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Happy birthday to me. I wish myself a long life and many productive years ahead.

FortuneTeller:
Looking nice.

Thank you

FortuneTeller:
They are seeking rich men, not the banker or lawyer. They want the men at the very top. There are very few men available who have real money and status. Women like those pictured above, do things other women wouldn't do to get an opportunity with those men. As for me, I prefer regular guys like PDPguy who enjoy passionate sex.

How do you know I like such passionate activity?

Your eyes would pop out if you visit a Miami or Los Angeles beach. Too many hot bodies in those places.

eduj:
Calabar port is not deep or capable enough ,atikus Intel has monopoly in the ph port.The ph port is mostly used by expatriate companies in the region like indorama and gzi, don't know if their is a laid down plan to frustrate local import. so, yes an ibaka sea port free of fed interference is the only hope.

And the Ibom deep-seaport will have the combined capacity of the PH, Onne and Warri ports with regard to the number of containers it will handle.

Suspense12:
Nice one Op....

Further your research on Aso Villa and your state governor's house!

Those ones are super classified lol

The 9/11 attacks occurred on the 60th anniversary of the groundbreaking.

On September 11, 2001, the Pentagon was nearing the end of its first full-scale renovations when American Airlines Flight 77 smashed into the building’s east side, which was unoccupied due to the construction. Nearly 200 people lost their lives in the attack, though the recently installed security improvements that were part of the renovation project, including reinforcing the building’s concrete and installing blast-proof windows and walls, undoubtedly saved hundred of lives. Plans were soon underway for an extensive reconstruction program, dubbed the Phoenix Project, which was completed in February 2003 at a cost of $5 billion—five times the cost of the original building.

It’s pretty difficult to understand just how big the Pentagon is.

In fact, the U.S. Capitol could fit into just one of the building’s five sides, and with 5,100,000 square feet, it has twice the office space of the Empire State Building. This makes the Pentagon the largest office building in the world by total floor area.
When Dwight Eisenhower took up his position as army chief of staff after World War II ended, he got lost in the vast complex while on a walk and was forced to ask a group of stenographers for directions back to his own office. And while it is possible to get from the furthest points in under 10 minutes, that requires taking a shortcut through the open courtyard at the center of the complex (known as Ground Zero), and walking very fast. For those unable to physically walk the corridors on their own, the Department of Defense provides a fleet of scooters, or self-propelled vehicles (SPVs), that are allowed to zip around at up to 3 mph.

The building went up in record time.
The groundbreaking ceremony was held on September 11, 1941, and work quickly got underway, with more than 15,000 workers on site around the clock. The demand for office space was so great that the first workers moved in before the complex was fully finished, and many employees found themselves working in offices without walls and traveling around the complex on wooden planks laid across open construction pits. Construction wrapped up on January 15, 1943. It’s been estimated that under normal circumstances, construction should have taken four years—the Pentagon went up in just 16 months. This speedy construction was costly, however: The project was initially budgeted at $35 million, but wound up costing $63 million, more than $900 million in today’s money.

4. The Pentagon was built on land occupied by the descendants of former slaves.
During the Civil War, a settlement known as Freedman’s Village sprung up on Robert E. Lee’s former estate, as escaped slaves made their way to the non-Union held territory. Twenty yeas after the war, these settlements were uprooted, and several predominately black neighborhoods, including Queen City and the seedier, red-light district of Hell’s Bottom, formed nearby in what became known as East Arlington. When the Pentagon’s planners realized that the original site selected for the massive complex was not large enough, the government agreed to evict more than 150 families from East Arlington and appropriate their land

There are twice as many bathrooms as necessary.
In an America still highly segregated by race, the Pentagon’s planners found it necessary to design the building with separate facilities for black and white employees, including “white” and “colored” cafeterias for the construction crews and 284 bathrooms, twice the number needed for the anticipated staff levels. However, in June 1941 President Roosevelt issued Executive Order 8802, which prohibited segregation among federal employees. At first, Virginia authorities, determined to enforce the regulations laid out in its Jim Crow-era Separation of Races law, insisted that the facility be segregated, before finally relenting and ceding control of the Pentagon to the federal government. From its opening, all facilities were open to both black and white employees, making the Pentagon, for a time, the only non-segregated building in Virginia.
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On January 15, 1943, work was completed on the new headquarters for the U.S. War Department (the modern-day Department of Defense) in Arlington, Virginia. The massive complex, commonly known as the Pentagon, was built to house the nearly 30,000 defense workers tasked with helping America win World War II. With more than 17 miles of corridors, it remains one of the largest office buildings in the world, and has become a symbol—for better and for worse—of military might.

It owes its unique shape to a different planned location.
Several sites were considered for the new military complex. The original choice was a sprawling stretch of land just to the east of Arlington Cemetery, on land that once belonged to Confederate General Robert E. Lee. At the time, the tract was managed by the Department of Agriculture, which ran an experimental farm on the land. Arlington Farms was bound by access roads, forming a slightly irregular pentagon shape. The idea of using Arlington Farms was soon scraped, however, over concerns about the sensitivity of placing a military complex so close to the nation’s most hallowed ground, and President Roosevelt instead selected a site that had once been home to Hoover Field, the first airport to service the Washington, D.C., area. As it was too late to start a new design process, the pentagon shape remained, though its five sides were straightened and smoothed to the more standard form we know today.

There are a few reasons the building is so short.
One of Somervell’s first dictates was that the massive building be no taller than five stories (plus two stories below ground). This was due, in part, to concerns over disrupting the scenic views to and from the Virginia site and Washington, D.C. There was also a more practical reason–the steel shortage already underway in a nation girding for war. Instead of steel, the building was built primarily of reinforced concrete, 435,000 cubic yards of it. Much of the filler for this concrete was dredged from the grounds around the Pentagon itself, including the Potomac River. Concrete was also used to build a series of ramps throughout the complex, which eliminated the need for steel-enforced elevators. Additional concessions to the war included the lack of bronze doors, plaques and any other touches that were deemed purely decorative.

http://www.history.com/news/9-things-you-may-not-know-about-the-pentagon

Lol. Some source in the PDP is only flying a kite.

Its crystal clear that the PDP ticket will either be: Atiku/Soludo or Atiku/Peter Obi.

How can one man have a net worth of over N4 trillion? In other words, Dangote's net worth is around 50% of the Nigerian government's budget, and probably higher than the budgets of all the 36 states combined!

Oprah is still the richest Black woman in the world and richest African-American, while Alakija is the richest African woman. It's also somewhat surprising that 6 of the 10 richest Black billionaires in the world are Africans

Nihilist:
That's a mad coup. I though he was going to sign for Sky like his cousin, considering that his audition was on either MNF or FNF, and he's appeared on sky programs like league of your own several times, also with his cousin.

BT should be able to drop Paul Scholes now - his punditry is as dull as himself. While they're at it, they should also ditch Michael Owen who is also mind numbingly dull.

Lampards punditry is intelligent and insightful, though not as good as Rio Ferdinand sha.

Michael Owen: Man Utd need to score goals to beat Chelsea

stanech:
GOP Has Full Control Of 26 States; Dems Just 6

Do you mean that the Republicans control the governorships and the state legislature in 26 states?

freshest4live:
The NYSC scheme is a perfect opportunity to support those who want to start up their businesses. Teaching in Sokoto or Anambra is usually a waste of time. Those who want to start up their businesses with that right support would in the process create jobs after the start ups.

You're spot on.
I have always advocated for the scrapping of the NYSC program because it serves no useful purpose in this century.
Instead, the government should give every student of a public tertiary institution, upon graduation, a N90,000 grant to either learn a skill or start a small business.

At a local restaurant. I had a delicious breakfast there that day

School stuff

Yacht party

Fun day at the beach

BTW, I am the OP of this thread

FortuneTeller:
I see you are stingy. Good night handsome.

Haha
My dear, we are all stingy in one way or the other.

mulante:
But Bobrisky still roams free.

However, does the Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Act penalize being homosexual or does it prevent homosexual marriage?

I guess it is going to be difficult to prove any persons sexual orientation by merely judging from the way they act. You must be in cahoots with them or catch them in flagrant delicto to really know.

I think these guys just need really good lawyers.

The Same-sex prohibition law doesn't criminalize the act of identifying as a homosexual. It only prohibits same-sex relationships, marriages, and membership of organizations that promote homosexuality.

So, if these detainees get good lawyers, the lawyers should get them off the hook.

With Neymar joining PSG, there are now 5 members of the Brazilian national team playing for PSG - Marquinios, Dani Alves, Lucas Moura, Neymar, and Thiago Silva. Heck, there could be a PSG 3-man Brazilian defense.

raumdeuter:
He he he. While the liberals are moaning and wailing on the internet, Republicans are winning in the real America. The liberal party is stale and it has been rejected

There is a reason real Americans are rejecting the democratic party. I expect them to blame Russia. I expect the liberals to come here, throw more tantrums, blame the electorates, call them foolish, call them deplorable and lose more

Currently 34 Republican, governors 15 democrats 1 independent in the US. Democrat governors rule in 30% of US states. even PDP is not this bad

But I won't be too quick to rule out a comeback by Democrats next year, especially if Trump's support among Republicans drops to around 50%, or his overall approval rating drops below 30%. Also, if Robert Mueller's impaneled grand jury decides to indict any member of Trump's campaign or President Trump himself, expect many top Republican politicians/operatives to desert him. Of course, Democrats would exploit any possible indictment to their political advantage.

West Virginia's Democratic governor will decamp to the Republican party. He will announce his switch at Trump's rally.

FortuneTeller:
I'm hoping yours has $50,000.

Let's hope well well

Is that the amount you have on your debit card?

FortuneTeller:
I thought you believed in chivalry. But I know how to compromise. I will open a new account sharp sharp, deposit $50 and give you the card.

That would work for me

FortuneTeller:
My husband cannot have mine but I can have his. PDPguy may I borrow yours?

lol

I can give you mine on the condition that I have access to yours

spiritedtete:
99.9% of men are like that. I am a man.... And I see things. Perhaps you don't have extra money to throw around... Once you have that and you have an active social life.. Infidelity is guaranteed. Its takes Fear of God not to catch the bug.

If I were you, I wouldn't endorse infidelity. People who can't guarantee faithfulness during a marriage have no business getting married in the first place.

Burgerlomo:
You got it

All I know is that I ain't gonna be permanently responsible for her siblings' tuition, but I can help out occasionally with other needs.

Amarabae:
The same way when I was growing up, I decided that I will not marry a guy who is a Lastborn.
Lols.

If you don't mind, why?

Burgerlomo:
Smart peeps, may be they're trying to run away from her immediate family responsibilities

Men do not want to be responsible for paying school fees for the wife's 4 siblings
But I don't see it as a problem if the wife is from an upper middle class or rich family; the issue always arises if the wife's family are relatively poor.