BusyB

Depends on your source. There are good and clever HL writers and there are bad ones. And then there are clickbaiters. Buyer beware.

You're right. OK - would have inherited. They couldn't form a government because the old clans wanted them out and it wasn't long before they were banned. Rinse and repeat. The only ones allowed to hold power in Thailand are those allowed to hold power. And that has nothing to do with the vote. Very very sad really. Heartbreaking.

Actually Move Forward inherited the crisis. But PT benefited/help inveigle the soft putsch which denied them their election victory and they got banned. That's also the answer to the poster who asked if they'll ever change or change in time. The last time that came close they massacred their own people. Now they camouflage things a bit better. Thailand is a kind of Myanmar Lite.

Hardly surprising ...

I should think so too. Thinks .... would I just retire to my room to sleep when a mate high on drugs was messing around with a revolver talking about Russian roulette? Think I'd be inclined to disarm him and ditch the bullets. And probably find new room mates as well. Clearly I may well be wrong and the tests will show what was up. But I sniff a whiff of fish sauce here.

Perhaps hotels'll start displaying 'Earthquake Secure' and 'Earthquake Inspected to DIN 9200 Standards' stickers and certificates, the same as for the Covid safety/hygiene requirements? We'll have to wear helmets instead of masks.

The numbers sound mighty suspicious. But maybe they've sent a bunch of people around with a laminated list of things to look for, and when they find things they call the authorities who send the experts in to assess the extent of the damage. That would be the only sensible or practical way to do it given the lack of experienced/expert construction engineers. That would also explain the stark drop in public buildings from : classified 6,487 buildings as safe (green), to 361 with moderate damage but still usable (yellow), and 55 with severe structural issues, leading to closure (red). If you have a couple of hundred local authority employees scouring the place for symptoms then 6.5k are possible ... the other 400 or so get closer attention. That's how I'd do it anyway but who knows ...? Thais can also be very practical when the heat's finally on ... As for the private buildings, well ... who's checking them?

What on Earth is going on with that road? ... It's absolutely beyond belief.

There are two solutions to that problem.

Well done that man! Did everything just right. Should be rewarded even if it is part of his job.

Show your friends the blood smears on the paper eh?

That's interesting ... I wonder what they did at LHR. But I think the UK's ETA system didn't go live till today ...?

Really? On Face-Time?

Wewlkaam ...

I think under UK law penetration from either end against the will of the victim is classed as rape. Sadly, statistical chances of offenses ever getting to court never mind successful convictions are minimal. I don't see why people like that should be allowed on the streets either - assuming he is actually guilty.

That the TM6 is a useless waste of time goes without saying. But that has nothing to do with the rest of what you say about posters on this thread. The system is here to stay. Some of us are adult enough to recognize that. I can't change the system. But after a tiny bit of investigation I can help and encourage those who are having problems with it and find it daunting, so they don't have problems when they finally do have to deal with it. Because deal with it they must regardless of what you say. You aren't helping them at all. Just a humble sheeplethought.

No. I didn't. But you knew that didn't you? And your response bears me out. Bloated, arrogant, loud and lacking in self-awareness like all those who claim to be smarter than the rest they think they're above. But I don't care. I just think us sheeple occasionally need to let people like you know that we're not as dim as you think. To give you a chance at self-improvement. I accept that's wasted on you but couldn't care less.

Rape isn't about sex. It's about power.

Half-constructed buildings collapsing worries me less than completed buildings with cracks and bulges all over the place. How long will it take to seriously assess the structures? How many qualified people will it take and do they even have them? As pretty as the city looked, I'm convinced those bright buildings weren't constructed to 7.7 standards like in Taipei or Tokyo. Noone ever expected something like that, especially at the brown envelope contracting stage. Apparently though the Sagaing fault is expected to shift dramatically every 30-50 years, with a few smaller shocks between. The last major shift was 1956 so a big one's been expected (by geologists) for a while. Wonder how LA will stand up when the San Andreas fault finally gives.

Totally different scenario. The tsunami devastated the coast, they carted off the bodies, cleared away the wreckage and built a whole new bunch of high/er end, low rise resorts with a 'tsunami warning system' to tempt people back. Dozens if not hundreds of structurally compromised buildings, with gaping cracks in them, facing weeks of aftershocks is not a tempting scenario. Even I'm reconsidering my Bangkok travel plans. Problem is I don't trust the authorities to be competent or efficient enough, or uninfluenced enough, or well enough staffed with the right training, to be making unbiased decisions about widespread building safety when they urgently want to tempt the punters back. Bit of wait and see how they perform here.

Yeah I'm (at least was) planning to stay in a high rise hotel in Bangkok in a couple of weeks - 20 floors - not so sure now. It would be interesting to know if some level of earthquake resistance was baked into any of Bangkok's (undoubtedly non-enforced) building regulations. Even if it was, the regs here won't be anything like as strict as places like Taipei or Tokyo. Could affect tourism if there's any serious repercussions and aftershocks.

Nice response.

Unlike superior trailblazer types of liberty, decision making ability and individuality like yourselves eh? Pfew!

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