CULTURAL QA 05-2022-26 BEING A COMPILATIONTHERE MAY BE ERRORS
Q1 What do couples fight about? A1 Gopalkrishna Vishwanath Never datedany one and yet happily married.21h Anything and everything. It’s not possibleto live for so many years without a quarrel. Here are some jokesabout quarrelling couples that I received in a WhatsApp forward. My wife sat down onthe couch next to me as I was flipping channels. She asked : “What’s on TV?” “Dust” I said. Andthen the fight started. When I got homelate last night my wife demanded that I take her someplace expensive. So I tookher to a petrolstation. And then the fight started. I asked my wife“Where do you want to go for our anniversary?”. It warmed my heart to see hermelting in sweet appreciation. “Somewhere we have not been in a long time” shesaid. So, I took her tomy parent’s house. And then the fight started. My wife was hintingabout what she wanted for our upcoming anniversary. She said “I want somethingthat goes from 0 to 100in three seconds.” So, I bought her a weighing scale. And then the fightstarted. My wife wasstanding and looking at the bedroom mirror. She was not happy with what she sawand said to me “I feelhorrible. I look old, fat and ugly. I really need you to give me a compliment.I said, “Your eyesight is perfect”. And then the fight started. That’s all for thepresent. I will look forward to jokes on husbands from others. Q2 I am going to Tirupati Balaji and Ihave so many wishes to tell God. How can I say so many things in just a fewseconds in front of him? A2 Ramadevi Gidugu Bachelor of commercefrom Andhra University College of Science and Technology22h All seven hills arehis abode. If you are climbingby foot, touch the first step, tell what and all you wishes are, then start. Write what and allyou want to tell him and drop in his hundi. Everything in hundi belongs to himand reaches him. If you can't do either, the moment you enter the temple starttelling. The best method isjust open your eyes, look at him in that few seconds, fill him in your heart,sit inside the temple compound wall, close your eyes and pray him. Tell him, the smallmoment of time is enough only just to see him. You did your part by coming tohim. Now his duty is to listen to you and fulfill your wishes. Personally I feel,he knows the heart of his devotees. He takes care. Still, we tell him ourproblems, our needs, wishes, everything. Mom also feeds ababy only when it cries. May be we take that fact too literally and ask him totake care of us. Nothing wrong inthat. Whom we ask for help? Whoever can do.Whoever is capable of helping us. We think he is that person. So, can try this. Q3 Why did humans in ancient times havea dozen children? A3 Mark Harrison Two kids who seem to beturning out well. Ask me again in 40 years....May 17 Ancient times? My grandmother was one of 11 children. Three (3) of thoseeleven (11) lived long enough to have children of their own. I’m only 50, and I live in the UK, which meant thatmedical care was better in her era that it was in much of the world. It’s worth notingthat English has a special word - orphan - for a child whose parents have died…but it doesn’t have a special word for a parent whohad lost a child. It was just assumed that losingchildren was part of the natural state of having them. Q4 How do you protect exposed electricalwires? A4 Gopala Krishnan, former AssistantGeneral Manager 1996-2004 at Department of Telecom (1966-2004) Answered justnow The tower lines areACSR wires. Local feeds and Low KW lines are also ACSR wires. In the first caseif a wire snap, currentis automatically cut off at substation. In the second caseperiodical maintenance is done to ensure they do not snap under from normal circumstances. However during stormsthere is possibility of them getting snapped . To avoid electrocution, powersupply is switched OFF from substations during storm. Very rarely wires maysnap at other times, publicthemselves safe guard the area, electrical staff come within minutes on phonecall, and switch OFF power supply fromtransformer and then set right the line in India. Power cable is being laid to most new homes and flats avoiding maximum overhead lines inmost areas in India Q5 Who used to wash the silk clothes ofthe queens? There was no washing powder. A5 Kalman Bookman, Engineer/Metallurgist (1959-present)Answered 2h ago The old name forclothes cleaners was a FULLERand they used a particular type of sand/earth which was well known as FULLERS’EARTH to remove dirt from clothes by rubbing But washerwomen woulduse large rocks and stones at riversides like washing boards Q6 How did people wash their clothes beforethe invention of detergent powder and the washing machine? A6 Raman Madhivanan, Individual ResearchProfessional Answered Mar 31, 2020 Washermen in oden days will collect a detergent like softnice sand or powder like earth once in a year,once in a season that bloom from earth in a particular place known to them . The powder like earth is knownas VUVAR MAN in Tamil and ULAMAN in Kannada .They collect in earlymorning and store it safely. They soak clothes in the above powder mixed water,then heat in vapour woozing pot buried within raised platform known as Vellaavi in Tamil andUBBE in Kannada. But when I visited the tribals in the hilly areas, I saw theyused the seeds of KOOGATTAItree for washing clothes. Q7 Is eating rice flakes good or bad? A7 Conscious Foods1h Rice that has beenparboiled before being rolled, flattened, and dried into flakes. The thicknessof the flakes varies depending on the pressure employed during the flatteningprocess. When employed in various meals, the flakes can absorb a big amount of liquid, so theyabsorb flavors nicely. They are widely used in Asian cookery,although they are more commonly employed commercially in the making of cerealsand rice snacks in Western countries. Many Asian markets and specialty businessessell rice flakes. What isdifference between rice and rice flakes? White rice ispolished to the point where all of the nutrients and fiber are removed. Poha, on the other hand, is lessprocessed and easier to boil and digest. Poha is the ideal breakfastfood because it contains around 70% nutritious carbs and 30% fat. Is rice flakesgood for weight loss? It is composed ofapproximately 75% carbs and 25% fat. Furthermore, it is high in dietary fibers,making it an excellent choice for weight watchers.If you're trying to lose weight, poha for breakfast is an excellent choice because it keeps you full and prevents hunger pangs. Benefits: Plentiful of carbohydrates Valuable source of iron A good probiotic Q8 What is the ideal blood sugar level?Is 200 blood sugar normal after eating? A8 Sugar level Answered by KARTHIK KKPC Sat A blood sugar levelless than 140 mg/dL(7.8 mmol/L) is normal. A reading of more than 200 mg/dL (11.1mmol/L) after two hours of eating food indicates diabetes. A reading between 140 and199 mg/dL (7.8 mmol/L and 11.0 mmol/L) indicates pre-diabetes. Regardlessof when you last ate, a level of 200 mg/dL (11.1 mmol/L) or higher suggestsdiabetes, especially if you also have signs and symptoms of diabetes, such as frequent urination and extremethirst. Fasting blood sugar test. Blood glucose iscommonly considered too high if it is higher than 130 mg/dl before a meal orhigher than 180 mg/dl two hours after the first bite of a meal. However, mostof the signs and symptoms of high blood glucose don't appear until the bloodglucose level is higher than 250 mg/dl. My note- A lot of researches are done in the field.Today I had consultation with a nearbymiddle aged diabatologist, he was explaining how the lantus insulin is functioning and how it has to beused. Though the Lantus was prescribed to me before 10 years by a senior diabatologist, the properfunctioning he did not tell other than 50% of it to help the glands to produceinsulin and remaining to regulate bloodsugar levels. Today thedoctor could explain how the insulin spreads and functions in 24 hours time,how the effect gets reduced by 16 -18 hours etc. Earlier period diabeticswas detected by ants come to eat sugar in the urine. Now ants rarely come nearthe urine of a diabetic person. ON insisting strict low blood sugar level of below100 fasting has now changed to 120. SimilarlyPP has now fixed about 200. Q9 Why is the world running out ofcooking oil? Can't they use coconut oil or just bake instead? A9 Jonathan Trueman Cooking - and lovingit - since I was 8.May 16 Qu'ils mangent dela brioche, eh? What the world is running out of, or at least is veryshort of, is sunflower oil: a light, clean cooking oilwith very little flavour of its own and a pretty high smoke point. This is because some evil prickdecided to invade Ukraine, which produces a staggering 40% of the world'ssunflower seeds for oil production - or did, before Dobby the HouseElf went to war. Worse yet, Russia is the second biggest source at 26%. That's 2/3 of the global supplygone. What's mostly beingsubstituted - at least here in the UK - is what's coyly called ‘vegetable’ oil, because‘rapeseed' sounds bad. In the US, it's known as canola. It's cheaperthan sunflower oil but more people are allergic, it's slightly lessflavour-neutral, and it has a lower smoke point. The differences are small butthey do matter for some applications(and allergy sufferers). What nobody is is using as a direct replacement iscoconut oil because the cheapest stuff over here is four times the price ofsunflower oil, makes things taste faintly ofcoconut, and aaagh the cholesterol. Some things are nice with a hint of coconutflavour but not, for example, shepherd's pie. And you can't bake everything. Baking is not frying;it yields different textures and, often, different flavours. You can't bakefish to a battered crunch without overcooking it, or stir-bake thin-cut chickenand vegetables without drying them. Q10 Why is Anna Nagar more beautiful,well-developed and uncongested than other places in Chennai? A10 Dhanush Koteeswaran Lives in Chennai,Tamil Nadu, India4y The area of AnnaNagar is a fine example of post independence development of Madras. During the1920’s the West Madras region comprised the Aminjikarai, Naduvakkarai andPeriyakudal villages. Part of Aminjikarai became shenoy Nagar in the 1940’s anda part of Naduvakkarai became Anna nagar in the later 1950’s. It was thencalled as west Madras neighbourhood plan. Anna nagar was mainly developed by the Tamil Nadu HousingBoard in the 1960’s. The 1968 IndianInternational Trade and Industries Fair brought Anna nagar under the limelight.Until then, it was a quaint, silent village and not well known. Around 60 Internationalstalls were set up and almost all countries participated. The iconic tower parkthat was constructed during the expo remains the area's landmark. Now, thissleepy town started to transform into a bustling locality. Anna nagar had been developed on a planned grid format ofresidential blocks in alphabetical order characterised by individual houses,spacious roads, streets with no dead ends, amplefootpath space, earmarked commercial zones and recreational parks for allblocks. It follows a very organised layout where all roads run parallel andperpendicular to each other, making it very easy to navigate and givedirections. Roads running from east to west are given even numbers and oddnumbers are given for roads going from north to south. But today, the area is full of multistoreyed flats with little demarcation between commercial and residential zones.It is a very accessible area with two bus terminals, one in the west and theother in the east side of the area. It is in close proximity to CMBT busterminal as well. The latest addition to the area is the Chennai metro railline, Which connects the area with the airport and the central railway stationas well. Electricity andwater are mostly reliable and well regulated in Anna nagar, which is one of itsmost attractive features. In addition to the parks there are premium schoolsand colleges in its vicinity, which is very advantageous for families and thepresence of major hospitals along the EVR road makes it a senior citizenfriendly neighbourhood as well In many ways Anna nagar is still a laid backneighbourhood with quiet bylanes and leafy avenues.This is the part of the city which affords all luxuries of a metropolitan yetis so tranquil and peaceful My note- Many parts of suburban areas around Chennai arenow developed in planned manner. Not to comparewith wealthy people occupied posh Annanagar, still newlydeveloped areas like my ModelMadampakkam and East Tambaram Camp roadarea are well planned and developed,but occupied by all classes of people. There areno huts, roads are 90% cleaned and kept, well laid, especially there is no longqueue before water taps, RO water is supplied free in the early morning in all streets in my area. All the above QA are from Quora website on 24-05- 2022. 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