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rambabu replied to the topic Does toll take a toll on you?.
To understand taxation, one need not be a regular traveler. I use Bus. The bus owner has to pay the toll tax. Do you think he pays from his pocket? He charges toll tax from Bus users..It results in hike in Bus fares.
10 years ago
usha manohar replied to the topic How do you relax?.
Sofs wrote:
usha manohar wrote:
Sofs wrote:
Usha, I would like to mention that a recent study also shows that we can 'grow muscles' by harnessing the power of the brain. So their is nothing we cannot do if only we used the power of thought in the right direction.
True, in fact by channelising our brain , we may be able to achieve what seems impossible otherwise. People like mobile computer Shakuntala Devi, and someone called Professor Richter who could converse in 75 languages have been able to use the capacity to the maximum extent possible !
Great examples there Usha, Our own Sakutha Devi was a perfect example of harnessing the power of the brain. Although I am not aware of this prof Richter you mention I am aware of Powell Janulus who holds the Guinness record for fluency in 42 languages.
Sofs I am quoting from the link ..
Orgulous Potentials Hidden In The Human Body
Mobile Computer’ Shakuntala Devi’s arithmetical wonders had been quite popular until recently. Few years ago, a six years old boy Ashok, of Vijaygram, Karnataka had also stunned the media by demonstrating supernormal talents of Mathematics. He could solve complicated calculations in just few seconds...! Mastering over a single foreign language would take not less than a decade for average people... However, there do exist exceptional brains like that of Prof. French Alexander Richter, which could converse and have literary expertise in as many as seventy-seven languages
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Astonishing_functions_of_human_brain_and_miracles_of_mind
10 years ago
Sofs replied to the topic Fighting on TV debates, what lesson they want to give us?.
The discussion is about what are the lessons the TV channels want to give us.
10 years ago
Sofs replied to the topic Does toll take a toll on you?.
usha manohar wrote:
We (my family) need to travel so often out of state by road. The toll booths on these out of state roads take a toll on us and our finances.
After having paid road tax for our vehicles, paying tax on infrastructure we end up paying tax all the way around.
What irks me is that some of the roads are so bad that the government need to pay us for the damages it causes our vehicles and our backs.
Do you think it is justified to tax us so much.. especially the middle class ?
Sofs, this is something that I too get annoyed about... People who do not drive regularly and pay tolls may not understand this. Most of this toll booths are managed by private companies ( in my state at least) because they have done the road work and the government lets them collect tolls because they are unable to pay them.There have been many protests here because the toll collected was exorbitant , after which they bring it down, which I fee is a ploy ...Either way, on a state highway there are 4 -5 tolls which means you are paying 200 rupees or more on tolls if you are covering a distance of 300 kms..
200 rupees is if I remember rightly a very low amount, I am sure it is much higher. Not only is this is monetarily taxing on you, You have so many of them en route that you end up wasting so much time standing in long queues. It is really annoying that you cannot pay once and proceed to your destination. Most countries have a system where you pay what you have to and the system will not hold you back.
Why don't we use all the technology to improve our systems.
10 years ago
Sofs replied to the topic How do you relax?.
usha manohar wrote:
Sofs wrote:
Usha, I would like to mention that a recent study also shows that we can 'grow muscles' by harnessing the power of the brain. So their is nothing we cannot do if only we used the power of thought in the right direction.
True, in fact by channelising our brain , we may be able to achieve what seems impossible otherwise. People like mobile computer Shakuntala Devi, and someone called Professor Richter who could converse in 75 languages have been able to use the capacity to the maximum extent possible !
Great examples there Usha, Our own Sakutha Devi was a perfect example of harnessing the power of the brain. Although I am not aware of this prof Richter you mention I am aware of Powell Janulus who holds the Guinness record for fluency in 42 languages.
10 years ago
usha manohar replied to the topic Does toll take a toll on you?.
We (my family) need to travel so often out of state by road. The toll booths on these out of state roads take a toll on us and our finances.
After having paid road tax for our vehicles, paying tax on infrastructure we end up paying tax all the way around.
What irks me is that some of the roads are so bad that the government need to pay us for the damages it causes our vehicles and our backs.
Do you think it is justified to tax us so much.. especially the middle class ?
Sofs, this is something that I too get annoyed about... People who do not drive regularly and pay tolls may not understand this. Most of this toll booths are managed by private companies ( in my state at least) because they have done the road work and the government lets them collect tolls because they are unable to pay them.There have been many protests here because the toll collected was exorbitant , after which they bring it down, which I fee is a ploy ...Either way, on a state highway there are 4 -5 tolls which means you are paying 200 rupees or more on tolls if you are covering a distance of 300 kms..
10 years ago
rambabu replied to the topic Fighting on TV debates, what lesson they want to give us?.
There is nothing to learn for youngsters or elders from such TV Shows. If somebody looks for " Learning" towards, such channels, i feel sorry for them.
10 years ago
rambabu replied to the topic Self analysis is the best tool for self improvement .
If someone cannot face himself, he's a coward. A liar. It's self conceit.
10 years ago
usha manohar replied to the topic Self analysis is the best tool for self improvement .
Sofs wrote:
Introspection becomes difficult for those who cannot face themselves.
Like @Shampa mentioned people self opinionated people really can't do this. Even to say sorry or thank you it takes courage and a little beating down of the Ego.
We need have a deep desire to be better to be able to introspect, accept mistakes and change for the better.
I agree ...On a lighter note , connecting the other discussion here about TV channels - Arnab probably needs some self analysis before he conducts his daily debates LOL..
10 years ago
rambabu replied to the topic Are you too lazy to wake up for your Morning Walk ?.
Waking up at 5 in the morning and doing nothing speaks of one's lack of knowledge pertaining to " Value of time."
Its not being judgmental. But to express an opinion. Additionally the head of the thread used the word " Laziness." if you think it's judgmental, well,that's your opinion.
10 years ago
Sofs replied to the topic Self analysis is the best tool for self improvement .
Introspection becomes difficult for those who cannot face themselves.
Like @Shampa mentioned people self opinionated people really can't do this. Even to say sorry or thank you it takes courage and a little beating down of the Ego.
We need have a deep desire to be better to be able to introspect, accept mistakes and change for the better.
10 years ago
usha manohar replied to the topic How do you relax?.
Sofs wrote:
Usha, I would like to mention that a recent study also shows that we can 'grow muscles' by harnessing the power of the brain. So their is nothing we cannot do if only we used the power of thought in the right direction.
True, in fact by channelising our brain , we may be able to achieve what seems impossible otherwise. People like mobile computer Shakuntala Devi, and someone called Professor Richter who could converse in 75 languages have been able to use the capacity to the maximum extent possible !
10 years ago
rambabu replied to the topic Does toll take a toll on you?.
My reply is. It doesn't take a toll on me. because I abide by the law and Rules
10 years ago
usha manohar replied to the topic Are you too lazy to wake up for your Morning Walk ?.
suni51 wrote:
I have no doubts about Vitamin C and its usefulness but I don't understand how can it help in my outdoor activities like laughter therapy and yoga exercises with my co-walkers in the morning or my brisk walks that I am so used to for many decades in the mornings (or sometimes in the evenings). Besides laziness has nothing to do with persons who are no morning walkers.
Absolutely ! When you have a full working day besides housework, you plan your day accordingly and what time one wakes up depends on ones lifestyle, laziness has nothing to do with it.I have seen people who wake up at 5 in the morning, doing precious little during their waking hours...It is very judgmental to term people who do not wake up early and don't go for a walk as lazy, to say the least !
10 years ago
Sofs replied to the topic Are you too lazy to wake up for your Morning Walk ?.
@suni51 I basically believe that no supplements can take the place of the actual exercise regime. It can only be a second best option in a worst case scenario.
10 years ago
rambabu replied to the topic How do you relax?.
Exactly. There nothing impossible by believing. Belief moves mountains
10 years ago
Sofs replied to the topic Does toll take a toll on you?.
The damage occurs over a period of time and it would be hard to prove that.. the question is do these tools take a toll on you. What is your opinion.
10 years ago
rambabu replied to the topic Does toll take a toll on you?.
Roads are the property of the Government. One has to pay for using the Roads.
But, as a user of the Road, if you have any grievance pertaining to Damages caused to your vehicle due bad roads, you can approach Consumer Forms. You have a right to claim the damages.
10 years ago
Sofs replied to the topic How do you relax?.
Usha, I would like to mention that a recent study also shows that we can 'grow muscles' by harnessing the power of the brain. So their is nothing we cannot do if only we used the power of thought in the right direction.
10 years ago
Sofs replied to the topic Fighting on TV debates, what lesson they want to give us?.
To sum up the TV channels teach us to be loud, argumentative, disrespectful, impatient, annoying, repetitive, go around in circles etc. That is what the fighting on TV seems to teach us today. Is this the lesson we want our younger generations to learn may be a worth while question to ask.
10 years ago
rambabu replied to the topic Does toll take a toll on you?.
To understand taxation, one need not be a regular traveler. I use Bus. The bus owner has to pay the toll tax. Do you think he pays from his pocket? He charges toll tax from Bus users..It results in hike in Bus fares.
10 years ago
usha manohar replied to the topic How do you relax?.
Sofs wrote:
usha manohar wrote:
Sofs wrote:
Usha, I would like to mention that a recent study also shows that we can 'grow muscles' by harnessing the power of the brain. So their is nothing we cannot do if only we used the power of thought in the right direction.
True, in fact by channelising our brain , we may be able to achieve what seems impossible otherwise. People like mobile computer Shakuntala Devi, and someone called Professor Richter who could converse in 75 languages have been able to use the capacity to the maximum extent possible !
Great examples there Usha, Our own Sakutha Devi was a perfect example of harnessing the power of the brain. Although I am not aware of this prof Richter you mention I am aware of Powell Janulus who holds the Guinness record for fluency in 42 languages.
Sofs I am quoting from the link ..
Orgulous Potentials Hidden In The Human Body
Mobile Computer’ Shakuntala Devi’s arithmetical wonders had been quite popular until recently. Few years ago, a six years old boy Ashok, of Vijaygram, Karnataka had also stunned the media by demonstrating supernormal talents of Mathematics. He could solve complicated calculations in just few seconds...! Mastering over a single foreign language would take not less than a decade for average people... However, there do exist exceptional brains like that of Prof. French Alexander Richter, which could converse and have literary expertise in as many as seventy-seven languages
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Astonishing_functions_of_human_brain_and_miracles_of_mind
10 years ago
Sofs replied to the topic Fighting on TV debates, what lesson they want to give us?.
The discussion is about what are the lessons the TV channels want to give us.
10 years ago
Sofs replied to the topic Does toll take a toll on you?.
usha manohar wrote:
We (my family) need to travel so often out of state by road. The toll booths on these out of state roads take a toll on us and our finances.
After having paid road tax for our vehicles, paying tax on infrastructure we end up paying tax all the way around.
What irks me is that some of the roads are so bad that the government need to pay us for the damages it causes our vehicles and our backs.
Do you think it is justified to tax us so much.. especially the middle class ?
Sofs, this is something that I too get annoyed about... People who do not drive regularly and pay tolls may not understand this. Most of this toll booths are managed by private companies ( in my state at least) because they have done the road work and the government lets them collect tolls because they are unable to pay them.There have been many protests here because the toll collected was exorbitant , after which they bring it down, which I fee is a ploy ...Either way, on a state highway there are 4 -5 tolls which means you are paying 200 rupees or more on tolls if you are covering a distance of 300 kms..
200 rupees is if I remember rightly a very low amount, I am sure it is much higher. Not only is this is monetarily taxing on you, You have so many of them en route that you end up wasting so much time standing in long queues. It is really annoying that you cannot pay once and proceed to your destination. Most countries have a system where you pay what you have to and the system will not hold you back.
Why don't we use all the technology to improve our systems.
10 years ago
Sofs replied to the topic How do you relax?.
usha manohar wrote:
Sofs wrote:
Usha, I would like to mention that a recent study also shows that we can 'grow muscles' by harnessing the power of the brain. So their is nothing we cannot do if only we used the power of thought in the right direction.
True, in fact by channelising our brain , we may be able to achieve what seems impossible otherwise. People like mobile computer Shakuntala Devi, and someone called Professor Richter who could converse in 75 languages have been able to use the capacity to the maximum extent possible !
Great examples there Usha, Our own Sakutha Devi was a perfect example of harnessing the power of the brain. Although I am not aware of this prof Richter you mention I am aware of Powell Janulus who holds the Guinness record for fluency in 42 languages.
10 years ago
usha manohar replied to the topic Does toll take a toll on you?.
We (my family) need to travel so often out of state by road. The toll booths on these out of state roads take a toll on us and our finances.
After having paid road tax for our vehicles, paying tax on infrastructure we end up paying tax all the way around.
What irks me is that some of the roads are so bad that the government need to pay us for the damages it causes our vehicles and our backs.
Do you think it is justified to tax us so much.. especially the middle class ?
Sofs, this is something that I too get annoyed about... People who do not drive regularly and pay tolls may not understand this. Most of this toll booths are managed by private companies ( in my state at least) because they have done the road work and the government lets them collect tolls because they are unable to pay them.There have been many protests here because the toll collected was exorbitant , after which they bring it down, which I fee is a ploy ...Either way, on a state highway there are 4 -5 tolls which means you are paying 200 rupees or more on tolls if you are covering a distance of 300 kms..
10 years ago
rambabu replied to the topic Fighting on TV debates, what lesson they want to give us?.
There is nothing to learn for youngsters or elders from such TV Shows. If somebody looks for " Learning" towards, such channels, i feel sorry for them.
10 years ago
rambabu replied to the topic Self analysis is the best tool for self improvement .
If someone cannot face himself, he's a coward. A liar. It's self conceit.
10 years ago
usha manohar replied to the topic Self analysis is the best tool for self improvement .
Sofs wrote:
Introspection becomes difficult for those who cannot face themselves.
Like @Shampa mentioned people self opinionated people really can't do this. Even to say sorry or thank you it takes courage and a little beating down of the Ego.
We need have a deep desire to be better to be able to introspect, accept mistakes and change for the better.
I agree ...On a lighter note , connecting the other discussion here about TV channels - Arnab probably needs some self analysis before he conducts his daily debates LOL..
10 years ago
rambabu replied to the topic Are you too lazy to wake up for your Morning Walk ?.
Waking up at 5 in the morning and doing nothing speaks of one's lack of knowledge pertaining to " Value of time."
Its not being judgmental. But to express an opinion. Additionally the head of the thread used the word " Laziness." if you think it's judgmental, well,that's your opinion.
10 years ago
Sofs replied to the topic Self analysis is the best tool for self improvement .
Introspection becomes difficult for those who cannot face themselves.
Like @Shampa mentioned people self opinionated people really can't do this. Even to say sorry or thank you it takes courage and a little beating down of the Ego.
We need have a deep desire to be better to be able to introspect, accept mistakes and change for the better.
10 years ago
usha manohar replied to the topic How do you relax?.
Sofs wrote:
Usha, I would like to mention that a recent study also shows that we can 'grow muscles' by harnessing the power of the brain. So their is nothing we cannot do if only we used the power of thought in the right direction.
True, in fact by channelising our brain , we may be able to achieve what seems impossible otherwise. People like mobile computer Shakuntala Devi, and someone called Professor Richter who could converse in 75 languages have been able to use the capacity to the maximum extent possible !
10 years ago
rambabu replied to the topic Does toll take a toll on you?.
My reply is. It doesn't take a toll on me. because I abide by the law and Rules
10 years ago
usha manohar replied to the topic Are you too lazy to wake up for your Morning Walk ?.
suni51 wrote:
I have no doubts about Vitamin C and its usefulness but I don't understand how can it help in my outdoor activities like laughter therapy and yoga exercises with my co-walkers in the morning or my brisk walks that I am so used to for many decades in the mornings (or sometimes in the evenings). Besides laziness has nothing to do with persons who are no morning walkers.
Absolutely ! When you have a full working day besides housework, you plan your day accordingly and what time one wakes up depends on ones lifestyle, laziness has nothing to do with it.I have seen people who wake up at 5 in the morning, doing precious little during their waking hours...It is very judgmental to term people who do not wake up early and don't go for a walk as lazy, to say the least !
10 years ago
Sofs replied to the topic Are you too lazy to wake up for your Morning Walk ?.
@suni51 I basically believe that no supplements can take the place of the actual exercise regime. It can only be a second best option in a worst case scenario.
10 years ago
rambabu replied to the topic How do you relax?.
Exactly. There nothing impossible by believing. Belief moves mountains
10 years ago
Sofs replied to the topic Does toll take a toll on you?.
The damage occurs over a period of time and it would be hard to prove that.. the question is do these tools take a toll on you. What is your opinion.
10 years ago
rambabu replied to the topic Does toll take a toll on you?.
Roads are the property of the Government. One has to pay for using the Roads.
But, as a user of the Road, if you have any grievance pertaining to Damages caused to your vehicle due bad roads, you can approach Consumer Forms. You have a right to claim the damages.
10 years ago
Sofs replied to the topic How do you relax?.
Usha, I would like to mention that a recent study also shows that we can 'grow muscles' by harnessing the power of the brain. So their is nothing we cannot do if only we used the power of thought in the right direction.
10 years ago
Sofs replied to the topic Fighting on TV debates, what lesson they want to give us?.
To sum up the TV channels teach us to be loud, argumentative, disrespectful, impatient, annoying, repetitive, go around in circles etc. That is what the fighting on TV seems to teach us today. Is this the lesson we want our younger generations to learn may be a worth while question to ask.
10 years ago