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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 8:48am On Sep 05, 2024
Food for thought for all BATists/Agbadorians resident in Nigeria: “Has your salary/income increased by at least 100% in the last 15 months ?”

As for the abroadians , you can please look away.

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Arsenal Fans Thread: The Red & White Army: 2025/2026 EPL Champions! by BlueRayDick: 8:25am On Sep 05, 2024
Happy 23rd birthday to our own starboy 💫

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 7:28am On Sep 05, 2024
This is so sad .

Thank God the suspect made enough mistakes to make them nab him.

https://x.com/letter_to_jack/status/1831433302944727128?s=46
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by BlueRayDick: 5:00pm On Sep 04, 2024
andrewbaba44:
Going on International break after just 3/4 league games into the season doesn’t make sense

Uefa should do something about this ,expecially with the long fixtures of champions league Europa league and conference league
I also agree with this sentiment. In a week to two weeks time, clubs will be counting their losses in form of injuries to key players from the yeye international break.

How can we miss club football for that long and then after 3 games they are going on international break ? angry
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 4:43pm On Sep 04, 2024
Itsrm:
It's a representation of the colour of the Rivers State flag.

Meanwhile, I hear some of the vehicles were spotted at mechanic workshops today. One day after presentation grin
Na naija used be that grin

I trust Nigerian police, the vehicles will not last 6 months before they end up in bad shape
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Arsenal Fans Thread: The Red & White Army: 2025/2026 EPL Champions! by BlueRayDick: 4:40pm On Sep 04, 2024
Fkforyou:
Glad he will be back by then.

I just want Saka to try other roles as that can improve his game.
If it is not broken, don't try to fix it.

Saka is fine playing as a RW, there's no need for any unnecessary experiment
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 4:38pm On Sep 04, 2024
izzou:
[color=royalblue]Nigeria hard true true grin

For a State to buy 100 units of "Over 12 year old" Tokunboh vehicles for the police says a lot

grin grin grin[/color]
It's the blue paint on the wheel for me grin grin grin
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 4:29pm On Sep 04, 2024
afrodoc2:
There are people who do not leave their homes and get the driver license.
I won't doubt this at all.

A friend of mine that was forming "Over sabi/ DIY", He applied for his wife's driver's license online. On the day for the driving test, they didn't even allow her drive for a minute before they told him she doesn't know how to drive. This na person wey take all the time in the world to teach his wife how to drive and assessed her before going.

My friend and his wife paid 3 more of such visits to retake the driving test. He was frustrated eventually, just tipped them and they passed her grin
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 4:21pm On Sep 04, 2024
raumdeuter:
Thinking about it, Almost all the drivers never took a driving test, they just graduate from apprentice to drivers arrange a phtocopy of the license and start work
Even the corporates driving their private and official vehicle sef, most people didn’t go to proper driving school nor take driving tests.

I remember when I went for my drivers license grin.

I was jejely taking the theory aspect of the test on computer ; I was taking my time and trying to ensure I get the answers right. One of the VIO guys (Abi na VIS dem Dey bear now ); he just told me to stand up. I thought perhaps he was suspecting I was cheating or something .

Do u know what he did? He came to my seat, sat in my place and quickly rushed to complete the rest of the test within few minutes; he submitted and I passed . 🤣🤣🤣. Apparently the money I paid for the drivers license application included a special fee which requires that they ensure I pass. I don’t even know this until that point.

As for the practical driving test , they asked me to give one of the VIO guys in charge of the test I think 1k or 1,500. The money is for him to go and bring the car we will use for driving test . After 10 minutes of the guy not showing up, they just collected my document and ask me to proceed to road safety section for capturing . And that was the end .

Imagine if I actually hadn’t really learn how to drive ; that’s how I will hold a driver’s license yet I won’t know how to drive properly. I’m sure a lot of people will have similar experience too.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 3:38pm On Sep 04, 2024
Ibime:
I have only come across Epilepsy once. They have full time carers here if they have severe epilepsy so it's a recognised medical condition

Just before covid, I went to a pay-to-play football game where you just turn up, pay and you don't know the other players. I was harassing the left winger regularly for not tracking back, that's when the LB came and told me to go easy on him, that he has epilepsy and if he overdo, he will have a seizure, and he (left-back) is his carer. True true before the match ended, that guy had a seizure on the pitch and the LB recovered him. It looked like something from the exorcist movie.
Witnessing an epileptic person having seizure for the first time can be quite disturbing for one especially If u don't really know much about the ailment before that moment.

You will experience fear, pity and all kinds of emotions at the same time
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 3:35pm On Sep 04, 2024
raumdeuter:
I have seen one guy here that had it, We were near a swimming pool when his episode happened, but his friends knew and just kept watch so he doesnt fall into the water

I think he didnt get a drivers license too because of the condition
Funny thing is a friend once narrated how his Uber driver had seizure while he was driving him. He was just fortunate it was at a traffic light stop. When the driver came to, he just had to end the trip, pay him off and thanked his stars.

Nigeria na one kind country, normally a person with such ailment should not hold a drivers license because of the danger he poses to other road users.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 9:52am On Sep 04, 2024
Theflint1:
More likely than not, that accident was the cause.
That was exactly my thought much later in life when I read about it in health section of newspapers and also personal research on the internet.

Parents should be mindful of head injuries to their kids to avoid cases of epilepsy resulting from head trauma
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 9:33am On Sep 04, 2024
GloriousGbola:
what we now know as sickle cell was called abiku in the past. wole soyinka described having a childhood friend with sickle cell and how everyone believed she had friend sin the spirit world who were inviting her to play. that was what they sad whenever she had an episode

as for epilepsy - it has triggers. typically bright flashing patterned lights. this is why video games come with an epilepsy warning. in the abroad, you have to take this into consideration nd ensure there are multiple warnings and also design your lighting so that it will not trigger epileptic fits. in nigeria, you are oyo and have to
In this part of the world, it is almost impossible to avoid all the warning triggers for epilepsy. In fact, a lot of people don't even know it has warning triggers that need to be avoided sef.

I'm always scared when I see kids falling over their head and parents dismiss it as nothing.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 9:28am On Sep 04, 2024
iamoyindamola:
I read about the discrimination, how they avoid them like plague
I had 2 experiences with epileptic patient
The first one was a boy in the neighborhood, his parents had to abandon cause of shame, I was young then I saw him had the attack he hit his head on hard surface and that was it he died, elderly people were around but no one wanted to touch him
They said it's warapa

The other one happened in my adult life, my colleague at work had the attack but this is a more educated environment what we did was to make sure his head didn't suffer any more trauma by placing it on a pillow
Then we called his parents who came immediately
The boy even travelled to UK the next week to have a break and resume like nothing happened

Gloriousgbola this guy is an hardcore gamer and on pills

In conclusion, religion have really eaten deep into us in this country
Because religion bring up spirituality, spirituality bring up all these monbo jumbo you can proof
The discrimination is real and it is mostly due to the fact that people feared epilepsy is contagious just by getting physically closer to an epileptic person.

When people talk about depression, mental health and some of the newly christened ailments, they sometimes forget about how life is difficult for people living with epilepsy. It's almost impossible for epileptic patient to live normal life in this part of the world. They lose their relationships immediately their lovers witness their seizure for the first time.
PoliticsRe: What Taiwo Oyedele Actually Said About VAT by BlueRayDick: 7:10am On Sep 04, 2024
Since APC came to power , SPEECH RENOVATION became a major thing .

Government officials will make a statement/speech and they will have to release another statement/speech to clarify what they mean in the original one .

Eventually , when things play out in the nearest future , you will discover the official was never misquoted ; he meant what he said originally and those that reported it the way they did initially actually weren’t wrong .

We’ve seen it happen over and over again.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 7:03am On Sep 04, 2024
iamoyindamola:
But wait what about the PH refinery that should have started operation
My own concern is ; with the way this Dangote refinery coming onboard is being celebrated , will that Port harcourt refinery and other NNPC owned refinery see the light of the day ?

I mean let’s say Port Harcourt refinery comes onboard next month , but what happens to Dangote refinery ? Where will Dangote be getting his crude ? Will FG not sell crude to PH refinery and sell to Dangote Refinery instead ?

Or did NNPC suddenly ramp up crude production to the extent that they can give crude to Dangote, give crude to PH refinery and still be able to meet OPEC quota ? Will NNPC still be able to be profitable when they are selling few crude in dollars while selling majority in Naira to Dangote , PH refinery and other refineries coming onboard ?

The whole thing get as e be
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 6:57am On Sep 04, 2024
I have a question especially for those who go have lived in the west or have mixed with people of other races over time.

Is it just Africans that see epilepsy as a spiritual ailment or there are other people like Chinese , Indians , asians (in general), Arabs , westerners , etc who also believe epilepsy is spiritual?

I remember one of our neighbor’s daughters ; Aunty T while growing up. Aunty T used to drop me and two of her younger siblings way back in primary school. She also picks us from school during closing hours. Aunty T then was already in her 20’s while we were in primary 3 and 4 respectively .

We never knew she had epilepsy until one day she was taking us home and she had seizure on the main road. We were confused as kids that we are, we started crying not knowing what is happening to her . She foamed in her mouth and the elderly people there had to cover her up while the seizure lasted . I guess her younger siblings whom we were together never really saw her that way before too.

After the whole thing she became conscious and she had this sense of shame sha. That was the beginning of a tortuous period , she had those seizures severally afterwards and almost everyone in the neighborhood knew of her condition .

The parents spent a great deal of fortune taking her to medical centers , trado-medical centers , spiritualists and even all these white garment prophets . This Aunty’s life was placed on hold ; she couldn’t proceed to university because of her condition cos things got worse. There were instances she had seizure while cooking and her face burned because she fell unconscious directly over the fire she was cooking from.

At a point the thing caused friction between the parents because the father who studied in Germany for his tertiary education believed it was a medical condition that needs to be managed and the mum thinks it is spiritual ailment that can be cured. You know a woman who cares about all her children thinks it’s not normal for her second born to be stuck with epilepsy while her 3rd , 4th and 5th born are forging ahead with their tertiary education and getting good jobs .

The last I knew of Aunty T, she had a child after several guys ran off witnessing her seizure for the first time.


When I was much more grown and I read about epilepsy , I remember their mum once narrated to my mum how aunty T as a young child was playing outside and somehow got stuck under a car unknown to anyone. The driver of the car entered his vehicle and drove the vehicle for a long distance before people informed him a child was under the vehicle he was driving.

Apparently , the vehicle dragged her on the floor with her head experiencing serious trauma in the process . She was taken to the hospital and all the bruises were treated and she was declared fine . My book mind tells me her epilepsy is linked to the head trauma she had as a young child child in that incident which later manifested in her 20’s ; but the African mentality of enemies shooting “evil arrow “ made it hard to actually conclude if it was spiritual or medical condition.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Arsenal Fans Thread: The Red & White Army: 2025/2026 EPL Champions! by BlueRayDick: 5:36pm On Sep 03, 2024
mostob:
Partey.
I mean we should have discreetly stop him from going for international duty.
I might be wrong but his injury issues usually surface after coming back from break.
If we stop him, Ghana can take action against us with FIFA
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Arsenal Fans Thread: The Red & White Army: 2025/2026 EPL Champions! by BlueRayDick: 5:00pm On Sep 03, 2024
mostob:
Saka in midfield? No please.
BTW, both Timber and Odegaard will be back for the Spurs game.
We should be worried about Partey instead. I don't know why we just let him go just like that.
Partey abi Viera?
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 4:58pm On Sep 03, 2024
Itsrm:
Of course, I already anticipated it. Na why I say "my adult life".

It is expected that I've always had responsibilities as an adult.
Honestly things are really bad.

I try as much as possible to dodge as much people as I can nowadays. I deliberately don't ask after some people's well being because I know what will follow is; they will download their problems and something must drop.

Sometimes I just wonder how people who do low paying jobs like cleaner, driver, etc manage to feed and take care of their responsibilities in this period.

Seriously, any church, mosque or religious organizations not giving back to their vulnerable amongst their members in this period is just a wicked organization that should be deserted by members.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 4:27pm On Sep 03, 2024
KingTom:
As an aside, you saw Baba Aliko for who he truly was. Baba carry him sympathizers trabaye... guess the latest CORNvict grin
grin grin

Very Angry Alhaji has won the war . See him carrying bottle of petrol up and down
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 4:24pm On Sep 03, 2024
raumdeuter:
Maybe people who grew up privileged didnt see it that bad. What brought Abacha stove was not willful science experiments, Or polished rice being only for special occasions or all sorts of food experiments with things you thought were for goats and farm animals

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 3:56pm On Sep 03, 2024
Anybody wey no carry enough money commot house today will definitely get stranded with this fuel price increment. Motorists will carry blood in their eyes to increase fare ASAP, just the same way filling stations adjusted pump price
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 3:53pm On Sep 03, 2024
Itsrm:
I have never in my adult life seen things this bad.
APC people will tell u: "Things have always been bad, It's just because u didn't have responsibilities before APC came to power. That's why u don't know things have always been this bad"
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 2:59pm On Sep 03, 2024
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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 2:57pm On Sep 03, 2024
Somebody said Adeboye should retire and handover to Sam already grin

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by BlueRayDick: 2:48pm On Sep 03, 2024
izzou:
[color=royalblue]So which money did Napoli make from Galatasaaray now?

How many million dem pay for the loan?[/color]
That is how u know Napoli is poorly run club. That was the same thing they did with koulibaily ; remember at a time they wanted 150 million Euros for Koulibaily. How much did they eventually sell him again?

He did not agree with Chelsea because of Chelsea's wage structure and paycut thingy. For Chelsea to pay him same thing he gets paid at Napoli after tax, then Chelsea's wage structure will be distorted
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by BlueRayDick: 2:43pm On Sep 03, 2024
izzou:
[color=royalblue]His first offer was a loan; His agent said no loan.

Sterling is on loan, yet receiving his salary in full.

If he had agreed, Both clubs would have funded his pay.

He said he didn't want any LOAN

It is clear that he overrated himself, and Gala just saved his career.[/color]
No two loan contract are one and same. I'm sure u don't have a full idea of what the Chelsea loan offer was.

Napoli from the onset wants to cashout massively o Osimehn, so I doubt Napoli would ever agree to cover part of Osimehn's salary like Chelsea are doing for Sterling.

There's a lot of misinformation about the Osimehn transfer saga out there, but one thing is very constant: NAPOLI WANTED TO MAKE AS MUCH MONEY AS THEY CAN MAKE FROM OSIMEHN'S DEPATRURE AND THAT IS MOST LIKELY THE REASON THINGS TURNED OUT THE WAY IT DID.

Why people just chose to bash Osmiehn is what muses me.

Take a look at the attached; u will see where it is said Chelsea could not agree terms with Osimehn. That is definitely not unconnected with Chelsea's wage structure

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 2:28pm On Sep 03, 2024
WhoDeyHause:
Na anyway belle face mode everybody dey now, on God.
The saying is "Anywhere belle face na front". But for this Tinubu regime ehn, everywhere belle face na hardship, hardship and hardship.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 2:26pm On Sep 03, 2024
Roland17:
If I was a betting man, I will confidently bet that nothing, absolutely nothing will happen. E sure me kpai.

By 2026, he will realign with those he needs, ground boys will weaponize poverty, make the elections about tribe, and it would be smooth sailing into another term.
The truth is you will most likely win the bet embarassed

It is what it is.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 1:41pm On Sep 03, 2024
raumdeuter:
As long as conditions in one side is better there will be smuggling regardless of how much you tighten the border
They should get out with their ridiculous lies and excuses. Smuggling has always been in existence.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by BlueRayDick: 12:28pm On Sep 03, 2024
With the way Tinubu, his appointees and government is moving ehn.... At this point, it's looking like a case of " Na who go die go die, Na who remain go remain"

VAT to be increased to 10%

https://www.nairaland.com/8203008/proposing-law-increase-vat-10

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