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| Posted: Nov.21.2006 @ 6:12 am |
Changing the oil and fluids in a vehicle is always a change for the better. Dirty engine oil and transmission fluids are bad news for a car, but what about brake fluid? Many motorists know that this fluid should be topped off, but do they know if it ought to be changes? Brake fluid in the typical vehicle can become contaminated in two years or less. This happens due to moisture absorption. Under heavy braking conditions, including mountainous or hilly driving or when towing a trailer, moisture in the overheated fluid vaporises and braking efficiency reduces. Brake problems vary with the make, model and age of a car and other variables. Here is how to check if there is a problem:-
- Step off the brakes with the car's engine turned off. A soft or mushy brake pedal indicates a low or high level of brake fluid
- If it is safe, drive the car at a low speed, braking when needed. If your brakes squeel, you may need new pads or to clean the brakes
- In a clear area, step sharply on the brake pedal. If the brakes do not stop the car effectively, several things may be wrong, including worn pads, contaminated brake fluid or brake pads
- If brakes pull the car to one side you may have insufficient hydraulic pressure in one part of the brake system. you may need to adjust the brake's clearance, or replace the pads or rotors
- Begin driving forward slowly. If the brakes bind or drag, it may be due to grease on the pads or scored rotors
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| Posted: Nov.20.2006 @ 12:06 am |
- Action creates more fortunes than prudence --- Marquis de Vauvenargues
- Inspiration to action is the most important ingredient to success in any human activity, and inspiration to action can be developed at will --- W.C.Stone
- This is a world of action, not for droning in --- Dickens
- Without action, a good decision becomes meaningless, for the desire itself can die through lack of an attempt to achieve its fulfilment --- W.Clement Stone
- Things may come to those who wait, but only things left by those who hustle --- Abraham Lincoln
- While one person hesitates because he feels inferior, the other is busy making mistakes and becoming superior --- Henry C.Link
- There is less and less chance for the square peg to squeeze himself into the round hole under today's complex, fast-moving conditions; a man who doesn't know and cannot learn what he is doing and is not comfortable in his work hasn't much chance of getting off the ground, much less to the top --- J.P.Getty
- If you're still doing anything this year the same way you did it last year, you're behinde the times --- Anonymous
- I can't change the direction of the wind. But can adjust my sails --- Anonymous
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| Posted: Nov.16.2006 @ 11:54 pm |
- Until you try, you don't know what you can't do. (Henry James)
- All achievement, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea ! (Napoleon Hill)
- The men of great achievement are, and they have always been, those who deliberately feed, shape and control their own egos, leaving no part of the task to luck or chance, or to the varying vicissitudes of life. (Napoleon Hill)
- Modern psychology now offers you a way by which you can use your intelligence many many times more successfully. By doing so you will not only conquer most of the troubles in your life, but acheive the desires that for years you have found impossible of realization. (Dr. David Seabury)
- While it is true that you can get happiness and peace and serenity from being at the lower end of the ladder, it is also true that you can not enjoy the ecstasy of achievement. Success, in a generally accepted sense of the term, means the opportunity to experience and to realize to the maximum the forces that are within us. (General David Sarnoff)
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| Posted: Nov.14.2006 @ 1:32 am |
Good morning,everyone This is your very handsome captain Hitler welcoming you to Nowhere Airways. Sorry we are four days late in taking off but I had to do some overtime at the bakery. This is our... one, two, ummmmm.... sixth flight to New York. We cannot guarantee that we will end up in there but rest assured it will be somewhere in the East. And if we are very lucky we may even be landing exactly in New York! A real American will land where he wants to, isn't that right fellas?? Today we have 12 passengers on the plane - which is a bit of a problem because we only have 5 seats! Hmmm. For safety reasons we will be counting all the passengers again during and after the flight. We have a very good record for safety. In fact we are so safe even terrorists are afraid to fly with us! I am pleased to tell you that over 50% of our passengers end up at their destination. For those of you who don't make it, don't worry. Our staff has lots of experience consoling the next-of-kin. If however you are still worried then ask Stewardess Vampy to tell you about our out-of-court settlements. We will do everything to make your journey an enjoyable one and even a surviving one! If our engines are too noisy for you, don't worry, we'll turn them off! We even make your fall to earth pleasant by serving complimentary coffee during free-fall! Sadly, today's in-flight movie will not be shown because my son forgot to record it from the television. But if you really want to see a film then we will be glad to fly next to PanAm plane so that you can look at their movie through the window. Although there is no-smoking in this airplane, you may find that during the flight you can see smoke in the cabin. Don't worry your good minds over this! It is only the early warning system on the engines telling us to slow down! Yes! we are very advanced at Nowhere Airways. Some airlines are happy to fly thousands of feet over landmarks but not Nowhere Airways! For your pleasure we try to get as close as possible for the best view. If, however, we go a little too close then please let us know. Our co-pilot sometimes becomes too enthusiastic. Remember the guy who crashed before hitting the White House? Well he is the one! Now kindly sit on your stool and tie your belt. For those of you who can't find a belt please tie your tie to the door handle. And for those of you who can't find a stool, sit on your suitcase instead. Sorry, but I won't be flying with you today because I have to attend my nephew's wedding. But please make yourself at home and help yourself to the cock pit. Thank you for choosing Nowhere Airways. We may not always take you to your destination but a splash in the Atlantic is guaranteed! |
| Posted: Nov.06.2006 @ 1:06 am |
- Values are only measured by the importance it has to you
- If some things are better left unsaid, then maybe they too are better left undone
- Love is not something we find, love is something we DO
- When one finds a worthy wife, her value is far beyond pearls. Her husband entrusting his heart to her, has an unfailing prize
- Just because something good ends doesn't mean something better won't begin
- Those who play the game do not see it as clearly as those who watch
- To love you must be willing to let go, to let go you must be willing to love
- You haven't found the right person if you can live with them, you've found the right person if you can't live without them
- It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice
- The mind is what should listen, but it is the heart that should speak
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| Posted: Nov.05.2006 @ 3:04 am |
- The trouble with doing something right the first time is that nobody appreciates how difficult it was
- Being punctual means only that your mistake will be made on time
- Things go wrong all at once, but things go right gradually
- It takes no time at all to break something, but it takes forever to have something repaired
- Humans are the only animals able to retrace their steps to make the mistakes they had previously avoided
- The greater the number of people involved in an event, the less intelligent each of the participants becomes
- There is no right way to do the wrong thing
- First things first, but not necessarily in that order
- Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently
- The shortest distance between two points is a downward spiral
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| Posted: Nov.04.2006 @ 6:38 am |
- Laugh at every mistake of the other. It is much more difficult to keep your muscles tense than to relax them
- Do not ask and do not expect too much from each other
- Appreciate and respect each other's choices
- Shop together, know the likes and dislikes of each other
- Eat meals together and push something in each other's mouth (I mean some eatable ;)
- Yes, you can love and be angry at the same time, just wink at her after the quarrel
- Apologise when you are wrong
- Allow yourself the liberty of hugging, touching, embracing or just pinching each other, anytime and anywhere in the house
- Take up a hobby together
- Express interest in the things which interest your spouse
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| Posted: Nov.04.2006 @ 1:50 am |
- The principal diiference between arranged marriage and love marriage is that whereas in the former love starts after the marriage, in the latter 90% of love is licked off the moon before the honeymoon
- I am the boss of this house and i have the permission of my wife to say so
- Age and wedlock tame even a wildest man
- You study one another for three weeks, you love each other for three months, you fight with each other for three years and you tolerate each other for rest of the life (Andre de Mission)
- She scolds I listen; I criticise she listens... and surprisingly... it is going on very well
- The reason that husband and wives do not understand each other is because they belong to different sexes (Dorothy Dix)
- Why should it be difficult to utter kind words to your own spouse ? Say it ..... say it
- Share your dreams and confide your wishes in your spouse
- If you want to be loved then why not start the love yourself
- Tell your wife, "Oh you look so beautiful today"
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| Posted: Nov.03.2006 @ 4:40 am |
- If anything can go wrong, it will
- If anything cant go wrong, it will
- If you know something can go wrong, and take due precautions against it, something else will go wrong
- When things go wrong somewhere, they are apt to go wrong everywhere
- You never run out of things that can go wrong
- If a thing is done wrong often enough, it becomes right
- When thing go wrong, don't go with them
- Murphy's Law always hits at the worst time
- You never know how soon it is too late
- If anything can go wrong, it will ___ when Mr. Murphy is away. (Mrs. Murphy)
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| Posted: Nov.02.2006 @ 6:16 am |
We tend to rush and save time when we are driving from office to home only to watch a television show of one complete hour, and then we sit in front of our television set whereas our other important things are still pending. We tend to be in emergency while we are describing an assignment to our subordinate and at the same time if a friend calls from a distant place we may waste half an hour on telephone and ask our subordinate to come again at a later time. It does not mean that one should not watch television or not talk to friends on phone but we must try and create a balance to save and manage our time. It is the most precious asset of our life. Though we all know its importance but many among us hardly realize its value.
Saving Time Time management is a skill, which we can learn only by practicing. But first we must learn to save our time. Here are some useful tips to save time: - a. To ensure effective use of time make a list and know where do you tend to waste your time. A common man’s/woman's list may include: - (1) Sleeping at night - 8 hours (2) Talking with friends on phone - ½ hour (3) Chatting with colleagues - ½ hour (4) Tea/refreshment etc at office - ½ hour (5) Meals - 1 hour (6) Sleeping after lunch - 1 to 2 hours (May not be applicable in few cases) (7) Television - 2 hours (8) Some other unnecessary wastage of time at home/office - 1 hour (9) Using PC other than office - 1 hour b. In these sixteen hours, 6 ½ hours to 7 hours are unavoidable which we require for sleep. Cases may differ person to person but so far we have wasted almost 16 hours out of our 24 allocated hours of a day. What do you expect to do in these 8 possible hours in office and at home? Can you give a productive time to your work or spent a quality time with your family during only these 8 available hours? c. Now when you have prepared your own list, you must review it and see what is justified and what is not. You may give it to a friend to review it critically and tell you from where to save the time. For example from the above-mentioned list you can save: - (1) 1 hour - From television (2) 1 to 2 hours - From afternoon nap (3) 1 hour - Unnecessary wastage of time at home/office (4) 1 hour - By waking up early and restricting your sleep to 6 ½ to 7 hours (5) 1 hour - From unnecessary chatting with friends,tea/refreshments and telephone (6) ½ hour - From meals (7) 1 hour - From unproductive time on PC d. You have just saved precious 6 ½ hours, you may be able to save some more time if you view your own list more critically and have a will to save time. e. There are many other time wasters in our life, try to avoid them. Some of the time wasters can be: - (1) Unnecessary traveling (2) Chatting on the Internet (3) Long discussions in the office or at home (4) Political/religious discussions, which serve no purpose (5) Unnecessary meetings (6) Unnecessary callers (7) Sitting in other's office without any justified reason (8) Those unfinished tasks which keep bothering your mind f. Saving minutes will ultimately save hours and you can utilize these hours for a substantial work g. Follow the famous saying, “don’t put off until tomorrow what you can do today” h. Learn fast and effective reading i. Make a timetable for yourself and follow it j. Telephone, television and PCs are user friendly and are suppose to facilitate you. Do not let these things waste your time
Managing Time a. Restrict office works to your office and do not carry it to your home. Manage your time at the office and finish your office work within the prescribed time b. Try to handle a letter, report or file once only when it comes to you for the very first time c. Do the important task or assignment first, let it not bother you all the time d. Write down all the things you need to do in a days work and make a plan to deal with them e. Spare some time for emergencies while making your plan f. Do one thing at a time, do not try to handle several problems simultaneously g. Organize your work h. Delegate responsibilities for various tasks to appropriate subordinates. You do not need to do a job, which your subordinate can or should do j. While giving a task to your subordinate be brief and to the point. Make him understand his assignment once for all. He should not disturb you time and again for the same thing k. Build the power of decision-making. If it is to be made by a superior officer, get it done immediately and then take action l. Prioritize your work m. Things you personally don’t like should be done first so that they do not irritate you while doing other work n. Make a target for a particular job in hand or any other thing you do. And finish it within the target time. For example if you want to reed a book of 500 pages you may target 50 pages a day and finish within 10 days
Uses of Saved Time a. Utilize this time to plan for the training of your subordinates b. Do some creative work/activity c. Spend quality time with your family d. Enhance your knowledge by reading books and newspapers e. Learn some skill f. Utilize this times to think about the welfare of your subordinates g. Think of eradicating ills from the institution you are serving in h. Improve your health i. Work towards the greater aim of your life j. Do some future planning for yourself and your family
In the fast advancing world we are racing for the best. We can progress and lead the race when we exactly know to utilize our time at its best. Time is money, an endeavor should be made to save it, manage it and spend it for a useful purpose. There are no prescribed rules for saving and managing time. Being flexible you can draw your own priorities and ultimately you will add something better to your own life. The beauty of life lies in organizing it. Use your time, “enjoy life it’s not a rehearsal”. |
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