The 'Ikes of March

Re: # 48

gt,

thanks for the recommendation, i will give it a try ........ like i said, i am not much of a sommelier but i do know what i like : full bodied but mellow and not tannic - if it makes you pucker even slightly it is vinegar, not wine ........

..... a couple of weeks ago i gave up on gin martinis and beer and started drinking wine seriously (weight, heart and all that ) ........ so in a few months i should be able to talk a little bit more about it - unless i fall off the wagon (again!)

...... if you like reislings you should take a wine tasing tour at the eberbach monastery near mainz germany and then end it with dinner at the fine restaurant ...

....... and a little guilt is good - it jelps you keep your feet on the ground ......... i know, i know - sometimes we speak from both sides of the mouth .......... the real problem starts when you stop realizing that you are doing it .........

Re: # 31 hamidm2,

Important things first. After talking to you, I couldn`t resist myself....and so got myself a merlot.....Argentinian called Trumpeter made by the Familia Rutini Wines.....am at it right now...good stuff... the year is 2004....though I do not know what is a good year for Argentinia....


And hamidm sahib.....please stop this guilt shilt business....it is not for you.......start by changing your bar-tender.....the guy knows nothing about the heart. How can you do this to red wine?.......please!

#24 by hamidm2

Brilliant Hamid saheb. Reminds me of `Diary of a social butterfly` of TFT. You weren`t the writer, were you?

#45 by JagdeeshGodbole on April 2, 2006 9:45am PT
when there are millions of children in pakistan not in school its in poor taste to talk about private education, like i said before i don`t know who she is what her backgound is so it`s not personal.

BTW while on the subject of poor taste there is another writer here on chowk NHK, the guy actually wrote about his child servant, i am sure the southern slave owners had more decency than that.

Re: # 43

So how does that make this article ``in poor taste``?

Re: # 24

Hamidmia-

You need to seriously think of re-compiling all your gems on the chowk and make a copyright of it..............because I am tempted to lift much of what you write into something seriously commerical.......

#39 by hamidm2 on April 1, 2006 8:41pm PT
hamid i have nothing personal against shandana, but what i abhor is the fact that even after 50+ years of independence there isn`t a decent public education system in pakistan because of the `criminal ruling elite` of army, feudals, bureacrats etc.

Re: # 33
lol..really..elitist???
if the damn governemnt could do its job..there would be no problem here.Parents are stressed to the point of no return because they are responsible for choosing the `best` education..and pay through their a..... for it and five years down the lane sit and wonder with a glazed look..did we do alright

much obliged to all of you for reading and responding :)

I have three children and if I were to relive my life I would not send my first born to any pre-school or any educational institution till atleast five!!! That is what I am planning to do with my youngest.I hope I can keep to my mind set because last week I almost sent her to the play schhool next door. Thank God she has more brains than I do.She said NO and I listened...I plan to listen to her now onwards...
really we would be animals without instinct

Re: # 37

bj ........... it is much easier than you think, but there is a trick to it ....

aslam mian ........ i have no intention of starting class warfare here - god know we have enough trouble with the jihadis and horrible hindoos .........

#35 Hamidm mian (further thought)
A dhoti may be a more practical alternative.

#36 Aslam mian
Do you know what ``tongue in cheek`` means?

#35 Hamidm mian
Trying to relieve yourself (``like the common folks``) while having the shalwar still on must be an extraordinarily difficult feat - especially at your age! I think that blue label is truly earned!

#33 by hamidm2 on April 1, 2006 2:51pm PT
agreed it was in poor taste

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and then she has the audacity to write this ``Education, I tell ya, we’d be nothing but animals without it.`` in pakistan there are millions of children of poor parents not in school through no fault of their own either because they have to work to support their families, or because the criminal ruling elite has not provided primary schools for them. is she suggesting they are animals, well i tell ya fear the day when these ``animals`` rise up.

shandana,

...... just so that you don`t feel you are the only one who is a little confused about what is right and wrong ........... every time i am in pakistan i wear a shalwar kameez most of the day and squat by the roadside to relieve myself like the common folks - it gives me a sense of legitimacy ...........

..... of course, at night i end up drinking blue label with friends and talk about the good old days at the old school .............. no big whup !

shandana ....

....... i think you should rename the article ``yikes of march !`` ...........