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[uberscheisse]

i'm an insomniac, and the slightest thing can set me off.

it's now 6:46 am and this dog has been howling since about 4.

every time i do so much as poke my head out the window to ascertain its location, it stops. i even walked out onto the street to find it and it shut up.

i get back in bed and try to sleep, it starts again. makes a man feel like david berkowitz.

anyways, i get back in my building and i see i have mail. my phone bill has been opened! why would someone open my phone bill?

and now my internet is only working halfway. everything i try to bring up except dave's and other korean sites is inaccessible, as if the government has blocked hotmail or something. it's screwball.

yeah. i'm griping and i need someone to punch. any volunteers?

[Apple Scruff]

I nominate Derrek.

[peemil]

Wannago needs a thick ear...

[uberscheisse]

it's now 10 minutes to 11am and the dog is still howling.

i took a little trip outside to locate it again and it appears to be locked up on the porch of this house on the end of my block. most likely it's on a leash less than a meter long and missing its people, who have it as a purebred ornament rather than a pet.

can someone who speaks/writes fluent korean please give me the hangeul for

"your dog has been howling since 4am, i got 2 hours of sleep last night. if this happens again i'm going to murder you and everyone you know, then give your lovely animal the home it deserves"

please? i want to write them a little letter.

[sparkx]

I had a similar experience one night. There was a dog locked outside on the balcony of the apartment adjacent to mine. The barking started at around 7pm and continued all night. At 4 am I snapped.

I grabbed 6 cans of tuna from my cupboard and started rifling them at the balcony. I'm a big dog lover so I made sure not to hit him but instead rattle the aluminum surrounding the door to wake up the owner. I was unloading heaters on this metal siding and man it was loud..sounded almost like gunshots.

It took all 6 cans of tuna before the owner finally came outside all groggy. I yelled at him as loud as i could.."Geh....Police" followed by "Geh" (pointing at the dog) and a very dramatic throat cutting gesture.

I've slept like a baby ever since.

[uberscheisse]

ah, good ol' hyo-jung came through with the translation.

�㿡 �� ������ ��Ű����. �ȱ׷��� ���� �θ��ھ��

my korean friends rule.

[the eye]

she left out the murder part, tho.

[uberscheisse]

she refused to tell me how to say that.

saving me from myself, i guess...

[Chillin' Villain]

[Paji eh Wong]

Tuna: the projectile of the sea

[poddubny]

[inexhile]

i saw this thread yesterday, but didn't have time to reply.
I have the same problem, but it is a little more complicated.
2 days ago I noticed the dogs and new kennels, beautiful dogs, white jindo. Gave them a pat, scratch, bit of rough and tumble.
They have barked constantly for 2 nights. I almost lost it at 5 am. I too went to try and comfort them, but to no avail.
Heres the sinch. The dogs belong to my Hogwan manager. I am going to go straight in and talk about it today. He is 2 floors above me so probably doesn't hear them, and I sleep outside on a conservatory.
I am just going to say I haven't slept and I am feeling useless as ateacher. I am aslo going to demand updates as to what they will do. If they do nothing, I will ask for a new house. If they say no I am screwed. too close to severence for walking out. And yes it really is a big problem as Sparx and ubercheise will attest too.
I am thinking of feeding them a few sleepin pills tonite to see how that goes. I'm pretty desperate after 2 days of howling.

[captain kirk]

Some people say, or think, that they 'can't sleep with earplugs'. 3M company makes orange foam ones with an orange plastic case for 1200 won. Or, if you're in a big city, go to a 'safety shop' where they sell stuff for construction; goggles, steel toed boots, etc. If you can still hear the dog get some jackhammer/shooter's 'sound-muffs/earmuffs'. Same safety shop. Plug your ears, wear the 'sound-muffs', and sleep.

[uberscheisse]

i hear they also sell them in "student book stores" which, (if i remember correctly) in korean is one character off of being "fart-gate". (something)mun. i don't remember but it was funny to think of buying earplugs at the fartgate.

[peemil]

You know what you need...

A grenade.

Failing that you can make a nice molotov cocktail with stuff around the house.