Re: [silk] How did this guy wind up here?

2008-04-08 Thread Biju Chacko
On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 10:03 AM, Madhu Menon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So he's now a proper "family man". > > I don't think I'm ever getting married. :P I remember saying that once. Good luck with that. :-) -- b

Re: [silk] How did this guy wind up here?

2008-04-08 Thread Venkat Mangudi
Madhu Menon wrote: I don't think I'm ever getting married. :P Oh you should! How can you not suffer like the rest of us? ;)

Re: [silk] How did this guy wind up here?

2008-04-08 Thread Madhu Menon
Venkat Mangudi wrote: Ramakrishnan Sundaram wrote: OTOH, he's getting on in years and age (and marriage) have mellowed him. Marriage is probably doing the trick. Knowing him, age doesn't really matter. :-) So he's now a proper "family man". I don't think I'm ever getting married. :P M --

Re: [silk] How did this guy wind up here?

2008-04-08 Thread Venkat Mangudi
Ramakrishnan Sundaram wrote: OTOH, he's getting on in years and age (and marriage) have mellowed him. Marriage is probably doing the trick. Knowing him, age doesn't really matter. :-)

Re: [silk] How did this guy wind up here?

2008-04-08 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 10:02 AM, Biju Chacko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Or comments from people like Udhay, who do not seem significantly less > coherent when drunk. Umm. I take it you haven't seen Udhay _really_ drunk. I'm talking hold-me-back-someone-or-I'm-going-to-beat-up-random-stranger

Re: [silk] How did this guy wind up here?

2008-04-07 Thread Venkat Mangudi
Balaji Dutt wrote: Venkat - I'm not sure I should accept those thanks, for I fear I have inadvertently helped create a monster here :) Monster? You created it? Naaah! All of us were just waiting for some reason, methinks. If you feel so bad about it, you should join us and tell Madhu to send

Re: [silk] How did this guy wind up here?

2008-04-07 Thread Biju Chacko
On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 10:03 PM, Sirtaj Singh Kang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Monday 07 April 2008, Balaji Dutt wrote: > [snip] > > > Given the elevated standard of discourse in this group (which reminds me > > very much of MetaFilter) I expect my contributions to be rare and > > I may not

Re: [silk] How did this guy wind up here?

2008-04-07 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Udhay Shankar N [08/04/08 06:50 +0530]: Then start the assembled people posting to silk, sometime after midnight or so, once the vodka and beer stocks have been sufficiently depleted. Excellent idea. Suresh, you in? I'm on some meds (since the past few months and for the next several months

Re: [silk] How did this guy wind up here?

2008-04-07 Thread Balaji Dutt
Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > C > P.S. Balaji, Welcome. > Thanks CG! Venkat Mangudi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Isn't that a good idea, now? I have been missing all the silk meets thus > far. It is still a fabulous idea. > > Balaji, welcome to Silk. Thanks for s

Re: [silk] How did this guy wind up here?

2008-04-07 Thread Udhay Shankar N
On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 10:29 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ah. So now I am sure Udhay's going to propose a stream of consciousness set > of posts. Get enough silklisters drunk - aka "call a silkmeet in bangalore". > Then start the assembled people posting to silk, som

Re: [silk] How did this guy wind up here?

2008-04-07 Thread Venkat Mangudi
Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: of posts. Get enough silklisters drunk - aka "call a silkmeet in bangalore". Then start the assembled people posting to silk, sometime after midnight or so, once the vodka and beer stocks have been sufficiently depleted. Isn't that a good idea, now? I have been mis

Re: [silk] How did this guy wind up here?

2008-04-07 Thread Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan
On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 10:29 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ah. So now I am sure Udhay's going to propose a stream of consciousness > set > of posts. Get enough silklisters drunk - aka "call a silkmeet in > bangalore". > Then start the assembled people posting to silk,

Re: [silk] How did this guy wind up here?

2008-04-07 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Sirtaj Singh Kang wrote: > I may not have been here long enough to be 100% sure about this, but > it appears to me that this list, compared to MetaFilter, features fewer > comments written by obviously drunk people. Ah. So now I am sure Udhay's going to propose a stream of consciousness set of p

Re: [silk] How did this guy wind up here?

2008-04-07 Thread Deepa Mohan
> PS: I almost top-posted.. *almost*. Phew. > > -- > Balaji > Yes, I realize that this is a Cardinal Sin (not the guy, the transgression) on the GFS...Geek-Filled Silk. Dunno why I have not been ex-communicated! Udhay is kinder than he appears to be... Deepa. On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 7:16 PM,

Re: [silk] How did this guy wind up here?

2008-04-07 Thread Sirtaj Singh Kang
On Monday 07 April 2008, Balaji Dutt wrote: [snip] > Given the elevated standard of discourse in this group (which reminds me > very much of MetaFilter) I expect my contributions to be rare and I may not have been here long enough to be 100% sure about this, but it appears to me that this list, co

Re: [silk] How did this guy wind up here?

2008-04-07 Thread Balaji Dutt
On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 9:34 PM, Deepa Mohan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Balaji, Welcome to the list (that is, assuming you joined recently, > which may not be right)! Your contributions need not be rare and > pedestrian, they can be often and pedestrian, like mine. Well, glad > you unlurked

Re: [silk] How did this guy wind up here?

2008-04-07 Thread Deepa Mohan
On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 6:41 PM, Balaji Dutt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello all, > > I suppose I should begin by telling you the story of how I wound up on this > list - typically such stories involve large amounts of beer and > semi-forgotten promises, but this is the geek version - it began

[silk] How did this guy wind up here?

2008-04-07 Thread Balaji Dutt
Hello all, I suppose I should begin by telling you the story of how I wound up on this list - typically such stories involve large amounts of beer and semi-forgotten promises, but this is the geek version - it began when a bunch of us decided twitter wasn't enough for group conversations and went