Waste Reduction

• Use a shopping bag and refuse unnecessary carrier bags.
• Buy refills.
• Buy fruits and vegetables loose, not pre-packed.
• Buy re-cycled goods.
• Buy re-usable nappies.
• Buy soft drinks in large bottles and pour into smaller bottles for daily use.
• Reuse wrapping paper, packing materials and envelopes.
• Pack your lunch in a reusable box rather than foil or clingfilm.
• Choose durable products over disposable ones, eg rechargable batteries.
• Donate unwanted clothes to charity shops.
• Donate unwanted furniture to furniture recycling project.
• Buy drinks in glass bottles-they can be reused 20 times.
• If it's broken mend it dont throw it away.
  Return clothes hangers to dry-cleaners.
• Take glass, cans, paper and cardboard to recycling banks.
• Compost leftover food, garden waste, paper and vaccum cleaner dust.

Barbie Doll

The first Barbie doll appeared in February 1959. It was made by Ruth and Eliot Handler, co-founders of American toy manufacturers Mattel, and they named the doll after their daughter Barbara. The doll was dressed in a black and white striped swimsuit, with sunglasses, high heels and gold hoop earrings. I the first year a total of 351,000 Barbies weresold at $3 each. The doll went on to become one of the bestselling toys of all time.

Hyoid Bone

The one and only bone in the human body that is not connected to another bone is the hyoid bone, a U-shaped bone at the base of the tongue.It is supported by the muscles in the neck,but it is not connected to any other bone.It helps man to produce the wide range of sounds.Due to its position, the hyoid bone is not susceptible to easy fracture. In a suspected case of murder, a fractured hyoid strongly indicates throttling or strangulation. However this is not the case in children and adolescents where hyoid bone is still flexible .

JigSaw puzzle

On a shopping trip to the city a backwoods farmer bought a 24-piece jigsaw puzzle. He worked on it every night for two weeks. Finally, the puzzle was finished.
"Look what I've don, Jess," he said proudly to a visiting neighbor.
"That's surely somethin', Willard. How long did it take you?"
"Only two weeks."
"Never done a puzzle myself," Jess said. "Is two weeks fast?"
"Darn tootin'," Willard said. "Look at the box. It says, 'From two to four years."

Praying puppy

Scientists in heaven

Once all the scientists die and go to heaven............
They decide to play hide-n-seek.........
Unfortunately Einstein is the one who has the den...........
He is supposed to count up to 100...and then start searching.....
Everyone starts hiding except Newton.........
Newton just draws a square of 1 meter and stands in it right in front of Einstein...........
Einstein's counting 1,2,3......97,98,99.....100........
He opens his eyes and finds Newton standing in front........

Einstein says "newton's out..newton's....out....."
Newton denies and says i am not out........
He claims that he is not Newton......
All the scientists come out to see how he proves that he is not Newton..........
Newton says "I am standing in a square of area 1m squared..... That makes me Newton per meter squared...... since one Newton per meter squared is one Pascal, I'm Pascal, Therefore Pascal is OUT...........!

Intellectual doubts

I've some doubts.. Can u please clarify me..
1. When dog food is new and improved tasting, who tests it? (to be given a thought)
2. If the "black box" flight recorder is never damaged during a plane crash, why isn't the whole airplane made out of that stuff? (very good thinking)
3. Who copyrighted the copyright symbol? (who knows)
4. Can you cry under water? (let me try)
5. Why do people say, "you've been working like a dog" when dogs just sitaround all day? (I think they meant something else)
6. Do fish ever get thirsty? (let me ask and tell)
7. Can you get cornered in a round room? (by ones eyes)
8. Why do birds not fall out of trees when they sleep? (tonight I will stay and watch)
9. If corn oil is made from corn, and vegetable oilis made from vegetables,then what is baby oil made from? (No comments)
10. What should one call a male ladybird? (Nocomments)
11. If a person suffered from amnesia and then was cured would they rememberthat they forgot? (can somebody help )
12. Can you blow a balloon up under water? (yes u can)
13. Why is it called a "building" when it is already built? (strange isn't it)
14. If you were traveling at the speed of sound and you turned on your radio would you be ! Able to hear it? (got to think scientifically)
15. If you're traveling at the speed of light and you turn your headlights on, what happens?
16. Why is it called a TV set when theres only one? (very nice)
17. Why do most cars have speedometers that go up to at least 130 when you legally can't go that fast on any road?
18. If drink & drive is not allowed why the hell they have parking in Bars?

Son-in-Law

Jack has died. His lawyer is standing before the family and reads out Jack's Last Will and Testament:

"To my dear wife Esther, I leave the house, 50 acres of land, and 1 million dollars. To my son Barry, I leave my Big Lexus and the Jaguar. To my daughter Suzy, I leave my yacht and $250,000. And to my son-in-law Jeff, who always insisted that health is better than wealth, I leave my treadmill."

Sardarji in Chennai

One sardar came to Madras and wanted to do shopping in burma bazaar.
His tamilian friend told the Sardar that the prices will be costly and hence asked him to bargain for half the price.
Sardar went and asked the price of stereo for which the vendor told 2000 Rs. Sardar asked for Rs.1000. vendor told he can give for Rs.1800 for which sardar told no,no only Rs.900. Vendor told ok , i will give it for 1500 Rs for which sardar bargained for Rs.750.
It was going on like this when finally vendor out of irritation said he will give the Sardar the stereo free of cost.
Our sardar asked whether he will give two.

Longest .com domain in the world

Wales (country that is part of the United Kingdom), there is a village called Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch (58 letters), which in English means "Saint Mary's Church in the hollow of white hazel near a rapid whirlpool and the Church of Saint Tysilio near the red cave." The locals call it Llanfairpwll. Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.com is the longest single word .com domain name in the world.

Brain Facts

If you could harness the power used by your brain, you could power as a 10-watt light bulb.

The human brain is approximately 75% water.

your brain uses approximately 20% of the total oxygen pumping around your body!!!

About 750ml of blood pumps through your brain every minute!

Unconsciousness will occur after 8-10 seconds after loss of blood supply to the brain.

All of your "thinking" is done by electricity and chemicals.

When you were born, your brain weighed about 350-400g and you had almost all the brain cells you will ever have. In fact, your brain was closer to its full adult size than any other organ in your body!

Your brain consists of about 100 billion neurons! That's about 166 times the number of people on the planet! It would take you approximately 171 years to count them all!

Human Brain is smaller than an elephant's brain (6000g) but bigger than a monkey's brain (95g)! A dog's brain weighs about 72g and a cat's brain weighs about 30g. Your skin weighs twice as much as your brain!

Twins marrying Twins

The two sets of twins have held a joint-wedding ceremony in the Russian city of Pechora, much to the confusion of friends and relatives.Twin brothers Alexi and Dimitry Semyonovs married twin sisters Lilia and Liana.The twin grooms’ mother said that while she recognised her own sons, she couldn’t identify the difference between the two brides.
Even the couples admitted there are times when it becomes confusing to recognise each other.
The two brothers met Lilia and Liana almost a year ago at a dance party at a local club in St Petersburg.

Source: pakistanviews.com

Sardar Jokes 3

Mrs Kartar had bought a beautiful sweater for her husband . She sent it to her husband by parcel post along with a note. The note said : ' The buttons of the sweater are removed since they where too heavy and added to the postage . You will find them in the right hand pocket of the sweater.

'Take me to the 10th floor,' said Banta Singh as he entered the lift of a high rise building. When the lift reached its destination, the liftman opened its gates and said, 'The 10th floor, beta(meaning son in Hindi).' 'Why did you call me beta?' demanded Banta Singh. 'I am not your son.' 'I called you beta because I brought you up,' replied the liftman.

Santa Singh : 'Look Banta, what type of glasses they have made. The top is closed. How can you fill lassi in it ?'
Banta Singh : 'Yes, that's funny. And even if you make a hole at the top, how will the lassi stay in the glass when the bottom is open?'
Ha ha ha!! They have kept the glasses upside down

Sardar Gurbachan Singh is appearing for his University final examination. He takes his seat in the examination hall, stares at the question paper for five minutes, and then in a fit of inspiration takes his shoes off and throws them out of the window. He then removes his turban and throws it away as well. His shirt, pant, socks and watch follow suit. The invigilator, alarmed, approaches him and asks what is going on. "Oye, I am only following the instructions yaar," he says, " it says here, 'Answer the following questions in brief'."

First Telescope

The first telescopes were made in 1608 by Dutchman Hans Lippershey. Galileo built his own soon after and used it to discover Jupiter’s moons. The earliest type of telescope, known as a refracting telescope, produced a slight distortion of images (called aberration). Since about 1670, astronomers have used reflecting telescopes, which use mirrors that compensate for the distortion.

Thick Glass tumbler-- breaks when hot liquid is poured in

When you pour boiling liquid in a glass tumbler it bursts or cracks. The reason behind is as follows:

When hot liquid is poured, the thick glass tumbler breaks because the inner surface of the glass expands due to heat but the outer surface remains comparatively cool. Due to this unequal expansion, the thick glass tumbler breaks.
Never pour boiling liquid in glass vessels…

Aral Sea - Disappearing

In 1960, the Aral Sea (Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan) was 64,051km.Once Aral Sea was the world's fourth-largest inland saline body of water.Since then feeder rivers have been diverted for irrigation and the lake has shrunk to about 28,000km.Aral Sea is Worlds fastest shrinking lake. It is now in danger of disappearing.

Please save nature......

Centigrade equals Fahrenheit

Centigrade and Fahrenheit thermometers are used to measure temperature. Centigrade and Fahrenheit are two different scales and we have conversion formulas for them.

Celsius to Fahrenheitè X9/5+32
Fahrenheit to Celsiusè -32X5/9

These two different scales meet at a point, where they read the same temperature. At 40 both Fahrenheit and Centigrade thermometers read the same temperature.

Brushing Cat

Cat is Brushing... You tooo go and brush friend...

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Ideal Father

By: Abdul Adheem al-Muhtadi al-Bahrani

Question: What are the qualities of an ideal father?

The answer: An ideal father is one who:

1. Undertakes his responsibility well to create a good marital and family life with humane atmospheres.

2. Brings his family lawful livelihood without a bit of unlawful.

3. Respects his wife as a human being who is equal to him in rights and duties.

4. Cares for the intellectual, moral, and material needs of his children and is generous to them as much as possible.

Fathers and Father-to-be's try to follow these steps and have a happy family. All the best.

Blue Moon

The most literal meaning of blue moon is when the moon (not necessarily a full moon) appears to a casual observer to be unusually bluish, which is a rare event.

Owing to sulphur particles in the upper atmosphere from a forest fire covering 250,000 acres between Mile 103 and Mile119 on the Alaska Highway in northern British Columbia, Canada blue moon occured. The moon took on a bluish color, as seer from Great Britain, on the night of Sept 26, 1950. The moon appeared green after the Krakotoa eruption oF Aug 27,1883 and in Stockholm for 3 min on Jan 17, 1884.

Beautiful to Cute

There was a lawyer and he was just waking up from anesthesia after surgery, and his wife was sitting by his side.
His eyes fluttered open and he said, "You're beautiful!" and then he fell asleep again.
His wife had never heard him say that so she stayed by his side.
A couple of minutes later his eyes fluttered open and he said "You're cute!"
Well, the wife was dissapointed because instead of "beautiful" it was "cute."
She said "What happened to 'beautiful'?"His reply was "The drugs are wearing off!"

Questions and Absurd answers in a court

Q: What is your date of birth?
A: July fifteenth.
Q: What year?
A: Every year.


Q:All your responses must be oral, okay? What school did you go to?
A: Oral.

Q:How old is your son - the one living with you.
A: Thirty-eight or thirty-five, I can't remember which.
Q: How long has he lived with you?
A: Forty-five years

Mosquito Facts...

Do all mosquitoes bite humans?

Most female mosquitoes feed on humans, birds and other animals to get sufficient blood to develop eggs. Male mosquitoes feed on nectar and plant juices only.

Why are some people bitten more than others?

There are many things that attract mosquitoes: colognes, perfumes and scented body lotions can attract mosquitoes. Dark-colored clothing is also more attractive to mosquitoes. During evenings, nighttime and dawn, mosquitoes are most active in searching for blood meals, so people outdoors during that time are more likely to be bitten.

Where do mosquitoes live?

Mosquitoes lays their eggs in standing or slow-moving water. Weeds, tall grass, and bushes provide an outdoor home for adult mosquitoes.

How far can a mosquito fly?

Depending on the species, adult mosquitoes can fly several miles with help from the wind. Culex pipiens has a travel range of up to three miles.

How long do adult mosquitoes live?

Generally, adult female mosquitoes have a life span of 2 weeks to one month while adult male mosquitoes only live one week.

What is the life cycle of a mosquito?

A mosquito goes through four distinct stages: egg, larva, pupa and adult. This life cycle, from birth to death, is about one month long.

Why do mosquitoes make a buzzing noise?

Mosquitoes flutter their wings very fast, some as much as 250 times per second, producing a high-pitched buzz.Moreover they get attracted to the scent of the wax in our ears.

Why Sunflowers face the Sun

Facing of sunflower towards the sun is known as phototropic movement.

Growing in the direction of the light source is called PHOTOTROPISM. The mechanism has been worked out: Light receptor molecules (other than the ones for photosynthesis) affect certain hormones that regulate enzymes that control the rigidity of cellulose, causing stems to bend toward light. Totally cool!

Actually phototropism involves direction of GROWTH, but the ability of sunflowers to TRACK the sun during the day is actually known as HELIOTROPISM, which is different.Heliotropic flowers track the sun's motion across the sky from East to West. During the night, the flowers may assume a random orientation, while at dawn they turn again towards the East where the sun rises...The motion is performed by motor cells in a flexible segment just below the flower, called a pulvinus."

In Sunflower due to presence of auxin, a growth harmone in the stem. When the stem tip receives unilateral light, the concentration of auxin increases in the shaded side.The higher concentration of auxin in the shaded side causes that side to grow faster, resulting in a positive phototropic curvature.

Sardar Jokes-4(Lie Detector)

An Englishman, an American and a Sardarji are called upon to test a lie detector.
The Englishman says: "I think I can empty 20 bottles of beer". BUZZZZZZ, goes the lie detector. "Ok", he says, "10 bottles". And the machine is silent.
The American says: "I think I can eat 15 hamburgers". BUZZZZZZ, goes the lie detector. "Allright, 8 hamburgers". And the machine's silent.
The Sardarji says: "I think...", BUZZZZZZ goes the machine.

Sardar jokes-3(attending Exam)

Sardar Gurbachan Singh is appearing for his University final examination which consists of Y/N type questions. He takes his seat in the examination hall, stares at the question paper for five minutes, and then in a fit of inspiration takes his wallet out, removes a coin and starts tossing the coin and marking the answer sheet - Y for Heads and N for Tails.

Within half an hour he is all done whereas the rest of the class is sweating it out. During the last few minutes, he is seen desperately throwing the coin, swearing and sweating.

The invigilator, alarmed, approaches him and asks what is going on."Oye, I finished the exam in half and hour". "But yaar", he says, "I am rechecking my answers and am not able to tally them with what I wrote."(rechecking by tossing the coin once again)

Multiplication Verification Method

Will start with an example to make the explanation simpler,

987x987=974 169

We need to calculate four parameters A, B, C, D.

A=>Add all the numbers in 987 till you get a single digit. (6)
B=> Add all the numbers in 987 till you get a single digit. (6)
Here A=B since both numbers are same. (6)
C=AXB (added to a single digit) (6X6 = 36 => 3+6=9)
We got A=B=6 and C=9

Now D=add all the numbers in the answer to a single digit.

D=9+7+4+1+6+9=36=>3+6=9
D=9

C=D Hence the answer is correct.

This procedure may seem hard but on practice it looks to be simpler especially when large numbers are used and where re-checking seems to be difficult. Can be taught to children, so they can check their answers in exams…

Oldest method of multiplication

During olden days, people knew multiplication table 2 only and with that they were doing multiplications. Old multiplication method used the following steps

Step 1: Divide the left side number by 2, if you get remainder, omit it. For example 3/2=>1.
Step 2: Multiply right side number by 2.
Step 3: Cancel the right side number, if opposite left side number is even.
Step 4: Add the remaining numbers on the right side; you will end up with the answer.
Example:
23x42

L R
23 - 42
11 - 84
5 - 168
2 - 336(cancelled since left side number is even)
1 - 672
Answer: 42+84+168+672=966(omitting 336 since 2 is an even number)

Sardar Jokes 2

Black-Tie only!!! Party

A Sardar received an invitation, to a party which said “Black Tie Only”!!

When he went to the party he was surprised tofind the other invitees wearing trousers and shirtsas well !!!!

Spelling Problem:

Teacher to Sardar: “Where were U born?”
Sardar: In Tiruvanantapuram.
Teacher: Spell it?
Sardar: (after thinking) I think I was born in GOA.

Sodaless Picnic:

Once three sardars decided to go on a picnic.
When they got there, they realized they had forgotten the soda.
So, the youngest sardar said he would go home and get the soda if the others promised not to eat the sandwiches until he got back.
An hour, a couple of hours, then all day went by.
Both sardars were now very hungry.
Finally one of the sardars said: “Oh, come on, he is not going to be back. Let’s eat the sandwiches.”
Suddenly, the youngest sardar popped up from behind a rock and said: “If you do, I wont go.”

Auto Repair Shop:

Four sardars wanted to open an auto repair shop.
They bought the best car servicing equipment and soon inaugurated the repair shop.
They all waited eagerly on the inaugural day; but no customer arrived. A couple of days passed, there were no cars that came in for repairs.
A week, then a month went by, there were no cars.
After all, how could cars come in, the sardars had put up their garage on the second floor.

Breaking Knuckles

When we break knuckles we hear a cracking noise na... Do you know why we hear that sound?

Solution:

Knuckles (joints in our hands) crack when pressure is applied to them. Changes in the joint fluid cause a nitrogen gas bubble to form and then pop, producing the sound we hear.

More details:

Your joints can make a variety of sounds: popping, cracking, grinding, and snapping. The joints that "crack" are the knuckles, knees, ankles, back, and neck. There are different reasons why these joints "sound off".

Escaping gases: Scientists explain that synovial fluid present in your joints acts as a lubricant. The fluid contains the gases oxygen, nitrogen, and carbon dioxide. When you pop or crack a joint, you stretch the joint capsule. Gas is rapidly released, which forms bubbles. In order to crack the same knuckle again, you have to wait until the gases return to the synovial fluid.

Movement of joints, tendons and ligaments: When a joint moves, the tendon’s position changes and moves slightly out of place. You may hear a snapping sound as the tendon returns to its original position. In addition, your ligaments may tighten as you move your joints. This commonly occurs in your knee or ankle, and can make a cracking sound.

Rough surfaces: Arthritic joints make sounds caused by the loss of smooth cartilage and the roughness of the joint surface.

Doctors day-July 1

National Doctor's Day is a time for people to show appreciation and say thanks to the doctors who care for them. Doctors perform vital diagnosis and treatment. They care and cure their patients to keep them well. Doctors are the life saviors who work relentlessly to cure the ailments of the patients. When you are sick, there is no other person more important to you, than a doctor.

So I would like to thank my doctors(dentist,general and eye) for their care....

How ballpoint pens work

Hope you would have all used ballpoint pens for writing. Have you ever wondered about its working.

Earlier pens like quill, fountain etc faced the problems of

• Excessive ink flow.
• Required time for the ink to dry, once on paper.
• If you are not using the pen the ink gets hardened and you have to do lots of cleaning before using it.
• When you carry a fountain pen while travelling, mostly it spills ink all around.

Therefore we needed a pen which

• Protects the ink from air.
• When it comes out on paper it should dry fast.

This resulted in ballpoint pen.The solution found was a ball. Ball placed in a socket between the ink reservoir and the paper made the magic. It protects the ink inside the reservoir from getting dry and spilling.As you start writing ball rolls and gravity forces ink down onto the ball and into the paper. To get a clearer understanding, just see the working of a bottle of roll-on anti-perspirant. A ballpoint pen uses same principle but its so small than a roll-on.

There are two basic types of ball point pens: disposable and refillable.Disposable pens are chiefly made of plastic throughout and discarded when the ink is consumed; refillable pens are metal and some plastic and tend to be much higher in price. The refill replaces the entire internal ink reservoir and ball point unit rather than actually refilling it with ink, as it takes special high-speed centrifugation to properly fill a ball point reservoir with the viscous ink.

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Black Lake--California

California houses a lake with awesome properties. Its water is dark black in color. If you just dip a pure white cloth, it will change into black color. Its color will never change, even if you rinse it in clean water. Peat deposits beneath the lake make the water black in color. The lake sits in a natural depression nestled in the dunes and bordered by private property. It is formed from fresh water perched from the water table. Really amazing na…

Sardar Jokes 1

Just to make you smile...

* Sardarji opens his lunch box in the middle of the road...why ?
Just to confirm whether he is going to orcoming back from the office


* Sardarji is filling up a job application... He promptly fills in the lines on Name, Age, Addr,& etc. Then came the column Salary Expected.... After much thought he writes:Yes...

* Sardarji calls Air India. "How long does it take to fly to Amritsar?" "Just a sec," says the receptionist. "Thank you." says the Sardar and hangs up


* Sardar writing a letter: My sis had a baby this morning... i haven't heard that its a boy or girl...so, i dont know whether i am uncle or aunty!!!


Race to the Sun:

Two Sardarjis, both student of I.I.T, Kanpur, were talking about the American Astronauts.
One said to the other, "What's the big deal about going to the moon-anybody can go to the moon. We are sardars we will go direct to the sun."
"But if we get within 13 million miles from the sun, we'll melt."
And the first answered, "So what, we'll go at night."

Smuggling:

A sardarji comes up to the Pakistan border on his bike. He's got two large bags over his shoulders.
The guard Iqbal stops him and says, 'What's in the bags?'
'Sand,' answered the Sardarji.
Iqbal says, 'We'll just see about that. Get off the bike.'Iqbal's guard takes the bags and rips them apart, he empties them out and finds nothing in them but sand. He detains the sardarji all night and has the sand analyzed, only to discover that there is nothing but pure sand in the bags. Iqbal releases the sardaji, puts the sand into new bags, hefts them onto the sardarji's shoulders, and lets him cross the border.
A week later, the same thing happens. Iqbal asks, 'What have you got?' 'Sand,' says the Sardarji.Iqbal does his thorough examination and discovers that the bags contain nothing but sand. He gives the sand back to the Sardar, and crosses the border on his bike.
This sequence of events is repeated every day for three years.Finally, the Sardarji doesn't show up one day and the guard, Iqbal, meets him in a 'Dhaba' in Islamabad.
'Hey, Buddy,' says Iqbal, 'I know you are smuggling something. It's driving me crazy. It's all I think about...I can't sleep. Just between you and me, what are you smuggling?'


The Sardaji, sips his Lassi and says, 'Bikes'


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