Cafe N v 17

Welcome to the 17th thread of the series.

About Us

Who we are
We are a group of fun-loving people interested in having unbridled fun and talking about the lighter side of life on Sajha.

We are unapologetic about what we say because we don't put too much thought into our words. We have come to learn after all these episodes that when your goal is unrestrained and harmless fun, you can only be so careful or thoughtful about what you say. We mean no harm towards anyone and welcome everyone to join the fun.

The Cafe series, as it has evolved over the weeks and months, is an effort to create a community of like minded people who want to have fun - or as SNDY likes to says - "be good and have fun". That is the only clause in our one-line constitution.
What do we do in the Cafe?
Meeting, greeting and sharing is what we do a lot of. As well as singing, dancing, needling (one another of course), opining, joking and anything else to kill time. Not to forget serving and partaking virtual lattes, biscottis, tea, coffee, samosas, jalebis and other tasty baked goods that we take out of the Google Images oven. We've also posted videos, dedicated songs, confessed our crushes, talked about weather, food, work, sports - anything that is fun.

History
History is never uncontroversial and ours too might not be free from it.This is version is subject to revision as members deem fit.

This whole thing was started by Hi Nanu and instigated by SNDY. Back in those days, SNDY had so many people to say hi to that she would go on each thread where her friends had posted, and say hi, regardless of what the topic was. It had a positive impact on the site, IMO, because it made conversations lighter and soon others started following that trend and we had several threads where the topic might have been something like the "Collapse of the European Monetary Union" but other than the first few posts, the conversation turned out to be about anything but that.

So one day Hi Dai opened a thread called "Thread for greeting each other". Little did he realize what he had created. That thread filled a vacuum in Sajha, as we saw it, for friendly conversation between people that was free of name calling, personal attacks and caste/creed/school/language prejudices. This was back in the dark days of the caste wars and turf struggles. That thread quickly filled up and reach it's maximum posts in a matter of days and another one was started. And then another and another ...

At that time someone jokingly (perhaps contemptuously) referred to us as the "Nautanki" group. We took on that joke and called our self the Nuatanki Briagade and fulfilled SNDY's long running desire to become a Brigadier. So there were several threads (or episodes as we called them) under the Nautanki banner. We got to a point where we ran the joke to the ground and thought it might be time for a name change. We figured a word like Nautanki can wear out after a while and we suspect it might have deterred some people, who would otherwise have posted, from posting on the thread .

We held a poll on whether or not we should change our name. We decided, by an overwhelming majority, to change the name. It was Juggy who came up with the name "Cafe N". The rest, as they say, is history.

Geography
As of last count, in alphabetical order of countries and US states: Alabama, Australia, Belgium, California, Canada, Connecticut, Denmark, Florida, Illinois, India, Iraq, Italy, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nepal, Netherlands, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, New Zealand, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, UK, Washington,Washington DC. Some of us haven't disclosed our locations and I might have missed some so the list is probably longer.



Languages
Languages heard in the Cafe: English, Nepali, Punjabi, Hindi, Newari, Sanskrit, French, German, Gujrati, Spanish, Esperanto and mixtures and derivatives thereof. The list is bound to grow as we plan to expand to all the corners of the world - although we haven't quite figured how.

Politics
Constitutional Assembly elections are slated for a some time the future, around NPL2US's recently announced wedding date. The Fun party and the Sun party are running neck to neck so we've figured we are in for some fun and sun regardless of the outcome.

But seriously we tend to leave our politics, class, caste, creed, schooling, religion, Indian idol preferences and anything that could affect the fun on the other side of our keyboards or for other threads. Thapap and Loote may battle it out like there is no tomorrow on other threads, but they've been good buddies here.

How do I join ?
Post something, anything, in the "be good and have fun" spirit and you are guaranteed to receive a warm welcome


Previous editions


(Folks, the above is just my interpretation of things done in the spirit of the Cafe and purely for fun. If there is anything you want changed, added or removed, please let me know)
 

HI Rythmie.. long time .. kasto cheu?
SNDY: dhara aajai ray? my oh my..do something about it..I am seriously worried now..are u seriously fasting? guff?LOL

Abui, TL, I'm seriously fasting..but eating fruits..he he..btw, I fasao your saano sulule to fast too..is she? btw? Reminded her it's teej today...:)

.hahaha..I doubt..haven't met her yet..must be eating porky chunk or shrimp curry ..aaaiya..that's too much!

LOL TL, she didn't look too happy that I reminded her about it though..he he..aiya..mare..marche hola..:) btw, did u read Nepte's visit to west coast? Ha ha..S. Baba thinks he's Thapap..he he..

.I felt the same..either Thapap vented out to Nepte or Nepte bribed him to write ..or he's into psychic reading..malai ta daar lagyo nepte sangha

Tyai ta bhanya..so what's ur plan for the weekend?

Thot this was interesting to share with ya all ..

ICE Campaign - a good idea for everyone with a cell phone to participate in

We all carry our mobile phones with names & numbers stored in the memory, but no one, other than
ourselves, knows which of these numbers belong to our closest family or friends.

If we were to be involved in an accident or were taken ill, the people attending us would have our
mobile phone but wouldn't know who to call. Yes, there are hundreds of numbers stored but which
one is the contact person in case of an emergency? Hence this:

"ICE" (In Case of Emergency) Campaign
The concept of "ICE" is catching on quickly INTERNATIONALLY. It is a method of contact during
emergency situations. As cell phones are carried by the majority of the population, all you need to
do is store the number of a contact person or persons who should be contacted during emergency
under the name "ICE" (In Case Of Emergency).

The idea was thought up by a paramedic who found that when he went to the scenes
of accidents, there were always mobile phones with patients, but they didn't
know which number to call. He therefore thought that it would be a good idea if
there was a nationally recognized name for this purpose.

In an emergency situation, emergency service personnel and hospital staff would
be able to quickly contact the right person by simply dialling the number you
have stored as "ICE".

It really could save your life, or put a loved
one's mind at rest.For more than one contact name simply enter ICE1, ICE2 and ICE3 etc.

I have heard over the radio that in South Africa, emergency personnel already
search for ICE at scenes of accidents, etc. Perhaps you would like to spread the
concept of ICE by storing an ICE number in your Mobile phone today. You might
even want to send this message to somebody you know.

Very interesting indeed Cerine..thanks for sharing..I've already stored in mine..

Loots, where r u today?

Hey sndy no time for gan gan these days ....... kya........ I am kinda busy kya... LOL!!!!!

Life is going on..........

-rocky

Rocky, it means you're fine hoina ta? Great to know..

Hey Rythm -

Yeah, I have watched a few episodes almost all of them via Sajha. But I am not too much into the idol scene - Indian or American. But some of my friends are really into it. It is a great topic for conversation when I meet them.

Tamang Lady, Louley Lady -

Nice to see you. You haven't told us how your new job is treating you. From the sounds of it, it seems to be keeping you very busy.

BTW, (and dont feel compelled to answer), you aren't related to Prashant, are you by any chance?

Brig Ma'am -

LOL!! I have some paracetamol handy in case Thapap needs it for his fever



Thapap - In jest of course and besides, what do I know :O

Cerine - Interesting stuff. Thanks for sharing.

Rocky - Wassup dude? Have fun man and drop by when you can. BTW, did you buy your new computer yet?

:)

I really don't know what to post here. At first I thought this was a thread to discuss some kind of computer program..maybe the updated version of Java or something. Silly me. Then thought it was a place to discuss coffee. Again, silly me. If this thread read Pub N v 17, I would have joined it right away. Anyway, better late than never.

Now its time to clean my room, do my laundry, grab a beer and read Heller's Picture this for the I-don't-know-how-many time. Love that book. A powerful antidote to the summer-fall-winter time blues. Much better than Catch 22.

Its a nice day out today. Quite rare for this place. Northern autumn is always filled with surprises.

You all fun loving folks have fun...enjoy your weekend.
--

Captain,
Thank you very much for your nice welcome message. I personally think I am quite undeserving of the praise. I will buy you a pitcher of Carlsberg chill if you ever find yourself in this part of the world.

. you are born "N" ....he hee sndy....kyaa baat ek N so do sikaar...this N should be nepali v noutanki v ..if im correct ni feri...but koi baat nahi i will take it. Captain, im privileged....thank you! hello to folks out here.

This was out of top threads.
What happen to you guys?

Hey Mav..
Whats happening?? Everyone is busy with their family/friends for the weekend!! Whats up with you??

Rythm,
I am good. doing nth

what about u?

Hey you two what's up? K gardai chau?

Capt.saab, highlight was cool as ever..great job again..

Hello Captain, Loote, Sndy, TL, UStoNepal, and others with longers names.


Captain, thanks for inviting me to say more about me but I don't have nothing significant to say about me. I 'say I am just another Joe in the block.

Lutii!
I feel you on that when it comes to posting song videos here.

Forget Prashant/Amit,this girl should be the next Indian Idol. What an amazing performance and so charming. Her parents must be so proud of her...

And of course, if posting a song in this thread is a blunder, then let it be my favorite mistake.

Hello!!

A happy happy monday to everyone

Guten morgan, Tashi Delek, Sat Sri Akal!

Looks like some folks dropped by during the weekend. This place does get deserted then ... he he.

Maverick/Rythm - Hope all is well with you and you had a good weekend.

Isolate Freak - Good to see you again. Ha ha, yeah, sharing that pitcher will sure be fun. The same applies if you are in this part of the world - drinks and dinner on me. If I am lucky enough to get tickets and you are interested, we could even catch a game ... ha ha ... better stop before I build too many castles in the air But please swing by the Cafe when you can.

I have been a bit behind on my reading. This weekend was spend socializing and showing around a friend who just got here from Nepal.Reminded me of myself all those years ago ... he he

Kishnekale - Hi there! Have a good week ahead and hope to see you more often here.

TM - he he .. well, we're all average Joes and Janes here too, so I guess you're in the right place.LOL!! BTW, that's quite some talent she's got, huh? If asking you to keep visiting is a crime, then let my prison sentence go up! LOL (sorry couldn't resist). BTW, I like your taste in music - it's pretty neat.

Brig Ma'am - Hope you enjoyed the rest of your weekend.

Lemon - Monday mornign blues huh? This for you (not sure if you like it but it's the best I could make in a a hurry)



A good morning to the rest : Juggy MSc ,Flips , NPL da next host, Loote da hunk, Camo, TL, Avani, Hi Dai, Jack and anyone else I may have missed