Commonwealth Games Some Short History & Turn Of Nation

Commonwealth Games Some Short History

The Commonwealth Games is a multinational, multi-sport event which features competitions involving thousands of elite athletes from members of the Commonwealth of Nations. Organised every four years, they are the third-largest multi-sport event in the world, after the Summer Olympic Games and the Asian Games.

As well as many Olympic sports, the Games also include some sports that are played mainly in Commonwealth countries, such as lawn bowls, rugby sevens and netball. The Games are overseen by the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF), which also controls the sporting programme and selects the host cities. The host city is selected from across the Commonwealth, with eighteen cities in seven countries having hosted it.

The event was first held in 1930 under the title of the British Empire Games. The event was renamed as the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in 1954, the British Commonwealth Games in 1970, and gained its current title in 1978. Only six teams have attended every Commonwealth Games: Australia, Canada, England, New Zealand, Scotland and Wales. Australia has been the highest scoring team for ten games, England for seven and Canada for one.

And Then After Next Nation Is

Can you sell a dead donkey ?

A city boy, Kenny, moved to the country and bought a donkey from an old farmer for $100.00. The farmer agreed to deliver the donkey the next day.

The next day the farmer drove up and said, "Sorry son, but I have some bad news, the donkey died last night."

Kenny replied: "Well then, just give me my money back."

The farmer said: "Can't do that. I went and spent it already."

Kenny said: "OK then, just unload the donkey.."

The farmer asked: "What ya gonna do with him?"

Kenny: "I'm going to raffle him off." (Note: To raffle is to sell a thing by lottery - draw lot - to a group of people each paying the same amount for a ticket)

Farmer: "You can't raffle off a dead donkey!"

Kenny: "Sure I can. Watch me. I just won't tell anybody he's dead."

A month later the farmer met up with Kenny and asked, "What happened with that dead donkey?" Kenny: "I raffled him off. I sold 500 tickets at two dollars apiece and made a profit of $898.00."

Farmer: "Didn't anyone complain?"

Kenny: "Just the guy who won. So I gave him back his two dollars."

Kenny grew up and eventually became the chairman of Enron.

After Marriage

Wife = Worries Invited For Ever    

Every man should get married some time; after all, happiness is not the only thing in life!! - Anonymous

An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have; the older she gets the more interested he is in her. - Agatha Christie

Bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier than others. - Oscar Wilde

Don't marry for money; you can borrow it cheaper. - Scottish Proverb

I don't worry about terrorism. I was married for two years. - Sam Kinison

A psychiatrist is a person who will give you expensive answers that your wife will give you for free. - Anonymous

Bachelors know more about women than married men; if they didn't, they'd be married too. - H. L. Mencken

Men have a better time than women; for one thing, they marry later, for another thing, they die earlier. - H. L. Mencken

"A man without a woman is like a fish without a bicycle." - U2

Marriage is a three ring circus: Engagement Ring, Wedding Ring & Suffering

When a newly married couple smiles, everyone knows why.

When a ten-year married couple smiles, everyone wonders why.

Love is blind but marriage is an eye-opener.

We always hold hands. If I let go, she shops.

A couple came upon a wishing well. The husband leaned over, made a wish and threw in a penny. The wife decided to make a wish, too. But she leaned over too much, fell into the well. The husband was stunned for a while but then smiled "It really works!"

Before marriage, a man yearns for the woman he loves. After marriage, the "Y" becomes silent.

Source: Internet

Our Sweet Chennai from 1883 to 1939

Marina Beech

Moubrays Road

Mount Road

Mylapore

Parrys

Pycrofts Road

Esplanade

First Lane Beach

Central

Egmore 1912

Ambulance at Chennai 1940

Bank of Madras 1935

Car Showroom Chennai 1913

Ford 1917

Chennai Market (Kothaval Chawadi) 1939

Chennai Library 1913  (college studensama)

Chennai Marina Beach  1913

Mylapore -1939

A Waiter (Taj Hotel)

Multi complex Departmental Store 1883

ABOUT CHENNAI
Ø      Chennai shares the second position as the largest employment generator in India , along with Bombay . It is next only to Bangalore .

Madras generates around 35,000 jobs annually.

Ø      Chennai has the highest two-wheeler population in India .

Ø      Chennai has the lowest pollution among major cities of India in spite of having over 20 lakh vehicles.

Ø      The city is now called the Detroit of India due to its automobile industry producing over 40% of the country's auto parts and vehicles.

Ø      Chennai is India 's fourth largest city and ranks among the fifty most populous cities in the world (#35).

Ø      Chennai as ranked First in India in Health facilities by Outlook in 2003.

Ø      Chennai was ranked First in India in Education facilities by Outlook in 2003.

Ø      Chennai was ranked the second best city to live in by Outlook in 2003.

Ø      The Mofussil bus stand at Koyambedu, Chennai is the largest in South Asia .

Ø      Chennai is the best place of cinema post-production work in the country according to leading cine industry experts.  Because of its cheapness and all modernized technologies, several post-production works for the movies from the Eastern India and also from North-East India are now being done in Chennai.

Madras (Chennai) old facts...........

Ø      Gateway of South India .

Ø      Cultural capital of India .

Ø      Marina Beach is the second longest beach in the world, after Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro .

Ø      Has one of oldest engineering and medical colleges in the world.

Ø      Has the second largest cine industry in the country, next only to Bombay .

Ø      Chennai is the home of South Indian cinema. There were times when all the post production work in the entire South Indian cine industry was done only at Chennai.

Ø      The Vandalur Zoo in Chennai is the First Zoo (1855) in India and one of the largest in South Asia.

Ø      The Cancer institute (1920) in Chennai is one of the Oldest in India.

Cancel your credit card before you die...

Now some people really are dumber than a box of rocks and here's  proof!!!!

Be sure and cancel your credit cards before you die.

This is so priceless, and so, so easy to see happening, customer service being what it is today.

A lady died this past January, and Citibank billed her for February and March for their annual service charges on her credit card, and  added late fees and interest on the monthly charge. The balance had been $0.00 when she died, but now somewhere around $60.00. A family member placed a call to Citibank.

Here is the exchange :

Family Member: 'I am calling to tell you she died back in January.'

Citibank: 'The account was never closed and the late fees and charges still apply.'

Family Member: 'Maybe, you should turn it over to collections. '

Citibank: 'Since it is two months past due, it already has been.'

Family Member: So, what will they do when they find out she is dead?'

Citibank: 'Either report her account to frauds division or report her to the credit bureau, maybe both!'

Family Member: 'Do you think God will be mad at her?'

Citibank: 'Excuse me?'

Family Member: 'Did you just get what I was telling you - the part about her being dead?'

Citibank: 'Sir, you'll have to speak to my supervisor.'

Supervisor gets on the phone:

Family Member: 'I'm calling to tell you, she died back in January with  a $0 balance.'

Citibank: 'The account was never closed and late fees and charges still apply.'

Family Member: 'You mean you want to collect from her estate?'

Citibank: (Stammer) 'Are you her lawyer?'

Family Member: 'No, I'm her great nephew.' (Lawyer info was given)

Citibank: 'Could you fax us a certificate of death?'

Family Member: 'Sure.' (Fax number was given )

After they get the fax :

Citibank: 'Our system just isn't setup for death. I don't know what more I can do to help.'

Family Member: 'Well, if you figure it out, great! If not, you could just keep billing her. She won't care.'

Citibank: 'Well, the late fees and charges will still apply.'

(What is wrong with these people?!?)

Family Member: 'Would you like her new billing address?'

Citibank: 'That might help...'

Family Member: ' Odessa Memorial Cemetery , Highway 129, Plot Number 69.'

Citibank: 'Sir, that's a cemetery!'

Family Member: 'And what do you do with dead people on your planet???'

(Priceless!! )

You wondered why Citi is going broke and need the feds to bail them out!!

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