lordgrinz

Investigators have already found "substandard" steel bars on site that failed testing by the Iron and Steel institute of Thailand. Not to mention the steel was supplied by a Chinese steel company already closed for "safety grounds". This keeps getting better and better, heads need to roll!

My tip to investors, don't invest in Thailand.

If he has a very large brown envelope, the boxes will magically disappear. TIT

So, the BBC says this was a "flat slab" design, "which is no longer recommended in earthquake-prone areas". Pretty close to the same idea for the World Trade center buildings, to maximize open floor space by removing inner support beams.

Same here in Nonthaburi, it felt like the townhouse was on Jello wobbling all over, enough that when I stood up from the kitchen table I almost lost balance.

Yes, and the World Trade Centers were different design, where the support was the outside metal cage structure. This building has multiple support beams on each floor, I'm betting more on the cause being cheap concrete. In fact, wasn't this the same issue with Thai-Italia working on Rama II? Why is the government using this company for anything?!

Wrong, as far as I can tell from testing it, it won't let you go to the next page unless you fill in the following required fields. MODE OF TRANSPORT FLIGHT NO. / VEHICLE NO. I can however avoid the date, put in "AIR", "COMMERCIAL FLIGHT" and then enter "N/A" for flight number, not sure what they will think of that though.

Spent 2-1/2 hours going to get my child out of school, the kids were not allowed back in the building, what a nightmare for gridlock traffic here in Muang Thong Thani. We already had problems getting around with the International Motor Show going on here at IMPACT, but this was off the charts! People everywhere, and all the streets at a standstill. The townhouse (built on sand I am sure) was swaying back and forth for almost a minute, remind me never to go to California, never want to experience that again in my lifetime.

Holy Cow!! Here in Nonthaburi was insane!

I guess it's a little more than just a "misunderstanding" now, the chickens have come home to roost.

If I was allowed to put the same amount into my own personal retirement choice, I would be way farther ahead, and the money would be in my control, not an incompetent governments. The whole SS Ponzi scheme should be for the deadbeats who don't want to (or refuse to) save for retirement, not forced on those of us who worked hard for our money.

Yup, the joys of being forced to pay into a Ponzi scheme.

I don't know, but it was comical to see all bigwigs in their pressed suits with hardhats standing in front a "safety first" sign when being interviewed after the collapse.

I carry mine in a leather passport wallet, been doing so for 9 years, though I wish the world would just move to a plastic ID card (CC size) for passports, no more stamps needed (store stamps electronically online).

TIT.....rules, laws, regulations mean nothing here.