Pranam Like Bhima kundam there are so many unsolved mysteries of the earth in the world. KR IRS 19222
On Sat, 19 Feb 2022 at 05:00, 'gopala krishnan' via Thatha_Patty < [email protected]> wrote: > *CULTURAL QA 02-2022-18* > > *BEING A COMPILATION THERE MAY BE ERRORS* > > *Q1 You gave the best education to your children. Post > education, they left India after putting you in an old age home. Do you > regret giving them the best education?* > > A1 Prasanna Bhalerao M. Sc. in Electronics & Physics, > Fergusson College, Pune 21h > > I am not at this stage right now (going to an old-age home). But I have > retired. I have given (or tried to give) the best education to my son. He > is studying in the UK right now. I do not expect that he should come back > to India to take care of us, his parents. I have given him full freedom to > decide to do what he likes. If he comes back to India, he may or may not > live in Pune (because of job, etc.). We are not going to go and live with > him wherever he is, abroad or in India. > > We are thinking that when we are near 70, we may sell our apartments and > move to a community place for older people. Just thinking but not decided. > > But one thing I do not regret is giving my son a fair education in India > and in the UK. Both of us consider this as an achievement on our part. > > *My note- It is the duty of children to take care of* the parents in old > age, when most requires money and affection. Father has discharged his duty > giving children best education. > > *Q2 My IFB washing machine doesn't dry clothes after washing > them. What could be the problem?* > > A2 Arpita Tripathi, studied at Birla Institute of Technology > JaipurAnswered Jan 30, 2020 > > You might need to check the drain filter; also termed as the *coin filter*. > If in case any debris, small fabric or any material from cloth pockets is > stuck there, water is unable to drain out properly. This might prevent your > clothes from getting spin-dried. This drain filter can be cleaned after > every 15 washes to avoid blockage. > > Washing machines will give you spin-dried clothes, in case you wish to > have 100% drying you can opt *for IFB clothes dryer.* > > 2ND ANSWER-Venkateswara Swamy Swarna, former Scientist, Metallurgist, > Quality / NDT Manager at Department of Atomic Energy, India > (1967-2008)Answered Sep 10, 2019 > > If after normal wash cycle, the clothes seem wetter than normal, *just > spin them again*…that will remove the excess water and will help them dry > out quickly when you put them on a clothesline outside… > > IFB sells a separate dryer that uses hot air to dry the clothes > completely. That comes in a size that sits comfortably on the existing > washing machine (I am assuming that your washing machine is front loading > automatic). You can take out the clothes from the washer and put them in > the dryer and get them completely dried, but that takes 2 hours and a few > units of electricity. That is the reason most homes don’t have (we don’t). > > We prefer to dry the clothes under the sunlight outside…totally free… > > In rainy season, we keep the clothes on stands and keep them under ceiling > fans…takes a few hours to dry… > > In Hyderabad, such wet spells are few in the year… > > If you are in a city like Mumbai, you may like to invest in a dryer… > > 3RD ANSWER- Sita Lakshmi , works at ICICI Prudential Life > InsuranceAnswered Oct 22, 2017 > > Chk the program you chose. See if spin is included. Or is it that you are > asking for absolute drying of clothes? Then chk if your machine supports > drying too. I feel drier comes as a separate unit. What comes with the > washing machine is just spinner!!If *after normal wash cycle, the clothes > seem wetter than normal, just spin them again*…that will remove the > excess water and will help them dry out quickly when you put them on a > clothesline outside… > > *Q3 How do I know if my glass is half empty or half full?* > > A3 Gopalkrishna VishwanathI am hardly a philosopher! Don't > take me seriously please. Mon > > If you are a pessimist, your glass will be half empty.If you are an > optimist, your glass will be half full.Half is common to both states. *The > pessimist sees emptiness.The optimist sees fullness*. It is similar to > the door that is ajar. > > The pessimist believes it is half shut and feels sad.The optimist believes > it is half-open and seizes the opportunity. > > *Q4 Which are a person's biggest regrets when he/she is old?* > > A4 Anubhav Jain Written 3 books on Life, living and > motivation. Updated Thu > > Destroying children's lives because of ego and firm opinions. Career, > marriage, comparisons, suppression, aggression. > > Leaving career in between to give time at home. > > *Wasting or utilising money meant for retirement care for other purposes.* > > Ignoring mild symptoms and slow diseases for years leading to major health > complications. *Diabetes must be highlighted here.* > > Not pursuing that lifelong passion and succumbing to a practical > manageable unperturbed life. > > Not living a life at all, just kept running in a race throughout. Missed > all great stations and points in life in a pursuit to be the fastest. > > *Being highly dependent on children, giving all assets to children during > the course of life.* > > Have known many elderly people in life, these are some common points I > observed through the interactions > > *My note- To avoid family quarrels and separation from children many > parents are forced to give assets to children. **Initially things would > go fine, later bad developments occur* > > *Q5 Is it true that Japan still allows both left hand drive and > right hand drive vehicles on the road, but could that be confusing for > traffic flow?* > > A5 Look. *Most countries allow all vehicles, left or right > hand drive.* The wrong handed vehicle is a bugger and you don't want to > try overtaking in it. > > There's only one country that endorses driving on the worng side of the > road and then grants diplomatic immunity to a murderer who is too big a > coward to admit they made a stupid mistake. Some shithole country many > decades behind the modern world. > > *Q6 Why are humans the absolute only animal that need to cook > meat before eating it?* > > A6 Matt Riggsby MA Archaeology, Boston UniversityMon > > *Other animals don’t rely on cooking because they can’t cook anything at > all*. But we don’t need to cook meat either. Variations on this question > pop up around here from time to time because apparently nobody has ever > heard of sushi. > > That said, *we don’t have to cook meat before eating it, but we usually > do. Why? Because we have remarkably weak jaws and small teeth which aren’t > really well adapted for ripping and tearing* *raw meat*. We also cook a > lot of the plants we consume because of those same weak jaws and small > teeth. We’d have just as much trouble eating grain and a great many other > plants raw as we would meat. *Since Homo erectus developed the use of > fire around 1.8 million years ago, we’ve been evolving to depend on cooking > as a subsistence strategy, *and on the face of the evidence, it seems to > have worked out pretty well for us. > > *Q7 Does a washing machine need to be vented?* > > A7 Bob Taylor, Retired from construction and a teller of the > truth! Answered 11h ago > > Under most circumstances the answer is no. *Ordinarily most washing > machines don’t produce large amounts of condensation.* > > However *if it’s a combined: washer / drier…well possibly yes. Reason > being they produce condensation from the drying mode.* > > Though some people don’t vent driers…washer/ driers. Opting to instead > to vent into the area where they are installed. Not a great option as it > can cause massive amounts of condensation and mould in that room if you > allow a build up over time. > > *My note- For any reason, motor get heated, to desipate heat, vents are > required and provided in most washing machines.* > > *Q8 Why have even scientists failed to figure out the mystery > of the pool "Bhimkund"located in Madhya Pradesh of India? What is the > mystery behind it?* > > A8 Chirayu Asati Software Engineer in Microsoft Feb 6 > > I visited Bhimkund yesterday. Truly, it’s a mystical place.Water is so > blue and transparent, you can see at least 30ft from your naked eyes. > > *Why blue? There are scientific reasons which explain the indigo blue > colour this colour is very* surprising and rarely found and it looks > extremely attractive in combination > > *Link to the Sea* > > There is a famous incident of 2004 when Mumbai was hit with a Tsunami and > the water level of this Kund rose by 50ft. There are no photographs or any > other proofs but we do have a witness, Yes, you head it right! > > *My grandfather was there, his native place is nearby and he went to see > the rise in water*. It’s very difficult to believe being a science > student but life is full of wonders. More we understand, we get to know how > little we know. > > *Unknown depth.* > > *It’s wrong to say that the depth is unmeasurable but nobody till date has > got success to find the depth including Discovery Channel.* > > In the Journal of Geological Society of India > > , it’s mentioned that, “It widens downward to 45 m into a sub-surface > water channel with steep/vertical walls. *Several groundwater streams > make a sort of network.”* > > People are misinterpreting this information with 45 m as depth. However, > it is clearly mentioned that, “Its depth, beneath the water surface could > not be measured.” > > So, the sub-surface level is at 45 m which then has a network of tunnels > due to which technologies like SONAR and submarine fails to find the depth > and the water never drought out. > > *Clean water* > > Usually, water stored in some place like ponds, lakes becomes dirty and > contaminated. Lots of people bath in this water daily and even wash their > clothes *but the water remains as clean as whistle.* > > Mythology > > There are two mythologies about this as follows: > > In Mahabharata, to quench the thirst of Draupadi, Bhim used his weapon to > get the water out of the Earth and Arjun used his arrow to make the way to > it. > > *I believe this could be true because geologists have found the fossils of > elephants in that place which dates to the same time as Mahabharata.* > Also, the area nearby always has a scarcity of water so it completely makes > sense to dig and get the water. > > Lord Vishnu came out of this Kund. I haven’t read much about this and > can’t relate as well. > > Caves > > *There are a lot of caves present there which nobody could explore much > due to the presence of bats and snakes.* > > I tried to summarize my research on it. Thanks for reading! > > *Q9 Why do schools teach algebra, trigonometry, and calculus > when nobody even uses it?* > > A9 Andrew McGregor Performance Measurement Lead at Fastly > (company) (2019–present) Wed > > Two things: > > Some people do use their mathematics. More than you seem to think. For > example, I’ve seen a carpenter using trigonometry when laying out a roof > structure… and that’s not what you’d normally think of as a heavy-math > trade. But he had a scientific calculator among his tools. > > *So, given that some people use mathematics, they need to start learning > it in school*. There’s no way to know who in the class will use it and > who won’t, and in general the more of the population who understand > mathematics… especially statistics… the better. > > *Q10 When most of the people feel depressed and weird for initial > years after marriage, then why do they get married in the first place?* > > A10 D D Rishi Former IRS | Advocate | LL. M.,Ph.D. (Law) | Tue > > Seeing everyone getting married from our childhood, *we are conditioned > into thinking that everyone must have a sex partner and there can't be a > life without that*. It is only after a few months into marriage we > realize that it was a false belief. > > Similarly, everyone drinking or smoking knows that it will have > ill-consequences for his health but he still does it. > > We tend to think that though it may be happening with the whole world, it > will not happen with us. > > *All the above QA are from Quora website on 18-02- 2022. * > > *Quora answers need not be 100% correct answers * > > *Compiled **and posted by R. Gopala krishnan on 19-02-2022* > > > > -- > 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/1432392513.7892.1645227018562%40mail.yahoo.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/1432392513.7892.1645227018562%40mail.yahoo.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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/CAL5XZoo4j876FJU5YguD4jce_uH%2BVtn26qd9BBMgzVw7Me2hog%40mail.gmail.com.
