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Originally Posted by Lambretta
Not so quick pp! Here is another story.Quote:
Originally Posted by pavalamani pragasam
A well known store in NYC announced a sale of clothing for one tenth of the tag price. Two Indian ladies decided to go there first and grab whatever they wanted. They parked their car and went in first. Picked up what they wanted for $10 and saved $90.
When they came back to the car it was not there. They saw a policeman near the store and complained. He had this to say, ' You parked the car in the no parking zone. It was towed away. You can pick up the car after paying a fine of $75. The car was towed away to.........'.
Penny wise pound foolish? :lol:
It actually happened.[/tscii]
Raj : its a point to ponder :exactly:
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Originally Posted by ramky
8-)
I always beleive there are 2 kinds of people : takers and givers
Takers will eat better...but Givers will sleep better...
:exactly: Well said! :clap: :DQuote:
Originally Posted by malsi
Thanks Lambretta..:)
A 10-year-old boy decided to study judo despite the
fact that he had lost his left arm in a devastating
car accident. The boy began lessons with an old
Japanese judo master. The boy was doing well, so he
couldn't understand why, after three months of
training the master had taught him only one move.
"Sensei,"(Teacher in Japanese) the boy finally said,
"Shouldn't I be learning more moves?""This is the only
move you know, but this is the only move you'll ever
need to know," the sensei replied. Not quite
understanding, but believing in his teacher, the boy
kept training. Several months later, the sensei took
the boy to his first tournament.
Surprising himself, the boy easily won his first two
matches. The third match proved to be more difficult,
but after some time, his opponent became impatient and
charged; the boy deftly used his one move to win the
match. Still amazed by his success, the boy was now in
the finals. This time, his opponent was bigger,
stronger, and more experienced. For a while, the boy
appeared to be overmatched. Concerned that the boy
might get hurt, the referee called a time-out. He was
about to stop the match when the sensei intervened.
"No," the sensei insisted, "Let him continue." Soon
after the match resumed, his opponent made a critical
mistake: he dropped his guard. Instantly, the boy used
his move to pin him. The boy had won the match and the
tournament.
He was the champion. On the way home, the boy and
sensei reviewed every move in each and every
match.Then the boy summoned the courage to ask what
was really on his mind.
"Sensei, how did I win the tournament with only one
move?"
"You won for two reasons," the sensei answered."First,
you've almost mastered one of the most difficult
throws in all of judo. And second, the only known
defense for that move is for your opponent to grab
your left arm."
The boy's biggest weakness had become his biggest
strength.
Sometimes we feel that we have certain weaknesses and
we blame God, the circumstances or ourselves for it
but we never know that our weaknesses can become our
strengths one day.
Each of us is special and important, so never think
you have any weakness, never think of pride or pain,
just live your life to its fullest and extract the
best out of it!"
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Originally Posted by rajraj
Rajraj,Quote:
Originally Posted by pavalamani pragasam
They saved $90, and paid a fine of $75, and the remaining $15 shows that they were not foolish :fishgrin:
No TOS. You did not take into account the money they had to spend to get to where the car was towed away! :) Also, they paid more than what they would have paid in a 'regular sale' where you pay about 50% or less.Quote:
Originally Posted by temporary sori-Observer
In NYC, they can take the subway which does not cost $15. The indian women are :fishgrin: :fishgrin:Quote:
Originally Posted by rajraj
God created the mule, and told him, "You will be mule, working constantly from dawn to dusk, carrying heavy loads on your back. You will eat grass and lack intelligence. You will live for 50 years."
The mule answered, "To live like this for 50 years is too much. Please, give me no more than 20."
And it was so.
Then God created the dog, and told him, "You will hold vigilance over the dwellings of Man, to whom you will be his greatest companion. You will eat his table scraps and live for 25 years."
And the dog responded, "Lord, to live 25 years as a dog like that is too much. Please, no more than 10 years."
And it was so.
God then created the monkey, and told him, "You are monkey. You shall swing from tree to tree, acting like an idiot. You will be funny, and you shall live for 20 years."
And the monkey responded, "Lord, to live 20 years as the clown of the world is too much. Please, Lord, give me no more than 10 years."
And it was so.
Finally, God created Man and told him, "You are Man, the only rational being that walks the earth. You will use your intelligence to have mastery over the creatures of the world. You will dominate the earth and live for 20 years."
And the man responded, "Lord, to be Man for only 20 years is too little. Please, Lord, give me the 30 years the mule refused, the 15 years the dog refused, and the 10 years the monkey rejected."
And it was so.
And so God made Man to live 20 years as a man, then marry and live 30 years like a mule working and carrying heavy loads on his back. Then, he is to have children and live 15 years as a dog, guarding his house and eating the leftovers after they empty the pantry;
then, in his old age, to live 10 years as a monkey, acting like an idiot to amuse his grandchildren.
And it is so !!
But he lived 20 years as a man, 30 years like a mule kicking his wife and shouting and braying at her for not being a good wife, 15 years like a dog barking at his children for not obeying him, and 15 years like a monkey taking his grandchildren's bananas, and icecreams. :fishgrin: :fishgrin:Quote:
Originally Posted by pavalamani pragasam
He could only take them and not eat! Doctor's orders! :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by temporary sori-Observer
Yes, he is not allowed to have them, that is why he is taking from his grandchildren, like a monkey steals by trick. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by rajraj
Doctor's orders! Boo!
Kenny & the Dead Donkey
A city boy, Kenny, moved to the country and bought a donkey from an Old farmer for $100.00. The farmer agreed to deliver the donkey the next Day. The next day the farmer drove up and said, "Sorry son, but I have Some bad News, the donkey died last night".
Kenny replied: "Well then, just give me my money back".
The farmer said: "Can't do that. I went and spent it already."
Kenny said: "OK then, just unload the donkey."
The farmer asked: "What you goanna to do with him?"
Kenny: "I'm going to raffle him off." (Note: To raffle is to sell a Thing by Lottery - draw lot - to a group of people each paying the same amount for a Ticket)
Farmer: "You can't raffle off a dead donkey!"
Kenny: "Sure I can. Watch me. I just won't tell anybody he's dead."
A month later the farmer met up with Kenny and asked, "What happened With that dead donkey?"
Kenny: "I raffled him off. I sold 500 tickets at two dollars apiece and Made a profit of $998.00."
Farmer: "Didn't anyone complain?"
Kenny: "Just the guy who won. So I gave him back his two dollars ."
Hi Guys...
Please share this information with your friends, family
and all.
Have you seen recent advertisement of M/S SAINT GOBAIN GLASSES shown in TELEVISION'S?
Then you must have known about 2 Way mirror & is also shown in Hindi Movie (HUMRAAZ).
How to determine if a mirror is 2 way or not (Not a Joke!)
Not to scare you, but to make sure that you aware.
Many of the hotels and textile showrooms cheat the customers this way & watch privately.
HOW TO DETECT A 2-WAY MIRROR:
When we visit toilets, bathrooms, hotel rooms, changing rooms, etc., how many of you know for sure that the
seemingly ordinary mirror hanging on the wall is a real mirror, r actually a 2-way mirror i.e., they can
see you, but you can't see them). There have been many cases of people installing 2-way mirrors in female
changing rooms or bathroom or bedrooms. It is very difficult to positively identify the surface by just
looking at it. So, how do we determine with any amount of certainty what type of mirror we are looking at?
CONDUCT THIS SIMPLE TEST:
Place the tip of your fingernail against the reflective surface and if there is a GAP between your
fingernail and the image of the nail, then it is a GENUINE mirror. However, if your fingernail DIRECTLY
TOUCHES the image of your nail, then BEWARE, IT IS A 2-WAY MIRROR! (There is someone seeing you from the
other side). So remember, every time you see a mirror, do the "fingernail test." It doesn't cost you
anything. It is simple to do. This is a really good thing to do. The reason there is a gap on a real
mirror, is because the silver is on the back of the mirror UNDER the glass. Whereas with a two-way
mirror, the silver is on the Surface. Keep it in mind! Make sure and check every time you enter in hotel
rooms. May be someone is making a film on you.
Ladies: Share this with your friends.
Men: Share this with your sisters, wife, daughters, girlfriends.
Vanilla Ice Cream that puzzled General motors!!!!
An Interesting Story
Never underestimate your Clients' Complaint, no matter how funny it
might
seem!
This is a real story that happened between the customer of General
Motors
and its Customer-Care Executive. Pls read on.....
A complaint was received by the Pontiac Division of General Motors:
'This is the second time I have written to you, and I don't blame you
for
not answering me, because I sounded crazy, but it is a fact that we have
a
tradition in our family of Ice-Cream for dessert after dinner each
night,
but the kind of ice cream varies so, every night, after we've eaten, the
whole family votes on which kind of ice cream we should have and I drive
down to the store to get it. It's also a fact that I recently purchased
a
new Pontiac and since then my trips to the store have created a
problem.....
You see, every time I buy a vanilla ice-cream, when I start back from
the
store my car won't start. If I get any other kind of ice cream, the car
starts just fine. I want you to know I'm serious about this question, no
matter how silly it sounds "What is there about a Pontiac that makes it
not
start when I get vanilla ice cream, and easy to start whenever I get any
other kind?" The Pontiac President was understandably skeptical about
the
letter, but sent an Engineer to check it out anyway.
The latter was surprised to be greeted by a successful, obviously well
educated man in a fine neighborhood. He had arranged to meet the man
just
after dinner time, so the two hopped into the car and drove to the ice
cream
store. It was vanilla ice cream that night and, sure enough, after they
came
back to the car, it wouldn't start.
The Engineer returned for three more nights. The first night, they got
chocolate. The car started. The second night, he got strawberry. The car
started. The third night he ordered vanilla. The car failed to start.
Now the engineer, being a logical man, refused to believe that this
man's
car was allergic to vanilla ice cream. He arranged, therefore, to
continue
his visits for as long as it took to solve the problem. And toward this
end
he began to take notes: He jotted down all sorts of data: time of day,
type
of gas uses, time to drive back and forth etc.
In a short time, he had a clue: the man took less time to buy vanilla
than
any other flavor. Why? The answer was in the layout of the store.
Vanilla,
being the most popular flavor, was in a separate case at the front of
the
store for quick pickup. All the other flavors were kept in the back of
the
store at a different counter where it took considerably longer to check
out
the flavor.
Now, the question for the Engineer was why the car wouldn't start when
it
took less time. Eureka - Time was now the problem - not the vanilla ice
cream!!!! The engineer quickly came up with the answer: "vapor lock".
It was happening every night; but the extra time taken to get the other
flavors allowed the engine to cool down sufficiently to start. When the
man
got vanilla, the engine was still too hot for the vapor lock to
dissipate.
Even crazy looking problems are sometimes real and all problems seem to
be
simple only when we find the solution, with cool thinking.
Don't just say it is " IMPOSSIBLE" without putting a sincere effort....
Observe the word "IMPOSSIBLE" carefully....
Looking closer you will see, "I'M POSSIBLE"...
What really matters is your attitude and your perception.
:shock: This is really a shocking truth! :xQuote:
Originally Posted by hi
But tks for sharing this info. w/ us......how useful/helpful this hub is!
How rich India was before Independence- Rolls-Royce garbage trucks!
These r known to be true stories abt how certain eccentric Indian Maharajahs of yore had retaliated on having their pride hurt by the Brits! :)
The Punjab connection:
According to a legend which finds mention on khalistan-affairs.org, in 1930, Maharaja Bhupinder Singh felt slighted at the British Rolls Royce company’s refusal to accept an order from him for a new Rolls Royce car. Reacting to the refusal, the old Maharaja put some of his old Rolls Royce cars to haul garbage, dung, refuse and all kind of filth around Patiala city to the chagrin of the all-powerful Rolls Royce-loving Viceroy and the British ruling establishment who quickly prevailed upon the Rolls Royce Company to comply with the old Maharaja’s wishes.
The Bharatpur connection:
Another famous buyer was the Maharaja of Bharatpur (He always bought three automobiles at the same time). Once when the Rolls-Royce firm delayed sending mechanics to his capital to rectify small faults in the cars, the maharaja threatened to convert all his Rolls-Royces into garbage carriers. Lest the car lose its 'aura' as the automobile for the super rich, the car-makers sent a group of mechanics at the earliest to Bharatpur.
The Patiala connection:
When the Maharaja of Patiala was snubbed by snooty British salesmen at a Rolls Royce showroom in the U.K., he hit back by buying up the entire consignment of 50 vehicles on display and turning them into garbage trucks on taking them home. An English paper printed a picture and the story that made company representatives scurrying to Patiala with an olive branch.
The Alwar connection:
When Maharaja Jai Singh of alwar (raj.) went to Rolls-Royces famous mayfair showroom, one of the salesmen snubbed the odd looking indian bloke inquiring about the rolls...he promptly bought out every car in the showroom, and insisited that the particular rude salesman be delivered with the cars, as the cleaner...and they did!!!
Also makes a very strong point against royalty!
Imagine their whims and fancies of buying three cars at a time, or buying the entire showroom, with wealth gathered from their people, just out of spite!!!
How appalling! :shock:
Go through the following, It is really nice piece of an article I found, WORTH READING!
There are never better pastures - only other pastures!
Move from one job to another, but only for the right reasons
It's yet another day at office. As I logged on to the marketing and advertising sites for the latest updates, as usual, I found the headlines dominated by 'who's moving from one company to another after a short stint', and I wondered, why are so many people leaving one job for another? Is it past now to work with just one company for a sufficiently
long period?
Whenever I ask this question to people who leave a company, the answers I get are: "Oh, I am getting a 200% hike in salary"; "Well, I am jumping three levels in my designation"; "Well, they are going to send me abroad in
six months".
Then, I look around at all the people who are considered successful today and who have reached the top - be it a media agency, an advertising agency or a company. I find that most of these people are the ones who have stuck
to the company, ground their heels and worked their way to the top.
And, as I look around for people who changed their jobs constantly, I find they have stagnated at some level, in obscurity!
In this absolutely ruthless, dynamic and competitive environment, there are still no short cuts to success or to making money. The only thing that continues to pay, as earlier, is loyalty and hard work. Yes, it pays! Sometimes, immediately, sometimes after a lot of time. But, it does pay.
Does this mean that one should stick to an organization and wait for that golden moment? Of course not. After a long stint, there always comes a time for moving in most organizations, but it is important to move for the
right reasons, rather than superficial ones, like money, designation or an overseas trip. Remember, no company recruits for charity.
More often than not, when you are offered an unseemly hike in salary or designation that is disproportionate to what that company offers it current employees, there is always unseen bait attached.
The result? You will, in the long-term, have reached exactly the same levels or maybe lower levels than what you would have in your current company.
A lot of people leave an organization because they are "unhappy". What is this so-called-unhappiness? I have been working for donkey's years and there has never been a day when I am not unhappy about something in my work
environment-boss, rude colleague, fussy clients etc.
Unhappiness in a workplace, to a large extent, is transient. If you look hard enough, there is always something to be unhappy about. But, more importantly, do I come to work to be "happy" in the truest sense? If I think hard, the answer is "No". Happiness is something you find with family, friends, may be a close circle of colleagues who have become friends.
What you come to work for is to earn, build a reputation, satisfy your ambitions, be appreciated for your work ethics, face challenges and get the job done.
So, the next time you are tempted to move, ask yourself why are you moving and what are you moving into?
Some questions are:
Am I ready and capable of handling the new responsibility? If yes, what could be the possible reasons my current company has not offered me the same responsibility?
Who are the people who currently handle this responsibility in the current and new company? Am I as good as the best among them?
As the new job offer has a different profile, why have I not given the current company the option to offer me this profile?
Why is the new company offering me the job? Do they want me for my skills, or is there an ulterior motive?
An honest answer to these will eventually decide where you go in your career- to the top of the pile in the long term(at the cost of short-term blips) or to become another average employee who gets lost with time in the
wilderness?
"DESERVE BEFORE YOU DESIRE" - Dr. Gopalkrishnan, Chairman TATA Sons.
I dont deny tat Badri........but then, most of our present-day 'kings' (viz. MPs/MLAs) r indulging no less, w/ wealth gathered from the ppl. via the Govt.! :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Badri
Yes, but at least unlike Royalty, their "kingship" is not a life term! It can be ended when the people decide!Quote:
Originally Posted by Lambretta
Badri,Quote:
Originally Posted by Badri
That is not all! There is a book on a maharaja who brought a plastic surgeon from England or US to shape the women in his harem to his liking! :(
:argh: :angry2:Quote:
Originally Posted by rajraj
Dev-oda aatharathha paatha, looks like she recently went to a plastic surgeon!! :wink: :rotfl:
Don't know where else to put this, but this is quite important
Recently, the concept of "ICE" is catching up quickly. It is simple, yet an important method of contact during emergency situations. As cell phones are carried by majority of the population, all you need to do is store the number of a contact person or persons who should be contacted at during emergency as "ICE " (meaning In Case of Emergency). The idea was thought up by a paramedic who found that when they went to the scenes of accidents, there were always mobile phones with patients, but they didn't know which numbers to call. He therefore thought that it would be a good idea if there was a nationally recognized name for this purpose. Following a disaster in London, the East Anglican Ambulance Service has launched a national "In case of Emergency (ICE)" campaign. In an emergency situation, Emergency Services personnel and hospital staff would then be able to quickly contact your next of kin, by simply dialing the number stored as "ICE". Please forward this. It won't take too many "forwards" before everybody will know about this. It really could save your life, or put a loved one's mind at rest. For more than one contact name simply enter ICE1, ICE2 and ICE3 etc. A great idea that will make a difference !
hmm...yeah..i received am email about the 'ICE' concept as well...
really useful for emergency purposes...
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Originally Posted by Badri
Hope she does not perform plastic surgery on you for this comment! :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Badri
ICE- very good idea... Will pass on the msg, Badri...
:lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by rajraj
Right again......but again, in most cases tat is wen the ppl. hav freedom enuff to decide! :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Badri
Oh well......'nuff of my cynical quips I guess...:P
Anyways, 'jus came across more info. on Royal Rolls:
A 1933 Rolls-Royce that belonged to Maharani Sethu Parvati Bai of Travancore had a small stool on the floor. On it sat a dwarf who massaged the queen’s legs during the rides in the car, while he remained invisible to onlookers. Show-off. :roll:
Other Royal automobiles catered to any and every other whim, from special “Purdah” models that had drapes to hide modest Maharanis, to the Rolls Royce Phantom II that was created in a shade of pink that the Maharaja of Jamnagar wanted, for which he sent Rolls-Royce his wife's pink slipper to obtain the exact shade, to the 24-carat gold-plated appointments and solid silver door handles of the Maharaja of Baroda’s 1927 RR Phantom I!
However, on a separate note, IMHO the retaliation given to Rolls-Royce from the M'rajahs was justified.....considering the ego tat the co. wud've had towards Indians, even if the latter wer from royalty ('how cud we sell our cars to our slaves'!) :D
And it isnt limited to Maharajahs/our country either.....ther is a story (not sure how long ago) abt a chinese businessman taking a brand new mercedes onto the middle of a main shopping area and then smashing it with a sledge hammer to prove that the germans are not giving them due customer satisfaction! :shock:
If you take eg.s such as the one above & the numerous maharajas, you can see a trend - the nose up in the air Europeans feel the asians lack (wat they define as) culture and cannot afford things......and we asians desperatly seek recognition by the westerners to feel that we have arrived!
These acts point towards it. If you see the trend these days of people travelling - the biggest spenders in most parts of the world are Indians - especially in places such as Sing., Switzerland (and other places where bollywood movies have been shot :wink:).
The ego of westerners cannot seem to get them to figure out that the asians are making more money than them and if you have it flaunt it! The way asians flaunt it is very different from the way the westerners do, and this leads to the dilemma (we want the Asians money through tourism, but we cannot stand their attitude, nor culture etc.!)
The wheel now begins to turn & the Asians r economically on the rise. Soon it'd be sumbody else's turn! :)
There is ofcourse the attitude of Arabs & in most cases, Westerners - I can buy u, u come & work for me. This really turns them off - classic example - the way Sunil Mittal is treated when he is trying to acquire a french national icon. The arabs have bought british national icons - the "marks and spencers" etc. I wonder therefore- when will Indian auto manufacturers have the muscle power to go buy a firm like FIAT/GM/Ford! Indians control the worlds long distance telephone network (between VSNL and Reliance), they are getting there in the area of software services.....slowly and steadily!
:shock: YIKES!! That is sick-o!!!! :argh: :banghead: :roll:Quote:
Originally Posted by rajraj
Ne idea wich one he was?
For the kind of debt GM is into(sometng like 300 billion dollars) & negatives in the finacials it has been showing , I am waiting to see it file Chapter 11... :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Lambretta