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John Henry
Joined: 24 Sep 2004
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 Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 9:11 pm Post subject: Has anyone seen a fireplace? |
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No, I didn't lose mine.
I'm sitting here taking in the fumes of the local adjumma grass fire. For a secnd I thought, "Oh, someone's got a fire going in their fireplace." Then I remembered where I was, and got to thinking....I havn't seen a "real" fireplace (with a chimney for Santa and everything) since I got here.
So I was wondering, has anyone seen a fireplace since they've been here? |
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Pyongshin Sangja
Joined: 20 Apr 2003
Location: I love baby!
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| Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 9:17 pm Post subject: |
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Outside of 5-star hotels, and even then I am stretching it a bit, no. Not once in 5.5 years.
Then again, aren't there enough safety hazards here? |
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plattwaz
Joined: 08 Apr 2005
Location: <Write something dumb here>
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| Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 10:58 pm Post subject: |
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Yes - the mother of one of my KG students invited me to dinner at her house in my first year here (she asked me to be her new best friend.....  )
They had a fully functional gas fireplace in their apartment (penthouse, so it must have had a chimnet on the roof to vent).
I asked about it and she told me that they had installed it a few years prior and only ever used it once, they only liked it for the mantle that they could put pictures on. |
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Wangja
Joined: 17 May 2004
Location: Seoul, Yongsan
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| Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 11:00 pm Post subject: |
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Yep, I've seen many apartments with fireplaces, working fireplaces.
But generally, the rent ain't cheap the cheapest was around 5 million a month. |
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the eye
Joined: 29 Jan 2004
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| Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 3:17 am Post subject: |
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| Wangja wrote: |
Yep, I've seen many apartments with fireplaces, working fireplaces.
But generally, the rent ain't cheap the cheapest was around 5 million a month. |
Sure, there are lots of gas burning fireplaces. I've seen them too...
Have you seen a REAL wood burning fireplace here? What biulding? |
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Pyongshin Sangja
Joined: 20 Apr 2003
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| Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 3:29 am Post subject: |
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Yeah. I call bull.
A real fireplace. |
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Wangja
Joined: 17 May 2004
Location: Seoul, Yongsan
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| Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 4:16 am Post subject: |
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| the eye wrote: |
| Wangja wrote: |
Yep, I've seen many apartments with fireplaces, working fireplaces.
But generally, the rent ain't cheap the cheapest was around 5 million a month. |
Sure, there are lots of gas burning fireplaces. I've seen them too...
Have you seen a REAL wood burning fireplace here? What biulding? |
Yep, a real wood buring fireplace: and in action.
I am not talking about imitation fires, of which there are plenty. |
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Wangja
Joined: 17 May 2004
Location: Seoul, Yongsan
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| Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 4:17 am Post subject: |
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| Pyongshin Sangja wrote: |
Yeah. I call bull.
A real fireplace. |
Your thoughts seldom bother me and this time is no different. |
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the eye
Joined: 29 Jan 2004
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| Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 4:33 am Post subject: |
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| Wangja wrote: |
Yep, a real wood buring fireplace: and in action.
I am not talking about imitation fires, of which there are plenty. |
Mentioning a specific building name would keep your credibility in tact.
Townhouses don't count, we're talking highrises. |
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Wangja
Joined: 17 May 2004
Location: Seoul, Yongsan
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| Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 3:17 pm Post subject: |
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| the eye wrote: |
| Wangja wrote: |
Yep, a real wood buring fireplace: and in action.
I am not talking about imitation fires, of which there are plenty. |
Mentioning a specific building name would keep your credibility in tact.
Townhouses don't count, we're talking highrises. |
There was no mention of high rise. I will get back to you with specific building location(s). |
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sojukettle
Joined: 23 Aug 2005
Location: Not there, HERE!
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| Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 4:07 pm Post subject: |
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I'm with Wanja on this one. I've seen wood burning fireplaces in apartments in Seoul.
What is your definition of highrise?
The only building I remember the name of is a 4-5 storey block near Noksapyeong Station called 'Sunnytown'.
There are woodburning fireplaces in the apartments there.
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the eye
Joined: 29 Jan 2004
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| Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 12:19 am Post subject: |
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| well, spear me with a kimchi stained chopstick! i'm shocked. |
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saw6436
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Daejeon, ROK
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| Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 7:04 pm Post subject: |
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| I had a real wood burning fireplace in my bedroom in my old house in Suncheon. Old house built in the 1920s by Presbyterian Missionaries. |
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tzechuk
Joined: 20 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 8:41 pm Post subject: |
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| The house we looked into buying in Itaewon had a real fireplace - two, in fact. One in the main living room and another in what would have become a study, had we bought the house. |
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the eye
Joined: 29 Jan 2004
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| Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 8:46 pm Post subject: |
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| Sure, it's not hard to believe houses having fireplces, but talking about multilevel apartment buildings.... in korea...it's astonishing. |
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