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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Temi231(f): 8:54am On Feb 18, 2022
canadaishome:

See link below if you fancy the idea of ordering from Amazon

Also check the world food aisle at Asda for rice. We buy 5kg bag of their long grain rice

https://www.amazon.co.uk/MP-Naija-Palm-Oil-Litre/dp/B00IYOSVDC/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?crid=2D3L7GBZ6RC7X&keywords=palm+oil&qid=1645169753&sprefix=palm+oil%2Caps%2C193&sr=8-3

Thank you. I will check it out now
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by deept(m): 8:57am On Feb 18, 2022
Mimzyy:
Stepped away from the thread for two minutes and I missed a whole page of WW2. Oh well… we move. Btw stay safe out there guys, this storm Eunice is gonna be ferocious…

On falling trees, that was how one guy knocked on my door to give quote to fell a tree outside my house. I no ask for quote or anything o, but just to be nice and I have been thinking about removing the tree I said ok. He looked at the tree and said £750 pounds, na so I burst out laughing. He asked why I was laughing, I said he shouldn't worry, the tree is not disturbing anybody make him leave am as e dey. The way these blue collar people charge Mehn!!! No be here

Abeg storm Eunice come my side help me uproot this tree free of charge o.

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Mamatukwas: 9:06am On Feb 18, 2022
Temi231:


Can someone bring palm oil from Nigeria? I thought they won’t allow it to fly. If yes, how did they do it. Thank you for the suggestion. Really appreciate

Pour into small black nylon bags.
Double nylon
Freeze till it’s rock solid
Wrap in pampers
Place in check in luggage
Rinse & Repeat.
You’re welcome wink

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Peerielass: 9:07am On Feb 18, 2022
deept:


On falling trees, that was how one guy knocked on my door to give quote to fell a tree outside my house. I no ask for quote or anything o, but just to be nice and I have been thinking about removing the tree I said ok. He looked at the tree and said £750 pounds, na so I burst out laughing. He asked why I was laughing, I said he shouldn't worry, the tree is not disturbing anybody make him leave am as e dey. The way these blue collar people charge Mehn!!! No be here

Abeg storm Eunice come my side help me uproot this tree free of charge o.


If the storm uproots the tree you won’t be guaranteed the direction of fall. It might end up destroying your car in the driveway or falling on the roof depending on the height. May be best to get a variety of quotes and go with the cheapest option rather than wait for Mother Nature.

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Temi231(f): 9:08am On Feb 18, 2022
Mamatukwas:


Pour into small black nylon bags.
Double nylon
Freeze till it’s rock solid
Wrap in pampers
Place in check in luggage
Rinse & Repeat.
You’re welcome wink

Wow. Clap clap � � thank you
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by deept(m): 9:21am On Feb 18, 2022
Peerielass:


If the storm uproots the tree you won’t be guaranteed the direction of fall. It might end up destroying your car in the driveway or falling on the roof depending on the height. May be best to get a variety of quotes and go with the cheapest option rather than wait for Mother Nature.

Naa, the tree is solid, just blocks some sunlight that's all

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Akorkor(f): 10:01am On Feb 18, 2022
Good morning. Na real gba gbos yesterday o. It is well sha!
God bless everyone contributing to the course in one way or the other.
Please apart from City mapper, what other application can I download to make life easier for me. I noticed by bus I still have like 16min walk to my office. Haa, I go be pankere like this ooo.
Glasgow and environment please

To get car is the way to go in this country oo. This waka don Dey tire me. Please if you have any advice on best application to monitor and get good deal for bus and trail let me know. Also , where can I get the bus card. I have asked but their accent is giving me heartburn grin

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Amarathripple0: 10:02am On Feb 18, 2022
Temi231:
God bless everyone. Please let’s maintain some sanity . Justwise thank you for sanitizing this thread.

E jo please let’s it it easy on one another.

I have a question ohh Scotland people. Please where una dey get bag of rice ohh. Abi they don’t sell big rice in this country ni? Tired of small small rice Biko. Also, I need palm oil. I have visited Aldi, lidi, Iceland, sainsbury, tesco, Morrison but no palm oil and big rice oo. Please I need direction. Thank you and Good morning everyone

If there are no African or Pakistani stores around you that sell Palm Oil, you could order from EBay and get it within a few days.

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Divine88: 10:04am On Feb 18, 2022
Temi231:


Can someone bring palm oil from Nigeria? I thought they won’t allow it to fly. If yes, how did they do it. Thank you for the suggestion. Really appreciate
Yes you can! I think it’s 10kg for personal import. Ideally, the import of palm oil has been banned in this country since 2015, but somehow we still have them wholesale on the shelves.
Very hard to stop!
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by rayralph(m): 10:25am On Feb 18, 2022
Akorkor:
Good morning. Na real gba gbos yesterday o. It is well sha!
God bless everyone contributing to the course in one way or the other.
Please apart from City mapper, what other application can I download to make life easier for me. I noticed by bus I still have like 16min walk to my office. Haa, I go be pankere like this ooo.
Glasgow and environment please

To get car is the way to go in this country oo. This waka don Dey tire me. Please if you have any advice on best application to monitor and get good deal for bus and trail let me know. Also , where can I get the bus card. I have asked but their accent is giving me heartburn grin

Heartburn grin

The Scottish English(mostly by uneducated locals) and the Scottish accent (queens English but with an accent) are similar but different…. The former is a serious headache.

You can buy your bus ticket(week, month, year) from the FIRST BUS/Mcgills/stagecoach app.

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Ralphlauren(m): 10:26am On Feb 18, 2022
canadaishome:


Yes definitely not going to abandon. If at all spread the rest somehow. Thank you for your insight.
We just feel settled already in Aberdeen and now this. Which is a good problem Sha
The offer is for 5 years

I actually think you are very lucky.

There isn't much going on in Aberdeen job wise ever since the "oil crash". A lot of my friends that had high-paying oil and gas jobs in Aberdeen have since moved to countries like Anjola, middle east and even Nigeria leaving their wives/kids in Aberdeen while they shuttle the UK frequently. In fact, in the last few months, some of their wives have secured jobs in England/other parts of Scotland and they've sold their houses and relocated.

Try your best to complete your studies and be ready to make compromises (e.g. spending more on reliable childcare). 12 months from now, you will look back and be glad you made the move.

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by rayralph(m): 10:31am On Feb 18, 2022
canadaishome:


Yes definitely not going to abandon. If at all spread the rest somehow. Thank you for your insight.
We just feel settled already in Aberdeen and now this. Which is a good problem Sha
The offer is for 5 years

Like ralph Lauren said, nothing really Dey Aberdeen except you’re a tech expert.

Happy for you at the bolded.
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Akorkor(f): 10:36am On Feb 18, 2022
rayralph:


Heartburn grin

The Scottish English(mostly by uneducated locals) and the Scottish accent (queens English but with an accent) are similar but different…. The former is a serious headache.

You can buy your bus ticket(week, month, year) from the FIRST BUS/Mcgills/stagecoach app.


Thanks
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by tshoboy(m): 10:49am On Feb 18, 2022
tshoboy:

Just left the High Commission. The process inside was okay. I didn't have to wait for more than 30-45mins for the whole process. The issue is getting inside and these are the things I learnt:
- DON'T visit the High Commission without an appointment. There is no fast-track again and they sent people without appointment back. Very disappointing because the website has little to no information on these recent change and there are people attending from outside London with the expectation to use Fast-track. Book your appointment here https://appointments.immigration.gov.ng/ and only attend on your appointment date. They might not attend to you if you go before or after your appointment date.
- If your application/payment date is from 20 November 2021 and you have booked an appointment date. Go with your documents i..e old passport, payment slip, acknowledgement slip etc. Visit a post office and pay for £20 money order + RoyalMail special delivery envelope. I used the Strand post office less than 10mins walk from the High Commission.
- If your application/payment date is before 20 November 2021 and you have booked an appointment using te link above. Follow same steps as above, but sadly, you have to buy £120 money order + RoyalMail special delivery envelope. They gave some lame reason for this - payments before the 20 Nov was for the older epassport and not the enhances passport. THose that paid before 20 Nov paid lesser amount. Also, you had to book appointment separately and it didnt come with your application unlike those after that day that their acknowledgement slip contains the booking link above. Both reasons were lame, but they didnt allow me enter till I went to do additional £100 money order.

They also don't follow the appointment time. My appointment time was 12pm, but i got there before 10am, spent an hour aguing about the extra £100 money order. Went to the post office to do the extra £100 money order and I was out of there less than an hour.

So, you should be out of there early if you fall under those that paid after 20 November and you attend on your appointment date.
Update. Royalmail attempted delivery of passport this morning, but I had a long night and was in a deep sleep, so didn’t hear the knock.
Good to know the process took a week. Biometric on Monday and passport delivered on Friday.

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by obalala: 12:33pm On Feb 18, 2022
See experience ooo lmaoooo
Mamatukwas:


Pour into small black nylon bags.
Double nylon
Freeze till it’s rock solid
Wrap in pampers
Place in check in luggage
Rinse & Repeat.
You’re welcome wink

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Mamatukwas: 12:53pm On Feb 18, 2022
obalala:
See experience ooo lmaoooo

My dear! It’s only human beings and yam that I do not carry in my luggage. Nothing else is spared.

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by davide470(m): 12:58pm On Feb 18, 2022
why is Aprokodaughter not banned, Justwise? or should i help? because i can't understand this level of uncouthness

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by deept(m): 1:36pm On Feb 18, 2022
Akorkor:
Good morning. Na real gba gbos yesterday o. It is well sha!
God bless everyone contributing to the course in one way or the other.
Please apart from City mapper, what other application can I download to make life easier for me. I noticed by bus I still have like 16min walk to my office. Haa, I go be pankere like this ooo.
Glasgow and environment please

To get car is the way to go in this country oo. This waka don Dey tire me. Please if you have any advice on best application to monitor and get good deal for bus and trail let me know. Also , where can I get the bus card. I have asked but their accent is giving me heartburn grin

To get car is not always the way to go. The cost associated with owning a plus is there parking around your workplace? else the � you will pay for parking.

Walking is not necessarily a bad thing, free compulsory exercise or get a foldable bicycle.

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by dupyshoo: 1:56pm On Feb 18, 2022
Hehehe!!! It is better to stay out of it. I hope things can return back to normal now.
deept:
Notice how the 'gurus' stayed away from all the gbas gbos.

Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by justwise(m): 2:23pm On Feb 18, 2022
davide470:
why is Aprokodaughter not banned, Justwise? or should i help? because i can't understand this level of uncouthness

If i have to ban her then i have to ban everyone involved in that war of words, just noticed that she was banned by supermod or another Mod and she deactivated her account.

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Bluetherapy: 2:47pm On Feb 18, 2022
JustAPasserBy:
I never knew Nairaland had a ‘Ctrl+Shift+Delete button.

Now this looks like a page off my 2B ‘English’ exercise book in those days.

We Move….
Can we get a court order to unseal these documents?

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Preshyi: 2:53pm On Feb 18, 2022
Seconded. There has been other gas gobs once in a while. Choi! I wonder how different this one was and we saw the genesis o.
Bluetherapy:

Can we get a court warrant to unseal these documents?
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by canadaishome: 3:02pm On Feb 18, 2022
Ralphlauren:


I actually think you are very lucky.

There isn't much going on in Aberdeen job wise ever since the "oil crash". A lot of my friends that had high-paying oil and gas jobs in Aberdeen have since moved to countries like Anjola, middle east and even Nigeria leaving their wives/kids in Aberdeen while they shuttle the UK frequently. In fact, in the last few months, some of their wives have secured jobs in England/other parts of Scotland and they've sold their houses and relocated.

Try your best to complete your studies and be ready to make compromises (e.g. spending more on reliable childcare). 12 months from now, you will look back and be glad you made the move.

Thank you
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by brine(m): 3:37pm On Feb 18, 2022
14 years on Nairaland and I have never seen an entire page deleted like this grin grin grin Looks like Storm Eunice got to Nairaland first.

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by kaylov12: 4:14pm On Feb 18, 2022
I will like to ask the house who bears the cost of damaged fence.

Eunice broke my fences on both sides, do I or the Landlord bear the cost.... Waiting for responses...
Thank you.

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Temi231(f): 4:14pm On Feb 18, 2022
brine:
14 years on Nairaland and I have never seen an entire page deleted like this grin grin grin Looks like Storm Eunice got to Nairaland first.

I tell you. It was bad. Really bad
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by marylandcakes: 4:16pm On Feb 18, 2022
deept:


On falling trees, that was how one guy knocked on my door to give quote to fell a tree outside my house. I no ask for quote or anything o, but just to be nice and I have been thinking about removing the tree I said ok. He looked at the tree and said £750 pounds, na so I burst out laughing. He asked why I was laughing, I said he shouldn't worry, the tree is not disturbing anybody make him leave am as e dey. The way these blue collar people charge Mehn!!! No be here

Abeg storm Eunice come my side help me uproot this tree free of charge o.


Just pray it doesn’t fall on someone or £750 will be the least of your problems. grin

I just heard the millennium dome has been damaged.
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by marylandcakes: 4:20pm On Feb 18, 2022
Akorkor:
Good morning. Na real gba gbos yesterday o. It is well sha!
God bless everyone contributing to the course in one way or the other.
Please apart from City mapper, what other application can I download to make life easier for me. I noticed by bus I still have like 16min walk to my office. Haa, I go be pankere like this ooo.
Glasgow and environment please

To get car is the way to go in this country oo. This waka don Dey tire me. Please if you have any advice on best application to monitor and get good deal for bus and trail let me know. Also , where can I get the bus card. I have asked but their accent is giving me heartburn grin

This thread is full of comedians. grin grin grin
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by marylandcakes: 4:23pm On Feb 18, 2022
brine:
14 years on Nairaland and I have never seen an entire page deleted like this grin grin grin Looks like Storm Eunice got to Nairaland first.


It looks like Dudley and Eunice combined.
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by umarwy(m): 4:41pm On Feb 18, 2022
kaylov12:
I will like to ask the house who bears the cost of damaged fence.

Eunice broke my fences on both sides, do I or the Landlord bear the cost.... Waiting for responses...
Thank you.

landlord or his insurance

Unless someone in your house bears eunice

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