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Natalie
Joined: 16 Apr 2007
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 Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 6:00 pm Post subject: so F*@�up: complain about music not unrelenting construction |
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Everywhere I go in this country, every house I live in I seem to be surrounded by endless, incessant contruction.
I think I'm doing well to detach. I put my music up loud (although still not loud enough to drown out the tortous hammering, which btw, started at 8am)...and I get a complaint.
what the????? |
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SuperFly
Joined: 09 Jul 2003
Location: In the doghouse
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| Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 6:46 pm Post subject: |
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Just last week we had a construction worker fall off a building under construction (across the skreet) - he fell six stories and hit a guy on ground level and killed the guy he hit. The guy that fell survived but is in critical condition.
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billybrobby
Joined: 09 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 6:54 pm Post subject: |
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| Yeah, the construction is insane. And they always seem to replace stuff with buildings that are as cheap and shoddy as the ones they tore down. |
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Qinella
Joined: 25 Feb 2005
Location: the crib
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| Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 7:49 pm Post subject: Re: so F*@�up: complain about music not unrelenting construc |
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| Natalie wrote: |
Everywhere I go in this country, every house I live in I seem to be surrounded by endless, incessant contruction.
I think I'm doing well to detach. I put my music up loud (although still not loud enough to drown out the tortous hammering, which btw, started at 8am)...and I get a complaint.
what the????? |
Well, the music isn't considered necessary, whereas the construction is seemingly unavoidable.
I've heard before that part of the reason for the constant and shoddy construction is that it's the only way to keep those types of companies in business. If they built quality buildings that last a century in Korea where there is practically nowhere to expand, there wouldn't be enough work to keep the businesses going. Not sure if it's true, but it kinda makes sense.
You might wanna try getting an mp3 player with noise cancelling ear buds. I can't hear anything when I've got mine in. |
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seoulsucker
Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Location: The Land of the Hesitant Cutoff
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| Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 7:54 pm Post subject: Re: so F*@�up: complain about music not unrelenting construc |
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| Qinella wrote: |
I've heard before that part of the reason for the constant and shoddy construction is that it's the only way to keep those types of companies in business. If they built quality buildings that last a century in Korea where there is practically nowhere to expand, there wouldn't be enough work to keep the businesses going. Not sure if it's true, but it kinda makes sense. |
Same with the roads in and around Chicago. It's basically a mob racket.
What's funny is that when you look at a lot of the major cities in Asia and their impressive skylines, you'd be shocked how many of the unique skyscrapers were designed/contracted/constructed by Korean companies.
And the real kicker? They're built with central A/C in mind. For such a "space concious" people, those monster A/C units that crowd every building in this city seem like an awful waste. |
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endo
Joined: 14 Mar 2004
Location: Seoul...my home
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| Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 8:00 pm Post subject: |
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| You think construction is bad here? Just go to Beijing or Shanghai. |
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mrsquirrel
Joined: 13 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 8:16 pm Post subject: |
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| THIS IS NOT A THREAD COMPARING THE BUILDING PRACTICES OF OTHER COUNTRIES. IT'S ABOUT THIS COUNTRY. |
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the eye
Joined: 29 Jan 2004
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| Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 8:20 pm Post subject: |
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Play Korean music loud and see if you get a complaint.
Bet you don't. |
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fusionbarnone
Joined: 31 May 2004
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| Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 8:23 pm Post subject: |
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| Four weeks ago on Korean cable I was watching a doco.(National Geographic) about the department building that collapsed and the corruption in the building industry it uncovered. As a consequence of that case, the entire building industry in Korea was investigated. What was discovered was that four out of every five buildings had to either be demolished or required serious remedial work. I'd like to think building codes and oversight has drastically improved since the 90's. |
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faster
Joined: 03 Sep 2006
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| Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 8:46 pm Post subject: |
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| mrsquirrel wrote: |
| THIS IS NOT A THREAD COMPARING THE BUILDING PRACTICES OF OTHER COUNTRIES. IT'S ABOUT THIS COUNTRY. |
LUCKY FOR US YOU ARE NOT A MOD |
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mrsquirrel
Joined: 13 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 8:50 pm Post subject: |
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I KNOW IF I WAS A MOD I WOULD HAVE A FIELD DAY DESTROYING THREADS FORGOING OFF TOPIC.
I WOULD ALSO TYPE IN CAPS BECAUSE FOR SOME REASON I DON'T GET THE WHOLE NETIQUET THING. |
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Qinella
Joined: 25 Feb 2005
Location: the crib
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| Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 8:50 pm Post subject: |
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| the eye wrote: |
Play Korean music loud and see if you get a complaint.
Bet you don't. |
Hell yeah, rock the trot and get an ajumma dance party going! |
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Qinella
Joined: 25 Feb 2005
Location: the crib
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| Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 8:51 pm Post subject: |
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| mrsquirrel wrote: |
| I KNOW IF I WAS A MOD I WOULD HAVE A FIELD DAY DESTROYING THREADS FORGOING OFF TOPIC. |
Good thing your posts in this thread aren't off topic.
You deserve nothing less than a breaking on the wheel for your hypocrisy, sir. |
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mrsquirrel
Joined: 13 Dec 2006
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Building wise it's pretty quiet where I live.
Which is rather nice. It was rather strange at first not having the noise of cars stereos or cheap big bore exhausts rattling my house.
The wife can't believe how quiet it is.
Still haven't heard anyone bonking yet though, so it isn't that quiet. |
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Been There, Taught That
Joined: 10 Apr 2007
Location: Mungyeong: not a village, not yet a metroplex.
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| Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 9:01 pm Post subject: |
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| That part about Korea's role in the construction work of other countries...does it imply that Korea does NOT contract with any other nation to participate in its own construction industry; that all good and bad is in Korea's hands? |
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