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hey. . .how're you? i trust you enjoyed your easter?

[quote author=mama-gee link=topic=413742.msg5837135#msg5837135 date=1270511093][color=deeppink]Who is Funkybaby?[/color] [/quote]*long sigh*. . .

^praying
Lord grant me patience

CILondon:
OH YES WE CAN. It is that typically defeatist male pessimism that has held Nigeria back for 50 yrs. Electricity, water, telephone, roads etc can all be done within the given time frame.

It's called MULTI-TASKING! Something men know very little about

can you answer a question for me?
do you have any idea how long the waiting period for a turbine is? not to mention the time it'd take to build a power station. you dont seem to realise that making unguarded statements will only serve to rubbish your claims(as well as your reputation.)

in order to prove a point, you have made claims concerning matters that you have little or no understanding about(i'll go with 'no'. . .i'm not feeling nice today ) my only problem with you is this: where did you get those timeframes from?

are you an engineer? how much do you know about electricity, light and water? how much do you even know about nigeria? how will multitasking solve those problems? as a prospective voter, i have a right to know so i can be sure you aren't as useless as the men

i cant seem to wrap my head around your matter, sorry i cant help you . . .

however i found this thread that seems to address your problem, let me know if you encounter any issues k?

using your phone as a modem

i voted no, seeing as the OP is female, she herself lends credence to that option.

you claimed a female could:

CILondon:
Nigerian men have shown themselves to be a lost and hopeless cause with only concerns for lining their pockets and fattening their swiss bank accounts.
A Nigerian women President would use her female common sense to put Nigeria in sharp order quickly with some basic house keeping rules that any humble wife would tell you.

1) FULLTIME ELECTRIFICATION OF NIGERIA - WITHIN 24 MONTHS.
2) FULL TIME RUNNING WATER FOR ALL NIGERIA WITHIN - 36 MONTHS
3) FULL TIME TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS WITHIN NIGERIA - WITHIN 24 MONTHS.
4) ROAD SIGNAGE AND IMPROVEMENTS THROUGHOUT NIGERIA TO PREVENT TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS - WITHIN 24 MONTHS.
5) COMPREHENSIVE UNIVERSAL HEALTH SERVICE WITHIN NIGERIA - WITHIN 24 MONTHS.

How would she do this - simple
Ungag the media  - bring in government transparency legislation. Give the media free reign to investigate, name and shame all corrupt officials.

If public officials become too afraid to embezzle and take bribes you would be amazed what can be provided for the people with all that oil money.


A FREE AND RUBUST PRESS IS THE ENEMY OF CORRUPTION.

none of the things i emboldened(or whatever the english is) can happen in 24months.

i wonder what you were thinking of when you typed all those things. . .if you want to make a case for a female presidency, dont you think making irrational statements hurts your campaign?

i'm with ibime on this one. . .my money goes where there's the most profit, this didn't start with sanusi, this started when the foreign companies started moving their money from the NSE. . .nigeria simply stopped being the goose that lays the golden egg!

No I cannot locate the suite files using bluetooth. How can it be done?

what i meant was, if you're scrolling through your phone normally, can you locate the installation files for the PC suite? if you can do that, then it should be possible to go to options and send it to the PC via bluetooth. . .do u get?

so what you need to do is connect your phone and computer via bluetooth, copy out your pc suite and install it, can you connect them together with bluetooth?

If u try this and you have driver issues then, Can u locate the pc suite installation files on your phone? And send it to your computer?

use the PC suite to create it and simply edit it after, that'll make things easier. . .

whatever you choose sha. . .
username and password are 'wap'

p.s. if u are using internet.ng.zain.com as your APN then u can use 'internet' in both places. . .haven't connected without PC suite in a while so i'm not really sure sha. . .i'll be online for a couple of mins, so i'll try to help it u have any issues

feels good to be back!

imma be late if i dont haul ass now!

i regret watching 14 o! i should just have waited till next week and watched 14 and 15 together, i dont like the suspense o. . .

i think chloe will be suspected as the leak first, before they find out dana is the one, my guess is that cole'll call that is ashewo girlfriend and she'll find a way to put the blame on chloe!

hope er'thing works out well. . .i'm tired o,

Afam:
Your logic is fundamentally flawed for the following reasons

1. After I insisted on actual reading my monthly bill was hovering between N300.00 and N450.00 per month for years.

2. It is almost impossible for PHCN to give a customer a monthly estimated bill of N300.00 or N450.00 and as such any estimation would amount to robbery.

3. If PHCN wants to conserve labour it should not be at the detriment of the paying customer who may consistently consume far less than what they are being billed for.

So, instead of opposing things for the sake of doing so I will advice you to respect facts especially when they are glaring.

Less than 2 weeks ago I asked PHCN what it would take to convert to a 3 phase meter and I was told that I needed to pay N55,000.00 for the meter and since the meters are not readily available they will be providing estimated bill until the meter is installed.

I asked them to give me an idea of the estimated bill and the oga there said about N3,500.00 per month. I told him that the less than N2,500.00 I recharged the last time lasted for 2 years 2 months and he was like it was not possible and I took time to lecture him about the many advantages of energy efficiency.

N3,500.00 x 26 months = N91,000.00 and yet for the same time period I spent under N2,500.00 even though it was for a single phase.

There is no justification for estimation considering the fact that it is the same distance and energy that those who bring the bills would cover by coming to read the meters.

@Afam
you should know you aren't just 'anybody'.

1.your situation is the exception(heck if i didn't know of you i'd say you were lying, i still find it hard to believe). correct me if i'm wrong, you aren't using a fridge or an air conditioner, infact all you use is prolly only illumination.

2.how many nigerians are aware of the term energy efficiency not to mention practising it sef? better still, how many PHCN officials know the term?(sad abi?)

3.to my knowledge, they simply cannot afford the costs associated with sucha venture, it's the same thing with the water bill, how easy do u think it is to walk up and down streets er'day? how much are they being paid sef? (is i said in a previous post, i am against estimated billing o!)

the fact is that the average nigerian is extremely wasteful when it comes to using electricity(i'm sure you agree with the foregoing) and i'm sure that's what nex had in mind. If we have to estimate, then it should be done properly, i.e. taking into cognizance the appliances the consumer has in his house, PHCN doesn't do this(frankly i think it's either because they're too lazy or it's the square pegs in round holes thingy).

the oga was merely conjecturing, based on past experience(which he prolly has a lot of), as i've stated before, you are an exception and if things were considered from a statistical viewpoint, then your case wouldn't matter, because it's a drop in a pond. I can only imagine what the lecture was like for him, i'm sure you've been told before sha, you have a way of making it seem like you're condescending when you argue(dont know if thats the right word) as in, at times i imagine you having a look of disdain on your face as you type.

you're right, it's wrong to compare a 3 phase bill with a single phase bill.(i'm ashamed to say i really have no idea what the diff is btw having a single phase or having 3 phases supply in your house)

the problem with having your meter read every month is the frequency of trips required, bringing the bills is only once a month, but having the meters read in addition to dropping bills, would require an additional trip, thus increasing the strain on the workers, which ideally should lead to an increase in pay.

however on my estate in abuja, our meters were read every month while we used prepaid meters, so i'm guessing the decision to read or not to read the meters lies in the hands of the business manager or CEO.

lastly, do u have any info on energy efficiency that'd be useful? that's what i want to specialize in


@ the solar advocates.
the cost of solar in developed countries can be twice as expensive as energy from conventional sources, now when i say this bear in mind that they are closer to the plants where the solar cells are manufactured, so to implement solar on an appreciable scale back here, we would have to add transportation costs to the equation.

bluespice:
greatest ashewos of nairaland list can not not have
tope, (she single handedly made ashewoism a classy sport) . . .u mean tope2000, of 'chest'-acular memory right?. . .couldn't agree more
dayo
jeni
sly (sly needs a whole genre of ashewoness for himself) that's true, he's been gone for a while
chamotex chamo is a child prodigy now, he's not yet a legend
toyin
stephen (in his hay days)
sauron
brash

those of them in bold are the red cap chiefs of ashewoism
i dey come lemme go look for my amebo diaries

i feel another top 10 swelling within me. . .Lord help me. . .

we could also have top 10 nuisances, or childish posters sef

kai. . .that was hard o. . .they shoulda let me post my 10 greatest nairalanders of all time, the ashewo version

Ujujoan:
So you wouldn't speak up if you think a woman on this forum was wrongfully left out of something, just because the mod is guy    

Okay, maybe this is not the right place to talk about women rights and all that, but tkb knows what I'm talking about!  

tkb! i'm starting to suspect you have been having underhand dealings(in cash or kind) with the feminists. . .i hereby place you under observation, any unexplained sympathy to their cause will confirm the foregoing suspicions. you went from being the poster boy of chauvinism to 'knowing' in just one post,^*shuddering* i can only imagine what could have happened behind the scenes.

@thread
this is my list, not in any order!


mukina2: this babe is mature, doesnt allow herself to be caught up in unnecessary stuff. . .she prolly doesn't know how to cook jor(that's what i tell my self to stop me from fantasizing )

debosky:this dude is versatile, once saw him on a thread talking about socratic arguments or some funny ish, was shocked when i discovered he's an engineer and a pretty competent one from the looks of it. . . he's an ashewo with a brain and a sense of humour, someone should tell me what else a man needs? plus word in the streets is that he can dance . . .@debosky. . ._{the boy is good}

Davidylan:sometimes i wonder whether an aisha 'shattered' his heart at some point in time, but it doesnt detract from the fact that he has depth, i have christened him the bishop of bobi in my mind. one of the few people on NL that show me that being an ashewo doesn't mean you cant be smart.@david. . ._{much respect}

Spikedcylinder: this girl has mind(if u dont know what that phrase means, u're on a long ting!), she doesn't play fair(what can i say, some of us like feisty women ), she can hold her own anywhere. . ._{spikeybaby, i'll always love you}

iice: even i dont know what i think about her, this babe is just different(she doesnt like being called babe ). . .@iice _{i cut cap for you. . .twale!}

jakumo:i've heard gist about this guy on other forums(some females were planning to entice him away from NL). . ._{the guy try}

thiefofhearts:i fear this girl's tongue, i dont know any person i fear on NL as much as i fear her. . .still doesn't stop me from dreaming about her cleavage though. . .that thing is deadly

windywendy:y'all dont want to know how many times i've married this woman in my dreams(yes i know she's married with kids ). . ._{she too try!}

Ajanlekoko:shows me where i want to be in 10years time. . ._{i cant fit to shout!}

Sagamite:i swear, this guy has refined 'ashewoism' to a point where it can be marketed on the pages of fortune and The Economist, any thread started by this dude promises to be a helluva discussion, if he starts a marriage agency i'm subscribing. . .@saga. . ._{'nuff said!}

i'm liking this thread, at least the ppl here. . .

first things first, if i remember correctly the tariff isn't 6.40 sef, it's somewhere around 10.00-11.50, (there's a subsidy), then of course, the most important part,

@er'one saying it's too much
do you know that the 6.40/kwh you're paying now is far less than the cost of production per kwh? even the 8.50/kwh wont recover the costs. . .,

this is for the pro-privatisation group;
sey u see how people are complaining now? this is the reason why government hasn't privatised PHCN and it's successor companies since, if they come in, they wont be able to charge tariffs commensurate to their costs unlike the telecomms revoluton where the first (and probably only) thing on the telcos minds was recouping their investments.

that said

@afam
you actually called PHCN ppl daft? it's obvious we cant be friends. . .lol

that said, yes i think it's wrong for PHCN to estimate bills, if we nigerians were serious ppl, the NLC or some body would take the matter up seriously, then by the time PHCN sees the drop in it's revenue due to the widespread use of prepaid meters, they'll have one more reason to get their act right!
p.s.
why is it that even with the estimation sef, new users of the prepaid meters are usually shocked by the consumption rate? methinks it just goes to show that most consumers are not aware of how much electricity they consume, in addition to proving that in some cases the estimation works against PHCN

tkb417:
Good one Jarus
Chei we have 50 already. Inspired (auto section), Pataki, eldee, Akin Alabi, amakaone are super peeps too
Nyways as for my greatest 5

In no particular order
They are
1) Debosky
2) Dayokanu
3) Sauron
4) Dr Kitaun
5) Davidylan

Those are my picks and I swear they are wonderful and worthy REPs of NL

what do all the 5 names have in common?. . .a gift for the first female person to get the answer.

p.s.
@jarus
isn't backlash the seeker?

i admit i was confuzzled. . .

all the evidence points to this being peroxide sha. . .why i thought it wasn't was the tiff with plat, but i went back and saw the buildup. . .

@thread
yay. . .i'm going to gidi today, and no one knows, they are going to be so shocked

bluespice:
i'm still using myself as an example, if i were t create a new moniker, none of y'all will know

only if you stop cussing, stay away from the rant thread, and not talk about that boy

@ibk
i heard similar stuff abt the rings during my NYSC(niger state), the evil spirits are called 'bori' in that part of the north.

i dont have any inspector gadget genes in me, if not comparing pyros posts to H202 would do the job, i have one or two ppl in mind as possible suspects though.

i'm back on the this is not peroxide tip. . .

@blue
if blaze wrote something under a diff moniker u'd notice, no?

u tend to get a feel, something like a sixth sense

Mmmbop:
@neto
oh, but it is, I can smell it, can you smell it?

well now that you mention it. . .

netotse:
@ibk
dont think that's H202

well it could be sha. . .i dont know jo. . .

@ibk
dont think that's H202

you're going to become the fuel that feeds my passion, destroying you and your ilk will give me so much joy!

great topic man. . .

another nice one is, kids learn more from watching you than listening to you, so you should work at becoming someone you would want your kids to emulate!

accept my condolence man. . .sorry!

i also remember that post too. . .i think it was one of the reasons i'm on NL sef. . .lol

@H202
where are you getting them from. . .link!

@thread
she's making a lot of sense. . .

marvix:
@netoste, I read all your post in reply to my last post and just felt that i should leave you alone because u are just a small boy with a lot of youthful exuberance and have been corrupted by your civil service parents who have in their little way contributed to the mess we are in as a country, so your coming out in this forum to defend civil servants is understood.

What was the originating post and where did all this talk start from before you jumped in with your "i too know" itching fingers and typing your stupidity away.

The issue here is that workers threatened to go on strike if a particular minister was re-appointed for them, that threat has nothing to do with professionalism, facts or solving the power crisis but it was all about sentiments and emotions, should workers be the ones to determine who their bosses would be? I know you can answer in the affirmative at least may be that was how your parents were selecting the ministers and permanent secs they worked with i*d*i*o*t.
So rounding off all your blabbing with who really cares if the workers have a moral right or not just shows your "oversabi" mentality.

Well if u must know I am an engineer and the issue has not warranted a show off of my understanding of the engineering practise.

You can start your own thread and maybe ask if people like your parents should be honored for their services to this country by their contributions in the civil service, by the way which ministry did your parents serve in?




Quote from netoste
in 3 years he has not generated up to 3000MW, he should be ashamed of himself


No reason to be ashamed because he has exceeded the 3000 mark and they are on a solid path to achieving more at least you have told us that Obj used 8yrs trying to generate almost 3000 that was not sustainable.

@marvix
too many low-blows in your post, can't say i didn't know you would go there before i replied.

i dont know er'thing that's why i want to interact, with ppl i cant learn from, and it's apparent we have nothing to learn from each other!