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siwawalter



Joined: 16 Feb 2011

PostPosted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 10:51 am    Post subject: Public transportation to work? Reply with quote

I'm guessing with a small teaching salary, everyone ride a bike to work or use public transportation?
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thegadfly



Joined: 01 Feb 2003

PostPosted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 8:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I ride a specially trained Korean Condor (much bigger and better than other varieties of condor). Other people I have heard of, however, do this really strange thing and...now let me see if I remember correctly...they take a "Driver's Test" to get this special card called a "Driver's License." This card makes it legal for a person in Korea to operate a specialized piece of machinery, called an "Automobile Carriage." Funny language that it is, that descriptive and easily understandable term is truncated to the enigmatic form "Car."

The special card is not a requisite to OWNING such a machine, but it is for operating one. Even more confusing is the fact that one can get a specialized card in one's home country that enables one to operate such a machine, at least temporarily, in a foreign country....

Weird, huh?

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Walk, ride a bike, skate, skateboard, take a bus, train, subway, taxi, or drive a car to work -- that about cover the bases? I suppose one could ski in the winter, in certain places -- how were you EXPECTING people to get to work?
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edwardcatflap



Joined: 22 Mar 2009

PostPosted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 8:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I thought most people got flats provided for them near work and walked
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SeoulNate



Joined: 04 Jun 2010
Location: Hyehwa

PostPosted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 8:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

i take a hot-air balloon. guess i just figured that was the norm...
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Caffeinated



Joined: 11 Feb 2010

PostPosted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 11:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Is a palanquin carried by kindergarteners considered public transportation?
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rockymtn



Joined: 01 Oct 2010
Location: USA

PostPosted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 11:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ship your car over to Korea, then you'll have it covered.
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hogwonguy1979



Joined: 22 Dec 2003
Location: the racoon den

PostPosted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 1:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

i'm carried in a covered sedan chair everyday by that days students while the other students bow and toss flowers at me. was told that this was the way teachers were brought to school in the joseon dynasty.
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Xuanzang



Joined: 10 Apr 2007
Location: Sadang

PostPosted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 1:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I use Floo powder. Widely available at your local mart.
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ttompatz



Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea

PostPosted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 2:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I just use my old Nimbus 2000. It was the fastest thing going back in its day but still gets me there and back despite its age.

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millyfrend



Joined: 29 Apr 2010

PostPosted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 6:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

How much does that cost to ship your car to Korea?

rockymtn wrote:
Ship your car over to Korea, then you'll have it covered.
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millyfrend



Joined: 29 Apr 2010

PostPosted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 6:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Haha. Harry Potter.

ttompatz wrote:
I just use my old Nimbus 2000. It was the fastest thing going back in its day but still gets me there and back despite its age.

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nathanrutledge



Joined: 01 May 2008
Location: Marakesh

PostPosted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 6:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I just hop to work.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSEie8Cdu9w

Not exactly safe for work (juvenile).
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Son Deureo!



Joined: 30 Apr 2003

PostPosted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 6:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The same way I commuted to and from work back home, of course:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15VffGRdxvc
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nathanrutledge



Joined: 01 May 2008
Location: Marakesh

PostPosted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 7:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Son Deureo! wrote:
The same way I commuted to and from work back home, of course:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15VffGRdxvc


I saw the title and I thought of this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpoKdPNM10M
Yours just kind of let me down. Wink
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sadguy



Joined: 13 Feb 2011

PostPosted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 7:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

i ride a large silver fox to school. sometimes i'll ride my unicorn.
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