Popular Post webfact Posted February 5, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 5, 2020 Amazing Thailand! Thais mock engineers after picture of buried hydrant goes viral Picture: Facebook "lokwitsawakam" A picture posted to an engineering site showed what appeared to be a new footpath. There was just one problem: a fire hydrant had been buried and was now unusable. Channel 7 said that netizens were asking: What if there is a fire?! The picture appeared on a Facebook site "lokwitsawakam" whose full name translates as "Open Your Mind to the World of Engineering". The facetious tagline began the mockery....it said: "We can bury the wires so why can't we bury the fire hydrants?" A post ridiculing the situation with a large number of likes just said: "Great! You've got the job!". Channel 7 did not say where the picture was taken. Source: Channel 7 -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2020-02-05 Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking Thailand news and visa info 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post petermik Posted February 5, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 5, 2020 I hope they put cones round it so no-one trips over it......... 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post keith101 Posted February 5, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 5, 2020 Maybe they didn't have enough concrete to finish the job so just grabbed an old hydrant to use as a filler . 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post colinneil Posted February 5, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 5, 2020 Why people laugh at us? Say the contractors, we were told to lay new concrete. That is exactly what we did, nobody said avoid the hydrant.???? 7 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post CGW Posted February 5, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 5, 2020 Credit where it is due! apart from the small matter of a buried hydrant which probably has no water feed, the footpath is the "best" I have ever seen in Thailand! Have long wondered if they were trying to promote a high risk adventure coarse that they were going to promote to the "new" tourists they are hoping to attract! I survived the footpaths of Thailand T-shirts going on sale soon. 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtls2005 Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 On the plus side, the utility pole is NOT in the middle of the road. One of many... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiekerjozef Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 You think you've seen it all but this country keeps surprising you. Love it ! I'm not even gonna ask what were you thinking. Keep doing what you're doing Thailand, I just love it ! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saddic Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 Thailand hab drought... no water... no need hydrant... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post HOAX Posted February 5, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 5, 2020 Looking at the picture, the fire hydrant isn't the only "engineering" flaw. In addition to the Pisa poles in the middle of the walking path, you already know the ground preparation is horrible and the cement blocks is of the lowest quality possible. Within a month or two people will already be tripping all over the wavy, uneven, cracked and loose blocks. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeeTua Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 Maybe whoever was in charge of shutting off the water and properly configuring the hydrant, government agency probably, would not get it done in a timely fashion. If I was the contractor doing the footpath with a full crew and equipment on site I'd have done the same and let whoever is truly at fault sort it out later. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiekerjozef Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 Within a month they have to open the whole thing up anyway. They forgot the wastewater pipes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DrTuner Posted February 5, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 5, 2020 That's usual here. There is no project management so the crews do whatever they want in whatever sequence randomly. <deleted>-up & brewery. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Assurancetourix Posted February 5, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 5, 2020 1 hour ago, webfact said: There was just one problem: a fire hydrant had been buried and was now unusable. In this period of extreme drought, it seems to me that it is of no importance; and then the workers who did this did not do so without asking the chief; Chief, can we bury the red thing, right here ? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TKDfella Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 2 hours ago, CGW said: Credit where it is due! apart from the small matter of a buried hydrant which probably has no water feed, the footpath is the "best" I have ever seen in Thailand! Have long wondered if they were trying to promote a high risk adventure coarse that they were going to promote to the "new" tourists they are hoping to attract! I survived the footpaths of Thailand T-shirts going on sale soon. If the hydrant has no feed maybe someone else may along soon to dig it up leaving the sidewalk messy or a hole. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phuketshrew Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 2 hours ago, webfact said: The picture appeared on a Facebook site "lokwitsawakam" whose full name translates as "Open Your Mind to the World of Engineering". Maybe they should cahneg the anme of the Facebook site to "fukwitsrus" ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VocalNeal Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 2 hours ago, colinneil said: Why people laugh at us? Say the contractors, we were told to lay new concrete. That is exactly what we did, nobody said avoid the hydrant.???? Except they made a special effort for the hydrant? Not to mention the idiot contractor who got the hydrant elevation wrong. Too many wrongs don't make anyone right. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post canopus1969 Posted February 5, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 5, 2020 And people question if this is a 3rd World Country ???? 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardColeman Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 In all fairness, maybe it was put in right but the sand beneath it shrank when the watery concrete was added Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RubbaJohnny Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 2 hours ago, HOAX said: Looking at the picture, the fire hydrant isn't the only "engineering" flaw. In addition to the Pisa poles in the middle of the walking path, you already know the ground preparation is horrible and the cement blocks is of the lowest quality possible. Within a month or two people will already be tripping all over the wavy, uneven, cracked and loose blocks. Should it be flagged ? ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 Passed the final inspection then... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwill Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 They were probably told they were not getting paid until the job was completed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthainess Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 Very dangerous for people riding their M/C on the footpath, what were they thinking no consideration there should be a law against it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smccolley Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 I don't believe that is thailand. There are no food carts everywhere and win drivers on the sidewalk... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickb Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 Actually, the water wasn't ready to be hooked up to the hydrant and they didn't want the hydrant to be stolen. So they "temporarily" encased it in concrete. Thai workers are always thinking ahead! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhaoYai Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 On 2/5/2020 at 6:20 AM, CGW said: Credit where it is due! apart from the small matter of a buried hydrant which probably has no water feed, the footpath is the "best" I have ever seen in Thailand! Look a little closer. Yes its faily level and nearly straight but they've either bedded those flags on concrete or pointed them with very wet cement the joints look awful and wil look worse when they go white - its all over the flags. If I had to bet I'd say they're laid on concrete. Still, that's probably the best way for them - judging by the state of some of the footpaths. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxYakov Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 (edited) Oh, they're so quick to criticize. I don't see anything unusual in the image. Edited February 12, 2020 by MaxYakov Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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