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LarrySR

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  1. 2 hours ago, Jingthing said:

    Taste in pizzas are very subjective. Frankie's salami pizza uses pecorino cheese which is quite distinctive and unusual on a pizza. Obviously using ingredients like that justifies higher prices but if you don’t like their pizzas you don't like their pizzas. Again I have noticed an improvement in their crust. 

    Frankies is also offering thick crust along with the classic. 

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  2. How long before these pre year 2000 Bangkok towers fail I wonder?

     

    In Florida recently the deterioration of a pool deck is suspected of trigging the collapse of a 30 year old condo tower. Decades of water penetrating the rebar weakened the towers foundation, triggering a deadly failure of the structure. Nobody expected the building to fall in the middle of the night killing around 100 people.

     

    What happens to condo prices in these Thai building around town start reach 30 year? 40 year? 50 years and they start colappsing? 

    What is the lifespan of these concrete / re-bar skyscrapers if maintained well?  and what if they are not maintained well.

    Were they designed properly, constructed professionally with the proper materials specified or did the owner/builder cut corners to save money? Was the building inspector properly trained, ethical and moral? Did the workforce water down the mix so it pumps better in the hot weather? Was the rebar installed at specification? Did the concrete mix nestle into the forms adequately? Does the workforce care?

    Do the building management and service techs even know what to look for when a building is on the brink of failure?

     

    In Florida recently the deterioration of a pool deck is suspected of trigging the collapse of a 30 year old condo tower in Florida. Decades of water penetrating the rebar weakened the towers foundation, triggering a deadly failure of the structure.

    How long before these pre year 2000 Bangkok towers fail I wonder?

     

    New Florida law demands frequent inspection schedules and a condo bank account fund with adequate balance for foreseeable repairs.

    https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2022/05/25/florida-legislature-passes-condo-law-on-inspection-repairs/

     

    Washington Post wrote a comprehensive article detailing the failure of management, board of directors and city after repeated warnings. https://www.washingtonpost.com/.../pool-deck-condo-collapse/

  3. On 7/28/2022 at 11:59 AM, Kinnock said:

    Police around Asoke junction and Thong Lor area are infamous for hassling tourist.  Spot searches, drug tests, asking to see passports ..... they are just looking for a reason to extract a bribe.

     

    Uniformed beggars.

    YEP, they even stop random taxies and pull the foreigners out for a search. 

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  4. On 7/24/2022 at 2:47 PM, vandeventer said:

    California, such a great place to leave, like most blue states! I wonder why?

    Lol

    California has a housing shortage with average price around $800,000. Best place on planet earth to reside. 

    People leave because they can’t afford to live there and end up in some cheap sh!thole like Texas. 

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  5. 26 minutes ago, EVENKEEL said:

    Sorry your life has been so horrendous. My time in the US boys were boys and girls were girls. No one commented on gays all the way through high school. My navy days, yes I served my country, no one spoke much about gays. There was one cook who tried touching another's wee wee and got smacked up. 3 1/2 yrs aboard ship and we had one incident with a crew of 1200. Funny how this new generation of "woke" doesn't fit in. 

    Your mates were comforting each other all the time, all over that vessel. 

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  6. 2 hours ago, JonnyF said:

    Seems like a stupid rule.

     

    Irrespective of the Woke idiocy plaguing many areas of life, why not allow boys/girls to wear shorts? Why should a heterosexual boy be forced to wear a skirt in order to stay cool in a heat wave?

    Heat wave? It barely cracks 20c degrees on a summer day there. 

     

    The "story" is from THE SUN... looking to windup the snowflake readers.

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