new moon and as my inlaws parentsweren't alive, hence it was a custom to please ancestors . Ourelders probably thought people were addicted to rice and curry. So we youngsters also didn'thave rice and ate whatever was made that evening for dinner. Years later I realized this rule didn't apply forme and my husband or other siblings and children in the family. My parents andmy inlaws were alive then so why we had to eat dosas or rotis instead of riceand gravy ? Dosas, chapathis etc also meant more work for women. Adais meantgrinding the dough in the evening. Side dishes had to made instead of using theleftover gravies of the afternoon. So in my house we don't followall these rules. If weremember it is a new moon day we don't eat non veg. Sometimes, we forget thattoo. Otherwise we eat whatever is healthy and convenient for making ie rice,sambar, kurmas, non veg , dosas, idlies, chapathis etc . Q3 Why are the hanging gardens of Babylon still a mystery? A3 Claire Jordan Degree inbiology and folklore; programmer, shop owner, secretary on newspaper16h Archaeologists are now fairly sure they’ve found them. The reason it tookso long is that they weren’t in Babylon at all - they were in Ninevah, which was nicknamed “NewBabylon”. It’s like looking for something in York which was in NewYork all the time. At any rate, we’ve found tiles bearing drawings which show that there wasin Ninevah a grand garden where trees grew on raised, tiered terraces whichwere supported by brick arches, and irrigated using an Archimedes’ screwsystem. On-sitearchaeology is difficult because the site has been in a militarised zone for muchof the last 20 years, but they think the terraces formed a half-moonaround a lake and palaceat the bottom. Q4 Do trees and humans share a common ancestor? A4 Steven Haddock Studiedat York University (Canada)Tue Yes, and there’s substantialproof of this. There’s a process called anaerobic glycolysis that allows living thingsto extract energy from glucosein the absence of oxygen. Humans use it to sprint. However, trees do it too. And we use the exact same gene to do it. You can see this gene in everyliving thing on the planet that does anaerobic glycolysis, virtually unchangedover hundreds of millions of years. No need to change what works. Q5 At what point in the process of digestion in thegastrointestinal tract does flatulence form? A5 Ken Saladin Formerprofessor of histology (microscopic anatomy)Thu Most of the gas in flatulenceis swallowed air — or atleast the nitrogen from swallowed air. Bacteria in the large intestine add the smellycomponents—hydrogen sulfide, skatole, and indole mainly—by fermentingthe food residue that the human doesn’t digest. Q6 Why is Mars so dark? A6 Steve Baker Blogger atLetsRunWithIt.com (2013–present)Dec 20 Mars is about 1.5 times further from the Sun than Earth. The apparentbrightness of the Sun decreases with the square of the range so the amount of sunlight thatarrives at Mars is only about 44% of the amount that we get here on Earth. It’s not quite that bad - because Mars has very thin atmosphere so lesslight is scattered. In reality - our eyes wouldadjust - it would not be too terrible. Q7 How do people find underground electrical wires? A7 Gary Meissner,Applications Engineer Answered 12h ago There are several methods, depending on how deep they are. If they are not too dep, asimple metal detector can detect the wire conductors. Copper shows up quite well on a metal detector.The problem is you don’t know if you are tracking your wire, or a pipe, oranything else metallic in the ground. For deeper wires, or if youneed to find a specific wire, there are tracker systems that send a signal downthe wire and you pick it up with a directional antenna. By locating the angle from a known distance to eachside, you can even estimate how deep the wire is. I have a low power system which works great upto a foot deep even through concrete. It works great for tracing wires inwalls, even cinder block, but it is not powerful enough for buriedwires more than 2 feet down. This is similar to the one I have. KOLSOL Underground Wire Locator, Cable Tester F02 Pro for Locate Wires,Locate Control Wires Cables Pet Fence Wires, up to 3 Feet Deep 2000 FeetLength, Equiped with Rechargeable 1100mAh Battery: Amazon.com: Industrial &Scientific When they had to do some digging around my house, the utility locator used a highpower system and connected it, one at a time, to the water feed, gas line, mainpower feed, phone and cable lines, and even the sewer pipe. Then hewas able to mark the path of each one to be sure it cleared the area to be dug.I still have a few of the yellow and orange dots left on my walkway. The blueand green ones faded faster. This is similar to the one the utility locatorused, but this looks a lot cheaper. Theirs was very industrial looking. Q8 If there are empty first class seats available on aninternational flight, is there any way to get a discount to upgrade? A8 John Lilly 1y My wife and I were flying on an international flight and while checkingin, the person at thecheck-in counter asked if we would like an upgrade to business class for acouple of hundred dollars. It was only one way so on the way back wewould have to fly the economy tickets we originally purchased. We said sure andwere so glad. We had greatservice, food and drink, as well as lay-flat seats to sleep on. Itwas a 12 hour overnight flight. The next time we were flying that same international route, I actually asked the person checkingus in if they had a deal for upgrading to Business class. I was toldthey did, though it was not quite as good a deal as the previous trip, butstill a decent price. Againwe took the discounted upgrade. So my advice is if you are not offered an upgrade, askfor it and ask for a discount. What is the worst thing that couldhappen? They say no. Big deal, you are still on the flight you originallywanted. Also, travelingon a weekday seemed to have fewer passengers, which meant there were more emptyseats in business class. Good Luck! Q9 Why do capacitors discharge without an electricalconnection? A9 Loring Chien electricalengineer for 45 years Updated Dec 16 They discharge because the insulating dielectric is not a perfectinsulator. Each capacitor has a real life model of a low value series resistorand a high value parallel resistor internal to the capacitor and its theparallel resistor that causes gradual loss of charge. Usually its quite large and soit takes a long time to discharge. Its a whole lot larger than the10 Mohms of a meter if you try and monitor the time constant! Q10 Which is better RBI assistant or SBI PO? A10 KanthaswamyBalasubramaniamLawyer3h Oh Any Day SBI PO!!!!NoQuestion about it. Point No 1 RBI Assistant is essentially equivalent to a Clerical Position SBI PO is an Officer Position Point No 2 RBI Promotions are very slow and political beyond a specific level. First you have 7 Years toreach Officer Level and beyond there on - you compete with outsiders who arerecruited directly along with your own friends. SBI Promotions are virtually guaranteed upto Scale VI (DGM) for a PO ifyou are willing to go on Transfer to any place Point No 3 RBI Officer C is a Decent post but they rarely have a strong posting andalways end up in Middle Management under the Big Bosses - with very fewcontrolling major departments or any major divisions. A Friend of mine was in Chargeof Coins!!!!! His entire Job - Control and Manage Coin Minting forspecific mints and their distribution. SBI Scale III could virtually be Branch Manager of a Small Town Branchand could control the entire branch. So SBI is more exciting & the chances of challenges are better Point No 4 Sure RBI has more allowances butSBI has more perks For instance A DGMcan purchase 3.5 Lakh of Furniture for furnishing his Flat and after retiringcan buy back that furniture for a mere Rs. 81,000/- under Depreciation schemeafter 3 years during his last Posting. GM can purchase for a higheramount and CGM even higher. So RBI get higher take home salaries but SBI get far more perks So upto maybe Scale I - III - RBI & SBI will be toe to toe in termsof salary with RBI even getting around 15% more overall So thats why you notice so manypeople flocking to Join RBI from SBI are usually POs or Scale I or Scale II because in those positions RBI looksgreener However I personally know of cases where Friends left for RBI and endedup as Officer B while the SBI Chap rose to AGM during the same period of time. So SBI any day Again that is myopinion.So when you comment be polite There is NO right answer here. Its not RBI Asst or CEO of Google. All the above QA are from Quora website on 25-12- 2021. Compiled and posted by R. Gopala krishnan ,78, former AGM Telecom Trivandrum on 26-12-2021 -- 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/1227053890.1111828.1640477825582%40mail.yahoo.com.
