PeterRS

Two days before the 2011 9.1 mega earthquake off Japan's east coast near Sendai which devastated much of that part of the country, a 7.3 quake had occurred off the east coast of Iwate province, very close to the area of the Sendai quake. Two days ago another less powerful quake hit Aomori province in the north of the country. But 7.5 is still a major quake and there are fears that as in 2011 this might be the prelude to another mega quake in the region. The one that most earthquake watchers are waiting for is a mega quake virtually under Tokyo similar to the Great Kanto quake of 1923. Although it was only 8.0 on the Richter scale, it was followed within the space of only five minutes by two other major quakes of 7.2 and 7.3 magnitude. The result was devastating. Over half of Tokyo and all of Yokohama were destroyed. Up to 140,00 died and 2.5 milliion made homeless. It must be stressed, however, that Tokyo and Yokohama then were very different cities. Houses were constructed mostly of wood. Today's building standards in Tokyo take into account major quakes and the newer taller buildings around Shinjuku, for example, should withstand very strong quakes with only shaking. However, the 31 meter height limit for buildings in the city was only abandoned in 1963 and the Building Standards Act only came into force in 1971 following a 1968 earthquke. And despite the effects of the 1923 quake and the American fire bombing of Tokyo towards the end of WWII, there are parts of the city which would virtually collapse in a mega quake. The reason for Japan being so prone to earthquakes is because it sits atop no less than three tectonic plates each pushing in different directions. This diagram from a 2011 edition of The Daiy Telegraph illustrates what is going on under the surface.

Poland certainly remembers the Katyn massacre as in this memorial in Krakow.

Certainly he hasn't. The hostitilites have started again. A Thai soldier and 4 Cambodian civilians have been killed. Thailand has launched air strkes and it is estimated several thousand have fled the border area. https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c4g5e1p585qt

Bullshit!

Yes, I deny that ridiculous assumption. I actually answer questions. You avoid them and never answer.

Why do you keep spouting such obvious lies? Hong Kong building construction codes are different to such codes in the UK. 1. Do you seriously think any poster believes that UK building codes take into account massive typhoon winds which occur regularly in Hong Kong with wind speeds regularly of up to 200kph? Of course they do not. Construction codes in the South of England allow for wind speeds of around 100 kph. 2. Do you seriously think any poster believes that UK building codes take into account the massive amounts of monsoon rainfall annually in Hong Kong (well over double the average in the UK) resulting in the need for different codes for buildings on hillsides which are prone to subsidence? Of course not. 3. Do you seriously think any poster believes that UK building codes take into account the massive density of skyscrapers in Hong Kong, their effect on wind movements, daylight and other secondary issues. Of course not. 4. Besides, when the Hong Kong tower blocks were conceived, how many in the UK were of a similar height? Answer - TWO! 5. And what is the tallest building in the UK now? The Shard in London competed in 2012 with a height of 309 meters. 6. And what is the tallest building in Hong Kong now. The Intrnational Commerce Centre copleted in 2010 with a height of 424 meters. Quit lying and deviation!

Major deflection once again. You know perfectly well my comment "not other nations" referred exclusively to the disaster at Chernobyl and what caused it. The comment had absolutely nothing to do with Japan. Chernobyl was an accident in a Russian MIckey Mouse nuclear reactor by Russian Mickey Mouse people who did not know what they were doing, nor that their Mickey Mouse experiment had been attempted at other Russian Mickey Mouse reactors and always failed. That is absolutely criminal - and precisely why some senior Mickey Mouse Russian officials in charge of the Mickey Mouse Chernobyl experiment found themselves in a real-life gulag doing hard labour for 10 years. Fact! Second fact. It most certainlly was not an "experimental" reactor as you claimed above.

And that's one of your real problems and why other posters just do not trust you. You just cannot take criticism of any sort.

Deviating once again. If the Russians had not built the Mickey Mouse reactor and attempted a manoeuvre they had tried on other Russian Mickey Mouse reactors which had always failed, and if the Russian sarcophagus had done the job it should have done by containing the radiation for many decades if not a century or more, there would have been absolutely no need for other nations to construct a containment shield in the middle of one of the most dangerous radiation zones in the world. Russia caused the blast and the escape of masses amounts of radiation. Not other nations. I have answred your question. Now you should answer mine. But we know you will not because you never do!

Unfortunately writing a good book - or interesting, sexy, revealing, call it what you like - is no guarantee of sales. I have had a book out on amazon for three years on a subject that is definitely interesting for a lot of likely purchasers, and even with a slew of 5-star reviews, it just does not sell on amazon! Marketing is the key, and that is usually neither easy nor cheap, sadly.

Are your pics of the basic room? Unless its a wide angle lens, it looks more than reasonable to me. Or maybe just official hotel web photos.

I will discuss the reasons if you will discuss why it was that Russia built a Mickey Mouse nuclear reactor at Chernobyl, why it was that Russian officials' cavalier safety culture in Russian reactors then fucked up a simple test and released vast quantities of radiation into the world's air, why it had to evacuate hundreds of thousands, and why thousands, if not many tens of thousands or more, died of radiation poisoning. Even today, people are still dying from the effect of that disaster. That said I take nothing away from the heroism of the Russian first responders, particularly those who entered the blast zone, the firefighters and especially the helicopter pilots, most of whom paid with their lives. The Russian Academy of Sciences estimated that as many as 830,000 were involved as part of the "clean up " teams and that between 112,000 and 125,000 of these had died by 2005. Evidence hidden in Russian hospitals as far away as Moscow and subsequently discovered showed that 40,000 were hospitalised in the summer after the explosion, many women and children. @Moses will inevitably dispute all this - as he always does. So why were six major officials from Chernobyl jailed in labour camps folllowing the disaster? Why was the test at Chernobyl being carried out when it had previously been tried at other Russian reactors when every test had failed? The fact was the operators of the test were not briefed on aspects of nuclear safety which would have enabled them to shut own the test before the catastrophe. Normally for other posters i would add, over to you @Moses. But we know you will claim these are all lies so I have answered for you.

Oh really? That has never been the caase in the past. In this and several other threads I have asked your views on a whole series of facts. In the one above it related to the facts about fires in Russia. But then to you inconvenient facts are simply not facts. They are statements to be glossed over, obfuscated and called downright lies. No one actually believes you!

And @Moses has still not responded to my question last Monday about all the Russian fires. Why were so many in hospitals? Lax Russian fire standards no doubt. But then he never responds when Russia is at fault!

There is no point even responding to @Moses specific points because they are all a load of Russian propaganda rubbish. If the Chernobyl Russian engineers had not totally fucked their so-called safety test in their flawed nuclear reactor design, the world would not have suffered from the massive release of radiation, many Soviet citizens would not have died horrible deaths and the world would be a safer place. End of story!

My guess is this was bound to happen. After their utter incompetence destroyed a Chernobyl reactor, the Russians pathetic attempt to build a sarcophagus over the zone had a declared lifespan of just 30 years. Several countries thereafter contributed to a new durable US$1.5 billion shield whch was placed in position in 2019. In February a Russian drone strike hit the shield. An inspection of the confinement structure by the International Atomic Energy Commission last week has now confirmed that the shield can no longer block radiation leaks and requires major repairs. Russia obviously should pay for these, but expecting Putin to come up with the cash is as likely as Mickey Mouse launching a nuclear missile. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/06/chornobyl-disaster-shelter-no-longer-blocks-radiation-and-needs-major-repair-iaea

Well, he didn't walk off with the Nobel Peace Prize which clearly rankled him. But now he does have a peace prize - the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize. The what? FIFA for those who do not follow soccer is the international body governing the game, best known to most as football. Next year sees the World Cup - held every four years - being staged in three countries, one being the USA. As long as you are prepared to risk being hauled into jail and deported by one of Trump's ICE agents, you might even be able to fly there to see a match. But the FIFA President, a very unremarkable man named Giovanni Infantino, came up with the idea of having a FIFA Peace Prize. Why? Only Infantino - and perhaps Trump - know why. Allegedly it is to be awarded to a person who has "taken exceptional and extraordinary actions for peace" and "united people across the world". And of all the people who could and should have been considered for such a prize, the groveller Infantino has kissed the ass of Trump and considered him the best qualified to receive the award. If anyone major personality was less deserving of the award, I cannot think of him or her. What a total joke! https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/cy5gw0wv5zqo

Frank Gehry created iconic buildings and is acknowledged as one of the greatest architects of our tim. He was in his 60s when he was given the commission to design the new Guggenheim Museum in the Spanish city of Bilbao. Using titanium for much of the exterior, that one building transformed what was then basically an industrial backwater into a tourism and industrial hub. In a city few had visited, the Frank Gehry designed museum drew 1.3 million visitors last year, mostly from outside Spain. In the USA, Walt Disney's widow had given the Los Angeles Philharmonic US$50 million as the lead donation for the construction of a new concert hall in downtown LA. After much wrangling, Gehry was chosen as the architect. Again using titanium, the building was opened in 2003 and has since become a landmark in the city. The Walt Disney Concert Hall https://edition.cnn.com/2025/12/05/style/architect-frank-gehry-dies

If you had stated you did not want google or other information from similar sites, I would not have responded. I was trying to help re money boys in that location. I am glad you are getting the information from PMs.

Stupid reply! Do try to be accurate. Why would I google anything about Faberge Eggs when all I want to know about them and this one in particular is in my posts? Clearly you need your reading glass prescription checked. In many years of posting - far more than you - I made one quote from google in a response to your request for information about Angeles City in The Philippines. It was an attempt to be of assistance. But please clarify - what other posts have I made re google since you claim it is a regular occurrence? Go on - list them. It is not. You really are becoming particularly pesky in two of your posts this morning. Further, you have a Filipino boyfriend. Could he not have provided a great deal of information through friends and friens of friends? I expect you did not even bother to ask him.

That's more than strange considering you've talked about coming to stay for several posts . I was only trying to help, but clearly you have your own idea of what help means. Besides, you clearly did not read what I posted as it talks about money boy pick ups which are a speciality of yours.

Isnt it true that older guys like me were conditioned much more than we might have been aware by our upbringing? I was brought up in a middle class (do we still use that term) household - parents, three children, one set of grandparents living a few doors away and one uncle and aunt a few more doors away. There was very much an unwritten expectation that the childen would follow the pattern of school, a university degree of sorts, a profession, marriage, kids, grandkids, retirement and easy end of life complemented by a nice gravestone. A life well lived! My siblings followed that route - very happily and neither has yet reached the end of the road. I guess I was the stubborn one. It was not because I thought I might be gay quite early, which is true. I wanted to break free, make my own decisions - both right and wrong. My father never once tried to change my mind as long as I followed the path as far as getting a degree. Thereafter he'd support me in whatever I did. The career advice churned out then was 'stay in your first job for at least four years' to establish your reliability. I gave my good job up after 16 months. I wanted something different and I have always been curious. My parents were rather shocked that I had chosen to move to Hong Kong. But at the end of my first year they came to stay and enjoyed it so much they wanted to return a year later. Sadly my father died and that did not happen. But my mother returned two more times. Working for international companies I quickly realised the world was in reaiity my oyster. I was determined to see and enjoy as much of it as possible, the more so as the companies were paying for a great deal of it! And that is the choice I made. I have had to miss out on a lifetime relationship but that again was a choice. Some suggest short-term relationships cannot make up for that. For my generation and all that gay men have been through I don't necessarily agree. But in the lottery of life, I think I've come out quite well. So I agree with @donJ. You choose your own path but just do your best to enjoy it. Never regret it.

I think you are a bit generous in the body shape - or should it just be three times more generous?

A point I failed to note in the longer post. Had the Malaysian government been 100% open with the facts as soon as it was aware contact had been lost with the commercial aircraft and at the same time an unidentified aircraft was flying across the north of the county, it could I assume with relative ease have scrambled much faster military aircraft to fly alongside it. If the cockpit crew were unresponsive, it could have quickly relayed that information to miltary controllers. If the crew were responsive but not prepared to follow orders, tracking its flight path would have been relatively simple by bringing in Singapore, Indonesian and Australian military aircraft. So in my book the fault lies totally with the government of Malaysia.

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