[Assam] Trivia

[Ram Sarangapani]

Hehehe Uttam,

Some examples of 'chicken' in Guwahati, I can think of off the bat:

- driving (I have seen people do so), just after a VIP montri and his
entourage has passed by

- walking in Guwahati, just after a 2-hour rain. (The streets are flooded)

Anyway, glad you enjoyed it.

--Ram da


On 9/5/08, uttam borthakur <uttamborthakur at yahoo.co.in> wrote:
>
> Ram Da
>
> That's some enjoyable information. Can you say what is such a 'Chicken'
> near Assam. I believe it will be easy for you to handle and so do not need
> to scroll down:-)
>
>
> Uttam Kumar Borthakur
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Ram Sarangapani <assamrs at gmail.com>
> To: A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the world <
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> Sent: Friday, 5 September, 2008 8:41:49 AM
> Subject: Re: [Assam] Trivia
>
> Hi Uttam,
>
> I am sorry, I didn't provide any clue. But I had expected at least one khar
> khowa Texan would respond :).
>
> Well this chicken is really not the spicy variety, but comes real close.
>
> This "Chicken" should be of great interest to people interested in
> maritime,
> in physics, and the rather gutsy way huge ships and tankers are handled by
> the Houston Ship Channel. The Houston Ship Channel is the 2nd largest in
> the
> world (what is the largest?), but it is narrow.
>
> >From what I know, that while the channel is narrow is quite long, and
> basically, only locally trained experts, who know the Houston Ship channel
> well, pilot the ships thru the channel. All ships coming in from any where
> HAVE to be piloted to the channels by these guys. They are paid huge
> amounts
> by international shipping companies for the enormous risk taken and for
> getting their ships thru safely.
>
> The authorities on the other hand "make sure" that two ships going headlong
> toward each other are set in motion. (only 2 ships can barely, just barely
> pass by each other).
>
> The term "Chicken" is a common phrase in Texas (maybe US) - like cutting it
> too close while driving fast or jumping from one vehicle to another (while
> in motion) - illegal, but done.
>
> As for ships, it seems a huge ship needs at least 7 miles to stop, but the
> distance between two oncoming ships is just half a mile or so. Seems a lot
> of space - but not really enough when we are talking about ships.
>
> The ships are (it seems) steered toward each other purposely - and it is
> shocking, that the ships really do not crash into each other because the
> water between them pushes them back, and away from each other.
>
> For those interested, the first link is a time lapse of ships navigating
> the
> channel (just fantastic), the second is a better and a more accurate
> outline.
> The Houston ship channel is the only place in the world that this happens
> and if you read the link, it seems even veteran ship captains sweat bricks
> when think of the HSC.
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/oneeighteen/2443170048/in/photostream
>
> http://www.kennebeccaptain.blogspot.com/2008/04/texas-chicken.html
>
> Enjoy,
>
> --Ram da
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 9:00 PM, uttam borthakur
> <uttamborthakur at yahoo.co.in>wrote:
>
> > Ram Da
> >
> > I scrolled down like the proverbial Sardarji, but found no clue!
> >
> >
> > Uttam Kumar Borthakur
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: Ram Sarangapani <assamrs at gmail.com>
> > To: A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the world <
> > assam at assamnet.org>
> > Sent: Thursday, 4 September, 2008 10:45:29 PM
> > Subject: [Assam] Trivia
> >
> > A quick trivia.
> >
> > What is a "Texas Chicken"?
> > This is supposedly world famous.
> >
> > --Ram
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