Pranam
The framing of this question is neither scientific nor according to the
veda sastra; so why such Karunanidhi type questions?. KR IRS 9122 {As we
know the Sun is not moving,(???) but as per Hindu mythology, the Sun has a
chariot run by seven horses. What is its significance?
On Sun, 9 Jan 2022 at 05:58, 'gopala krishnan' via iyer123 <
[email protected]> wrote:
> *CULTURAL QA 01-2022-09*
>
> *BEING A COMPILATION THERE MAY BE ERRORS*
>
> *Q1 What do you have in your refrigerator that most people do
> not?*
>
> A1 Sangeeta HR | A movie lover| Fiction reader | Mumbaikar | A
> mother Fri
>
> *Frozen milk packets!!*
>
> I hate buying milk on daily basis and hence, I use this strategy. I have
> seen my mother doing it and I also find this more convenient than tracking
> the availability of milk on daily basis and buying packets as and when
> required.
>
> *I buy 3–5 liters of milk on weekly basis and whenever, I need it, I drop
> a packet of milk in a* bucket full of water. Wait for an hour to allow
> the milk to get back to its liquid form. If I need this on urgent basis
> then I just cut open the plastic packet and move the milk in solid form to
> the milk pan and heat it. The milk is ready to consume in next 10 minutes.
>
> During Vardah cyclone, the situation was very critical in Chennai. It was
> tough for people to move out of the house to even buy essentials like
> milk and vegetables. At that point of time, I handed over a couple of
> packets of milk to people with babies at home.
>
> Many people prefer to buy milk on daily basis as they believe that the
> milk would get spoiled in maximum of 2 days’ time. So this hack might help
> people to store milk for a week or 10 days and enjoy tea/coffee as and when
> required.
>
> *My note- While going out of station, my wife keep* surplus pack in
> refrigerator, and prepare milk as told above, but uses it for preparing
> curd. Learnt members can write on it-*whether it is a healthy practice.*
>
> *Q2 What happens if a patient goes to a lab but they cannot
> find the vein to draw their blood?*
>
> Tomaž Vargazon Practicing atheist Updated Thu
>
> The standard procedure is to get someone else, who will find a vein. If
> this doesn’t work, you can also do this:
>
> It hurts like hell, but you can see these veins.
>
> If even this doesn’t cut it, you can do most analyses from capillary blood
> too. This is frequently done in the case of drug addicts, not so much
> because you can’t possibly find a vein, but because their veins are brittle
> and burst at vein puncture so you need to start anew.
>
> *Usually the patient will remove his consent and say* they don’t want
> their blood work done at all before you run out of options.
>
> *Q3 Does an Indian husband say goodnight to his wife before
> sleep?*
>
> A3 Bhuvana Rameshwar South Indian culture Jan 2
>
> Yes, we often do whenever we go to sleep at the same time. When my husband
> says “good night” I reply the same to him.
>
> If he is watching TV or doing some other work I take leave saying “ I'm
> tired, I'm going to sleep, are you coming? “. He replies he will take
> another hour. So I go, shut the door to avoid the TV sound which gives him
> company.
>
> If he is tired he pushes off with a simple good night and a bottle of
> water.in
>
> his hand He says the goodnight more easily. I am a little uncomfortable
> with the English word good night as we speak Tamizh at home.
>
> Besides i’m not used to the Tamizh word “ Nal iravu” for good night. So
> the hesitatation.
>
> *Q4 As we know the Sun is not moving, but as per Hindu
> mythology, the Sun has a chariot run by seven horses. What is its
> significance?*
>
> A4 Mahesh Mallia Updated 5h
>
> I would like to answer this based on Science because the modern mind will
> not accept anything blindly just because its mentioned in our scriptures.
>
> *Modern science says that the Sun is not stationary.* The Sun and in
> fact, our whole solar system orbits around the center of the Milky Way
> Galaxy at an amazing speed of 828,000 km/hr. See this amazing animation
> below to understand this phenomenon:
>
> So your question is factually wrong. As for the seven horses, the ancient
> civilization probably did not know anything faster than horses, so they
> added not one but seven horses to run this super fast Chariot of the Sun!!
>
> *Q5 How could ancient people manage to live with extreme cold
> in Europe with no heating services available today?*
>
> A5 JV Nande A Portuguese TV writer living in Brazil.
> www.jvnande.comJan 2
>
> *I would say the main way was fire, either a fireplace or a wood stove*.
> I’m originally from Northern Portugal, where temperatures can get to
> negative Celsius during the winter, and I grew up without central heating,
> but *my grandmother always had the fire running in the stove, so the
> kitchen was a great place to be and get away from the cold.* When you
> went to bed, some extra blankets would do the trick.
>
> But there was a second way: architecture. Houses in Northern Portugal were
> originally built with a thermally stable material which also happened to be
> *laying
> around: big blocks of granite. The warmth from a fire wouldn’t get lost
> easily.*
>
> Also, did you notice this is a two-storey house? There’s a reason for
> that. *People would live upstairs while the cattle would be downstairs.*
> This way, the heat generated by the cows or sheep’s breathing (and also the
> fermentation of their manure) would keep people warmer. Some houses even
> had a kind of a gutter that went from the kitchen directly into the pig
> trough, so people could dispose of meal leftovers or potato peels
> immediately and feed the hogs without too much of a hassle.
>
> *So, fire, clothes and ingenuity: that is how people managed to live with
> extreme cold in Europe. And some still do.*
>
> *Q6 Do you use WhatsApp or telegram (or something else)? What
> are pros and cons of each and what led you to choose whatever you're going
> with?*
>
> A6 Gopalkrishna Vishwanath Willing responder to survey
> questions Fri
>
> *I use WhatsApp. It meets my needs. I don’t know the pros and cons and I
> am not interested.*
>
> I don’t want to take the trouble to switch to Telegram or Signal or
> whatever even if they are better.
>
> I have heard about the controversy regarding the new terms and conditions
> that WhatsApp wanted to introduce.
>
> I am not bothered. Let the terms and conditions be anything. I never read
> them anyway.
>
> I have nothing to hide and am unconcerned with privacy. The presence or
> absence of the so-called “end-to-end encryption” is not an issue for me.
>
> *For decades, during my youth, I wrote postcards and mailed them and
> anybody could read them,* not just the recipient. I will continue using
> WhatsApp because all my contacts are on WhatsApp.
>
> Some of them, influenced by the negative publicity did switch to Telegram
> and they sent me messages informing me. They all came back to WhatsApp
> later when they found no one there to exchange messages with. I believe the
> controversy is now closed.
>
> *Q7 I want to change my address in my passport. Will I get the
> same passport number or will it be changed?*
>
> A7 Bhuvana Rameshwar Lived abroad a few years 1h
>
> You will get a new number.
>
> If you want to change your address in your passport as you are relocating
> to a new place or changing house you need to apply for a re - issue of
> passport. *Change of address has to be updated as soon as possible as per
> govt rules.*
>
> They will issue a new passport to you which will have a new passport
> number and your new ( updated) address.
>
> *Q8 Is rice dangerous for a kidney stone patient?*
>
> A8 Lucia Garcia Worked at Hospitals11h
>
> Rice is the staple food for more than half of the world's population,
> including countless people with kidney stones, but they still eat rice
> every day.
>
> *Rice is an extremely nutrient-rich food, and rice has nothing to do with
> kidney stones.*
>
> Kidney stones are preventable and treatable, and the easiest way to
> prevent and treat kidney stones is to eat the right foods.
>
> *Studies have shown that approximately 70% to 80% of stones are calcium
> oxalate stones.*
>
> The accumulation of oxalic acid in the body is the main factor leading to
> kidney stones.
>
> *In addition, excessive intake of high-sugar, high-protein and high-purine
> foods is also linked to kidney stones.*
>
> Kidney stone patients should eat less foods high in oxalic acid, such as
> spinach, beans, carrots, mushrooms, amaranth, coriander, celery, grapes,
> oranges, strawberries and so on.
>
> It is recommended *that patients with kidney stones often eat some black
> fungus*. Black fungus contains alkaloids and various minerals, which can
> produce a strong chemical reaction to kidney stones, dissolve the stones,
> shrink them and excrete them from the body.
>
> *Patients with kidney stones also are advised to drink plenty of water*.
> Studies have shown that a 50% increase in urine output can reduce the
> incidence of kidney stones by 85%.
>
> *Q9 Did Indian railways ever closed a railway station for any
> reason permanently?*
>
> A9 Vivek Singh Lives in India (1989–present)Tue
>
> *Cochin Harbour Terminus - CHTS (Kerala) was* closed permanently, due to
> the objections by Indian Navy during electrification, as the train tracks
> were extremely close to the Naval air strip. Recently, they tried to
> revive the station by running a DEMU between CHTS and Ernakulam, but due to
> operational constraints it was shelved again.
>
> Howbagh Railway Station in Jabalpur (M.P.) was closed permanently after
> the Gauge Conversion, as the route of the station passes through the
> heart of the city (which is not safe for the Broad Gauge Trains movement).
>
> Old Munger station (Bihar) (which was a terminal in MG era) was closed
> permanently post Gauge Conversion. A new BG station was created and the
> bridge on Ganga river was built, hence ceasing the existence of Munger as a
> terminal.
>
> There are few more stations like Gauri Phanta in UP (Code: GPF), etc that
> were closed, but I am not aware of the proper reasons (my wild guess, the
> income must be too low to continue).
>
> My note- Ranipet in North Arcot District was functioning while I was
> working there from 1966 end to March 1972. The railway route Wallaja road-
> Ranipet telecom line was under my jurisdiction. The passenger train
> with a lot of goods boggies was hauled by a steam engine. Distance of about
> 7 KMs. Details of the route is as follows:-
>
> Laid in 1858, disuse in 1995. Station was again put in to service on Jan
> 20, 2021, probably after Ranipet district was formed.
>
> CHENNAI: Southern Railway on Wednesday loaded the first rake ..on Jan 20,
> 2021.
>
> *Q10 Is it possible that people from different regions of the
> world evolved from different hominid species?*
>
> A10 Claire Jordan Degree in biology and folklore; programmer,
> shop owner, secretary on newspaper Thu
>
> Yes and no. All the human groups we know of are at least 94% descended
> from the same species, *Homo sapiens*. However, with the possible
> exception of a few small groups in central Africa none of us is *pure*
> Homo sapiens - we all have a dash of genes from various other human groups
> such as Neanderthals and Denisovans, whom we regard as separate species
> from H sapiens because the evidence suggests that although they could
> hybridise with H sapiens, a high proportion of these hybrids were sterile.
>
> *Q11 Why was Prince Philip never called a king?*
>
> A11 Jill GrantFormer Retail Sales (1976–2003)Dec 8
>
> He was a prince of Greece and Denmark . A King is a ruler and Philip
> wasn’t going to rule, he was only the spouse of the Queen who did rule.
>
> They were married before her father died and Philip was given a British
> title, Duke of Edinburgh. He didn’t like the idea of being called a
> Prince Consort.
>
> He also wanted his family name given to his children. Mountbatten, but
> Elizabeth wanted the Windsor name too.
>
> *Q12 Can a power supply step up DC to AC?*
>
> A12 Dave Haynie BSEE/Math, CMU 1983, I design digital, analog,
> and RF systems.Jan 2
>
> Sure. That's a device known as an inverter. I have this device, a 600W
> inverter, in my car, attached to the 12V battery. This produces a pretty
> normal AC output.
>
> I get a normal output because this is a pure sine wave inverter: normal AC
> power delivered to your house is a sine wave. *Cheaper inverters can
> produce square waves or “simulated" sine waves made by stepping voltage at
> multiple levels*. These can cause problems or inefficiencies with some AC
> devices.
>
> My car actually has its own inverter. Most hybrid and electric cars these
> days use multiphasic AC motors driven by batteries, which store DC of
> course. My 2015 Prius has a 200Vdc battery pack that's stepped up and
> inverted to deliver 650Vac to the motors. That's the inverter/power
> conversion unit (PCU) on the right. The day-glo orange cables are the high
> voltage cables. The pink stuff is the inverter coolant.
>
> The inverter uses very efficient insulated-gate bipolar transistors
> (IGBT), but they still get very hot and need cooling. Tesla started using
> silicon-carbide transistors their inverters in 2017, and Toyota used a
> similar inverter design in the 2020 Mirai, their hydrogen fuel cell hybrid.
> Silicon-carbide promises to boost efficiency by over 10%.
>
> *All the above QA are from Quora website on 08-01- 2022. *
>
> *Compiled and posted by R. Gopala krishnan ,78, former ITS on 09-01-2022*
>
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