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See Who Is Having the Last Laugh !!!!

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A rich man decided to go on a safari in Africa. He took his faithful pet beagle along for company. One day, the beagle starts chasing butterflies and before long discovers that he is lost.

So, wandering around, he notices a tiger heading rapidly in his direction with the obvious intention of having him for lunch. The beagle thinks, “I’m in trouble!” Then he noticed some bones on the ground close by, and immediately settles down to chew on the bones with his back to the approaching cat. Just as the tiger is about to leap, the beagle exclaims loudly, “Boy, that was one delicious tiger. I wonder if there are any more around here!”

Hearing this, the tiger halts his attack in mid-stride, as a look of terror comes over him, and slinks away into the trees. “Whew,” grunts the tiger. “That was close. That weird creature nearly had me.” Meanwhile, a monkey, who had been watching the whole scene from a nearby tree, figures he can put this knowledge to good use and trade it for protection from the tiger. So, off he goes.

But the beagle saw him heading after the tiger with great speed, and figured that something must be up.

The monkey soon catches up with the tiger, spills the beans and strikes a deal for himself with the tiger. The tiger, furious at being made a fool of, says, “Here monkey, hop on my back and see what’s going to happen to that conniving little thing.”

Now the beagle sees the tiger coming with the monkey on his back, and thinks, “What am I going to do now?” But instead of running, the dog sits down with his back to his attackers, pretending he hasn’t seen them yet… and, just when they get close enough to hear, the beagle says: “Where’s that darn monkey? I sent him off over an hour ago to bring me another tiger!”

When he turned around… he was alone.

source:::babamailnet.

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Just For Laugh !!!!….Free Fall Flight !!!!

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The Expensive Flight…
Matt and his wife lived in the country. Matt was very stingy and hated spending money. One day a fair came to the nearby town.

“Let’s go to the fair, Matt,” his wife said, “We haven’t been anywhere for a long time.”

Matt thought about this for a while. He knew he would have to spend money at the fair. At last he said, “All right, but I’m not going to spend much money. We’ll look at things, but we won’t buy anything.”

They went to the fair and looked at all the things to buy. There were many things Matt’s wife wanted to buy, but he would not let her spend any money. Then, in a nearby field, they saw a small, old looking airplane.

“Fun flight!” the notice said, “$10 for 10 minutes.”

Matt had never been in an airplane and he wanted to go on a fun flight. However, he didn’t want to have to pay for his wife, as well.

“I’ve only got $10,” he told the pilot. “Can my wife come with me for free?”

The pilot wasn’t selling many tickets, so he said , “I’ll make a bargain with you. If both of you can hold from screaming or shouting the whole flight, you won’t have to pay for her.”

Matt agreed, and got into the small airplane with his wife.

The pilot took off and made his airplane do all kinds of things, up and down and all around, tricks, fast turns, everything he could to scare them. But they never uttered a word.

Eventually, the pilot said, “O.K., we’ll land now. None of you made a sound so your can have her ride for free.”

“Thank you,” Matt said. “wasn’t easy, especially when she fell out.”

 

source:::::babamailnet

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Message For The Day…Understand Nothing is Yours….

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When you hold a currency note in your hand and say proudly, “This is mine”, that note laughs at you, for it says, “Oh, how many thousands have I known, who have taken pride like this!” Consider all objects that you collect here, in this life, as given on “trust” to be used in this caravanserai, during your pilgrimage in the field of action (Karmakshetra). You have to return them when you leave – they belong to another. The body is but a tent in the journey of life. Don’t fondle the delusion – ‘my body’. Pine for the Indweller, Dehi. Discover the immortal “I” and know that it is the spark of God, present in you. Live in the companionship of the Supreme.

 

sathya sai baba

Look ..With Whom These Kids are Playing !!!!

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Three-year-old Malan can often be found taking his 'pet' out for a ride in the family's little Jeep in the Western Cape of South Africa

Three-year-old Malan can often be found taking his ‘pet’ out for a ride in the family’s little Jeep in the Western Cape of South Africa

At the wheel, a little blond-haired boy… and by his side, a cheetah. It’s not your average playtime scene but this is no ordinary family.

Three-year-old Malan and his sister Kayla, one, are best friends with the world’s fastest land animals – two deadly cheetahs.

The siblings have formed an extraordinary bond with the creatures after growing up with them in their home in South Africa.
Kayla, one, and her brother, three-year-old Malan have formed an extraordinary bond with two cheetahs after growing up with them in their home

Kayla, one, and her brother, Malan, have formed an extraordinary bond with two cheetahs – Wakku and Skyla – after growing up with them in their home

The remarkable family friendship began a year ago when a wild cheetah living at the Garden Route Game Lodge gave birth to four cubs. The children’s parents, managing Game Ranger, Hein, 29, and his wife Kim adopted two of the cubs

The pair think nothing of sharing their toys with the two cheetahs – affectionately known as Wakuu and Skyla – and can often be found taking their feline friends out for a ride in the family’s mini Jeep.

Their parents, Kim and Hein Schoeman, are also very close to the cats.

Hein now even teaches the cheetahs to hunt for themselves so as not to alienate them from their natural environment, in the hope they might be reintroduced into the wild one day.
Kim, 29, said: 'I would be warming milk for babies and warming milk for cheetahs. I just kept feeding everyone'

The couple considered them to be vulnerable because a mother cheetah can usually only provide for half of her litter and mortality rates are highest during the first 16 weeks of life.

However, in the months that followed, Kim and Hein were stunned to see the extraordinary relationship that formed between the cats and their two young children – then just two years and three months old.

Kim, 29, said: ‘I would be warming milk for babies and warming milk for cheetahs. I just kept feeding everyone.

‘When I was working, I would have them all in the office with me during the day and at night I would get up every two hours to feed them.
Kim said: 'The kids were taught not to run anywhere near the cats and when they walk, they have to face them. They are not allowed to turn their backs on them'

Kim said: ‘The kids were taught not to run anywhere near the cats and when they walk, they have to face them. They are not allowed to turn their backs on them’

‘They wanted to be close to us because they didn’t have a mother and they were so much a part of our family that I would end up having the cheetahs and the kids in bed with me.

‘The kids saw them as completely normal. There was no difference in the way they treated the dogs or the cheetahs. They cuddled them like big teddy bears.’

As Wakku and Skyla got older and bigger, Kim and Hein created a new shelter for them in their back garden where they now live.

But the bond between the toddlers and the cats has remained strong as they have been bought up together – essentially as siblings..

The couple, not wanting to take any risks, took special precautions - teaching their children how to play with the animals in a safe way

The children cuddle up to their wildcat friends as if they were teddy bears

The couple, not wanting to take any risks, also took special precautions – teaching their children how to play with the animals in a safe way.

 

Kim said: ‘The kids were taught not to run anywhere near the cats and when they walk, they have to face them. They are not allowed to turn their backs on them.

 

‘Our kids are small but they think they are dominant. If the cats jump or pounce, then they just push them down and say “No, don’t do that”, like other children might do to a dog.

 

‘The cheetahs are wild animals and their instincts are there. The kids realise they can’t just go into the enclosure to play with them whenever they want to.

 

‘It’s a lot of work in the beginning but it’s worth it.’


source::::mailonline

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Aviation Giants….Super Sized Planes !!!!!

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Biplane behemothThe biggest plane of World War I was the Zeppelin-Staaken R.VI. Made of wood, each plane required a ground crew of 50.

 

Boat with wingsAnother German giant was the Dornier Do X, a flying boat powered by 12 engines which could carry up to 100 passengers. It weighed a massive 56 tonnes.

 

Super-sized SovietTupolev’s ANT-20 was a propaganda tool, an airliner with a radio station, cinema and photo lab – and a huge engine above the fuselage to help it fly

 

Iconic bomberWorld War II’s biggest aircraft. Boeing’s B-29 Superfortress dropped the atomic bombs on Japan and ushered in a new age of giant, long-ranged bombers.

 

Millionaire’s follyEccentric industrialist Howard Hughes’ H-4 Hercules has the largest wingspan of any plane; but the giant ‘Spruce Goose’ flew only a handful of times.

 

Cold War giantThe Convair B-36 Peacemaker was the world’s first intercontinental bomber, and needed a mix of propellers and jet engines to get its vast bulk airborne.

 

Jet veteranBoeing’s enormous B-52 Stratofortress remains one of the biggest jet aircraft ever made, only getting into the air thanks to eight powerful engines

 

Russian record-breakerThe world’s heaviest combat aircraft, Tupolev’s Tu-160 has a maximum take-off weight of some 275 tonnes; it’s the biggest swing-wing plane ever made.

 

Outsized airlinerWhile the Boeing 747 was the first to be referred to as a Jumbo Jet, Airbus’ A380 is even bigger – it can carry 850 people. Can airliners get any bigger?

 

source::::bbc.com..future

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Message For The Day..Do.Service with application of Mind and Cheerfully….

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Many social workers visit hospitals to do service. Most of the work done, like fanning patients, writing letters for them and singing bhajans, appears mechanical. It is done as that is what is defined as service and done without paying heed to what the patient really needs! That is incorrect. Service must be done with the full cooperation of the mind, gladly, intelligently, and reverentially. The patient should not feel disgusted at the fussiness of the social worker, but indeed look forward to their arrival, as that of someone near and dear! If you do not like one type of service, do not engage in it. Do not burden your mind by the unpleasantness of a task. Work done mechanically is like the flame of an oil-less wick. Your mental enthusiasm is the oil, pour it and the lamp will burn clear and long.

 

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Seven Month Old Baby Learns to Water Ski !!!!

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He’s found his sea legs: Seven-month-old baby too young to walk learns to water ski
Seven-month-old Ryder Blair seems to be having a whale of a time
Filmed on the back of learner ski in Lake Dyer, Queensland
But he is being pulled along shoreline, rather than being attached to boat.

He may be too young to walk, but it seems he may have already found his sea legs.

Seven-month-old Ryder Blair seems to be having a whale of a time as he ‘learns to water ski’.

The smiling baby can be seen gripping on tightly to the learner ski in Lake Dyer, Queensland.
Holding on tightly , 7.5-month-old Ryder water skiing Lake Dyer in Queensland, Australia

Holding on tightly , 7.5-month-old Ryder water skiing Lake Dyer in Queensland, Australia

And he's off. The baby looks the picture of calm as he holds on to the learner ski

And he’s off. The baby looks the picture of calm as he holds on to the learner ski.

His mother Tamara runs alongside the ski in a wetsuit.

The little boy seems to have attracted a few female admirers as he takes to the waves like a natural

The little boy seems to have attracted a few female admirers as he takes to the waves like a natural surfer..

The budding adrenaline junkie looks the picture of cool as he speeds along, securely fastened to the frame

The budding adrenaline junkie looks the picture of cool as he speeds along, apparently securely fastened to the frame.

source::::news.com.au

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Hungry Planet: What the World Eats !!!!!….In Pictures !!!!

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Hungry Planet: Bainton Family - UK

The Bainton family from Wiltshire in the UK, who spend around £160 on their weekly food

 

Hungry Planet: Aboubakar Family - Chad

The Aboubakar family from Darfur, Sudan, in the Breidjing refugee camp in Chad. Their weekly food, which feeds six people, costs 79p

 

 

Hungry Planet: Matsuda Family - Japan

The Matsuda family from Yomitan, Japan, who spend £143 a week on groceries

 

Hungry Planet: Ayme Family - Ecuador

The Aymo family of Tingo, Ecuador, with a week’s food that costs £19

 

Hungry Planet: Dudo family - Bosnia

The Dudo family in Sarajevo, Bosnia. Their weekly shopping costs £107

 

Hungry Planet: Namgay Family - Bhutan

The Namgay family from Shingkhey, Bhutan, with a week’s worth of food that costs them around £3.20

 

Hungry Planet: Patkar Family - India

The Patkar family from Madhya Pradesh in India with a week’s worth of food, costing £25

 

Hungry Planet: Revis Family - America

The Revis family from Raleigh in North Carolina. Their weekly shopping costs £219

 

Hungry Planet: Natomo Family - Mali

The Natomo family from Kouakourou, Mali, who spend £16 a week on food

 

Hungry Planet: melander Family - Germany

The Melander family from Bargteheide, Germany, who spend around £320 on a week’s worth of food

 

Californian photographer Peter Menzel visited 24 countries for the book Hungry Planet. From the Aboubakar family, from Darfur, Sudan, who spend 79p feeding four generations, to a German family who spend around £320, his work shows how much the world’s weekly groceries cost…

 source::::guardian.co.uk
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Think Before You Spend !!!!

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AKBARS GOLD COINS

The wisdom of Birbal was unparalleled during the reign of Emperor Akbar. But Akbars brother in law was extremely jealous of him. He asked the Emperor to dispense with Birbals services and appoint him in his place. He gave ample assurance that he would prove to be more efficient and capable than Birbal. Before Akbar could take a decision on this matter, this news reached Birbal.

Birbal resigned and left. Akbars brother in law was made the minister in place of Birbal. Akbar decided to test the new minister. He gave three hundred gold coins to him and said, Spend these gold coins such that, I get a hundred gold coins here in this life; a hundred gold coins in the other world and another hundred gold coins neither here nor there.

The minister found the entire situation to be a maze of confusion and hopelessness. He spent sleepless nights worrying over how he would get himself out of this mess. Thinking in circles was making him go crazy. Eventually, on the advice of his wife he sought Birbals help. Birbal said, Just give me the gold cons. I shall handle the rest.

Birbal walked the streets of the city holding the bag of gold coins in his hand. He noticed a rich merchant celebrating his sons wedding. Birbal gave a hundred gold coins to him and bowed courteously saying, The Emperor Akbar sends you his good wishes and blessings for the wedding of your son. Please accept the gift he has sent. The merchant felt honoured that the king had sent a special messenger with such a precious gift. He honoured Birbal and gave him a large number of expensive gifts and a bag of gold coins as a return gift for the king.

Next, Birbal went to the area of the city were the poor people lived. There he bought food and clothing in exchange for a hundred gold coins and distributed them in the name of the Emperor.

When he came back to town he organized a concert of music and dance. He spent a hundred gold coins on it.

The next day Birbal entered Akbars darbar and announced that he had done all that the king had asked his brother-in-law to do. The Emperor waited to know how he had done it. Birbal repeated the sequences of all the events and then said, The money I gave to the merchant for the wedding of his son �you have got back while on this earth. The money I spent on buying food and clothing for the poor �you will get it in the other world. The money I spent on the musical concert �you will get neither here nor there.

This is true even today.

The money you spend on friends is returned or reciprocated in some form or the other.

Money spent on charity gets converted into blessings from God which becomes your eternal property.

Money spent on pleasures is just frittered away!

So when you spend money, think a little, if not a lot!

 

source::::input from a friend of mine..

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