Friday, April 18, 2003

Vinay Reddy, you have fallen from grace.

Where We come from, there is a saying, You don't refuse people water.
Alcohol in France is cheaper than water.
Therefore, You don't refuse people the good stuff. [especially if you have given them your word.]
Dhikkar!

We are hurt, really.

Onkar, Cypher, Ankit, Akshay.

Wednesday, April 16, 2003

D'ä D'ä Sardär! - Warning! Sardär joke for engineers!

Prepared by: Santä Singh
Approved by: Bantä Singh

1. All pipe is to be made of a long hole surrounded by metal or plastic centred around the hole.
2. All pipe is to be hollow throughout the entire length - do not use holes of different length to the pipe.
3. The ID (Inside Diameter) of all pipe must not exceed the OD (Outside Diameter) - otherwise the hole will be on the outside.
4. All pipe is to be supplied with nothing in the hole, so that water, steam or other stuff can be put inside at a later date.
5. All pipe should be supplied without rust; this can be more readily applied at the job site.
NOTE: Some vendors are now able to supply pre-rusted pipe. If available in your area, this product is recommended, as it will save a great deal of time at the job site.
6. All pipe over 500ft (150m) in length should have the words "LONG PIPE" clearly painted on each side at the end, so that the contractor knows it's a long pipe.
7. Pipe over 2 miles (3.2km) in length must also have the words "LONG PIPE" painted in the middle, so the contractor will not have to walk the entire length of the pipe to determine whether or not it is a long pipe or a short pipe.
8. All pipe over 6ft (1.83m) in diameter must have the words "LARGE PIPE" painted on it, so the contractor will not mistake it for small pipe.
9. Flanges must be used on all pipe. Flanges must have holes for bolts, quite separate from the big hole in the middle.
10. When ordering 90 or 30 degree elbows, be sure to specify left-hand or right-hand, otherwise you will end up going the wrong way.
11. Be sure to specify to your vendor whether you want level, uphill or downhill pipe. If you use downhill pipe for going uphill, the water will flow the wrong way.
12. All couplings should have either right-hand or left-hand threads, but do not mix the threads otherwise, as the coupling is being screwed on one pipe, it is being unscrewed from the other.
13. All pipe shorter than 1/8in (3mm) are very uneconomical in use, requiring many joints. They are generally known as washers.
14. Joints in pipe for piping water must be water-tight. Those in pipe for compressed air, however, need only be air-tight.
15. Lengths of pipe may be welded or soldered together. This method is not recommended for concrete or earthenware pipe.
16. Other commodities are often confused with pipe. These include: conduit, tube, tunnel and drain. Use only genuine pipe.

Monday, April 14, 2003

The day Sanskr^t saved Hinduism
or
Onkar's Sanskr^t proselytisation programme

first ächärya: Soham.

second ächärya: No, Däsoham.

first ächärya: No! Soham.

second ächärya [with passion]: No! Däsoham!

first ächärya [with passion]: No! Soham!

[Looking at each other, as if incredulous so as to what they are doing]

both [smiling]: Sadäsoham.

[16:34]

It's raining murderously here in Singapore. It's as if Zeus, Thor and Indra have decided to have some target practice with lightening bolts on the same day and at the same place. The visibility is 100 metres, I am staying indoors.

Mumbait mhan'e garam have cä märä,
Yethe paavase ad'akalä jiv bichaarä...
Chär väzuna gele, kashäya pyälä
dise nä kut'he, thambav re shakrä
tuzhä vidyut märä, ek kat'ing märun yeto.
[english]

For some hare-brained reason, blogger is giving me träs when posting this. This has happened to me before, not blogger giving me träs, but I praying to the rain god and the rain stopping.

[16:55]

Abhay and I walk out in lovely weather, wet, yet not humid, sunny, yet not blistering; one of those perfect weather types. I had my vad'äs and tea, and I sent a silent prayer heavenwards.

Kashäya durlabh asale tuzalä shakrä
zarihi, upakrut keles mazala tu devä.
Yeil mazavar yada prasanga yadnyacä,
pran'a karato mii svähin kund'äta ek pyälä chahäcä.
[english]