Rimps

@Rimps85 (2521)

India

Joined myLot 3 years ago

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Weekend Grocery shopping

Rimps @Rimps85 (2521) • India 26 Apr

Post lunch, I would have preferred my afternoon nap. But, I have to go for grocery shopping today. My kitchen stocks have dried down and in the coming week I won't have much time, so better I utilize this weekend to finish off my...

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Medicines arrived late

Rimps @Rimps85 (2521) • India 20 Apr

I had ordered monthly quota of our household medicines (for my sister, father and myself) from the medicine store that's not in our locality, but is present near my sister's office. They provide a flat 20% discount on label price....

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AC conked off

Rimps @Rimps85 (2521) • India 10 Apr

Its hot and humid here & the AC had to get out-of-order now only...Grrrrrrrr... Yesterday night it functioned properly & the cooling effect was superb. Suddenly from today afternoon, there's ZERO cooling effect, its operating...

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Stone-chips found in Sandwich

Rimps @Rimps85 (2521) • India 2 Apr

One of my students ordered sandwich during her lunch time. It was from Zepto Cafe. Generally the day she couldn't carry lunch, she would order something from outside. Today was one such day, until things turned turtle. All of a...

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Eid Mubarak

Rimps @Rimps85 (2521) • India 31 Mar

Today is Eid that marks the end of the month-long dawn-to-dusk fasting of Ramadan. Wishing all the Muslim and non-Muslim friends on myLot a Happy Eid (Eid Mubarak)...here in my city, its a day for celebration and foodies' delight....

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I got my new pair of glasses

Rimps @Rimps85 (2521) • India 26 Mar

It's just been 1.5 years and I've to change my glasses, the power seems to have changed. This time got a bit of light-weight frames with progressive lens. I got it from a Specs shop in my locality. Things have become expensive in...

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Turkish Chicken for dinner

Rimps @Rimps85 (2521) • India 17 Mar

We had gone out for a family dinner today at an Arabian Restaurant & ordered this interesting looking dish, which they have labelled it as "Turkish chicken" - however, I am not sure whether they have actually made it in...

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Signed a property deal today

Rimps @Rimps85 (2521) • India 15 Mar

Last month I posted about being going out to scout for a shop space to start a small business. And today, after almost a month and checking out more than 15 properties, we signed a deal today. Even though we had set out to hunt...

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Unable to download a specific research journal

Rimps @Rimps85 (2521) • India 9 Mar

My entire Sunday is ruined, I had earlier shortlisted 5 research journals for my PhD's Literature Review. Out of which I already downloaded 3 of them, but for some weird reason, I don't have any access to rest 2 papers, which...

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Ordered Cocopeat online

Rimps @Rimps85 (2521) • India 23 Feb

I am planning to grow mircogreens in-house, as a result have ordered cocopeat from Amazon. I'll have to then slowly set up everything needed to grow the tiny cotyledons which are extremely rich in nutrients and is considered as...

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Encountered error while redeeming Gift Voucher

Rimps @Rimps85 (2521) • India 20 Feb

I have received Amazon Gift Voucher for successfully completing a set of surveys in a website & I was very excited about it. I wanted to buy few novels on Amazon with that money, so was eager to redeem it. But my luck isn't that...

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Went out to check shops for rent

Rimps @Rimps85 (2521) • India 16 Feb

Today, Sunday evening, I had gone out with my cousin to look out for shops that are available on rent. My sister, wants to set up a food stall in the neighbourhood, and that's why she is looking for shops. This week, we went...

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My friend from UK will be here tomorrow

Rimps @Rimps85 (2521) • India 6 Feb

We were in the same batch of Engineering, though not same stream. I was in Mechatornics & she was in Electrical. After graduation, she shifted to UK for higher studies and is settled there in London. It has been around 20 years,...

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Vacuum Cleaner

Rimps @Rimps85 (2521) • India 1 Feb

I am planning to purchase a handheld, portable vacuum cleaner with around 1000 Watts of suction / blow power. But it seems, the ones present are either 600 or 700 watts. The Indian brand, Eureka Forbes too have limited offering....

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Certain AI tools are a blessing in disguise

Rimps @Rimps85 (2521) • India 27 Jan

As a PhD scholar one has to deal with lots of previously published journals & reports from around the world, and to gather them under one roof and find out the links would have been tremendous labourious process had there been no...

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I will start re-watching "Better Call Saul" again

Rimps @Rimps85 (2521) • India 21 Jan

And this will be my 5th time that I would be re-watching "Better Call Saul" on Netflix. This webseries, a spin-off prequel of "The Breaking Bad" is my all time favourite. I just like everything about this series. Right from the...

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China's New Year gift to the world - HMPV

Rimps @Rimps85 (2521) • India 9 Jan

Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) is buzzing across web-world & the speculation is that whether there would be another outbreak or not!! While few vloggers from China says that things are normal in the country and its a global rumour,...

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Am I the only one....

Rimps @Rimps85 (2521) • India 31 Dec

Am I the only one who would like to treat 31st as just another day in the calendar & have a nice meal before going to bed, and wake up to a new day. Probably in my teens, I wouldn't have thought likewise, or is it the symbol of...

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Sauteed broccoli for dinner

Rimps @Rimps85 (2521) • India 23 Dec

I cooked a very simple dinner today - sauteed broccoli with bell-pepper & carrots, lentil soup and steamed long-grain rice. I like broccoli this way or with mushrooms. Do you like broccoli?

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Busy with a 80+ slide presentation

Rimps @Rimps85 (2521) • India 8 Dec

My entire Sunday is again ruined, as I am engaged in making a Power Point presentation of around 80+ slides....the data is there, I have to analyse and create charts n graphs before commenting the findings. This one is an...

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