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I wish you a Happy Onam to all 
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Thanks a lot Rajesh!! Wish you the same..Have a nice day!!
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Namaskarm, Sri Francis,
And, a happy Onam to you. I have been fascinated by this festival of the yearly (temporary) return of the Asura King Mahabali from his exile in the "underworld" by Vishnu for several reasons, not alone for the fact that it is part of a world-wide corpus of "eternal return" sacred traditions, most often connected with the seasons of the year, fertility, etc.
Some scholars assert the Mahabali tradition is pre-Aryan in origin, transformed, in the usual manner of cultural assimilation, during later Aryan dominance: other scholars claim that the difference between the "MahaBali" cultural identify in Kerala and the northern Indian cultural identify of King Mahabali of the Asuras who collaborated with the Devas in the "churning of the great ocean" to make amritsa, related to the slaying of Rahu, etc., reflects a difference between Indo-Aryan ancient settlers of India, and Irano-Aryan ancient settlers of India.
Unfortunately, the one month I was in Kerala, in 1976, was May, so I missed this festival, but that month in Kerala was a wonderful high-point of my year in India on a Graduate Fellowship from UC Berkeley (Social Sciences). The Indian academic director of the program I was on was from Kerala, and we became best friends, and still communicate.
I always smile when I think of Kerala because, as I remember my time there, Keralites were so friendly to me, and had the most beautiful smiles of any people I had met
cheers, Bill
“I have diligently numbered the days of pure and genuine happiness which have fallen to my lot: They amount to 14.” Abd-Ar Rahman III, Caliph of Cordoba, circa 950CE.
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Namaskarm, Sri Bill,
First of all I would like to thank you for wishing me on this special occasion. This is the only festival we celebrate as religion free festival  and this is the only festival that Keralites all over the world will gather around and celebrate (most of them will reach Kerala if possible). I am so excited to see my dear friends who is abroad and will come to Kerala this time.
Thank you again,
cheers Rajesh
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BFF[^] 
Once you lose your pride the rest is easy.
I would agree with you but then we both would be wrong.
The report of my death was an exaggeration - Mark Twain
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That is absolutely HORRIFIC! It is a tragedy, nay a sin! Punishable by death! What did the poor lettuce do to have been mistreated like that. What happens to Lettuce' rights! Shame on you
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Why Does Bacon Smell So Good?[^]
Off to fry up some bacon. 
Once you lose your pride the rest is easy.
I would agree with you but then we both would be wrong.
The report of my death was an exaggeration - Mark Twain
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All I heard was blah blah blah crack...
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Have you ever just looked at someone and knew the wheel was turning but the hamster was dead?
Trying to understand the behavior of some people is like trying to smell the color 9.
I'm not crazy, my reality is just different than yours!
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In my opinion it smells like being in a public restroom in a underground railway station - a harsh, yellow and greasy environment. The only advantage of bacon is that it can transform a piece of non-transparent paper into a transparent one just by rubbing it all over. You just have to rub my meat hard baby!
Michael Pauli
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Michael Pauli wrote: You just have to rub my meat hard baby!
You have obviously been frequenting public restrooms in a underground railway stations. 
Once you lose your pride the rest is easy.
I would agree with you but then we both would be wrong.
The report of my death was an exaggeration - Mark Twain
Simply Elegant Designs JimmyRopes Designs
I'm on-line therefore I am.
JimmyRopes
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Because Leslie[^] said so.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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I must have been the only one to have missed that! 
Once you lose your pride the rest is easy.
I would agree with you but then we both would be wrong.
The report of my death was an exaggeration - Mark Twain
Simply Elegant Designs JimmyRopes Designs
I'm on-line therefore I am.
JimmyRopes
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I was setting up my camera last night to do some time-lapse photos of the night sky.
Saw a shooting star - and was really annoyed at myself for not having the camera ready! But the star didn't disappear after a second or two - it got brighter...
And it landed - in the woods behind our house - seriously!
I ran and jumped over the fence - and there in the middle of the trees was, well, a flying saucer - there's no other way of describing it.
It was metal by the looks of it, certainly ticking with heat. It was dark so I could only really see a silhouette - no glowing lights here.
There was a noise - and an alien - yep - seriously - an alien walked out, walked up to me and spoke. (I was wondering if I had time to dash back and get my camera but was too scared to leave in case it went away!)
Anyway - it spoke quite clearly, in slightly muffled English. It told me a bunch of stuff I won't go into, but didn't respond when I spoke at all.
When it finished what it was saying, it turned, marched back to the 'saucer' which then took off - vertically and all but silently, into the night.
I went back this morning, and there's no sign of, well, anything at all! Not even a scorched leaf that I can see (I marked the spot by laving my jumper there, so I know exactly where it was)
Astonishing.
PooperPig - Coming Soon
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You wouldn't happen to have been licking some toxic frogs yesterday, have you?
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Hi Dave,
If he denies frogs, we might want to ask about toads ?
cheers, Bill
“I have diligently numbered the days of pure and genuine happiness which have fallen to my lot: They amount to 14.” Abd-Ar Rahman III, Caliph of Cordoba, circa 950CE.
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Sure! Maybe even mushrooms.
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So cynical!
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Reality
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This[^] is what comes to mind.
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Have you ever just looked at someone and knew the wheel was turning but the hamster was dead?
Trying to understand the behavior of some people is like trying to smell the color 9.
I'm not crazy, my reality is just different than yours!
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More Like this[^]
PooperPig - Coming Soon
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Curious.
Were you aware that that song was written and originally recorded by a group named Klaatu?
And that the group named Klaatu went on to become the Alan Parsons Project?
Most people aren't, because the line-up of Klaatu was (and probably still is) a fiercely guarded secret. (Naughty me)
I do love a good coincidence.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I think I might have known that in the back of my mind somewhere.
Thinking back on what the alien told me, some of it almost hinted at Klaatu's message (in the movie)
PooperPig - Coming Soon
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Mark_Wallace wrote: And that the group named Klaatu went on to become the Alan Parsons Project?
Um....no. Where on earth did you hear that?
As far as I can tell, John Woloschuk, Dee Long, and Terry Draper never had anything to do with the APP.
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The Carpenters.....Noooooooooooo 
New version: WinHeist Version 2.1.0 Beta
Have you ever just looked at someone and knew the wheel was turning but the hamster was dead?
Trying to understand the behavior of some people is like trying to smell the color 9.
I'm not crazy, my reality is just different than yours!
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