CULTURAL QA06-2022-13 BEING ACOMPILATION THERE MAY BE ERRORS
Q1 Can I use a match to light my gasstove and cook over it? A1 Christine Smith Mother(2013–present)3y It is safer to use the starter but if this stops working,yes you can use a match. The starter is a just anelectrical spark that lights the gas. Some safety advice: Light the matchbefore you turn the gas on so you can light it straight away. Turning the gason before lighting the match will make a bigger flame when lit as more gas willpour out, which can burn your hand. Only turn the gas on its lowest setting when lighting.Then once lit adjust it. Again giving the higher setting onwill make more gas come out and create a bigger flame when lighting which cancause you to burn your hand. The second the gas lights, it will be a short burst offlame before it burns on the job at the setting youchose. This burst may startle you the first couple of times. It can be shockingif your not used to it. This burst is normal, Its just the excess gas burningoff. Be careful not to drop the match. If you do burn yourhand, run it under the tap. Cool running water over the burn for a couple ofminutes is the best thing. Afterwards apply a burn gel and a bandage ifrequired. Do not put a cream not specifically for burns on a burn as it willmake it worse and cause blisters and pain. If you only turn the gas on low whenlighting, the flame will be pretty quick so you might just end up with singedhair. I don’t think I've ever badly burnt myself. That's not to say it can’thappen. Never put your facenear the gas. Light it while standing (not crouched at eye level). Don’t forget toblow out the match once the gas it lit. If it doesn't light the first time or the match blowsout: Turn off the gas and wait a couple minutes for the gas todissipate into the air. Leaving gas on while gettinganother match will make a bigger flame and may cause injury. Propane gas isheavier than air and will hang around even if you turn the stove off, soallowing a couple minutes let's this reduce. If you have a natural gas stove,natural gas is lighter than air so it leaves the stove quicker. If unsure whattype of gas you are using, just allow a couple minutes to pass before trying tolight again. This is only atemporary fix. Make sure to get the starter fixed or a new stove as soon aspossible. Others who want to use the stove might not know it isn't workingproperly and may cause injury to themselves or the home. Leaving the gas on cancause death. There is barely a smell. So please make sure you double check toensure its turned off. I do not advise lighting a gas oven with a match. Thisinvolves you being inside a small compartment with a gasthat has the potential to kill you and you have the ignition source in yourhand. It is more dangerous. My note- Before the spark lighters were common in India,most used match stick. It was ensured awarm match box is used so that it would surely lit the match stick on rubbing. One of the LPGstove we bought, auto ignition, had a cell inside to create spark which was neverknown earlier till technician replaced it when auto ignition did not function. Present day stovesuse electric spark byswitching on a switch, and rotating the knob. There are also gas lighters. Spark lighterswhich rub two pieces of stones on pushing the rod on top (Chickki mukki)lighter is more safe. Ensure at least there are two spark lighters in thekitchen. Q2 How do I find gas leakage near a gasstove? A2 Venkateswara Swamy Swarna FormerScientist, Metallurgist, Quality / NDT Manager at Department of Atomic Energy,India (1967–2008)2y Most of the time, there will be unpleasant smell(they add foul smelling chemicals to the gas which is odourless so that peoplecan detect the leakage from the bad smell). We can localise theleakage using soap bubble test…Seek professional help if needed… Q3 In a gas stove, why doesn’t theflame travel inside the stove where the gas is and cause an explosion, likewhen you light a gas can on fire? A3 Jamie Moore Website Designer(2017–present)1y For an explosion tooccur you'd need a fuel source, oxygen, and heat. If one of these elements aren't in thereaction then fire will not form. Also gas stoves are supplied directly bypressurized gas lines so I think the outwardpressure of the gas overpowers the fires tendency to follow the fuel down into the pipe. Q4 Why does gas from a gas stove give offa distinct smell? A4 Matt Riggsby MA Archaeology, BostonUniversity 3y Because there’s a chemical added to it.Naturalgas is actually odorless by itself. Utilities typically add mercaptan to it,which gives it that odor. That bad smell is added to the natural gas specifically so that people willnotice gas leaks and take action. Q5 What causes a gas stove to spark? A5 Gopala KrishnanFormer AssistantGeneral Manager 1996-2004 at Department of Telecom (1966–2004)Just now There are occasionswhen LPG stove stoves spark with a sound and flame goes high. Spark occurs when any TINY soliditem in the gas. Flames goes high when gas is about to exhaust/ a wet bottom vessel iskept on the stove. Many women do not care about wet bottom ofvessels and after keeping on stove it is dangerous to take it out. Present day the sparks are rare, thanks to qualityimprovements. Q6 Whose gene does a male baby inheritmore, his mother’s or his father’s? A6 Claire Jordan Degree in biology and folklore;programmer, shop owner, secretary on newspaper Wed The mother’s,assuming he has regular XY sex chromosomes. There are moregenes on the X, which came from his mother, than on the Y which came from hisfather. In addition, exceptin extremely rare circumstances all babies get theirmitochondrial genes from the mother. Also, RNA from the mother canbe caught up in an egg cell (but not RNA from the father in the sperm, becausethe sperm is too small), carrying across some effects of the mother’s geneseven if the baby didn’t inherit those actual genes. My note- In shortchildren born will have more mother’s qualities and few father’s qualities irrespective ofmale or female child. Earlier there was a view femalechildren inherit father’s qualities more, and hence attached more to father.However fathers have more affection to female children. Q7 What are some money saving tips? A7 Kirti Malhotra HR Manager atFlipkart.com (product) (2020–present)Wed Open up a newaccount and ***do not seek for debit card and cheque book. Save 20% of yourmonthly income into that account Other than yourregular job, imbibe new skills in you to have extra income. Like I am workingas a soft skills trainer (part time) after completing “Life coaching and TrainThe Trainer course" besides my regular job at Flipkart…. 3. Avoidunnecessary bad habits like smoking, drinking or any sort of tobacco 4. Invest at least10% of your monthly income in mutual funds 5.*** Buy littleor as much gold as you can 6. Avoid being in abad company 7. Do not show off.Show off your behaviour 8.*** Avoid beingin debt 9. Avoid junk foodas much as you can 10. Understand whatdo you want and what do you need. Spend on your needs first My note- ***1 Onemergency one needs moneyfromany source. Hence debit card and chequebook are a must. ***5. Gold cannothelp to overcome difficult situation. 99%Jewellery shops accept gold for exchange only. Those who purchase will giveeven less than 50% of the investment. Bank loans, one has to clear the pledge in an year. *** 8. Debt cannotbe avoided. Circumstances makes one in debt. Q8 Is it true that only a certainamount of glass from recycled bottles is used to make more glass bottles? A8 George Dukesh Former Researcher andscientist at Ministry of Defence of the United Kingdom (2001–2013)Wed Yes, but that isn’t the entire story. Glass is actuallyinfinitely recyclable; and re-melting glass and re-using it uses 1/3 of theenergy that making new glass takes. However, whenglass is coloured, it retains its colour when it is recycled.Many places separate recycling glass , and more modern recycling plants do thisautomatically using an optical scanner. Also, non-glass (caps, labels, corks) need to be separated. if you can separate colours ( clear, green, brown ,sometimes blue) then it can be recycled into bottles or other glass items. For high qualityoptical glass, you need to make new glass. Glass that isunsuitable for recycling into bottles or other items is nowadays crushed andused mixed into road surfacing material, or into buildingmaterials such as concrete mixes. Crushed glass has been found to make very hard wearingconcrete, and added to road surfaces, makes long lasting( and anti-skid) covering. As well as standard use on roads, it is excellentfor use on specific areas such as tight bends, or dangerous junctions, where anextra non skid surface is needed. it can also be treated and shredded for use a glassfibres, for insulation, and heat sinks. So nowadays, verylittle glass is wasted, even if it is not used for new bottles. Q9 Which place in Chennai should betaken as a model for other localities to improve? A9 Deepa Shankar Manager, Mannar &Company2y Without a doubt, it’s got to be KK Nagar.It’s the most well planned neighbourhood in Chennai. It’s large: a rectangulararea spanning from Ashok Pillar on one end to Muniswamy Salai on another end.Arcot Road to the Ashok Pillar Road. Wherever you are inKK Nagar, you can walk to the nearest bus stop within 7–8 minutes. Tops. Thereare wide roads, parks, minimal dead ends, ration shops, playgrounds, walkingareas and careful traffic planning. Amma canteens and TASMAC are also present,for people of all strata and needs. You are not too farfrom the city centre and you can find buses to take you to the city centre.Earlier, it had no electric train connectivity but was supported by a very goodbus terminus and great bus routes. The metro station at Pillar seems to takecare of the lack of train service now. I am hoping that the metro route wouldbe extended across the entire length of the Ashok Pillar Road. What would befantastic, of course, is extending this metro line to the Adyar River, alongthe Sewage Plant, Nesapakkam, Ramapuram to DLF-Porur-Ramachandra on one sideand to St Thomas Mount-Airport on the other. Q10 How remove too much soap and detergentfoam in a front load washing machine? A10 Pratik Mukherjee Assitant Teacher ofEnglish from Kolkata, India at Jadavpur Vidyapith (1999–present) Sat Use low foam detergents, such as those with the word“matic” behind their names. If you have already put in thewrong kind of detergent, one or two extra wash cycles withoutdetergent will get rid of extra soap from your clothes. All the above QA are from Quora website on 12 -06- 2022. Quora answers need not be 100% correct answers . Compiled and posted by R. Gopala krishnan on13-06-2022 -- 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/1736102847.2141295.1655092699344%40mail.yahoo.com.
