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grnmle
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
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 Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 11:32 pm Post subject: Almost died today... |
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An electrical transfromer outside a GS store exploded about 100 meters from where I was sitting. Minding my own business after working out, with a nice 4000 won fresh squeezed orange juice, a piece of jagged shrapnel bounced off the wall of the pleasant cafe wall beside me. I saw it out of the corner of my eye spirralling through the air a second after the explosion shook the street. People from around the block came out to see what happened. Apparently I was the only one in the line of fire. I just about cracked the bottle of gin in my bag that I was saving for tonight. This was about fifteen minutes ago...still shaking as I type this.
In other news, it is starting to feel like spring is coming. |
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marlow
Joined: 06 Feb 2005
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| Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 11:40 pm Post subject: |
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*beep*, dude!!
I'm glad your OK.
Anyone know where to buy flak jackets and helmets? |
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grnmle
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 11:42 pm Post subject: |
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scared the shit out of me...It has changed my perspective on where a lot of things...
I've got some really good pictures to throw up here when I get home. |
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DaeguKid
Joined: 09 Dec 2006
Location: Daegu
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| Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 11:42 pm Post subject: |
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Well done...you protected the Gin!
Love it!
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spencer23
Joined: 25 Jan 2007
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| Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 11:46 pm Post subject: |
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That's Heavy. It's such a weird feeling when something like that happens, your body has so much adrenaline running through it and it is hard to calm down.
You might have to neck some of that Gin to chill out  |
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grnmle
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 11:49 pm Post subject: |
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| I thought I was ok but I am sorta freaking out right now, yeah adrenaline...It's gonna be a long day once it recedes. |
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Col.Brandon
Joined: 09 Aug 2004
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 4:17 am Post subject: |
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| Aren't those things full of toxic crap? You might still die... |
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GoldMember
Joined: 24 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 4:54 am Post subject: |
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Big Deal!!Everyone one of us risks life and limb everyday just by living here. Life threatening situations include:
* Eating at the local kimbap restaurant (Bochalism to go)
* Having a Korean girlfriend (Dump me, me tell you takee drugs)
* Living in/working in unsafe buildings (Who locked the fire escape!)
* Crossing one way streets (Cars coming from the opposite direction)
* Walking near high rise buildings (Nearly had a jumper land on me!)
* Dodgy wiring (The High Voltage cables help hold up the tree branches)
I'm sure others can add to the list........................... |
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grnmle
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 5:05 am Post subject: |
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...getting hit by cars, scooters and so on
Food poisoning
Hepatitis
Getting Aids from prostitutes
I get it.
You obviously haven't heard the sound of shrapnel whizzing past your face though. |
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the_beaver
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 5:09 am Post subject: |
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| grnmle wrote: |
| You obviously haven't heard the sound of shrapnel whizzing past your face though. |
I'm with you. Ignore everybody else. |
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Smee
Joined: 24 Dec 2004
Location: Jeollanam-do
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| Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 5:42 am Post subject: |
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Me, too.
I was at Guinsa temple, which has lots of lecture halls between 3 and 5 stories, and the ice on the roof was melting and crashing onto the ground. One fell about 3 yards from me, and I almost got jacked up by it at the bus terminal. |
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ryouga013
Joined: 14 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 5:59 am Post subject: |
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| grnmle wrote: |
| You obviously haven't heard the sound of shrapnel whizzing past your face though. |
Almost dying sucks. But it could be worse!
I have almost died a few times... none of them very pleasant. Needing a new pair of pants is nothing in comparison to getting hit on your driver's side by a full size truck when driving a small car... I would have been scared shitless had I known it was coming I suppose...
Glad you're OK. Depending on your body, don't be surprised if you have a long tired session once you've calmed down. After my accident and my adrenaline wore down a day later, I felt sooooooo tired that I could barely move for a day. |
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Cheonmunka
Joined: 04 Jun 2004
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| Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 6:23 am Post subject: |
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Lots of accidental mishaps in Daegu.
Must be one of those jinxed places... |
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DaeguKid
Joined: 09 Dec 2006
Location: Daegu
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| Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 7:21 am Post subject: |
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| grnmle wrote: |
...getting hit by cars, scooters and so on
Food poisoning
Hepatitis
Getting Aids from prostitutes
I get it.
You obviously haven't heard the sound of shrapnel whizzing past your face though. |
Brilliant reply! Brilliant!
DK |
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Chris Kwon
Joined: 23 Jan 2008
Location: North Korea
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| Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 7:24 am Post subject: |
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| Some people on this board would blame the explosion on racism. A failed assassination on a waegook! |
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