படித்து ரசித்தது … சிரிக்க ….சிந்திக்க !!!

WHATS APP …. WHAT IS THIS UPTO !!!!!’

Not only a Laughing Matter … but also a timely Reminder to all of us that WE SHOULD NOT BECOME A LAUGHING STOCK AT THE END OF THE DAY !!!!!!!

Natarajan

 

 

‘எங்கடி ஃபேஸ்புக்ல ஆளே காணோம்?’

‘கொஞ்சம் பிஸி டி’

‘வாட்ஸப்ல ஆன்லைன்லயே இருக்க, இந்த பக்கம் மட்டும் வர்றதேயில்ல’

‘ஹி ஹி அதுல வேற கொஞ்சம் க்ரூப்ஸ்ல பிஸியா இருக்கேன்டி’

‘அதனால தான் நைட்ல கூட ஆன்லைனா’

‘ஆமா’

‘இப்ப எத்தனை க்ரூப்ல இருக்க‌?’

‘பதினொன்னு’

‘அடிப்பாவி போன மாசம் கேட்டப்ப கூட ஆறோ ஏழோ க்ரூப்ஸ் தான் சொன்ன?’

‘இப்ப புது க்ரூப்ஸ் நெறையடி’

‘என்ன புது க்ரூப்ஸ்? ‘

‘ஸ்கூல் க்ரூப் ஒன்னு’

‘ஆமா அதுல தான் நானும் இருக்கேனே’

‘இல்லடி இது மூணாவது வரைக்கும் வரைக்கும் ஒன்னா படிச்சவங்க‌’

‘ம்ம் அப்புறம்?’

‘ட்யூஷன் க்ரூப் ஒன்னு’

‘ஆமா நானும் இருக்கேனே அதுல‌’

‘இல்லடி இது கெமிஸ்ட்ரி ட்யூஷன் க்ரூப், நீ இருக்கறது ஃபிஸிக்ஸ் ட்யூஷன் க்ரூப்ல’

‘ஓ இது வேறயா? அப்புறம்….’

‘நமக்கு தெரிஞ்ச க்ரூப் அட்மின்ஸ் எல்லாம் இருக்காங்க தான , அவிங்க எல்லாம் சேர்ந்து ஒரு க்ரூப்’

‘எதுக்குடி வேலை வெட்டி இல்லாம? சரி விடு. வேற?’

‘எங்க ஏரியா ஹவுஸ் மெய்ட்ஸ் எல்லாம் ஒரு க்ரூப் வச்சிருக்காங்க’

‘ஹவுஸ் மெயிடஸ் க்ரூப்ல உனக்கு என்னடி வேலை?’

‘இல்ல, நான் தான் அந்த க்ரூப் கோ- அட்மின்’

‘அட கொடுமையே! சரி அப்ப கூட நீ சொன்ன கணக்கு சரிவரலையே, இன்னும் ஒரு க்ரூப் இடிக்குதே’

‘ம்ம்ம் ஆமா’

‘என்னடி க்ரூப் அது?’

‘நீ என்னை பத்தி ஏதாவது நெனச்சுக்குவே’

‘இதுக்கு மேலயுமா? சொல்லித் தொலை’

‘அது போன ஜென்மத்துல ஒன்னா இருந்தவங்க எல்லாரும் இப்ப சேர்ந்து ஒரு க்ரூப் ஆரம்பிச்சிருக்கோம்…’!!!!!
Source….input from a friend of mine
Natarajan

Scott Kelly on the Second Spacewalk of Expedition 45……

On Nov. 6, 2015, NASA astronauts Scott Kelly and Kjell Lindgren spent 7 hours and 48 minutes working outside the International Space Station on the 190th spacewalk in support of station assembly and maintenance. The astronauts restored the port truss (P6) ammonia cooling system to its original configuration, the main task for the spacewalk. They also returned ammonia to the desired levels in both the prime and back-up systems. The spacewalk was the second for both astronauts. Crew members have now spent a total of 1,192 hours and 4 minutes working outside the orbital laboratory.

At about an hour after the 6:22 a.m. EST start of the spacewalk, astronaut Kjell Lindgren took this photograph of Scott Kelly at work, with the station’s solar arrays visible in the background.

Image Credit: NASA

Source……www.nasa.gov
Natarajan

Can You Name These Animal Groups….!!!

Many kinds of animals tend to live in groups. We know fish have schools, wolves have packs and cattle have herds, but English is such a rich language that most animal groups have their own, unique name. Here are the best 37 examples I found.
A group of woodpeckers is called a Descent

Do You Know the Name of These Animal Groups?

A group of kangaroos is a Mob or a Troop

Do You Know the Name of These Animal Groups?

When flamingos group together, they’re called a Flamboyance

Do You Know the Name of These Animal Groups?

When it comes to cats, a group has many names, like: Clowder, Clutter, Pounce, Dout, Nuisance, Glare, and my favorite – a Glorying

Do You Know the Name of These Animal Groups?

Hamsters become a Horde

Do You Know the Name of These Animal Groups?

Zebras group into a Zeal or a Dazzle

Do You Know the Name of These Animal Groups?

Bunch bears together and you get a Sleuth

Do You Know the Name of These Animal Groups?

These prairie dogs are a Coterie

Do You Know the Name of These Animal Groups?

Vultures form a Venue (but if they’re circling, they’re a Kettle)

Do You Know the Name of These Animal Groups?

Badgers, bunched together are a Company

Do You Know the Name of These Animal Groups?

Wombats become a Wisdom

Do You Know the Name of These Animal Groups?

Finches in a group are a Charm

Do You Know the Name of These Animal Groups?

These eagles are a Convocation

Do You Know the Name of These Animal Groups?

Larks are Exaltation or Ascension

Do You Know the Name of These Animal Groups?

Everyone knows about a Murder of crows

Do You Know the Name of These Animal Groups?

Sharks swim in Shivers

Do You Know the Name of These Animal Groups?

Chicks flock in Peeps

Do You Know the Name of These Animal Groups?

Mice are a Mischief

Do You Know the Name of These Animal Groups?

 

These frogs are an Army

Do You Know the Name of These Animal Groups?

Wild gnus – an Implausibility

Do You Know the Name of These Animal Groups?

Seals are a Pod, a Harem or Bob

Do You Know the Name of These Animal Groups?

Elephants come in a Memory

Do You Know the Name of These Animal Groups?

 

Fox together, are a Leash, Skulk, or Troop

Do You Know the Name of These Animal Groups?

A group of porcupines makes for a Prickle

Do You Know the Name of These Animal Groups?

Owls are a Parliament

Do You Know the Name of These Animal Groups?

Ducks on the ground are a Brace or a Badling, in the water they’re a Raft, a Team, or a Paddling

Do You Know the Name of These Animal Groups?

A group of doves is called a Piteousness

Do You Know the Name of These Animal Groups?

These otters, together, are called Bevy or Romp

Do You Know the Name of These Animal Groups?

A group of young penguins is known as a Crèche

Do You Know the Name of These Animal Groups?

When apes are together, they’re called a Shrewdness

Do You Know the Name of These Animal Groups?

A hippo herd is known as a Bloat

Do You Know the Name of These Animal Groups?

A swarm of butterflies is called a Flutter

Do You Know the Name of These Animal Groups?

Bring baboons together and you get a Congress (which explains a lot)

Do You Know the Name of These Animal Groups?

Cheetahs form Coalitions

Do You Know the Name of These Animal Groups?

When it comes to ravens, you can choose between Unkindness and Storytelling

Do You Know the Name of These Animal Groups?

And last but not least, remember that a group of pugs are a Grumble!

Do You Know the Name of These Animal Groups?

Sources: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32,33, 34, 35, 36, 37
Source: Diana E. in http://www.ba-bamail.com

Natarajan

A Special Gift For You on This Day of Festival of Lights ….!!!

Finding the right gift to give to a friend for any kind of occasion can sometimes be a problem, so today, I’m sending someone special, something different. After spending time running around in search of the perfect gift, I’ve finally found it. I am giving my dear friend seven gifts that cannot be bought – though they may be a simple gift, they surely come from a deep place within my heart.

7 Gifts

I give you The Gift of Love…

 

 

Love is a special gift that you can give over and over again and is completely within your power.

 

May you find love in your family and your friends. And may you share the love you have to give. When you share your love, it comes back to you in many forms.

“Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within the reach of every hand.”
– Mother Teresa
7 GiftsI give you The Gift of Laughter…

 

Laughter is infectious and the more you laugh, the more other people will join in with you.

 

May laughter fill your home, relieve your stress, and strengthen your friendships. Do not let a day go by without laughing; it is good for your health.

“Laughter is a tranquilizer with no side effects.”
– Arnold Glasow
7 GiftsI give you The Gift of Living Each Day to the Fullest…

 

Every day is a gift, and may you use this gift by living life to the fullest. You will never have this day again. What will you do with it?

It is a day that you can squander, or a day that will be marked as unique. You have within you the ability to make each day worthy of note; a day that will form a significant contribution in your best-selling book of living.

“Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. And today?
Today is a gift. That’s why we call it the present.”
– Babatunde Olatunji
7 GiftsI give you The Gift of No Worry…

 

Worries are wasted emotions, and remember that circumstances have no emotional component unless you give it to them.

 

May your days be worry-free. If you find yourself worrying about something then fix it. If it is beyond your control, then there is no sense in worrying about it. Ninety percent of what you worry about will never happen, so why worry!

“I’ve seen many troubles in my time, only half of which ever came true.”
– Mark Twain
7 GiftsI give you The Gift of Positive Thinking…

 

May you find the good in all situations, even if you have to look for it – look because it is there. No matter what happens in your life, find the good. Your life will be a happier one.

 

“Every problem has a gift for you in its hands.”
– Richard Bach

7 Gifts

 

I give you The Gift of Balance…

 

Too much of one thing can end up creating stress; this is something that no one needs in their life.

 

May you find the balance of life, time for work but also time for play.

 

“Live a balanced life – learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some.” 
Robert Fulghum
7 GiftsI give you The Gift of Dream Fulfillment…

 

Goals will help you accomplish things you may have thought impossible.

 

May all your dreams turn into goals.

 

“If you have a goal in life that takes a lot of energy, that requires a lot of work, that incurs a great deal of interest and that is a challenge to you, you will always look forward to waking up to see what the new daSource………………….Words by Catherine Pulsifer via Inspirational Words of Wisdomwww.ba-bamail.comNatarajan

Image of the Day….” Desert in Bloom ” !!!

Blossoming Atacama desert in Chile

Hundreds of millions of flowers bloomed in the Atacama Desert in Chile this year, linked to 2015’s ongoing strong El Niño.

View larger. | Flowers in the Atacama, November 1, 2015.  Photo by Yuri Beletsky.

View larger. | Flowers in the Atacama, November 1, 2015. Photo by Yuri Beletsky.

Earlier this week, we began hearing about the amazing desierto florido (desert in bloom) taking place in the Atacama, in Chile. It corresponds to the ongoing strong El Niño, which is a periodic warming of Pacific Ocean waters off the northern Chile’s coast. The El Niño caused more rainfall than usual over the Atacama, which caused hundreds of millions of flowers to germinate and bloom. Yuri Beletsky – who has contributed other beautiful photos of the Atacama to EarthSky – captured this image. He wrote:

Pretty amazing we still see flowers in the desert! I was driving down from the mountain and was astonished by the amount of flowers we still can see – it’s been almost a month (!) after the their normal season. Here is an image taken just with my cell phone. This year is truly exceptional here in Chile due to El Niño phenomenon.

We’ve got lots of clouds, high humidity, and no wonder the desert is full of life now.

I hope you’ll enjoy it!

Thank you, Yuri!

Just as El Niño is cyclical, so the unusual flower blooms in the Atacama are known to come and go about every five to seven years. That’s according to Pedro León Lobos, a botanist with Chile’s Institute of Agriculture and Livestock Research (IRA), in an interview with National Geographic published earlier this week.

By the way, Chile is prone to frequent earthquakes, and the Acacama Desert is north of Coquimbo, Chile, where a strong 6.8-magnitude quake struck earlier today (November 7, 2015).

Bottom line: 2015 featured an unusually prolific bloom of flowers in the Atacama Desert in Chile, tied to this year’s El Niño.

Source….www.earthsky.org

Natarajan

Joke of the Day…” Are You OK …” ?

Last Wednesday a passenger in a taxi heading for the airport leaned over to ask the driver a question and gently tapped him on the shoulder to get his attention.

The driver screamed, lost control of the cab, nearly hit a bus, drove up over the curb and stopped just inches from a large plate glass window. For a few moments everything was silent in the cab. Then, the shaking driver said “Are you OK? I’m so sorry, but you scared the living daylights out of me.”

taxi

The badly shaken passenger apologized to the driver and said, “I didn’t realize that a mere tap on the shoulder would startle someone so badly.”

The driver replied, “No, no, I’m the one who is sorry, it’s entirely my fault. Today is my very first day driving a cab. I’ve been driving a hearse for 25 years.”

Source…..www.ba-bamail.com

Natarajan

This Man Turned His Halloween Candy Into A Magical Landscape That’ll Amaze You…!!!

There are very few things you can do with all that candy you got on Halloween but don’t actually like. You know, those subpar candy necklaces and 3 Musketeers…I mean, we’re all in for the Twix and Reese’s, am I right? Sure, you can videotape yourself telling your kids you ate all their candy, or you can just power through and eat it, but typically you wouldn’t think to make a whimsical dreamland out of it…that is, unless you’re this guy.

A photographer by trade, this dad decided to take some of his kid’s Halloween candy and create a cool landscape with it.

A photographer by trade, this dad decided to take some of his kid's Halloween candy and create a cool landscape with it.

It doesn’t look like much from here…but a quick zoom-in reveals:

A whole town of mini people mining candies.

A whole town of mini people mining candies.

He bought the tiny characters at a local hobby store and used various sweets in key shots.

He bought the tiny characters at a local hobby store and used various sweets in key shots.

He’d always wanted to try his hand at macro photography…I think he’s found his calling!

He'd always wanted to try his hand at macro photography...I think he's found his calling!

Fickr / JaysunsPhotos

Just chillin’ by a giant bubble gum.

Just chillin' by a giant bubble gum.

According to the photographer, the figurines are pretty much all about as tall as a Nerd candy.

According to the photographer, the figurines are pretty much all about as tall as a Nerd candy.

Chocolate is basically the same thing as water.

Chocolate <em>is</em> basically the same thing as water.

The man behind the photos says, “I’ve never spent so much time setting up a shoot.”

The man behind the photos says, "I've never spent so much time setting up a shoot."

Judging by all this detail, we can totally understand.

Judging by all this detail, we can totally understand.

Honestly, I would have just eaten it, but this is way cooler — and involves less of a sugar high.

If you’d like to see more of the photographer’s work, head over to his Flickr page!

Source…..Amanda Black in http://www.viralnova.com

Natarajan

Two guys wearing jetpacks fly alongside an Airbus A380….!!!

 

We’ve already seen ex-fighter pilot Yves Rossy — a.k.a. Jetman — fly his jet-propelled wing in formation with another pilot, and we’ve seen him whizz around Dubai’s Burj Khalifa.

His latest stunt, however, again performed with parachuter Vince Reffet, is perhaps the most impressive so far. The two pilots fly their jetpacks in formation with an Emirates-owned Airbus A380.

In the stunt, once again available in 4K resolution, the pilots whir incredibly close to the airplane as it flies above the Dubai skyline. The airplane’s size — the A380 is the world’s largest passenger airliner, some 238 feet long — gives a great sense of scale, showing how incredibly small the pilots’ jetpacks really are.

Filming the video was no easy feat either; every little detail had to be carefully planned, with a team of videographers recording the stunt from another, smaller plane. Check out the “making of” video below.

Source…… STAN SCHROEDER…..www.mashable.com

Natarajan

 

Laughter ….The Best medicine …!!!

An engineering student attended a medical exam by mistake.  See his answers… the last one is ROFL
1. Antibody – One who hates his body .

2. Artery – Study of Fine Paintings .

3. Bacteria – Back door of a Cafeteria .

4. Coma – Punctuation

6. Genes – Blue Denim.

7. Labour Pain – Hurt at Work .

8. Liposuction – A French Kiss .

9. Ultrasound – Radical Sound .

10. Cardiology – Advanced Study of Playing Cards …..

11. dyspepsia : difficulty in drinking Pepsi.

12.Chicken Pox- A dish

13.CT Scan: Test for identifying person’s city

14.Radiology- the study of how Radio works

15.parotitis : inflammation of parrot

16. Urology: the study of European people

Source….input from a friend of mine
Natarajan

This Kerala Man Built an Aircraft. He Now Wants a Job….

This Kerala Man Built an Aircraft. He Now Wants a Job

Saji Thomas has studied only till class 7 and has always been hooked on to electrical gadgets and their repairs

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:  After five years of painstaking efforts, Saji Thomas has built a small aircraft – all on his own – but now this 45-year-old from Kerala, who is speech and hearing challenged, yearns for a full-time job.

His wife Maria said that they have been married for 14 years and since then, all that she saw was her husband busy tinkering with small motors and machines she didn’t have a clue about.

“Initially I tried my best to dissuade him to get work as an electrician, but when I found all my efforts were in vain, I decided to support him in all his endeavours. Today the entire village (near Thodupuzha in Idukki district) is steadfastly behind him as he built a twin-seater ultralight aircraft, which has been filmed by the Discovery Channel,” Maria told IANS.

Mr Saji has studied only till class 7 and has always been hooked on to electrical gadgets and their repairs.

“The first thing he built was the frame of an helicopter. He got in touch with (former prime minister) Rajiv Gandhi, seeking money to buy an engine for it. It did not materialise because Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated (In May 1991). Then his interest shifted to building an aircraft and after five years of hard work, he fitted the small aircraft with the engine of a two-wheeler. Later it was given to a college nearby and they still use it to teach their students,” the proud wife said.

She said he then began work on this now successful two-seater and sourced all the materials from Bangalore.

“After a marathon five years of work, last year in April, it was taken to a private airline academy in Ambasamudram near Madurai. Since this aircraft has no licence nor does Saji have a licence to fly aircraft, he could fly it for a few minutes there. Later the chief instructor, a retired air force officer, also flew it for a few minutes. The aircraft flew only at a height of 20 feet as the rules are very strict,” added Maria.

Today the couple, who has a 13-year-old son Joshua, is still hoping for the government support.

“We see the present programme of Discovery Channel which has filmed his efforts as an eye-opener and it is expected to be aired soon. Our only wish is my husband gets a stable monthly job as by now he has sold a portion of our land to complete this aircraft. We live in a small two-room home built with the help of the local village council in 2001,” Maria said.

In all, Saji has spent Rs.25 lakh for his expensive hobby in the past more than 15 years.

Source….www.ndtv.com
Natarajan