Why I modified the template? TO SAVE ENERGY!

This is not a joke. But recently I was convinced that using a darker (preferably black) colour on computer monitors saves a little energy. The links that argue this case are given below.
For the skeptics one of the links is to a Government Department of Energy Website. Of course these savings are ONLY on CRT monitors.
Please e-mail/comment in case any post on this blog is difficult to read due to the darker colour scheme.

http://www.risingphoenixdesign.com/blackback.html
http://www.microtech.doe.gov/EnergyStar/info.htm
http://ecoiron.blogspot.com/2007/01/magic-color.html
http://ecoiron.blogspot.com/2007/01/black-pixels-are-new-green-pixels.html
http://ecoiron.blogspot.com/2007/01/black-google-would-save-3000-megawatts.html
http://black-google.blogspot.com/ The Google Search Engine in Black

11 Truths

1.A FOOLish man tells a woman to STOP talking, but a WISE man tells

her  that “she looks extremely BEAUTIFUL when her LIPS are CLOSED”.





2. One GOOD way to REDUCE Alcohol consumption :

Before Marriage - Drink whenever you are SAD

After Marriage - Drink whenever you are HAPPY



3. Three FASTEST means of Communication :

1. Tele-Phone

2. Tele-Vision

3. Tell to Woman

Need still FASTER - Tell her NOT to tell ANY ONE.



4. Love your friends not their sisters. Love your sisters not their

friends.





5. A man got 2 wishes from GOD. He asked for the Best wine and Best

Woman.

Next moment, he had the Best Wine and Mother Teresa next to him.

Moral : BE SPECIFIC



6. What is a BEST and WORST news you can hear at the SAME time ?

It is when your Girl Friend says YOU are the BEST KISSER among all your

Friends.



7. Let us be generous like this : Four Ants are moving through a

forest.

They see an ELEPHANT comingt owards them. Ant 1 says : we should KILL

him.

Ant 2 says : No, Let us break his Leg alone. Ant 3 says : No, we will

just throw him away from our path. Ant 4 says : No, we will LEAVE him

because he is ALONE and we areF OUR.





8. If you do NOT have a Girl Friend - You are missing SOME thing in

your life. If you HAVE a Girl Friend - You are missing EVERY thing in

your life.



9. Question : When do you CONGRATULATE someone for their MISTAKE.

Answer : On their MARRIAGE.





10. When your LIFE is in DARKNESS, PRAY GOD and ask him to free you

from Darkness. Even after you pray, if U R still in Darkness - Please

PAY the  ELECTRICITY BILL.



11. Why Government do NOT allow a Man to MARRY 2 Women. Because as per

Constitution, you can NOT PUNISH TWICE for the same Mistake.

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BEWARE OF THESE BANKS
Looking at the rising complaints against ICICI Bank , Citibank, and Standard Chartered Bank , we request consumers to properly read their documents and keep a record when dealing with these banks, especially regarding credit card and housing loan. These three banks are biggest defaulters and do not resolve consumer problems easily. Be aware of their terms in writing. Keep a perfect record of all correspondence with them. If they do not agree to written communication , immediately stop their services . If you ask some nationalised bank to take over the housing loan from ICICI Bank, even after paying full amount, you will not get back your original documents for months. You will be told that the documents are in Mumbai and they are trying to retrieve the same. This is the answer you get everyday.

BEWARE OF NOKIA
Nokia assures that their handset is covered under insurance. They even provide a certificate of insurance. But the condition is that if the handset is lost/stolen, you have to lodge an FIR to seek claims. The catch here is that the police station does not lodge FIR for loss of handsets, they only register NC. So you will never get insurance claims on basis of NC.

Nokia is selling some of its degraded products that have software problems. If you come across such problem in a new set, do not waste your time in running around service centres as it is not going to help much, ask for a replacement with a new set. All those who have purchased 3230 set, have experienced that there was software problem in every set. Nokia is simply dumping the sets, which can not be sold in other countries.

BEWARE OF AIR DECCAN
Their confirmed bookings are highly unreliable and of no guarantee that you will be allowed to fly . The booked tickets get cancelled without intimation to consumer only to be known by him when he goes to the airport to catch his flight. You will not get refund immediately, if you have booked your ticket through credit card. If you call up their call centre, if you press numbers relating to refund, you will not be attended at all even if you try for hours together. If you talk to somebody regarding refund, you have to press options relating to ticket booking, so that someone will attend to you. Then you can ask for refund. They are following very good trick.

BEWARE OF COUNTRY CLUB, BANGALORE
They advertise that if you take their membership, a plot of land will be given free of cost near Golden Spa at Coconut Grove. Please note Golden Spa is 35 Kms from Bangalore and the said plot of land is over 100 Kms from Bangalore . Based on false promises and with arrangement with Citibank and ICICI Bank, this team cheats the consumers of his money by asking payments through credit card.

BEWARE OF PRIVATE BUS OPERATORS/TRAVEL AGENTS
If you book your ticket in a private bus operator, you will find that your seat is allotted to somebody else also. Many a times, though you have booked your ticket to some destination, you will dropped few kilometres away, if there are not enough passengers for your destination. Then you will have to depend on other services to reach your destination. Keep the records/proofs and give a complaint to the nearest police station, when you come back. If you find that the police is supporting the travel agent, immediately inform his higher ups or give a complaint to consumer forum. Always try to use government transportation services. They may be bad in service but will never cheat you.

BOOK TELESALES & RECOVERY AGENTS
If you receive unwanted advertisement / telemarketing call from any company or recovery agents. You will find it annoying especially when you are on roaming network. Ask their telephone number and report to the police. File a police complaint against the Chairman of the company .

BEWARE OF SOME HOSPITALS
If you happen to get admitted (or admit your family person/friend/ relative) for any operation in any hospital, keep all the records. Even if the doctor scribbles any information on a piece of paper and give it you, please keep it with you. In future, for your bad luck, if some adverse thing happens due to wrong dialysis or wrong operation, these things will come handy to fight it in a court. Please be clear that consumer forums are not of much help to you because they do not have good doctors in their panel. Many a times they do not have any doctors in their panel and even if they have, a doctor in the panel will try to help a doctor. In such a case you will have to fight tooth and nail. Hence keep all the records/proofs with you carefully.

BEWARE OF TATA INDICOM BROADBAND and WIRELESS FIXED TELEPHONE
Their promises to get you a broadband connection within a week is not to be relied upon. Once your money is stuck (about Rs. 2000), it takes lot of pains to recover it back. If you book Wireless fixed telephone, the Tata indicom sales person will tell you that you can send/receive fax, send/receive e-mails in other service providers' account also (for example vsnl, touchtel etc). Once you install the telephone, you will find that the instrument can not support fax machine even if connected through EPABX, you will find that you can receive e-mails in other accounts and can not send e-mails at all. You have to send e-mails only through Tataindicom e-mail service.

CAREFUL WHEN DEALING WITH THESE COMPANIES / PRODUCTS
LIST OF WORST COMPANIES AGAINST WHOM WE RECEIVE COMPLAINTS VERY FREQUENTLY

AIRLINES: Air Deccan
BANKS: ICICI bank, Citibank, Standard Chartered Bank
BUILDERS: Parimiti Buildcon (Thane), Madras City Co-op Bldg. Soc (Chennai)
CARS: Tata motors, Maruthi
CREDIT CARDS: SBI credit card, Citibank, Standard Chartered
CELLPHONE SERVICES: Tata Indicom Broadband, Airtel, BPL mobile
HOME APPLIANCES: Videocon,
HOME BUSINESS: Kenya Star Tea
INSURANCE: National Insurance Co., New India Assurance, generally all private/Multination al Insurance Companies
MOBILE PHONES: Nokia 6260, 3230
TIMESHARE: Royal Goan Beach Club (Goa), Happy Home Constructions (Bangalore), Country Club India Ltd. (Bangalore)
TRANSPORTERS: Sky Packers and Movers (Mumbai), Packways Pvt. Ltd.(Mumbai) , Sai Packers and Movers (Mumbai)

ARE U BEING HARASSED BY CONSUMER COURTS?

WE ARE GATHERING INFORMATION ON CORRUPT JUDGES, REGISTRARS & CLERKS
We have received many complaints from consumers that they are being harassed in the consumer courts when they go there to submit consumer complaint and attend hearings. They are not being served properly by the clerks, and the judges keep on giving hearing dates without arriving to judgment. These acts are contrary to the purpose of setting up of consumer courts that were basically meant to help the consumers. Please inform us if you have experienced or witnessed harassment or corruption. Inform us the exact time, date, and location of the incident in writing through duly signed letter. Your details will not be disclosed on this website, but you should be ready to co-operate when action against these people is initiated by nabbing them through proper channel.

For further clarifications you may contact:
Sri.ARUN SAXENA
International Consumer Rights Protection Council
B-9/55, Vijay Nagari,
P.O . Kasarvadavali,
Thane (West) 400601
Mumbai - India .

An 80 year old man and his Crow

An 80 year old man was sitting on the sofa in his house along with his 45

years old highly educated son. Suddenly a crow perched on their window.

The Father asked his Son, "What is this?"

The Son replied "It is a crow".

After a few minutes, the Father asked his Son the 2nd time, "What is this?"

The Son said "Father, I have just now told you "It's a crow".

After a little while, the old Father again asked his Son the 3rd time,

What is this?"

At this time some expression of irritation was felt in the Son's tone when

he said to his Father with a rebuff. "It's a crow, a crow".

A little after, the Father again asked his Son t he 4th time, "What is this?"

This time the Son shouted at his Father, "Why do you keep asking me the

same question again and again, although I have told you so many times 'IT

IS A CROW'. Are you not able to understand this?"

A little later the Father went to his room and came back with an old

tattered diary, which he had maintained since his Son was born. On opening

a page, he asked his Son to read that page. When the son read it, the

following words were written in the diary :-

"Today my little son aged three was sitting with me on the sofa, when a

crow was sitting on the window. My Son asked me 23 times what it was, and

I replied to him all 23 times that it was a Crow. I hugged him lovingly

each time h e asked me the same question again and again for 23 times. I

did not at all feel irritated I rather felt affection for my innocent child".

While the little child asked him 23 times "What is this", the Father had

felt no irritation in replying to the same question all 23 times and when

today the Father asked his Son the same question just 4 times, the Son felt

irritated and annoyed.

So..

If your parents attain old age, do not repulse them or look at them as a

burden, but speak to them a gracious word, be cool, obedient, humble and

kind to them.Say a prayer to God, "I will serve my old parents in the BEST way. I will

say all good and kind words to my dear parents, no matter how they behave.

Thanks for spending ur time on reading this mail ...... Hope U r forwarding this to all ur friends as well...

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Ordering Pizza in 2020

Operator : "Thank you for calling Pizza Hut . May I have your..."



Customer: "Heloo, can I order.."



Operator : "Can I have your multi purpose card number first, Sir?"



Customer: "It's eh..., hold..........on......889861356102049998-45-54610"



Operator : "OK... you're... Mr Singh and you're calling from 17 Jalan Kayu. Your home number is 4094! 2366, your office 76452302 and your mobile is 0142662566. Which number are you calling from now Sir?"



Customer: "Home! How did you get all my phone numbers?



Operator : "We are connected to the system Sir"



Customer: "May I order your Seafood Pizza..."



Operator : "That's not a good idea Sir"



Customer: "How come?"



Operator : "According to your medical records, you have high blood pressure and even higher cholesterol level Sir"



Customer: "What?... What do you recommend then?"



Operator : "Try our Low Fat Hokkien Mee Pizza. You'll like it"



Customer: "How do you know for sure?"



Operator : "You borrowed a book entitled "Popular Hokkien Dishes" from the National Library last week Sir"



Customer: "OK I give up... Give me three family size ones then, how  much will that cost?"



Operator : "That should be enough for your family of 10, Sir. The total is $49.99"



Customer: "Can I pay by! credit card?"



Operator : "I'm afraid you have to pay us cash, Sir. Your credit card is over the limit and you owe your bank $3, 720.55 since October last year.

That's not including the late payment charges on your housing loan, Sir."



Customer: "I guess I have to run to the neighbourhood ATM and withdraw some cash before your guy arrives"



Operator : "You can't Sir. Based on the records, you've reached your daily limit on machine withdrawal today"



Customer: "Never mind just send the pizzas, I'll have the cash ready. How long is it gonna take anyway?"



Operator : "About 45 minutes Sir, but if you can't wait you can always come and collect it on your motorcycle..."



Customer: " What!"



Operator : "According to the details in system ,you own a

Scooter,...registration number 1123..."



Customer: " ????"



Operator : "Is there anything else Sir?"



Customer: "Nothing... by the way... aren't you giving me that 3 free bottles of cola as advertised?"



Operator : "We normally would Sir, but based on your records you're  also diabetic....... "



Customer: #$$^%&$@$%^



Operator : "Better watch your language Sir. Remember on 15th July 1987 you were convicted of using abusive language on a policeman...?"



Customer: [Faints]

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US Air Force pilots vs maintenance crews

Here are some actual maintenance complaints submitted by US Air Force pilots and the replies from the maintenance crews:

Problem: "Left inside main tire almost needs replacement."

Solution: "Almost replaced left inside main tire."



Problem: "Test flight OK, except autoland very rough."

Solution: "Autoland not installed on this aircraft."



Problem: "The autopilot doesn't."
Signed off: "IT DOES NOW."



Problem: "Something loose in cockpit."

Solution: "Something tightened in cockpit."



Problem: "Evidence of hydraulic leak on right main landing gear."

Solution: "Evidence removed."



Problem: "DME volume unbelievably loud."

Solution: "Volume set to more believable level."



Problem: "Dead bugs on windshield."

Solution: "Live bugs on order."



Problem: "Autopilot in altitude hold mode produces a 200 fpm descent."

Solution: "Cannot reproduce problem on ground."



Problem: "IFF inoperative."

Solution: "IFF inoperative in OFF mode."



Problem: "Friction locks cause throttle levers to stick."

Solution: "That's what they're there for."



Problem: "Number three engine missing."

Solution: "Engine found on right wing after brief search."

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Nice Facts!

If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in
the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in
the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if
the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural
causes.



No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, and purple.



Clans
of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without
killing them use to burn their houses down - hence the expression "to
get fired."



Canada is an Indian word meaning "Big Village".



There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.



Only
two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, John
Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, but
the last signature wasn't added until 5 years later.



"I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.



The
term "the whole 9 yards" came from WWII fighter pilots in the South
Pacific. When arming their airplanes on the ground, the .50 caliber
machine gun ammo belts measured exactly 27 feet, before being loaded
into the fuselage. If the pilots fired all their ammo at a target, it
got "the whole 9 yards."



The most common name in the world is Mohammed.



The word "samba" means "to rub navels together."



The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 672.



Mel Blanc (the voice of Bugs Bunny) was allergic to carrots.



Until
1965, driving was done on the left-hand side on roads in Sweden. The
conversion to right-hand was done on a weekday at 5pm. All traffic
stopped as people switched sides. This time and day were chosen to
prevent accidents where drivers would have gotten up in the morning and
been too sleepy to realize that *this* was the day of the changeover.



The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin during World War II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.



Dr. Seuss pronounced "Seuss" such that it rhymed with "rejoice."



In Casablanca, Humphrey Bogart never said "Play it again, Sam."



Sherlock Holmes never said "Elementary, my dear Watson."



More people are killed annually by donkeys than die in air crashes.



The
term, "It's all fun and games until someone loses an eye" is from
Ancient Rome. The only rule during wrestling matches was, "No eye
gouging." Everything else was allowed, but the only way to be
disqualified was to poke someone's eye out.



A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.



The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.



Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt.



Money isn't made out of paper, it's made out of cotton.



The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher.



Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie.



The
phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from and old English law which stated
that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.



An ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain.



The longest recorded flight of a chicken is thirteen seconds!



Source:http://elaughs.blogspot.com

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