Kobojunkie:

It is a 1989 Schwinn Surburban Bicycle Made in Chicago , all parts still original (the heavy kind) Like the one in the picture below

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Here is a link to one of the rides we have every last friday of the month from Downtown daily center through different neighbourhoods in Chicago(about 15 miles or more depending on who drafts the map for the ride that month).  http://chicagocriticalmass.org/ 

[flash=200,200] http://www.youtube.com/embed/T-bympXlLg8[/flash]

okada_man:

See Horse! Very cute looking thing.

I'll find it and ride it.

Guy . . .where you go hide

jmaine:


Guy . . .where you go hide

okada_man:

Bros long time!

I go open Okada hire business for Borno, Internet nor dey dia

How family dem?

Family tite gbam . . . . they are all very gallant . . . . 

bebe2
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Give Up Your American Or European Citizenship?
« on: October 22, 2011, 11:04 PM »
Hi guys,
the question is how much is your foreign citizenship worth?
what would your current country of residence give you for you to move back home?
or, wat level of s_hit would you take from a govt or people to stay in their country?
wat's the breaking point before you decide to go home?
how much would u ask for if u were asked to go back to nigeria?
phew!!
your turn lets here it.[/size][size=8pt]

i thot i should modify the post, my aim was to get people to reminiscence about past life and
see if u miss it. e.g wen watching daddy showkey on youtube i cant help laughing.

are there things in naija that u would like to have at your current location?

e.g like the eyo festival of lagos, would want it were u live.

arsenefc:


Obviously you've lived in obodo- America for a really long time and you've lost your Africanness. You've come to accept loneliness as a way of life. Glad you adjusted to it quite well, for now,  but the rest of us still love that connection.

We miss what makes us human; the touch, the sound, the interdependence, the emotional connection, the smiles, the cries, the daily grind of love, hate, friendship, the constant interruption by families and relatives, the tease, the unsolicited words of encouragement etc

That is what being human is all about. That is why we remain in touch with our humanity and the feelings of others. It is the reason we dont engage in endless loops of argument on an anonymous forum. The reason we dont take ourselves too seriously. It is the reason we express our emotions appropriately when people die, get married or say things we disagree with or agree with. It is the reason we dont hold malice against people that may have offended us in the past.

Kobo, its time you get back to your root, go spend sometime in your village, with people that love you and can remind you of what you really are and not what you wish you were.

Its  great to be in constant connection with your family, friends and most importantly your root. We arent made for isolation. It is actually beneficial to your psyche to experience a close knit, hot, dysfunctional, loving, family-like type situation as not only meaningful, but sacred, on fire with the same force that made the stars: love, fellowship, the mystical oneness of all things deep down.

Kobo, it is up to you.

arsenefc:

LOL

Why are we all against Kobo.

Kobo is the most hated NL'er, it seems

Kobo, I can make all these hate go away, if you agree to do 'janglover epomoto' on my ding dong.

frosbel:

Shocking !!!!!!!!!

And this is supposed to be an arena for enlightened debate and knowledge share.

Disgrace, just look at all the abuse flying around.

Kobojunkie:

I took to biking because I could no longer jog or walk. I used to walk about 16 miles round the path back in columbus, but in 2009, I found that I had torn cartilage and it became painful to run or walk. But Biking came to the rescue. The distance from my place to the Library I go to each day is about 4.3 miles, so I hop on my Schwinn Surburban (I love that machine) each day to ride there and back. Takes about 20 minutes.

I think anyone who lives in the city, and has to commute can easily do 40 miles of more a week if he/she chooses to bike it. I live about 4.3 miles from where I go everyday to work and hangout, and those 20 minutes each way on my bike is time for me to free my mind, relax and enjoy the breeze, right before I hit the books/work, and then the 20 minutes back is my time to de-stress, stretch the muscles and enjoy the breeze/wind. Also time to work out all the eba of the day before. lol

I know people who bike twice that each week actually. Biking from a place like Irving Park to downtown is easily 7 miles each way, and that is about 14 miles a day. Add to that errands and what nots on the weekend.

I don't see how being raised in close knit family and what not has anything to do with what you are implying here. I was raised in a close knit family myself and I am not falling apart in the way the @Poster described. I enjoyed my family, and I still do that, but I don't have any attachment issues to deal with since I am well adjusted and confident that the distance between us DOES NOT IMPLY less love or hugs for me at the end of the day. CONFESSION: my mum is in the next room and we are like best of friends, but when she is not here, I am OK.  I mean that one was raised in a close knit ground should not be reason for one to break to pieces when one has to move to a far away land. One needs to be able to take what one learnt in the family situation, and use it to one's advantage when one is away. Create a close-knit group with those around you and continue enjoying your life.

Biking is not abut drawing close to others  . . .  it is actually my way of getting more confident with myself, no matter how many people are around or not around. Those minutes everyday, each way on my bike, I get to listen to the silence, accept and LOVE IT. It is good. Ofcourse when I get to my destination, I go back to my yapping  . ,  lol

Happiness should not be based on where you are, or the number of people(family members, friends) around you at any time. If you find that you cannot sit alone, all by yourself and still be happy, then you probably need to go talk to someone about that. One should learn to be happy wherever one is. And being comfortable never hurts.

arsenefc:

E no go better for the first person to stop.

You guys are on a roll, keep it up.

That is incredibly hilarious.


I have to admit you did score a point on this one. The problem is that you arent any better. Same same!

bebe2:

JUST FOR THE RECORD.
i dnt hate my life, i appreciate all wat God has done for me.
i came home in 2009 and i saw alot of pple that i went to school wit,
i cudnt believe their situation.
even those that were classed as being RICH were not that alright.

i thank God for his favour.

To crown a not so good sunday my son's football team beat their rival for 4 - 1.

buzugee:

yes but did you go see your friends who live in lekki or VGC or magodo or abuja

bebe2:

I dnt have friend's in those areas, how many pple live in those areas?
am still grateful to GOD for wat he has done for me.

buzugee:

lol i was just being funny. are you in england or america ?

bebe2:

na england GOD for pour his blessings upon me o.

buzugee:


kobojunkie so you are one of those crazy people biking at 7am in the morning  (especially on saturdays) that i see on the bike lanes , when driving on lakeshore drive going downtown. lol. i researched that phenomenon too cuz i was curious. i was thinking these are prolly just a bunch of treehuggers doing what treehuggers do, saving the planet by reducing their carbon print. so every motning i drive to the irving park beach parking area and observe. come to find out most of these fools drive over there in there huge SUVs. and then pull out the bike from their cars, then bike all over the city, then get back to their cars, throw the  bike in the back and then drive home 

buzugee:

yes but did you go see your friends who live in lekki or VGC or magodo or abuja 

ATLgal:


you are wrong, the problem is, the rich people in nigeria have NOTHING to do with thier money. we don't create enough products, this why you see ngerians travel and spend INSANE amounts of things we can't even fathom, we can go to the mall every weekend and spend a little here and a little there. they have to save it (or buy in Nigeria at an even more insane price and less choice) and spend it all at once when travelling. that's where the disparity comes in.
plus u also can't outshow. my dad refused to paint the peeling paint on the house so "thieves" wouldn't think there was money,

don't let appearances fool you. unless the person is an aiyiriolari, chances are , they don't spend outlandishly.

bebe2:

it depends on your personality, emotion etc. i will not apologise for being me. i grew up in a very large and happy environment, my sister was married in nearby city we wud just be sitting on a saturday evening and she and her hubby would walkin saying they are traveling to maybe lagos for a friend's wedding and would drop their kid's no questions asked. i miss all that.

my best friend is getting married in warri and all my friends are there, they called me eeryone excited and talking at the same time. when they dropped the phone it all fell silent, and i felt bad so i thot i will just air my views.

bebe2:

na england GOD for pour his blessings upon me o.

Kobojunkie:

So they are the fools in this case because they do not adhere to your cooked up idea of them being tree-huggers

ATLgal:


you are wrong, the problem is, the rich people in nigeria have NOTHING to do with thier money. we don't create enough products, this why you see ngerians travel and spend INSANE amounts of things we can't even fathom, we can go to the mall every weekend and spend a little here and a little there. they have to save it (or buy in Nigeria at an even more insane price and less choice) and spend it all at once when travelling. that's where the disparity comes in.
plus u also can't outshow. my dad refused to paint the peeling paint on the house so "thieves" wouldn't think there was money,

don't let appearances fool you. unless the person is an aiyiriolari, chances are , they don't spend outlandishly.

tarano:

kobojunkie I hope u not who I think u are I truly stay in Chicago also. just interesting I work downtown, and I see those guys on bics behind the city of chicago building, I use to think of the Unclad bickers world, i saw them last year and did not miss this year, not a perv just enjoying chicago, hey I don't mind meeting Chicagoans like myself,   

buzugee:

nah i dint mean it like that. i use 'fools' as an endearing word sometimes. this look familiar to you ? thats from my stash of pics i took during my sojourn at irving park beach
thats the area where they play golf.