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11-17-22 18:45 #28444
Posts: 546Originally Posted by GhostD [View Original Post]
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11-17-22 06:48 #28443
Posts: 3399Originally Posted by ChochaMonger [View Original Post]
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11-17-22 01:33 #28442
Posts: 695Originally Posted by Goferring [View Original Post]
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11-16-22 21:35 #28441
Posts: 462Originally Posted by SailorJack [View Original Post]
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11-16-22 21:17 #28440
Posts: 3399Originally Posted by SailorJack [View Original Post]
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11-16-22 21:15 #28439
Posts: 3399Originally Posted by EngineDriver [View Original Post]
Just imagine all the NGO training schools that can be set up to upskill Mary from sucking dick to cleaning CRs in a Michelin starred restaurant.
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11-16-22 18:54 #28438
Posts: 2656Originally Posted by MrEnternational [View Original Post]
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11-16-22 16:51 #28437
Posts: 85Current affairs
Originally Posted by AsianPursuits [View Original Post]
Sailor Jack thought about it for a moment. Then Sailor Jack got it! This sorry ass field of wilted Jatropha was the result of millions of dollars some other country's (guess who!) money poured down the endless sewer drain of Philippines corruption.
A paraphrased quote from Brother Berry; "Sometimes I think I am being too cynical. But here a high degree of cynicism is necessary."
Dearest AsianPursuits;.
Rest assured that SJ has his fingers on the local puwit, uh.....pulse.
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11-16-22 08:28 #28436
Posts: 2116Fake projects
Originally Posted by SailorJack [View Original Post]
In the case of Walking Street, the Korean mafia dons will need to bless any new development. I don't think that's going to happen.
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11-16-22 01:14 #28435
Posts: 85T-Back Tuesday
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Photo; SJ Archives.
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11-16-22 00:58 #28434
Posts: 85Busy fingers
Originally Posted by AsianPursuits [View Original Post]
Some thoughts;.
1) Sailor Jack did live in AC during a 'major change' to Fields Avenue (2007-2009). There was a big plan to change all of Fields Avenue, updates, renovations, a whole new image and focus. Girlie bars were going away and there would be a new focus. Fields Avenue would become 'Walking Street' like in Pattaya (SJ hopes this makes you laugh as hard now as we laughed then). The outcome? The roads were resurfaced and sidewalks were upgraded (yes, the roads and sidewalks were actually worse than they are now). A section of the street was closed off to traffic and it became 'Walking Steet. ' Oh, and grand signs were put up at both ends of the street. Not much really changed. Not quite Pattaya, now is it?
2) This is a delicate subject. Sailor Jack's understanding is that Fields Avenue bars primary business is money laundering. Legitimate tourist businesses are unlikely to do this better than what now exists.
3) There were once many girlie bars in the Ermita section of Manila near L. A. Café. (this is all prior to Sailor Jack making landfall in the Philippines). Some elected moron decided to 'clean up' the area and the girlie bars were indeed run out of there. So it can happen. (If some one knows this tale better than Sailor Jack, then please correct SJ).
Sailor Jack just does not know. Sometimes the wind changes and you got to adjust your sails.
Photo; SJ archives.
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11-15-22 22:32 #28433
Posts: 462Originally Posted by SailorJack [View Original Post]
In my short AC Walking Street history of 10 years I have seen.
2012 - simple bitumen coverage.
2014 - Upgraded road surface with designs and tiling.
2016 - Upgraded road surfaces starts crumbling due to poor construction (and corrupted payments).
2018 - Deteriorated surface gets covered with bitumen.
2022 - Bitumen deteriorating.
So for the 2023 refurb, P14.5 M less design fees, less kickbacks for all. Not much for actual construction and quality materials.
Where is the money for promoting the new image. Cannot imagine the local traders' co-op funding attracting Jennelyn and her three kids for a free day.
Totally accept the Mayor's concept to change the image and activity but it's going to take more than a new road surface and some drainage.
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11-15-22 21:20 #28432
Posts: 248The June 2023 date is just to finish the rehab of the roads and drainage. Which it badly needs.
I can't see this 'red street' doing anything but killing tourism in AC. We'll see if local businesses will put up a fight.
Originally Posted by WestCoast1 [View Original Post]
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11-15-22 18:51 #28431
Posts: 3057Originally Posted by ChochaMonger [View Original Post]
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11-15-22 16:20 #28430
Posts: 3262Originally Posted by SailorJack [View Original Post]