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MaxYakov
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12 minutes ago, wgdanson said:Wonder where the rest took plce?
In parking garages where the vehicles were accidentally accelerated through the barriers and finished upside down in an alley below, of course (to name one of many other places I'm sure).
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23 minutes ago, cyril sneer said:
Food panda for eating, Google streetview for travels
Agree with Google street view for travel (especially in Thailand) - worldwide (except for those countries that disallowed street view (China and Iran to name a few). However, even only a satellite view can be very informative about a city. I was looking at a city in southern Iran the other day that had extreme air pollution reported (waqi).
I wasn't able to isolate the source for the air pollution, but the city's "International" airport had only one plane parked at the terminal and the parking lot had absolutely no cars parked in it. I concluded that nobody wanted to visit that city. There were other clues that it definitely was not a fun place and was very poor (except for the elite housing, of course).
I don't order in food, but maybe I should consider it so I can spend more time on Google Maps. ????
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32 minutes ago, cyril sneer said:
I don’t even walk to places anymore after seeing that gas explosion video last week
Can happen to anyone, better to just stay in the room
It's OK to be paranoid about personal safety in Thailand, but not too paranoid.
On the other hand, it may not be possible to be too paranoid about safety in Thailand.
PS: I spend a lot of time in my room because I find Bangkok not as interesting and instructive as the internet and, besides, my room has a lot cleaner air than the often highly-pollution Bangkok air (even though I always wear a PM2.5/N95+ mask when out and about).
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48 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:54 minutes ago, MaxYakov said:Looking at the ordinary daily road casualties, I avoid the roads every day. I don't see a big risk improvement on the "non-deadly" days. It would be ironic to die in an accident on a non-deadly day, wouldn't it? I consider all the days to be "deadly" on the road and statistics support this.
My conclusion is that the Thais are suicidal and I'm not going to let the take me with them. This also applies to air pollution, noise pollution, other pollution and food poisoning and communicable diseases.
you stay at home and don't go out? you need to work out your own risks for your area rather than just look at national statistics. Frightened rabbits severely restrict their life by not having a motorbike
I cycle every day to breakfast in lower Sukhumvit, which I consider to be very dangerous if one does it on the road. I don't see my life as being "severely" restricted by not having a motorbike or any other type of motor vehicle. In fact, using a bicycle is less restrictive than having and using a motorbike or car. If I want to travel long distance I can use MRT, BTS, river boats or city and intercity buses with my bicycles since they are foldable and allowable on all of these public transports 24 X 7.
I am also materially richer and more free by not having the expense of a motor vehicle, nor the responsibility and the risk of operating one. Plus, I get some exercise in the process.
Yes, it takes me longer to get to my destination, but my injuries in a crash would be much less severe because of my lower speeds and the avoidance, for the most part, of co-existence with the much more dangerous motor vehicles.
I'm rarely cycling in a hurry and never get caught in traffic jams. I can go anywhere a motorbike can go and many places they cannot. When I get out in jammed traffic, I have often indicated to motorbike operators to move aside because they were too wide to lane split in some cases. Also, parking my bicycles is much less of a problem and doesn't cost me anything. I am thankful every day that Thais, in general, do not like to cycle.
You seem to be, from your very comment, I would bet you are someone who forms conclusions based on minimal information and minimal depth or scope of thought and those conclusions are often wrong.
Bold (or drunk) rabbits often end their existences being road kill on Thai roads. I see many of them every day on Rachada Phisek between Asok and Rama IV and on lower Sukhumvit opening their muscle motorbikes up in a vacuous display of massive acceleration and reckless speed and, often, wide open, ridiculously loud exhaust systems.
Are you one of these type/style of motorbike operator by any chance?
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12 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:I leave my bike at home when the roads get manic but even walking is dangerous in places
Looking at the ordinary daily road casualties, I avoid the roads every day. I don't see a big risk improvement on the "non-deadly" days (if any improvement). It would be ironic to die in an accident on a non-deadly day, wouldn't it? I consider all the days to be "deadly" on the road and statistics support this. With driving distractions such as the the so called smart phone, drink driving and speeding, simply walking near a road can get one killed.
My conclusion is that the Thais are suicidal and I'm not going to let the take me with them. This also applies to air pollution, noise pollution, other pollution and food poisoning and communicable diseases.
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39 minutes ago, tandor said:...why on earth report she sells pork on a stick...totally irrelevant..the mere fact you say she is a 22 year old woman is ample...I hope she recovers..something you didn't bother to mention.
Describing the pork is on a stick seems over-the-top to me. Besides that, shouldn't it be a "person hole" cover?
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45 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:
The North is getting reamed today... Too many incense sticks???
That above is the all Thailand view... Below is the BKK view, which is much better by comparison.
It appears so. The 241/Purple is Sarapee Hospital, Chiang Mai. Maybe they had a fire or a lot of people died of respiratory failure (hence, the incense or someone blowing smoke into the sensor). Pray for the victims.
Sarapee Hospital Google Maps Street View (appears to be on a low-traffic street)
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2 hours ago, uhuh said:
Terrible haze when looking out of my window (high floor) towards the airport.
Has been bad for days, today's very bad.
I don't trust air4thai, but even aqicn.org claims that the air is not too bad ( yellow readings for the last couple of days, right now 97 - and 76 at Chula).
Anybody with independent meters for pm2.5 can confirm that this is natural haze and not pm2.5?
I'd take my JHC meter out to the balcony and take a reading except the pollution seems to be a bit spotty across Bangkok so my reading at Asok probably wouldn't be worth much. I (sort of) trust aqicn.org vs my JHC meter. Anyway, it apparently just went "unhealthy/red" late in the morning (aqicn.org). AirVisual is confirming this only 6 points under RTAQ at 151. Hope this helps confirm that you should definitely shelter in place or wear an effective mask if going out. I wouldn't recommend jogging while bare-faced (as I see many do). ????
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11 minutes ago, Monomial said:
Unfortunately that is where you are wrong.
The Constitution is a document that requires interpretation to discover the intent behind the words. . How people think about its intent is very relevant to the discussion, and courts have said as much over the centuries.
This is just how common law jurisdictions work. Precedent counts too. Most of America will agree with you that Trump asked the Ukraine to investigate the controversy with Biden. (I'm sure there might be a couple tin foil hat people who think it a massive conspiracy, but they will be very few in number.) But the fact that he asked doesn't necessarly mean it was an impeachable offense. You can only impeach for high crimes and misdemeanors.
Nothing other than your opinion and your personal value system are currently equating the two. And the Senate is extremely unlikely to agree with you.
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1 hour ago, Jingthing said:
One opinion writer wrote that but I don't think it's actually correct. He IS impeached already. But this is really academic. Pelosi has never said she won't transmit to the senate. She is only delaying it and for very good reasons. So don't fret (as the president is) about this detail.
Depends on what one's definition of "IS" is.
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On 12/19/2019 at 8:50 AM, webfact said:"If we do not act now, we would be derelict in our duty. It is tragic that the president's reckless actions make impeachment necessary," Pelosi said.
Except she is not acting now (sending the impeachment documents to the Senate) because she knows she stepped in it and doesn't want to commit to a sure disaster. Anyway, one of her own liberal lawyers indicated that President Trump is not impeached until the documents are sent to the Senate, otherwise its just sits in the House as a pile of of you-know-what.
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1 hour ago, Tops said:4 hours ago, MaxYakov said:
How many people do you see wearing masks (a small percentage)? How many people do you see wearing actually effective masks (not ineffective medical/surgical masks)?
The masks that filter the PM 2.5 are only effective for the first hour !!! They are saturated after about 1 hour depending on the air pollution.
How many people do you see with a fresh and working filter?
And how many do you see with an old, already worn for a year or so ???
Can you cite a source for your "first hour" claim? What type of mask, exactly, are you referring to?
I wear a mask that I could easily and relatively cheaply change the filter on every hour if I felt the need. And the replacement filter would be a 3M N95 PM2.5 filter - as only the first layer of a double-layer fume/dust mask with it's own, separate PM2.5 filter (17.5 baht cost per changeout, regardless of how often I do it).
This "dust/fume" mask is double-filtered by me and the first, outer layer (a disposable 3M N95/PM2.5 two-ply lawyer) gets visibly discolored within a week of use (around 20 hours). The second layer (the one that comes with the mask has three layers, one is a carbon granule layer (I guess for odor or TVOC/HCHO filtering (you won't see this type filter on a surgical/medical mask). I consider the facial seal on this mask to be excellent.
Also, my upgraded "dust/fume" mask has a one-way exhale valve which eliminates back-breathing through the filter material, possibly lengthening its lifespan. Could the presence of a exhale valve (or valves) actually lengthen the effective lifespan of a mask? I see very few people wearing masks with one-way exhale values, probably because they are more expensive and/or people are ignorant of mask technology.
I'm pretty sure that a lot of people are more concerned about the style of the mask (like they choose sunglasses, for example) rather than the protection a mask might provide. I think too many people opt for the ultimate style (not wanting to look daft) of not wearing a mask.
PS: Thanks (not) for editing my comment (that you commented on) without indicating at least to the readers that it had been snipped. Not really good form and could could cause contextual misunderstandings (not so in this particular case, fortunately).
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Yes according to RTAQ it was "unhealthy - red" (but not hazardous - purple) from 7 AM through 10 AM Thursday.
How many people do you see wearing masks (a small percentage)? How many people do you see wearing actually effective masks (not ineffective medical/surgical masks)? The air pollution is killing the residences of Bangkok and their children and the reasons for that is the same reason they're not wearing masks - like with a lot of things - they just don't care.
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Returning happy endings to the Thai people and, especially, the frisky male tourists.
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You snooze, you lose. Reminds me of the UK's latest London Bridge jihadist who was dispatched permanently this time.
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Read President Trump's letter to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi re his impeachment HERE
IMHO, it could have more succinct, but you would not be surprised of the adjectives the mainstream media has used to describe the letter.
Mark Levin is in the process of reading the entire letter to his radio audience of probably more than 5 million listeners. Unfortunately, Mark is "preaching to choir". The ones who need to get and understand the message of the letter are the 1/3rd of the US population who can't even identify the three branches of the US government and will vote for Democratic party candidates no matter what (or they've been told to vote that way).
It looks to me like Nancy has placed herself and the Democratic party into a trap of their own making. She probably can't back out of the vote for impeachment at this point and if she goes ahead and puts it into the Senate's hands who, according to Senate Majority Leader Mc Connell, will probably summarily vote it down as a function of their being ONLY a jury function and not an investigatory function, disallowing witnesses. Either way the wasted time and money, not to mention the historic shame of this partisan effort, looks very bad to a lot of voters.
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5 hours ago, Credo said:
Hmmmm ..... Well that explains the Aussie fascination with BBQ.
Aussie ecstasy with BBQ. Or is it BBQ with ecstasy. Either way...
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The only reason I'd visit a Starbucks is to use the toilet in an emergency.
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16 minutes ago, Tug said:
Trump has the gop cowering they know he’s corrupt and a Buffon but he is a viscous vindictive nasty guy and delights in ruining others lives they dare not cross him they are in submission and lost
Buffon, buffoff...
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Sanathachat: I'm not riding you any more and neither are you riding me!
Vehicle airbag deployment saved their you-know-whats.
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Why is it I never get invited to these shindigs?
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“Ideas are far more powerful than guns. We don't let our people have guns. Why should we let them have ideas?”
― Joseph StalinIf it's about saving lives, then why not put the freeway speed limit down to 40 MPH and ban motorcycle use?
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1 hour ago, justin case said:On 12/14/2019 at 11:00 AM, rooster59 said:
Morningside Park has long had a reputation for being unsafe and the site of numerous crimes, including murders.
sad, maybe they should put big warnings for tourists and new locals
I read that it had been previously nicknamed "Muggingside Park". I recommend armed police and profiled stop and frisk.
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That's right! No political bias. None. Zip. Zilch, Nada. It was all just a big misunderstanding and the result accidental events. (what were they smoking?) /sarc
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208 deaths reported halfway through 7 dangerous days in Thailand
in Thailand News
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A specious argument/hypothesis, IMHO. They manage to find the money to buy a motorbike and pay for gasoline, yes? And they find the time to ride it, yes? The question I have is if they are that poor why aren't they on bicycles, as many genuinely poor Thais are?
I'm sure many Thais use motorbikes and other motor vehicles for frivolous trips and/or as status symbols. Status symbols for sure with many owners of cars and SUVs, but at least those owners are safer than the motorbike owner/operators (At least their I'd say their accident survivability probability is a lot higher).