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Car TalkRe: The Audi And Volkswagen Issues Resolution Thread by 8ightball: 8:57pm On Feb 28, 2013
I drive an Audi A6 2001 model: and my fuel consumption is roughly 14.4MPG. Is this not rather high? I also noticed that my CHECK ENGINE light is on. I would like to replace my current radiator as the present one is leaking. Can I do this at Itire? and how much would it cost me? Any tips or ideas?
Also can I have references to any reputable audi mech at iyana itire? I would appreciate. 08029401212
Car TalkRe: HELP ME OH!!! I NEED AN AUDI MECHANIC @IYANA ITIRE by 8ightball(op): 7:35pm On Feb 20, 2013
bump
Technology MarketRe: Apple Macbook Pro (Retina) Corei7,8GB,256GB SSD by 8ightball: 8:22pm On Feb 18, 2013
your money is still here
Car TalkRe: HELP ME OH!!! I NEED AN AUDI MECHANIC @IYANA ITIRE by 8ightball(op): 8:09pm On Feb 16, 2013
ZIM DRILL: any mechanic can change it for you, the same with servicing
Any idea on how much the radiator of Audi A6 2001 model costs?
Car TalkRe: HELP ME OH!!! I NEED AN AUDI MECHANIC @IYANA ITIRE by 8ightball(op): 3:59pm On Feb 16, 2013
bump
Car TalkRe: HELP ME OH!!! I NEED AN AUDI MECHANIC @IYANA ITIRE by 8ightball(op): 8:40pm On Feb 14, 2013
I have a leaking radiator which I need to replace and do general servicing of the car/.
Technology MarketRe: Apple Macbook Pro (Retina) Corei7,8GB,256GB SSD by 8ightball: 8:15pm On Feb 14, 2013
I have #240k, right now. what do you say? 08029401212
Technology MarketRe: New Macbook Air 2012 For Sale! by 8ightball: 8:13pm On Feb 14, 2013
You are ignoring my offer, yet you keep bumping this page
Technology MarketRe: new Macbook Pro Intel Core I7 , 4gb,500gb ,NVIDIA Geforce,255k by 8ightball: 8:09pm On Feb 14, 2013
#220k. money available
Car TalkRe: HELP ME OH!!! I NEED AN AUDI MECHANIC @IYANA ITIRE by 8ightball(op): 8:05pm On Feb 14, 2013
still asking
Technology MarketRe: Wanted: Macbook Pro (URGENT) by 8ightball(op): 8:04pm On Feb 14, 2013
marleygab: for the retina
Is that your last price dude?
Car TalkHELP ME OH!!! I NEED AN AUDI MECHANIC @IYANA ITIRE by 8ightball(op):
I need referrals to the most knowledgeable and trust worthy audi mechanic @iyana itire to work on my audi A6. I will appreciate any links/hints. 08029401212
Technology MarketRe: Cheap New apple Mac Book Air , core i5 ,11 inches ,13 inches,warranty by 8ightball: 5:51pm On Feb 13, 2013
150k. 08029401212
Technology MarketRe: Wanted: Macbook Pro (URGENT) by 8ightball(op): 8:55pm On Feb 12, 2013
marleygab: available for 300k
300k for which? Retina or non retina?
Technology MarketRe: Cheap New apple Mac Book Air , core i5 ,11 inches ,13 inches,warranty by 8ightball: 10:47pm On Feb 10, 2013
150k
Technology MarketRe: New Macbook Air 2012 For Sale! by 8ightball: 1:18pm On Feb 10, 2013
I am dead serious. Can I have the model number?
Technology MarketRe: New Macbook Air 2012 For Sale! by 8ightball: 11:53am On Feb 10, 2013
150k. money available now
Technology MarketWanted: Macbook Pro (URGENT) by 8ightball(op): 9:28pm On Feb 06, 2013
I need a macbook pro 15" 2012 model, either Retina (8GB RAM, 256SSD) or non Retina (4GB RAM, 750GB HDD). My number is 08029401212. Serious buy seeking serious seller. thanks
Computer MarketRe: Apple Macbook Pro With Retina Display 2012 Model. At A Giveaway Price by 8ightball: 11:34pm On Feb 04, 2013
is it still available?
Computer MarketRe: Sale Sale!!! Macbook Pro Retina Display by 8ightball: 4:42pm On Feb 02, 2013
170k cash available now. 08029401212
CrimeOk by 8ightball(op): 3:16pm On Jan 24, 2013
kindly ignore
CrimeKindly Ignore by 8ightball(op): 4:38am On Jan 23, 2013
please ignore
Art, Graphics & VideoTesting by 8ightball(op): 10:56pm On Jan 19, 2013
testing
Technology MarketKindly Ignore by 8ightball(op): 7:11pm On Jan 19, 2013
kindly ignore
Technology MarketRe: Laptop Screen Replacement At Reduced Price by 8ightball: 4:56pm On Dec 15, 2012
Lenovo B570e.
Technology MarketRe: Laptop Screen Replacement At Reduced Price by 8ightball: 3:40pm On Dec 15, 2012
dude, why didnt you respond to my enquiry?
Technology MarketRe: Laptop Screen Replacement At Reduced Price by 8ightball: 1:01am On Dec 15, 2012
I need to change my lenovo 15" screen. How much would it cost? thans 08029401212
PhonesWhere Do I Repair My Iphone With A Broken Power Button by 8ightball(op): 9:51am On Dec 09, 2012
I have an iphone 4 with a non functional power button. Where can I get it fixed in Lagos? Thanks
Jobs/VacanciesDont Go To School by 8ightball(op): 9:34pm On Dec 07, 2012
DONT GO TO SCHOOL

[1] If you are a “creative”, you are going to find school extremely boring and restrictive. It would hurt more if you are an “outlier”, GOTO[5].
[2] Unless you plan on becoming a “professional”, examples of which include a doctor, an engineer, an academic, etc. it really makes no sense
going to school to waste 5 or more years to earn the rights to own a piece of parchment”. But who really wants to go to school to become a “boring old fart”? When the end game is to make money?
GOTO [4]
[3] You would be forced to cram and swot a lot of courses that have no relevance in the real world[iii]. GOTO[6]. Imagine being forced to
learn Fortran programming, and picture you using Fortran in the real world after graduation. That sucks ass right? BIGTIME!
[4] Self learning/development is the best. SECRET: for you to really LEARN something,
it has to have emotional impact (better +VE) on you, that way, you only learn what’s useful at a particular point in time and would likely never forget it.[i].
[5] An outlier here means “someone who can’t fit in because he just wont fit in and most likely wont even care to fit in because he is different”. An outlier is different, everything about him is, he wont fit into
the academic environment, probably wont even care about fitting in hence would be termed odd by his peers and socially ostracised [ii].
That way he probably will not be able to learn anything taught in school because he would come to hate school and his colleagues. GOTO[4].
[6] Its worse if you are in a Nigerian school. I wasn’t a comp science major, but I took some programming courses, hence my frequent reference to GOTO and Fortran. To say
that the educational curriculum in Nigeria needs a revamp is like overstating the obvious fact that the sun will rise tomorrow, baring the rapture occurring or the Malayan end of the world prophesy coming to pass.
Nigerian schools suck big time, understaffed with ill trained (corrupt and sometimes sex crazed) tutors, decayed learning facilities, outdated curriculum etc.[iii]
[7] If you plan on attaining any measure of financial independence, wealth or affluence, don’t look at school to show you the way. School trains you to follow the rules,
regurgitate all you are taught whether you understand it or not, not to think outside the box, be failure/risk averse[v] etc. And these are all of the things you need to do
in order to make it in the real world which school doesn’t prepare you for.
Was my going to school a waste of time? The answer I will keep to my chest. Would I have missed anything if I had not gone to school? the answer is a resounding wall of Jericho pulling down NO [iv].

NOTES
Whenever I mention school, I actually mean a higher institution, e.g. University, Polytechnic etc.
[i] I learn more flying blind and picking up stuff (I code for a partial living) than learning how to do stuff from a book, why? the mystique and wonder of discovery (that warm fuzzy feeling) is lost when I have my hand held all the way.
[ii] There is no intellectual product that wasn’t birthed in the cold damp corners of solitude, The feeling of being socially ostracised is one that any creative should sew into a cloak and wear with pride because out of it can spring forth greatness.
Most times you really need to be alone to spark and fan on the embers of genius to produce the white hot flames of greatness.(beginning to sound like some motivational speaker urrghhh!!).
[iii] I sometimes wake up in a cold sweat after having a nightmare about flunking Nuclear Physics (PHY 501). Although I didn’t, I am still scared shit less by the very thought. My brain has been 99.9% wiped clean of everything I learnt in the university, why? most of what I “learnt” wasn’t useful to me outside those 4 walls, in my opinion, if you
had a solid Montessori primary and secondary education, anything more, GOTO[1]&[2] would be a bloody waste of time.
[iv] I was a geek in school, so go figure.
[v] If you don’t fail, you wont succeed. If you don’t loose, you wont win. How many of lecturers or the old farts I warned against becoming in [2] have any measure of
affluence or wealth by just doing all that they were taught in school? ***And silence covers the earth*** In the tech sector, examples abound of successful people
who were anti [7], why? because that’s what it takes to succeed in the real world. Mostly.
Technology MarketRe: 2s by 8ightball: 7:51pm On Nov 26, 2012
same thing, you still havent acknowledged your error.

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