Er ok then, but I only said what you may have been thinking, old salt.Originally Posted by bob10
Only you could say it Des.
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SubscriberOnly you could say it Des.Two of a kind then? (High Five) We like our Virgins in one piece not a hundred.
I’m pretty sure the dinosaurs died out when they stopped gathering food and started having meetings to discuss gathering food
A bookshop is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking
Cynical Moi?
Er ok then, but I only said what you may have been thinking, old salt.Only you could say it Des.
Master
I was just chiming in with some ticker tape facts you know. A lot of people assume India is Hindu when there are areas there bigger than most large countries that are not Hindu at all.
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SubscriberWell, that's a new one on me. What's a ticker tape fact?
I’m pretty sure the dinosaurs died out when they stopped gathering food and started having meetings to discuss gathering food
A bookshop is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking
Master
Ticker tape - Wikipedia
😂 like on the news when you get facts and info as you're getting news in a little ticker line
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SubscriberI'm sure if I were to give my history of my time in India and Ceylon, you or some other World traveller here would pooh pooh it as boring, and besides, it has not escaped my attention some of our members [ no one in particular] have the concentration of ... well let's say, a readers digest version goes over better than the full monty. If you like , I can bore you with the history of partition, the History of the Catholics in Goa, but let's just say that , in this case , best keep it simple, simon. But thanks for the explanation, you learn something every day.
I’m pretty sure the dinosaurs died out when they stopped gathering food and started having meetings to discuss gathering food
A bookshop is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking
Cynical Moi?
[QUOTE=bob10;3080151]I'm sure if I were to give my history of my time in India and Ceylon, you or some other World traveller here would pooh pooh it as boring, and besides, it has not escaped my attention some of our members [ no one in particular] have the concentration of ... well let's say, a readers digest version goes over better than the full monty. If you like , I can bore you with the history of partition, the History of the Catholics in Goa, but let's just say that , in this case , best keep it simple, simon. But thanks for the explanation, you learn something every day.
But thanks for the explanation, you learn something every day
That is a good reason why not going off Topic can prove to be boring, & as I have mentioned before OT can take the reader down all sorts of little known lanes.
Some "dedicated" posts usually peter out anyway, but not all.
My opinion of course.
Ceylon you say? You would have visited the Galleface Hotel in Colombo. Indoors family has memories of that joint today as it used to be a very upmarket pub & I believe it has undergone some recent major restoration work & her Dad took them there on the way to Oz yonks back in the '50s because he was impressed with the gaff when he was stationed there pre-WW2. They found it very run down then but as above has had the treatment since.
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Subscriber[QUOTE=4bee;3080158]No. Smart hotels were never on our radar. I'll tell you a tale not before told. Not by me anyway. On our ship which will remain nameless, we had a man who was a bare knuckle fighter. Around the World, if you know where to look, you can get a match up for money, if you have a fighter, and the money to back him. On this particular occasion, we teed up a fight in the back streets of Colombo, a dingy little village , of sorts. There was a large crowd of locals, about 50, and about 10 of us. There was a banker, a local heavy with a bodyguard. Bets were laid, a ring formed by spectators, and the fight began. No rounds just fight until one drops. Our man was good, but this time he met some one just as good. Now our man had his best mate as manager, a mad Kiwi, and when the opponent began knocking our fellow out through the ring of people, manager would pick him up and force him back in, saying " get back in , you bastard , I've got 100 bucks on you !!.". Any way , our boy lost, but the local crowd appreciated the fight that much, that they shouted all of us to a local cafe , where we spent the night drinking and eating chili mud crab. We made some good friendships like this, and met many local people everywhere we went. No fancy hotels for us. I've lost track of our fighter, but he was a good mate. The manager went back to NZ after he left the RAN, and he died over there, not sure how. Never a dull moment , Des, but we weren't choir boys. I wouldn't change a thing.I'm sure if I were to give my history of my time in India and Ceylon, you or some other World traveller here would pooh pooh it as boring, and besides, it has not escaped my attention some of our members [ no one in particular] have the concentration of ... well let's say, a readers digest version goes over better than the full monty. If you like , I can bore you with the history of partition, the History of the Catholics in Goa, but let's just say that , in this case , best keep it simple, simon. But thanks for the explanation, you learn something every day.
That is a good reason why not going off Topic can prove to be boring, & as I have mentioned before OT can take the reader down all sorts of little known lanes.
Some "dedicated" posts usually peter out anyway, but not all.
My opinion of course.
Ceylon you say? You would have visited the Goreface(SP?) hotel. Indoors family has fond memories of that joint today as it used to be a very upmarket pub & I believe it has undergone some recent major restoration work & her Dad took them there on the way to Oz yonks back in the '50s.
I’m pretty sure the dinosaurs died out when they stopped gathering food and started having meetings to discuss gathering food
A bookshop is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking
ForumSage
They further-boggle by using some interesting names/numbers.
e.g. 'lakh' is 100,000 and a 'crore' is 10 million, or 100 lakh.
Then to stick it to our feeble minds... Indian large numbers have a different "comma" policy dividing up the trailing digits.
Zeros are grouped in 2.2.3. For example, 1 crore is written 1,00,00,000 We would do it 10,000,000 or 3.3.3.
Then to twist the kris, there are.... variants....in the spelling of lakh and crore.
Simple
Talking about India.... One of the biggest producers of oxygen (gas) in the world, but have a tiny fleet of delivery vehicles.... and those Disaster Hospitals running out of O2, well, part of the reason is they're now using HFNC feed, High Flow Nasal Cannula which as you may guess, wastes a lot but super-effective in getting the job done.
Reading between the lines from a local Doctor... their Logistics and pre-planning leave a lot to be desired.
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SubscriberThe COVID toll in India could be far worse than is reported. Between April 18-25, India reported 2.24 million new cases, the highest number by any country in a 7 day period. It logged 16, 257 deaths, double the previous week, according to Health Ministry data. Altogether 17.3 million people have been infected, while 195, 123 have died. Because of low testing rates outside big cities, the actual case load, and deaths, could be 10 to 30 times higher, says Vikas Vajpai of the Progressive Medicos and scientists forum.
In the absence of a reliable death registration system, the governments Integrated Disease Surveillance Program[ IDSP] has been collecting data from COVID cases and deaths from testing labs. and hospitals.
However, the IDSP has no way of tracking deaths outside of hospitals.
Coronavirus: Is India counting all COVID deaths? | Asia| An in-depth look at news from across the continent | DW | 26.04.2021
I’m pretty sure the dinosaurs died out when they stopped gathering food and started having meetings to discuss gathering food
A bookshop is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking
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