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I don't wear any of that except for some special occasion like a wedding.

I wear men's cargo pants with big pockets -no need for a handbag! When I wear normal jeans, I carry a lighrweight cloth purse with minimal content (wallet, keys, sunglasses) no stilettos, never ever, super comfy running/hiking shoes 99% of the time.
No tight fitting anything, it's not practical and too uncomfortable. It's a no brainer to figure out those things are unhealthy and cause pain.

You guys are being proud about this, but people like him leaving does Nigeria no good in the long term.

This is a tragedy for Nigeria. Imagine you had someone like this guy for president instead of Buhari!

Buhari why?

KOPT33:
Now, boys, here are the lessons I learnt from this episode

1. You must always take a lady out on a date. It doesn't matter if you spend 1k. It is one of the truest test of character and compatibilty
2. You must learn the joy that comes with knowing how to say a firm NO and stick to it
3. If a girl wants to eat your money or burden you with bills, the signs will always be there. You must look out for the signs and say no if above your capacity.
4. If you catch any weird vibes from a girl, trust your guts and bang the door on her face
5. Remember that love is not all about money. Some girls will love you to pieces for who you are, but if you want to prove you have money, there are many girls specifically designed for no other thing than for spending that your money, and your behavior will surely attract them.

You sir, managed to date a pig in human skin. I can almost hear her oink and gobble down heaps of food nonstop. Good that you ditched that gluttonous sow before she ate you too!

pansophist:
Men are not the one that changed, it's the women. If I begin to list some ridiculous laws against men in the West, you'll advise your brother or son never to marry if you love him.

I'll give you one. In France, a man must take care of the child by his wife. Doesn't matter if he is not the father and it's a crime for father to make DNA test, to verify the paternity. So if an unfaithful wife have babies from her numerous flings, then the man is fucckked.

No wonder marriage rates plummet in the most developed countries of Europe. With laws like these, if I were a man I wouldn't want to get married either.

In the US man pays child support only if he is the biological father, married or not. That is why filthy rich young men who want to sleep around get a vasectomy, freeze their sperm in case they want to settle down and have kids in the future. Condoms are no guarantee, if anything goes wrong, they will end up paying tons of money to some dumb bimbo for child support.

Here is an article about this: https://nypost.com/2017/05/27/hamptons-bachelors-are-getting-vasectomies-so-golddiggers-cant-trap-them/

That's a corrupt society sha. Laws are being abused so family structure and social stability disappear.
This kind of broken society produces lonely, unhappy, depressed, suicidal people.

The dude looks like a black version of the Kylo Ren actor (I don't remember the name)

GiantParrot:
Much respect to you Sir, and everyone who has not allowed emotions and ego make them blind to the obvious truth.

This particular black man, celebrated by some black people, is shamelessly contributing excessively to the baby mama culture that is strongly correlated with intergenerational poverty and high crime rates. The greatest challenge for black thought leaders in the coming decades would be how to raise the average black IQ to a level that can make responsible and sensible behaviour become more common place in black communities.

Thomas Sowell wrote a lot about those issues in his books and offered solutions. He is largely ignored and terribly underrated, though.

edehgeorgeC:
Good job. Thank you so much for making us see Rome and the other places you've visited in your sojourn and travel adventures...Honestly, seeing you here on Nairaland made me think you are a Nigerian. BWT how come you find your way to a Nigerian online platform like this? Just being curious.

I ended up here when I was searching something on Google, can't remember what it was, but I started reading the threads like an addict, it is amazing how you guys keep a forum where people from different ethnicities and religions co-exist without a bloodbath and how it's so unlike the horribly polarized facebook groups and platforms. We can't even have a book club without political fights and drama ruining everything. There is sometimes drama here too but it never gets out of control. You guys have hell of a lot more tolerance and positive attitude than anything I've seen on any western social media and forums.

And the stories. There are so many interesting stories and fascinating cultures.

You have all these different cultures, ethnicities, religions, all 200 million can't be like this? This kind of mother in law terror and husband's relatives using women as servants is common in the Middle East, but not among the highly educated and westernized city people. It's a backwater villager way of life.

One can't say white men are perfect, there are still men who beat and even murder their wives despite all the laws. You had a Danish guy who murdered his wife and daughter in Lagos not too long ago.

Is all of Nigeria like that? How can all those different ethnicities can have the exact same culture? It doesn't sound right.

dasparrow:
That is true but the Nigerian culture is generally abusive and oppressive towards women. How many white men throw their wives out of the house because she did not give birth to a male child?

How many white men bring their mothers into their matrimonial homes to beat up and torture their wives like Nigerian bred men do? In western culture, women who divorce their husbands due to chronic infidelity on the man's part don't get scorned by the society. In Nigerian society, women are expected to remain in abusive marraiges.

In western culture, your husband's older siblings cannot just come to your matrimonial home and expect you to cook and clean and slave after them.

Let's just tell ourselves the truth, in western cultures, there are policies in place to protect women and children. In African culture, such policies don't exist or are rarely enforced.

A Nigerian man in Nigeria can slap his wife in Nigeria and go free. In western society, he risks going to jail for assault which is a felony charge.

marvinsync:
ignorance is bad


first of all yes , Japanese cannot be naturally blonde unless they are mixed
second she's half Haitian ( Haitians are black incase ur knowledge doesn't extend that far)
half Japanese



so the fact that the cartoonist depicts the Black Japanese lady as white blonde and Serena as a hulk black beast is racist!!!!

Naomi Osaka has dyed fake blonde hair, but she does not look white. Cartoonist should have known better unless he drew that with racist intentions.

You people should invite me to one of those Nairaland parties. Only I'm too scared of going to Nigeria after reading the daily violence and ritualist human sacrifice news here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRP193-6Zak


He’s like Harry Potter, only with Jesus: Prominent televangelist Pat Robertson casts a “shield of protection” ahead of Hurricane Florence.

In a video shared online by Right Wing Watch, Robertson casts a magic spell against Hurricane Florence while citing a passage from the Bible in which Jesus commands the wind and water on the Sea of Galilee to “be still.”

Speaking at a special prayer service at his Christian Broadcasting Network in Virginia, which is currently in the projected path of Hurricane Florence, the conservative evangelical leader ordered Hurricane Florence not to harm any of his facilities and to turn back out to sea. The conservative evangelical leader declared:

I don’t want that thing to come in. I don’t want it to hurt Regent, I don’t want it to hurt CBN, I don’t want it to tear up the beautiful campus, I don’t want it to tear these trees down, I don’t want to see any damage, I don’t want a bunch of glass flowing, and I don’t want [damage] all over this area that is counting on us to pray for them.

In the name of Jesus, you Hurricane Florence, we speak to you in the name of Jesus, and we command the storm to cease its forward motion and go harmlessly into the Atlantic. Go up north away from land and veer off in the name of Jesus. We declare in the name of the lord that you shall go no farther, you shall do no damage in this area.

We declare a shield of protection all over Tidewater and we declare a shield of protection over those innocent people in the path of this hurricane. In Jesus’ holy name, be out to sea!

fufuNegusi:
Good one

White all the way...My sister got married to a british and has been living happily peacefully and happy ever since
Meanwhile i have another sister who married a Nigerian since the wedding date we've been settling fights and quarrels

I am going the white way...nothing go stop me
I like them clean, pure and white

Generalizing is wrong. There are millions of white couples divorced cause of cheating, drug abuse, domestic violence. You should look for good personality and decent character traits instead of judging by skin color and ethnicity. There are good and bad people in every race and nation

I am back!

It took forever to sort through hundreds of photos, and life issues got in the way, keeping me away for some time. I won't be able to post as frequently, since I'm working on my book and have little free time until I finish it. But I will be posting the travel photos more or less.

Rome is such a city of wonders. Ancient history is everywhere, even embedded into modern buildings.
Here are some more examples of historical elements of building facades and a spectacular view of a wonderful district where 2000 year old ancient Roman and 18-19th century construction is melded together.

Babyvet:
This is for those who want to come here and hussle without proper planning.

In the video , a mother and wife is being deported back to Mexico after living in America for many years . She is married to a US veteran and has us citizen children . She was unable to legal status because she was caught crossing the border in the 90’s under the Clinton administration. She signed a form stating that she would leave and never seek residency in the U.S. The form she signed has prevented her from her getting residency and ended being deported. The worst part her husband voted for Donald trump.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWyff-zc18w

She was either too lazy or reckless. As soon as she got married, all she had to do was to leave the country and her husband could file a green card application for bringing spouse. Those take priority over other immigration cases. Shw could also leave before marriage and have the husband file for a K-1 visa.

She could legally re-enter then. She chose to remain illegal and trusted the government officials who said she is low risk for deportation. Never trust the government.

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Why add me here, it's not like I can vote in Nigerian elections unless you fix me a Naija citizenship. Then I'll vote for the good guys. I don't have any tribal/ethnic affiliations, I can't even tell Nigerians apart from Kenyans let alone any tribes You can be sure I'll vote fairly and based on merit+accomplishments.

gbope:
Wow!!!It's been quite a journey from reading this thread from the first to the last page. It would have been ingratitude for me not to comment on it. I can safely say that this is my most informative thread so far . I've not always considered abroad an option. But as from today, I have a new goal- To leave Nigeria at all cost( legally) . Following this 167pages has reinforced my desire so much that not even 100 million naira will make me change my mind . Its set In concrete. I have a desire to be a part of a working system. I have never experienced 3 days of uninterrupted of electricity in my 3 decades of life. Is that life? . I salute everyone that got this wonderful thread to where it is . Franknetter, Revontuli, Twoods ,Bossmann and others, I hail o. I must also admit I've learnt from Kroger in these last few pages and he's someone I would like to pick his brains. Nairaland will never die. 1:53am August 8th, Lagos Nigeria. Love you all.

Good to hear from you mate!

I have experienced electricity interruptions when I lived in California (energy crisis in early 2000's) and Texas (grid failures) but they didn't last more than 20-30 min. Water was never a problem, never any interruptions.

America is great if you are young and energetic, and if you are entrpreneurial. It's horrible if you have chronic illness, disabilities, introverted personality. Exorbitant healthcare costs are a problem if you don't have heth insurance, crappy health insurance and when you are in between jobs. It's definitely paradise if you want to start a business, the system favors businesses and business owners, not the salaried people.

It's an island and not a big one. There are very few Africans. Doing illegal stuff would be even dumber.

I was on a Greek island on vacation and noticed a lot of African hustlers on the beach. These folks were dressed in long trousers and button down shirts in that sweltering heat, and I noticed they weren't getting any sales. Guess what they were selling on the beach? WATCHES! Why the hell would anyone buy watches on a beach?

A smart hustler would sell cold drinks, ice cream, chilled fruits, perhaps those battery-powered pocket fans. The beach cafe was too long a walk and it sucked to walk there in that heat.

These guys would make killing if they were selling some cold drinks, chilled fruits, ice cream or some devices for cooling down in that terrible heat, but they were selling something nobody wanted and all of them selling the same thing to boot! People seemed annoyed with them and no one bought a single watch all day. I don't know where they were from but I they had a French-influenced accent so I'm guessing Senegalese. I wonder how they are able to eat with such a terrible business idea!

Albertone:
You can actually upload pictures from your smartphone.Whenever you want to post,just scroll down a little,you will see an icon prompting you to upload photos....Hope that helps

I have thousands of photos on my phone and waaaaay too much effort to scroll all the way down. I can't be bothered. I post travel pics from my laptop, though.

Zoharariel:
Hahahahaaaa! My CIA friend. How're you? It's been a long time.

I like your sunshade and I hope it is made in Amerika?

The background of your profile surely looks like Athens or Venice. Am I correct?

You should post the pictures of the train derailment here. Nobody will click that link.

I write from the phone and the forum interface is subpar. Tell the developers to make a mobile friendly site with easy photo uploading from smartphones.

The place in my profile pic is Fontana di Trevi in Rome.

Click here to see the photos

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/photo-train-derailment-kills-at-least-24-in-northwestern-turkey-134338


At least 24 people were killed and more than 120 injured July 8 when most of a passenger train derailed in northwestern Turkey, Turkish authorities said.

Health Minister Recep Akdağ put the number of fatalities at 24 on July 9 and the number of people injured at 73, according to Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency.

Two drivers of the train were detained on July 9 as part of the investigation.

The Transport Ministry said five of the train’s six cars derailed in a village in Tekirdağ province after “the ground between the culvert and the rail collapsed” due to heavy rain.

The train was heading to Istanbul from Edirne, on the border with Greece, with 362 passengers and six crew members, the transportation ministry said.

An unnamed survivor told Demirören News Agency she had been in one of the cars that went off the tracks.

“There were deaths immediately, people whose legs were crushed. It was a horrible accident,” she said.

A photograph of the site showed collapsed ground under the rails. Video footage captured overturned cars and several people being carried away on stretchers.

A media ban issued July 8 by the government, citing national security and public order, was lifted July 9.

Tekirdağ Governor Mehmet Ceyhan said the area where the derailment happened was muddy from heavy rain and difficult to reach.

Emergency services, military and ambulance helicopters arrived at the scene. The local Çorlu municipality tweeted hospitals needed blood donations for the injured.

A railroad expert who spoke to Turkish media claimed that recent privatizations led to a decrease in the number of “railroad watchmen” who were previously given the task of checking the physical condition of infrastructure to avoid such disasters.

The main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) had sent the government a parliamentary question in May, asking why the proposals to build new railroad bridges between Istanbul and Edirne were cancelled.

The government had replied then that the plans were cancelled after it was decided that it would not be possible to build the bridges without closing the whole line for a long period of time.

Transport Minister Ahmet Arslan said seven other trains had used the route earlier July 8 but the rain caused “extraordinary swelling.”

Judicial and administrative investigations were launched.

pentax:
On behalf of gbogbo omo odua worldwide, we kindly pass him to the fulani herdsmen

I'm real curious to whom the Fulanis in the house will pass him

Albertone:
Hi revontuli,

I'm pleased with these photos and your knowledge about those places.How come you know so much about these places??

History is my passion, I get interested in something and read everything I can find.
I went to Trajan's market and got so fascinated, I ended up reading the entire collection of Trajan's correspondence with Pliny the Younger while waiting for the flight

I looked up a the buildings, fountains, other landmarks as I went along. I didn't know the Romans personified rivers, I learned that and a lot of other things while I was visiting.

MIKOLOWISKA:
the 1% will always find a way To improve their lot
Worker bee is worker bee
No best
All replaceable
The 99 can't run away
Too
lazy
The politicians have visions, of a luxurious lifestyle.
What do your politicians have vision of (anc) ?
Cos it's been getting progressively bad for you blacks since they took power

I'm white Look at my profile sha!
Our politicians... well we have Trump for president, what can I say...

MIKOLOWISKA:
google Pareto principle
1% actually responsible for majority of development
The rest are just worker bees

If the 1% and the best of the worker bees all run away, there's no chance to develop. Also the politicians need to have some vision and support that 1%, instead of their tribal cronies.

This is the second impressively well-preserved pagan Roman temple above Tiber river, Temple of Hercules Victor. It is very close to Temple of Portunus I covered in the previous post.
This temple is Greek peripteral design completely encircled by a colonnade. It is dated to later 2nd century BC.

Like its sister, this was also open on limited dates/times. Now that I have the info, I should visit them both next time I go to Rome.

More info about this temple: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_Hercules_Victor

Temple of Portunus, one of the best preserved Roman pagan temples. The temple was originally built in the 3rd or 4th century BCE but was rebuilt between 120–80 BCE. It overlooked the ancient harbor on Tiber, it is very close to the river and a short distance from Cloaca Maxima which I covered in the previous post. The temple owes its state of preservation to its being converted for use as a church in 872 and rededicated to Santa Maria Egyziaca (Saint Mary of Egypt).
It is open to visitors on limited days, info it on the last photo I attached.
Unfortunately it was closed when we stopped by.

This was a much admired building, people have made drawings of it throughout the ages.
There was another well-preserved pagan temple a few yards from this, I will post its photos next.

Here is the detailed info about this temple: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_Portunus

cc; PAGAN9JA

First 2 photos: An ancient+modern bridge hybrid on Tiber river. The original ancient Roman bridge has partially collapsed cause earthquake damage, they fixed it with a metal patch so the bridge is still in use.

Last 2 photos: The mouth of Cloaca Maxima, the grand sewer of ancient Rome opening to Tiber river. They built this sewer system 2400 years ago (4th century BC), and it is still in use as flood drainage when there are heavy rains. Roman civilization was such a wonder to behold. They brought their drinking water from far away places with aqueducts and removed the wastewater with sewer systems. Their civil engineering and sanitation was way ahead of their time.

Strabo, a Greek author who lived from about 60 BC to AD 24, admired the ingenuity of the Romans in his Geographica, writing:

The sewers, covered with a vault of tightly fitted stones, have room in some places for hay wagons to drive through them. And the quantity of water brought into the city by aqueducts is so great that rivers, as it were, flow through the city and the sewers; almost every house has water tanks, and service pipes, and plentiful streams of water...In short, the ancient Romans gave little thought to the beauty of Rome because they were occupied with other, greater and more necessary matters.

19th century London wasn't nearly as developed, since they dumped the city sewer into river Thames and drilled wells right next to the heavily contaminated river, drawing their drinking water from those wells and as a result they had massive cholera outbreaks which killed tens of thousands. Romans knew to separate drinking water from waste, British couldn't figure out the problem until way later. Here is the info on cholera epidemics of London: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/all-notices/content/100519

This one is good fun to read and packs all the interesting info:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Stink

A few exquisite examples of Rome's beautiful architecture.

Santa Maria in Vallicella.
We walked into this church by random luck and learned about its history.
It is the principal church of the Oratorians, a religious congregation of secular priests, founded by St Philip Neri in 1561 at a time in the 16th century when the Counter Reformation saw the emergence of a number of new religious organisations such as the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), the Theatines and the Barnabites.
More info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Maria_in_Vallicella

WizAkzy:
All the pictures you took are amazing and clear. But i think you should start adding watermarks to them.

Thank you! I don't know how to add watermarks in batch, but I have resized the web upload copies to low resolution/quality using a batch script, no one can sell them. I might sell some of the good ones to stock photo sites and art print places.