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desultude
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
Location: Dangling my toes in the Persian Gulf
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| Don't get sick or injured, or have any other reason to need a doctor. |
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Qinella
Joined: 25 Feb 2005
Location: the crib
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| Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2007 10:09 am Post subject: |
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| Thinking about, all the rude and retarded things Koreans do. It's better you just stay home. |
you have problems... attitude problems. |
You should present a complex math problem and call him an idiot for being unable to solve it, just to drive the point home. |
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blynch
Joined: 25 Oct 2006
Location: UCLA
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| Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2007 10:20 am Post subject: |
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| Qinella wrote: |
| blynch wrote: |
| shaunew wrote: |
| Thinking about, all the rude and retarded things Koreans do. It's better you just stay home. |
you have problems... attitude problems. |
You should present a complex math problem and call him an idiot for being unable to solve it, just to drive the point home. |
sure thing:
r(t)=(3t+1)i+3tj+k, find the angle btwn the velocity and accel. vectors at time t? |
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idonojacs
Joined: 07 Jun 2007
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| Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 3:38 am Post subject: |
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If you do drive in the States, do not park on the wrong side of the street. Park in the same direction as traffic. There are also signs stating the parking rules; read them. If you don't, you could get a ticket, and with modern computers, tickets can come back to haunt you.
So what happens if you park in the wrong direction? You might get a parking ticket, in the form of a piece of paper on your windshield under your wiper. That's the good news.
If the police officer is in a bad mood, he might wait for you to drive away. Then he will give you a ticket for driving in the wrong direction. That's a moving violation. If you don't pay one of those, and eventually show your face in the state again, they might nab you and even put you in jail for "failure to appear," etc.
Different from Korea, eh?
Cars aren't absolutely necessary. It depends where you are. If you visit New York City, DO NOT rent a car. Cars can be a nightmare in Manhattan. You don't need a car in other big cities, including Washington, D.C., because they have subways or a good bus system.
Don't go to the Golden Corral buffet or the Country Kitchen buffet.
Do go to the Ryan's Steakhouse buffet. Last time I was there they had fresh made bread, real butter, tons and tons of well cooked food, enormous salad bar, all you can eat.
http://www.ryansrg.com/whats_cooking/menus.php
It's by far the best buffet chain I have been to.
Don't buy your groceries at gas stations or convenience stores.
Most foods are cheaper in the States than in Korea, provided you go to supermarkets. Want to see what they're like? You can look at the sale circulars for supermarkets online:
http://giantfood.shoplocal.com/index.aspx?pagename=shopmain&fsid=858b127f-dee4-4134-826c-6dcc754cf8e0&storeid=1038520&dssid=ba00b690-db89-480a-9a18-765232f92900&pagenumber=1&circularid=11507&batchid=598323
http://shop.safeway.com/superstore/sixframeset.asp?mainurl=http://safeway1.inserts2online.com/storeReview.jsp?drpStoreID=2287
http://evic.harristeeter.com/HT_eVIC/ThisWeek/index.jsp?ID1809
http://fredmeyer.inserts2online.com/customer_Frame.jsp?drpStoreID=11
http://www.pricechopper.com/WeeklyAd/WeeklyAd_Store_S.las?-token.date=2007-09-03&-token.S=3B0T9R386371608P7c31396EtVKN6L54022C4D|13455|0709030802|||||
You will need a shopper's card to get most discounts. Just ask for one at the store manager's desk, fill out the blanks with your home address or whatever -- they don't really care -- and they will give you a card right there.
Have a good time! Enjoy your trip! |
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SPINOZA
Joined: 10 Jun 2005
Location: $eoul
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| Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 4:49 am Post subject: |
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| idonojacs wrote: |
Most foods are cheaper in the States than in Korea, provided you go to supermarkets. |
Indeedomundo. They should prepare themselves for the shock that countries with more than double Korea's per capita GDP are more reasonably-priced with respect to grocery shopping. |
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idonojacs
Joined: 07 Jun 2007
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| Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 3:07 pm Post subject: |
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Spinoza sez:
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idonojacs wrote:
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| Most foods are cheaper in the States than in Korea, provided you go to supermarkets. |
Indeedomundo. They should prepare themselves for the shock that countries with more than double Korea's per capita GDP are more reasonably-priced with respect to grocery shopping.
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Rightarooni, Spinoza.
Here's the one my students ask about, ramen noodles:
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36 oz. Case, Chicken, Beef or Shrimp
Maruchan Ramen Noodle 12 Pack
2/$3 * |
Let's see now, 12 times two equals 24. Divide by three equals 8 packs of ramen for a dollar.
Doing the same for the weight shows they are 2 ounce packs.
Sorry, no kimchi flavor. BYOK. They do sometimes have ramen packets with spicy red pepper, though, as I recall.
It's curious watching those ads for ramen on television. They seem to have Koreans believing there is something, special, wonderful, magical about ramen. And at the price they charge in Korea, it better be.
But the stuff in the States must be inferior cause it costs so much less.
I always thought ramen was just cheap wheat flour, hydrogenated vegetable oil and salt, along with a packet of crushed bullion.
I also thought it was fattening.
Guess I was wrong.
* Price Chopper ad, page 3, right bottom.
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Hmmm, the page is getting wide. Hope it's not my fault. I think it's the URLs.
You can automatically resize the page width with the Opera browser, though. |
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pest2
Joined: 01 Jun 2005
Location: Vancouver, Canada
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| Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 8:28 pm Post subject: |
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| Observe English manners. Do not, for example, use the expressions "give me", "sit down", "come here", "what?", "hurry up", "here!", "what do you want?", "wait!" to a stranger. Polite alternatives exist and, unlike in Korean, they cannot be deduced by rules of verb conjugation - they must be learned. When ever you would say 주세요 in Korean, use 'please' in English - almost synonyms. . |
At first I was inclined to disagree with this. People in the US are friendly, mostly, but they dont always use formal politeness in language...but then I thought about it and in place of actual words for politeness, they have a kind of joking wit about them to make social situations seem more relaxed and ensure people they are conversing with they are giving respect. But, sadly, I almost think its a thing only americans are socialized with... A visitor from another country probably would be advised to use English manners just to be safe. |
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blaseblasphemener
Joined: 01 Jun 2006
Location: There's a voice, keeps on calling me, down the road, that's where I'll always be
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| Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 12:32 am Post subject: |
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| Don't ask store clerks if their posted prices are "in won/Euro/Canadian dollars" or "do you have your own currency?". Trust me, when Americans ask Canadians these questions in Canadian stores, we don't think too highly of their intellect. |
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flummuxt
Joined: 15 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 1:00 am Post subject: |
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blaseblasphemener swears:
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| Don't ask store clerks if their posted prices are "in won/Euro/Canadian dollars" or "do you have your own currency?". Trust me, when Americans ask Canadians these questions in Canadian stores, we don't think too highly of their intellect. |
Phheewwww! That's a relief!
I thought they were trying to charge me $2,700 for 100 pounds of beef. I had heard that beef here was expensive and all, but that was a bit over my budget. Then I found out it was for only 100 GRAMS! I nearly died.
So it's actually in WON!
Let's see, that's only about $14 USD or so a pound for beef -- dirt cheap, by comparison. I think I'll cook me up a couple of nice, big juicy steaks! |
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Masta_Don
Joined: 17 Aug 2006
Location: Hyehwa-dong, Seoul
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| Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 1:28 am Post subject: |
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| SPINOZA wrote: |
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Most foods are cheaper in the States than in Korea, provided you go to supermarkets. |
Indeedomundo. They should prepare themselves for the shock that countries with more than double Korea's per capita GDP are more reasonably-priced with respect to grocery shopping. |
Well what do you expect when they isolate themselves economically? If they'd let their rice be grown in China like everyone else they'd save a buck or two. |
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Fishead soup
Joined: 24 Jun 2007
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 4:52 pm Post subject: |
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| Don't try to touch a stripper, you're not in Pattaya anymore. |
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mole
Joined: 06 Feb 2003
Location: Act III
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| Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 5:20 pm Post subject: |
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Don't wear socks with sandals (unless you're over 65).
Look behind you to see if anyone else is there when you open the door to enter a building...and hold the door open if there is!
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I was gonna say, No socks with Crocs. Yours is better and more general.
Yeah, after retirement, I think everyone's granted immunity to fashion crimes.
Mom used to walk up to doors and stand there until I opened it!
Kind of embarrassing, so I learned quickly that habit. |
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flummuxt
Joined: 15 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 2:44 pm Post subject: |
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| Don't try to get a cup of coffee from a pay phone. |
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Dev
Joined: 18 Apr 2006
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Don't exchange your Korean won in the United States.
The foreign exchange stores will make you pay a $7.00 service charge and give you a poor exchange rate.
Exchange your Korean won to U.S. dollars in Korea. |
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Dev
Joined: 18 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 7:02 pm Post subject: |
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Don't let your kids run around in Denny's.  |
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