Mr Babatunde (MSc)

🌍 Geologist | Sedimentologist | Geomorphologist | Gold & Ore Mining | ArcGIS/QGIS | Geohazards | HSE Professional | Geoconsulting & Geosurveys ⚒️ | #MUFC 🔴

[Mr Babatunde (MSc) @boakingus]

All forms of geo-consulting (geo data analysis, seismic interpretations, GIS analysis, geological and mining Surveys, borehole drillings, research analysis, geological reports) is our forte.!!

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@kunz8504 Flash freeze the whole thing.

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@lakunle70 Mr Murder
From the corner of his eyes
Phatoms
Odd Thomas
The Husband

Try - Dean Koontz

[Lekan Olaleye @lekankingkong]

This thing go pain anybody #voiceover #yoruba

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@otunbadonsizzy Lol, where you wan put the chinese na. These ones Dey smoke in front of no smoking signage..!

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@Lfc_ola_ I’m surprised no one is mentioning Joel Matip

[Lekan Olaleye @lekankingkong]

If you laugh you are under arrest #voiceover #yoruba

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@SirLeoBDasilva The way y’all been betting everything every match day, do you have anything left to bet sef?!!

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@CFC_Dubois

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@mc_lively_ What happens if Arsenal do not carry the league after making their fans wait for 2 and half decades?

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@Elkrosmediahub @Chief_Legit 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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@bokkumart Has Bokku thought of coming to Osogbo?

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@Thebiglade Safety first

[JP Attueyi @jpattueyi]

Every Sunday at exactly 3:17 p.m., my father called me.

Not 3:15.
Not 3:20.
3:17.

It started a month after he retired.

At first, I thought it was boredom. Then habit. Then aging.

But it never changed.

If I picked up, he’d say the same thing:

“Are you home?”

If I said yes, he’d reply, “Good. Just checking,” and hang up.

If I said no, there’d be a pause.

Then he’d say, “Alright. Call me when you’re back.”

That was it.

No small talk. No updates. No “how are you?”

Just… checking.

My wife thought it was sweet.

I thought it was strange.

One Sunday, I decided not to answer.

I was home. I just let it ring.

At 3:18 p.m., he called again.

I ignored it.

At 3:19 p.m., my wife’s phone rang.

She frowned. “It’s your dad.”

I gestured for her not to answer.

The phone stopped.

At 3:21 p.m., the landline rang.

No one even has that number.

We stared at it.

It stopped after five rings.

At 3:24 p.m., someone knocked on the door.

Three sharp knocks.

Not aggressive.

Precise.

I opened it.

My father stood there.

Calm. Neatly dressed. Slightly out of breath.

“Why didn’t you answer?” he asked.

“I was busy.”

He looked past me into the living room.

“You’re home.”

“Yes.”

He nodded slowly.

Then said something he’d never said before.

“Good.”

And he left.

That night, I drove to his house.

I needed to understand.

He lived alone since my mother passed. Same house I grew up in. Same curtains.

He opened the door before I knocked.

“You came,” he said.

“Dad, why do you call every Sunday?”

He studied me for a moment.

“Come in.”

We sat at the dining table.

He didn’t speak immediately. He rarely does.

Finally, he stood up and walked to a locked drawer in the hallway.

He pulled out a thin folder.

Inside were newspaper clippings.

House fires.

Robberies.

Gas leaks.

Carbon monoxide deaths.

All circled in red.

“Every single one,” he said quietly, “happened on a Sunday afternoon.”

I blinked. “That doesn’t mean..”

He held up a hand.

“When your mother died, I was in the garden.”

I swallowed.

“I was ten feet away. Ten feet. She called once. I didn’t hear her.”

Silence stretched between us.

“I promised myself,” he continued, “that if something ever happened to you, I would not be in the garden.”

My chest tightened.

“So you call me to make sure I’m alive?”

He looked at me steadily.

“No.”

A long pause.

“I call to make sure you answer.”

I frowned. “What’s the difference?”

He leaned back in his chair.

“If you answer, I know you can.”

The words didn’t land immediately.

Then they did.

“If you couldn’t answer,” he continued calmly, “I would already be driving.”

My stomach dropped.

“You’ve been ready to come over every Sunday?”

“Yes.”

“Even when I said I wasn’t home?”

He nodded.

“I wait ten minutes. Then I check.”

A cold realization crept up my spine.

“Dad… how many times have you come?”

He didn’t answer right away.

Instead, he looked toward the window.

“Six.”

Six Sundays.

Six times he drove to my house.

Six times he must have stood outside.

Watching.

Making sure.

I tried to laugh it off.

“That’s extreme.”

He didn’t smile.

“You think emergencies schedule appointments?”

We sat there in heavy silence.

Then I asked the question that had been building all evening.

“Why 3:17?”

For the first time, his composure cracked.

“That’s the time on the hospital clock,” he said softly, “when they told me she was gone.”

The air left my lungs.

He wasn’t checking on me.

He was trying to outrun a minute.

Every Sunday.

For years.

I drove home that night differently.

The following Sunday at 3:16 p.m., my phone was in my hand.

At 3:17, it rang.

I answered on the first vibration.

“Hi Dad.”

There was a pause.

Then, for the first time ever, he said something new.

“I know.”

And he hung up.

[Mr Babatunde (MSc) @boakingus]

@RanceRider2 @constanstein Chief, I salute your patience.!!cuz the responses just are tiring, facts are being laid out plus links to educate, but these dudes can’t get over shackles they got in their brains, Olmo and Yamal joint G/A, one clown say so Olmo was more impactful than Yamal’s crosses😭😩

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@abdrahingwa @UtdForever7 @grok Oponu ni grok yii…!

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@jon_d_doe This one too go Dey represent people for court, with this kind of buffoonery and shallow thoughts…🤣🤣

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Best club in the world wey never even win UCL talk more of playing in the club World Cup..The way these fans are delusional is beyond comprehension..🤣🤣🤣🤣

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@mc_lively_ lol, I’m embarrassed for you🤣🤣🤣

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@Adaeze_michael True, past Glpry is something Man Utd live and wax on, correct me if I’m wrong after Ferguson left, ManUtd still have won more trophies than Arsenal who you guys tout to be the current glory…Last I checked there is no award for finishing 2…Perpetual 2nd doesn’t make you winners

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@Cantonadevils Let me put it this way, Carrick had 2 massive games to start his tenure, he needed experience, consistency and build confidence levels of the team..He’s just had 2 games so far, if it goes on for like 5 games and they don’t get game time, then this could be a problem..!!