CULTURAL QA 08-2022-15 BEING A COMPILATIONTHERE MAY BE ERRORS
Dearfriends, OurIndia is celebrating 75th independence day today. This year thespeciality is we all have hoisted already National flag in our premises on 13thitself. Wishall a happy joyful independence day. Most of us will be before TV watching independence day celebrations in country capital New Delhi and inour state capitals Gopalakrishnan15-08-2022. Q1 Is it safe to sleep with an open windowand a fan? A1 Gopala Krishnan, Former AssistantGeneral Manager 1996-2004 at Department of Telecom (1966–2004)Just now As usual thequestion is vague. Is it in a home, flat or farm house? Whether the window hasgrill frame or rods? Has it a perfect insect screen? If it is in a home it is quite safe if window has netscreen inside and it is closed to open the windowpanes and sleep with fan. If it is flat it is a must grill fitting is there.Some with somnambulism may walk through a windowand fall down from flat to ground. If it is in a farm house 90% it is notsafe. Snakes and similar beings may get in if the net screen is not there. Before net screensbecame popular, people kept the premises so tidy, snakes etc. would never comenear windows. Today circumstanceif one sleep in a room with windows it is most preferable to have a net screenif window panes are opened for safe calm sleep. Not only with afan, even with airconditioner it is safe to keep open partly a window pane( insect screen fittedinside) Q2 How can we drink alcohol withoutkilling all the bacteria that is important to our body? The human body has abacteria ratio of 10:1 when compared to cells, how can we have alcohol runningin our body without killing those bacteria? A2 Ken Saladin, Former professor of histology(microscopic anatomy)Aug 4 The 10:1ratio has been debunked. It was based on faultyassumptions by the person who originally made that hasty estimate. It’s closer to 1:1. The alcohol wedrink never gets anywhere close to those bacteria anyway. These bacteria are mostly in thecolon, and ingested alcohol gets quickly absorbed by the small intestine beforeit gets that far. My note- Ihave added this QA not to encourage drinking alchohol,but about it’s effect. Many military,air force and navy retired people have their quota and may be having the habit. Q3 What is the fastest train inSwitzerland? A3 Nicholas Stone, Lifelong interest in trains. Jul 27 Because of thecountry’s topography and geography, Switzerland has few high speed lines or high speedtrains. Trains seldom travel faster than 150 km/h. Trains inSwitzerland are slower than in neighbouring Germany, Italy and France. ButSwitzerland offers excellent regular timetabling with smart connections,reliable services and easy to master departure sequences. Across Switzerland, there are several sections of highspeed railway where trains can travel at 200 km/h. In special circumstancesalong these lines, trains are authorised to travel at 230 km/h.The high speed lines are the 57 km Gotthard Base tunnel; the 45 kmMattstetten–Rothrist new line and 35 km Lötschberg Base Tunnel. Q4 How often should glass windows anddoors be cleaned? A4 Gopala Krishnan, Former AssistantGeneral Manager 1996-2004 at Department of Telecom (1966–2004)Just now This also depends on the location of the house and windowflow and amount of dust in the atmosphere. In India one canobserve dust accumulated in the bottom areas more comparing to top area. If onetouch with bare finger, dust can be felt. If frequently cleaned dust accumulation willbe not be annoying. Considering labourcost if one cannot clean himself, weekly cleaning is a most preferable. Not only windows anddoors, all furniture items like sofa, dining table, TV table, dressing table,writing table and chairs, all are to be cleaned at least once a week .Almirahs, interior fittings in kitchen and rooms, pooja room etc are also to becleaned well once a week. If shifted to once afortnight, accumulation will be more. Q5 Did anybody get the "Consider forauto upgradation" privilege while travelling in Indian Railways? How doesit work? A5 Ashwani Kumar,Assistant at Reserve Bankof India (RBI) (2019–present)Wed Once I booked awaiting ticket of AC 3 Tier to travel from Lucknow to New Delhi 14–15 daysbefore my travel. I was little bit apprehensive that waiting may not be clearedand I would have to travel without a confirm seat. The days went past and thewaiting was not cleared. I was anxious that how will I travel with so muchluggage without a seat. On the day of journey the waiting was still not clearedand I reached station in hope to be lucky enough to get a seat at least inSleeper class. When I reachedstation the chart was prepared and pasted on the notice board at the station. Isearched my name in the AC tier 3 passengers list but i couldn't find it. Ihopelessly tried to search my name in all lists pasted on notice board. I was lucky to find my name at last and it was in the ACtier 2 list. I filled with joy and thanked godfor this unexpected surprise. I completed my journey comfortably all thanks toIRCTC and Indian Railways. My note- Aboutan year back I had booked ticket by 2nd AC in theAlleppy- Chennai express for me and my wife. We were allotted upperberths inspite we were senior citizens . On talking withother youngsters, we could make out three were upgraded from 3rd ACand were allotted lower berths. On our request they obliged and gave us lower births. For a moment I thought about very very poor quality ofrailway reservation. One who has paid full fare and senior citizenswere given upper berths and those upgraded youngsters were allottedlower berths. Q6 What would happen if oxygen is 78% inthe atmosphere? A6 Steven Haddock, Studied at YorkUniversity (Canada)Thu It’s never beenthat high, but millionsof years ago it was much higher as trees were pumping out a lot of oxygen andthere weren’t enough land animals to use all of it. So thoseanimals that were on land got big. Very big. Modern insects havean upper size limit because they absorb oxygen through diffusion, so they needair spaces close to their body parts. The Goliath Beetle is currently therecord holder and is about five to six inches long. With an oxygen level of about 40% in prehistorictimes, insects and other invertebrates could get much larger. Modern vertebratesdon’t get oxygen by diffusion, but by circulation - air enters the lungs and iscirculated through the body by the blood, meaning vertebrates can get very large indeed. The lungsof vertebrates have a lot of surface area because of the way they’re broken upinto small spheres. A human being has a lung surface about the sizeof a tennis court. Q7 Who is a good surgeon? A7 Pallab Roy Chowdhury (GENERAL non Ews),Training to be a surgeon Updated Sat According to ourorthopedics HOD.. A good surgeonis the one, who yields the final result successfully.A good surgeon is never equal to more degrees. For example, if asurgeon does just cholecystectomy( removal of gall bladder) or appendectomy(removal of appendix) throughout his entire life, his mortality rate will beclose to zero percent. With the advent of laparoscopic surgeries and minimallyinvasive procedures, death due to such procedures is near about zero. While on the other hand, a neurosurgeon or a heartsurgeon will be a bad surgeon (in patient's perspective ), as mortality rate isclose to 30-45%. No matter how hard you try or howminimally invasive the procedure it, the post operative time is like a ticking time bomb.Anything unpredictable can happen. One cc of extra air, one ml of extra dye,one minute of extra exposure can and have caused disasters. ***While on the other hand, a head and neck surgeon or anophthalmic surgeon can discharge their patient on the very next day happily. A good surgeon isthe one who operates successfully.A great surgeon is the one who operatessuccessfully and the patient never has to come to him again. My note- ** One ofmy collegues while working in training centre at Trivandrum who was very capableto take classes with out any aids had a throat inspection. He had to beoperated. After days it is found he could not talk.Nothing could be done. Rest of the time he did administrative jobs Hewas an unfortunate ITS direct selected but could not be appointed to ITS for want of vacancyin the year* Q8 How do you measure a washing machine? A8 Gopala Krishnan, Former AssistantGeneral Manager 1996-2004 at Department of Telecom (1966–2004)Just now I hope the quantity of clothes you mean which it can washafter the clothes are dipped in water. After dipping inwater weight of clothes increase at least by three times. Washing with 70% ofthe capacity of washing machine is preferable. Actually it is done by mental calculation and experience. If your question is about the space required to install awashing machine, go the shop, select the washingmachine you propose to buy, and ask the sales man the measurement. Most washing machines have the samesize , difference by 2–3 inches in height, width , and length .Ihope the question is best answered. Q9 When did the biggest mass extinctionoccur? A9 Claire Jordan, Degree in biology andfolklore; programmer, shop owner, secretary on newspaper Aug 7 About twobillion years ago, a fall in oxygen levels wiped out *all* multicellular life,as far as we can tell. We have one group of fossils of what appear to be simplemulticellular creatures from 2.1 billion years ago, coincidingwith a rise in oxygen called the Lomagundi Event. Then oxygen fellagain, and so far as we can tell there was no more multicellular life for overa billion years, until the first sponges came along 890 million years ago. Q10 How do doctors pick specialistsfor their own sick family members? A10 Tiny Nair, Cardiologist at PRS Hospital,Trivandrum4y Yes, we areinsiders, and so we know better. While most consider the capability of a doctor to bedirectly proportional to the length of his degreeand the appointment time, bolstered by the internet reviews; we judge a doctor differently whenwe consider one for us or our kin. We as doctors arenot worried much about overcharging or over-investigation since we know thenitty-gritty of it. We also understand the paradox that a corrupt and money minded surgeon may be highly skilled, while an honestethical doctor may earn all our respect but may not be the best in business. ‘How to choose’ -Tips & Tricks Physician: Ability to diagnose and work up –especially important in a complicated multisystem disease. (Whom to ask –colleagues) Surgeon: Skill, Deft hands. (whom to ask –Anesthetist) Gynaecologist: Percentage of normal delivery.(whom to ask – pediatricians) Geriatric Specialist: One who can inspireconfidence and hope (whomto ask – returning patients) Interventional cardiologist: One who is hated mostby the cardiac surgeons (whom to ask - cardiac surgeon) Neurosurgeon: We tried our best; but the number ofsurviving patients capable of taking the survey were solow that no definite conclusion could be drawn. Endnote: For doctors and others; in India, medicalrepresentativesare a good source of knowledge about doctors and hospitals, ethics, skill,success rate, everything; not just because these boys spent hours in hospitals,they also know the corrupt ones so well. Their honestopinion is often right. All the above QA are from Quora website on 14-08- 2022. Quora answers need not be 100% correct answers . Compiled and posted by R. Gopala krishnan on 15-08-2022 -- 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/1924990370.1059189.1660527480087%40mail.yahoo.com.
