Dear Friends,

Its been a long time since i have visited MS. I am missing you all. Nov-Dec-Jan these months have been tough for me mentally. It started from Mumbai's 26/11 terror attacks whereby i lost interest in surfing and doing or sharing anything here. I don't know why these attacks affected me so deeply.

December - Lots of deaths in friends and family along with pressure of work kept me away from MS.

January has hit me the worst with the sad demise of my beloved father on 02.01.2009, He was around 75 years and a great support for me. I will pay my tributes after we finish the final rites by 10th or 11th of this month and positively by end of this month i shall come back and join the gang.

Till then i wish all of my friends on Mouth shut a very very happy and properous new year.

Devashish

17 Female Rules

1) The female makes the rules.
2) The rules are subject to change by the female at any time without prior notification.
3) No male can possibly know all the rules. Attempts to document the rules are not permitted.
4) If the female suspects that the male may know some or all of the rules, she must immediately change some or all of the rules.
5) The female is never wrong.
6) If the female is wrong, it is because of an egregarious misunderstanding which was the direct result of something the male did, said, did not say or did not do.
7) If rule 6 is invoked, the male must apologize immediately for having been the cause of the misunderstanding without any clues from female as to what he did to have caused the misunderstanding.
8) The female may change her mind anytime for any reason or no reason at all.
9) The male is never permitted to change his mind or under circumstances without the express written consent of the female which is given only in cases where the female wanted him to change his mind but gave no indication of that wish. (See rules 6,7,12 and 13)
10) The female has the right to be angry or upset for any reason real or imagined, at any time and under any circumstance which in her sole judgment she deems appropriate. The male is not to be given any sign of the root cause of the female’s being angry or upset. The female may however, give false or misleading reasons to see if the male is paying attention. (See rule 13)
11) The male must remain calm at all times, unless a female wants him to be angry or upset.
12) Under no circumstances may the female give any clue or indication whether or why she wants him to be angry or upset.
13) The male is expected to read the mind of the female at all times. Failure to do so will result in punishments and penalties imposed at the soul discretion of the female.
14) The female may, at any time and for any reason, resurrect any past incident without temporal or spacial distance, and modify, enlarge, embellish or wholly reconstruct it in order to demonstrate to the male that he is now or has in the past been wrong, insensitive, pig-headed, dense, deceitful and or oafish.
15) The female may use her interpretation of any past occurrence to illustrate the ways in which the male has failed to accord her the consideration, respect, devotion or material possessions, he has bestowed on other females, domestic pets or barnyard animals, sports teams, automobiles, motorcycles, boats, aircraft or coworkers. Such illustrations are non-rebatable.
16) If the female is experiencing PMS, Post PMS, or pre PMS, the female is permitted to exhibit any manner of behaviors she wishes without regard tological consistency or accepted norms of human behavior.
17) Any act, deed, word, expression, statement, utterance, thought, opinion or belief by the female is subject to the sole, subjective interpretation of the female, other external factors not withstanding Alibis, excuses, explanations, defenses, reasons, extenuations or rationalizations will not be entertained. Abject please for mercy and forgiveness are acceptable under some circumstances especially when accompanied by tangible evidence of contrition.

The test of love is not when we are togeather,
It comes when we are not togeather and realize that despite the distance,
LOVE is still there.

A minute spent in anger is 60 seconds of happiness lost.

"It's a beautiful day. Don't let it get away." --Bono



You hear other people say it and you've probably said it
1,000 times or more. "Life's too short."

What better reason to take each and EVERY day and live it
out loud. Now, I hear this sentiment once in a while but
rarely is it put in such a way where the message doesn't
sound like a commercial for Mountain Dew.

What a gift life is. Another day. Wow.

Think about it. You are the sum total of ALL your days up
until now. Every day has gone into creating you. When
you're 70, 80, 90 what a horrible shame it would be if you
were to look back and think, "I didn't do so many things I
wanted to do. I was mad or scared half the time."

Use today to get where you want to go.

Maybe you're behind your pre-determined schedule. Perhaps
you wanted to do more by now than you have.

That's not a problem.

You've got today. How lucky you are...

Don't even think about putting it off 'til tomorrow. Even
if there's no PLACE to go or big goal you can work on
today, you can do something else.

Look around. Things may be bustling, pushing, moving at
cyber speed. But you can be alone in your thoughts and see
whatever you want. That mountain is there just for you.

What could possibly make today great? A bunch of stuff.
And don't think that playing or lounging is the only way to
celebrate YOUR day. What can you do?


--Do your best at work - Make today your crowning
achievement.
--Recognize someone else - Put a smile on some faces.
--Find out about someone else - Someone on your "team."
Be genuine.
--Take some time off if you need to - There might be some
roses that need smelling.
--Call someone you haven't talked to in a while. Or pay
'em a visit.
--Meditate - With no goal in mind. Just notice your
thoughts.
--Look in the mirror - You're a pretty cool person.
Recognize it. It's true.
--Read a chapter - learning is your ticket to where ever
you want to go.
--Look at your victory log - And do something today to add
to it.
--Laugh - at yourself, others, cartoons, TV shows,
commercials. Just laugh.


The important point is...

Today Is a beautiful day.

Today is God's gift to you. Appreciate the gift no matter
what it is that you find yourself involved in. It was
given in love.

Accept it with love.

In the U.S., the milk production per dairy cow is approximately 12,000 pounds.

In Colorado, there are about 83,000 dairy cows.

Humans and cows have the same gestation period, which is about nine months.

Dexter is the smallest type of cow. This cow was bred to be a small size for household living.

Dairy cows can produce 20 to 35 gallons of saliva a day.

Cows drink anywhere from 25-50 gallons of water each day.

Cows do not have any upper front teeth. Instead they have a thick pad on the top jaw.

Cows can detect odors up to five miles away.

Cows are able to hear lower and higher frequencies better than human beings.

You would have to milk 260 cows for an entire year to fill a space shuttle's external fuel tank with 529,000 gallons of milk.

There are over 9 million beef and dairy cattle in New Zealand.

There are an equivalent number of cows and people in Friesland, Netherlands.

The temperature of milk when it leaves the body of a cow is 101 degrees Fahrenheit. The milk is then quickly chilled and stored at a temperature of 40 degrees Fahrenheit.

The temperature of milk when it is coming out of a cow is about 36 degrees Celsius.

Studies have shown that classical music helps cows produce more milk.

On average, a typical dairy cow lies down and stands up about 14 times a day.

On average, 350 squirts are needed from milking a cow to make a gallon of milk.

A group of crows is called a murder.

A cow releases about 125 gallons of gas per day.

A cow averages 40,000 jaw movements a day.

You can lead a cow up a stairwell but not down a stairwell.

Cows have four-chambered stomachs.

Cows can sleep standing up.

A cow gives nearly 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.

NEVER CRY FOR ANY RELATION IN LIFE
BECAUSE FOR THE ONE WHOM YOU CRY
DOES NOT DESERVE YOUR TEARS
AND THE ONE WHO DESERVES
WILL NEVER LET YOU CRY............

TREAT EVERYONE WITH POLITENESS
EVEN THOSE WHO ARE RUDE TO YOU,
NOT BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT NICE
BUT BECAUSE YOU ARE NICE............

NEVER SEARCH FOR HAPPINESS IN OTHERS
WHICH WILL MAKE YOU FEEL ALONE,
RATHER SEARCH IT IN YOURSELF
YOU WILL FEEL HAPPY,
EVEN IF YOU ARE LEFT ALONE...........

ALWAYS HAVE A POSITIVE ATTITUDE IN LIFE
THERE IS SOMETHING POSITIVE IN EVERY PERSON,
EVEN A STOPPED WATCH IS RIGHT
TWICE A DAY.............

HAPPINESS ALWAYS LOOKS SMALL
WHEN WE HOLD IT IN OUR HANDS
BUT WHEN WE LEARN TO SHARE IT
WE REALIZE HOW BIG AND PRECIOUS IT IS!



WISH YOU ALL A SMILING DAY

LAW OF QUEUE:
If you change queues, the one you have left will start to move faster than the one you are in now.

LAW OF THE TELEPHONE:
When you dial a wrong number, you never get engaged one.

LAW OF MECHANICAL REPAIR:
After your hands become coated with grease, your nose will begin to itch.

LAW OF THE WORKSHOP:
Any tool, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible corner.

LAW OF THE ALIBI:
If you tell the boss you were late for work because you had a flat tire, the next morning you will have a flat tire.

BATH THEOREM:
When the body is immersed in water, the telephone rings.

LAW OF ENCOUNTERS:
The probability of meeting some one you know increases when you are with someone you don't want to be seen with.

LAW of the RESULT:
When you try to prove to someone that a machine won't work, it will!

LAW OF COFFEE:
As soon as you sit down for a cup of hot coffee, your boss will ask you to do something which will last until the coffee is cold.

Box Jelly Fish

The top prize for the world’s most venomous animal would go to the Box Jellyfish. It has caused at least 5,567 recorded deaths since 1954. Their Venom is among the most deadly in the world. Its toxin attacks the heart, nervous system and skin cells. And the worst part of it is that jelly box venom is so overpoweringly painful, that human victims go in shock, drown or die of heart failure before even reaching shore. Survivors experience pain weeks after the contact with box jellies.

One has virtually no chance to survive the venomous sting, unless treated immediately. After a sting, vinegar should be applied for a minimum of 30 seconds. Vinegar has acetic acid, which disables the box jelly’s nematocysts that have not yet discharged into the blood stream (though it will not alleviate the pain)

Jelly box can be found in the waters around Asia and Austrialia.

King Cobra

The King Cobra (Ophiophagus Hannah) is the world’s largest venomous snake – growing upto 5.6m (18.5 ft) in length. Ophiophagus, literally means snake eater as it eats other snakes. One single bite of this deadly snake can easily kill a human. This snake is even capable of killing a full grown Asian Elephant within 3 hrs if the larger animal is bitten in a vulnerable area such as the trunk. Its venom is not as toxic as other venomous snakes, but king cobra is capable of injecting 5 times more venom than black Mamba and can result in mortality upto 5 times faster than that of black mamba.

Its quite widespread, ranging across South and South east Asia, living in dense highland forest.

1922, Rebecca L. Felton of Georgia was sworn in as the first woman to serve in the U.S. Senate.

1789, North Carolina became the 12th state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.

1927, picketing strikers at the Columbine Mine in northern Colorado were fired on by state police; six miners were killed.

1942, the Alaska Highway was formally opened.

1958, baseball Hall-of-Famer Mel Ott died in New Orleans at age 49.

1964, the upper level of New York's Verrazano Narrows Bridge, connecting Brooklyn and Staten Island, was opened.

1967, President Johnson signed the Air Quality Act.

1969, the Senate voted down the Supreme Court nomination of Clement F. Haynsworth, 55-45, the first such rejection since 1930.

1973, President Nixon's attorney, J. Fred Buzhardt, revealed the existence of an 18 1/2-minute gap in one of the White House tape recordings related to Watergate.

1980, 87 people died in a fire at the MGM Grand Hotel-Casino in Las Vegas.

1988, Canada's Progressive Conservative Party, led by Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, won the country's general election.

Ten years ago: President Clinton, visiting South Korea, warned North Korea to forsake nuclear weapons, and urged the North to seize "an historic opportunity" for peace with the South.

Five years ago: More than a dozen rockets fired from donkey carts slammed into Iraq's Oil Ministry and two downtown Baghdad hotels used by foreign journalists and civilian defense contractors. Health officials said a deadly outbreak of hepatitis A at a Chi-Chi's Mexican restaurant in suburban Pittsburgh was probably caused by green onions from Mexico.

One year ago: New Hampshire set its earliest-ever presidential primary, deciding on Jan. 8, 2008. Officials announced the recall of more than a half-million pieces of Chinese-made children's jewelry contaminated with lead. Engineer Herbert Saffir, who created the five-category system used to describe hurricane strength, died in Miami at age 90.