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budaatum:
I do talk to myself. Just the other day, I was talking to a friend of mine who has cancer and felt down, and said the following:

"However bad life seems, there's unfortunately always another spanner waiting to mess things up some more.
It's why there's two of me, the me the spanner hits and another who gets to laugh at the pain the me feels.
So learn to laugh, and be of good cheer."

And if that's the idea being conveyed with the Trinity, it could make sense.
And I can't wait till that's how this is being discussed, as in a thread titled, "In what way can 'Jesus' and 'God' be one".
But that would have to be preceeded by a "What is 'God'" thread and a "What is 'Jesus'" thread,
and going by our current level of discussions - stuck in the Father and Son concept of 1600 years ago,
and rather fundamentally at that despite the numerous verses indicating two separate entities
- I can't say we've evolved to that level yet.
Which is why I'm delighted with these sort of threads to be honest.
In it is the Work of God, the search for understanding, being done.

Jung went on to discover a Quarternity, so we are lagging behind current understandings.
But we are evolving, and would one day get there.

That is the spirit, as no one promised you, me or anyone else for that matter, a hitch free life
If you cant pick up the spanner to use to your advantage or to fling off, if unable
then learn to laugh, and be of good cheer

Whilst Jung went on to discover a Quarternity, I, besides settling to God is ∞-persons, as in, infinite or infinity,
have discovered that, I saw you, just now, in your brown tweed chequered jacket

LordReed:
The question is who ever goes to hell cannot fight for Satan what then is he's benefit?

I can't seem to make out what you meant and tried to say with this remark.

LordReed:
So if I believe and still sin I won't go to hell?

That is for the Judge to decide and might partly be based on the strength of the defence given by your Brief, brief or how you represent yourself if you haven't any to put your case forward before the Judge

LordReed:
Actually it's you who is putting God on the spot.
You mentioned that Satan is the literal definition of a psychopath and I asked does God now allow a psychopath to constantly harass and kill his own children, to which I asked you a question to illustrate.
If you feel that puts God on the spot then you have yourself to blame not me.
You are the one who has to show how letting a psychopath constantly harass people puts God in a good light

Its you my friend behaving and writing weirdly because you think God has lost the plot.
You seem to forget God allowed His Son too, to be harassed and finally as He was killed.
God is not a hypocrite
You're behaving as if the harassing of people and the killing of His Son was not prophetically declared from day one of eating the fruit of TTKGE

LordReed:
Wait he could persuade a third of the angels doesn't that indicate a possibility of success?

Wait, think about it.
He's persuaded the persuade-able, there isn't any more possibility of success with the ones he failed to persuade

LordReed:
He was told prey on us and its our fault?

You make me laugh kikikiki ki.
If it's not our fault, whose fault should and/or would it be then?
On whose doorstep do you want place the fault?

LordReed:
Of course it wasn't part of my original remark, I quoted scripture to answer your response

I am grateful for your quoted scripture
I do maintain that you dont necessarily get condemned to "hell" because you've sinned or have sinned.

Notice the scripture you happily quoted said you're condemned for not believing

You're missing a trick, if you do not believe, and so condemning yourself already

LordReed:
Ok so not everyone who sins will go to hell?
What determines which sinner will go to hell and which won't?

What determines which sinner will go to hell and which won't is similar to which accused is sent to prison and which isn't.
Based of the representation put forward by your brief, the Judge will evaluated and from after that determine whether to set you free or send you to the slammer

LordReed:
LoL! Jesus said " If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!", in other words God is a better parent than we are and yet you are telling me God's good parenting means he allows a psychopath to keep killing his children? LoLz.

Are you doubting God's ability and sense of good judgement here?
Please feel free and don't be shy in admitting so if you do and really are

LordReed:
So if someone comes to tell you he will kill all your children tomorrow regardless of age, you will sit back and accept it? And not just anybody, someone you absolutely dominate in any sphere of existence, you'll accept him to do so?

I don't seem to get you.
What are you playing at?
Are you sneakily trying to put God on the stand here?

LordReed:
Half?
I thought he succeeded with a third? And yes he should concentrate on persuading Jesus and the angels even he has tried before. Does he not persist towards humans even when they resist?

If you thought he succeeded with a third, I know it was a third but trust my finger to go type twice.

He is no match for the rest of the angels and not even Jesus.

Besides, he was told humans, will he prey on all the days of his life.
Elsewhere we are warned that he is about prowling to see who is can devour

LordReed:
How so?

Arent we not?

LordReed:
Huh? "For all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God"? "but he who does not believe is condemned already"?

Yep you heard right that was before you refined your statement.
The latter "but" part of the above wasn't in your original remark

By the way, you do accept that, not everyone who commits a crime goes to prison

LordReed:
Ahh yeah so God is letting a psychopath run around amongst his children?
The loving God, the omnibenevolent God?

So you now know better than God how to go about the whole thing. Hmm?
You've suddenly become an expert in knowing how properly things of this nature should be handled and tackled. Right?

LordReed:
Yeah but why concentrate on humans? He'd be better off persuading Jesus and angels to his side at least he'll have a fighting chance.
With humans he'd get a bunch of squishy, easily defeated bunch.

The prophetic declaration borne out of omniscience has him concentrating on humans to devour upon.

He already persuaded half the innumerable angels but had no success, three times he tried it on Jesus

Humans are lying in their beds as they laid it

LordReed:
As strategy for recruiting people to his side its very poor.
Anybody that sins gets condemned to hell where they cannot participate in the Devil's fight against God.
Even as a tactic of removing pieces of the board, it's poor because he was already vastly out numbered 2 to 1 before humans
and God is supposed to be omnipotent so he doesn't even have a chance
but accordingly he seems bent on tempting people.
To what end?

You dont necessarily get condemned to "hell" because you've sinned or have sinned

The end of having the soul(s) and mainly because he is the definition of a psychopath

LordReed:
May be he should be tempting the angels and Jesus?

You didnt read the memo, he already did

mukhcech:
Abi o. Me em cool with whatever way people choose to bring down Nigeria.
All I know is evil will perish.

We started well, we could have been anything in the world we aspired to, the world was our oyster
but somewhere and somehow along the line, got ourselves derailed

Indeed, evil will have its comeuppance.

budaatum:
Sorry man, but FT has the hugest restrictions on their site.
So please do click on the Google link (second in my previous).
It's at the end of the second item on the page and in the FT article titled "US looks for something new out of Africa".

I am more pained than you could possibly be that Trump would allegedly say such a thing about my man Bubu.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YT5m9Fn9RBg

Why should you be pained that Trump would allegedly say such a thing about my man Bubu?
Is it because Trump hit on a painful truth?

This was July 25th-28th 1961.
Watch swagger, self-confidence and beautifully polished articulation in the middle of America's admiration of this Nigerian.
PMB and future Naija leader(s) should watch and learn

We thank God for the experience of having the Obafemi Awolowos, the Abubakar Tafawa Balewas etcetera of blessed memories

Dalam0n:
This is Mark (an unknown person by the way) clearly saying Nonsense.
What is the book of Moses? Where is the Book of Moses?
There is nothing like the book of Moses anywhere.
This is someone making a claim.
I am talking specifically about the books in the bible called genesis, exodus, numbers etc.
Where did anybody say that Moses wrote them? Where is the evidence?

As you can see clearly this is someone writing and telling you a story about Moses and claiming he wrote a book.
He is even addressing Moses in the 3rd person.
Who ever wrote Deuteronomy is NOT Moses.
Someone is telling you a story about Moses as clearly stated here.
MOSES DID NOT write Deuteronomy. Because you can see that someone is telling you a story about Moses and what he did.
He is addressing Moses in the 3rd person. Clear evidence that Moses did NOT write Deuteronomy.


Where is the Book of Moses? There is No book in the bible called the book of Moses.
Ezra say Moses wrote the book of Moses not that Moses wrote Genesis, Exodus, Numbers etc.


Moses wrote book of Moses they said, where is the book of Moses?
The book of Moses is NOT genesis, it's not exodus or leviticus.
I've shown you evidence from the book of Exodus that Moses, did not write the book.
Let me give you another clear example

Exo2: 11 And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown,
that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens:
and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren.

Exo 2:12 - And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.

From this passage you can see clearly that Mosesis addressed in the 3rd person narrative
meaning that Someone is telling you a story about Moses. Moses did NOT write the book of exodus.
This is someone clearly writing a story about Moses.

The first book of Moses is called Genesis according to who?
Where did Moses claim authorship of the book of Genesis?
IF you just picked up the book of Genesis without knowing who the author is how can you know that Moses wrote it?
If you know anything about the book of Genesis you'll NOT be saying this NONSENSE YOU ARE SAYING.
Moses was addressed in the 3rd person throughout the book of Exodus
where his story first appeared in the bible show you that it is someone writing a story about Moses.

The scholarly consensus is the Moses did NOT write down those books.
Tradition is what ascribe those books to him but he did not write them.
He was always addressed in the 3rd person, and even where he was mentioned you'll clearly know that he wants the one that wrote but someone writing a story about him.

You are yet to show me a single evidence that Moses wrote Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers etc.

My guy farabale. Calm down buddy.

I have shown you evidences of other people talking about what Moses wrote, after you admitted to not being aware of any.
If you arent aware of those others, I wonder what else are you're ignorant of and blindly arguing over

"Moses wrote book of Moses they said, where is the book of Moses?" you say

The Torah, also known as the Pentateuch, is what is called the book of Moses
It comprises of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy

Your shown evidence is nothing but a sham and pretense

Dont you know that writing in that 3rd person narrative, is being consistent with the writing style of that period

If you cant even be sincere and honest to identify clearly and definitely, the kind of 3rd person narrative employed
what else are you not sincere and honest about

budaatum:
And they both talk to one another, or themself, since they are the same person, right.

If someone told you this, I'm sure you'd say they had loose bolts in their 'heads'.

SMH. Tut tut tut tut tut.

Nah I know better and thats why I wouldn't say so.

Don't tell me that, when it matters, you dont talk to yourself.
Dont tell me that, you haven't and never have resigned to talking to yourself.

Possibly to psych yourself up,
maybe to ginger yourself up,
maybe to big yourself up,
maybe to lift up your spirit-man,
maybe to build up your confidence,
maybe to tell yourself off in trying to stop yourself from being silly,
maybe to etcetera

budaatum:
Yep! Humpty dumpy world. Where "like his father" means they are one single person. If there were a census at the time they wouldn't bother counting 2, in your world.

It's a good thing those people weren't known for having identical twins! That sure would have hit the tax revenue of their leaders.

God, is God the Father, in Heaven, at just the same moment, God is Jesus, when He had His only begotten Son.

budaatum:
Don't be absurd! If the discussion was that Jesus was a woman, would you also ask one to provide "where Jesus Himself explicitly said He isn't a woman" before you can accept it?
Can't you just pull down his trousers and see that he isn't just as people are doing on here?

(I can't believe this has to be said, again!)
A son is not it's own father, except in humpty dumpy world!

Bud you are doing "jawando" without really knowing why I asked the question.

The chap claimed Jesus Himself said He wasn't the Father, so, that made me, as one will do, to ask him to show where and/or when Jesus explicitly said He wasn't the Father, as he claimed Jesus did.

God is able to be His Son.
God is capable of being His Son.
I doubt blueAgent disagrees to those.

bloodofthelamb:
Thank you! This is also my thought.
But so many people misunderstood Paul.

I have read so many articles on this verse talking about how the great apostle Paul was struggling with sin; doing things he doesn't want to do.
This is why I opened this thread.

muttleyLaff.

Like mentioned in my earlier post, Romans Chapter 7 is a preamble to Romans Chapter 8.
It is when Romans Chapter 7 is read in isolation that any will think it is talking about Paul struggling with sin or doing things he doesn't want to do.

bloodofthelamb:
Beautiful opinion Sol. But what do you think about Rom7:14-25?
Is Paul expressing his struggle with sin after he got saved by grace, or before he got saved?

Do you think a believer is sold out to sin?

Paul isnt , in the past or after, expressing a struggle.
Rom 7:14-25 is part of a narrative before the good enough to raise someone's spirit Romans 8

bloodofthelamb, you need to state and/or describe exactly what sin is that you're talking about or what sin is that caught your interest

People dont have to struggle with a certain sin before yielding to it.
On the other hand, some people do have sin(s), they struggle with, which they are trying to avoid or wish they dont commit

blueAgent:
You ignore several Bible verses that shows Jesus as the son of God while confusing yourself with one Bible verse.

This same Bible verse exposes your ingnorance

In the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with God, and the Word, was God John 1:2.
The word is Jesus and it was with God. show two different personality
The word was God showing that they are united in purpose and nature not in person

Now let me ask you when a man marries a woman the both become one, does it mean they no longer exist as different persons?
The word one does not mean Jesus is God, but God's son automatically means he is also God but not in personality like his father.

You're more confused than a chameleon in a bag of skittles

Where did the woman come from?
Did the woman not come from man?

You are right God existed on earth as Jesus
God the Father and Jesus, are one in person and one in agreement

Unlike what you want to believe, Jesus actually is in personality like His Father
Jesus even explained, saying
"I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself. He does only what he sees the Father doing.
Whatever the Father does, the Son also does."

If that isnt in personality like His Father, I dont know what would be

bloodofthelamb:
Have you heard about the "historical present" which I believe apostle Paul was employing here. "That is saying something that is past in a present tense to make it vivid."

I concur with you that Paul made that remark using the historical present
and that is why I found the verse very poignant and emotional to the extent it caused me to water my eyes.

What a wretched and heartbroken being we are in that corrupted state

"Does it makes sense to still be struggling with something that I have been freed from?" you asked
Well, not everybody has the good sense of not putting themselves in fatal positions and/or compromising situations

Go open the plane door, whilst in air, and see how the law of suction and gravity will make legally null and void the law of aerodynamics.

Paul, in the whole of Romans chapter 7, was merely setting the stage up for what he is in Romans chapter 8, about living in the spirit, going to talk about

I tried to isolate parts in Romans chapter 8 to quote from,
but couldnt, because after the depressing, upsetting and dispiriting Romans chapter 7,
the entire Romans chapter 8, is relevant, inspiring, encouraging, comforting and reassuring

bloodofthelamb:
Romans 7:18_ For I know that in me(that is' in my flesh) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good that I find not.

This verse over the years have been used to teach that the new creation has double nature.
It has also been used to teach that is normal for believers to struggle with sin.
Let's converse brethren.

Did JESUS CHRIST save/free us from sin or not? Those inside the air-craft do not struggle with gravity,
because the law of aero-dynamic has freed them from it.
According to multitude of scriptures we have been freed (Rom 6:18,)

Does it makes sense to still be struggling with something that I have been freed from?
Is Apostle Paul talking about his struggle with sin after he has been freed from it by grace through Jesus?
Or is he talking about his personal struggle with the law and sin before he met grace? Or grace met him.

Let's discuss. Take mote of the context of his argument and how Romans 7 begins..

I know that nothing good lives in me;
that is, nothing good lives in my corrupt nature.
Although I have the desire to do what is right, I don't do it.
- Romans 7:18

At face value, this is a very poignant and emotional verse.
Reading the verse caused me to water my eyes
but we thank God, for Jesus

I was once fascinated about how and why Peter was able to walk on water
Also was intrigued about why the water stopped holding Peter up and what caused him to fall.
God is an attentive listener, and so, as usual didn't disappoint leading me to answers or vice versa.

Dalam0n:
What did Moses write?
Which book did he write inside the bible?
Tell me

And concerning the dead, that they rise:
have you not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spoke unto him, saying,
I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?
- Mark 12:26

Finally, Moses finished writing all the words of these teachings in a book.
- Deuteronomy 31:24

Then the priests and Levites were divided into their various divisions to serve at the Temple of God in Jerusalem,
as prescribed in the Book of Moses
- Ezra 6:18

Dalam0n, the undeniably fact, firmly stands, that, Moses, wrote.
The four examples I gave earlier above are others, you admitted to not knowing they said Moses wrote down things
You were only aware of "according to the person that wrote Exodus". Remember?

Dalam0n:
Let's start with Genesis.
Did Moses write the book Genesis?

The first book of Moses is called Genesis
and there is no basis to say Moses did not write the book Genesis

Dalam0n:
I don't care about what others said,
I care about what Moses said and so far there is NOTHING anywhere to show that he said he wrote any of the books attributed to him.
So far the scholarly consensus says he did NOT write down the books attributed to him by tradition

I like you Dalam0n.
Better still, I actually, love you Dalam0n.
Do you know why?
It's because among other things, you always bring a smile to my face.

I can get you to care about what others said, if and when, I take the lid off to reveal to you that
1/ Jesus mentioned that Moses wrote things
2/ Apart from Jesus, even Philip found Nathanael and told him this:
"We have found the One, Moses wrote about in the Law, the One the prophets foretold"

3/ Aside Philip, some Sadducees came out, to publicly say Moses had wrote for them.
4/ Paul too on record, talked about how Moses writes that the man who practices the righteousness which is based on law shall live by that righteousness.

Why care about what Moses said or left unsaid about authorship anyway?
Who "what Moses said or left unsaid" epp?

The undeniably fact firmly stands that Moses, wrote
Even if you want to argue that whatever Moses wrote is/was somewhat.

Even if you want to argue that whatever Moses wrote is/was somewhat.
He still wrote something and you cant rancorously take that away from him

Dalam0n:
Moses according to the writer of Exodus wrote down things. That I accept.

Phew! Prising that admission out of you was hard work on steroids.
Did I really had to retort to teasing out that reply out of you?
Was it really necessary to go to that length?

Dalam0n:
There are no "others" that said Moses wrote down anything that I am aware of

I rest my case. I am vindicated.
Need say no more except that
I am grateful to you for making public, your ignorance about not knowing about others that said Moses wrote down things

Dalam0n:
According to the person that wrote Exodus, Moses was told to write down an event that happened to the Amalek as a reminder and recite it to Joshua.
Later he wrote down some things God told him to write down.

Put aside awhile "according to the person that wrote Exodus"
and let me again, put forward to you, these two questions, you steering clear of
1/ Do you accept Moses, at all, wrote?
2/ Do you accept that others, apart from the "according to the person that wrote Exodus", referred specifically, to what Moses wrote?

MuttleyLaff:
First things first
1/ Do you accept He, at all, wrote?
2/ Do you accept that others, referred specifically, to what Moses wrote?

Dalam0n:
Moses wrote what?
Wrote any of the books attributed to him? Or what?

Why are you shunning answering those two question?
Answer them now, so we can then after, if you still like,
talk about what Moses wrote, talk about books attributed to him and why the books were attributed to him

Dalam0n:
Moses wrote what? What did he write?

First things first
1/ Do you accept He, at all, wrote?
2/ Do you accept that others, referred specifically, to what Moses wrote?

Dalam0n:
Moses wrote what?
Stories he was told to later recite to Joshua?
The writer of the book of Exodus narrated a story where he claimed Moses wrote down somethings.
My point is that Moses did NOT write the book of Exodus.
He did NOT write down the book of Genesis.
He never claimed authorship and there is more than enough evidence to show that he wrote none of the books that tradition ascribe to him.

So you accept that, Moses, after all is said and done, did write, even if for the sake of this exchange, it is somewhat.

Dalam0n:
If you are lost and need clarification just say it.
My point to him was that Moses did not write any book inside the bible.
Even the part you alluded to was not written by Moses,
Moses was addressed as a 3rd person meaning the writer was narrating a story about Moses.

Bottom line is that Moses did NOT write any of the 5 books attributed to his name
(there are clear evidence from scholarship that show the books have many author),
even the boOK of Genesis was written by many different authors
(scholars have provided many evidence to show for that).

Moses did not claim authorship any where
and he was addressed in the 3rd person narrative throughout meaning it was someone that wrote the story about him.
Most of the events predated him by hundreds of years and others after he died.
He wrote no book and never claimed to have written any.

I am going to lean forward and say this.
At the least, according to Exodus 17:14 and Exodus 24:4, Moses wrote.
For crying out loud, he wrote, on scroll(s)
What part in that is difficult, to understand?

Who do you think is the author of the book, Ezra, the priest, was reading from?

Demogorgon:
He's a lost sheep. Leave him.

Sheep?

Dalam0n:
What is this nonsense?
I said show me where Moses claimed authorship of any book in the bible and you are throwing passages that Moses was addressed in the 3rd person? What am I to do with this nonsense?
Moses was addressed in the 3rd person which shows he didn't even write it.
If Moses wrote it it will be as " I wrote all the words of the Lord"
or " The Lord said to me write on a scroll and recite to Joshua"
these are just passages that show where the writer of the book of Exodus was narrating where Moses wrote down stuffs.

What I want you to do is show me where Moses claimed authorship of any of the books attributed to his name.
Where did Moses claim authorship of the book of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers etc?
Where did he claim to have written any of the books?
Show me from the Bible where he claimed authorship not this nonsense where someone is addressing Moses in the 3rd narrative
and saying that God told him to write things down and recite to Joshua.

Dalam0n:
You've not telling me anything.
You are just telling me what you've been programmed to say like a robot.
You aren't reasoning at all because if you are using your brain you'll realize that you've allowed others to reason and think for you.
Moses did not write anything inside the bible.
Where is your evidence to show that Moses wrote down anything inside the bible?
Just show me from the Bible were Mosea claimed to have written down the book of Genesis or Exodus for example.
Show me!

If you own up to the red emboldened, then mission accomplished

Dalam0n:
You've not telling me anything.
You are just telling me what you've been programmed to say like a robot.
You aren't reasoning at all because if you are using your brain you'll realize that you've allowed others to reason and think for you.

Moses fid not write anything inside the bible.
Where is your evidence to show that Moses wrote down anything inside the bible?
Just show me from the Bible were Mosea claimed to have written down the book of Genesis or Exodus for example.
Show me!

Demogorgon:
Listen, when it comes to God, my brain is limited.
That is where the Holy Spirit comes in. LOL but i don't care.
Saying Moses did not write any book in the Bible shows how ignorant you are.

Dalam0n:
Cure my ignorance
and show me where Moses claimed authorship of any book in the bible

Then the LORD said to Moses,
"Write this on a scroll as a reminder and recite it to Joshua,
because I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.
- Exodus 17:14

And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in the morning,
and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.
- Exodus 24:4

Be careful what you wish for, you just might get it

CAPSLOCKED:
Heard the person that turned back and observed her yelled "oga lot your wife don turn to salt o" before turning to a pillar of pepper and crayfish.
Nice story.
but the best part of genesis 19 is the last part,
where lot's virgin daughters got him drunk and they had a threesøme.

those girls were badass.
the real pórnstars!

Nah, not pórnstars, these are nice decent girls
The girls case was like one of those desperate situations, that, at times, makes you do desperate things.

Jesse25:
Broad you can lie.....chain ur lie dey smell shite

frozen70:
His mother is actually from India and his dad is a yoruba man

I know, I lie down broadly and perfectly well in bed Jesse25
You obviously didnt know about the Indian root part of Denrele and his Mum.

DanseMacabre:
Shey na Car abi keke abi bicycle him use crash into the place ne
Denrele don bleach sotey him come dey resemble Indian now.

That isnt surprising, as he afterall, is half Indian.
His Mum is Indian-Mauritian

I like and love Denrele.
He seems to revel the bohemian lifestyle he lives

eezeribe:
If the Bible is supreme and infallible as most ignorant Christians claim...
Then what is the essence of different people having different understanding of a particular biblical concept...

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It shouldnt really matter the height, whether short or tall
Even whether you're lying down, sitting down or standing up too shouldnt matter
It is possible to see the same thing, if unable to, then do a Zacchaeus

budaatum:
I must confess that I never used to eat out much since I'm a rather good cook myself. And now I eat much less so it's hardly worth eating out. I bought a pressure cooker today thoug. I'm hungering for beans, so I'm going to get some panla and ede during the week and kill it in pepper. Might have it with some dodo though I'm not usually one for frying.

I went to the further away one recently when I found there was a shortage of Guinness. Ireland have copied Nigerians' and the shops in my neighbourhood were trying to palm it off on me. I went to the further away one in the afternoon and the waitress swore Nigeria was written on the bottle she had except when she checked she couldn't find it written anywhere. Next time I went she hid behind the counter. Only other place I do go on Old Kent Road is Le Joint. It's a fish place run by Lado or something close. Tiny, but my old school association get a good deal so we like it.

I used to go to a place in Deptford called Broadway. T'was run by a lawyer, least she said she was, and her sons, but it's shut down now. I've also been someplace popular in Deptford, along the market, but they got crawlies, and I hate crawlies despite their nice takeaways so don't go no more. Then there's Flames on Lee High Road which used to be my local long before Pastor Sam and his Ghanaian wife took over. It started off with some nice lady who made good food which I liked, then some guys took it over before P. Sam. I liked it because I could go in at 2am and still get fed, and since it was always dead, it was a favorite of mine to go read a book. At times you'd of thought I worked there.

Sola did say he started off in Lagos having learnt from his ma.
I must say, they've made a good go at it and have even opened a second place, in Finchley, I think it is.
In the early days it was me and a book there too, but they get very busy these days,
or perhaps I don't go in the afternoon anymore after half days at work. I might go check one of these days

Memories! I used to help with planning applications is how I got to know most of the local places really, and the fact my living wasn't conducive to cooking much. We Nigerians seem to always be looking for some corner to cut so I had to insist on paying for my food despite them offering me freebies. I used to hate they'd get slack just because I'm Nigerian!

Talking about books, for like since I was seven and ma whipped reading into me, I'd read everyday and would sometimes have up to five going. But the last two years since I got back from Nigeria, I don't think I've read five books, and that's an exaggeration, I think closer to less than two and a half! It's why you're getting this long story.
I make more words these days than I actually read! But I think podcasts are taking over.
I'm currently hooked on the History of China, and plan to listen to the Bible again,
but this time I might do it in the nude to see what barriers get broken down.

Damn, do I not just ramble on!

I take it then that you never been to, back in the day but now defunct "Adani"?
It used to operate from one of the blocks of shops sandwiched between Harper Road and that New Kent Road Esso filling station
Not far from New Kent Road flyover?

I used to have an extensive library, but everything I have now are 99% soft copies
I hardly anymore stock up on, whatever is left of my hard copies.
Dont get me wrong, I do ocassionaly, at the flea market, buy the odd hard copy,
if/when I come across an unusual & interesting one that irresistibly takes my fancy

I've lately been nursing the idea of having DIY "Ewa Aganyin" and so have been toying with the idea of acquiring a pressure cooker.
You mentioning pressure cooker now, might just have spurred me on, to go get one soonest possible.

I think, I have this gift of intuition.
Without quite putting my finger on things or people, my reservations are often proved right at the end
For some reason, that place in Deptford called Broadway, never took my fancy.

Give the Barking Road East Ham/Canning Town DLR "Abula" a trial and come thank me later.
The place is called "Squires", just after the flyover.
It's five minutes walk coming out of Canning Town DLR

I have my stories too, like declining freebies,
and convincing them I'll take it next time, but knowing I'll repeat the same line next time
Or their not letting me pay, is my cue, to not patronise or buy from them again

There is a poster here, using the monicker, ivysunday, she's from China
She copies and pastes lengthy posts here,
she can tell you about whatever you want to learn China about.
I would love to learn speaking China
I learnt Italian years ago, but now completely forgotten what I learnt.
Too many things wanting to do, and this side of life, being too short, isnt helping

I love the sun and luckily for us, the sun rises in the morning into our bedroom windows and sets in the afternoon/evening in living room.
In the buff, is how I am, taking and soaking in the sun during the AMs and PMs sweltering English summer.
I stand and/or lie down starkers for small doses of the gleaming sunlight
As the sun hits my body au naturel, I get this pleasurable sense, of barriers getting broken down.
I love it. I love it, I just love the experience.