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[crazylemongirl]

I can handle a few hours but ladies and gentlemen the water is going off in my area for 30 hours!

Yuck! There are going to be smelling people in incheon tomorrow.

CLG

[peppermint]

Same thing happened in my neighborhood a few months ago. It probably won't be for the full 30 hours- just sometime in that time frame.

See if you can borrow some of the big water cooler jugs from your school and fill them up. It'll be cold water- but it's better than nothing. .

[crazylemongirl]

hopefully the saunas will be open I plan on hiding out in their for a little while.

CLG

[Ilsanman]

People in Incheon smell all of the time.

[erlyn]

Argh! I'm losing my water too! As is a neighbor down the road at Incheon Gyodae station. I'm wondering how far i'm going to have to go to find an open sauna.

[Cthulhu]

I believe it's for when they clean out the water tanks, isn't it? In older apartments its those gaudy blue things on top and in newer complexes they are hidden inside the structure. Didn't know they still do that crap. I have enough problems playing combination safe with the hot/cold water dial.

[hellofaniceguy]

How is it, that a country that considers itself an advance nation, still can't get it right when building something amongst other things.
New housing goes up and still these water tanks go on the roof! New housing goes up and no central heating and air condition! They rather drill holes through the walls and run the A/C lines through the wall and drill more holes to hang the A/C unit on the outside! The same with cable TV or internet! What's wrong with prewiring the building for internet and cable TV! Oh, no, that's to easy for koreans! They work harder, not smarter. Or the boilers; they actually crack/cut the glass windows to run the exhaust pipe outside! Outside water nozzles?!?!? You know the type, where you hook up your garden hose to... not in korea! Check out the nozzles! You can't screw your hose onto the spigot!!!! The hoses have no fittings or you have to but them seperately! People "tie wire" around the hose to attach it to the spigot! My rant for the day.

[erlyn]

Alright, I've yet to get an entirely clear answer from my boss (go figure), but it seems he is saying the water will be out in all of Incheon until Saturday, thus crushing my hopes for sweet sauna relief. Does anyone know where I can go to gain clarification on this?

I don't want to have to ride to Seoul in search of a hot shower if I can get one in Bupyeong.

[Clutch Cargo]

[Gord]

[helly]

OK, last summer, my apartment complex was installing in-unit temperature control and needed to shut down hot water for 3 MONTHS!!!! Then, they offered to install this little hose in the bathroom with the lowest water pressure ever for KW100,000.

So, we had (crappy) hot water for the shower but none for the wash or kitchen sink.

[Zyzyfer]

[mack the knife]

Trust me, you don't want central air or heating in this country. Like Gordfinger, I lived in an officetel with "central heating" and it was either too hot or not hot enough. They [Koreans] haven't quite figured that deal out yet.

A Korean friend of mine is living in a large (40pyeong), expensive (W400,000,000 deposit--yes, you read that right) apartment and she has central heating. Only problem is, the thermostat is "one size fits all". In other words, the temperature is kept at whatever the building manager wants to keep it at. She said it was sweltering some days and other days they totally went without (in the middle of winter). MADNESS.

[Son Deureo!]

It looks like the water is going to be shut off for all of Bupyeong-Gu and Gyeyang-Gu in Incheon from 12 a.m. Friday November 7th until 6 a.m. Saturday November 8th. I'm not sure if any other parts of Incheon will be affected.

Grrrrrr....

[mack the knife]