Mythili's Birthday

My dear Mythili,

In my Birthday Greetings to you, I have mentioned 'it must be nice to be with Ramesh and Ujwala on your Birthday". Of course, it is true that it will be nice to be with them but that is not what I meant to say; age is playing tricks and everybody knows that I keep calling or mentioning the wrong names all the time.
-Ramakrishnan.

Happy Birthday RAM

Mythili periamma and I send you our asirvadams and best wishes on your birthday. We wish you many many more Happy Returns of the day. HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
Mythili periamma and chandru periappa

Happy Birthday RAM

Mythili periamma and I send you our asirvadams and best wishes on your birthday. We wish you many many more Happy Returns of the day. HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
Mythili periamma and chandru periappa

Happy Wedding Anniversary Jayashankar Priya

Mythili athai and I send you our best wishes on your wedding anniversary day. We wish you many many more Happy Returns of the Day. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY.
Mythili athai and chandru

Mythili's Birthday

Mythili,

I am late but wishyou many happy returns. It must have been nice to be with Ramesh and Ujwala for the Birthday. How did you spend it ? Lot of Ice Creams, cakes ?

-Ramakrishnan.

Birthday Greetings to Prasad

Happy Birthday to you Prasad. Mythili athai and I send you our best wishes on your birthday. We wish you Many Many More Happy Returns of the Day. With asirvadams
chandru mama and Mythili athai

Wedding Anniversary Greetings for Jayaram & Vimala

Mythili and I send Vimala and Jayaraman our best wishes on their wedding anniversary which fell on 5th May. Though belated, we wish them all the very best and wish many many more Happy Returns of the Day.
mythili and chandru

Birthdays

Yesterday, April 8, was Mythili's birthday. Here's wishing her many happy returns. Tomorrow, April 10, willbe Prasad's birthday. All the best to him and many happy returns.
No chance of posting any photos, sitting here in Dhaka. We are having a totally relaxed holiday, with practicallynothing to do. A week - one-third - of the vacation is over today.
Jayaraman

Thank you!

Thank you all in the PSC Family for your good wishes. Gayathri, I shall see the link you sent and then respond. This computer was hooked up only a couple of hours ago, hence the delay.

Ramakrishna, hope your tummy is better. I too had a spot of bother after coming here, perhaps due to something I ate outside but I am almost normal now. I have sent you (and Chandru) a mail today and am lookinmg forward to your reply.
Jayaraman

Happy Anniversary

Wishing Chitti & Chittappa a Very Happy Wedding Anniversary!
Chittappa, you should add this date too on the blog sideboard.
I thought of you yesterday while reading an article in The Hindu Sunday Literary Review supplement. WORDSPEAK by Anand had this about Mondegreen- I think you will be able to access this on the paper's website. I have emailed the article to your id, please let me know if you got it, then I'll know if I did it right!
I think your version of Sri Matrubhootam and Sri Dharma Sastaram are the best 'Mondegreens' I have ever heard!!!!
Gayathri

J & V WA

Jayaram,

Saradam and I wishyou a very happy wedding anniversary at Dhaka and many happy returns.
It must be nice to be with the children (I mean Ramesh and Ujwala) for the occasion. Hope Vimala's pains are under control.
I am having a very upset tummy last nine days and today is the last day of antibiotics etc. Hope the pain will go tonight. I think the problem started with the Chukku Coffee I took on the last day of a yoga class week followed later by a Rishi's dinner made of entirely uncooked items like beetroot, cabbage, Aval and fruits. God knows what infection was there. The items had been brought by all the participants, each one item. I had taken sweet Aval.
I contacted one of the participants yesterday but nobody else seems to have had this tummy problem. But they all were much younger.
Bye. - Ramakeishnan.

Wishes

A belated happy birthday to cheenu athimbare.

Perippa/Perimma advance wishes for a very happy anniversary. Hope you have a great day in Dhaka. Do convey all our best wishes to Ramesh anna and Ujjwala manni.

'Celebrities' of May

There are several birthdays and two wedding anniversaries in May. I have listed them in the panel alongside and may have missed some. Here's wishing all of the 'celebrants' all the best and many happy returns. From tomorrow afternoon for three weeks I shall be away from my computer and so will not be able to post any pictures. I hope some of the other members will fill in and post some nice pictures.
Vimala and I will celebrate our own wedding anniversary on 5 May in Dhaka, in the company of Ujwala and Ramesh.
Jayaraman

Happy birthday!

Best wishes to NGS on his birthday, 29 April. Many happy returns!
Vimala and Jayaraman

Hi

Hi all!
I have been checking this site regularly, but did not post any mail for quite a long time. April was hectic with rehearsals. The pgms went off hmmmmmmmmmmmm--ok, could have been better!
So here's our Wishes for the anniversary & Birthday Celebrators:
Rukku athai-Athimber, Mythili athai-Mama, Srikanth-Vidya;
Ramesh, Ketan, Papa athai, Divya, & Cheenu athimber in advance!
I got back from visakhapatnam this morning. After last Monday's pgm my voice had turned hoarse, & I did not recover well enough for this pgm. Still, we managed because I was not singing alone. All the local people praised us for our flawless Telugu diction (so they said!)we also got the blessings of Nedunuri who said we should keep singing every chance we get- that means he approves of our understanding of his music!
No photos this time - we lost our camera after the Monday pgm, boohoo. S is not able to remember if he gave it to someone, or whether it just slipped from his hand & fell somewhere.
Thanks everyone for your wishes!
Gayathri

Happy birthday!

Best wishes to Divya on her birthday, 26 April. Many happy returns!
Vimala and Jayaraman

Wishes

I seem to have missed quite a few anniversaries. Belated wishes to athais/athimbers, akkas/athimbers.

Akila,Mohan,Vaishnavi

Photos/Wedding anniversary

Today Srikkanth and Vidya celebrate their wedding anniversary. Best wishes to them. No photos with me in digital form.
Re. Ramakrishnan's post. It would be nice if we could build up a good album of photos of the entire family, with quality pictures. I shall start one with a few photos and make a web album open to all members, so that they can add to the collection, for anyone to use at any time.
Any ideas from any one?

Jayaraman

Vichu's Photo

Jayaram,
I suppose I must have the photo (of Vichu) in a digital camera to ba able to post it. Am I right. I do not have such a one now. I shall ask Sowmya/Varshaya to send it to you. I wonder if Varshaya will see this but I will send her a separate mail.
Right now I am listening to a beautiful Shanmugapriya by Nedanuri Krishnamurthy.
-Ramakrishnan.

Happy birthday, Papa!

Best wishes to Papa on her birthdy, 22 April. Many happy returns.

Vimala and Jayaraman

Wedding anniversary

Best wishes to Sowmya and Vichu on their wedding anniversary today. Many happy returns!

(Ramakrishna, if you have a good photo of Vichu and Sowmya, can you please post it?)

Jayaraman

New and illeterate?

To answer Ramakrishnan's query. To add a comment on any post, you simply click on 'comment' below the post and proceed from there. But comments made on old posts (and even new ones) could be overlooked, as they open only when clicked on. So the best thing is to make a new post, referring to the item comments on and giving its heading and date for easy tracking. Please see the earlier posts on this topic under the label 'comments vis-a-vis posts',

Jayaraman

I am rather new and illiterate

I have just got the ingternet connection and hope to look into the blog site more regularly now. Will somebody tell me how to add comments to some earlier item.

-Ramakrishnan

Happy wedding anniversary!

Best wishes to Mythili and Chandru on their wedding anniversary today. Many happy returns.

Vimala and Jayaraman

Thought for the day

True devotion consists in offering all your thoughts and actions to God and yearning for His grace. Devotion confined to a brief spell in the Pooja room (shrine room) or temple is not true devotion. During that time, devotion seems to swell within you and you feel at peace but, once outside, the peace is lost and anger takes its place. This cannot be called devotion. Bhakti (Devotion) has been described as a state of non-separation from God. Regardless of time, space or circumstance, one should feel closeness to God – that is Bhakti. True devotion transcends the limitations imposed by one’s daily routines and the obligations of life.

- BABA

Wishes

Wishing a very very happy birthday to Ketan and Ramesh athimber

Birthdays

It is Ketan's birthday today. Ramesh (Vidya) celebrated his birthday on 13 April. Best wishes to them both. I have had to keep away from the computer for nearly the whole of two days, as a new AC was being fitted yesterday and today the flat was swarming with painters who were painting the grillwork. All the best to the birthday celebrants!

Fact for the day

The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue

Best Wishes to Rukku and Narayanan

Mythili and I send you our best wishes on your Wedding Anniversary (delayed a bit). We wish you both Many Many More Happy Returns of the Day. We wish you Happyness, Health and Long Life.
Mythili, Chandru

Fact for the day

This may be difficult to believe, but Coca Cola was four annas (25 p.) a bottle when I first went to Delhi in 1957. Pepsi Cola was five annas. Today, I bought one podalanga (snake gourd) for a little over 32 rupees.

Fact for the day

This day - 10 April - in 2001, the Netherlands approved a bill legalising euthanasia. Also this day in 1938, the Austrians, in a sham plebiscite, approved the Anschluss (the unification of Austria with Germany).

Best wishes

Best wishes to Rukku and KN on their wedding anniversary, 9 April.

Fact for the day

Hi, I thought something like a "Fact" for the day could help the blog. So here is the first one. Am sure many of us might have read/heard of these.

Coca-Cola was originally green.

Clue

Perippa,
This need a lot of googling

Happy birthday, Mala!

It is Mala's birthday today. Our best wishes to her. Many happy returns.

Akila's poser

Akila,
I went up to 'uranus'. When the next step did not suggest itself, I stopped. Shall get back to it some time.

Jayaraman

Happy birthday, Sudha!

Best wishes, Sudha. Many happy returns. Hope to see you in the blog some time soon.

Vimala and Jayaraman

The 24th of March - today- is Sudha's birthday.

Many happy returns of the day Sudha.

Yesterday I logged off in a hurry; had to prepare dinner.
So I continue with a little bit of what i should have writtenyesterday. Sudha's birthday falls on 24th March.
Yes Chithappa, he used to take us to good English movies and follow it with visits to the Jaffer's
for ice cream. Mid 1960s through the 80s once at least once a month he used to take us on 'long drives' over the week ends on Saturdays / Sundays; 'like the English' - he used to insist that family outing over the weekend away from the bustle and hustle of the city was very important.

He is a very interesting person and what more , a very very cheerful person to this day.

Try this when you have time

This is very good. Not sure if I sent this as a mail.
http://www.freestuffhotdeals.com/hacker/1.html
Takes atleast half an hour to resolve. But a good one to set us thinking

Wishes

Wishing Thambi Perippa and Arvind anna a very very happy birthday.
Akila, Mohan, Vaishnavi

Answer

Athimber,
You got it right!!! POST BOX it is :)

Happy birthday!

Ramaa, thanks for the post. Here is wishing Thambi (Anna) a happy birthday (belated though the message is). As I think of Thambi, my mind goes back to the times in Kalpakambal Nagar where, during one year, he took me to more than 100 movies! Mostly night shows, with a cup of tea in Irani Restaurant on the way back, after midnight. I was in my second and third year honours course then. Appa might have some times felt that I should have been studying rather than going to late night shows. But he never once said a word nor even conveyed by expression that he was displeased. I am sure about the number of movies as I kept a record of every movie that I saw and the book showed more than 120 entries in a little over a year.

May Thambi have good health and peace and enjoy many more birthdays.

Jayaraman

Happy birthday, Arvind!

Best wishes to Arvind on his birthday, 17 March. Many happy returns!

Vimala and Jayaraman

Puzzle

Chandru Mama! I think you got it! POST BOX seems to fit the conditions, but....it is two words, so.......
Akila, back to you!
Gayathri

Appa's _ Thambi Anna's birthday is , variously on February 28 1920 - S.S.L.Cert, accepted and known date 12th March 1920 , and the date on the passport is 20th March 1920. Indu celebrated his birthday with the cutting of the cake and a lot of cheer and happiness

But it is not a 7 letter word !! My answer is wrong I know now.

I accessed the blog after a long time; refreshing to read on and the family members.

The answer to the puzzle is : HABIT

Answer to the riddle

Akila is the answer "POST BOX" ?
chandru

Puzzle

Ok, will wait for a few more days before I post the answer :)

puzzle

The puzzle seems interesting, but I have not really applied my mind to it yet. I think I am going to be too lazy, and simply wait for someone to provide the answer!
Gayathri

Akila's puzzle

I don't have the answer yet. But let us all think for a while, Akila. Don't be in a hurry to tell us the answer!

Puzzle

IT'S A 7 LETTER WORD.
IF WE REMOVE 1 LETTER FROM IT, IT REMAINS SAME.
IF WE REMOVE 2 LETTERS FROM IT, IT REMAINS SAME.
IF WE REMOVE 3 LETTERS FROM IT, IT REMAINS SAME.
IF WE REMOVE ALL THE LETTERS FROM IT, STILL IT REMAINS SAME.

WHATZ IT ?

Answer later!!!! Hehe

Missed birthdays

We have not 'noticed' the birthdays of Ashok (3 March) and Srilakshmi (5 March) in the blog. Our belated good wishes to them.

FROM RAMU

1. Jayaramanna, As per my list, in addition to what you have already given, following dates are to be added.
^Ashok birthday - 03 March
Srilakshmi birthday - 05 March
Arvind birthday - 17 March.

2. Best wishes to Rajiv, Krishnakumar, Srilakshmi, Ashok on their birthdays (I am* late!!).

3. Feel bad and guilty that I have practically stopped any contributions to the blog. Most people will not accept the excuse of lack of time. Many will feel " if required, it could be done"!!
Let me try.

Ramu

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RAJEEV

Mythili athai and I wish you many many Happy Returns of the day. HAPPY BIRTHDAY Rajeev.
Mythili & Chandru

Happy birthday, Rajiv!

Best wishes to Rajiv who celebrates his birthday on 8 March. Many happy returns.

Vimala and Jayaraman

Comments welcome

The settings of this blog have been changed to allow comments from non-members also. This is in the hope that some visitors to the blog may like to say something or make some suggestions. We look forward to contributions from them as also from members.

Cricket madness

The Australia tour is over and 'our boys' are richer, with a fat bonus to boot. One wonders what would have happened if they had failed or what will happen if they do badly againt South Africa. India's is a young team and there was abundant evidence of it on and off field during the tour. Some of the antics looked positively childish, at least to a fossil like me. One 'gain' from the recent tour could be that the team members have gone some way in learning the 'art' (as Dhoni would have it) of sledging.

Ujwala!

First, Belated Birthday wishes to Kumar.
Wowwwwwwww- no words to describe Ujwala's work! After looking at the first 2-3 pages & reading everything too, I had to tear myself away from the comp to get to my chores. Will get to it again, because I want to do justice to all of it. Prodigious output too- never knew she was doing it so seriously, full time!! Kudos!
Am leaving for Sringeri tomorrow with family for a poonal there. Will be out of circulation for almost a week. See you all after my return (with the customary photo album:))
Gayathri

Fair Game

Perippa, thanks for that link. Very nice subjects. I specifically like the "Fair Game". The painting has captured very well the typical reaction that most of us give when we face with such incidents.

Wishes

Wishing Kumar anna a very very happy birthday and many more
Akila, Mohan, Vaishnavi

Ujwala the artist

Many of us know that Ujwala has been devoting herself in a big way to art - drawing and painting, using a varietyof media. Here is the link to one of the sites where some of her work can be seen:
http://ujwala.wordpress.com/

Happy birthday!

Best wishes to Krishnakumar on his birthday, 4 March. Have a great birthday, Kumar. Many happy returns.

Vimala and Jayaraman

Inertia

This blog has been suffering from acute inertia for some time. Pity. But it will go on, even if only two or three members make a contribution now and then. It has a viewership in some unexpected locations, including someone in Austin, Texas. There is an occasional visitor from Germany and one or two from the U.K. I hope those who do drop in do not find the contents too boring. So I have decided to post an occasional thought or two May be others will also chip in.

The March birthdays seem too few for such a big family. Perhaps my info is incomplete. If others have additions to make, I would request them to post them very soon.

Happy B'day

Dear Gayathri akka,

A very very happy birthday to you.

Akila, Mohan, Vaishnavi

Happy birthday, Gayathri!

Today, 21 February, is Gayathri's birthday. Here's wishing her all the best and continued success in her endeavours. Many happy returns.

Vimala and Jayaraman

Thank you

Thank you Perippa, for that wonderful collage. The way you have put them together is really good!!! The function went well mainly because everybody was present. Thank you all for making it a wonderful and memorable event in our life.

B'days

Happy Birthday, Rukku athai! I have missed out many b'days in the past month, not because I did not have time, but because I had 'concert tension':):) so let me wish all the birthday and anniversary celebrators of Jan & Feb "Happy Rest of the Year", till the next year's celebrations!
While I am at it, today is rajiv's star b'day, & tomorrow I turn -should I say it - over the hill!!
Gayathri

Akila-Mohan's Grahapravesam

It was great attending Akila-Mohan's Grahapravesam and meeting everyone. The house is really nice, with a spacious and airy feeling. Once the entire block is ready it will become a wonerful complex, with lots of space between buildings for children to play.
Akila looked very nice in the madisar sari. We also met chitti's brother Santhanam after many years. Last but not the least, the food was great too!!
J chittappa, a collage! and here I am, unable to upload even a single photo!
Gayathri

Happy birthday!

Best wishes to Rukku on her birthday tomorrow, 20 February. Many happy returns!

Vimala and Jayaraman

Mohan and Akila celebrated the housewarming of their new apartment inVirugambakkam, Chennai yesterday, 18 February. Here is a collage of some of the pictures taken on the occasion. I was a bit too late to photograph the religious part of the occasion. I also failed to take pictures of the apartment itself!

Here's wishing Mohan, Akila and Vaishnavi all the best in their new home.

Jayaraman

Wishes

Wishing Ujwala manni a ver very happy birthday.

Akila, Mohan, Vaishnavi

Happy birthday, Ujwala!

Ujwala celebrates her birthday on 7 February. Here's wishing her a very happy birthday. Many happy returns.

Vimala and Jayaraman

THANK YOU FROMSARADA

Dear Jayaramanna Vimala manni

Thank you very much.

Sarada

Happy birthday, Sarada!

Best wishes to Sarada on her birthday, 5 February. Many happy returns!

Vimala and Jayaraman

SORRY FROM RAMU

It is quite some time since I participated in the blog.

1. Birthdays of Mani, Varshaya, Priya have passed and I missed all. I am sorry. My belated wishes to them.

2. The pictures in the blog are coming very well. Pictures of Mani, Varshaya, Ramya, Ravi and Rama athaan are very nice.

3. Yes.We will miss Rama athaan. I happened to meet Rama athaan and Prathima recently at Shobha`s house. He took a long time to climb the stairs. I asked him why. He said " I have severe pain in both my legs. Only my heart is functioning well and all other parts are giving trouble. I dont know why God should keep me alive in this condition and I wonder when he will take me!!!!" And Prathima told me after his demise that he used to mention this often!!

4. After I re=joined Vestas, I go to Poonamalle factory. It is 9 PM when I return. That is the reason why I am unable to check any mail. There is internet connection available in my computer at office but we are not supposed to use it for personal use.

5. I am sorry that I am missing all birthdays and anniversaries. But it is always in my mind that I should some how wish on time. Let me try.

Ramu

Happy Birthday

Very happy birthday to Ravi anna and Priya manni. Wishing on behalf of appa as well, as he is unable to check mail regularly.

Akila, Mohan, Vaishnavi, appa, amma

Happy birthday, Priya!

Best wishes to Priya on her birthday, 30 January. Many happy returns.

Vimala and Jayaraman

Happy birthday, Ravi!

Greetings to Ravi on his birthday today, 29 January. Many happy returns.
Vimala and Jayaraman

Our Heartfelt Condolences to Pratima and her daughters

We are very much saddened to learn about the sudden passing away of Raman on the 27th inst. When Raman and Pratima were in Ranchi, they used to visit us often at Calcutta where I was posted then. Mythili and I remember those good days. We wish to convey our sympathies to Pratima and her family members on their loss. We pray that Raman's soul may rest in peace.
chandru and mythili

Raman is no more

We record with great sorrow the sudden demise of Raman (Balaraman) earlier today, the 27th January. All of us who have known him over the years will miss him, his down to earth nature and his warmth. May his soul rest in peace.

Rajiv and Ramya

Rajiv and Ramya, with their parents, were at Prasad's on 21 January for dinner when I took a few pictures.

If you would like to see the remaining pictures, please visit

http://picasaweb.google.com/revati32/RajivAndRamya21Jan08

Wishes

Very happy birthday to Varshaya and Mani perippa.

Many many happy returns to Ramakrishna perippa and Saradam Perimma.

Love
Akila, Mohan, Vaishnavi

Backup

Perippa, Sorry for my late response. Are you talking about the "Backup your data" option under the "Performance and Maintanence" option? If so, then that seems to be just a wizard that makes it easier for us to take a backup rather than copy files individually from the Windows Explorer. I noticed there was such an option only after you pointed it out to me :) Guess I am so used to the old ways.

Happy birthday!

Greetings to Mani on his birthday, 22 January. Many happy returns.

Happy birthday!

Greetings to Varshaya on her birthday on 20 January. Many happy returns.

Happy anniversary!

Best wishes to Saradam and Ramakrishnan
on their wedding anniversary today, 20 January.

oops sorry

The image got uploaded - that's what it said, but I got stumped somewhere & it hasnt got on the blog. Sorry.
Gayathri

Happy anniversary

Hi!
I tried uploading some new photos - hope I succeed. I could not find one with just them, this one was taken at Savithri chitti's grand daughter's wedding. Nirupama - Ramani mama's grand daughter is seated between them.
Happy anniversary Wishes!
Gayathri

Swamiji's visit

Sri Sri Sri Sakatappuram Swamigal visited KN's home this morning, 17 January. Here's the link to some pictures taken on the occasion.

http://picasaweb.google.com/revati32/SakatapuramSwamijiSVisit

Happy Pongal

Happy Pongal Vaazhthukkal to everyone!
For us it is really a Happy one as we are eagerly looking forward to Ramya's arrival on 19th. We plan to go to Kovaipudur the same night and Rajiv will join us there.
Ramya is making the trip for renewing her visa, & we are praying that she faces no hurdles there. She will be here for two weeks, a 4 day trip to Bombay thrown in within that time.
Hope to meet you all soon.
Gayathri

Backing up

Thanks, Akila, for the info. But why then should there be a separate 'backup' menu item under system tools? Can you check in your computer and tell me?

Backup

Perippa, backup is nothing but copying your files from one location and saving it elsewhere. What you could do is, just zip all files that are important to you and mail it to your own email id. So that you could access them anywhere. If you have an external backup device, like a USB or external hard disk, you could copy the files there also.

Akila

Wishes

A Very very happy Birthday to Meghna

Akila, Mohan, Vaishnavi

Happy birthday, Meghna!

Meghna celebrated her birthday on 8 January. Best wishes to her.

My computer was behaving frightfully yesterday, hence this delay. Responding to an error report, Microsoft tells me that some hardware may be malfunctioning and advises me to back up my files. But I do not find the 'back up' command when I open 'System Tools'. Can anuyone advise?

Happy birthday, Meghna!

Best wishes to Meghna on her birthday today. Mnay happy returns.

(There is something wrong with my p.c. and I am unable to put a picture of Meghnao on the blog. Chandru, can you do it? I think I may have t0 re-format my p.c., losing much data. Any suggeestions from the family?)

Our New Year

We attended Lalgudi GJR Krishnan & Vijayalakshmi's New Year concert at Mylapore Fine Arts -it was a very good concert. Back home & lunch -after one or two trials at the sabha canteens, we preferred home food!
Evening was spent at my sis-in-law Ponnakka's place, where we enjoyed an arattai session!
So that was our New Year Day! Rather tame, no??!!
Gayathri

Our New Year

This year our New year was full of activity though we did not step out of our apartment. Our apartment association had organized some events on the New Year's eve and an orchestra was part of it. Vaishnavi also had a good time listening to the songs. On the 1st we went to see Jagadguru Shakatapuram Swamigal.

I started the new year by trying 2 new recipes - Kulfi and Banana nut cake. Got the recipe from here - http://sumiskitchen.blogspot.com/2006/03/banana-nut-bread.html. Mohan started the year by studying/working :)

New Year thoughts

So we have a new year. For me and Vimala, it was a quiet new year eve, spent at home. I hope 2008 brings greater peace in the world and health and happiness to all in the family.

Having said that, what is so great about any new year day? For most of us, it is just another day in life. In the Ministries of the Central government, it was a day when little work got done, with all the officers and staff moving from room to room to 'wish' everyone else a happy new year

I have never been a one for new year resolutions, knowing how transient they are in actuality.

It would be interesting to hear from others what their own thoughts are.