udayrao2

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India • Age 77

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Advice Please..Should I Type A Letter Or Not?

Janey1966 @Janey1966 (24170) • Carlisle, England 26 Jun 10

I have an application form from a Building Society for an Accounts Clerk post. It says that training will be given so experience in the field isn't essential. Yeh, right! However, I have come across this before, both at the...

running out of ideas

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udayrao2 Hi Janey You could give a lot of reasons for not working - but do not say that you were unemployed- you get the different meanings of both sentences which actually may mean the same thing but gives a better impression. some of the reasons you could give is...

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What do you want people to read on your tombstone?

Crazy_Poster @Crazy_Poster (751) • India 21 Jun 10

I am interested to know about other people's wishes for their tombstone.Many people believe that world must remember their achievements,even after the death.Some people want that world must know about their character, the way they...

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udayrao2 Hi Thank God we do not have to rack our brains for this obituary or epitaph - as you say being a Hindu cremation takes away those worries!! But after dead and gone I would not like for my trumpet to blown by someone else!!

21 Jun 10

I Am Livid With The Citizen's Advice Bureau!

Janey1966 @Janey1966 (24170) • Carlisle, England 17 Jun 10

On the whole I have had a positive outlook this week. Refused to let myself become cheesed off with anything..until I rang the Citizen's Advice Bureau. Now, this came about after I rang the JobCentre last Friday...

help is not forthcoming

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udayrao2 HI I think that this sort of thing happens a lot everywhere around the world. I had similar experiences in the past, not only in the city where I was born and bred and now living, but also in other cities where I have stayed during my working days. It is the...

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Can you believe this happened?

sharay @sharay (2769) • India 15 Jun 10

A few days back, i woke up from sleep in the middle of the night and found that my hubby was not lying next to me, i got up and looked for him in the loo and he was not there, i checked the door and the door was locked, so he...

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udayrao2 Hi Sharay Yes- it is possible and there are people who can sleep within seconds too. I remember when I had started training under a senior for my first job- mind you it was a selling job which also involved going out in the field- and the on the first time...

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Eating salads do you think that it do any good for weight loss aswell as health

jugsjugs @jugsjugs (12967) 12 Jun 10

I am looking at the health issue that alot of people say that by eating alot of salads rather than other foods it helps with less in takes of salts aswell as fats that can do us harm as most intake would be water as that is the...

salad healthier than normal every day food

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udayrao2 Hi Jugsjugs Yes salads are not only very important but essential; mainly since all vegetables contain the most essential requirements - whether in the form of vitamins, water, anti-oxidants etc; and they are not harmful if eaten in excess unlike other foods...

12 Jun 10

Do Children Have Respect For Their Elders?

Janey1966 @Janey1966 (24170) • Carlisle, England 11 Jun 10

I don't necessarily mean members of their own family, like their parents or grand-parents. What I mean is older people that they come across in their daily lives, usually in their own neighbourhoods. When I was a youngster...

cannot tell children off anymore

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udayrao2 Hi Janey Your observation is totally correct - and I have been saying the same thing to my friends, neighbours etc. I think this is a global phenomenon too. My wife and I - and also extended family members, have inculcated good habits or good manners...

11 Jun 10

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Do You Ever Wonder When The Bad Luck Will End?

Janey1966 @Janey1966 (24170) • Carlisle, England 10 Jun 10

I've had one of those days. A day where nothing went right. It started off by speaking to a woman on the telephone who interviewed me for a job, exactly 2 weeks ago. At the time of the interview she told me that "it will take time...

unlucky cow stamped on my head

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udayrao2 Hi I do not think that there is actually a "bad" or "good" luck - it is just how we perceive it or receive it.It all depends on your vibrations too. have you ever felt down in the dumps and then suddenly you change your thoughts or thinking and the whole...

11 Jun 10

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How Clean Is Your Microwave?

Janey1966 @Janey1966 (24170) • Carlisle, England 10 Jun 10

Mine is spotless due to the fact we don't use it for anything elaborate. If I spill something in there I tend to clean it up immediately as caked on grease and food would be harder to get rid of. How sad am I! Mum...

how did we ever live without microwaves

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udayrao2 Hi Janey we mainly use that for heating and short cooking - no elaborate long time cooking - so hardly any spills- if at all there are then those are cleaned immediately. And at times we use for roasting - like maybe groundnuts, or some other dry fruits...

10 Jun 10

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How do you handle the steering wheel while driving?

Harold_ks @Harold_ks (1673) 10 Jun 10

Do you use two hands, one hand, one finger, or no hands(lol)? Me I have done all of that but most of the times, I only use one hand, and my other hand is holding the gear shift. I use two hands when I was just started to learn...

driving

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udayrao2 Hi sam3 here- when the traffic is light with free movements & hardly gear change required then both hands on the wheel otherwise one hand on the wheel and one hand on the gear lever

10 Jun 10

How to handle this Lady?

Chaitra Vasanth @chaitra001 (3278) • Bangalore, India 6 Jun 10

Hi Friends, I shifted my home 3 months back and it took me all these days to get back to mylot.. meantime I got a servent to do my daily chores.. She is working fine and I am happy with her cleaning work.. She is also working in...

servent

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udayrao2 Hi Chaitra Servants- why servants many people are like that- so just ignore what she says and if she still persists tell her nicely that you do not like such talk and do not want to hear in future and you yourself do not indulge in such things- she will get...

6 Jun 10

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Removing the smell of cat wee from my bed. Please help!

MoodyLauz @MoodyLauz (62) 4 Jun 10

The other night my lovely cat Merlin went for a wee on my bed and it really smells. My mattress is not so bad but my duvet really, really smells. I have been leaving it outside to try and get rid of the smell and have also...

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udayrao2 Hi very difficult - telling you from experience; my daughter had packed her suitcase as she had just got married & relocating to Switzerland, and just before departing for the airport she remembered to put something in her suit-case and then at that moment...

5 Jun 10

Can you suggest me a name for my website

nick28024 @nick28024 (28) • India 5 Jun 10

Can anyone suggest me a good name for my website.I am making a website design site.

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udayrao2 Hi Nick I have seen some websites- the address itself explains it - like fixit.com or do_it_ yourself.com or makeyourown design.com - where just looking at it you know what the website is for. So, I suggest that use a combination of such words so all those...

5 Jun 10

Ok - this is about health, butts, diabetes, and youth!

vanny @vandana7 (100282) • India 4 Jun 10

I just read a nice report! :) If you have more moles, you are actually biologically younger (whatever that means), and if you have large butts, chances of you becoming diabetic are considerably lower! Now, that I thought...

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udayrao2 Hi Vandana Is this only for females?? I am 60+ and quite fit for my age(touch wood!!)could even compete for stamina in walking, swimming or any outdoor sport( not involving running as I have a problem - due to an earlier accident- in my...

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Computer wires

jugsjugs @jugsjugs (12967) 4 Jun 10

I have unmangled all the computer wires today and it seemed like it took for ever.I have dogs aswell as cats so all their hairs aswell as fluff were amongst all the wires so this time what i did was wiped all the wires before i...

computer wires

wires mangled

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udayrao2 Hi I had the same problem - too many open wires and also pets' hair flying all over!! I suggest ( like I did) bring all those wires together and as you have already taped them together put them in a corrugated plastic sheath or corrugated tubing ( like the...

5 Jun 10

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The husbands friends

jugsjugs @jugsjugs (12967) 4 Jun 10

I try to be nice to all of my husbands friends as i think that i have to be nice to them for my husband, but they do tend to get on my nerves as they seem to always want to chat to me.I make them drinks aswell as sometimes i will...

chat to

husbands friends

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udayrao2 Hi Remember-? - : "Barking dogs do not bite"- so it is all blowing of their own trumpets!! I think trying to show off their winning over girls etc - I feel at least that is what you are referring to as you have not clearly mentioned what gets on your nerves....

4 Jun 10

Any other ways to cook chicken without adding a sauce?

Shar19 @Shar19 (8231) • United States 2 Jun 10

I feel like making some chicken tonight. That is the one food that everyone in the house seems to like eating. Thank goodness. I need some new ideas to cook the chicken though. Usually when I cook chicken I will either put...

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udayrao2 Hi i had tried this as a student-when i was too lazy to do work in the kitchen - what I did was slice a lot of onions, a little coriander leaves, some mint leaves if you feel, very little oil then put all this in a saucepan along with small cut chicken...

3 Jun 10

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Gifts and the marriage season

Professor2010 @Professor2010 (20162) • India 29 May 10

Here in my country, it is the marriage season of Hindus; the days of marriage are decided as per our almanacs. I have attended several weddings and have to attend some more till end of July. In each I give some gifts, this may...

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udayrao2 Hi Prof Same here- but there has been a trend here since last couple of years- on the invitation it says" NO PRESENTS PLEASE NO BOUQUETS " etc - so most people follow that, unless they are very close in which case the presents are gifted privately at home...

1 Jun 10

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