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myboynoah · 11-07-2008, 07:31 PM

Just arrived, middle of the night.

Maybe I can catch the England/India cricket match on Friday in Mumbai.

ute4ever · 11-07-2008, 08:20 PM

Any plans to ride an elephant? I want to see the footage on You Tube.
P.S. I hear the chilled monkey brains are a real treat.

SoCalCoug · 11-07-2008, 08:23 PM

Make sure you stop in at the Quik-E-Mart.

BarbaraGordon · 11-07-2008, 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by myboynoah

Just arrived, middle of the night.

Maybe I can catch the England/India cricket match on Friday in Mumbai.

Hope you're not allergic to bees.

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myboynoah · 11-08-2008, 02:16 AM

The sun is up now. The city is covered in fog. It smells smokey, so I wonder how much is polution.

Last night I went to the hotel ATM to withdraw some money. It is 45 rupees to the dollar, and in my haze (24 hours in transit), I tried to pull out $1000 worth. Machine wouldn't do it. I settled on 1000 rupees (about $222) and now have a big wad of 100 and 500 rupee notes. In this country I have suddenly become a multi-millionaire. Next time I'm bringing one of those big fancy money clips.

The hotel has ESPN. I'm watching the Heat kill the Spurs.

YOhio · 11-08-2008, 02:20 AM

I'm watching that game too! Hey, are you going to church there this weekend? I have a buddy working for Bain in New Dehli. He's tall, has freckles and is from Price. If you see him, tell him I said hello.

myboynoah · 11-08-2008, 03:45 PM

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Originally Posted by YOhio

I'm watching that game too! Hey, are you going to church there this weekend? I have a buddy working for Bain in New Dehli. He's tall, has freckles and is from Price. If you see him, tell him I said hello.

I'll attend the 2nd Branch tomorrow. Meetings start at 9:30. I'm trying to call the Branch President to see which meeting is first. I'll look for a tall freckled guy and say, "Uh, hey, so are you from Price and work for Bain? Because if you are, this guy who calls himself YOhio on the Internet said to say hello." Freak alert.

Weather report: hazy fog/smog remained all day. I'm starting to think this is standard (overheard some people at breakfast remarking that there was one day a month ago when the sun came out, how wonderful). The locals keep saying it's because of all the construction. My wife, who did major research on New Delhi because we were thinking of coming here at one point, says it's because of all the dung they burn for fuel. I've decided to stop breathing.

On the massage front, the classified page of the Hindustan Times has a whole section dedicated to "Health & Physical Fitness" that is dominated by ads offering all types of massages by "educated, trained, beautiful technicians." Apparently, Russians and Afhgans are very skilled in this area.

ute4ever · 11-08-2008, 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by myboynoah

I'll attend the 2nd Branch tomorrow.

Forgive my ignorance but since India was under the British regime until the 20th century, is English the majority language there?

myboynoah · 11-08-2008, 08:48 PM

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Originally Posted by ute4ever

Forgive my ignorance but since India was under the British regime until the 20th century, is English the majority language there?

Seems to be an equal use of English and Hindi. Not all Indians speak Hindi as their mother tongue. I'm going to assume that English is used as a unifier for the country in education, business, government, etc. Although my visa has both English and I assume it is Hindi, so there is some Hindi used. Television comes in both English and Hindi (the Indian movie on the plane was in Hindi with English subtitles).

It's interesting that it was the colonial language, but it really gives Indians a heads up in international business and affairs.

I'll ask someone to clarify.

Jeff Lebowski · 11-09-2008, 12:23 AM

How is the food?

11-07-2008, 07:31 PM	#1
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11-08-2008, 02:16 AM	#5
myboynoah Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Memphis freakin' Tennessee!!!!! Posts: 4,530	The sun is up now. The city is covered in fog. It smells smokey, so I wonder how much is polution. Last night I went to the hotel ATM to withdraw some money. It is 45 rupees to the dollar, and in my haze (24 hours in transit), I tried to pull out $1000 worth. Machine wouldn't do it. I settled on 1000 rupees (about $222) and now have a big wad of 100 and 500 rupee notes. In this country I have suddenly become a multi-millionaire. Next time I'm bringing one of those big fancy money clips. The hotel has ESPN. I'm watching the Heat kill the Spurs. __________________ Give 'em Hell, Cougars!!! Religion rises inevitably from our apprehension of our own death. To give meaning to meaninglessness is the endless quest of all religion. When death becomes the center of our consciousness, then religion authentically begins. Of all religions that I know, the one that most vehemently and persuasively defies and denies the reality of death is the original Mormonism of the Prophet, Seer and Revelator, Joseph Smith.

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11-07-2008, 08:20 PM	#2
ute4ever I must not tell lies Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 5,103	Any plans to ride an elephant? I want to see the footage on You Tube. P.S. I hear the chilled monkey brains are a real treat.

11-08-2008, 02:20 AM	#6
YOhio AKA SeattleNewt Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 7,055	I'm watching that game too! Hey, are you going to church there this weekend? I have a buddy working for Bain in New Dehli. He's tall, has freckles and is from Price. If you see him, tell him I said hello.