The missing link in Ram-Sethu

With the help of some Somali pirates hiding on the USS Carl Vinson, the first photographs of Bin Laden’s dead body have leaked out. Adarama Osmania Ali, one of the Somali Pirates, with the help of his Apple  IPad managed to capture gripping images of Bin Laden’s corpse just before it was dropped into the North Arabian Sea.

Initially, there was some speculation whether this indeed was Bin Laden’s body, as the shape of a corpse resembled that of a woman. But all that doubt was laid to rest when Bin Laden’s personal trainer, currently at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, identified the shape as Bin laden’s and said that Bin Laden was a fitness fanatic and had enough muscles to match even Arnold Schwarzsomething. As you can see from the contours of the image above, Bin laden was definitely not happy at being shot on his head. Also, if you notice carefully (at a zoom of around 400%), a sign saying “Made in China” is visible on the top left of the cloth. This clearly proves that this photo was shot at an American facility.

Today morning, rumours started appearing on Twitter and Facebook that Bin Laden was not killed and thrown into the sea, but just asked to jump in and start swimming to wherever he wanted to. This was all because of this photograph taken somewhere on the Arabian Sea.

But, after multiple rounds of image analysis including a chemical analysis of the photo of the water, it was concluded that this was not taken in the arabian sea, but in the dead sea in Israel. I don’t know why people publish such fake photographs to grab attention! Btw, there are some conspiracy theorists and mathematicians hard at work to see if it is humanly possible to swim from the Arabian sea to the dead sea overnight…

written by Rajaram S

Disclaimer: Though i would love to say that the below mentioned points are from personal experiences, this disclaimer is to clearly state that i have no intention of saying so. This is to ensure that my future in my current accommodation is not in any way put at risk!

Every husband has always had something to learn from his wife. So, why then special instructions for the “careless” kind? This is because each and every instance below can be safely negotiated by being that extra bit careful. The careless husbands are usually the ones who face situations listed below. So go ahead, learn these lessons and be wary!

Lesson 1 – Doing the Dishes

The husband doing the dishes is a common thing in today’s generation. But, with the availability of maids to do the chores, it is not often that the husband needs to do this. There may be days when the maid is on leave and the wife asks the husband to do the dishes. Chivalrous that we are, we immediately accept the task. So, what then is the issue?

The problem : Have you ever noticed that the number of utensils that were present (at the time you accepted the request) has mysteriously quadrupled by the time you actually start the task? The reasoning is simple. Once you accept the task, out come all the vessels from deep inside the cupboards as that day, co-incidentally, happens to be the day the wife has decided to clean all unused vessels.

The wrong solution: There are many excuses that you can come up with. You can always say that you have a small cut on your right-index finger and the soap solution might infect the wound and it is pretty obvious that you cannot wash the dishes with only one hand. So, you say that you will do the dishes “tomorrow”. Don’t EVER do this. This is asking for big trouble. What will happen is that the wife will conveniently decide to put off all cleaning to the next day! Then, you yourself have made a mountain out of a molehill and you will end up spending the entire time required for one inning of the T-20 match the next day, just doing the dishes.  See wives are smart. Of course, that is why you have married her in the first place! Well, the lack of many dumb blondes in India is something of national importance to be discussed later.

The correct solution: When you get a request to do the dishes and you accept it, go and do the task IMMEDIATELY. Yes, that’s “immediately” in capitals. Do not wait for the show, that you are watching, to complete and then go for the task. Also, ensure that your rate of washing utensils is faster than the rate of the wife’s consumption by means of that extra coffee or that one biscuit on a big plate etc.

Lesson 2 – Appreciating exotic food items

The Problem: In good old olden days (something like 3 yrs back), wives never found the time to watch the various cookery programmes on TV, as they were at work or busy with household chores. But, with the recent advent of Tata Sky Plus and the like in India this is not a concern, as they can just the record the program and watch it later. So, if your “PLAN” i.e. the recorded programmes list looks like the one below, you have a problem!

Amazing Race, Cookery Programme on SUN TV, Amazing Race Asia, Cookery Programme on Jaya TV, The Weakest Link, Cookery Programme on DD Podhigai, Globe Trekker, Cookery programme on Zee TV etc

So, what happens is that the wifey decides to attempt all the exotic dishes shown and who else but you will be the guinea pig? On one fine November morning, the breakfast happens to be “Semiya Adai” (Rough English Translation - Vermicelli based thick Dosa). You need breakfast, so you eat whatever is offered. Then the inevitable happens. The question is posed – “So, how is the dish?”

The wrong solution: Every husband loves his wife (and sometimes, other’s too!). So, you lovingly answer the question by saying “It is good, i like it” or something which conveys the same message. This is the first mistake you have committed! Once you have said this, you start noticing trends. Over the following days/weeks, you notice that “Semiya Adai” starts appearing frequently on the menu. You can’t of course complain as this is a dish which “you like”! You try to trick your wife by saying that you will leave 2 (out of the 3 offered) for her. But, she is smart (as we already know it). She replies by saying that all the “Semiya Adais” are for you, as she has separately made Chappatis and Sabji for her! How cruel…

The correct solution: If you are already at a managerial position, then it should be a cake walk for you. You just have to follow the same steps that you do when you convey a bad grade in an extremely positive way that the employee forgets that he actually has had a bad grade and goes out smiling from the room ! Let’s translate this scenario for the benefit of those who are yet to do evaluations. So, this is how your response “could” be. Why i am saying “could” is that there is no perfect solution. If there was one, then the world would have been a better place.

1. If you have a small kid, you can give him/her a piece. Like any kid would react to a new item, the kit would spit it out. Then you can have innocent conversations (loud enough innocent conversations) with the kid like “Oh, is it spicy?”, “what? you don’t like it” etc
2. Few hours after the breakfast, you can fake a stomach ache and hope that the connection is understood.
3. The best option which usually works is to lovingly feed few pieces of the dish to your wife!

Lesson 3: Always be on guard

The problem:  MOMs (Minutes of meetings) are never recorded for any conversations which happen between a wife and a husband. So, it often always becomes impossible to justify whether you did or did not say something. At home, most of the husbands  spend most of the time in front of the TV in their eternal quest for knowledge enhancement e.g. How well would Pamela Anderson dance to the tune of Dhak Dhak on Big Boss? Unfortunately, they are also at their most vulnerable state while watching TV. The wives know this, part of the KT passed on through generations of women. That is why most of the tricky questions are asked by the wife when you are in front of the TV. While you are concentrating and trying to unravel the mastery of the front foot defence exhibited by Rahul Dravid, you would have unknowingly committed to clean the other room , the one from which you cannot see the TV.

The wrong solution: Trying to defend by saying that you never accepted or you never replied. It doesn’t work and it never will. If you try to, then you have to listen to hours of lectures on your worthlessness within the house and how that she is doing all the work while you are just lazing around. Of course, it also doesn’t help if you have a kid who, on realising your precarious position comes and says “Appa, Cbeebies Podu” (Appa, put Cbeebies Channel). As we all know, it is unheard of for a dad to watch a TV channel of his preference when his innocent kid wants to watch an absolutely dumb channel.

The correct solution: But Tata Sky Plus. The moment you hear a question, Hit the pause button, request for the question to be repeated, reply with a clear state of mind “No, I can’t”, hit the play button and continue on your knowledge enhancement.

Learning lessons from your wife is a continuous and inevitable process. If you want to see some of the past lessons that i had learnt, see here.

written by Rajaram S

Beaking news: All streets on north deserted for Ayodhya verdict. All streets in south deserted for Endhiran release.

Raj Thackeray has appealed against the verdict in SC. He has demanded a part of the land for Marathis

Ayodhya land to be declared as SEZ

Ravana while watching News to Kumbhkarana – ‘Arrey! Ab toh uth ja, #Ayodhya Verdict aa raha hai’

u go demolish neighbor’s house,he drags u to court,18 yrs later u get half his house free of cost.

We have enough Temples and Mosques; We need more clean public bathrooms!

Ayodhya verdict files prepared in OpenOffice. Thank God there is one place in India that doesn’t use pirated MS Office.

If the Supreme Court cannot decide, we can move Rajini to decide on the Ayodhya dispute

When we said we wanted peace, did they think we wanted piece piece? #Ayodhya

Top selling book after Ayodhya Verdict – Kamasutra. Helps with understanding the concepts of threesome you know :

People unhappy with Ayodhya verdict are free to appeal in “Rakhi ka Insaaf”

Everyone is confused about the judgment. Even potential rioters don’t know the ground on which they can create havoc!

Ayodhya gets its first multiplex. No movies will be shown though….

New film to be made on the #Ayodhya issue. Title of film — Amar, Akbar & Akhada

Breaking News: Mayawati just claimed the Nirmohi Akhada land n is getting hr statues erected there..

Nimorhi Akhara membeship will be doubled by this evening i guess

So Karunanidhi, did you get the answer for which Engineering degree Lord #Rama got?

The real question about the #Ayodhya verdict is: Do we have a holiday tomorrow?

who are #Nirmohi Akhara?? and why have they got a kitchen in #Ayodhya ?!

I think we need all the people who understood Inception in one go, to go to Ayodhya and decode the verdict!

#Ayodhya is currently hotter than #BritneySpears on Twitter. I can honestly say I didn’t think I’d see the day.

Tony Curtis would be shifting in his grave .. He has been kicked out of trending topics due to #Ayodhya verdict

My 3-year old girl shouts:”Babba, this boy is fighting on TV.” I rush in to see #Arnab Goswami talking to the reporter on #Ayodhya verdict.

Really I thought Sitaji was taken away from a forest near Ayodhya !

My earnest request to TCS , Ab toh #Ayodhya #Verdict bhi agaya , ab toh joining letter de do !!

This is the time So many Temple Construction company Going to bid for the upcoming Tendor in ayodhya / Now art can win here

Summary of ayodhya vrdct -Babar accused of illegal land acquisition,

The Buddhists are out in numbers and shouting the verdict is Dalai (the lie) of the century

Ravana must have had a long flight from Lanka to Ayodhya !

 Mere samne waali khidki mein, ek Nirmohi Akhara rehta hai

Dig anywhere in India and you’ll probably find evidence of a temple. ASI-why waste time?

No land allotted for a Mayawai Statue. Outrage!

Meanwhile, in another news, the chappal chors of Ayodhya have welcomed the verdict with both hands.

The truth behind bulk SMS banning is to stop kalmadi jokes and not the Ayodhya verdict

 Moral of the story. Ayodhya enters the rare list of successful men who accomplished their common dream. A threesome.

The Idols at the Ayodhya site were planted by the U.P Police…….Chulbul Pandey told me

Kid to mother : mamma i too want a piece of land, every1 in my class has one

Who is Nirmohi Akhara..  a group of monks headed by Kalmadi who claimed ayodhya belongs to them

Barkha Dutt got facial done today – gotta look pretty for #Ayodhya verdict coverage

My mom says Ayodhya Ram ki hai..bas. So what are we arguing about?

Watching this Ayodhya Verdict on TV is a matter of deciding who you hate less.Barkha Dutt,Rajdeep Sardesai or Arnab Goswami.

The judges must be photographers – Following the “rule of thirds”

INDIAN WINS BIG OUTSOURCING CONTRACT! Jerusalem, Palestine, Israel issue to be resolved by Allahabad High Court!!!! #

overheard in office: vaastu consultants being sought after by the 3 parties

The verdict wont be uploaded as the High Court does not have an Orignal Version of Windows.

The way media is pimping it, I am surprised they dont yet hv an Airtel Ayodhya Verdict or a Pepsi Judgment Day!

Paul, the octopus baba should predict the Ayodhya verdict.. it would have been a matter of seconds instead of 6 decades!!!

Lady Shankar Mahadeavn on Times Now, she is not even stopping to take a breath!

The #ayodhya verdict postponed due to #Endhiran/#Robot release.

Dear Arnab, @BDUTT , @sardesairajdeep , today i’m not worried if India will behave responsibly. Its the 3 of you I’m worried about!

Do any of the three judges twitter? Then they can deliver the judgement in less than 140 characters.

The Verdict is out.. a pub will be counstructed on the land. operated by Vijay Mallya. Divided by Religion.. United by Kingfisher!

Want to watch verdict live on TV, but son wants to watch #pogo, well at least he understands what he is watching, so let him be…

 I’ve never seen so much fuss about such an old erection.

Ayodhya Verdict Leaked: Land To Go To IIPM

Verdict is bigger than Mahabharata epic & it will require another 20 years or Lord Krishna to interpret it.All eyes on ISKON centre #

If i were responsible for the Ayodhya verdict, Shankar Mahadeavn would be performing in front of the court now!

Okay, verdict gonna get delivered in some minutes from nw. Only question, will it b a BOY or GIRL.

Ayodhya Verdict is no.2 in worldwide trending!!! And some Actor Tony Curtis is no.1…what the hell…common fellows…whip up…

Google should incorporate sticks and stones into their logo to honor the #ayodhya verdict

Cant they just let Mayawati make another mansion at the disputed site in Ayodhya?

Judgment shortly on Ayodhya title suit; Justice SU Khan, Justice Sudhir Agarwal, Justice DV Sharma start proceedings to pronounce verdict. The Allahabad High Court website has already crashed .. they should’ve decided to announce the verdict on Twitter in 140 chars or less

Few mins to go for Ayodhya verdict, Barkha Dutt and Rajdeep Sardesai look like they have ants in their pants

It doesn’t matter what Allahabad HC says about Ayodhya Verdict. The question is, “Who will Google maps call its rightful owner?”.

It’s easy to see why the Ayodhya verdict is taking so long. 60-year-olds take a while to reach climax.

Is kalmadi somehow involved with the Ayodhya verdict? It is utter chaos out there

Who is Actor Tony Curtis?? what he is doing between Allahabad High Court & Ayodhya verdict ?

The courtroom doors have been locked from the inside and out! Next they will be letting out black or white smoke through a chimney.

The Ayodhya verdict was out on all Pakistani news websites yesterday itself. I don’t know why we’re all waiting in anticipation here.

Quick question. Who’s the official sponsor for Ayodhya Verdict 2010?

Media celebrates a crisis. It brings in TRPs. Whether Sonakshi slips on a ramp or its the Ayodhya verdict, its the same to them.

@ShashiTharoor I’m surprised you have nothing to say about the Ayodhya verdict, the entire nation is talking about it

Ayodhya verdict mpore confusing that Ram Gopal Verma ki Aag

written by Rajaram S

The course was available when i needed it:
- Much too late
- Somewhat late
- A little late
- Much too early
- Somewhat early
- A little early
- Just in time

written by Rajaram S

I am currently in Seattle for the past one week and will be here for the next 3-4 weeks. Came here last saturday and immediately went on a sightseeing trip on Sunday. The city is beautiful, the view from my office, awesome!

See more of what I am doing, on my new Seattle blog – Sights in Seattle.

written by Rajaram S

We recently had an innovation week celebration in our company and as a part of it, there was a daily puzzle contest. I had prepared around 4-5 puzzles every day and sent them across by mail. Given below are all the puzzles. Mail the answers to me through my contact email (top leftof the page). Answers will be given when replies stop coming in.

PUZZLE 1: Head of the Pack

Let me tell you a thing or two about solving puzzles. It is much easier than you think it is. Maybe, all the big puzzle competitions happen only in the capitals of the various countries, but this doesn’t mean you can’t capitalize on the other opportunities. Actually, the capitalism existing in our country is preventing us from spending more time on solving puzzles. Sometimes, this lack of time to solve puzzles results in lesser innovation in organizations. So, it is time to throw out the bureaucracy and come together to solve all the puzzles. One always wonders whether such techniques do yield results, but believe me, they do. Last, but never the least, we hope that you were able to find the name of the city.

PUZZLE 2: Piled up in Egypt

The boxes are arranged such that the number inside a box is equal to the sum of the numbers of the two boxes supporting it (i.e. the two boxes below it). No number is repeated and all numbers are greater than zero. What is the number in the topmost box?

PUZZLE 3: A puzzle on my table!

After seeing this puzzle kept on the table, even Dr.Watson would have been tempted to say, “It’s elementary, my dear!”

99, 15, 53, 8, 11, 32

PUZZLE 4: STR-ANG-E OR-GANI-SMS

Given below is an empty crossword. You have to fit the following words into the grid. Then the letters in the colored cells will give you the answer.

Words: 282, 2253***, 28669, 78779, 5262

PUZZLE 5: Counting the Extras

Corfu

Either

Viefi

Nerves

Open

Sexi

Wort

Look at the words above. All of them have something extra. Once you identify the “extra” bit, do the most logical thing and you will get the seven letter answer.

PUZZLE 6: TOUR OF LIMASSOL

Amdocs Social Club has organized a tour of Limassol. You are here, sharp at 8 AM on a nice Saturday morning. As you try to board the bus, the driver asks you for a password. You say to the driver that you were not given any password when you registered in the survey. The driver says that the survey system had crashed on Friday night and the only way they could allow people to get on the bus was through this password system. You try to argue, but to no avail. As you turn back, the driver says “Sorry, my friend. Maybe, you can have a look at some of the photographs taken by your friends during the previous tour”. You grab the paper thinking that the driver was just making fun of you. But, soon you realize otherwise. The paper seems to be a collage of 9 photographs with people gesturing through some strange signs. You immediately start decoding the message and realize that it indeed has the password. Can you find the password from the collage below? You can download a higher resolution picture here. Thanks to Harish and Anith for modeling for this puzzle. Btw, both are right-handed and hence, their right hands take priority over their left.

PUZZLE 7: MILITARY TALK

Do you know the NATO phonetic alphabet? If not, search it up on the net. In the passage below, the NATO phonetic code words of all letters of the alphabet (A to Z) but one have been encoded. Find the one alphabet which has been omitted. To get you started, I shall give an example: Alpha (for letter A) has been encoded as one of the “Two Greeks”.

(Repeat Twice): Tyson and his father (in a radiation outfit) went to a country, a Canadian province and a capital city. There they met Frankenstein, two Greeks, an African, an American and his angels. They danced twice (to critical acclaim), had a drink in the local Mariott, played a sport, watched a play by William and before December they founded a software company, for which they won an award.

PUZZLE 8: PRIME-TIME PUZZLE

All the numbers in the table below can be expressed as a product of some primes. Do the prime factorization for each of them and then look for some pattern to find the 8-letter word!

9699690	510510	4849845
248710	39	2926
248710	285285	14630
49742	39	2090
746130	6630	53295

PUZZLE 9: Just another day in Cyprus

I have Cypriot neighbors. They are a small family with the husband, wife and their three kids – Andreas, Nicos and Nicolas. Mr. Christos, 42 years old, works in the LAPD (Limmasol Area Police Department) and Mrs. Christos is a housewife. Mr. Christos is former national backgammon champion. Mrs. Christos is highly educated and it seems that she chose to give up her good job to take care of her family. Mr. Christos works 6 days a week and starts at 7 AM in the morning. So, it was yet another boring Saturday when I was lazing around on my balcony. I noticed a guy walk over to the front door of our neighbor’s and this is the conversation I heard (translated to English for your convenience).

Guy (G): Good morning, I am from the PENTAGON (People EstimatioN Team And Government Organization Nicosia) and I wish to know the details of your family.

Mrs. Christos (MC): Yes, what details do you want?

G: Do you have kids?

MC: Yes

G: How many?

MC: Three

G: What are their ages?

I saw a smile on MC’s face. Then she said, “So, are you in a mood to do some math?”

G (with a smile on his face): Of course Ma’am, tell me.

MC: If you multiply the ages of my three kids, you will get three dozens.

MC: If you add the ages of my three kids, the number is the same as my door number.

G (Thinks for a while): Nope, I need more clues!

MC: You know, my eldest is a spoilt kid who spends the entire day playing backgammon in that coffee shop.

G: Thanks you Ma’am, I know their ages now.

Now, all you have to do is to find the ages of the three kids.

PUZZLE 10: BILINGUALLY SPEAKING!

Nowadays, more security personnel are required at football matches compared to international borders, as the probability of trouble seems to be higher in the former. So, it was no surprise that BBC were taking extreme precautions before reporting on an upcoming Russia-England football match. Any partisan report by the BBC could spell trouble for its loyal supporters and would enable its competitors like CNN get the international edge. So, they went looking for a person knowledgeable in football, but also impartial to both Russia and England. They found one Mr. Edvard Garringue Gotwald, a former footballer of the Czech Republic, who knew a lot about the Russian and the English sides and was also well conversant in both Russian and English.

So, the match happened on 18th July 2001. It was a closely fought encounter and the cops managed to keep off the hooligans and ensured that the match went on well. The editor of BBC received the match report from Mr. Edvard. He was shocked! It looked like Mr. Edvard, in the excitement of the match, mixed both Russian and English while writing the report. So, what does the report say? Btw, the final score in the match was Russia-1, England-0.

PUZZLE 11: STUCK IN JAIL

Samuel is stuck inside a jail in Libya. He is full of remorse and has sent you the secret note below. What does it say?

PUZZLE 12: WATCH THE CHANGE!

See the gif file below. You should see different images in the gif are played one after another. Imagine a 5*5 grid of LEDs. Only few LEDs are switched on at a time. The switched-on LEDs appear as white circles in the image. There is a 7-letter word encoded in these blinking LEDs. Better switch your brain to mode X OR you will never find the answer!

PUZZLE 13: A Visit to Kykkos Monastery

A team in DVCC wanted to go for a project event. They decided to go for a walk on a forest trail leading to a monastery. Only few members of the team knew about the trail and it was up to them to guide the rest of the group.

They started off going northwards. Then they turned east. Then a superstitious person suggested that they rather go south. After walking for some time, they realize that they had reached a dead-end. So, they cursed the superstitious guy and then retrace their way north. Once they reached the point from where they turned south, they continued in the original direction. A little later, they reached a dead-end. Then the superstitious person laughs and suggests again walking southwards. After some time, they take a well deserved break.

After a 15 minute break, they continue walking south. Once they reach the fountain marked on the map, they turned eastward as suggested. After what seemed like a long time, they came across a signpost on the road pointing towards the north. So, they turn north and walk for another half an hour and then rest for lunch.

After lunch, people were not in a mood to continue. But, they had to reach their destination before nightfall. So, the group leader urged the group to start walking westwards. After some time, the path turned to the south. Just after a short distance, there was a sign pointing towards east. So, they turned east. Now that the sun was behind them, they didn’t feel the heat of the sun. So, they didn’t realize that they had walked quite a distance when the map suggested that they turn south again. So, they dutifully followed. Then, almost immediately, the path turned west again. Then, after walking west for around 30 mins, they stopped for a tea-break.

After the rejuvenating tea, they started walking eastwards. After what seemed like a long walk, they came to a dead-end. Then one person casually said; ”Ah, maybe we should have taken the path to the south which came some time earlier!”. They all cursed him and retraced their path due-west. When they came to the turning mentioned by this person, they turned south and marched on. After 1 hour, they saw their destination before them, the grand monastery of Kykkos. At the gate of the monastery, the guard asked them for the password. The group leader who had been taking notes all the time during the trek realized the password and told it to the guard. It was the correct password and they all happily retired to the guest rooms at the monastery. So, do you know the password?

PUZZLE 14: The search for Cypriot villages

Find the following village names in the grid below. The remaining letters would tell you how to get the answer. The words can be oriented horizontally, vertically or diagonally. The letters in the grid below can be reused for more than one word, but not in more than 2 words.

PUZZLE 15: GRAFFITTI OR GRAPH?

The Cyprus government has long suspected the British of monitoring all email communications passing through Cyprus. But, they have never been able to prove it. They ask for your help in uncovering the secrets of the big white dome on top of the Troodos Mountains. But, this task is easier said than done. It is a well known fact that the dome is patrolled by less than a dozen soldiers, but the hi-tech security around the dome is almost impenetrable. In the guise of a regular tourist looking for a good spot to ski, you reach the side-doors of the dome. You see lot of graffiti on the wall and think aloud; “These football fans haven’t left alone even this place!” You see a monitor on the door asking for a password. Then you realize that the graffiti might actually be the key to this. You start plotting points assuming that each pair of letters connects the vertices labeled by the alphabets. Slowly, letters start to appear and finally, you get the password. What is the password?

PUZZLE 16: A TIGHT FIT

The eight tiles below must be fitted into the pattern so as to form 4 words reading across and 5 words reading down. The tiles cannot be rotated or modified in any form. Find the 9 words.

PUZZLE 17: FORM YOUR OWN QUESTION

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ?

Fit in the letters below to form the question above and then find the answer. No need to change the orders of the letters in each group of three. Just find the right position to place the group as such.

APO	BEA	BUM?	NWA	SAL
SAL	SOA	TLE	TWE	WHA

PUZZLE 18: READING BETWEEN THE WORDS

Each sentence below contains a country’s name within it. Find each of the countries.

a. My landlords went to a spa in Latvia for this year’s holidays.

b. To find the Great Wall, search in an Asian country.

c. It is normal in this country to walk to work.

d. This country has a fine palace where horses live.

e. You have to visit this city to enjoy such adventures.

f. While attending the innovation session i germinate ideas for the next big thing.

g. The crowd consists of thousands of people so those leaving cannot be monitored individually.

h. The rough analysis proved that this machine does not work.

PUZZLE 19: GOING TO THE MOVIES

For all you movie buffs out there, these puzzles should be a piece of cake! Each of these rebuses solve to a movie name. (14 movies)

Enjoy!!!!!!!!

written by Rajaram S

written by Rajaram S

Had been to the doctor today. There were many people already queued up. So, i decided to catch up on some pending work and took my laptop inside the doc’s office. I was going to work on some local documents and wasn’t interested in the popup which said that there were some wirless networks in range. Out of curiosity, i decided to check out the available networks and guess what the name of the network was….

written by Rajaram S

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• ONLY BUY OR FILL UP YOUR VEHICLES IN THE EARLY MORNING WHEN THE GROUND TEMPERATURE IS STILL COLD. Remember that all service stations have their storage tanks buried below ground. The colder the ground, the denser the fuel, when it gets warmer petrol expands, so buying in the afternoon or in the evening…. Your litre is not exactly a litre. In the petroleum business, the specific gravity and the temperature of the petrol, diesel and jet fuel, ethanol and other petroleum products play an important role. A 1 degree rise in temperature is a big deal for this business. But the service stations do not have temperature compensation at the pumps.
• WHEN YOU’RE FILLING UP, DO NOT SQUEEZE THE TRIGGER OF THE NOZZLE TO A FAST MODE. If you look, you will see that the trigger has three (3) stages: low, middle, and high. In slow mode, you should be pumping on low speed, thereby minimizing the vapours that are created, while you are pumping. All hoses at the pump have a vapour return. If you are pumping on the fast rate, some of the liquid that goes to your tank becomes vapour. Those vapours are being sucked up and back into the underground storage tank so you’re getting less worth for your money.
• ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT TIPS IS TO FILL UP WHEN YOUR TANK IS HALF FULL. The reason for this is, the more fuel you have in your tank, the less air occupying its empty space. Petrol evaporates faster than you can imagine. Petroleum storage tanks have an internal floating roof. This roof serves as zero clearance between the petrol and the atmosphere, so it minimizes the evaporation.
• IF THERE IS A FUEL TRUCK PUMPING INTO THE STORAGE TANKS, WHEN YOU STOP TO BUY, DO NOT FILL UP – most likely the petrol/diesel is being stirred up as the fuel is being delivered, and you might pick up some of the dirt that normally settles on the bottom.

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written by Rajaram S

written by Rajaram S