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Thank you Dr. Poxx.
The generally unhygienic behaviour of the Chinese is a boon for any would be world dominating superbug. However the hospital built in 8 days is awesomely impressive and could certainly be a blueprint for other disaster zones.
https://news.sky.com/story/coronavir...s-362-11925277
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arsenal
. . . The generally unhygienic behaviour of the Chinese is a boon for any would be world dominating superbug. However the hospital built in 8 days is awesomely impressive and could certainly be a blueprint for other disaster zones.
https://news.sky.com/story/coronavir...s-362-11925277
That’s the first time I’ve seen the video, arsenal, although I have heard and read about the speed at which they built the hospital. It certainly looks very impressive.
I have heard numerous callers to LBC Radio in the UK suggesting that the Chinese should be given the contract for the HS2 project and even the third runway at Heathrow, i.e. if it ever gets approval.
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No. Don't get them to build anything you want to last. Slapdash doesn't even begin to describe their building style.
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Some parts of the Chinese Great Wall have stood for about two thousand years.
Perhaps we could let them build retaining walls and study their communist work ethics.
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Jellybean
That’s the first time I’ve seen the video,
arsenal, although I have heard and read about the speed at which they built the hospital. It certainly looks very impressive.
I have heard numerous callers to LBC Radio in the UK suggesting that the Chinese should be given the contract for the
HS2 project and even the third runway at Heathrow, i.e. if it ever gets approval.
I thought a runway was a slab of concrete. Bulldoze, dig down a couple of feet, roll down some hardcore, concrete on top and paint. How difficult is that ?
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Ask the Thais goji. Swampy's was cracking and requiring repairs within months of being built.
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goji
I thought a runway was a slab of concrete. Bulldoze, dig down a couple of feet, roll down some hardcore, concrete on top and paint. How difficult is that ?
I’m guessing the callers to the radio station were thinking about the speed at which the Chinese appear to get things done rather than the complexity of the project, goji. But I may be wrong.
According to Wikipedia, “In early December 2006, the Department for Transport published a progress report on the strategy which confirmed the original vision of more runway length.[2][3] In November 2007 the government started a public consultation on its proposal for a slightly shorter third runway (2,000 metres (6,560 ft)) and a new passenger terminal.”
And according to the BBC website, Heathrow Airport now expects to complete a third runway between 2028 and 2029 and have finished its full expansion by 2050.
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As some one who is not in pattaya right now , i would like to know if ex-pats or farang tourists are wearing face masks or is it just local thais ?
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arsenal
Ask the Thais goji. Swampy's was cracking and requiring repairs within months of being built.
Right. And that was just becse it was built as the names says-on a very big SWAMP (with snakes too). Exactly the way Chinese build without giving a heck to what is under. OTOH indeed you Brits seem to enjoy many years of strife with NIMby´ś and other high heeled hiso own detached villa housed elite for whom hardship means having to leave the 2nd Rolls in the backyard-thats more up to the Chinese to swiftly have them corrected-that is, if they do not belong to the real burocratic elite.
On another subject; INDIA beats China hands down in anything related to hygiene. THere they even still have to have projects going about building enough LOOs.
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As some one who is not in pattaya right now , i would like to know if ex-pats or farang tourists are wearing face masks or is it just local thais ?
here in a very touristy part of BKK-big city, not around Silom, so much comparable to Patters, I would say about 40/50% of people on the street wear masks-mostly the said to be quite ineffective ones, i checked just 2-3 hrs ago in the 7 when I ate my toasted sandwith and talked with the lady from the KwaayYa=pharmacy inside (she has a knack on me and I am too softhearted to let her know I am not so much into that), which I do about once/week, there is still a large stack of masks for sale-as she showed me, and for regular price. ALL staff in the 7 however had to wear it now-also other ones. In fact I would say that a slight majority of tourists vs Thai wear them. Its mostly working Thai in customer contact who are now required to wear them.