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    kaylar wrote a new post, MH370 – The Biggest Mystery of Modern Day 7 years, 8 months ago

    The plane took off and disappeared on the 8th March 2014.   It was a scheduled Malaysian Airline plane goinf from Kuala Lumpur International Airport to  Beijing Capital International Airport in China.

    It was a Bo […]

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    kaylar wrote a new post, The Basics of Being Ugly 7 years, 8 months ago

    The building was to house particular indigent members of a community but was turned into a kind of ‘dorm’ .  Rooms are rented to women.  Usually they are under thirty, and are students or employed.   Most of th […]

    • This is a very interesting piece of writing. No going around the bushes in manner of speaking but very straight forward or direct to the point. Yes, the message really hit the mark.

      I found the title “The Basics of Being Ugly” a bit amusing and at the same time quite absorbing. Who wants to be ugly in the first place? Everyone wants to be beautiful am I right?

      The title reminds me of our college class back in the old days in the Art Appreciation/Humanities especially in Aesthetics. I vividly recall that our professor once told us that in Aesthetics “there is no such thing as ugly, only less beautiful”.

      As I understand the writings the word ugly covers both the “physical ugliness” and the “ugliness of character”.

      Whether or not there is such a thing as “Martha’s House” or it is a mere fictionalized representation, it is quite intriguing that a group of girls with physical and character ugliness are tied together in one place.

      I believed that the development of any person character is always dependent upon the “nature-nurture” thing (genetics and environmental factors).

      If and when I’m going to meet those girls in the near future (who knows?) I’m going to be just my old self: just be myself and to carry myself as gentleman.

      • It is a real place, and these are real people; warts and all. Their ugliness is not just physical, it is everything about them. Their behaviour has virtually chased the more normal people out, and they don’t seem to appreciate reality.

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    kaylar wrote a new post, Calexit; That Would Be Unbeliveable 7 years, 8 months ago

    According to reports, one out of every three people who live in California are thinking about seceding from the United States.

    Yes…

    This isn’t ‘Fake News’.   This is real.

    People who live in California do […]

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    kaylar wrote a new post, Stupidity; not a lack of education 7 years, 8 months ago

    Something happened.  I went to explain it to the ‘helper’ at the office.    Carl was in the hospital.   I was telling the helper about this tragedy, but she had to wash the dishes.

    Now, you catch the funny lit […]

    • Okay first and foremost let me just correct you a bit. No one is stupid it’s just that we are all different and we all act in different ways. There are people who are quick to solving issues, and there those that take time to digest and think of ways to solve the issue. We were all made differently. Maybe the way I do things is not the same way you will do yours, the way I will react to issues is not the same way you will react, there are some things that may be a priority to you that are not to me so with all this examples we cannot conclude that someone is stupid because they were not able to behave or react in a certain manner. I remember i us3d to have a girl who used to help me around the house, she used to be so slow. When you told her to do something she would repeat after you whatever you said and that used to make me so mad, but i would still listen to her and give her instructions slowly by slowly one after another. You could not tell her to do like three things at a go because she could not multitask. Sometimes I used to feek feel like I would tell her to just leave whatever she’s doing get out and not come back. But obviously I couldn’t that would be too inhuman. But you the irony is that even with that slowness she had two kids that she took care of and I didn’t have any at time. So if she had the ability to take care 9f two kids would we still call her stupid? Mmmmmhh that’s something to think about right? Check this out we have two categories of people those who are
      1 Learned and
      2 Educated. The difference between the two is that learned people are those who can be given a situation to solve and they will think with their minds, think outside the box and come up with a solution. And the educated are those who have to use some sort of manual or books for that matter to get a solution to a problem. You see the difference.

    • Let me indicate this; there is such a thing as stupidity. As Einstein said, it is infinte. To be so politically correct to pretend it doesn’t exist is rather like calling a person starving to death a ‘dieter’.
      The ability to prioritise has always been a hallmark of intelligence. There are things every one of us has on the ‘to do’ list.
      If there is a fire in the kitchen, for example, sorting the clothing to be washed should be stopped and the fire put out.
      The fact that the helper is not intelligent is evident in all aspects. I only focus on this one because it is so obvious that a normal intellect would hear a mutual friend was in the hospital and react, not wash the dishes.
      The difference is not ‘learned’ and ‘educated’ the difference is between intelligent and stupid.
      Whether you have a Ph.D or have never been to school is not the measure. Intelligence is the measure.

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    kaylar wrote a new post, Vested Interests Control A Vote 7 years, 8 months ago

    Mullings is a white man.   He lives in West Virginia.  He’s in his forties.   Never had much schooling, more interested in girls and sports than his book.  He’s been a miner, a farmer, truck driver, a con […]

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    kaylar wrote a new post, Some Problems in Watching Some TV Shows Back to Back 7 years, 8 months ago

    When you watch certain shows, there might be an ‘overlap’ especially when they are written by the same person or kind of a piggy-back where the plots of one are used in another.

    For example, Scandal and Grey’s […]

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    peachpurple replied to the topic Two Of My Blogs Did Not Appear Discouraging in the forum Group logo of Thinkers GroupThinkers Group 7 years, 8 months ago

    Did you ask the admin what happened to your posts?

     

    Maybe they have not published yet because of some reason?

     

    Don’t give up yet

     

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    peachpurple replied to the topic There is strong rain here in our place in the forum Group logo of Thinkers GroupThinkers Group 7 years, 8 months ago

    Didn’t the public made any complaints to the authority?

     

    Should put pressure for them to settle the rain problems. Otherwise people will suffer

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    PEEUSH TRIKHA replied to the topic Books/Novels vs Their Movie Adaptations? in the forum Group logo of Book Readers ClubBook Readers Club 7 years, 8 months ago

    @ichchhemrityu
    Yes some have been distorted very much. There is currently a show “ChandraNandini” on Star Plus, which looks like it has distorted the historical events during Chandragupta Maurya’s time a bit too much.
    Programs like “Bharat Ek Khoj” were better and even “The Sword of Tipu Sultan”.

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    PEEUSH TRIKHA replied to the topic Triology of Fifty Shade of Grey in the forum Group logo of Book Readers ClubBook Readers Club 7 years, 8 months ago

    @tarasquirrel I have not read this collection, but perhaps will in future.
    As of now, I have resumed reading books and novels after a long time, and I get less time to do so.

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    PEEUSH TRIKHA started the topic Works by Alistair MacLean? in the forum Group logo of Book Readers ClubBook Readers Club 7 years, 8 months ago

    I first came to know about Alistair MacLean through one of my friends who was reading his novel “The Guns of Navarone” which was also made into a movie.
    Later another friend of mine who was his fan introduced me to some of the movies based on Alistair’s works-
    “Guns of Navarone” ,”Force 10 from Navarone” and “Ice Station Zebra”.
    I read his books…[Read more]

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    PEEUSH TRIKHA replied to the topic So what foods are we to eat? in the forum Group logo of Food & DrinkFood & Drink 7 years, 8 months ago

    Yes @rebelwoman06 we need to eat things in moderation, even good foods like Veggies, fruits and Milks.
    For e.g- If we eat 10 oranges in a day, it is also something that can cause us some kind of a trouble!

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    PEEUSH TRIKHA replied to the topic So what foods are we to eat? in the forum Group logo of Food & DrinkFood & Drink 7 years, 8 months ago

    I think the best way is to eat natural, fresh foods like fresh vegetables and fruits. We ought to take care of food combinations like not eating milk with fish, or meat.
    Avoid curds with pickles.
    Do not eat too much refined flour products like cake,pastries, samosas(Indian fried stuff).
    Consumption of Pizzas, burgers ought to be within…[Read more]

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    PEEUSH TRIKHA replied to the topic Books/Novels vs Their Movie Adaptations? in the forum Group logo of Book Readers ClubBook Readers Club 7 years, 8 months ago

    @IchchheMrityu  I am now relishing this forum very much. So much that I can’t resist coming back here, discussing, commenting and may be starting newer discussions in near future!  🙂
    Yes, adaptations can be great if we want viwers in say English to see a great work written in Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, or even Chinese, Japanese, Italian, German, F…[Read more]

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    PEEUSH TRIKHA started the topic The last "sinful" sweet desset/snack that you consumed recently? in the forum Group logo of Food & DrinkFood & Drink 7 years, 8 months ago

    Well, now a days, most of us try to take care of our health, diet and activity. Yet there are times, when our brain tells us not to eat something that is good in taste but not so good for our health, yet we do indulge in eating it.
    I recently had a “Tiramisu” – an Italian sweet dessert(I read it has coffee, cream, bread and cakes as ingredients),…[Read more]

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    PEEUSH TRIKHA replied to the topic Love Discussions About books: Invite your friends in the forum Group logo of Book Readers ClubBook Readers Club 7 years, 8 months ago

    Well, I do have links and I share on twitter.

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    PEEUSH TRIKHA replied to the topic Books/Novels vs Their Movie Adaptations? in the forum Group logo of Book Readers ClubBook Readers Club 7 years, 8 months ago

    @tarasquirrel yes books can have more details. Movies have to cut out some part or shorten it. Exceptions can be in shorter length stories. In cases like “3 idiots” – an adaptation of “Five Point someone” by Chetan Bhagat, the movie was almost as good as the novel, and in some places better.
    But of course, it also depends on the script writer,…[Read more]

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    Nemzie Bayawa replied to the topic "You are what you eat" in the forum Group logo of Health IssuesHealth Issues 7 years, 8 months ago

    @Mahesh, yeah exercise have a great part of how our body looks good. However, to those who do not have time doing exercises, it is better for them to look into foods that are healthy for their body.

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