₦airaland Forum

Welcome, Guest: RegisterLoginWith GoogleTrendingRecentNew

Stats: 3,328,185 members, 8,434,533 topics. Date: Friday, 26 June 2026 at 08:06 PM

Toggle theme

SIRTee15's Posts

Nairaland ForumSIRTee15's ProfileSIRTee15's Posts

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ... 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 (of 201 pages)

CelebritiesRe: Rico Swavey Was Planning The Relocate To The US, His Girlfriend Speaks(video) by SIRTee15: 2:00am On Oct 15, 2022
Originalsly:
I agree with you 100% ..... he would've been wearing a seat belt and pulled over by the Police for Driving Under the Influence.
But then he would have fought the police, resist arrest, play the race card, and call on BLM to save him from illegal police custody.
EducationRe: Female Teacher Faces Jail For Having Intercourse With Student, 17, Eight Times by SIRTee15: 3:07pm On Oct 14, 2022
KKLord3:
.

I totally disagree with you. Did she force the victim?
The victim at age 17 knows exactly what he was doing and enjoying it all along.

We should look beyond following an accusation with emotion .
is that 17 year old boy emotionally matured enough to handle a 31 year old lady. Its like u not aware of manipulation in relationship. Even a 17 yr old girl is too much for a 17 yr old boy to handle, thats why women are hypergamy in nature- they always date up.
no excuse, she should see some jail time.
CelebritiesRe: Lagos Government To Investigate Hospital Where Rico Swavey Was Rushed To by SIRTee15: 12:29pm On Oct 14, 2022
I don't think those guys filming are health care workers. One even said we no dey work for here when the nurse asked for help with lifting the patient.
I don't think any nurse no matter how wicked will be busy taking pictures when a pxt is this critical.
PoliticsRe: With This Campaign Council, Does Peter Obi Even Stand A Chance In The North? by SIRTee15: 9:33pm On Oct 12, 2022
stanluiz:
Exactly!!!

Every time North! North!! North!!! sad Kilode! Are they the only region in this country ?

Obi knows that he won't win the core north. All he needs is 20 to 25 %. If His yusuf Datti can do it for him. He is good to go.

Let him heavily focused on SE, SW, SS and Middle belt.
And u think Yusuf datti can give him 20% of northern vote? Someone that's not even certain will win his pooling booth not to talk of ward.
SportsRe: Tobi Amusan Nominated For Women's World Athlete Of The Year (photos) by SIRTee15: 4:34pm On Oct 12, 2022
Omotaday:
If going by 2022 record & performance, Amusan merits it more than Sydney or any other person on the list. When they get to 2023, we can talk about her proving herself, but right now, she had the best year and she deserves it.
I hope u aware Sydney broke her own world record this year.
SportsRe: Tobi Amusan Nominated For Women's World Athlete Of The Year (photos) by SIRTee15: 3:22pm On Oct 12, 2022
Na that Sydney McLaughlin girl go win am. She's been terrific in the last 2 years, outclassed her competitors convincingly. She broke her own world record title twice.
Tobi just came up this year, she's hot no doubt but still needs to prove herself. Just like that sherika Jackson girl.
HealthRe: Doctors Recruited From Nigeria To Work In UK Hospitals Lament Exploitation by SIRTee15: 3:08pm On Oct 11, 2022
The contract is just 6 months. Get it done and move on. We all did it, it's the easiest route to build a career for immigrant doctors.
Otherwise, take the tougher route and get employed directly by NHS hospitals from naija. That's what Indian doctors do, Nigerian nurses also take this route. I rarely saw Indian doctors working for NES.
TravelRe: Nigerian Trainee Pilot Causes Flight Accident In Virginia, Kills Instructor by SIRTee15: 5:58pm On Oct 09, 2022
How can 23 years old be teaching 18 years old how to fly? How many flying hours did she have before she was appointed as flight instructor?
Erekere..
TravelRe: My Trip To San Francisco, CA | Bay Area by SIRTee15: 11:55am On Oct 08, 2022
InfinityFabric:
Can u show us where the homeless dey ? Where dem match shit on top ground ? Oya sow us na.
Keep deceiving people about the crap cities.
Op went for tourism to enjoy her money. U don't tell her how to spend her money.
PoliticsRe: Why I Support Peter Obi Import Restriction Removal by SIRTee15: 9:55am On Oct 08, 2022
OfficialAPCNig:
The problem is that most of you people criticizing this move are illiterate. The funniest thing is, they are the same group that were crying to Buhari to open the borders.
U want unrestricted import policy for a developing economy like Nigeria? Do u really think you can compete with Asia when it comes to manufacturing or Europe when it comes to food production.
U guys will just finish off the remaining manufacturing left in this country.
When Jonathan lifted import restriction on furniture goods, furniture makers in ikorodu area went out off business.
Any nation starting off needs import substitution policy to protect her nascent manufacturing sector. U can only start talking of lifting tariffs on import when u are ready for finished products exportation.
Even world trade organisation allows for developing nation members to place higher tariffs on goods from advanced countries because they understand all hands are not equal. If in doubt, ask Ngozi Iweala, she's the head.
China the most advanced manufacturing nation in the world continue to insist she's a developing country because of the import protection status she enjoys in WTO. It makes it difficult for America and Europe to export to China. Why do u think Trump started the trade war.
Try and import finished products into China and witness the highly stiff barriers u will meet at their borders. Yet u want to throw Nigerian border open to all kinds of goods from abroad.
Everything is not about politics. Buhari economic disaster has nothing to do with import restriction but everything to do with incompetence and lack of clear economic policy from clueless managers of the economy.
TV/MoviesRe: Anikulapo: A Review by SIRTee15: 5:54pm On Oct 07, 2022
seanwilliam:
abeg guys I want to ask if that sex scene is real ?? Especially rolake’s boob angry grin
Sex scene is simulated, but boobs are also fake.
PoliticsRe: Why I Think Atiku May Win This Election. by SIRTee15: 12:53pm On Oct 04, 2022
4teenblaq:
OBJ didn't win any NE and NW state except Adawama state. But he won all north central, SS, SW and SE.

GEJ didn't win any NE and NW state. He won few north centrals, lost two SW states and won both SE and SS....


the same thing will replicate next year, what peter obi needs is only SS, SE and get at least 25% from 13 states outside SS and SE
GEJ lost only one state in SW and swept the whole of north central except Niger state. Your analysis is wrong.
Obi needs similar strong performance if he's to win next yr.
PoliticsRe: Why I Think Atiku May Win This Election. by SIRTee15: 12:49pm On Oct 04, 2022
Svoboda:
Pls refer to the 1993 vote demographics btw abiola and tofa.
First we talking about the fourth Republic. Abiola v Tofa election was the only time in Nigerian history when Nigerians actually voted as a Nigerian. Tribe and religion wasn't in consideration.
Tinubu's presidential campaign is already marred in deep tribalism and religious controversy before it took off. He will not be able to shake it off going into polls.
Second, Abiola was a larger than life person. Quite popular amongst the electorate irrespective of tribe or religion. An attribute not seen in Tinubu. Rather he's banking on his northern politician friends to do the Talakawa and almajiri magic for him.
Third, Abiola actually did well in the SE/SSregion and middle belt. He won delta, akwa ibom, cross River, Anambra, and Edo. He swept the whole of middle belt except kogi.
If Tinubu can pull half of such victory in those regions, then we won't be having this discussion in the first place.
PoliticsRe: Why I Think Atiku May Win This Election. by SIRTee15: 8:54am On Oct 04, 2022
tiger28:
I dont understand how many ppl like the OP think that Northerners cannot vote for a Southern President..........

If that is the case, then can someone explain

HOW OBJ won TWO termshuh?

HOW Jonathan won as wellhuh?

Strong Party structure and a viable Candidate that is NOT Just a regional Candidate are all it takes pls!
Neither Obasanjo nor Jonathan won the core northern states when they contested against a northerner- Buhari.
You want to know how they won? They swept the whole southern region and won majority votes in the middle belt. They never won northeast or northwest.

This proves u don't actually need the core north to win election as a southern presidential candidate. What u need is a tight grip on the south and perform very well in the north central, a region that doesn't have the herd mentality of the core northern states.

For the first time we have southern candidates esp Tinubu who has no hope of sweeping the southern region, will perform poorly in middlebelt but hopes northeast and northwest votes will make him president.
Tinubu will indeed have conjured the greatest abracadabra ever known if he can win next year election.

Obi would have had a better chance if he's running under a main party, but the labour party structure is quite weak nationwide. He will likely perform poorly in the southwest, struggle in middlebelt and crash in the core north.
This election is for Atiku to win if he knows what he's doing.
PoliticsRe: Benin City On Lockdown For Peter Obi by SIRTee15: 12:45pm On Oct 01, 2022
Tinubu is now at the mercy of northern politicians to deliver for him. He will fail woefully in the south and middle belt.
PoliticsRe: 2023: Obi Attends Afenifere Meeting, Vows To Restructure Nigeria by SIRTee15: 6:49pm On Sep 29, 2022
ElSudani:
Let us use our brains. To restructure Nigeria you need the cooperation of the National Assembly and all the governors and even state assemblies. Labor Party doesn't have any of these. Is he going to command them to go along with him?
Obi is taking our elders for a ride.
Leave story, if the president of Nigeria wants to restructure this nation, nobody can stop him.
All this national assembly excuse is lame.
PoliticsRe: 2023: Obi Attends Afenifere Meeting, Vows To Restructure Nigeria by SIRTee15: 6:48pm On Sep 29, 2022
[quote author=ElSudani post=117107627]Let us use our brains. To restructure Nigeria you need the cooperation of the National Assembly and all the governors and even state assemblies. Labor Party doesn't have any of these. Is he going to command them to go along with him?
Obi is taking our elders for a ride. [/quote
Leave story, if the president of Nigeria wants to restructure this nation, nobody can stop him.
All this national assembly excuse is lame.
RomanceRe: Single Guys Thread: Can You Marry A Rude, Proud And Arrogant Virgin? by SIRTee15: 12:29pm On Sep 28, 2022
JOACHINpedro:
Well, we all have our standards.
Your standard is good. Shows u are a man of great taste. But know that soup wey sweet, na money kill him.
High valued women are not easy to come by.
RomanceRe: Single Guys Thread: Can You Marry A Rude, Proud And Arrogant Virgin? by SIRTee15: 12:23pm On Sep 28, 2022
JOACHINpedro:
How about a new Benz?
So as u admit, it's not about a new car but the brand. The spec of car trumps new/used car. That's the point of this thread.
If virginity is the greatest virtue to finding a wife, u would have gone for the new 1999 Toyota Corolla.
RomanceRe: Single Guys Thread: Can You Marry A Rude, Proud And Arrogant Virgin? by SIRTee15: 12:00pm On Sep 28, 2022
BigYash:
Same way ,being a non virgin doesn't garrantee good wife. Who will choose a car from the factory over Nigerian used car,even though we know all cars fit involve for accident (God forbids) ?

Op ,there are non arrogant and well behaved virgins. That's what we should pray for.. If you be guy wen don disvirgin girl before, go marry that one. You no deserve another virgin.. Have I made myself clear? And if I hear pem,your mind go dey.. undecided
Will u prefer a used 2021 Benz GLE 4MATIC or new Toyota Corolla 1999. Be honest.
That's exactly how this virgin wife thing be to men looking for wife.
No man makes virginity number one priority when choosing a spouse. I repeat, no man. All this 'virgin wife or no marriage' na social media noise.
In real life, virginity is addendum that men consider amongst other virtues when considering a woman to marry.
Character, beauty n good morals are the utmost in the mind Nigerian men when searching.
RomanceRe: Yoruba Men Can Be Annoying by SIRTee15: 10:11pm On Sep 25, 2022
Psych412:
don't quote me again, you Yoruba black shit
Don't insult half of yourself. Whether u like or not, u are half Yoruba.
Foreign AffairsRe: Is China Having A Coup & Is Xi Jinping Under House Arrest? What You Should Know by SIRTee15: 9:36pm On Sep 24, 2022
Even if Xi is removed or killed, it changes nothing. The communist party apparatus is just too powerful and it's grip on China too strong. That's not going to go away simply because Xi is replaced. The next in line will remain committed to the party core principles.

People should know the communist party members are fiercely anti-democratic and anti-western like freedom to even consider it for their system.

The west have lost China, that's the truth. Nothing can change that. Whatever is going on in China-coup or no coup is simply internal party wrangling amongst different power holders in CCP.
Foreign AffairsRe: 50 Dead In Anti-Hijab Protests In Iran by SIRTee15: 6:32pm On Sep 24, 2022
Elbinawi:
The enemies are more afraid of the Hijab of our women than the blood of our Martyrs.

- Imam Khomeini

Among all the institutions of Islam the enemies of Islam hate the #Hijab the most. The Western hegemonic barbarians did everything humanly possible to demonize Hijab and make it unattractive to Muslim Youths but failed woefully.

There is Hijab in Judaism, Christianity and Islam but the one that attract hate , abuses and insults is the Hijab of Islam. A Christian Nun will wear the Hijab and Westerners and Westoxicated entities will respect her but if a Muslim woman wear the Hijab they will insult her.

European countries like France and Denmark enacted laws to discourage the Muslim Hijab. And these are people that parrot freedom of religion and association.

When Westoxicated idiots in #Iran were burning the Hijab, their Western masters were extremely happy. It was planned, the unfortunate death of that Lady was just an excuse.

The case of school children wearing the Hijab went to the Supreme Court in Nigeria. The freedom fighter, late Chief Gani Fawehinmi SAN, took the Lagos state government to court on wearing the Hijab in public schools. The case went up to the Supreme Court and the Hijab won. This underlined the extent of how some non Muslims hate the Hijab.

#ElbinawiTweets
Nobody hates hijab it's the compulsion in hijab that people hates.
Christian don't want hijab in their schools because it's against their doctrines. Nothing personal about it.
How will u like it if Catholic student wear their nun dressing to Islamic schools? Pls let's learn to respect other people's faith.
U Muslims can't tolerate 1% of toxicity u dish out to other religion.
Foreign AffairsRe: Iran's President Abandons CNN Interview As Amanpour Refuses To Wear Head Scarf by SIRTee15: 5:13pm On Sep 23, 2022
lhordspy:
.
In any case u are Yoruba Muslim just know this, Yoruba nation is coming soon..either as an independent country or a federating unit within Nigeria; and u guys must learn to stand on your own.

No govt official will declare Islamic public holiday in Yoruba region unless u people sight the moon by yourselves. You must be emancipated by fire by force. The recalcitrant ones among you can relocate to Ilorin.
Foreign AffairsRe: Iran's President Abandons CNN Interview As Amanpour Refuses To Wear Head Scarf by SIRTee15: 5:05pm On Sep 23, 2022
lhordspy:
Would have love to school you on so many things relating to your vast ignorance.

But you see the bolded part of your statement details alot about your person. Sir, you have no moral justification to school anyone on religious matter. i repeat, anyone! Not even a Nursery 2 kid. You are the highest religious bigot have met today.

You reek of hate, intolerance and ignorance all at same time with each showcasing itself seperately without colliding.

You are irredeemable. Sorry for your children.
I don't have any right to school anyone on religious matter but the Iranian President has every right to enforce his bigoted religious view on a non Muslim woman.
Can we all see the thinking of a typical Muslim, the rubbish they give out to others, they can never tolerate 1percent.

We all know banning of hijab and niqab is a big issue in France at the moment. How will Muslims feel if the French President travels to Saudi Arabia and instruct a female journalist to remove her hijab as a condition to grant interview just to score a political point back home?


By now Paris will be up in flames by jihadist and intolerant bigots. Yet, they have the nerve to justify such nonsense because it's coming from them.
If u point out the hypocrisy they start shouting western propaganda up and down.
Foreign AffairsRe: Iran's President Abandons CNN Interview As Amanpour Refuses To Wear Head Scarf by SIRTee15: 4:08pm On Sep 23, 2022
lhordspy:
I don't think you went through my post, did you?

I explained very clearly there that it is just an issue of the double-standard that is my problem with all that.

Is it not the same Europeans that you are supporting that are trying to force there own gay laws us?...

This same Amanpour including CNN are the ones that are screaming when Qatar says they wont be allowing gay flag and beer drinkers in there country during this coming world cup..

Did you hear of that too? No i guess, because they probably mute the media and turn their blind eyes to it.. Do you know how it is going? They are now using their world powers to force qatar as a country to accept those things and rescind there decisions...

How can you know all this, when you all have become slaves to their propaganda, they now control your minds and always want you to know only what they feel like. They control your minds and use religious bases and emotional card to implement it.


Love, swim fast away from the ocean of ignorance, a very big tide is coming. It might consume you and other western slaves. And you may eventually never know of anything called 'true' anymore. Only just what they want you to.
U not making any sense. Nobody is forcing gay on anybody. American conservative/neo Christian states will soon pass laws against homosexuality just like they did with abortion.
Foreign female journalists do cover their head when reporting from Islamic countries, because that's the culture over there.
The Iranian President was just trying to score a cheap political point to validate the atrocious act of the moral police who murdered a 22 year old woman for wearing a loose scarf.
There's no need to turn this thing on its head by shouting western propaganda or western slaves up and down.
You guys- African Muslims are equally slaves to Arabic influence despite their obvious disdain for u guys. Yoruba Muslims are even worse, those once willingly enslaved themselves to the illiterate northern Muslims, they can't call for Islamic holiday unless the Sokoto caliphate say so.
The Muslims Yoruba women abandoned their colourful Yoruba head gear/gele that functions as head cover for the drab ugly looking hijab that was never part of African dressings. The early African Muslims never wore it.
Yet they are loudest to shout western slaves/western propaganda to their fellow Yoruba Christians. Spits.
Foreign AffairsRe: Iran's President Abandons CNN Interview As Amanpour Refuses To Wear Head Scarf by SIRTee15:
Beverlyjean:
Hijab is not a country's law...but a religious law...its for the islam States... if u don't want it no more , then convert to another religion... y must've man take off his hat when entering the church ? Or u will support if men also rebel against it ... if u are not comfortable with ur religions law , then change religion...u cant force what u want against ur own religion ...

Absolute freedom destroys the moral or decent fabric of the society.... life in Iran is way better than life in America...
Have u ever lived in any Islamic society? From your narrative it's obvious you ve never stepped foot on any Islamic nation.
FYI, hijab is compulsory for all women living in Islamic countries, it doesn't matter your religion, once u are in public you must cover your head.

Leaving Islam is apostasy in Islamic nation, the punishment is death if you refuse to return to Islam. This sentence is executed by the state itself sanctioned by Koran. So your talk of converting to another religion is a mirage for people living there.
Iran u supporting has sentenced people to death simply for leaving Islam. Read about Mohsen Amir-aslani and Youcef Nadarkhani.

This way you romanticising with Islam, u better be careful. The religion is toxic for women, it's a religion that oppress and restrict rights of women but allows the men to revel in their debauchery so long as they are willing to kill for the religion.
Foreign AffairsRe: Iran's President Abandons CNN Interview As Amanpour Refuses To Wear Head Scarf by SIRTee15: 12:09pm On Sep 23, 2022
BenzEne1:
So according to you minorities have no say?
What happens to the gay people in Africa then? Because there's still a stigma on them law or no law. I've witnessed lynching of a gay couple here in Nigeria.
Have you actually seen polls on the hijab laws from Tehran? Majority of the people of Iran are fine with the hijab laws, it's the minorities who are trapped in that law that are protesting this. And I say they have a right to as the minorities here in Africa should have a right. If we want freedom of speech and expression it should go across every fabric of the society.
Ok o if u say majority support enforcement of hijab, I will leave it. I don't live in Tehran, so I cant feel the beat on the street.

Some basic rights are guaranteed, freedom of association, right to life and expression that doesn't impede on others. Being gay, female or black doesn't mean u should be discriminated against at workplace, public places or anywhere else. Those are basic rights that should be guaranteed every individual.

But when it comes to redefining the standard norms or culture, the influence of society is paramount in making laws that govern the people otherwise u create anarchy.

For now in Africa, nobody wants to see gay couple at the altar saying 'I do', nobody wants their kids to learn about homosexuality in schools. Africans don't want abortion to be legalised, they don't want man becoming woman and fighting to use female bathroom. It may look stupid, but that's the feeling in Africa right now and it has to be respected.

Lynching gay couple is a crime in most African countries including South Africa, but when the enforcer choose to remain silent in the face of such atrocity..u should quickly understand the beats on the street.
Foreign AffairsRe: Iran's President Abandons CNN Interview As Amanpour Refuses To Wear Head Scarf by SIRTee15: 11:39am On Sep 23, 2022
iamrealdeji:
I can see you're very unintelligent. I know about your religion even more than yourself. So,Christiana Amnpour using scarf is she compromising her religion? But for your information,christianity never supported women not covering their hair. Catholics use hijab,C&S folks use big cap to cover their hair,I know many Christians that cover their hair whenever they want to pray and even if some don't have scarf,they use handkerchief. You are the one that's blasphemous because you insulted christinanity by lying they don't cover hair
Who told u Christine Amanpour is a Christian. Or u assume because she bears a Christian name she's automatically a xtian. What makes u think she's not atheist or agnostic or simply doesn't care.
Yet u claim u know everything about Christianity. Start form lesson 101- westernisation isn't the same as Christianity.
We are not like Islam who assume because u bear Fatima or comes from Pakistan u automatically are a Muslim and must wear hijab otherwise u risk being lynched.
Christianity is a choice- a personal decision, it has nothing to do with your name or background.
Foreign AffairsRe: Iran's President Abandons CNN Interview As Amanpour Refuses To Wear Head Scarf by SIRTee15: 11:33am On Sep 23, 2022
BenzEne1:
Good point.
The hijab law ought not to be in place as it is a matter of freedom of expression.
I'll like to see this same freedom of expression in countries like France that have placed a ban on the niqab though. Isn't that taking away the choice from women who want to wear the face veil? And why aren't we championing for gay rights in Africa too, surely there are gay individuals here who have been boxed in all their lives because of our abuse of their freedom of expression as enshrined in our laws.
Gay right is deeply unpopular in Africa, legalising it only expose homosexuals to danger, they risk being indentified and lynched. This happened in South Africa when the national assembly passed the gay right law without consideration for feelings of south Africans. The people went about beating up homosexuals while the police turned the blind eye.

Law is for the people- what the majority thinks its best for the society. That answers your question about France or any Islamic country on hijab.

Iranians have been on this hijab thing for more than 20 years now. This is not the first time women will be against moral police on that country. If I'm right this will be the 3rd generation on the street, which means their grandmothers and mothers also fought the moral police.
A sensible govt will see into their demands and find ways to modify the law to placate all interest. But no they keep fighting a lost battle.
Foreign AffairsRe: Iran's President Abandons CNN Interview As Amanpour Refuses To Wear Head Scarf by SIRTee15: 10:34am On Sep 23, 2022
Beverlyjean:
Global spotlight on Iran has always been there... they dont care...its still better than the protests by his people...besides , what do they want?? So for their women to stop wearing Hijab?? Y force ur own belief on a country that have their practice... so they force Americans to stop their gay agenda??
It's not my business how people run their countries and it shouldn't be yours either. But laws are made for people and not the other way round.
The gay rights law is unpopular in America and some neo-christian conservative states will soon pass laws banning such gay rights in their states just like they did with abortion.
Pls take note of above because it I noticed u confusing westernisation with Christianity. There are Christian regions in America that do not support depraved behaviours.
So just like America, if Iranian women do not want to wear hijab anymore, the govt has no right forcing them or sending them to jail not to talk of killing them. I repeat, laws are made for the people not the other way round. Even, hijab is no longer compulsory in Saudi Arabia as it's not popular among the younger generation.
Forcing people to live in a manner against their will is antagonistic to the basic right of an individual. That's what u lots don't understand.
Foreign AffairsRe: Iran's President Abandons CNN Interview As Amanpour Refuses To Wear Head Scarf by SIRTee15: 10:20am On Sep 23, 2022
Beverlyjean:
But it changed when the issue in his country arose ... Islam is not like Christianity... if Christianity were are rigid as Islam, the world will b a better place... absolute freedom destroys the moral and decent fabric of the society ... from no hijab , to free sex , to abortions , to single mothers , to broken homes, to unreliable kids that will finally lead to the destruction of their country
And u think all these vices are not in Islam. U think Islamic societies are all loving and dovey.
Travel to the north and see true Islam. They have higher divorce rate than the south. Homosexually is rampant, and sleeping with young boys is norm. Prostitution is as as common as the south. Their belief in poverty and destitution is nauseating.
Arabs are worst, they oppress their women, rape their African maids and enslave African men.
If that's the system u eulogise, then I don't think Christianity is for u.
Btw, stop equating westernisation to Christianity.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ... 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 (of 201 pages)