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  • D Dalek Dave

    No alcohol or meat! Wow, I couldn't go without either. (That is not to say I am a Carniverous Alcoholic, but I like both). Is that personal choice or religious observance?

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    Vasudevan Deepak Kumar
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    Dalek Dave wrote:

    religious observance

    It is a religious observance but in a way, I seem to nurture a soft corner for our dumb friends too. Sometimes during travel abroad, I do encounter trouble locating vegetarian food. During my stay at Irving, TX; I had my own arrangements to cook and eat too.

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    • V Vasudevan Deepak Kumar

      Christian Graus wrote:

      What would burning it do

      Desparate to get rid of that. I personally want to abstain from any sort of such vacuum pompous shows.

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      Spunky Coder
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      Simple..first enjoy the dinner and then arrange a lunch at an orphanage for the same value i.e 1000 Rs ...i think u can spend 25 USD from your pocket for the care of those orphans

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      • V Vikram A Punathambekar

        See if somebody will buy it from you for less than Rs. 1000 and either spend it or donate it.

        Vasudevan Deepak K wrote:

        A shallow goat which just grazes the top grass seems to have low voted the message.

        Lost in translation.

        Cheers, Vikram.


        The hands that help are holier than the lips that pray.

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        Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:

        donate it

        I would prefer that.

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        • V Vasudevan Deepak Kumar

          Dalek Dave wrote:

          religious observance

          It is a religious observance but in a way, I seem to nurture a soft corner for our dumb friends too. Sometimes during travel abroad, I do encounter trouble locating vegetarian food. During my stay at Irving, TX; I had my own arrangements to cook and eat too.

          Vasudevan Deepak Kumar Personal Homepage
          Tech Gossips
          A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't see the clouds at all - he's walking on them. --Leonard Louis Levinson

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          Dalek Dave
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          That reminds me of something I heard years ago, possibly in a film... "So what do you do in Wyoming if you are a Vegetarian?" "Leave Wyoming!" :)

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          • R Rajesh R Subramanian

            I am a very poor person. You may help me by giving me that gift voucher. Please. I am hungry. ;P Hey VDK, I appreciate your tendency to help the poor. But by all means I'd say - go ahead and enjoy the dinner. :)

            Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. - Cicero .·´¯`·->Rajesh<-·´¯`·. Codeproject.com: Visual C++ MVP

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            Spunky Coder
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            your post resembles the following ENJOY A FREETRIP TO PARIS* *Conditions Apply.Taxes $100000

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            • V Vasudevan Deepak Kumar

              Sometime last month, I had a gift voucher to spend at a star-rated hotel worth about 25 USD to be used against a particular lunch. (I have tried converting the INR value to USD) At least from this part of the country, I feel that this is a pompous spending. As a personal feel and policy, I feel and percieve a greater bliss if I help out some poor who is suffering from hunger rather than spending such a huge amount for a lavish lunch. Food should be the basic criteria for survival. There is a good saying 'Eat to live' but by going by mad and blind business promos like it, I feel whether people are trying to reverse the saying. I admit that there are people who just dial-a-dine but individual perceptions differ and I don't want to comment on that. I abstain from such luxury parties always unless there is a compelling business need for it. A little while ago, I have shared about it here: http://deepakvasudevan.blogspot.com/2006/04/luxury-parties-or-compassionate.html[^] Now I need a little help regarding the following: 1) Should I just destroy the gift voucher by burning it? 2) Should I write back to my manager asking for cancelation of it? Would he feel bad? 3) The hotel management does not seem to have any option of having the voucher for transferred to an orphanage. Bad stone-hearted fellows. 4) How else can this situation handled gracefully? UPDATE: A shallow goat which just grazes the top grass seems to have low voted the message. Thanks anyway.

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              R Giskard Reventlov
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              Your pomposity is astonishing: just accept the gift with grace and enjoy it. If you feel that you need to help others then do so without all the crocodile tears and hand wringing. You are coming over as an ungrateful whiney git.

              me, me, me

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              • V Vasudevan Deepak Kumar

                Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:

                donate it

                I would prefer that.

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                A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't see the clouds at all - he's walking on them. --Leonard Louis Levinson

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                Rajesh R Subramanian
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                I hope you have my postal address. ;P

                Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. - Cicero .·´¯`·->Rajesh<-·´¯`·. Codeproject.com: Visual C++ MVP

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                • M martin_hughes

                  Eat, drink and be merry. For once. Stop agonizing over good fortune.

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                  Rajesh R Subramanian
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                  Very well said.

                  Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. - Cicero .·´¯`·->Rajesh<-·´¯`·. Codeproject.com: Visual C++ MVP

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                  • V Vasudevan Deepak Kumar

                    Sometime last month, I had a gift voucher to spend at a star-rated hotel worth about 25 USD to be used against a particular lunch. (I have tried converting the INR value to USD) At least from this part of the country, I feel that this is a pompous spending. As a personal feel and policy, I feel and percieve a greater bliss if I help out some poor who is suffering from hunger rather than spending such a huge amount for a lavish lunch. Food should be the basic criteria for survival. There is a good saying 'Eat to live' but by going by mad and blind business promos like it, I feel whether people are trying to reverse the saying. I admit that there are people who just dial-a-dine but individual perceptions differ and I don't want to comment on that. I abstain from such luxury parties always unless there is a compelling business need for it. A little while ago, I have shared about it here: http://deepakvasudevan.blogspot.com/2006/04/luxury-parties-or-compassionate.html[^] Now I need a little help regarding the following: 1) Should I just destroy the gift voucher by burning it? 2) Should I write back to my manager asking for cancelation of it? Would he feel bad? 3) The hotel management does not seem to have any option of having the voucher for transferred to an orphanage. Bad stone-hearted fellows. 4) How else can this situation handled gracefully? UPDATE: A shallow goat which just grazes the top grass seems to have low voted the message. Thanks anyway.

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                    A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't see the clouds at all - he's walking on them. --Leonard Louis Levinson

                    modified on Thursday, April 24, 2008 3:49 AM

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                    Marc Clifton
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                    Vasudevan Deepak K wrote:

                    1. How else can this situation handled gracefully?

                    Take a poor person to lunch.

                    Vasudevan Deepak K wrote:

                    A shallow goat which just grazes the top grass

                    Now there's a quote. :) Marc

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                    • S Spunky Coder

                      Simple..first enjoy the dinner and then arrange a lunch at an orphanage for the same value i.e 1000 Rs ...i think u can spend 25 USD from your pocket for the care of those orphans

                      .....

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                      Vasudevan Deepak Kumar
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                      Spunky Coder wrote:

                      u can spend 25 USD from your pocket for the care of those orphans

                      With Pleasure. I strongly feel that God created us in the world just not for merriment of our own self but to serve Him. The invisible omnipotent omnipresent gets felt by us and satisfied when a poor and needy expresses a little smile wave on their face.

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                      • V Vasudevan Deepak Kumar

                        Spunky Coder wrote:

                        u can spend 25 USD from your pocket for the care of those orphans

                        With Pleasure. I strongly feel that God created us in the world just not for merriment of our own self but to serve Him. The invisible omnipotent omnipresent gets felt by us and satisfied when a poor and needy expresses a little smile wave on their face.

                        Vasudevan Deepak Kumar Personal Homepage
                        Tech Gossips
                        A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't see the clouds at all - he's walking on them. --Leonard Louis Levinson

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                        Spunky Coder
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                        Great u have found a way:cool:

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                        • R R Giskard Reventlov

                          Your pomposity is astonishing: just accept the gift with grace and enjoy it. If you feel that you need to help others then do so without all the crocodile tears and hand wringing. You are coming over as an ungrateful whiney git.

                          me, me, me

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                          NormDroid
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                          Well put.

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                          • V Vasudevan Deepak Kumar

                            Sometime last month, I had a gift voucher to spend at a star-rated hotel worth about 25 USD to be used against a particular lunch. (I have tried converting the INR value to USD) At least from this part of the country, I feel that this is a pompous spending. As a personal feel and policy, I feel and percieve a greater bliss if I help out some poor who is suffering from hunger rather than spending such a huge amount for a lavish lunch. Food should be the basic criteria for survival. There is a good saying 'Eat to live' but by going by mad and blind business promos like it, I feel whether people are trying to reverse the saying. I admit that there are people who just dial-a-dine but individual perceptions differ and I don't want to comment on that. I abstain from such luxury parties always unless there is a compelling business need for it. A little while ago, I have shared about it here: http://deepakvasudevan.blogspot.com/2006/04/luxury-parties-or-compassionate.html[^] Now I need a little help regarding the following: 1) Should I just destroy the gift voucher by burning it? 2) Should I write back to my manager asking for cancelation of it? Would he feel bad? 3) The hotel management does not seem to have any option of having the voucher for transferred to an orphanage. Bad stone-hearted fellows. 4) How else can this situation handled gracefully? UPDATE: A shallow goat which just grazes the top grass seems to have low voted the message. Thanks anyway.

                            Vasudevan Deepak Kumar Personal Homepage
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                            A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't see the clouds at all - he's walking on them. --Leonard Louis Levinson

                            modified on Thursday, April 24, 2008 3:49 AM

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                            Vasudevan Deepak K wrote:

                            1. How else can this situation handled gracefully?

                            Take some homeless people to dinner. It is too easy to send money. It is harder and more valuable spending time with the destitute.

                            regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa

                            Fernando A. Gomez F. wrote:

                            At least he achieved immortality for a few years.

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                            • R Rajesh R Subramanian

                              I hope you have my postal address. ;P

                              Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. - Cicero .·´¯`·->Rajesh<-·´¯`·. Codeproject.com: Visual C++ MVP

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                              :)

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                              • V Vasudevan Deepak Kumar

                                Sometime last month, I had a gift voucher to spend at a star-rated hotel worth about 25 USD to be used against a particular lunch. (I have tried converting the INR value to USD) At least from this part of the country, I feel that this is a pompous spending. As a personal feel and policy, I feel and percieve a greater bliss if I help out some poor who is suffering from hunger rather than spending such a huge amount for a lavish lunch. Food should be the basic criteria for survival. There is a good saying 'Eat to live' but by going by mad and blind business promos like it, I feel whether people are trying to reverse the saying. I admit that there are people who just dial-a-dine but individual perceptions differ and I don't want to comment on that. I abstain from such luxury parties always unless there is a compelling business need for it. A little while ago, I have shared about it here: http://deepakvasudevan.blogspot.com/2006/04/luxury-parties-or-compassionate.html[^] Now I need a little help regarding the following: 1) Should I just destroy the gift voucher by burning it? 2) Should I write back to my manager asking for cancelation of it? Would he feel bad? 3) The hotel management does not seem to have any option of having the voucher for transferred to an orphanage. Bad stone-hearted fellows. 4) How else can this situation handled gracefully? UPDATE: A shallow goat which just grazes the top grass seems to have low voted the message. Thanks anyway.

                                Vasudevan Deepak Kumar Personal Homepage
                                Tech Gossips
                                A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't see the clouds at all - he's walking on them. --Leonard Louis Levinson

                                modified on Thursday, April 24, 2008 3:49 AM

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                                benjymous
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                                Could you not just pick somebody needy, take them out to dinner, buy them $25 of food, and just have a glass of tap water yourself?

                                -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit! Buzzwords!

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                                  Vasudevan Deepak K wrote:

                                  1. How else can this situation handled gracefully?

                                  Take some homeless people to dinner. It is too easy to send money. It is harder and more valuable spending time with the destitute.

                                  regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa

                                  Fernando A. Gomez F. wrote:

                                  At least he achieved immortality for a few years.

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                                  heh - great minds :)

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                                  • R Rajesh R Subramanian

                                    I hope you have my postal address. ;P

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                                    I can provide mine one too. :)

                                    Apurva Kaushal

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                                    • V Vasudevan Deepak Kumar

                                      Sometime last month, I had a gift voucher to spend at a star-rated hotel worth about 25 USD to be used against a particular lunch. (I have tried converting the INR value to USD) At least from this part of the country, I feel that this is a pompous spending. As a personal feel and policy, I feel and percieve a greater bliss if I help out some poor who is suffering from hunger rather than spending such a huge amount for a lavish lunch. Food should be the basic criteria for survival. There is a good saying 'Eat to live' but by going by mad and blind business promos like it, I feel whether people are trying to reverse the saying. I admit that there are people who just dial-a-dine but individual perceptions differ and I don't want to comment on that. I abstain from such luxury parties always unless there is a compelling business need for it. A little while ago, I have shared about it here: http://deepakvasudevan.blogspot.com/2006/04/luxury-parties-or-compassionate.html[^] Now I need a little help regarding the following: 1) Should I just destroy the gift voucher by burning it? 2) Should I write back to my manager asking for cancelation of it? Would he feel bad? 3) The hotel management does not seem to have any option of having the voucher for transferred to an orphanage. Bad stone-hearted fellows. 4) How else can this situation handled gracefully? UPDATE: A shallow goat which just grazes the top grass seems to have low voted the message. Thanks anyway.

                                      Vasudevan Deepak Kumar Personal Homepage
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                                      A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't see the clouds at all - he's walking on them. --Leonard Louis Levinson

                                      modified on Thursday, April 24, 2008 3:49 AM

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                                      You sir, are awesome says my first impression. That said, i think letting the voucher go to waste would be a just that; a waste. You could use the voucher for yourself and donate the amount spend to a charity of your choosing. that way you eat as required and do something admirable. Kind regards, Kris

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                                        I can provide mine one too. :)

                                        Apurva Kaushal

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                                        Rajesh R Subramanian
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                                        Not to me, provide your address to VDK. But of course, only if you're poor. ;)

                                        Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. - Cicero .·´¯`·->Rajesh<-·´¯`·. Codeproject.com: Visual C++ MVP

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                                        • R Rajesh R Subramanian

                                          Not to me, provide your address to VDK. But of course, only if you're poor. ;)

                                          Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. - Cicero .·´¯`·->Rajesh<-·´¯`·. Codeproject.com: Visual C++ MVP

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                                          But that is a problem. He is having only one voucher and the contenders are more. So tough time ahead for VDK to decide. :)

                                          Apurva Kaushal

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