Ideas . . . Ideas!

[Raji Ram]

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The exterior wall paint (rubber based) is used even on plastic!

I painted the plastic frames of two of the mirrors fit in the bathroom too!

This gives a matte finish.

 

[P.J.]

Raji Madam

There is so many uses for the ice cube tray, that you cannot just simply write it down.

Please visit this link:
amazing little tricks to use in an ice cube tray | My blog- K. Hariharan

 

[Raji Ram]

Dear P J Sir,

Thanks for the link. But the basic idea is to freeze left over stuff.

I use the aluminium ice trays (given with Kelvinator fridge) as make tiny mysorepAs!

One tray gives 8 X 3 square pieces. Nothing goes waste as the 'edge piece' with random

shape as in the case of a round / oval shaped mold.

Easy way to make low fat mysorepA:

Items needed: One cup kadalai mAvu, two and quarter cups sugar, two tablespoons ghee and half teaspoon

cardamom powder. Fry the mAvu in ghee in LOW flame till it emits nice aroma. Let it cool. Grind sugar into

fine powder (in mixer grinder) and mix well with the mAvu as chapAthi mAvu by sprinkling water. When the

batter is ready, put it in a nonstick pan and mix well till it is hot and tiny bubbles of ghee appears. Add a dash

of ghee and cardamom powder. Mix well after switching off the stove and transfer the mixture (appears like

chappathi mAvu again!) to the tray smeared with ghee. Flatten it. Make 8 X 3 pieces after a few minutes.

Two dozens of yummy soft low fat mysorepA are ready. :thumb:

 

[Raji Ram]

My :blah: in other threads made me forget this one! Sorry!

Before mercury drops in Sing. Chennai, let me share this idea:

Keep a bowl filled with water and a camphor pill, on the dining table. This cools down the nearby area when the

ceiling fan is ON. Dining will be a pleasure! I guess, many houses don't have air-conditioner to cool the halls!

Camphor is to drive mosquitoes if any and for nice aroma.

 

[P.J.]

Raji Madam

Thanks

Shared this in FB also given your name as Source!!

 

[Raji Ram]

The new type of safety valve in pressure cooker has a tiny rubber washer to hold it without getting dropped in.

My 'damager' maid lost that tiny washer and gave me the rest of the safety valve safe! I wound round the white

thread used by plumbers and fixed with 'feviquick' paste. Now it is working.

 

[P.J.]

Raji Madam

In our Porur Mangala Nagar Sri.Kamachi Amman Temple devotees used to lose their foot wear often, so the Trustees decided to write on the Walls near the place where these foot wears are kept like this in TAMIL :

THOSE who Steal foot wear from here are not only Stealing them, but also Steal THE SINS OF THE OWNER of them Who kept it here.

After that the stealing considerably got reduced.

My uncle advised me that when ever i go to any marriage Chatram, not to remove the foot wear, leaving them outside because by MISTAKE someone might wear it unknowingly thinking it was their own if it fits well.

Here is another Idea>

But Even then those who who intend to Steal them, will do it whatever way you safe guard them!!

 

[kunjuppu]

The new type of safety valve in pressure cooker has a tiny rubber washer to hold it without getting dropped in.

My 'damager' maid lost that tiny washer and gave me the rest of the safety valve safe! I wound round the white

thread used by plumbers and fixed with 'feviquick' paste. Now it is working.

dear raji,

i am a big admirer of your 'handy man' skills and follow this post with great interest.

if you dont mind, dear lady, pressure cooker, is a tool fraught with danger - high pressure superheated steam in a metal container, cast to withstand certain levels (of pressure) with the presence of the safety valve, a sole but important functionary, to provide the user, with safety.

there is no other safety bypass but the safety valve.

all i iwish to emphasize, is when it comes to such, patchwork or 'band aid' solutions might end up in disastrous results down the line.

it is the same as a fuse. remember when we used to have the ceramic thingamajig, when we were young. the connectivity was done with thin wires of a certain specification. one of my relative's house, the fuse was going'phut' regularly. instead of consulting an electrician, the mama, took a thick copper wire, and connected it between the two ends of the fuse. sure enough the fuse never failed, but very soon, one section of the house wiring burnt

hope you dont mind my note here. please replace your pressure cooker leader, and eschew this improvisation, admirable and innovative though it may be.

thank you.

 

[Raji Ram]

Dear Kunjuppu Sir,

Thank you very much for your concern. This tiny rubber valve ONLY prevents the safety valve form dropping inside.

Since the portion inside the cooker is in tact, there should not be any problem. This is only a temporary arrangement

till I go shopping to get a few more valves to use now and for back up!

 

[Raji Ram]

Dear P J Sir,

I could not control my laughter on seeing this image:

Such a big brass lock for this worn out slippers!! The thief will find the lock more useful
because there are lot of lock-smiths in Sing. Chennai to make new key for locks! :lock1:

 

[P.J.]

Raji Madam

Yes, i agree with you.

What is your opinion about the other part of my post?

 

[Raji Ram]

Dear P J Sir,

Only threat / punishment will make people be good! As long as people believe in 'puNyam and pApam' such

notices as the one posted in the temple will help. Those who do not believe, will go about stealing as usual!

That is why the theft was NOT completely stopped! Right?

 

[sadasivam.sridharan]

The new ideas to make use of old ornaments are definitely most welcome.Going for exchange of old gold ornament for a new one is to be avoided as far as possible as the jewellers loot the customers in the name of purity of gold, wastage and below market rate,etc.

 

[Raji Ram]

My mom had her mom's 'vangi' made of 22 ct gold. It had golden beads attached to a closely woven flat belt type 'vangi',

which was about 16 inches long and 1 inch wide. The golden beads were made into a nice short chain. The 'vangi' was cut

into four pieces. Two each were attached to an oval shaped gold piece, embossed with a swami picture and the ends were

fixed with a hook. So, we got two lovely bracelets too! One unused piece of ornament was made into three useful items. :thumb:

P.S: I shall try to post a picture of the bracelet that was gifted to me, soon!

 

[kunjuppu]

raji,

what is vangi. the vangi i am familiar with is 'vangi bath'. another vangi is the verb.

thank you.

 

[amala]

Er.. its actually "vanki", arm bangle ::Anmol::

 

[kunjuppu]

Er.. its actually "vanki", arm bangle ::Anmol::

thanks amala. is it telugu..

 

[amala]

No I believe its in Tamil

 

[Raji Ram]

. what is vangi. the vangi i am familiar with is 'vangi bath'. another vangi is the verb.

Dear Kunjuppu Sir,

It is not vaangi which is brinjal / to buy! It is 'vangi' which also means a bank!

'Vangi' is the jewel that is worn in the upper arm and there are many types.

Usually the dancers (both males and females) and the brides wear them.

Here this lady wears two different types on her two upper arms.

 

[Raji Ram]

thanks amala. is it telugu..

In Tamil it is Vangi.

 

[Raji Ram]

Baby Krishna wears pearls vangi. :thumb:

 

[renuka]

Baby Krishna wears pearls vangi. :thumb:

Ratna Kankana Keyooram
Krishnam Vande Jagat Gurum.

 

[Raji Ram]

We find vangi in all the pictures of Gods and Goddesses. Kings were also wearing them.

Poor Ravana! He should have ordered for twenty of them for each set of vangis!!

Source: ravana

 

[mskmoorthy]

Mosquito repellent ideas are already given in the following posts in this thread http://www.tamilbrahmins.com/chit-chat/10725-ideas-ideas-18.html#post177464 , http://www.tamilbrahmins.com/chit-chat/10725-ideas-ideas-24.html#post180646 ,
and http://www.tamilbrahmins.com/chit-chat/10725-ideas-ideas-4.html#post171153

Here is one low tech solution given in NY Times http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/16/science/a-low-tech-mosquito-deterrent.html

"On a low table, they set up a small electric fan, perhaps 12 inches high, that swept back and forth, sending a gentle breeze across the grassy area where people were sitting.That was it. No citronella candles, no bug zappers, no DEET, nothing expensive or high-tech. Yet amazingly, it worked. As far as I could tell, no mosquitoes flew into the vicinity of the simulated wind; nobody was bitten."
...
The article continues further and says
"So I reached out to Mr. Swift, who replied by e-mail. “The solution came from trying to think like a bug,” he explained, “and realizing I don’t like flying into a 15 m.p.h. wind.”
Outsmarting bugs with a fan may be a poorly known strategy. But the method, it turns out, is endorsed by the American Mosquito Control Association, a nonprofit group based in Mount Laurel, N.J., that publishes a journal bearing its name."

 

[Raji Ram]

Dear Prof. M S K Sir,

Thank you very much for the idea! I think the Sing. Chennai mosquitoes are smarter than their

cousins in the U S of A. In spite of the high speed fan, they can very well find the spots to attack! :spy: