The Worlds Best Kept Auto Secret…
I have been driving (legally) for over a decade.. One would think I would have noticed the little secret on my dash that was staring me right in the face the whole time. I didn’t and I bet you probably haven’t either.
Quick question, what side of your car is your gas tank? If you are anything like me, you probably can’t remember right away. My solution is to uncomfortably stick my head out the window, strain my neck and look. If you don’t do this in your own car you definitely have done it in a borrowed or rental car.
Well ladies and gentlemen, I’m going to share with you my little secret so you will no longer look like Ace Ventura on your way to the gas station or put your neck at risk of discomfort or injury.
If you look at your gas gauge, you will see a small icon of a gas pump. The handle of the gas pump will extend out on either the left or right side of the pump. If your tank is on the left, the handle will be on the left. If your tank is on the right, the handle will be on the right (see photo below). It is that simple!
I don’t know how you feel right now but when I found out this morning I felt cheated!
Why don’t these dealers share such important information with car buyers? I don’t understand why this isn’t in the drivers ed manual? I don’t get why any mechanic I have ever been has even thought of mentioning this to me? The only possible explanation can be that all these people probably don’t even know!
Go out and share the worlds best kept auto secret with your friends as this information is too important to be kept secret !!!
How is this photo, son ? She’s beautiful Right ??
Mom asks her beta while showing a girl’s color-photo picked out from her diary. This is one of the first questions a concerend mom would
ask her “available” beta when she feels her nanna-munna-beta has finally “come-of-age” for marriage purposes. She, even before asking
her beta’s opinion, would first advertise his profile in one of those communitiy matrimonial circle manazines and collect profiles & photos
of available girls around. Then, Based on her perceptions of the prospective Bahu traits, looks and screening she’d hand-pick a few of
these profiles. Once this homework is done she’d introduce the Topic of marriage to his son with one of these photos.
Typically, she thinks her “innocent-beta” would not allow her proceed with the pre-marriage tasks as she feels he’d be “very-happy” being
single and would even want to concentrate more on his “career” before thinking about settling down. So this innocent mom would first get the
photos and then try to “entice” her betaa with these photos and a quick 2 minute summary of these girls – “five-six tall aakkum !! very
fair, Nice character..works as manager in Citibank. Music lover aakkummam”
While our mom is busy with these pre-marriage tasks, seldom she knows about the latent thoughts running on in her
“naive-beta’s-gullible-mind”. As we know, He would typically be obsessed with “Post-marriage” tasks. And a typical metro born
“naive-beta” would have just had about 13 proposals, 3-5 acceptances, 37 dates and 5-6 broken-heart experiences until now.And his mom knows
none of these stories. Finally when none of these “extra-curriculars” works out, the beta would wait for his mom to start “co-curricular”
activities.
He’d have cursed his mother silently for atleast 2 years for not starting looking for him. But after the long long wait when his mom pokes a photograph of a pretty looking lady on to his face and asks the question, he’d play a TOM-CAT, would blush, look down, draw
semi-circles with his toes and say “Mamma..i dont want to marry now”…
A typical beta would never admit that he wants to marry. Rather he creates a scenario where he gives out the message that he is agreeing
to the marriage only under the immense PRESSURE put on him by his parents. Here is how it goes :
Let the time now be 8.15 am. Our beta is getting ready to leave for work. That is the time our mamma shows a photo to him. The girl looked
bad,and had a below-expectation type profile. So our beta shouts at his MOM :
“HOW MANY TIMES I HAVE TOLD NOT TO LOOK FOR ME NOW ?”..YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND…I HAVE TO PLAN A CAREER..A LIFE..I NEED TIME..2 YEARS TIME..”
At 8.30 AM when our beta is just done with the breakfast and when mom feels he’s cooled down, she shows another photo –> This time an
above-average profile. And a better looking girl. Our Betaa smiles this time, blushes and says softly:
“Oh..amma..i need just some more time before marriage..just..u see..I am working..i need to be focussed..wait for 2-3 months..”.
And when at 8.45 am, mom shows a sweet girl’s picture (resembling Mallika Sherawat), the guy yields to “pressure” –> First smiles, then
controlls smile and then blushes. He’d pretend not to have seen that photo at all (He’s definitely noticed it though) and say politely :
“If you all want me to marry, then..then..I needed somemore time…but. i’ll agree..go ahead..whatelse can i do?…”
Then comes the “formally-seeing-the-girl” part. Son, accompanied by his dad & mom, eldest brother of dad, elder sister of mom and Broker
goes to the girl’s house. On the way in the car our betaa would have, by now, gauged the best of features of the girl like a
super-intelligent computer. Based on that single photograph of the girl he has seen, our son would have fantasized the girl in atleast three
different dresses, hair-styles and fashions. And finally when the girl’s dad calls his daughter out to the living room to meet everyone,
Betaa realises that the photo he’s seen was atleast 2 years old ! And like the India’s GDP calculation, the projected estimate (36-28-34) is
no where near the actual figure (34-32-36).
By the time he could re-estimate his calculations, imaginations and have another round of self-satisfaction-survey (typically a profile
matching execrcise where he’d see if the earlier projected estimate could bere-estimated to fit with actual figure) , his dad & her dad
have realised that they have a common close friend. His Mom & her mom have just realised that MoM #1’s 2nd cousin’s husband’s sister was
married to Mom #2’s sister-in-law’s brother-in-law. Also the Girl’s naani was the first to recollect the family name of our Betaa’s Naana.
Now its a real dead-lock –> Even if Betaa wants to get off this marriage, he cannot. And he has to again “yield” to pressure – This
time literally.
After consulting with all his friends, our son finally assures himself that 34-32-36 with a Job in ICICI is finally manageable. They
(friends) tell him about the intangible aspects of a woman like personality, Behavior etc (Though its a fact that the friends have
themselves gone by “numbers” eventually). Finally, they both start sending emails and decide to start dating. And he accepts the fact
that Not everyone can be mallika sherawat. There are other heroines too in India.
After-all, according to his imaginations, except for the Vital Statistix, everything else about her (personality, Body Lang,
pomp, attitude) is just perfect. Its again similar to how Govt concludes on how “India Is shining” despite poor numbers like fiscal
deficit, suicidal rates, Below-poverty-line-% etc). And corporate India goes only by “Numbers”. No wonder why the latter is more
successful.
During his first date He realises that her english is accented & Body Language is bad (personality test failed). And she realises that he doesnt take bath.
During the second date he realises that she wears only sarees or salwar-kameez. (fashionability test failed). And she realises that he doesn’t know to drive a bike.
During the third date he realises that she eats only vegetarian & would never visit a Pub or Bar. And she realises that he’s not a first-timer in Dating.
During the fourth date he realises that she can never miss a Friday fast or a monday temple visit. And she realises that He can never miss a friday mumbai-disc or sunday pune-disc.
During the fifth date he realises that she wants him to quit smoking and drinking. And she realises he wants her to start doing both.
During the sixth date he realises that her family is Keen to get married to him immediately. And she realises his family has already fixed up the date of marriage.
—————- Marriage Takes Place ————————
——— Thats a typical marriage shown above ——
After 1 week into marriage he realises she’s not even Mamta kulkarni – forget Mallika sherawat. And she realises that he’s salman khan without fitness. (In classical mathematical way, Salman – Fitness approximately (or tends to) is equal to ZERO)
Yet…Yet…After 1 month he & she realises she’s carrying 
. But how ?
After 1 year, they realise they are three – Not two anymore.
Yet…They complete silver, golden Jubiless together as a happily married & settled couple.
Yet..people around call it the perfect marriage and term them “made-for-each-other”
Ofcourse there’s another story on what the Girl realises about Guy at different stages. But that could be more Nasty to write here! So in
this successful relationship, Neither the “numbers” worked well. Nor the Intangibles. “Marriage is all about compromises” –> People say !!
But when everything is against expectations, can we call it a “compromise” ?
Consciousness is beauty and Creation is an expression of consciousness. Beauty is present in all creation. Eastern philosophy believes beauty is the nature of things, while western thought sees it as perception. Perhaps beauty is both subjective and objective.
The East emphasises subjectivity; it sees beauty as the nature of existence – as Satyam, Shivam, Sundaram, an objective phenomenon. In the West, where objectivity is emphasised, beauty is seen as a subjective phenomenon. But as the old proverb goes, beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder. Beauty bridges the subject-object divide.
Be calm and serene; turn within and you can get a glimpse of beauty. Every experience of beauty is happening within, and is superimposed on the object outside. Beauty is a state of mind. If your mind is calm and collected, it perceives beauty everywhere. If agitated, even the most beautiful things can annoy. Perception of beauty varies with the level of intelligence. For an average person, garments and accessories are the symbols of beauty. For the more sensitive, the sparkle in your eyes or a smile on your face is beautiful. Others see beauty in innocence. A child captivates your attention with its innocence and smile.
For the intellectually inclined, beauty lies in intelligence. However good looking a person is, she will not be found attractive for long if she lacks wit and intelligence. Whenever the mind is captivated, it is close to the Self or pure consciousness. That’s why temple idols are decorated with clothes and jewellery and the room is enhanced with incense, flowers and food is offered to lure the mind away from the five senses and make it still.
Dispassion to one’s Self, dedication to society and devotion to God is the secret of undying beauty. Without dispassion, beauty is short-lived. But possessiveness turns beauty into a mirage. Devotion and wonderment is simply appreciating beauty without possessiveness. You see a beautiful painting and you want to own it, you want to take it home with you, but then you hang it on your wall and after a while you don’t even look at it.
Adi Shankara in the Soundarya Lahiri – ‘Waves of Beauty’, speaks of the god of love, Kama, aiming at you with five flower arrows which aim to awaken the five senses, giving rise to a ‘wave’ of beauty which creates bliss – you start appreciating everything from a thorn to a snail to even a sea urchin. The rishis have always adored beauty and made it a characteristic of the Divine. Satyam or truth, Shivam or benevolence, tranquillity and divinity, and Sundaram or beauty.
Shyness enhances beauty while shame kills it. Valour enhances beauty; arrogance destroys it. There is a certain beauty in maturity – so looking beautiful is not the sole prerogative of the young. Often beauty is recognised only when it is uncommon. But to nature lovers, everything in nature is beautiful. Beauty is not just in the flowers; it is in the thorns of a cactus, too.
Beauty creates a thrill, it wakes up the sleeping consciousness. Beauty can also bring ecstasy and draw you into deep meditation. Beauty is not limited to excitement and activity, it also permeates sleep. Look at a sleeping baby, Buddha or Vishnu. There is un- fathomable beauty there. Not just knowledge but even ignorance, foolishness has a certain beauty.
To be able to perceive truth or beauty in creation, calmness is essential. An agitated mind can neither see the truth nor appreciate beauty. That’s why Satyam, Shivam and Sundaram always go together. The whole of Creation is nothing but ‘Waves of Beauty’.
By Sri Sri Ravishankar
There are times in our lives
when we question it all
Life; Death;
the purpose of a heartache
And it’s then we must realize
that if we had no emotions,
felt no grief,
cried no tears,
and experienced no pain,
We would surely be unable to appreciate
the joys of laughter,
the warmth of love,
or even the simple goodness of friendship.
For we don’t truly
know how sweet a flower smells
without knowing the stench of something spoiled.
And we can’t appreciate the tranquil days
until we’ve suffered the storm.
We often don’t realize how complex
creation can be until we meet it
face to face
and stare it in the eyes.
Well, I held a miracle
in my hands as it took its first breath of life;
and I’ve knelt on freshly turned earth to mourn.
It’s not always easy.
It’s not always fair.
I know how it feels
to question the purpose;
and fill with grief so unbelievable
there are no words.
But you must realize
that all of life is balanced.
We cannot predict or judge;
but only understand
that the symmetry will continue.
That’s His way.
Our part is to savor the fragrant flowers
and the warmth of the sun;
to hear the laughter
and remember the smiles.
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New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) Ratan Tata, chairman of Tata Motors, Wednesday launched the much-awaited ‘people’s car’ Nano that is not only the world’s cheapest automobile at $2,500 but expected to give to give sleepless nights to global car majors in the Indian and international market.
The car was unveiled amid much razzmatazz at the Auto Expo 2008 here, the eight-day exposition that highlights the growing market that India represents for the automobile industry.
The 33-horsepower, 624-cc Nano will come at a dealer price of Rs.100,000, or $2,500. This has come about despite a rise in the price of inputs such as steel since the project was started four years ago, Tata, 70, said at the launch.
‘A promise is a promise,’ he said.
Tata also said that Nano fully meets safety and emission standards. The car has passed the full frontal crash test and meets Euro-IV emission norms, he added.
‘R.K. Pachauri (whose climate change panel received the Nobel peace prize along with Al Gore) can stop having nightmares and Sunita Narain can sleep well tonight,’ Tata said, alluding to the environmental activists’ concerns on the car’s adverse impact.
‘The vehicle can accommodate four-five people,’ he said.
Nano, which at Rs.100,000 will cost less than a branded DVD player of a BMW or a Mercedes, will be available to customers later in the year.
The car will be manufactured at the company’s Singur facility in West Bengal in eastern India.
