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Nov 22nd, 2005, 14:01
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| This is just a cameo appearance  Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Chennai, India
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| Hey, FreeNote!!! Looked out the car window on Saturday and there was your Cool Mobile Mortuary sign!!!  |
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Nov 22nd, 2005, 14:17
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| Sabai Sabai  Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Amsterdam
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Nov 22nd, 2005, 16:49
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| Eeny meeny mango  Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: All India Permit (somewhere between Delhi & Dharamsala)
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Nov 22nd, 2005, 18:57
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| senior member refused  Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: cornwall UK
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Nov 22nd, 2005, 19:42
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This is clearly a sign indicating that spitting on babies in strollers is prohibited. (I have no clue, is that what the garbage cans look like in India? I guess there probably aren't a whole bunch of strollers around........) wendyo 15 days to go before i'm off to the subcontinent for the first time!!!! | |
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Nov 22nd, 2005, 21:17
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| This is just a cameo appearance Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Chennai, India
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| Thanks Tim, I would never have caught up with that without the translation   Anyone know where I can get a brain service?  |
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Dec 4th, 2005, 00:36
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| Surprised and Delighted by Life  Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: On the road...
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 Tim, currently in Ireland.
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Dec 6th, 2005, 00:33
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| Surprised and Delighted by Life Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: On the road...
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|  Here's an interesting one that I took in Tiruvananathapuram. Its bound to appeal to all our lady readers. I guess the advert would read something like this... Is your sari looking a bit dull these days? Not as shiny as when you first bought it? Are your neighbours starting to talk? Then come to the 'International Dry Cleaners' and let us put a new polish on it... What IS this all about ??? Mystified Tim in Ireland. |
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Dec 6th, 2005, 02:04
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| One tight slap!  Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: New York
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| If I am correct, sari polishing refers to the polishing of the gold threadwork ("zari") on the sari border and pallu. Sometimes the zari becomes dull or tarnished if the quality is not very good, and I think that's when the sari may be sent for "polishing"...guess they make the zari shiny again somehow. |
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Dec 6th, 2005, 12:37
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| This is just a cameo appearance Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Chennai, India
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| I've wondered too about that. You see it all over |
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Dec 6th, 2005, 15:13
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| Surprised and Delighted by Life Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: On the road...
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| Thanks for explaining that, Auntyji. I guess they must have *very* small scrubbing brushes. OK everyone, its your turn now. All those digital cameras out there: I'm sure you've got at least *one* weird photo of India that you'd like to share with us... |
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Dec 6th, 2005, 15:56
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| Member  Join Date: May 2004 Location: Amsterdam
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Dec 6th, 2005, 17:29
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| This is just a cameo appearance Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Chennai, India
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| Sari polishing again... someone told me it was what they do to saris that have a crepe (whoa! isn't that a pancake? Not sure what I mean) texture that would be entirely lost if cleaned and ironed normally. I'm sure Auntyji is the authority here! |
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Dec 6th, 2005, 19:01
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I think you can't wash some fabrics with a crinkly texture because the crinkles would be washed/ironed out. So I guess they have to be dry-cleaned. | |
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Dec 7th, 2005, 09:13
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: San Diego
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| I think Sari polishing is the same as 'finishing'...sarees are cleaned and then wrapped around a.... (pole?) to straighten and smooth them until they are crispy (I've seen them being left out in the sun - they look like new bolts of fabric. |
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