tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686769.post114087480073534799..comments2016-08-20T19:14:01.630+01:00Jeremy[email protected]Blogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686769.post-1140894081532642172006-02-25T20:01:00.000+01:002006-02-25T20:01:00.000+01:00Or perhaps it is Devil's Advocate...Anonymous[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686769.post-1140889496098710972006-02-25T18:44:00.000+01:002006-02-25T18:44:00.000+01:00Thanks Obi.<BR/><BR/>I have started my own blog at mischiefmaster.blogspot.com where I will be posting more cynical observations.<BR/><BR/>Jeremy you need to spice things up lad. Comments on your blog have dropped off. Personally I think the weirdness of the Agbada article might have contributed.. damn weird!Devil's Advocate[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686769.post-1140882225295295142006-02-25T16:43:00.000+01:002006-02-25T16:43:00.000+01:00anonymous is one cynical person. happy things are fine out there. got a lot of relatives living in abuja.<BR/><BR/>take care and be safe.obifromsouthlondonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06992991980755482661[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686769.post-1140879717127900932006-02-25T16:01:00.000+01:002006-02-25T16:01:00.000+01:00Jeremy,<BR/>one should exercise caution in Africa's reservoirs and lakes. Lots of nasty things like bilharzia, guinea worm etc. All rather unpleasant and some are very widespread. I haven't looked at Usuma Dam recently but I would always tend on the cautious side. Kaduna has a good place for testing for bilharzia if you get a rash, pass blood etc. Let me know!<BR/><BR/>Rivers tend not to have bilharzia but do have their own risks.<BR/><BR/><BR/>'Usman' was(or is) Usuma to the original Gwari indigenes. The name Usman was 'imposed' by Hausa 'imperialism so I was reliably told.<BR/> The dam is the lower dam and was originally supposed to be built after an upper dam. But political (rather than engineering or economic) expediency meant that the lower, bigger, more expensive dam was built first...so I am led to believe.<BR/><BR/>I stand to be corrected!<BR/><BR/>What are the servers for - a truckload? Is that to process Google's sntich lists of who searched for what?<BR/><BR/>Devil's AdvocateAnonymous[email protected]