Synonyms:
ambulatory, itinerant, migrant, mobile, nomadic, rambling, roving, traveling, wandering
Synonym Collection v1.1Copyright © 2008 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC.
Cryptic crossword clue - a sane peripatetic (5) - NOMAD
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Tea Bag is 100 years old
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1026125/Happy-birthday-brew-The-Great-British-Tea-Bag-100-Yank-thank.htmlThe tea bag as it marks its 100th birthday. But if it wasn't for a handful of confused Americans, the tea bag may never have made it into our cups at all.
They came about only after Mr Sullivan, in an attempt to cut costs, sent samples of tea leaves to potential customers in small silk pouch-like purses.
Unsure quite what to do with the strange little bag, the Americans dunked it into a cup of hot water. And so was born the tea bag.
After complaints that the mesh on the silk was too fine, Mr Sullivan developed sachets made of gauze - a method which was instrumental in today's tea bag design.
But it was not until 1953, when British tea producer Tetley spotted the commercial potential of the bag, that it began to take off here. The firm now sells 200million tea bags every week.
William Gorman, executive chairman of the UK Tea Council, said: 'Without a doubt the tea bag saved the tea industry.
'There is no way in our busy lifestyles today that we would have had the time or inclination to make tea the old way.'
Tea drinking is seen as a quintessential British tradition, with 130million cups drunk every day. But the initial reaction from Britons who visited America 100 years ago and experienced tea bags for the first time was lukewarm.
They came about only after Mr Sullivan, in an attempt to cut costs, sent samples of tea leaves to potential customers in small silk pouch-like purses.
Unsure quite what to do with the strange little bag, the Americans dunked it into a cup of hot water. And so was born the tea bag.
After complaints that the mesh on the silk was too fine, Mr Sullivan developed sachets made of gauze - a method which was instrumental in today's tea bag design.
But it was not until 1953, when British tea producer Tetley spotted the commercial potential of the bag, that it began to take off here. The firm now sells 200million tea bags every week.
William Gorman, executive chairman of the UK Tea Council, said: 'Without a doubt the tea bag saved the tea industry.
'There is no way in our busy lifestyles today that we would have had the time or inclination to make tea the old way.'
Tea drinking is seen as a quintessential British tradition, with 130million cups drunk every day. But the initial reaction from Britons who visited America 100 years ago and experienced tea bags for the first time was lukewarm.
A major breakthrough came in 1930 when William Hermanson - one of the founders of the Bostonbased Technical Papers Corporation - patented the heat- sealed paper fibre tea bag.
Convinced the tea bag was the future because of the way it allowed the tea maximum exposure-to the water resulting in a good, strong brew, Tetley persevered with perfecting the bag.
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Monday, June 23, 2008
Posit
posit [pozz-it]
Verb
[-iting, -ited] to lay down as a basis for argument: the archetypes posited by modern psychology
Collins Essential English Dictionary 2nd Edition 2006 © HarperCollins Publishers 2004, 2006
Noun
1.
posit - (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning
Verb
[-iting, -ited] to lay down as a basis for argument: the archetypes posited by modern psychology
Collins Essential English Dictionary 2nd Edition 2006 © HarperCollins Publishers 2004, 2006
Noun
1.
posit - (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Colonel Haathi
http://www.thehindu.com/2008/06/21/stories/2008062156552000.htmChaibasa: No truck driver plying on the Haatgamria-Baraiburu road in Jharkhand can escape without giving him his due. He is no toll collector, but a tusker, who has got separated from a herd. He stands for hours each day on the road waiting for food-laden trucks to give him his daily quota of food.
“We don’t mind giving him a bunch of fruits, rice or other eatables. This is his toll,” says a trucker plying on the route.
Fondly called ‘Ramu Haathi,’ he is not always friendly. If he cannot spot a food-laden truck the whole day, he raids roadside hotels for food.
Assistant Conservator of Forests Arvind Kumar says Ramu got detached from a herd several months ago and took shelter in Saranda forests, nearly 50 km from here.
Normally such a loner becomes violent and attacks human habitats, but Ramu is an exception. He has jelled so well with villagers that they take care of it, said Mr. Kumar, who is posted in West Singhbhum district.
Not only food, local brews ‘mahua’ and ‘haria’ also attract them to villages. “Once they get the intoxicating smell, the elephants will not leave the place without tasting it.”
trying to revive this
I thought I should revive this blog. I shall not just restrict myself to vocabulary and the like but any news item that might just make interesting reading.
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
chignon - the good old fashioned bun
A chignon, pronounced "sheen-yon,” is a popular type of bun style. The word “chignon” comes from the French phrase “chignon du cou,” which means nape of the neck. Chignons are generally achieved by pinning the hair into a knot at the nape of the neck, but there are many different variations of the style. They are frequently worn for special occasions, like weddings and formal dances, but the basic chignon is also worn for everyday casual wear
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