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I feel your pain my guy.

I am scared of flying too, I prefer driving. I drove from Waukegan, IL to D.C instead of flying back in August.

But I still fly to other countries though but I don't attempt sitting on a plane for more than 6 hrs.

I will suggest trying to find flights to Manilla that have lots of stopovers. I think manilla is 21-35 hours from U.S.

What i do is, I travel with my headphone and MP3, ( I don't use my phone because my battery will die ). I listen to music all the way and fall a sleep in between.

Some people do take anxiety pills too. I have never tried it. I try listening to music.

The scariest part for me is the take off and for some destinations the pilot will make a U turn shortly after lifting off the runway before climbing to the correct altitude but you will be fine. I am not trying to scare you. Just to let you know what to expect.

Things we do for love

Good luck.

ImperialYoruba:
The choice to invite a citizen under investigation is discretionary, it is not a statutory practice. You cannot file lawsuit and win on basis that you are a known person and should be invited. That's sense of entitlement.

Assuming that you are correct that EFCC invitation is discretionary.
If EFCC did invite an individual for questioning and arrest another individual without invitation. Provided that those different individual are well known and are subject to EFCC's investigation, then that's an abuse of discretion.

If EFCC have reason to believe that Mr. Innoson committed those crimes he is accused with, why don't they prosecute him? Take the case to trial and then lock him up if he his guilty. They didn't have to partake in a barbaric act, show of force.

In a civilized world, The slap incident involving Mrs. Innoson is enough sue EFCC For battery, assault, she can even throw in sexual assualt and have EFCC lawyer themselves out if that one . All while claiming $50m in punitive damages.

My Ogas una Happy New year oo.

I have been following this thread and learning new stuffs in building Construction. I have learnt so much that I think now qualifies me as a " builder"

Lot's of questions circling in my head, I am able to see the answers on this thread.

I got a question though, why do people paint their houses like this( picture below). Some people even paint both interior and exterior of their house in this rough looking format. I visited a friend years ago and the painting brushed my arm. I am still nursing the injury till date(joke).

Bt seriously though, what is the reasoning behind painting houses like that why can't people paint houses to be smooth instead of looking rough.

The president should have made it simple.

Treat every individual gun shot wound, women in a Labour, little kid that broken his ankle playing street soccer, accidents victims.. Then ask for payment later.

It is a shame that as a country as Nigeria is, an accident victim will be brought to the hospital and hospital will have the guts to ask for deposit and to purchase card for emergency while the patient is dying.

Also while they are at it, they should revolutionize the health sector. No more one flat and one room hospitals. Those shouldn't even qualify as a clinic talk more of a hospital

EgunMogaji:
I'm in Southern California.

You will find a water pressure regulator in most US homes (picture) to reduce the tremendous amount of pressure coming from the city as high as 120 psi. Most home faucet and lines only need about 45psi

https://pdrinlandempire.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/139/2017/08/shut-off-valve.jpg

Good luck on your project Sir.

Ha, here we go again.. I have never put much thought into the water pressure regulator. Here in the midwest, ours is in the basement.

I have always seen it as plumbing stuff but never really connected the dots.. Well i didn't know the dots were there in the first place.

although I am a novice in building construction but that high water tank is just an eyesore and very unsafe and I knew there is a solution to it , more efficient and less dangerous ways to still achieve the in-house water pressure but maybe people are not aware of it.

Thanks again my Oga. I stayed in San Bernadino for a little while years ago. Beautifull place, nice weather but very expensive.

EgunMogaji:
While we await Ogas response (he's probably in Italy to welcome the New Year).

The tank has to be higher than the highest water outlet which is usually the shower. The higher the tank the higher the pressure of the water coming through tee pipes.

In Texas where they don't have hills, they erect seriously tall and high volume tanks to generate necessary pressure to homes in the areas (see picture) and they sometimes even have pumping stations to increase that pressure.

https://www.sugarland.com/photos/images/db/636085_048.JPG

In California with hills, they install the tanks on the mountain tops to generate this needed pressure. And they too supplement with pumping stations.

https://www.nmggeotechnical.com/projects/p7lsm_img_12/fullsize/Zone-6-and-D-tanks_fs.jpg

Like you, I don't want 5,000 liter of water on top of my head and worse to potentially fall on neighbors. I'm averse to risk in my old age.

So what I did was just slightly elevate my tank (see picture) and I will use an on-demand and inline water pressure pump for the main house. I am not doing that for my BQ because I think the tank is high enough to give me the desired pressure. The water pump can be powered by a small solar power system.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-NoPjuGlOo

Good luck on your project.

Thank you my Oga for your response.

I live in the U.S but I never knew those tall structures are water tanks .

I have a project that God's willing will break ground this 2018 and I am very hesitant on mounting those high water tanks. 47ft above ground I think the Govt should out law them, it looks very dangerous.

eunisam:
They should tell us who will win the FIFA world cup 2018

Or tell us the scores for all the matches in premier league so boys can hammer bet9ja..

megacontrol:
Perhaps the planning permit approval agency in Onitsha is not as strict as Lagos.
As can be seen in the neighborhood, high rise seem to be the norm w/out provision for adequate parking and elevator.
Not sure this will fly in Lagos for such 5-6 story buildings with 8-10 or more dwelling units.

At the end of the day,if the plan is approved then the builder goes ahead to execute.
This seems like a big project, the speed and accuracy is commendable. cheers!

I totally agree with you. We all know Nigeria is sort of like a lawless state but in Onitsha especially it is very disgraceful. When you go to some areas and see how their buildings are.. No space at all.

Areas like Awada Obosi, you will see a 6 storey building on a 50x100 plot of land. The stair case very tiny. No parking space at all, people have to park their cars by the road side.

As far as building approvals go, I was told, " this is rental property, just do whatever they tell you in the office and get your approval then you can go out build whatever you want, the govt just want to cover themselves". This came from an official in the Ministry of urban development.

The ministry never visits sites to make sure people are following the building plan. The PLACE that i know that does visit sites is F.C.T.

As far as Onitsha goes, the tenants don't really care, they just want a house close to their shops, church and school. Lot's of things that happen in Onitsha can never happen in nearby Asaba. Prospective Tenants will give you an earfull.

Dead bone shall rise again

aeak1yahoocom:
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09055889692

Pictures?

skimanski:
The Higher the Tank, the stronger the water pressure inside the house

Thank you for your response.

But I am not sure I understand what you mean by " the stronger the water pressure inside the house".

The reason why i am asking is that, some of this water tanks looks ridiculously high and looks dangeeous too. I was wondering in the western world where there is no over head tank but tenants still access water in their apartments. Isn't there a way to reduce the height of the water tanks and still access water in the apartments.

If the height of the water tank stand is reduced say to 10ft above ground. Would it pose a problem?



Thanks again.

skimanski:
14.3 Meters Above Ground Level Sir

Quick question for you, is there any reason why water tanks are built this high?

nifemiayoade:
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My Oga Sir,

I think you might be derailing your own thread here.

You started off nicely, Many people are looking forward for your updates on the 4 bedroom duplex with 2 units of 2 bedroom. Pictures and all.

While your other designs and hand work are all beautiful. I will suggest in the interest of coherence and so you don't loose the attention of online viewers that you open a separate thread show casing your designs and leave this thread solely for the update on this project.

Nice 3d design by the way. Looking forward for more updates.

Cheers!!

peacefull:
Thank you for gave me advice.

forreelinc.
FemiEddy.
Nutase.
Badgers14.

I wrote about my husband like bad guy.
But he is good guy to me.
That's why I'm still loving him.

Sorry about if I made you feel so bad what I wrote.

I wrote too much about money problem.
But in fact, my must worry about is I still can't be his especially woman.

I'm so anxious now.
Maybe bcoz of he is not around.

But I had good experience in here what you gave me advice.

I'm very very APPRECIATE!!!

Have a great night!

P.S. if woman will get too much fat after marriage, husband say a swindle or pig in my country.not hippopotamus

Oh no no, I am not upset.

I was just short of words. My suggestion will still be to talk to your husband about how you feel.

It is not a bad thing for a wife to ask the husband a question or have a conversation with him about her feelings.

I hope everything works out well for you and you will continue to be happy in your marriage.

Goodluck!!

Abeg shift for me let me help her cry.

Their problem thier business.

I just bought fuel N190 per litre and my chest is doing me somehow.

Well well well.

First of all, it is not good to generalize about people's character because everyone is unique. Not every igbo man is like that and the character he is exhibiting is not peculiar to igbos.

I don't why your husband is acting like that and off course we don't know your full relationship history.

Here is the thing though, unlike the western world, African society is a patriarch society. Men rule. The man / husband usually gives orders, oversees the affairs of the family and run the family as he deems fit.

From what you wrote here though, you both have lived together for a long time. Maybe he has a wife in Nigeria, maybe his father or mother is sick or maybe he is tired of your relationship.. I dont know.

I will suggest you talk to him about how you feel and find out if there is a problem, find out how he feels about your relationship. You know have soul to soul conversation with your husband. A good husband regardless of his race, tribe or nationality should care for the wife's feeling and make sure she is happy.

Cheers!!

He might be right. That's quite wrong, the issue is that, he is perceived to be an aggressive player and will easily get a yellow card if he breathes heavily on a player.

Just like Andreas Herrera always goes down easily if you stare at him. It is usually a bit hard for him to win free kick.

Neither.

A good coach is a people's person. Ronaldo could be arrogant with a me me lifestyle. He wants all the attention for himself and could be a damsel at times.

Messi on the other hand looks like an 8-5 kind of guy, comes to work do his 8 hrs and go home. He doesn't look like he is interested in office politics or anything of that sort and isn't ready to beg or please anyone. Just come to work, do his share and go home.

They are both good players but neither of them shows leadership ability on the pitch.

I think Sergio Ramos and Iniesta will be a good coaches especially Ramos.

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Pictures?

linconoyee:
Happy Holiday nairalanders , don't know if some engineers and investors in the house could help me through this . I just purchase 2plot of land in my town and I'm planning to use it for a standard hotel with a pool and my budget is 50million , from start to finish , do u think this will be enough for the project ?

It depends on lots of factors like;
1. How many rooms?
2. Amenties you intend to have in the hotel.?

ossaioviesucces:
Breaking: Gov Okowa Signs Bill of N308.9 billion 2018 Budget Into Law.

Delta State Governor Sen Ifeanyi Okowa today signed N308.9 billion 2018 Budget Into Law.

The Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, accompanied by his Deputy, Rt. Hon. Osanebi Ossai Friday, Clerk of the House, Mrs Lyna Ochukor, and other principal officers of the DTHA presented passed the Appropriation Bill at the occasion which took place in Government House Asaba and was witnessed by members of the Delta State Executive Council and other top government functionaries.

Question for you Sir,

How much does it cost to get the fast track 90 C of O in Delta state?

I think Okowa deserves a statue

Nigerians are wicked

Diaris god ooo

He is checking his blokos, Village people are working overtime this days..

#11: How to survive Buhari's govt.

I bought a litre of fuel for N190 after standing in line for almost 2 hours and my chest is doing me somehow.

Patience is a virtue.

Congrats George Weah, I hope you make Africans proud!!

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Naijabin:
Thank you sir, I really appreciate your advice, I am so grateful

You are very welcome My Oga.

Please please do use my last advice about not strangling your business to buy land.

Again, I don't know about real estate up North because I am from the East. Here is how re al estate usually works.

They tell you land is say, N1m, you negotiate 750 and the seller accepts 850k.that's not the only expenses.

You still have to pay agent fee which could be between 5-10 percent of 850k. Then you find a lawyer to write the agreement, might charge you 5-10 % the cost of the land or 10-15k.
Then survey the land, surveyors usually charge 50-70k.

Remember this figure might be more or less. They are the figures I have paid myself so it might be the same or high or low depending on the area.

So, You might decide to secure the land with fence, fencing costs approximately N1m. As soon as you start fencing, the villagers will come for development levy, money for youth, fencing levy, transformer levy, fencing permit and all.

You have seen all these charges that was never brought up to your attention (agent fee, lawyer, surveyor etc).

Say if you use all your money say, N1m to buy a land of 850k, you will end up emptying your pocket, this will stress you out and it have a potential of affecting your business.

Before buying, always do the maths very well to make sure you have enough money for those expenses and also you still have money left to run your business because you don't want to strangle the source of your income.

Cheers!!

On thing i like about this man is he is always the king or a rich father with stubborn son/daughter in his movies, he never acts as a poor man