CULTURAL QA 03-2022-09 BEING A COMPILATION THERE MAY BE ERRORS
Q1 Do people in their 60sand 70s still drink heavily? (Assuming they started drinking around 10 yearsold or in their teens) A1 GopalkrishnaVishwanath 69, and in reasonably good health so far. Wish me luck for thefuture. Sat I started drinking long before I was 10 years old.I am now 72 and stilldo. But it’s not what youpresumably mean by “drinking”.(Drinking Liquours) I drink water, soup, milk, lemon juice, fruit juices, and milk.I used todrink coffee and tea but have completely given it up now.I used to drink Colasbut have given up totally. I will drink anything that isbeneficial for health and does not contain alcohol.I recommend my habit to all. In my life, I have met several who regretted their habit of drinkingalcohol and are unable to give it up. I have yet to meet anyone whoregretted abstaining from alcohol and wants to start. By the way, all that I wrote applies to smokingtoo. I have never smoked cigarettes, weed, or consumed any drugs in mylifetime. It's very easy to be like me. Allthat you need to do is “never to start”. Once you start, you are likely to be hooked. Don’t bother if your friends shun you for not being one of them in thisrespect. They will secretly admire and respect you though outwardly they willridicule you for not knowing how to “enjoy life”. An added bonus is that you will save plenty of money as I have done.Ihope this motivates and inspires young Quorans to emulate me. I also hope I don’t getderogatory comments like “Grandpa! Stop preaching!” Q2 Can we travel with aPNR number but without a counter ticket in the Indian railway? A2 Prashant Tiwari Sun Travelling with PNR no., messagesent by IRCTC, printout, screenshot of ticket is allowed only for ticketsbooked online. ***If counter ticket is bookedthen it is mandatory to carry counter ticket during the journey. If you do not have counterticket then you will be considered as ticketless passenger and fine will betaken accordingly. Few months back, My brother was travelling from Bhopal to Lucknow in PushpakSF Exp. Tickets were not available so I booked a tatkal counter ticket here inLucknow and sent a picture of that ticket to him. I was thinking that it will be accepted as he has valid ID, Message sentby IRCTC and picture of ticket but TTE refused to consider anything as counter ticket is mandatory. I asked IRCTC and also reached officials through rail madad but nothingworked. At end , My brother had to pay afine of INR 1340 ( base fare+ penalty). So, I highly recommend everyone to carry counter ticket if ticket isbooked through counter. TTEs have chart and they know which passenger hase-ticket and counter ticket. My note- ***Counter ticket has only age and sex of the passenger. No person can fool the TTR now with a stolen counter ticket.Name of passenger is only with TTR list. So if the genuine passenger produce id and photograph of ticket , in thepresent senerio TTR can permit the passenger. Misuse ofcounter reserved tickets is a very oldmatter. Q3 Why does the Guruvayur- Chennai Express travel via Kanyakumari? A3 Ankit BarnawalFormerStudent at Doon Business School, Dehradun (2017–2022)21h About Guruvayur - ChennaiExpress The Guruvayur - Chennai Express isa mail express train in Indian Railways which runs between Chennai Egmore andGuruvayur. The train operates as train number 16127 from Chennai Egmore to Guruvayurand as train number 16128 in the reverse direction. The 16127 Guruvayur Express departs Chennai Egmore at 09:00 am on dailybasis and arrives Guruvayur at 06:40 am on the next day of commencing ofjourney. The total travel time is 21 hours 40 minutes. The 16128 Chennai Egmore Express departs Guruvayur at 11:10 pm on dailybasis and arrives Chennai Egmore at 08:35 pm on the next day of commencing ofjourney. The total travel time is 21 hours 25 minutes. The train travels 1,098 kilometers between Chennai Egmore and Guruvayur. The train is hauled by a electric locomotive WAP-4 of AJJ shed. Stoppages of Chennai Egmore - Guruvayur Express The stoppages of the train between Chennai Egmore and Guruvayur are :- Tambaram (TBM). Chengalpattu Jn(CGL). Melmaruvatur (MLMR). Tindivanam (TMV). Villupuram Jn (VM). Vriddhachalam Jn (VRI). Pennadam (PNDM). Ariyalur (ALU). Srirangam (SRGM). Tiruchchirapalli Jn (TPJ). Manaparai (MPA). Dindigul Jn (DG). Sholavandan (SDN). Madurai Jn (MDU). Virudunagar Jn (VPT). Satur (SRT). Kovilpatti (CVP). Vanchi Maniyachchi Jn (MEJ). Tirunelveli Jn (TEN). Nanguneri (NNN). Valliyur (VLY). Nagercoil Jn (NCJ). Eraniel (ERL). Kulitturai (KZT). Neyyattinkara (NYY). Thiruvananthapuram Central (TVC). Kollam Jn (QLN). Kayamkulam Jn (KYJ). Alappuzha (ALLP). Ernakulam Jn (ERS). Ernakulam Town (ERN). Aluva (AWY). Angamaly for Kalady (AFK). Chalakkudy (CKI). Irinjalakkuda (IJK). Thrissur (TCR). Thrissur Punkunnam (PNQ).So, there aretotal 37 stoppages of the train from both the sides. The train Chennai Egmore - Guruvayur Express (16127) has three additionalstop i.e. Kudalnagar (KON). Chirayinkeezhu (CRY). Varkala Sivagiri (VAK). The train Guruvayur- Chennai Egmore Express (16128) has an additionalstop i.e. Mambalam (MBM). The train Guruvayur - ChennaiEgmore does not travel via Kanyakumari at all. My note- Many trains are renamed. It is high time the train has to berenamed. Present naming is actually ,meaning train from Chennai to Gurruvayoor.If they name the train, Chennai-Madurai-Trivandrum Express it would be clear.The train takes 21.5 hours to reach Guruvayur instead of Chennai – Central to Trichur about 10 hours at the most. Q4 When one donates oneof his/her kidneys, is there a chance that the other one could be affected intime to come? A4 Ken Saladin Formerprofessor of histology (microscopic anatomy)Mon There are some risks in donating a kidney, but they’re reportedly small.[1] As in any surgery, there are risks ofintraoperative death. About 7 out of 100,000 donors die insurgery. Some donors have post-operative bleeding or othercomplications, but they can generally be resolved. Kidney donors haveless lifetime risk of kidney failure than average, and longer life expectancythan average, but this is not because of the procedure itself. The statisticsare thought to be due to selection bias—kidney donors are generallyhealthier, and more health-conscious, than the average person, and take bettercare of themselves. I did find one relevant thing on the plus side. When one hasdonated a kidney, the other kidney grows to compensate for it,[2] atleast in donors up to 74 years old. One study found an average 22.4% increasein the size of the remaining kidney.[3] Donors under 40 show the greatestcompensatory growth. Total renal function dropped 77% (in one study[4]) indonors who have given up one kidney, but that’s within normal limits forhealthy kidney function. Q5 I thought breathingpure oxygen is toxic, then why do hospitals have masks that is worn by thepatients that provide them oxygen? A5 Geoffrey Widdison ChemicalEngineer (2006–present) Mar 1 Risk vs reward. Pure oxygen is “toxic” in the sense that doing so over long periods oftime will cause harm and physical damage. It’s not going to kill you immediately, it’s just something that shouldbe avoided. Oxygen masks (and other forms of supplemental oxygen) are usedfor patients who are unable to adequately breathe on their own. Theydeliberately try tofind the minimum level of oxygen that will allow the patient to maintainhealthy levels of oxygen in their blood. Without it, the patient isat immediate risk of death. Bluntly, the risk of harm from supplemental oxygen is vastly outweighedby the risk of greater harm (or death) from not giving supplemental oxygen. And frankly, this is true of many medical interventions. Many proceduresand medication cause some level of harm and/or risk some level of harm. Butthey’re used when the potential good they do outweighs the harm. Breathing pure oxygen as a lark is probably not a great idea. But if it’s medically necessary, then you do itwithout hesitation. Q6 How many volts ofelectricity is a strike of lightning? How could you translate that into plainterms so it’s understandable? A6 Loring Chien electricalengineer and audiophile for 45 yearsUpdated Feb 7 Electricity arcs through air when the voltage exceeds 3000 V permillimeter which is 3million volts per meter. This is pretty well known to electricalengineers. If a cloud is 1000 feet off the ground (about 300 meters) then to jump tothe ground would take 300 x 3 million volts or right in the neighborhood of 1billion volts. That is a lot. It is hard to put in terms of human experiences… your AAbattery is 1.5 volts, your car 12 V, the power in the wall outlets 120 to 240,the overhead lines feeding your local transformer 5000 to 10,000 volts and thepower in the overhead long distance steel tower transmission lines is 100,000to 500,000. That’s still 1/2000th of the 1000 foot lightning strike I describedabove. Some cloud to cloud strikes have been seen to cover hundreds of miles;they would be in the 2 trillion volt range. Q7 Did humans evolve fromchimps or bonobos? A7 Claire Jordan Degreein biology and folklore; programmer, shop owner, secretary on newspaper14h No, but we have a commonancestor with them about 7 million years ago, and given that all other members of genus Homo are extinct so far as weknow, they’re our closest living relatives - but closer to each other thaneither is to us. Think of chimps and bonobos as siblings, and us as their firstor second cousin. Current thinking seems to bethat that common ancestor was already semi-bipedal. The human line then moved out onto the plains andbecame more bipedal in order to see over the tall grass, while the chimp linemoved into deeper jungle and became more quadrupedal in order to see under lowbranches. It is possible to argue, therefore, that thecommon ancestor was a bit more humanish than chimpish and that chimps andbonobos are an offshoot of very early humans. For a given value of“human”. Q8 What is it aboutancient Indian wisdom that everyone Indian should know? Are Indians forgettingit? A8 KanthaswamyBalasubramaniam Lawyer Fri Where exactly is this AncientIndian Wisdom??? I mean sure we read a lot about Ancient Mathematicians or Vedas orUpanishadas but for an ordinary Indian Citizen - Where exactly is this Wisdom? Egyptians have the Pyramids ,Chinese have so manyCultural Icons of their Past History including a Wall that can be seen fromSpace, Britishers have the famous Stonehenge, Iraq has the Hanging Gardens,Rome has the Colosseum - all remanants of the Ancient Glory and Power they oncecommanded Where is our Ancient Wisdom? Do we have any Revolutionary Medicines that we can boast about and say-See…our Ancient Medicines can cure AIDS or Cancer or ATTP Do we have any Revolutionary Science that we can use and say - See….OurAncient Science teaches us how to Achieve Nuclear Fusion Do we have any Revolutionary Historical Artifact that we can show and say- Look…How Advanced we once were…. THERE IS NO ANCIENT WISDOM Its just what is called a Feel Good Factor when you achieve nothingConcrete or are unable to Compete today in real life. When you find you cant compete in todays world - you immediately say But1000 years ago….We were amazing just to ensure you dont drown youself indepression. Not just in India but anywhere in the World You dont see Chinese talking24X7 about Fireworks and Paper do you? They talk of Quantum Computers and Chipsand Fusion. This Ancient Wisdom, Vedas, Upanishads, Shlokas, Charakhas surgery andVedic Mathematics - are all Worthless RELICS in todays world Sure Keep them !!!No Problem. Treat them as History. After all everyone has a History and you can alsohave your own History. Dont use them as a Source ofPride in the Country. That would be stupid as hell. Q9 If you cut the watersupply to the house in the middle of a washing machine cycle, will it continueto work? A9 David Kline, Multi-craftMaintenance Technician at Multiple Organizations (1985-present)Answered Feb 14,2019 The exact scenario will depend onhow far into the wash cycle you are, but with only one exception the results are the same. When the timer calls for water, it turns on the cold/hot solinoid forthat water. The timer is only satisfied when the water level switch sees asatisfactory level. It will keep the solinoid on until one of three thingshappens. Sufficient water issupplied. You realize your error and turn the machineoff. It burns up and has to bereplaced. The only exception is if themachine is in final spin,which does not require water. In that case it will just complete the cycle andturn off until the next load. Q10 Why is thepower plug different in many countries? A10 Steven HaddockStudied at York University (Canada) Sat There’s an organization calledthe International Standards Organization. It ensures that certain things arethe same no matter where in the world you are. But they have no legal authority. As a rule, every country has their own authority to setstandards. That includes things like plugs. Here’s the thing. As electrical production spread over the planet, therewas often reluctance to accept standards that had already been developed inother countries. A lot of this was due to patents. We’ve improved a lot sincethen, but in the early 20th century inventors thought they could make a killingby licensing their existing technologies to new countries. The problem was thatthey often overshot the mark and it became much cheaper for a country todevelop its own standard and manufacture it at home rather than paying muchmore to get it from abroad. In addition, early plugs oftenweren’t well thought out. Take that thing on the left, the standard 120V U.S. (and Canada)electrical plug. It poses a shock risk because electricity can go through thoseprongs before the plug is fully in the wall. It also poses a hazard becauseit’s not grounded (like the later 3 prong plug on the right). It also willallow a current through it that will destroy the wire if too big a load is puton it. Here’s a UK plug. It has insulators on the prongs to keep the electricityaway from you until its inserted. It has a fuse inside that will blow if toomuch current flows through the plug. It has a ground plug. Moreover, you canliterally install this plug yourself on any appliance and that was very commonuntil the early 21st century. However, the big difference is that the U.S. plug carries a current of about120V and the British one carries 240V because the two countries use differentelectrical distribution standards. You don’t want to plug a 120V plug into a240 volt outlet so they should be different. Oh, Americans have 240 volt plugstoo by the way, and they’re different from both. Many other European countries found the British plug to be overengineeredso they came up with their own standards. And, frankly, some countries can’t even set a single electrical standard. Again, you don’t want to plug a 60Hz appliance into a 50Hz outlet. And, frankly, it’s a little amazing that the United States has a singleelectrical standard since Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse were arguingabout whether electricity should come to your house as direct current or alternatingcurrent. Westinghouse did win that one. Now the problem is that it would be pretty much impossible to create onestandard that would work in everyone’s system, and that everyone has investedmegabucks in their own plugs that they don’t want to pay to replace. Heck, Igot mad when my new Samsung phone started using USB-C and I pretty much had tomothball all my mini-USB cables. All the above QA are from Quora website on 08-03- 2022. Quoraanswers need not be 100% correct answers Compiled and posted by R. Gopala krishnan on 09-03-2022 -- 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]. 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