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Think or sink!

Taking care of the elders is becoming a real major problem now.

1. The elders live longer than they used to do..

2. The subatomic family has no persons to spare to care for the old people.

So caring for the elders has become booming industry now.

People charge for the all day care sky high. :shocked:

They charge for half day care less than all day care and part day care even lesser than that.

There is a tall slim old lady ( must be very really strong) who charges Rs 150 per day for bathing and

dressing up an old person. Another woman who herself limps very badly stays as the night time

attendant for another mami and charges Rs 100 per night. If stays for part of the day time it will be

200 Rs per day.

In metropolitan cities the fee will be correspondingly higher.

One mami pays Rs 20,000 for her full time attendant who is treated as a family member.

Another couple pay Rs 20,000 and give a room, food and other perks to their trained helper.

In old age one must have a lot of Wealth if not good Health to survive! :(

 
Deft Definition:

#43. Worry

The interest an anxious person pays on a trouble - real or imaginary - even before it falls due.

#44. Yawn

The silent shout proclaiming that you are either sleepy or bored to the core!

#45. Punctuality

The rare ability to guess the time of arrival of the others party.
 
A man on the run???

From the safety of his den
In the great city of London,

The unbeatable Beer Baron
Sits watching with his son,

Tons and tons of real fun
In his country being spun!

Can he be a man on the run?
No! not with his impish grin!
 
The traffic in n+News thread Think or Blink is picking up since 29th May.

It is good to have interaction- even if it is the news thread.

I used to visit it last of all the threads till recently. But not any more.

Now it is the first thread I visit before I move on to the others.

It is not fair to keep a visitor/ friend/ person interacting waiting indefinitely. Right??
 
Thirumanthiram is sucking up all my energy as the Sun does ( in an ad )
through a straw inserted into the head 0f a child!

But there is no pain without any gain. The thirst for the knowledge keeps me
going on despite all the odds and other problems!

I must keep up the tempo if I want to finish it during the next few months!

Will I take up another collection of stories for the next project -
the life history of the 63 Naayamaars???

Time alone can tell! I really do not know!
 
deft definitions:

46. Sympathy

That feeling offered by one female to another - to gather genuine details for spreading authentic gossip.

#47. Tips

Wages paid to the people employed by someone else.

#48. Telephone bill

The piece of paper which proves that speech may be a freedom but speech by no means free or cheap.

#49. window nets

A clever measure to ensure that any bug which has managed to enter the house will not be allowed to leave it under any pretext or for any reason!

#50. A year

A very long period of 365/366 disappointments.



 
Q: Define perfect health!

A: Sounds very difficult but is actually very easy.

You are in perfect health WHEN you do not remember that you have a body!

When will a peron forget that he/ she has a physical body?

When the body does not creak / shriek / shake / ache!

In other words when nothing is wrong with your body you must be in perfect health ! Right???
 
The grand old man is nearing ninety!

Long since all his body parts have started to creak/ shriek/ shake / and ache.

He said he could not take it any more!

He is due for double surgery- both for prostrate enlargement and hernia.

The wonderful doctors decided to do both on the same day (and same time)

to prevent / reduce the risk of the use of anesthetics on such an old person.

But Nature - which knows all better than any doctor - thought otherwise.

On the day he was due for surgery the pulse rate dropped dangerously -

even before he was administered the anesthetics.

He started running a mild temperature also.

Thank God! The doctors were wise enough to cancel the surgeries

and send back the grand old man to his home safely.

So the principle of the two lines (iru kodugaL) worked well here also.

Now he does not complain of any pain and is willing to put up with his twin ailments quietly!

 
Definition as any child would define! :)

Zebra = a striped horse

Leopard = a dotted lion

Limerick = witty poetry

Man = an animal without fangs, fur or feathers!

Napkin = a laptop kerchief

Peace = the time separating two fights

Mustache = the eyebrows of the mouth
 
A friend of 15+ years has invited very few selected people from his ex neighborhood for his daughter's wedding.

I don't blame him considering the rising cost of hosting a dinner these days.

He can't avoid his friends, the friends and colleagues of his working wife and his working daughter and the friends in the new neighborhood he had moved to.

Reason??

He/ she and the girl would have to face them everyday and answer for their doubts and questions about being left out of the list of invitees.

But old neighborhood is far far away and can be skipped more easily.
 
I was stunned to see into what a beautiful woman
the pig tailed toddler I knew 2 decades ago has become! :wacko:

She dazzled like a royal princess and was as glamorous as a movie star.
The boy (groom) must be born very lucky to marry a girl like her.

The strangest coincidence is this. I used to call her as 'Ramya Krishnan'
since she is slim, tall, fair, pretty, cute and vivacious.

Beleive it or not today she has really become Mrs. Krishnan.
We both were amazed by this prophesy turned true.

P.S

My sari-chudihar created quite a stir by its novelty, originality and color combination
(the unfailing Gold + Maroon + simple zari work)

Eyes enlarged into flying saucers and everyone was curious to know about me and my dress.
But only one mami came to me and talked to me.

Fitsr she congratulated me for getting this idea and next for finding the right tailor.
So she was in for three surprises from me!

1. Not just the idea but the design was also mine - so as to remain as close to a sari as possible.

2. The right tailor as none other than myself, who is converting more and more saris to dresses.

3. The dress needs only less than 5 yards of a sari and not a 9 yards sari as she has assumed!

How do you like it??? :)
 
The dinner was not a dinner in the traditional sense of the word.

It has two sweets , two types of sevai, two snack items, two tiffin items followed by fruit salad and ice cream.

Since all were dry or nearly dry items, a glass of butter milk was needed to feel full - after coming home.

The taxi service did not show the speed in action that it has in its name.

We waited and waited and finally got a lift in the car one of our friends!
 
Do you feel :dizzy: by these definitions???

1. Kleptomaniac

One who 'helps himself' with whatever catches his fancy
since can't 'help himself' from stealing those nice thingummies.

2. Mealtime

The time people sit and eat at the table.

3. News

The happening in one half of the world which amuse
the other half of the world not affected by those happenings.

4. A map

That which gives all the directions you may need - except how to fold it back!

5. Money

That which can talk very well and always keeps saying "Bye bye"

6. Mother in law

An old lady who has the last word- always!

 
In olden days the serious spiritual concepts were conveyed to the others in very simple manner.

Consider these statements.

avanadRi aNuvum asaiyaathu = Everything happens as the Lord wishes them to!

Chummaa iruppathe sugam = resign to the will of God and let things happen according to His plan.

ThEmEna iru = TheivamE endru iru = keep thinking on God.

SivanEnu iru = Surrender completely to Siva and become free of all worries

pEsaamal iru = Speech wastes energy where silence builds it up as one's aatma shakti.
 
A father and his sons living under the same roof but are in talking terms since long ago.

The father gave the power of attorney to his brother - living in the same city. :faint:

This itselff sounds silly but he had done something even more silly.

He had given the power without consulting his two grown up sons.

The younger did some crooked business and the elder brother bore the brunt.

Result???

He is now earning for his own bread since he won't say :sorry: to his sons!

It is true. Men who suffer most are those who have the greatest ego!

For men saying :sorry: is not easy - even if they are felling sorry! :tsk:
 
Can you guess the answers???

Q1: Who must be seen and not be hurled??? :car:

A1: A pedestrian of course! :)

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Q2: Who does not care to look at the price of food in the menu card??? :hungry:

A2: The stinking rich who has a growling tummy!

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Q3: Who travels by clinging on to the railings??? :dizzy:
A3: The sea sick people of course!!! :puke:

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Q4: What do people do when they are allowed to hit each other with a stick?

A4: They play hockey and hit the puck! :thumb:

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Q5: Who makes money selling indigestion? :(

A5: The owner of some of the restaurants. :)

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Brilliant Doctors speak of two different kinds of surgery.

I am not qualified enough to define them scientifically.

But surely I can give you the right examples.

Treating hernia by inserting a net - to hold the displaced body parts in their rightful place - is called a Clean Surgery.

Digging off the enlarged prostrate from inside it and causing bleeding for many days/ weeks is a Dirty Surgery.

And believe me when I say that these two should NOT go hand in hand!

In other words these two should not be performed on anyone at the same time or the same day!

The dirty surgery may render the inserted net dirty and replacing it with a fresh clean net may become necessary later on.

So what does the surgeon actually save?

His idea was to do both surgeries together to reduce the risk of anesthesia but he may increasing the number of operations necessary by doing this.

I was right when I said Nature knows better than any doctor. :hail:

All is well that ends well. :)

All are relaxed now that the surgeries did not take place as planned.

The hospital is the happiest since it will earn its dues in an easy way even without doing the surgery - just by retaining the valuable patient in the ICU for a week ( even though no surgery was done on him) ! :)

 
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What was that???? :ear:

1. Riding:

The art of remaining on the horse as it trots on the earth - and not the other way.

2. Thief

The smart guy who always finds missing things before the owner does.

3. Time

A great healer??? :decision: A lousy make up artist???

4. A wig

A top secret on the top of the roof.

5. Cuisine

Any foreign food with a tongue twisting name.

6. Diet

A matter of mind over the meal.

7. Duck

A poor bird which seems to have spent its entire life on a horseback.

8. Harp

A piano before it got dressed up!
 
1. A child prodigy

A smart child whose parents have fertile imagination running riot!

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2. Lost and Found Department

The place to which honest people take the things found by them - which they can't use anyway!

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3. "Don't mess with Mischief! Why?"

"She is Miss Chief... the only daughter of the Chief!"

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4. What is missinging? :sing:

Singing off keys of course! :bolt:

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5. Mountaineer

One who climbs a peak to take a peek!

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6. Pessimist

One who has to feel miserable in order to remain happy.

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During any ritual the sahadharmiNi has to place a drop of water on the dakshiNai to be given away. Does the single drop of water purify the dakshiNai or Daanam being given away?

No it is just to get her consent to give away whatever is being given away.

In other words even if the man is the one who earns, who 'wears pants in the house' and is the 'head of the household', he is supposed to take the consent of his wife while giving away anything.

So how much more important it is that the wife also takes her husband's permission similarly .

I guess most of the problems of the present world can be traced to the high handed behavior of the wife who may be earning a fat salary. So the concept of 'your money' and 'my money ' enters the household.

People want financial independence. This can be had even without secrecy and by remaining transparent. The parents may play their parts in magnifying the small differences for their own selfish motives.

It is best that the spouses remain transparent in their dealings and in handling of the money whether earned by him or her.
 

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