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Think or sink!

Visalakshi Ramani said:
Acceptance;

Acceptance by the old parents ( with whom you have moved in to take care of them) OR by the children whom you want to take care of you is NOT a mere chance - but is a Science and an Art!

My friend has three sons - two in the capital Karnataka and one in the capital of U.K.

Both the sons in Karnataka want their parents to relocte in Karnataka.

BUT neither of them want their parents in their hom. The parants must live in a separate house and take care of themselves!!!

What could be the reason for this generosity in making the parents relocate in a city .........................................
where the local language is unknown to them,
where the cost of living is higher than the place they live in now,
where there no other known people or friends to help in an emergency
and where they are likely to get beaten up JUST for being Tamilians.

The answer is really simple and obvious!!!

The sons DO NOT HAVE to rush to their side in case of any emergency when they live in another city. It will be so much easier if they live in the city!

I have just one simple question to ask these intelligent and loving sons!

"WON'T it be even more easier if they live in the same HOUSE???" :moony:
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If parents make themselves acceptable to daughter in laws, son may not mind accommodating parents in his home.Many times he has to arbitrate between parents

and DIL.which is taxing.

If entities are unable to live together , then next best is staying at reachable distance with both enjoying some autonomy.

If parents and DIL have to stay under the same roof then there has to be inter dependance between them.

Many working girls make a success of living with inlaws as their working space is demarcated. DIL is in work space outside the home and inlaws in kitchen and

minding their grandchildren.It is the housewife DILs who cause problems more
 
Dear Mr. Krish,
You have made a very good analysis. :thumb:

For the working women the parent in law are am asset. They take care of the house and grand kids. The M.I.L may help in the kitchen or take it over on herself and leave the D.I.L free from worries.

The house wife D.I.L may be watching the mega serials which poison the minds of all women in general and Ds. I . L in particular. She will have more free time and more energy for the trail of strength, the battle of wits and the tug of war with the man-in-the-house tied at the centre!
 
009. A good son


A good husband cum a good son,
Is yet in this wide world to be born!

Good son adores only his parent,
And leaves his good wife transparent.

It is “Either you live in our style!
Or go become your mother’s tail!”

His mother takes on the upper hand;
And hands out the D.I.L. fiery bands.

The good husband on the other hand
Is full of adoration to his all-new-find!
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It is an ultimatum to the old parents,
“Can stay with us as silent parents!
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I owe my loyalty to this poor girl,
Who for me has sacrificed her all!”

Things will be kept in great secrecy,
Where is the need to tell the mercenary?

The D. I. L will throw words or vessels.
The choice-less-life is so full of tussles.
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A Good husband and a real good son,
Are mutually exclusive in one person!

I know a person who appears very calm,
Living such a life, as the back of my palm!

If A good son is also a good husband,
He’ll be a circus ring master’s real find!
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Once a loyal son, is always a loyal son!
Once a loyal husband, he is always one!

https://veenaavisal.wordpress.com/naughty-poems/009-a-good-husband-vs-a-good-son/
 
090. A father and his son


A Father and his son.

The father decided to straighten,
His son who neglected studies often;

The naughty boy would not listen,
He knew his father would soften;

Was it enough, him to threaten?
Pose to be strict and frighten?

Did he need also to be beaten?
Order impositions to be written?

The father decided to act rotten,
But as he went near he got smitten!

https://veenaavisal.wordpress.com/naughty-poems/090-a-father-and-his-son/
 
ஊசி போல உடம்பு! அமெரிக்காவில் வின்டரில் குளிர் துளைக்கும்
ஊசி போல, உடலை எலும்பு வழியே ஊடுருவி!
பனிக்கட்டியின் உறைநிலை நிலவும் போது
குளிர்காற்றும் சேர்ந்து கொண்டால் பிறகு!!!
sweater + cap + glouse போட்டுக் கொண்டு
முழங்காலால் நான் Morse கோடு அடிக்கும்போது
ஊசிபோல ஒருவரைக் கண்டு வியந்து நின்றேன்.
வெறும் ஒரு டீ ஷர்ட் + ஜீன்ஸ் மட்டும் அணித்து
டக் டக் டக் என்று நடந்து செல்வதைக் கண்டு!
அந்தக் குளிரில் சிவாஜி போல அந்த நடையா?
அவரும் ஓருவேளை “cold blooded” ஆனவரா???:rolleyes:
 
Specific Instructions.

Americans are very specific in their instruction. They leave nothing to our imagination which might be leading to ambiguity.

On the pill container the instruction always says
“Take by mouth…..”!!!
How else can a person take the inch long tablets???

“Lake Ahead!” VS "Look Ahead!"

While driving to lake Havasu, suddenly we were greeted by a big board
with sign in bold letters… “Lake Ahead!” :horn:

I wondered about the need for such a signboard and my elder son replied in a nonchalant voice, “Someone must have driven ahead without looking ahead!”:car:
 
A couple I know have migrated to USA to live in a separate apartment in the city where their son lives. Their daughter also has married a foreigner and lives in USA.

May be the foreign D.I.L. / Son In Law did not want them in their home!

Or the son / daughter themselves did not want them in their home.

What I wonder is why they had come all the way here to USA to live separately.

They could have stayed in their palatial home back in India and be helped by
umpteen servants and entertain their circle of family and friends.
 
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The Boogie Board

Magic slate is a thing of the past and has been fast forgotten.

The latest version of the reusable slate is a Boogie Bard.

This looks like the magical screen viewed by the wicked magician in the old

mythological movies (popularly known as Vittalaachaarya movies) :rolleyes:

You may write on them with any blunt point or even your nail.

The flick of a switch erases and cleans the surface ready for use.

It is used for helping children to learn to write!

How does the rest of the world teach the kids to write??? :decision:
 
Visalakshi Ramani said:
....... 1. What I wonder is why they had come all the way here to USA to live separately.

2. They could have stayed in their palatial home back in India and be helped by
umpteen servants and entertain their circle of family and friends.
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1. Many elders prefer to stay alone in condos because it is easy to maintain and has no garden to be taken care of by them! :cool:
2. They might have got tired of entertaining them, supervising the umpteen servants and wanted :peace:!

P.S: One of my friends put the newly wed son and d.i.l in an apartment near theirs, saying that she followed

the climax of the movie 'SamsAram adhu minsAram'! ;)
 
Raji Ram said:
1. Many elders prefer to stay alone in condos because it is easy to maintain and has no garden to be taken care of by them! :cool:
2. They might have got tired of entertaining them, supervising the umpteen servants and wanted :peace:!

P.S: One of my friends put the newly wed son and d.i.l in an apartment near theirs, saying that she followed

the climax of the movie 'SamsAram adhu minsAram'! ;)
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My dear Raji,
If they decide to separately in the same city, then they must also be independent enough to know the city well, drive around and get thing s done by themselves.
If they keep bugging their children for everything they will be a pain in the neck of the children.
 
Raji Ram said:
Slate and palpam / chalk! :cool:
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I know about the reusable slate and palpam /chalk.

All one needed was dry/wet piece of cloth and the slate can be reused until it gets broken. Breaking a slate can happen only when it is broken on purpose since the broad wooden frame protected it very well from falls.

The children were made to write on the large letters written by the teacher/parent until they got the shape of the alphabet or number right.

But now everything needs a battery to make it work- including the Boogie board!
 
டம்ளர் என்று ஏன் பெயர்???

அடி குறுகியும் மேல் விட்டம் விரிந்து
அமைந்தது அந்தத் தம்ப்ளர் எதற்காக?
எல்லோருக்குமே தெரியும் அது கையால்
எளிதாக ஐந்தை எடுத்துச் செல்வதற்காக.
ஆறு விரல்கள் இருந்தால் எளிதாக
ஆறு தம்ப்ளர்களையும் எடுக்கலாம்!
வசதிக்காக செய்வதே சில சமயம்
வம்பில் மாட்டிவிடும் நம்மை.
விழித்த முகம் சரியில்லை என்றால்
விபரீதங்கள் விளைந்து விடும்!
காலையில் பால் தம்ப்ளர் பணால்!
பாலாறு பெருகி ஓடியது தரையில்.
நடுப்பகலில் நீரோடை பெருகியது.
நனைந்தது ஒரு fried rice plate!
அதன் பிறகு ஜூஸ் கிளாஸ் டமால்!
அதன் பிறகு புரிந்தது பெயர்க் காரணம்!

Tumble ஆவதால் அது தம்ப்ளர்!!! :rolleyes:
 
“Try everything once!”

Reading the sad and disturbing news item about the grim faced super star of Hollywood S.S. made me remember the novel by writer ‘Sujatha’ “எதையும் ஒரு முறை”

When the money flows under one’s feet like a river …

and time limits and constraints have no place in one’s life…
the person starts experimenting with the EVIL in every form.

Most people remain virtuous ONLY because :angel:

they can not afford the bad habits!!! :evil:
 
NEVER criticize your wife! :nono:
Two men were drooling over the sexy attractive photo of an upcoming starlet.

“What will you get if you remove her lips and curves?” asked the first man.

“MY wife!” said the second man crestfallen!

“IF she had them, WHY would she marry YOU?” asked the first man.

Moral :

NEVER criticize the faults of your wife. :nono:

But for her faults she would not have ended up becoming YOUR wife! :moony:
 
‘Pain in the neck!’

Never sympathize a person with a ‘pain in the neck!’

It is God’s way or repaying him /her for

what he/she hands out to the others!!!

At the most you can say with rhyme

“THE pain in the neck with

A pain in the neck!” :rolleyes:

Resembles the popular saying" thirunelvElikkE alvAvA??? :shocked:
 
ஃப்ரீ ப்ரேக் ஃபாஸ்ட்!
 நல்ல லாட்ஜுகளில் இது கிடைக்கும்.
நல்ல முறையில் அமைக்கிறார்கள்
அத்தனை வகைச் சிற்றுண்டிகளையுமே!
எத்தனை வேண்டுமானாலும் உண்ணலாம்!
கூட்டமாக இருக்கும் என்று நினைத்தால்...
கூட்டம் ஒரேசமயத்தில் வருவதில்லை.
ஆறு முதல் ஒன்பது வரை என்றால்
ஆட்கள் ஒன்பதுக்குப் பிறகும் வருகை!
எதுவும் உண்ணாமல் திரும்ப நேர்ந்தது
எல்லாம் அங்கு வைத்து இருந்த போதிலும்.
ஒன்பது மணிக்கு section in charge
ஒரு போர்டை மாட்டிவிட்டுச் சென்று விட்டார்.
Breakfast bar closed என்று!
ஃ ப்ரீ உணவை உண்ணவும் லேட்டாக வருவதா???
"பந்திக்கு முந்து படைக்குப் பிந்து!" போன்ற
பழமொழிகள் அந்த ஊரில் கிடையாதோ??? :rolleyes:
 
Communication in a new style!!

A Little fellow has an interesting way of communicating.

If he gets hurt he won’t say “I got hurt”

but he will ask “Did you get hurt?”

His other wishes are passed on to us in the same questioning form!

“Do you want to go out?” = I want to go out!

“Do you want to play in the basement?” = I want to play.......

“Do you want to go to the park” = I want to go to..........

In short he repeats the question we put to him

in order to get his message across.

Today’s special dialogues are
“பாத்துப் போ தாத்தா!” directed to his grand father,
“ஓ பகவானே!இந்தப் பாட்டியும் புஜ்ஜியும்!”directed to his grandma

who calls him as “Bujjik kannaa!”
“இந்தக் குட்டியை வைச்சுண்டு என்ன தான் பண்ணுவேனோ!”

directed to his desperate mother a her wit's end!.

He troubles us first and then saves us the trouble

of complaining about him by complaining HIMSELF!!! :rolleyes:
 
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I saw a small device winking with a green light in the counter top of the kitchen.

It is an ultrasonic rat repellent installed when rats started invading the houses

since the builders invaded their region while constructing new houses in the

neighbourhood. I had red tailed fox, coyote, prairie dogs and many

bunnies around the house during my previous visits.

Where have they all gone to now?

All I can see now is a solitary bunny and a lonely squirrel!
 
We humans have to rent a house or buy one for living in it.

But not so with many other inhibitors of our house / home.

They are free loaders living off our resources and

spreading diseases and discomforts - whenever possible.

The one solution to all these different problems is

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Sounds great! But what happens if the clever pests evolve and learn to live

and reproduce successfully in spite of / with the help of the these fancy

digital devices??? :rolleyes:
 

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