CULTURAL QA 09-2021-18 Being compilation there may be errors Dear friends, I have not checked authorities forwhat is told by quora members in this posting. Checking for authorities isabove impossible Gopalakrishnan Q1 If I book 2 train tickets in a coupe,do I get the tickets in coupe or not? A1 Prasanna Bhalerao Knows about trains.22h ago When you book two tickets in ACFirst Class, you are not assured of a coupe (twin sharing). When you book and get theconfirmation (in 1A), at that time, only your reservation is assured;cabin/coupe and berth number is not allocated at this time. One the day before the departure, 4 hours before, thefinal chart for all classes, including AC First Class, iscreated/prepared. It is at this time coupes/cabinsare allocated in 1A. The method of allocation has apreference method: Couples (husband and wife) aregiven first preference for the coupe. Two ladies travelling togetherare also given the preference. VIPs (MPs and MLAs) come next inthe pecking order. If a coupe is still available, afamily of two (matching surnames) are given the next preference. My note-Still I wonder why for the First AC alone, whilebooking berth is not alloted Q2 What is the wire used for buildingwiring installation in dry and wet locations and flame retardant and moistureresistant wire? A2 Mark Jackson-, former Buyer, Construction Equipment 2Compact Car Fleet (1988-2015) Answered October 10, 2020 The WIRE for requirement over the STANDARD levels ofresistance to these issues the more expensive the wire is, and often harder toinstall. Almost all wire currently madehas a level of protection against all these issues. Up to a point. IT IS REQUIRED that if the wiresare likely to get wet, then wire must have insulation that can better handlegetting wet than STANDARD insulation used on wires for inside a house.Sameapplies to all the other issues. Example: You can OVER spec all the wireson the location, but most likely wires inside the walls are not going to getwet outside of a firemen putting out a fire in the walls. Q3 How do you tackle transgender peoplewho ask for money in trains? A3 Saksham Kumar Lives in india.Updated August 30 Some peoples really have negativeimage of transgenders people in their mind and thus they try to avoid or tacklethem when they ask for money. Some people also used to fearfrom them. And many peoples give them money so that they can receive theblessings . Some people give them money infear because they think that they will curse him/her if they didn't give themmoney. So basically we all havedifferent kind of imagery and thinking about them , depends on person toperson. I wanna tell you an incidentwhich had happened just yesterday. So, me and my father were sittingin a local train. There were three more people's sitting opposite to our berth. We have crossed just two stationsand suddenly I heard the sound of clapping hands. I saw a transgender ladytaking money from people's. But the thing which makes mesmile is that She is asking money from everyone but not everyone were givingbut she is putting her hand over the head of all the peoples those who weregiving money or those who just move their heads indicating no ( either theydon't have change or they don't want to give). But she is not asking rudely. Then she comes near to us and askmoney from me. But seeing me as a child or a teen she simultaneously puts herhand over my head and not ask for money. She:- comes…. Clapping. Seeing meas a child, She:- ওহ একটাছোট বাচ্চা। Translation:- ( A child). Then she asks for money from thepeople's sitting to our opposite berth. They polite refused but she still puther hand over their head. But one of them, shows a different behaviour. She kept asking three times, butthat person did not say anything . Neither he nods his head nor says anything.This behaviour is slightly unacceptable. If someone talking to you orasking you something. You should atleast nod your head that you don't want togive so that he/ she could move forward. So, this was yesterday'sincident. Different people have differentapproach towards them and different mentality. Many people used to tease ormock them also. We still need to understand them more. Q4 Is the Golden Temple in Amritsar reallymade of gold? A4 Shaunak Bhattachharje Visited 17 Indian States | 7 Countries| 4 Union Territories September 4 Today is the third day of myPunjab trip and the second day at Amritsar. The first thing that I had on mylist today was to visit the Golden Temple. Originally known as the SriHarmandir Sahib, theGolden Temple derives its popular name owing to the Golden structure of themain shrine. The temple always didn't looklike this. It was founded in 1577 and was originally made of marble and copper.A couple of Afghan invaders carried out numerous loots and destruction to thetemple and later on in the early 19th century, Maharaja Ranjit Singh carriedout the renovation of the temple. It was then that the four domes at the entrance of the temple were goldplated. The totalamount of gold used during the reconstruction process was 160 kilograms of pure24-carat gold. It is interesting to note thatwhile the Maharaja decided to cover the dome in goldplating, the cost of the 160-kilogram gold, which is now estimated at Rs50 crore was collected through voluntary donations made by devotees. Later on,the Nizam of Hyderabad sent a grant every year for the maintenance of theGolden Temple. Q5 Why were stairs so deadly in Victorianera England? A5 Ernest W. Adams Lives in England Mon The back stairs, the ones used by the servants, tended tobe steep so as not to take up much room in the house, and of coursethey were uncarpeted. The front stairs were shallower, often carpeted, and hadhandrails. The back stairsdidn't. And the servants’ hands were often full when going up and downthem any way. But the real problem wasn't thestairs, it was the clothes. Ladies wore voluminous dresses with petticoatsunderneath that were easy to trip on. You don't hear that many stories of men falling downthe stairs. Q6 How weird is your country? A6 Areej Musaed Translator at Air and Missile Defense(2020–present) September 6 Saudi Arabia is known for thefollowing facts: Despite the fact that SaudiArabia is almost all desert, it snows in the northern region of Saudi Arabia. Despite the fact that there is noincome tax, Saudi citizens receive free healthcare, education and subsidizedwater and gas prices. Despite the fact that SaudiArabia is an absulote monarchy, Saudi Arabia is ranked the 21st happiest country in the world,according to the World Happiness Report for 2021. Q7 What happens if you stop eating sugarfor 30 days? A7 Guy D. McCardleI've been eating almost since birth. Oh, andI love to cook.August 24 Something amazing happens if youstop eating sugar for 30 days. Your body stops craving sugar. Ok, to be fair, it may takesome people longer than 30 days to break their addiction. And having gone through thismyself, I can without a doubt tell you that it's an addiction. You begin tocrave sugar. You begin to negotiate with yourself that a little bit won’t hurtanything, that you’ll get back on the wagon tomorrow. In my humble opinion, the bestand quickest way to free yourself from sugar is cold turkey. Disclaimer: I’mnot a doctor. This is not medical advice. Talk to your physician beforemodifying your eating habits. When you stop eating refined sugar, you can discoverhealthier options, and you’ll probably notice an increase in energyand a decrease in brain fog. Q8 Which country has the fastest narrowgauge, meter gauge, and broad gauge trains? A8 Prasanna Bhalerao Knows about trains. Updated Tue I would love to answer this question factually but atthe moment I can only guess. First of all, I don’t know how many countrieshave meter gauge and narrow gauge. Narrow gauge is still possible in some countries withmountainous regions. So I cannot speak for other countries. In Indiatoo, under Project Unigauge, meter gauge and narrow gauge is fast disappearing. Some narrow gauge trains underUNESCO Hertitage class (Darjileeng Mountain Railway, Coonoor- Ooty MountainRailway, Matheran NG train, etc.) may be retained. Narrow gauge trains were earlierpulled by steam-powered tank engines. Now they have been replaced by dieselpowered locos. It is pointless to discuss the fasted NG train in India as theseare not built for speed. They rarely cross 50 kph, most ride at a gentle 6–10kph in traction section. (p/s. Did you know that India has beenhaving a private train for ages? Much before all these private operated trainscame under proposals? Yes, read on … Shakuntala Railways, built during the British Raj is a 190km long narrow gauge railway line between Yavatmal and Murtijapur. During thecolonial era, trains on this track were run by Great Indian Peninsular Railway(GIPR) which operated across Central India. This train is still owned and runprivately.) As I said, Meter Guage too hasdisappeared. On the then MG the track from Old DelhiJn.-Bandikui-Jaipur-Ajmer-Marwar-AbuRoad-Palanpur-Ahmedabad was meter guage,two superfast trains used to run on this section. The first one 506 Dn/505 Up wasAhmedabad-Delhi Ashram Express The second was 502 Dn/501 UpDelhi-Jaipur Pink City Express (later extended to Ajmer and run with the nameGarib Nawaz Express between Jaipur and Ajmer) In the South Tamil Nadu, MadrasEgmore (Chennai Egmore) was a major station to go further south to Madurai andright up to Rameswaram. This was MG section. The third SF train was MadrasEgmore (as it was then known, now Chennai Egmore) to Madurai Vaigai Express. Itwas a day time train. It still runs, now in the BG avatar. I believe that the Pink CityExpress, was the fastest MG train in India. If am also not mistaken, the topspeed of this train was 90 kph. Perhaps the Vaigai Express wasjust as fast as PC Express, maybe faster also. MG Track between Egmore andVillupuram was double line and electrified though the Vaigai was pulled by aDeisel YDM. But MG trains where restricted to 90 kph. As far as BG is concerned, it issafe to say that this gauge exists in the sub-continent mainly. The fastest BGtrain in India at this moment, under active operation, is the New Delhi-Jhansi Gatiman Expressat 160 kph top speed. The Vande Bharat Express did achieve 180 kph inthe trial runs. (p/s. Again saying, I don’t have factual data behindall this.) My note. Kindly note the answer is just information, and learnt readers canrespond with correction Q9 Why was the steam locomotive sosignificant to the people at the time of its invention? A9 Ernest W. Adams Game design consultant, author and professorAugust 30 It was a faster, stronger way of pulling cargo than ahorse could. It was actually called “the Iron Horse” because it replacedhorses. You could pull a lot of cargo on a canal, but the top speed was threemiles an hour. Canals were expensive to build and maintain and could not goeverywhere. You could pull much less along roads; they were often muddy. The locomotive permitted you topull really heavy cargoes, rapidly, along rails that didn't sink into the mud. Stephenson’s Rocket, an earlylocomotive, achieved 30 miles an hour in trials, far faster than a horse, andcould keep it up without needing to rest. Q10 Which country on the world map has thestrangest shape? A10 Shaunak Bhattachharje Lives in Kolkata, West Bengal, India(1996–present)September 10 There’s a country that extends4,300 kilometres from North to South and yet, it is hardly noticeable on theworld map. For comparison, the length of the Indian mainland is 3,200kilometres and it is the seventh-largest country in the world. However, this country even with sucha huge length ranks 38th in terms of landmass. Sounds a little strange, isn’tit? Well, that is because, at its extreme width, the countrystretches only 350 kilometres in distance from East to West. Any guesseswhich country is this? Well, the answer is Chile and from the aboveimage, it looks to be the tail of someone. If you look at the country, it looksto be sandwiched between Argentina to the East and the Pacific Ocean to theWest. I mean, the existence of the country in terms of geography is so funnythat the country could have been merged with its neighbour, Argentina. Thisalso looks to be a ploy of not allowing Argentine citizens to get a view of thePacific Ocean. It looks like one day some Argentinelads took their beach balls and umbrellas and started their journey to thebeach on the West only to get halted some 50 kilometres from the beach by someChilean dudes to spoil the party. There could be a strategic reason for havinga country shaped like this. Of course, the vast coastline offers livelihoodthrough fishing and trading but still, it looks very weird to have a countryshaped like this which is, 15–350 kilometres in length and stretches on forover 4,000 kilometres like that! Maybe the country was on a diet and it got abit too far? All the above QA are based on Quora digest to me on 17-09-2021. Quora answers neednot be 100% correct answers Compiler- R. Gopala Krishnan, 77 dated 18-09-2021 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. 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