CULTURAL QA06-2022-08 BEING ACOMPILATION THERE MAY BE ERRORS
Q1 What are the perfect kitchen sinkcombinations? A1 Gopala Krishnan, former AssistantGeneral Manager 1996-2004 at Department of Telecom (1966-2004)Answered just now Depend on space and affordability,there can be different combinations. From my experience I conclude qualitystainless steel sinks are the best. There can be a sink exclusively in kitchenand another one or two in work area. Kitchen sink is only for use duringcooking related usage. A filter can be provided to the tap/water outlet in thekitchen sink. A sink withextension platform for keeping vessels cleaned for draining remaining waterdrops from them is suitable in work area. A second sink for washing oilyvessels is most ideal. The following additions are good.1. A good shelf for keeping cleaning items which can be closed after use . 2.Toilet soap for hand washing and a towel to dry the wet hand. 3. A waste box tokeep the waste items during cleaning. 4.A filter cup can be placed replacingsink cap so that in the drain only cleaning water goes to outside sock pit or drain. Allother items remain in sink which has to be transferred to waste box and sinkhas to be cleaned inside. This filter cup fitting to sink is available inChennai metal shops. If possible gloves can be used during cleaning of oilyvessels. If space is there,a stand can be provided for drying washed vessels. The outside of the metalsink has to be cleaned at-leastonce in a fortnight. The above are toldwith respect to Chennai, India conditions. Q2 Is it a good idea to build aconventional house using steel frames instead of bricks and concrete in AndhraPradesh, India? A2 Gopalkrishna Vishwanath A formerstructural engineer experienced in Design of steel structures. Sat I was asked thisquestion in a private message.This was my answer. I don’t recommendusing steel for building homes in India. Steel is expensivein India. While in the West labor is expensive compared to material costs, theposition is the reverse in India. You can use steel only for the beams and columns of thehouse. Floor slabs, roofslabs , walls, and foundations have still to be of concrete/bricks. So most of yourconstruction material will be material that is not steel.Steel constructionneeds precise fabrication and drilling of bolt holes for connection of thebeams at precise places and this needs specialized agencies experienced insteel construction and they are all busy working to build factory buildings orequipment structures for big contractors. None of them will come forward towork on your house. It will be too small a project for them. Steel gets hot in summer and temperatures are very highin AP during summer. You need an experienced engineerto see that suitable expansion joint provisions are made for expansion or elseyou may see cracks.Steelis susceptible to corrosion. The only steel thatis commonly used in house construction is reinforcement steel that is embeddedin concrete.You can consider using steel for door and window frames and panelsbut they will never match the aesthetics of wood. I suggest you dropthis idea of using steel to build your house. Steel is used in Industrialbuildings where loads are very heavy and not sustainable by concrete columns.Steel is over 100 times as strong as concrete and it is used only becauseconcrete will not be able to bear the loads encountered in Industrialbuildings. Your house is aminor structure. Concrete, Bricks, and Wood are the best materials to buildhouses in India. My note- Kitchen platform and work area platform has to be made with RCC slab below the graniteplatform. Aluminium pipes are tried in Kerala for window and other railings,but they get rusted after a few years. Steel coated GI pipesare commonly used in many areas in Kerala. Q3 What is the future of the laundryservice market in India? A3 Prasanna Bhalerao M. Sc. inElectronics & Physics, Fergusson College, Pune6h I have been usinglaundry services for years, maybe 40+ years. I use their services mostly for ironing clothes andvery occasionally for dry cleaning. Earlier, my father used to giveclothes for ironing and occasional cleaning. He used to work in the limestonemines and his clothes used to get really dirty. There were no washing machineback then (70s, 80s, early 90s) and hand wash couldn't cope. There was atemporary blimp during COVID period but we have started back to use theservices. I don't see the service in India suffering a setback. My note- Many busy use laundry service for better cleaning andpressing. Q4 Why are the Northeastern states ofIndia called "Seven Sisters" when there are 8 states? A4 Goutamkumar Oinam Knows Manipuri May 29 This question is frequentlyasked by many geography students of India because of confusion due to the lackof proper information. North East India has 8 states but the region is mainlycalled 7 sisters. All the North EastIndian states except Sikkim were geographically interconnected through lands. It's only Sikkim that'sgeographically isolated. So, theinterconnected 7 states of Northeast are called “7 sisters” and to console thegeographically isolatedSikkim, it's referred to as “The Brother of the 7 sisters”. So, Sikkim is not asister but a brother. 😃Andby saying the term “Seven Sisters”, Sikkim is excluded from the region. Q5 Why is felt a good insulator? Isthere any other insulator that is better? A5 Paul Camp, Ph. D. in theoreticalphysics and 30 years experience Answered Feb 4, 2017 Felt traps air. It is the air that is the actualthermal insulator. In homes, it has been superseded by fiberglass,which is better at the same thing and doesn’t degrade over time. Vacuum is the best insulator,at least as far as conduction goes. It isn’t practical in walls and ceilings sotrapped air insulators are used there. But it is great in coffee cups andchemistry dewars. Q6 If it takes 12 hours to digest food,how come eating certain foods can cause an immediate bowel response? A6 Nora Roy Fri Because of peristalsis..Your entire alimentary canal has peristalsis whichmakes food move along the intestines..If you eat something it doesn’t have tobe digested to come out of the bowel..peristalsisus activated and continues it along yourintestines to your bowels and out..Very layman explanation.. Q7 What is the use of a two-way switchin household wiring? A7 Glenn Killam , former You Name It Answered3h ago A two-way switch is a simple off-on.It is the most-used type of switch. However, a three-way switch allows controlof a single fixture from two locations and a four-way allows three locations. 2nd answer- Gopala Krishnan, former AssistantGeneral Manager 1996-2004 at Department of Telecom (1966-2004)Answered just now I could not controlmy smile on reading Mr Glenn’s CORRECT answer. Yes . All switches are two way switches. Thereare three way or either way switches which are most commonly used in staircase wiring. A lightin the stair case can be switched ON or OFF either from the top of staircase orbottom of stair case. Nowadays three way switches are used to light a lamp in theentrance of homes. In the night the light can beswitched ON or OFF either from inside or outside of home. If one family hadgone outside for a trip in day time switching OFF from inside home and returnin night, the light can be switched ON from outside. Some installs sumpmotor switch, operating from inside and outsidehome, so that when family is away servant or gardener can switch ON and OFF themotor for watering garden plants. Q8 Can voltage fluctuation damage awashing machine? A8 Kapa , General knowledge - learningskills Answered Jun 1 Yes definitely, will damage your washing machine.Ifit is in india the voltage required to run any machine would be 220 to 230V ifit less wait for proper voltage. Q9 How long did it take to build someof the famous monuments around the world? Also, how much did it cost? A9 Balaji Viswanathan student of worldhistory. Sun Taj Mahal tookabout 17 years to build in the 17th century while Eiffel tower took about 2years in the 19th century. Statue of Libertyin New York took about 9 years to build while the Statue of Unity in Gujarattook about 5 years. The UNESCO worldhertiage site — Great Pyramid at Giza took about 20 years to build 4500 yearsago while the other world heritage site — the pyramid shaped Big Temple atThanjavur took 15 years to build about 1000 years ago. Some buildings arebuilt remarkably fast. The Empire State building in New York took just 1 yearto build while the Burj Khalifa in Dubai took about 5 years. Some others werebuilt over a very long period. The Great Wall of China took about 2300 years ofwork. Q10 How common is it to use both a heaterand an air conditioner in the same day? A10 Alan Hufstutler, 60 years ofliving.Answered 16h ago Pretty common in Texas in the fall, Winter andspring. It might be 40 in the morning, 80 by mid afternoon and 45 again as thesun goes down. 2ND answer- Bobby , Major projects manager(1986-present)answered 17h ago In western kentucky when going from winter tospring and then fall to winter, it is very common for the home ac to be on inthe day and the heat at night. We love it. All the above QA are from Quora website on 07 -06- 2022. Quora answers need not be 100% correct answers . Compiled and posted by R. Gopala krishnan on08-06-2022 -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/1875652587.586330.1654666658291%40mail.yahoo.com.
