Q1 INDIAN RAILWAYS 1 Golden Chariot, India Experience a mix of Southern India’s greatest hits and lesser-explored destinations on board the iconic purple and gold Golden Chariot <https://www.goldenchariot.org/>, which connects the Indian states of Karnataka, Goa, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry. All itineraries depart from Bengaluru, with options for both three-night and six-night journeys. This train’s strength is its access to off-beat attractions than what you’ll find on the well-worn Golden Triangle, such as the ruins of Hampi. With sparse crowds, and a comfortable train to retreat to at the end of each day, it’s an approach to India that captures all the magic this country has to offer.
2 The Maharajas' Express, India There are luxury sleeper trains, and then there are luxury sleeper trains like the Maharaja’s Express <https://thepalaceonwheels.com/the-maharaja-express.html>, where a greeting of marigold garlands and rose petals showered at your feet kicks off the journey before your personal butler escorts you to your room. The Junior Suite rooms are surprisingly spacious, especially by train travel standards, and come with full-sized closets, comfortable beds, private bathrooms, and satellite TV’s. Both of the on board watering holes–the Safari Bar and the Raja Club–have plenty of chairs, comfy sofas, books and board games. Each day of the itinerary includes special opportunities to experience India through the train’s luxurious and singular perspective: like an early morning champagne breakfast on a private hillside overlooking the Taj Mahal. 3 Deccan Odyssey, India This impressive 21 coach, 2,300 foot-long train is immediately recognizable for its royal blue exterior, and a decadent interior design meant to emulate the lavish lifestyles of 16th century Maharajas. Taking its name from the Deccan Plateau, the train, operated by prestigious Golden Eagle Luxury Trains <https://www.goldeneagleluxurytrains.com/>, offers a few different weeklong trips around Maharashtra. The locomotive is outfitted with en suite bathrooms, Wi-Fi, onboard butler service, a small gym, spa, library, a bar, and a conference room which is converted into a dance floor after dark. The food, too, is excellent, with both on-board restaurants managed by Taj Hotels <https://www.cntraveler.com/hotels/united-arab-emirates/dubai/taj-dubai>. Something unique about this train is that guests have the option of joining pre-arranged sightseeing tours, or opting out and doing their own thing at each stop. 4 Palace on Wheels, India India’s <https://www.cntraveler.com/story/india-shaaz-jung-locals-guide> best-known train, the Palace on Wheels <https://www.cntraveler.com/galleries/2015-09-04/travel-in-style-on-the-worlds-most-luxurious-trains>, offers a number of trips that range from a couple days to week-long excursions. Embarking from New Delhi through the Land of Kings, trips take you through the famed Pink City of Jaipur, in Rajasthan, where guests are greeted by majestic UNESCO sites like the Amer Fort as well as 16th century palaces. You can also visit Agra, home to the Taj Mahal <https://www.cntraveler.com/hotels/india/mumbai/taj-mahal-palace-mumbai> and the perfect stop for a tour of some of the country's most iconic sites. Along the way, enjoy regional cuisine in well-appointed, colorful carriages decked out in Indian textiles. 5 Seven Stars in Kyushu, Japan Train lovers consider this opulent Japanese locomotive to be among the most spacious and comfortable of them all. Every inch of Seven Stars' Kyushu <https://www.cruisetrain-sevenstars.jp/english/> train—from the beds, to the bathroom sinks, to the woodwork, to the porcelain dinner plates—is handmade by Japanese artisans, and the service is simply exquisite; but it’s not just about the onboard experience with Seven Stars. These four-day, three-night trips travel a circuit around the island of Kyushu, making stops at the region’s best shrines, onsens, porcelain studios, and more, so you truly feel like you’re exploring an authentic side of Japan <https://www.cntraveler.com/tag/japan>, far away from the well-worn tourist tracks. And new for this year, starting in October 2022, the train is implementing a few changes: introducing the possibility of one-night journeys; and also decreasing its capacity from thirty passengers to twenty, making for an even more spacious and luxurious experience. 6 People may wonder why 4 Indian trains and one Japanese train sited. The world survey was conducted to choose the best trains on large sample surveys. The earth chose as rank one Japanese this train. But out of 20 trains selected, 4 were that of India 20% of the earth. It is easy to comment and degrade without learning what is administration. After having served 40 years in BSNL, what kind of the best in Bsnl one could give?; is BSNL is worse or better?; the best service at a lower cost is given by the BSNL, when compared the other services. But BSNL is not a complete error free service at all; so too in a society of the largest population of a nation with the illiterates travelling everyday and literates who behave so illiterately every day, the biggest service of the earth is rendering a yeoman service-WHICH ONE SHALL NOT FORGET. People who were handling the administration will know what factors that chains the administrator and what percentage of good things reach the last lap. The Q and A does not reflect or weigh that. 7 Not only trains 4. More in front. That is why I call Quora as gossip and the reproducer does not read much before the print. “These are some of the major transformations and achievements of Indian Railways in 2021: - *Enhanced Safety:* - Zero passenger fatalities Since April 2019. - Total 22 consequential accidents compared to 14 during 2020-21 & 48 during 2019-20 in the same period (upto 30.12.2021). - *Freight Loading:* - Loaded 1029.94 MT during 2021-22 upto 31.12.2021 compared to 870.41 MT in 2020-21 during same period (+159.53 MT) +18%. - Highest ever loading in first 8 months of the year (consecutive 16 months in respective month from Sep’20 to Dec’21). - 1646 Mail/ Express trains out of 1768 (93%), Sub-Urban- 5528 out of 5626 (98%) and Passenger- 1599 out of 3634 (44%) trains are running. - Presently, Reserved Passengers booking are more than 2019-20. - Punctuality of Mail/Express trains is 92.55% during 2021-22 (upto 31.12.2021). - *Freight Train Speed:* - Average Freight Train speed is 44.36kmph during 2021-22 compared to 42.97kmph during 2020-21 (+3.23 %) (upto 31.12.2021). - *Infrastructure Progress:* - Highest ever Capital allocation of 2.15 Lakh Cr has been made for infrastructure development during FY 21-22. Expenditure upto Nov’21 is Rs 1,04,238 Cr (48.5%). - Railway Electrification Progress:1924 Route km upto 30.12.2021 against 1903 Last year during the period. - New Line/ Doubling/ Gauge Conversion: 1330.41 km till 30.12.2021 (NL: 120.5 km GC:242.3 km, DL: 967.61 km). - 83 ROBs & 338 RUBs upto Nov’21. - 172 FoBs, 48 Lifts & 50 escalators commissioned upto Nov’21. - *Gati Shakti Cargo Terminal Policy:* Launched to fast track the approvals and ease of establishing Cargo Terminals to increase the freight loading share of IR. - *Kisan Rail:* - The first Kisan Rail Service was flagged off between Devlali (Maharashtra) and Danapur (Bihar) on 7th August 2021 by Hon’ble Minister for Railways and Hon’ble Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. - 100th Kisan Rail was flagged off by Hon’ble PM. - 1806 Kisan Rails run on 153 routes (upto 24.12.2021) and carried around 5.9 lakh tones of agricultural products. - Commissioned CCTV at 840 stations (47 during the year). - Commissioned Wi-Fi at a total of 6089 stations (120 during the year). - 5 MHz spectrum in 700 MHz has been allotted to roll out 4G based Long Term Evolution (LTE) over IR for safety and security applications. - New user friendly Freight and passenger business segment related websites started. - For online & unified vendor approval system, Unified Vendor Approval Module (UVAM) has also been started. Internal processes for approval were simplified and fast tracked. - RDSO became the first Standard Developing Organisation (SDO) in India to be granted recognition under the BIS SDO Recognition Scheme on 24 May 2021. - Medical facilities have been ramped up, new facilities have been created and existing facilities have been improved in Railway hospitals. - 78 Oxygen generating plants have been installed and are functional in Railway hospitals. 17 more Oxygen plants have been sanctioned and at different stages of commissioning. - 69 Railway hospitals are providing treatment to railway staff affected by Covid-19. - In these hospitals the number of beds for Covid treatment has been increased from 2539 to 3948. - Total COVID beds have increased to 6972, ICU beds from 273 to 404, invasive ventilators from 62 to 3544, additional 449 non invasive ventilators and 129 high flow nasal oxygen machines. Also 3420 oxygen cylinders, were supplemented in Railway Hospitals. - *HMIS (Hospital Management Information System) on IR:* - HMIS has been provided in 572 Hospitals & Health Units of Indian Railways in the last one year and the balance will be covered by March’22. - Railway has provided UMID to most of the employees and their family members. - Till now 42.09 lakh UMID cards have been generated for Railway Medical Beneficiaries. - UMID has also been linked to the National Health Id of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. - *Indian Railways ran Oxygen Express at the shortest possible time and ramping up the delivery:* - Railway is trying its best to fulfill the demand of the state Govts who are supplying the tankers. - All desired routes and rakes were made ready in almost all areas from the Railway side. - Till now more than 899 Oxygen Express Trains have completed their journey and more than 36,840 Tonnes of liquid Oxygen has been delivered to the 15 states. - Oxygen Express also delivered oxygen (3911.41 MT) for Bangladesh - *Conversion of 4,176 coaches to serve as quarantine/isolation facilities:* Out of 4,176 train coaches to serve as quarantine/isolation facilities for COVID-19 across the country, 324 Coaches have been deployed across States of Delhi, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Nagaland, Assam & Tripura as per demand by State Government. - Approximate 10.97 lakh employees get vaccinated with 1st Dose and 8.38 lakh vaccinated with both doses upto 30.12.2021. - 135 vaccination centres are in operation on IR. - AYUSH facility has been started in 5 Zonal Hospitals at New Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai & Guwahati. - *Tejas Rajdhani train:* 4 RAJDHANI express Aanand Vihar- Agartala, Mumbai- New Delhi (2) & Rajendra Nagar Terminal (Patna)– New Delhi Rajdhani Express are running with TEJAS rakes over IR. - *High capacity 3rd AC Economy coaches (LWACCNE):* IR has inducted a new coach variant High capacity 3rd AC Economy coach on 10.02.2021 and produced 33 coaches in the last two months. With these, total 54 Nos. of AC-III Tier economy coaches have been made available over IR. Many innovations have been incorporated in the design of this coach for increased passenger space, the high voltage electric switchgear presently installed on board has been shifted below the under frame for the first time in Indian Railways, thereby increasing the passenger capacity from 72 to 83 berths by introduction of 11 additional berths. - *Bharat Gaurav- Theme Based Trains:* To tap the vast tourism potential of India, Indian Railways have launched a new tourism product i.e. theme based tourist circuit trains ‘Bharat Gaurav’: - Service providers spread across the length and breadth of the country will be able to showcase untapped yet historically significant rich treasures of the country. - Service Providers would be able to refurbish the coaches and have been given full flexibility to decide the themes, tariff, interior designs and other business modalities. - Redevelopment of Gandhinagar Capital (WR) & Rani Kamalapati (WCR) station: Gandhinagar Capital station is the first redeveloped station commissioned on 16.07.2021. - Rani Kamalapati is the Second redeveloped station and same was commissioned on 15.11.2021. Both the stations were inaugurated by Hon’ble Prime Minister. - *End of Train Telemetry (EoTT):* Proof of Concept Trials is being conducted for EoTT in East Coast & South Eastern Railway. 3 sets are under trial in ECoR & Stage 2 Procurement of 740 sets is under process. - Rolling Stock Production (upto Nov’21). - *Electric Locomotives:* 570 as compared to 414 last years (Target: 981). - *LHB Coaches:* 3790 as compared to 2788 last year (Target: 6497). - *Vista dome Coaches:* Produced: 13 (upto Nov’21) (Target : 90). Total available: 57 ( as on 2020 taken in 2021) Hence Indian railways with all the loads of expectations and budget is doing great and it is the need of many nations to lay their tracks and service in the world. Pl stop writing about railways. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Q2 can cells talk; ans: yes it is not the answer; but a suspicious "it must"; if so why this question at all. Communication is not defined in all respects. Without communication and understanding there cannot be any growth. Organic bonds do communicate. What ants do speak, we do not know. So avoid slippery questions. On these biodiversity subjects the communication in the multiverse we can start from the ASAREERI. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Q3 Why should I know what the British prisoners eat?; and in which period it is the answer?; the best prisons are in England and uSA as well as the worst also. Buty what is the food of an Indian prisoner ?; is there anyone in the west replying to such questions?. In Media there is a term called FILLERS; so everyday there are fillers?. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Q4 Funny questions about India like failure, shabby, non reach etc and great achievements of the rest of the earth-as the old bench scratchers in the tea SHOPS USED TO DO. Software Engineers of India only?. (sir that is also . I mean the stress is copied only from the west) . On Friday 20th morning at 2.20 AM , many in Google from top to bottom, 12000 when they woke up to log in, found that they could not and they wondered why?; the funniest part of it, when they wanted to use the gmail IDs to ascertain the reaSON, THEY WERE ALSO FOR THOSE `12000 BECAME INOPERATIVE; AND ONE KNOWN TO ME IN FREMONT WANTED TO DRAW MONEY FROM BANK AT 7 am (atm) THAT pw GENERATED USING gOOGLE DID NOT OPERATE. And a few hours later the message came they were all laid off ; the joke part of it was One Raghavan who was promoted 2 days before os a senior maNAGER WAS LAID OFF 2 DAYS LAter. A person considered efficient lost the status in 48 hrs. And instead of 2 months notice, they were told that this order would take effect only wef 31st march (2 months notice) and will be backed up by yearly package termination benefits. Just think; blocking the salary in the USA means losing all benefits where the economy is a credit card rotational economy. And they cannot get any reemployment till March if they want the package. Sundar Pichai Google is being tortured by the employees. And there is a town hall meeting next week to blast the company. Google declared a 120% bonus recently. But administration and software nuts went berserk. So who knows?; many may get back before March; SP may be sacked but he is a billionaire by now. There could be a scapegoat replacement. But Modi deployed differently. Giving notice and options to voluntary retirement; keeping on hold some money which is yet to come; but employees stepped out and pay-cut did not bring them to the street; and the nation was really under the harness,unlike Google who can rub the company under loss for another 100 years. So 1 in some other question I spoke about administration difficulties; that and the plight of s/w eng in india is not greater than the west. And for that matter, one who works hard alone does suffer; and one who jalras walks on. That is life . xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Q5 What about other expres doing?. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Q6 When I am the master where is the question of considerably?; from master point of view yes; from the slave point of view it is not; that is why trade unions came in; Slave trade was in India lso as early as Gupta and Morya periods; artha sastra speaks about it. So let us learn the dead past well or drop totally learning; not in the way of gossipped. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Q7 I am not going to erect; and I cannot stop the erection carried out by the installers; then why would I need to know. Have you ever heard ASC installers telling you, this is not the spot?. Why? xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Q8 Again a bad question about water purifiers; they have an inbuilt system to talk to you by lights, signals and words; till then you need not touch it. USER FRIENDLY IS HERE AS OF TODAY xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Q9 No Buffalo milk in the USA where the Buffalo university is there? Pl check xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Q10 OOPS. Nature is well built where they know how to tend to themselves; and dogs know how to keep it clean; How did man shave when he was loitering all around without blades?. There is a tamil proverb: VELAYILLADHAVAN POONAIYAIP POTTU SIRACHAANAAM. ( one who had no work started shaving the cats). KR IRS 22123 On Sat, 21 Jan 2023 at 23:09, 'gopala krishnan' via iyer123 < [email protected]> wrote: > *CULTURAL QA 01-2023-20* > > *BEING A COMPILATION THERE MAY BE ERRORS* > > Q1 What improvements would you like to see in Indian Railways? > > A1 Shaunak Bhattacharjeee, Lives in Kolkata, West Bengal, India > (1996–present)Jan 11 > > A few weeks back, a friend of mine was travelling in *Jalianwala Bagh > Express on a 3 AC Coach. *However, in the night time, the passengers on > the coach noticed that unreserved passengers started to enter the coach as > well, requesting them to adjust. *Things turned from bad to worse as the > train crossed Sasaram station* as the coaches were flocked with people > turning it into a local train. > > It was late at night. Having paid extra to travel in AC 3-tier, you would > expect some kind of privacy and comfort. *But the passengers were asked > to adjust so that passengers without a ticket or a general ticket could > travel with them*. This is something that needs to be stopped. *I wonder > what the RPF was doing! The basic security is at risk here.* > > My friend put up a post on Facebook sharing his experience and while many > people laughed seeing the condition, *I think it is a thing to worry > about. Leave alone the seats, even the walking passage is blocked by those > men who are chewing tobacco, listening to loud music and playing games on > their mobile phones. A lady wouldn't dare to walk to the washroom in this > crowd.* > > I don't entirely blame the crowd for travelling like this. The population > in some of these states is increasing at an uncontrolled rate and the lack > of awareness about basic things is making this even worse. *The Indian > railways should step up and see an end to this practice of travelling in > the wrong compartment. *Only if you have a valid ticket, should you be > allowed to enter, otherwise not! If this was the condition in AC 3-Tier, I > wonder what the scene was in Sleeper Class! > > *My note- In southern states it is less*. However in day trains it is a > common seen, passengers entering the non AC reservation chair cars, *crowding > near toilet and entrance/ exit keeping huge luggage in Chennai- Bangalore > route. * > > Q2 Can cells talk with other cells? > > A2 Ken Saladin, Former professor of histology (microscopic > anatomy)Jan 9 > > *Yes, they absolutely must!* If cells didn’t talk to reach other to > coordinate their activities, the result would be physiological chaos and > the death (or failure of embryonic development) of the whole person. *Cells > talk by nervous, hormonal, and paracrine means.* > > Q3 What do British prisoners eat? > > A3 Adam Bowyer, Previously locked up for 4 year prison sentence > in the UK. Tue > > *I spent 4 years in British prisons. I hope this little description for my > past experience* of having to sample the culinary delights of UK prisons > you may find interesting…. > > I didn't think the food in UK prisons was overly horrible but it's not > that great either. Regarding portion size, think of stuff you would get > on a kids menu in cheap restaurant and that's basically it. *The average > daily budget set by the government to feed each prisoner in a UK prison is > approximately £2 per day*. I got given a menu tick box card at the start > of each week to choose for meals for the week ahead. Choice was limited > but was still a choice nonetheless. > > *Breakfast is normally a mini pack of cereal, piece of fruit, white or > brown bread*. (You would normally collect your breakfast pack for the > following morning before lock up the night before. You can then eat > breakfast before you are unlocked in the morning). *You can also collect > tea, coffee, and sugar sachets and a small carton of milk to make hot > drinks using the kettle in your cell.* > > Lunch is generally just some type of sandwich or baguette. > > *Evening / dinner tends to be something with rice or pasta. Things like > curry, chicken breast, lasagne, spaghetti, noodles, soup, chips, potato's, > pizza slices*. Sometimes fish & chips but I was always wary of having the > fish, it never looked cooked properly to me. > > *There is normally a basic desert of some sort but I* honestly cannot > remember really what it used to be but it would of been something basic > like cup cake, sponge, custard, apple pie or something like that. > > Usually orange, apple juice, milk and water were available. > > All stuff that is quick, easy and cheap to make basically. Always was a > vegetarian option too. Portion sizes are small and it's not uncommon to go > to bed still feeling quite hungry. > > *In most UK prisons, you collect your food tray and take it back to your > cell and eat in your cell.* I always eat whilst in my cell. I was issued > my own re-usable blue plastic tray, blue plastic plate, plastic cutlery and > plastic mug. > > *Also its worth remembering that you can buy some of your own food items > from the prison canteen* (think it's called commissary in US prisons). I > used to buy some of my own food items as prison food is fairly rubbish. > > I always used to stock up on pot noodles / cup noodles. *Powdered soup > packets, a few bags of sweets and goodies*. I used to like to do a bit of > comfort eating when i was banged up in my cell, helped relieve boredom. *I > also used to make sure I had some tins of tuna and some chocolate*, also > some vape products (even though i don't smoke) as these are used as > currency in a lot of UK prisons. > > My note- All sorts of comforts in food, bed, only thing confined to a > cell. We cannot compare with Indian prisons. Still Briton is not rich now. > > Q4 What are some bitter truths of software engineers in India? > > A4 Malavika, Former Senior Software Engineer at Ingram Micro > (company) (2016–2021)Wed > > *Every software engineer doesn’t start his journey with 1 lakh per month, > it can be as low as 5 to 6k per month.* > > 1 crore CTC looks amazing but reality hits when you get the message of > salary being credited. To explain this further *your cost to company can > be 1 crore but it in hand salary can be merely 40 lakhs as well.* > > There is no fixed working hours. > > *You need to keep learning almost everyday and* have to keep yourself > updated with new technologies, learning doesn’t end at college, it actually > starts after college. > > *It’s difficult to be an individual contributor all your* life and get a > good renumeration, if you want to increase your salary you need to be a > team player and gradually grow into technical architect or project manager > (grow on the ladder) > > You don’t need software engineering degree to be a software engineer. > > On-site opportunity is luck and not by choice or merit. So you cannot say > every brain going out of India is excellent 😜 > > *If you are placed via campus, it’s not sure that you will get the > role/technology you desire.* > > Software engineers don’t always develop code from scratch some have to > work on production support. > > Q5 What is the news item about VandeBharat express? > > A5 Rupal Pal,Tue > > This is a hot topic these days as timings of Vande Bharat trains is > clashing with few shatabdi trains running on their route. > > Recently, this senario was noticed on *Mysore-Chennai route where the > timings of both the trains were clashing and raised a question in > everyone’s mind.* > > For now, Railways has fixed the clash by *rescheduling the Shatabdi > Express timings but the question remains same.* > > Is railways going to replace all Shatabdi trains? Or Railways will operate > both Shatabdi & Vande Bharat trains simultaneously? > > *I will try to answer both the questions together & share what Railway > Minister said on this topic.* > > According to the railway minister, we are going to operate both the trains > for now and there is no plans to eliminate shatabdi trains. > > My opinion is *that they will slowly discontinue or replace Shatabdi > rakes in next few years on some routes where demand for Vande Bharat trains > will pick up.* > > I remember the initial days when T-18 was called a replacement of Shatabdi > trains whereas T-20 was called a replacement of Rajdhani trains. > > My note- Recently I had been from Bangalore to Chennai by noon > Vandebharat express. For the huge ticket price, speed was not that much, > food served was just one samosa, mysore pak and coffee. Coffee powder, > sugar, milk powder were packed in a single pack and hot water was given in > a small paper cup to mix up. Nothing more. I was hungry on reaching > Chennai. Quality of the items were slightly better than Satabdi express. > > Leg space was more, seats were new, nothing more. > > Q6 Were there any slaveowners that treated their slaves morally > and considerately? > > A6 ER Mikulincer,Historian6y > > *Morally, no. Considerately, yes.* > > Throughout history, *many slave owners may have treated their slaves > humanely, with compassion and kindness and care. *They provided for their > needs, gave them *food, shelter, clothing, did not overwork them and even > gave them luxuries like a small amount of leisure time.* > > In fact, it was in their interest to treat their property well. *Slaves > were expensive, and they worked best when healthy*. You don’t abuse your > car or laptop, right? Why hurt your own property? > > *It still didn’t make slavery moral*. It still meant that at any point, > the considerate behavior could stop and the slaves could be subjected to > horrific treatment. Your life, your body, your family were in the hands > of another, and nothing could save you. > > Slavery dehumanized people into property.There’s no moral way to do that. > > *And slavery exists today*. World Cup Slaves: It Gets Worseand Slavery > Today " Free the Slaves > > Q7 How can we install air conditioners on outer walls safely > without damaging the wall from inside or outside? > > A7 Gangadhar Bhadra,Online Shop at Online E-Commerce > (2020–present)Tue > > To install an air conditioner on an outer wall safely, you can follow > these steps: > > Make sure the air conditioner is the proper size for the space it will be > cooling. A unit that is too large will cool the room too quickly and shut > off before it has a chance to remove enough moisture from the air, while a > unit that is too small will run constantly and never cool the room properly. > > Select a location for the unit that is shaded from direct sunlight, as > this will help keep the unit from overheating. > > Check the building codes in your area to ensure that the installation of > the air conditioner complies with all local regulations. > > Make sure the wall where the unit will be installed is strong enough to > support the weight of the unit. If necessary, reinforce the wall with > additional framing or a structural support. > > Use a level to ensure that the unit is level and plumb when installed. > > Use a foam sealant to seal the edges of the unit where it comes into > contact with the wall, to prevent drafts and leaks. > > Use a weather proof cover to protect the unit from rain and snow during > the winter months. > > Use a professional for installation, air conditioners are heavy and have > electrical and refrigerant connections that need to be done properly to > avoid accidents or damage to the wall. > > By following these steps, you can install an air conditioner on an outer > wall safely without damaging the wall from inside or outside. > > *My note- The drawback with split unit AC is, some* how birds get in and > lay eggs. Cats get in the small inner space and deliver kids. Netting the > outdoor unit may reduce such drawbacks. Recently in one of my AC units in > spite of good net, squirrel got in and laid eggs. With net air quality also > diminishes. > > Q8 How often should you service a water purifier? > > A8 Gopala Krishnan, Former Assistant General Manager 1996-2004 > at Department of Telecom (1966–2004)Just now > > *I am from Chennai, India. In most areas it is hard water in bore-well.* > It is best to service quarterly the water purifier and replace parts > requiring replacement. In fact once in two months is still better. Once > the service person takes out the paper filter, one can observe how much > dirt has accumulated. Service charges are low, but part costs are more. > > But by servicing we get well purified water. Also ensure the over head > water tank is cleaned at-least once a quarter. I have observed the TDS > value reducing in good measure once the tanks are cleaned. > > Q9 Why don't we have buffalo milk in the United States? > > A9 Peter, I love to eat and am an adventurous eater. Jan 5 > > First, we should be careful about terms. *“Buffalo milk” is usually > (almost always) milk from what Americans call water buffalo.* What > Americans call “buffalo” is usually called “bison” in the rest of the world > . (It is very confusing! The two animals aren’t even that closely > related). > > From what I can tell, bison milk is virtually non-existent. Bison are > very hard to milk and don’t seem to give much milk, even if you can milk > them. > > Second, water buffalo are not native to the Americas. They are native to > Africa and Asia. Bison, OTOH, are native to North America. That’s probably > a big reason why their milk never caught on here. Still, it is available. > > Q10 How could sheep have survived by themselves without mankind > to tend them? If evolution is true, shouldn’t they have died out ages ago > because they are defenseless creatures? > > A10 Claire Jordan, Degree in biology and folklore; programmer, > shop owner, secretary on newspaper Wed > > Wild sheep shed their wool naturally, and they have horns. Most domestic > sheep have to be clipped annually, and have either been bred without horns > or had their horn buds removed. And even domestic sheep are not > defenceless. Where the English side of my family come from, Faversham in > Kent, during the 1980s they had a flock of sheep in the churchyard to keep > the grass short, and the ram broke someone’s arm.*Here’s a Soay ram* > named Hersir, one of the oldest and most natural breeds, very close to > their wild ancestors. They shed naturally and are very athletic. As you > can see the rams have impressive headgear > > *All the above QA are from Quora website on 21-01- 2023.* > > *Quora answers need not be 100% correct answers .* > > *Compiled **and posted by R. 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