EmekaStanley: Around middle of November 2018, I had an accident with a scooter I had bought to ease my transportation to and from Apapa where Givanas, a company I worked with at that time is situated.
The scooter was a life saver for me considering the state of Apapa road at that time.
As a result of the accident which was as a collision with a distant-minded person crossing the road, I fractured my radius, had deep scratches on my shoulder and face.
I was rushed to a local orthopedic who wore me a cast on my arm to immobilize it.
At that time, I was actively seeking to leave Givanas, so I saw Jagal vacancy for the post of a ‘buyer’. I took the test online, scored high and was invited for a face to face interview.
While at home taking some off days due to the injury, I attended Jagal interview with the cast and injury marks on my face.
I arrived Ikoyi, the headquarters of Jagal, met Ian Moodley, the then Group Supply Chain Manager, who was to interview me.
Ian Moodley looked beyond my injuries, interviewed me properly and told me he was going to hire me, and he did.
He just referred me to the Group HR then, Daniel Ayscough to formalize it.
By the end of that day, I received an official email from Daniel informing me that I have been hired, and asked me to resume by the second week of January, which was enough time for me to notify Givanas that I was quitting.
I immediately sent an email to Givanas informing them of my resignation, went to work few times with the injury and that was it.
There are lots of things I could pull out from this writeup including Jagal's penchant for recognizing talent irrespective of a physical condition that some employers could use as an excuse not to hire someone or my own part of not being discouraged to attend the interview because of my injury.
Now, here is the purpose of this write up.
I was supposed to carry that cast for at least 2 months or even more than, to enable my radius heal well but I removed it the week I resumed at Jagal.
Almost 6 years down the line, close to 4 years after I left Jagal, I have to wear the cast again for that same injury I had.
Apparently the bone joined but didn’t heal properly. All the pains that I should have borne 6 years ago, I am bearing some of them now.
Surprisingly, throughout that time, I was carrying weights at the gym, though I noticed that there was a particular gym programme (which was my favorite) that I couldn’t do without pains in the arm.
That was when I got convinced that my arm has not healed completely.
Today, anytime I go for massage of the arm, I feel real pain, and thoughts keep running through my mind. But, I have serious life lessons I have learnt from this.
One: There is no shortcut to healing. The only exception here is if it is a miracle because I believe in miracles.
If you are meant to receive a particular treatment routine, please stick to your treatment until you are healed completely, confirmed by qualified personnel.
If you abandon your treatment, there’s a high chance you’ll meet the ailment in the nearest future. It could be a form of relapse or something.
Two: Do not postpone pains. Pains are part of living, and every stage of life seems to have its own pains or place of discomfort. Sometimes it could be a form of progress. Unless that, do not postpone pains, they have a way of coming back.
It could have been better for me if I had borne all these massage and cast pains 6 years ago than now. I mean, it is a distraction for me at the moment.
Thirdly but not the least, your health is more important than any job. Take care of yourself.
In any job, no one is irreplaceable. Even the business collapsing due to your absence could be a way of your replacement in the grand scheme of things.
Finally, life is beautiful, I personally don’t want to be dealing with things I should have dealt with years ago, No I don't.
Do you?
ES
How will you be wearing a cast for a fracture from 6 years ago.
The bone edges will not join again.
Or is there something we are missing?
I hope you are seeing a 'proper' Orthopaedic Surgeon?!
Stoplying: I'm not knowledgeable about the battle of Waterloo, I'm talking about the battle of st Crispens, the British were outnumbered at least 3 to 1.
You can also take a look at Cesare's take over of Gaul. Cesare was greatly outnumbered. Hannibal as well, he kept defeating the Romans who greatly outnumbered his forces. Strategy and discipline win wars.
I'm sorry though, I don't fully understand your thesis. Could you state it ? And if you could give a definition to "soldier" I would appreciate. The farmers who defeated the USA in Afghanistan, do they fit the definition?
I feel like we are not saying contradicting things. You only seem to believe that the size of an army is a big factor in winning or losing a war, I think it is not. Strategy is the actual bigger factor. Strategy is how 80000 russian soldiers bugged down more than 500000 Ukrainian soldiers.
Numbers are not the MOST important factor. But it is an important factor.
I was merely talking at first to the other guy who said only technology wins modern wars.
I had told him at least 3 things win wars.
1. Tactics 2. Ammunition. 3. Numbers.
Of course one can win wars with a smaller army, but you then need a force multiplier-- usually excelling in the other 2 to succeed.
About being a soldier-- the Afghans have been Warriors for centuries and by virtue of their culture, young men can fight-- or can be easily trained to.
This is different from the culture in many other countries-- where there has to be several weeks/months of training for them to be made soldiers.
England has always had a smaller population than France, but I recall England defeated France in their wars.
Rwanda has a smaller population than Congo, but Rwanda routinely military humiliate Congo.
Uk had a much smaller population than the Indian kingdoms which it defeated and turned into a single country.
Japan has a smaller population than China each time Japan defeated china.
Small Sweden used to bully the Russian empire.
Israel had a much smaller population than any of the countries of the middle east which it defeated in a 6 day war.
Eritrea had a smaller population than Ethiopia when Eritrea defeated Ethiopia in its independence war.
Greece most likely had a smaller population than Egypt Alexander the great defeated Egypt.
Germany did not attack the ussr alone, it did so with Romania, Italy, Finland and some other states. In that period of time Germany occupied all of western Europe minus the UK, if you add all their populations, you would have a bigger population than the USSR.
Population of a country is not the population of its standing army. They are 2 different things
I have said at least 3 things matter in war, 1 being the population of the armies. Whilst tactics and weapons matter too.
What was the size of the English army and the French army that lost to them at Waterloo? That's what matters.
To say the size of an army does not matter is not correct
There is a big deifference between an adult male and a soldier. Big difference!
For instance England and South Korea have about the same population. However, S.Korea's standing army is about 5 times the English.
If they were to fight, the Koreans will have an obvious advantage in that area-- except the English improve their numbers or have a considerable advantage in other areas.
The Brits colonised India, because it had several warring kingdoms and they sided with one over another until they gradually controlled the Country.
They had the right tactics and superior weaponry. But despite that, they were still routed in some battles.
Germany lost because they were spread too thing on several fronts. They had brilliant officers and way superior weaponry but lost. They ended recruiting children to shore up their numbers in the end.
So yes, the size of armies (population of armies) matters.
uniquetechng: Your miserable father is too daft to know that WW2 in 1947 is entirely different from any full fledged war in 2024. It's no surprise that you're this daft because your miserable and wretched father is also daft, apple does not fall far from its tree remember.
Hahaha
My father has a PHD from one of the top 20 universities in the World.
uniquetechng: I can see how bright you are, you were bragging about knowing about military formations for entire day and ended up saying trash. I was 2 years old in 1976 when my father joined the army, before him his father (my grandfather) was a sergeant in the Army when my father joined as a recruit in 1976. Today my young brother is a colonel in the Army while the 5th of my siblings is also a too DSS officer and was part Buhari's presidential guard. Many of guys I grew up with in Niger Barracks are also top offices in the Army today, my wife's father shared office with Chief Of Army Staff in FHQ Abuja for many years before his retirement.
So when you keep bragging about knowing military formations remember that I am from a military family and I am surrounded by top serving military personnels as well as retired veterans.
Like I said in 2024 population doesn't really matter in a war, what matters is technology. If you don't know this by now then you are dumber than I first thought.
...and so?
Does that make you bright?
If you like, let all the members lf your family be Generals...
From Population does not matter, you have changed to population does not really matter. 🤣
Mr technology-wins-wars... maybe you should ask your family members what numerical strength does in combat.
Germany had the best weapons in WW2, they lost.
America had far superior weapons im Vietnam. It still ended catastrophically.
Ukraine has the support of NATO, with choice weapons, but are also losing.
You are obviously too daft to connect the dots in all these obviously.
Tell us where you have been. Do a comparison of bus, train and water transport to prove your claim. That should help everyone understand how things work.
Tell us which areas train prices are cheaper and the reasons. Tell us which areas buses or coaches as they are called and the reasons.
Okay let us do a statistical analysis can you show me the trend in migration from East to Lagos in the last 20years let us check whether it is reducing or increasing. The problem with bigoted idiots like you is you talk from ignorance. You sit in your one room face me u face you in Ijegun and type trash just to justify 30k monthly salary.
Go to Nnewi Billionaires build roads for their people. You talk from a position of ignorance.
Offpoint1: My question is WHY IS THE TRAIN MORE EXPENSIVE THAN DANFO?
Nigeria thing is always in the opposite direction, train trips are supposed to be cheaper than all other means of transportation.
It was supposed ease load from the shoulders of commuters, especially workers, but it's the opposite. This Lagos that people don't care waiting for over 30mins or to get a cheaper bus with just N100 difference, na dem wan spend more train? How much be salary?
I'm not a tribal partisan. I'm happy that I've grown beyond that sort of bias. I only bring FACTS to any discussion. Because Nigerians are generally ignorant and parochial, a little fact tends to drive them to anger. It doesn't need to be so, history is for learning. There's no advantage gained by holding onto lies, in fact it detracts from both private & public development.
The history of the transition of Nigeria to independence is readily accessible on the internet. Why not do some research? I've already delved into this matter in some detail, I encourage you to go do the same. Here's a good representation of my views in a discussion with others, including a Yoruba fellow.
Izuchukwu70: This guy should shut up. He doesn't know jack about monetary policy. CBN needs to control the inflation but raising the bank rate. That's how it's done all over the world. America did it mire than 8 times in 2022/ 2023.
I tire o!
Liz Truss did not do it and ended up tanking the Pound, losing her job in the process.
I hate doing this shit because I don't know where you guys come out from. If I don't know something and someone that does says a thing and it's true, I just take the lesson and move on but you guys will always double down on your ignorance and try to shift goal post and spin the narrative. Like calm down, I don't even know you. It's a faceless online forum, it doesn't define you.
I clearly stated 3 points and those 3 points weren't wrong or anything.
1) No tank is indestructible. 2) RPGs can't take out MBT because its Armour is too thick except the target specific places which I included the tracks of the tank.
I'm happy the receipt is still on this forum and generations to come will see it.
Below you'll see a photo of a Wiki page collaborate my point.
On Abrams tank, you asked which stand can withstand a javelin and I clearly stated The Abrams, The British and Germany Leopards because of the Trophy AMD produced by Israel. Did you research what I said to see if I was wrong? No. what did you do instead, spin it around to how no tank is indestructible which I quickly agreed with you. Again below is a page on the manufacturer site, you can read about the defense system. It's meant to protect tanks from ATGM which includes the javelin. I even ask you if America and its European allies were stupid enough to install a system that added weight to their tanks that don't work.
All these are here. That you didn't know and I knew somehow makes you feel insecure and you're talking about confidence and arrogance.
Everything I've said on this forum are facts and I am confident in my stand to defend it anywhere. If that is arrogance to you, I don't know what to tell you
I'm not a tribal partisan. I'm happy that I've grown beyond that sort of bias. I only bring FACTS to any discussion. Because Nigerians are generally ignorant and parochial, a little fact tends to drive them to anger. It doesn't need to be so, history is for learning. There's no advantage gained by holding onto lies, in fact it detracts from both private & public development.
The history of the transition of Nigeria to independence is readily accessible on the internet. Why not do some research? I've already delved into this matter in some detail, I encourage you to go do the same. Here's a good representation of my views in a discussion with others, including a Yoruba fellow.
😂😂....chai is that what your ancestors told you about their history?
You guys might really be backwards...sorry I was trying to correct your own ancestral history...hahahaha.....cause mine is different from yours so much.
I don't have time for too much talk.
Even in the early 1900s, they had to make a decree preventing your people from going naked to the market.
The Brits found your people hungry and starving ?...your indeed amongs the most ignorant black people that has refused to remove the chains of slavery from their already rotten necks.
Do you know the extent of civilization we had before they invaded our land?
Do you think they would have invaded a land filled with hunger and starvation?....you must be a kid to think so stupid of your ancestors...spits.
I tend to disagree with this your Statement, because Nigeria was practicing regionalism then, there was no absolute power fir the central and the leadership then was shared along the regional lines and for your information the eastern Nigerian growth was compared to that of Britain and Russia those times, they were the most adavanced region in nigeria and Africa at large, GO AND READ YOUR HISTORY MY FRIEND.
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You lot are the most deluded people I know.
If you are not Jews one moment, you are the most developed sub-region in Nigeria and Africa, comparable to Britain.
The Brits found you in a very pitiful state-- bordering on starvation, practicing cannibalism...stark naked!
All of a sudden you are the most developed. 🤣 What were the indices of that development?
...and don't pull up some obscure unverified page from thin air like you are wont to do.
which analogy did I give? can you pls show me the analogy?
you have not answered y questions.
1. if you are impressed by Tinubu how are you then praying that he succeeds?
2. for you to be praying shows that you are not even sure of what you are saying about Tinubu. did Japan, Germany, Sweden, Finland, China, Canada pray for their leaders before they got to where they are today?
3. if Tinubu was of sounder body and mind what would he have differently or better?
4. what are the bold steps you say Tinubu is taking?
5. what are the policy changes you say he has made and how many are they?
6. you say "most of his policies are good". which ones are good and which are not good?
the ones that are good, what makes them good?
Oga go siddon with your negativity?
You suppose dey go work by now.
I hope you are exceptional at work, becauee if not, you suppose hide your face.
Praying someone does well is an act of faith and good-will.
Same way praying someone fails is willing/hoping someone does horribly.
Na English, so no dey worry!
I won't go through all his policies as I don't have the time.
If you cannot see any good in his policies, then na you get problem.
if you are impressed by Tinubu how are you then praying that he succeeds?
for you to be praying shows that you are not even sure of what you are saying about Tinubu.
if Tinubu was of sounder body and mind what would he have differently or better?
So if your Child is working hard in school, you will not pray he succeeds?
You analogy is poor.
Or if your favourite football team brings in a good coach, you will not pray he succeeds?
Talking of sounder body and mind...
Just watch Donald Trump of today compared to 4 years ago, you can see he has aged and you will notice the subtle effects of this on him.
Tinubu is making bold steps several before him were afraid to make. The amount of policy changes his government has initiated in these months is evident lf this.
emkz: As I suggested some weeks ago, some ministers have no business in the cabinet:
To add to that list, Dr Doris Uzooka Anite needs to be shown the door for lacking experience in signing that MOU with Kemi Badenoch for UK lawyers to practice in Nigeria and celebrating it before she was heavily resisted.
Also to go is the Minister of Transportation. No one knows his name.
We don't hear much from the Minister of Water Resources and whoever is the Minister of Environment.
The ministry of youth needs to be shut down. The relevance of that ministry is not clear.
Tunji Alausa needs to leave the Ministry of Health and take charge of Humanitarian Affairs.
The president also needs to carefully examine the young ministers. Many of them need to go as they lack experience to head ministries.
El Rufai needs to be brought in to fully head the petroleum ministry. We need a well known mad person in that ministry. Merge it with power and call it ministry of energy resources.
I am a Christian Southerner, but El-Rufai has my vote anytime.
Call him a bigot all you want, e no consign me.
He has the capabilities to lead and has shown his abilities multiple times.
When power goes back to the North, I would prefer him or Sanusi ( if possible) for President.
Health / Re: Real Life Lessons I Learnt From An Injury I Had 6 Years Ago, But Treating Today. by HBB1(m): 8:25am On Mar 02
