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In Bundi in Rajasthan step wells were created for supply of water

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23240) 15 Jun

Rajasthan is one of the driest state in India as it is adjacent to desert. In the older days step wells were dug deep into the earth. Stairs are created to climb down and fetch the water. Later canals were created and irrigation...

Relaxing Break

pumpkinjam @pumpkinjam (8876) • United Kingdom 19 Oct 24

Good day to you all. I think I might have mentioned that I was going away for a few days with my husband. Well, we arrived home on Thursday. We spent three nights in a beautiful 18th-century hotel, and we spent the days exploring...

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Daily Bible Study

Valerie J. Routhieaux @just4him (323168) • Green Bay, Wisconsin 15 Feb 24

Day 28 – Blessing Genesis 26:1 There was a famine in the land, besides the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines, in Gerar. 2 Then the LORD (Jehovah) appeared to him and...

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Daily Bible Study

Valerie J. Routhieaux @just4him (323168) • Green Bay, Wisconsin 1 Jul 21

Day 18 Genesis 26:17 And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there. 18 And Isaac dug again the wells of water, which they had dug in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines...

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TV Review War Of The Worlds

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 18 Nov 19

Good to see a nearly the right period adaptation of the story at last. Spoiler alerts. I was disappointed by the over-emphasised soap opera elements - good role reversal in taking much of the focus onto the wife, Amy, largely...

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Short Science Fiction Review Connie Willis Fire Watch

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 18 Apr 18

Time Is The Fire – The Best Of Connie Willis anthology 1982 Spoiler alerts – Gollancz Press Knowing this to be Willis’s most celebrated work, and a major award winner, it inclusion in this book was a major factor in my buying it...

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What was your birth place ?

venkatachary @venkatachary (1165) • India 20 Apr 10

My birth place was a village.I used to enjoy my place in my child hood but now I do not like to stay.There is a small tank that stores water during rainy season for the paddy and sugar cane field.Each farmer will have a well also...

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myLot timewarp - am I in an anomaly?

Adrenochrome @Adrenochrome (1653) 29 Oct 08

Help. I've read Stephen Hawkings book, and he suggests that time travel may be possible one day, but I think it's happening to me. A couple of minutes ago, I posted a reply to a ladies discussion, clicked the submit. As normal,...

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Buying Land

NekoWashu @NekoWashu (106) • United States 1 Sep 08

I am looking forward to the day when I can purchase a piece of land and begin my homestead. I've heard lots of stories to date about the pros and cons of owning your own land and the buying process. I'm looking to purchase about...

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What do you think the Blue Jays Batting Order should look like?

Methodless @Methodless (882) • Canada 26 Feb 07

According to bluejays.com, where they want to put Lyle Overbay is really the factor. Personally, I like to see Johnson, Rios, Overbay, Wells, Glaus, Thomas.... What do you guys think is best?

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Life Lesson...The Farmer and The Well

mari61960 @mari61960 (4893) • United States 8 Feb 07

One day a farmer's donkey fell down into a Well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally, he decided the animal was old, and the well needed to be covered up anyway; it just...

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