Neo Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 The 2 things that I think are difficult to find in BKK are1) public toilets 2) rubbish bins that aren't already full 1) McDonalds (gotta be good for something) 2) BTS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeusbheld Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 The 2 things that I think are difficult to find in BKK are1) public toilets 2) rubbish bins that aren't already full the two things i can't find in bkk are 1) non-barking soi dogs that aren't asleep, 2) pierogis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stramash Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 The 2 things that I think are difficult to find in BKK are1) public toilets 2) rubbish bins that aren't already full the two things i can't find in bkk are 1) non-barking soi dogs that aren't asleep, 2) pierogis. should you not be lying drunk in the gutter singing star spangled banner whilst trying to extricate yourself from the clutches of two midget hookers?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babyoiy Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 I can't stand those electric poles and electric wires !!! It looks ugly !! Actually I'm very scared of it more than thinking it looks ugly... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babyoiy Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 I'd ban all Jews. I'd ban all muslims. You boths are so cruel!!!!!!!!! :twisted: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allseasonsman Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 I'd ban all Jews. I'd ban all muslims. You boths are so cruel!!!!!!!!! :twisted: More discrimination! Why not ban the Irish! We always get left out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stramash Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 I'd ban all Jews. I'd ban all muslims. You boths are so cruel!!!!!!!!! :twisted: More discrimination! Why not ban the Irish! We always get left out! Ok, we will ban Jews, Muslims, the Irish (especially Ulstermen) and Christians. But the leprechauns get left alone; have a hard enough job sticking up for them as it is... (well that solves most of the world's conflicts and also stops drunken renditions of 'Danny Boy' every 10 minutes as well) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biachung Posted December 5, 2008 Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 I can't stand those electric poles and electric wires !!! It looks ugly !! Actually I'm very scared of it more than thinking it looks ugly... Ugly and possible dangerous they may be, but I find them fascinating, I have a hard time with speaker wires. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce551 Posted December 5, 2008 Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 Obama's Transportation Secretary Must Be a Visionary By Dave Demerjian, December 04, 2008, Wired In the hierarchy of presidential Cabinet officials, the secretary of transportation is sort of like the brunette on Three's Company — you might recognize the name, but you can never quite place it. That will almost certainly change under the Obama administration, which must repair the infrastructure crumbling beneath our feet. The president-elect has promised the nation's governors that he will invest heavily in roads, bridges, schools and other public projects. It's a wise move, because such spending is just the thing to reinvigorate our tanking economy. The president-elect and his transportation secretary face a daunting list of issues. One of every four bridges nationwide is either structurally deficient or functionally obsolete. Bringing our drinking water infrastructure up to snuff will cost billions. Highway congestion eats up $78 billion annually through the 4.2 billion hours and 2.9 billion gallons of gasoline we waste sitting in traffic. "We have severe, serious infrastructure problems," David Mongan, president of the American Society of Civil Engineers, tells us. Fixing them will require $1.6 trillion over five years. It will also take transportation secretary with vision. Obama hasn't said much about who might get the job, but the list of names being bandied about includes some top-notch candidates. As you'd expect, several congressional lawmakers who serve on various transportation committees make the list, and they're well qualified for the job. They include Oregon Reps. Peter DeFazio, chair of the House Highways and Transit Subcommittee, and Earl Blumenauer. He's a former Portland public works commissioner and member of the House Transportation Committee who founded the Congressional Bike Caucus. Illinois Rep. Jerry Costello chairs the House Aviation Subcommittee and would be in a position to tackle our woeful air traffic control system. And we especially like Minnesota Rep. Jim Oberstar, who chairs the House Transportation Committee and moved quickly to secure funding to begin repairing the bridge that collapsed in Minneapolis last year. Of course, appropriating money is different than spending it wisely, and it's not clear any members of Congress have the vision needed to address the challenges ahead. For that, President-Elect Obama might do better to look to state transportation officials. People like New York Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Kahn, New York City Councilman John Liu or Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell would bring the government experience, ground-level perspective and progressive thinking the Department of Transportation needs to move forward. Any of them would do a fine job. That said, the best guy for the job may well be R.T. Rybak, the forward-thinking mayor of Minneapolis. He's made sensible and sustainable transportation policy a hallmark of his tenure. His Access Minneapolis transportation plan calls for bringing streetcars back to the city, building a robust pedestrian network, increasing transit access and capacity and making city streets more bike-friendly. When the Minneapolis bridge collapsed, he insisted that its replacement have the capacity to support light rail. His progressive transportation policies have nearly doubled the number of cyclists and, more impressive, made downtown Minneapolis one of the few urban areas to return to the population levels it saw before the flight to the suburbs that followed World War II. His is exactly the kind of proactive, big-picture thinking we need if we are to address our nation's infrastructure problems and begin moving us toward smarter growth. It doesn't hurt that he's also the only big city U.S. mayor who's ever been seen crowd surfing. Rybak, Liu and Sadik-Kahn certainly aren't safe, conventional choices. But safe and conventional won't solve America's transportation challenges. ***Bangkok (& Chiang Mai) should invest building a robust pedestrian network, for 40 years automobiles have had the highest priority, it's time that to change. And now is time to do it, create millions jobs in the present worldwide recession, save millions of dollars in imported oil, reduce carbon footprint, and improve the quality of life. :arrow: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LakeGeneve Posted December 5, 2008 Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 ***Bangkok (& Chiang Mai) should invest building a robust pedestrian network, for 40 years automobiles have had the highest priority, it's time that to change. And now is time to do it, create millions jobs in the present worldwide recession, save millions of dollars in imported oil, reduce carbon footprint, and improve the quality of life. :arrow: Sorry Bruce mate but while I agree wholeheartedly with cars having had the priority for too long, esp. here in BKK, I don't quite get the "robust pedestrian network" investment? Do you mean an elevated pedestrian network similar to Hong Kong? Wouldn't one want to be investing heavily in mass public transit such as the much delayed and deferred extensions to the BTS and underground (BMCL) network? Plus BRT and silly mono-rails (which are planned). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeusbheld Posted December 5, 2008 Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 The 2 things that I think are difficult to find in BKK are1) public toilets 2) rubbish bins that aren't already full the two things i can't find in bkk are 1) non-barking soi dogs that aren't asleep, 2) pierogis. should you not be lying drunk in the gutter singing star spangled banner whilst trying to extricate yourself from the clutches of two midget hookers?? midget hookers? what do you think i am, Scottish? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stramash Posted December 5, 2008 Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 The 2 things that I think are difficult to find in BKK are1) public toilets 2) rubbish bins that aren't already full the two things i can't find in bkk are 1) non-barking soi dogs that aren't asleep, 2) pierogis. should you not be lying drunk in the gutter singing star spangled banner whilst trying to extricate yourself from the clutches of two midget hookers?? midget hookers? what do you think i am, Scottish? I think you are confusing our predilection for dwarf porn with midget hookers (and wasn't it your country that invented dwarf bowling?? nearly as bad as rounders...and please, no more golf jibes; I don't even play the stupid game ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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