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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by justwise(mod): 11:53pm On Jul 14, 2024
toughest007:
Now, your emotions have kicked in! So you are replying emotionally.

I'm never a Trump supporter and would never be. That won't make me less objective about him.

Trump's history of encouraging violence as an individual or as POTUS? Don't you find it quite petty and hypocritical to say he encourages violence, while downplaying what Biden is doing in Ukraine and what others have done elsewhere?

Be objective mate, stop consuming info from main stream media!
Can you dispute anything in that article? You keep going on about emotion and emotionless, fact-check that article and tell me where they got it wrong.

You can’t be objective when you’re arguing one sided.

It doesn’t matter whether he encourages violence as individual or as POTUS

I’m never-Trumper and it’s clear.
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by toughest007: 12:06am On Jul 15, 2024
justwise:
Can you dispute anything in that article? You keep going on about emotion and emotionless, fact-check that article and tell me where they got it wrong.

You can’t be objective when you’re arguing one sided.

It doesn’t matter whether he encourages violence as individual or as POTUS

I’m never-Trumper and it’s clear.
FYI, I don't base my opinion on reading an article.

I thought we were talking about Trump. Which other side(s) are we also talking about?

Of course you ain't a Trump supporter, which is exactly why you'd read a single petty news source and crucify a personality without a balanced view.
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Gashigar: 12:35am On Jul 15, 2024
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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by kwakudtraveller(m): 12:38am On Jul 15, 2024
toughest007:
How exactly did you confirm this? gra gra in all of Reading? That's incorrect! I want to believe the gra gra, if there was, happened in your remote neighbourhood.
It’s mad mental in some places bro but my ends is quiet after all the initial noise.

/mediaViewer?currentTweet=1812601657148268794&currentTweetUser=footbalIfights
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by kumbhuru: 12:39am On Jul 15, 2024
kumbhuru:
Is UK a good place to live as a nurse? My main aim is USA but the process is long and I need to run out of Nigeria as fast as possible before I start having wife and children
Lmao, see me asking an "inane" question(according to some people on this group) some 11 months ago grin grin
I didn't even have a passport and was so lost even with all the information I had back then.
Thank God for progress
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by toughest007: 12:48am On Jul 15, 2024
kwakudtraveller:
It’s mad mental in some places bro but my ends is quiet after all the initial noise.

/mediaViewer?currentTweet=1812601657148268794&currentTweetUser=footbalIfights
Exactly and as expected.

Reading appears quiet and have been so for some days. I have a handful of folks residing in Reading and they have confirmed to me that their neighbourhoods and the immediate vicinities are pretty quiet.
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by ehizario2012: 3:46am On Jul 15, 2024
"It's coming home, the wait continues."
Great effort from the team, getting to a major final isn't easy.
For me, Gareth Southgate has been England's best manager since '66. England has never been this consistent in tournaments, even the golden generation of Gerrard, Lampard etc didn't get to two Euro finals, or World cup semifinals.
I say give Gareth another chance, I haven't seen a better indigenous coach.
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by justwise(mod): 5:41am On Jul 15, 2024
toughest007:
FYI, I don't base my opinion on reading [b]an article.[/b]

I thought we were talking about Trump. Which other side(s) are we also talking about?

Of course you ain't a Trump supporter, which is exactly why you'd read a single petty news source and crucify a personality without a balanced view.
You are truly a Trumper, you are just denying it as many do, how can you argue about an article you did not read? Trump supporters never deal with facts, they take their news from Trump, Fox news and OAN.

As an objective never-Trumper i was expecting you to point out anything in that article that is not true.

Nothing is true unless its written by Trump friendly media outlet.

Trump Has Incited Violence for Years even before J6, prove me wrong with material fact
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by PMKeirStarmerer: 6:21am On Jul 15, 2024
Sad we lost. The better team won.
As a season ticket holder at Arsenal, I am used to this.

Let’s go again next time.

By the way, I hated the way the St George’s flag was bastardised in that England shirt, all in the name of some stupid transformation. I wish I was a president, with presidential powers. I would immediately order a reversal to that silly desecration of our flag of St George.
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Nobody: 8:21am On Jul 15, 2024
Dappy25:
I finally passed my practical driving test at the 3rd try smiley. Failing twice was quite humbling but I’m glad I finally crossed the hurdle.

Here’s my tip for anyone struggling to pass; apart from taking driving lessons, binge watch mock test on YouTube channels like DGN driving and Clearview driving. Watch videos of people that fail and take note of their serious faults so you can avoid them and learn to drive safely.

That said which cars would you recommend that costs less than 3k?

I’m not looking to spend much on a vehicle for now.
How did you navigate driving with right sided cars, was it difficult initially?
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by fatima04: 8:22am On Jul 15, 2024
The infotaining thread 👌😘😘😊😊.
Always a pleasure reading and catching up the all rounded drama.

@agentxxx not sure if you have found a pot yet, but as a sucker for good pots grin grin, I will recommend and stainless pots. (Tri-ply and above and look for the grade 18/10 in the description). They are durable, safe, easy to maintain with a jar of Bar keepers friends, no restrictions on type of utensils and cute to look at.

Check out pro cook website for options, quite affordable and stand the test of time.

Dont fall for *sales* advert on those fancy colored pots. They are terrible to maintain.

P.S- you can check out salad master too if you have the fund
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Treadway:
missjekyll:
I believe the police report said he was hit by flying glass. Assault rifles cause damage not just by percussion but also by cavitation. He wouldnt have anything resembling an ear if he had been hit.

I ask again "will he be supporting the ban on assault rifles?"
all the reports I have seen that points to the shards of glass conspiracy were in the early hours of the incident. All the reports that have been within the last 12-24 hours have all said bullet grazed his ear.

I'm not a specialist with guns, but the little I know, I still think any bullet can graze you, if it doesn't hit you dead on. I have read of bullets just peeling the skin. I tried doing some research on what you said, and couldn't find anything direct, cos of course it will be hard to find a specific case of some being grazed by this exact gun/bullet, even though there are many many reports of people being grazed with other type of bullets....but thankfully I did find something that can offer a logical inference that backs up what I also believe is possible and is the case.

Buckshots have higher spread and force than assault rifle bullets, and there is a submission someone made on quora 4yrs ago about someone being grazed at the tip of the ear with a buckshot, and that didn't take the person's ear off, cos it was the tip.

Also there is a slowed down and frozen image of the exact moment the bullet ripped by his head, and that also was when he reacted..is that image fake?

Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by fatima04: 8:29am On Jul 15, 2024
After more than 6yrs of driving in the Youkay, we had our first major car *incident* and all the lessons learnt from this thread flew out the window grin grin.

A car rammed into us in the middle of the road, and we panicked and moved due to our kids being in the car at the time (no regrets as something worse could have happened).

But in retrospect, we should have stayed calm and see how to take pictures,videos etc at that instant and most importantly get a personal dashcam in the car.

Now we need to split the blame due to lack of evidence, which means half of our excess payment is lost, our NCB for the year lost (protected 4yrs NCB thankfully), lost time following up with calls etc and the anxiety of increased premium and getting good insurance deals.

Lesson learnt, so please get a dashcam if you can to save the headache of having to prove whodunnit#
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by fatima04: 8:32am On Jul 15, 2024
P.s - avoid go skippy if you can grin grin. Too many damn contact to follow up just to make a claim, I prefer first central but they are now very expensive
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by KOVIC19COVID20: 8:33am On Jul 15, 2024
rock86:
How did you navigate driving with right sided cars, was it difficult initially?
It was difficult at first. But it was free for me, as my Trust paid for a 60-hour driving lessons for me. My trust also paid for my provisional licence, and my theory test. The trust also bought the theory test materials for me too. After I passed,y trust gave me a 68 plate Discovery for my work - that was in 2018.
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by wallg123: 8:46am On Jul 15, 2024
Traffic this morning was unreal. 40mins drive from Essex to London. Usually takes me an hour plus. Let’s play another final tonight
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Nobody: 8:59am On Jul 15, 2024
KOVIC19COVID20:
It was difficult at first. But it was free for me, as my Trust paid for a 60-hour driving lessons for me. My trust also paid for my provisional licence, and my theory test. The trust also bought the theory test materials for me too. After I passed,y trust gave me a 68 plate Discovery for my work - that was in 2018.
This is beautiful. I'm expected to start driving from my date of resumption since I have a Nigerian license and it's valid for a year in the UK. I wonder how I would cope with the right hand side thing.
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by KOVIC19COVID20: 9:43am On Jul 15, 2024
rock86:
This is beautiful. I'm expected to start driving from my date of resumption since I have a Nigerian license and it's valid for a year in the UK. I wonder how I would cope with the right hand side thing.
Oh nice. Don’t worry. If you are indeed a good driver in Nigeria. If you have been driving in Nigeria with no issues. And if your nigeria licence was genuinely obtained, following all the normal procedures, you will be fine. Very fine. No need to worry.

By the way, are you going to be working in Domiciliary Care? I ask because of the expectation from your employer that you should be driving from day one. Are they going to supply you with company car? I ask because insurance premium on an international licence can be high.
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by missjekyll: 9:55am On Jul 15, 2024
Treadway:
all the reports I have seen that points to the shards of glass conspiracy were in the early hours of the incident.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penetrating_trauma

Search this instead.read all the links too. Maybe you ll start to understand where antigun activists are coming from
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Treadway: 9:59am On Jul 15, 2024
missjekyll:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penetrating_trauma

Search this instead. Maybe you ll start to understand where antigun activists are coming from
was not a penetrating trauma.

Bullet didnt hit dead on, but rather grazed the top surface of ear.

If a buckshot with more pound force and more spread can graze the tip of an ear, a rifle round with less force & spread can do same.

Again, no report in the last 12 to 24 hours is even talking about the glass thingy again. All the media reports are agreeing that the bullet grazed his ear. He has been to a hospital, a doctor can easily identify a glass shard cut from a bullet graze I believe.

Also, I'm not interested in debating pro or anti-gun rights/policies. American people, american problem. Na Bulaba problem I dey battle with for here.

Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Treadway: 10:15am On Jul 15, 2024
Enough evidence of people being grazed in more sensitive areas, even children.

All this McGyver analysis wey we dey do, I no understand oo

Graze is graze....nicked, brushed, bruised, extremely minimal contact.

Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Nobody: 10:23am On Jul 15, 2024
KOVIC19COVID20:
Oh nice. Don’t worry. If you are indeed a good driver in Nigeria. If you have been driving in Nigeria with no issues. And if your nigeria licence was genuinely obtained, following all the normal procedures, you will be fine. Very fine. No need to worry.

By the way, are you going to be working in Domiciliary Care? I ask because of the expectation from your employer that you should be driving from day one. Are they going to supply you with company car? I ask because insurance premium on an international licence can be high.
#faints
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Nobody: 10:24am On Jul 15, 2024
Treadway:
was not a penetrating trauma.

Bullet didnt hit dead on, but rather grazed the top surface of ear.

If a buckshot with more pound force and more spread can graze the tip of an ear, a rifle round with less force & spread can do same.

Again, no report in the last 12 to 24 hours is even talking about the glass thingy again. All the media reports are agreeing that the bullet grazed his ear. He has been to a hospital, a doctor can easily identify a glass shard cut from a bullet graze I believe.

Also, I'm not interested in debating pro or anti-gun rights/policies. American people, american problem. Na Bulaba problem I dey battle with for here.
I want to believe this man is occultic
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by toughest007:
justwise:
You are truly a Trumper, you are just denying it as many do, how can you argue about an article you did not read? Trump supporters never deal with facts, they take their news from Trump, Fox news and OAN.

As an objective never-Trumper i was expecting you to point out anything in that article that is not true.

Nothing is true unless its written by Trump friendly media outlet.

Trump Has Incited Violence for Years even before J6, prove me wrong with material fact
Baba, you or anyone isn't going to slap me if I am. But sadly, I'm not. I'd rather be objective and unbiased than otherwise. FYI, I went through your vox article, it's all chaff and reeking with hate!

On the other hand, you are truly and deeply a Trump hater, stemming from consuming bias narratives! Totally pathetic the way you are so fixated and grossly determined to hate.

His peers have assainated seating presidents of other sovereign nations, sponsored internal strifes and genocide, bombed indiscriminately etc, but it's petty talks within small neighborhoods that matter to you. Grow up mate!

Again, I don't read an article and crucify a person. Go back and read where I had already told you so. Why is this difficult for you to grasp?
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by toughest007: 11:27am On Jul 15, 2024
PMKeirStarmerer:
Sad we lost. The better team won.
As a season ticket holder at Arsenal, I am used to this.

Let’s go again next time.

By the way, I hated the way the St George’s flag was bastardised in that England shirt, all in the name of some stupid transformation. I wish I was a president, with presidential powers. I would immediately order a reversal to that silly desecration of our flag of St George.
There are better and more crucial things to worry about mate.
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by justwise(mod): 11:33am On Jul 15, 2024
toughest007:
Baba, you or anyone isn't going to slap me if I am. But sadly, I'm not. I'd rather be objective and unbiased than otherwise. FYI, I went through your vox article, it's all chaff and reeking with hate!

On the other hand, you are truly and deeply a Trump hater, stemming from consuming bias narratives! Totally pathetic the way you are so fixated and grossly determined to hate.

His peers have assainated seating presidents of other sovereign nations, sponsored internal strifes and genocide, bombed indiscriminately etc, but it's petty talks within small neighborhoods that matter to you. Grow up mate!

Again, I don't read an article and crucify a person. Go back and read where I had already told you so. Why is this difficult for you to grasp?
Why are you ashamed to admit that you are Trump bootlicker? My opinion on him is out in the open.

You are afraid of facts hence the reason you refused to go through his dirty laundry.

The guy is not only a racist he is a crook, he is also a sex pest.

Let’s hope that what happened few days ago will be a wake up call for him and all his enablers
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by toughest007: 11:42am On Jul 15, 2024
justwise:
Why are you ashamed to admit that you are Trump bootlicker? My opinion on him is out in the open.

You are afraid of facts hence the reason you refused to go through his dirty laundry.

The guy is not only a racist he is a crook, he is also a sex pest.

Let’s hope that what happened few days ago will be a wake up call for him and all his enablers
Whatever tickles your pickle mate.
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by AgentXxx(m): 11:55am On Jul 15, 2024
I did get the one I shared the link here and for now serves its purpose 😊 but can’t say how long it would last. I would check out the information shared. Thanks for sharing 🙌🏾
fatima04:
The infotaining thread 👌😘😘😊😊.
Always a pleasure reading and catching up the all rounded drama.

@agentxxx not sure if you have found a pot yet, but as a sucker for good pots grin grin, I will recommend and stainless pots. (Tri-ply and above and look for the grade 18/10 in the description). They are durable, safe, easy to maintain with a jar of Bar keepers friends, no restrictions on type of utensils and cute to look at.

Check out pro cook website for options, quite affordable and stand the test of time.

Dont fall for *sales* advert on those fancy colored pots. They are terrible to maintain.

P.S- you can check out salad master too if you have the fund
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by AgentXxx(m): 12:00pm On Jul 15, 2024
Good to know no body injuries and thanks for sharing this information.
fatima04:
After more than 6yrs of driving in the Youkay, we had our first major car *incident* and all the lessons learnt from this thread flew out the window grin grin.

A car rammed into us in the middle of the road, and we panicked and moved due to our kids being in the car at the time (no regrets as something worse could have happened).

But in retrospect, we should have stayed calm and see how to take pictures,videos etc at that instant and most importantly get a personal dashcam in the car.

Now we need to split the blame due to lack of evidence, which means half of our excess payment is lost, our NCB for the year lost (protected 4yrs NCB thankfully), lost time following up with calls etc and the anxiety of increased premium and getting good insurance deals.

Lesson learnt, so please get a dashcam if you can to save the headache of having to prove whodunnit#
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Teniremi: 12:25pm On Jul 15, 2024
Hello Bosses in the house, please I would like to make enquiry as to NHS to NHS switch as a band 5 nurse.

NHS sponsored a nurse from Nigeria but she’s moving to another trust and hasn’t completed her contract period with pervious trust. Is she expected to pay back cost incurred by the initial trust or it would be covered by the new trust.
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by ReesheesuKnack: 1:19pm On Jul 15, 2024
Teniremi:
Hello Bosses in the house, please I would like to make enquiry as to NHS to NHS switch as a band 5 nurse.

NHS sponsored a nurse from Nigeria but she’s moving to another trust and hasn’t completed her contract period with pervious trust. Is she expected to pay back cost incurred by the initial trust or it would be covered by the new trust.
Is there somewhere in her initial contract where it explicitly stated that she is bound to pay back costs incurred?

Let the nurse go back and do a line-by-line reading of the entirety of her contract.
Once she has done that, and she has any more specific questions or clarification, she could ask the relevant personnel in her current trust about any possible contract break clauses.
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Hwy9: 3:43pm On Jul 15, 2024
Hello fam,

My Council is after me!

The Annual bill for 24/25 financial year sent to me showed that my tax should be paid in the span of 10 months (ending January 2025).

However, I had started making payments in April after splitting into 12 equal months.

The Authority had sent a reminder earlier which I missed. Unfortunately, they have sent a summon for me to appear in court.

This is surprising because I haven't missed any of my monthly payments and I have always spread my payments across 12 months in the past.

Can anyone advise on the way forward.
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