Re: [silk] For Googlers

2009-10-14 Thread Dr. John Marshall Johnson
On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 7:02 PM, ss wrote: > > What is Google wave? > > shiv > Excerpt from http://wave.google.com/ Google Wave is an online tool for real-time communication and collaboration. A wave can be both a conversation and a document where people can discuss and work together using richl

Re: [silk] Etiquette here

2009-10-03 Thread Dr. John Marshall Johnson
On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 12:58 AM, Rajesh Kumar wrote: > Hi, > trrk (Rajesh) Hi TRRK, Welcome aboard. Nice to see you out here. johnson

Re: [silk] BJP pulling wool over our eyes?

2009-06-24 Thread Dr. John Marshall Johnson
On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 9:58 PM, Kiran K Karthikeyan < kiran.karthike...@gmail.com> wrote: > > It is surprising that many think that the Congress victory is a mandate > against hardline Hinduism (and therefore the BJP). Congress ran a more > grassroots campaign, better candidates, and overall was

Re: [silk] Burnout

2009-06-09 Thread Dr. John Marshall Johnson
On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 12:45 PM, divya manian wrote: > > troubles of living in India. But it amazes me that living in India can > > be summed up in a slogan: "adjust please". More so, if you live in Bangalore, my hometown where I was born, bred and buttered. "Adjust maadi" is namma bengaluru sl

Re: [silk] Indian foodies

2009-06-09 Thread Dr. John Marshall Johnson
On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 9:19 AM, ss wrote: > A lot of anglophone ("Macaulayite") Indians grow up with cultural confusion. I > had an alumni newsletter article about that too - but I'll leave that for another time... I for one, would like to read it. Do post it johnson

[silk] Indian Habits

2009-06-09 Thread Dr. John Marshall Johnson
On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 8:57 AM, ss wrote: > People still remove their footwear before entering a house in India. Not everybody, I know of traditional families who were very strict about it, BUT one trip to the USA and they are walking with shoes/sandals all over the house. In our home, its a stri

Re: [silk] Indian foodies

2009-06-08 Thread Dr. John Marshall Johnson
On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 3:06 PM, Deepa Mohan wrote: > your left hand". The left hand is, indeed, denoted by the appellation > "peeccha kai" (I certainly don't have to translate that)...and using it for > food, writing, accepting gifts, and handing things to people, is frowned > upon. Thaths, Udhay

Re: [silk] Introductions and Identity

2009-06-05 Thread Dr. John Marshall Johnson
On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 9:02 PM, ss wrote: > My view on this is that while I do not care about the identity of a person or > what name that person uses, I would prefer tie an identity down with a > distinctive name+email id My view too, except that I care about the identity of the person. johnson

Re: [silk] Dowry Act ??

2009-06-02 Thread Dr. John Marshall Johnson
On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 7:04 AM, . wrote: > I too know a few nice men who toe the line out of fear. > But how long wiil they toe the line ? What do my friends do, they both have been married for less than a year ? May have to wait for 7 years (I think the ACT is applicable for this period) and the

Re: [silk] Dowry Act ??

2009-06-01 Thread Dr. John Marshall Johnson
On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 1:45 AM, Nikhil Mehra wrote: > On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 11:12 AM, Dr. John Marshall Johnson < > johnso...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Dowry Act is a good tool for 90% of the women, but a bad one for the > >> other 10% (or maybe more) who misuse i

[silk] Dowry Act ??

2009-05-31 Thread Dr. John Marshall Johnson
On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 12:58 AM, . wrote: > [4] I am not an expert on womens law nor related issues but if experts > on the subject are to be believed the dowry act is perhaps the most > (mis)used one. Dowry Act is a good tool for 90% of the women, but a bad one for the other 10% (or maybe mo

Re: [silk] Hello

2009-05-21 Thread Dr. John Marshall Johnson
On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 3:44 AM, Ramakrishnan Sundaram wrote: > Hi, JMJ. > You've wandered in during a particularly lively time. Watch out for > flying furniture. > Ram Oh ! I was wondering what those things were whizzing past me. Slowly realising it. :-) BTW, Ram, (Deepa is right), please call

Re: [silk] Hello

2009-05-21 Thread Dr. John Marshall Johnson
On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 1:42 AM, wrote: > Apologies again for top post, (blame blackberry) > Welcome doc (from one doc to another :) ) Thanks Anish, see you around johnson

Re: [silk] Hello

2009-05-21 Thread Dr. John Marshall Johnson
On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 11:24 PM, Bonobashi wrote: > C'mon Doc, you can make out when the man's kidding, can't you? Mm !!!

Re: [silk] Why are doctors such Luddites?

2009-05-20 Thread Dr. John Marshall Johnson
On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 10:14 AM, Deepa Mohan wrote: > On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 10:19 PM, Dr. John Marshall Johnson > wrote: > I too am 42 > Then you have the answer to everything in the universe :) > Deepa. YES :-)

Re: [silk] Hello

2009-05-20 Thread Dr. John Marshall Johnson
On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 8:48 PM, ss wrote: > I have donned saffron clothes, joined the Hindutva brigade and I throw stones > at people called "Johnson" :D Oh ! I am surrounded by the Saffron brigade. Need to run !! But where ? Like Churchilll said - If England is conquered, we will go to Canada a

Re: [silk] Hello

2009-05-20 Thread Dr. John Marshall Johnson
On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 10:32 AM, Venkat Mangudi's Silk Account wrote: > Hello. m...@cix, m...@infomart. Good to see you again. Was going over > the archives Jace (jckiran) put up of the CiX msgs. Those were good times > indeed. Hi Venkat, good to see you too. Will go thro' those Cix archives,

Re: [silk] Why are doctors such Luddites?

2009-05-20 Thread Dr. John Marshall Johnson
On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 8:35 AM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: >> Interesting article I just came across. Though written with a US slant, > Why are doctors such Luddites? > By Charles Cooper Thanks Udhay, for the interesting article. Thanks to computers, I started Pathoindia.com in 1999 and now in 2009

Re: [silk] Hello

2009-05-20 Thread Dr. John Marshall Johnson
On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 9:13 AM, Bonobashi wrote: > Hi, Doc. > How it going? Nice to see you on board. Long time no hear. Were you on > Freethought for a while? Well, freethought, mixed thoughts, all thoughts ... Good to see you guys after more than a DECADE. Takes me back to the 90's at Cix.

Re: [silk] Hello

2009-05-20 Thread Dr. John Marshall Johnson
On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 7:59 AM, ss wrote: > Hi Johnson. You have moved to the "dark side" have you? > You are a hospital administrator :D > shiv Yes, I am in "Middle Earth" now. :-) How have you been doing, Shiv ? johnson

Re: [silk] Hello

2009-05-20 Thread Dr. John Marshall Johnson
Thanks ! Deepa. See you around On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 7:38 AM, Deepa Mohan wrote: > On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 7:55 PM, Dr. John Marshall Johnson > wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I just subscribed to this List, thanks to Udhay. >> (In the past, I used to only read messag

[silk] Hello

2009-05-20 Thread Dr. John Marshall Johnson
Hi, I just subscribed to this List, thanks to Udhay. (In the past, I used to only read messages of silk-list on Yahoogroups) Well, can see Shiv, Mahesh, IG, Chetan, Venkat, Ram out here. Hi !! guys. For those who don't know me, I am Johnson, (was at Cix), well, more about me at www.johnson