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jaganath69



Joined: 17 Jul 2003

PostPosted: Fri Sep 29, 2006 3:54 pm    Post subject: Noisy F#@%er$ Reply with quote

I'm probably barking up the wrong tree here and would have better luck trying to change the E2 visa laws. Anyhow, I live opposite an elementary school whose traditional percussion group practice just under my nose at 8.30 am every morning. I'm usually out of the house by then, but its saturday morning and I am in an obstreperous mood with a slight headache and the motherless b@st@rds have just started clunking their pots and pans together. Short of exploding in a rage, is there any such thing as local noise ordinances in this country? Could I petition the authorities to make them do the decent thing and move inside? Or do I just have to do what I do when the blue bongo truck brigade comes every afternoon and just suffer it whilst cursing their very existence?
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Dodgy Al



Joined: 15 May 2004
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Fri Sep 29, 2006 4:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

This may be futile, but how about paying them a visit. Go baring some vita drinks, and speak to the teacher, if there is one. And ask them if they could find somewhere further away from your apartment. It's always worth trying the nicely nicely approach, before going vigilante with buckets of water etc! Laughing
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ttompatz



Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea

PostPosted: Fri Sep 29, 2006 4:50 pm    Post subject: Re: Noisy F#@%er$ Reply with quote

jaganath69 wrote:
I'm probably barking up the wrong tree here and would have better luck trying to change the E2 visa laws. Anyhow, I live opposite an elementary school whose traditional percussion group practice just under my nose at 8.30 am every morning. I'm usually out of the house by then, but its saturday morning and I am in an obstreperous mood with a slight headache and the motherless b@st@rds have just started clunking their pots and pans together. Short of exploding in a rage, is there any such thing as local noise ordinances in this country? Could I petition the authorities to make them do the decent thing and move inside? Or do I just have to do what I do when the blue bongo truck brigade comes every afternoon and just suffer it whilst cursing their very existence?


Even at home, quiet hours are usually from 11pm until 7am for noise ordinances. Vita drinks or some other box of juices may help.

Advil, tylenol or asprin may also help a bit.
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jaganath69



Joined: 17 Jul 2003

PostPosted: Fri Sep 29, 2006 5:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Cheers for the advice, its not so much me, but my pregnant wife who is getting jacked off by it all. I may wait for the weather to get a bit colder, that may drive them indoors with any luck.
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Col.Brandon



Joined: 09 Aug 2004
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Fri Sep 29, 2006 6:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I liked the idea in another post of the regular morning bucket of cold water... SPLASH! See you tomorrow!
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dodgybarnet



Joined: 10 Mar 2003
Location: Directly above the centre of the earth. On a kickboard.

PostPosted: Fri Sep 29, 2006 6:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote



I sleep during the day (Split-shifter) and there are always noisy buggers outside digging up the ground with bulldozers or hammering concrete or just making some random noise.

Works a charm.
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Gaber



Joined: 23 Apr 2006

PostPosted: Fri Sep 29, 2006 8:19 pm    Post subject: Re: Noisy F#@%er$ Reply with quote

[quote="ttompatz"]
jaganath69 wrote:

Advil, tylenol or asprin may also help a bit.


Whats advil. Paracetamol? I need paracetamol, asprin is great if you take it the night before, but panadol is the only thing if you where to ****ed to remeber on the night.
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Dodgy Al



Joined: 15 May 2004
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Fri Sep 29, 2006 8:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Tylenol and Panadol are both brand names of paracetemol. I'm pretty sure Advil is for cold symptoms.
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Clemens



Joined: 28 Sep 2006
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Sat Sep 30, 2006 5:24 am    Post subject: Re: Noisy F#@%er$ Reply with quote

jaganath69 wrote:
but its saturday morning and I am in an obstreperous mood with a slight headache and the motherless b@st@rds have just started clunking their pots and pans together.


That would be the ching, kkwaengwari, and changgo in all likelihood. Three parts of the traditional samulnori performance. Try to be a little more sensitive to Korean traditional music.

As for your sleeping problem, I'd get a couple pair of ear plugs or start going to bed earlier. 8:30 am is a reasonable time for starting a music class.
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rothkowitz



Joined: 27 Apr 2006

PostPosted: Sat Sep 30, 2006 6:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

On a Saturday morning?No,I doubt it.

Ask nicely.See if that works.Otherwise..."Ace of Spades" at full volume out the window and make them go to the other side of the playground.

Let them find a ruddy hall somewhere.
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grainger



Joined: 21 Sep 2006
Location: Wonju, Korea

PostPosted: Sat Sep 30, 2006 6:31 am    Post subject: Re: Noisy F#@%er$ Reply with quote

Whats advil.

You're kidding right?!?

I couldn't live without it. I'm getting some shiped from home as we speak. It's an anti-inflamatory, pain, headache medication.
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dodgybarnet



Joined: 10 Mar 2003
Location: Directly above the centre of the earth. On a kickboard.

PostPosted: Sat Sep 30, 2006 7:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dodgy Al wrote:
Tylenol and Panadol are both brand names of paracetemol. I'm pretty sure Advil is for cold symptoms.


Tylenol is actualy Acetaminophen. How this is different from Paracetamol I have no idea, although I've been wondering for years!

Any ideas my pharmacologically-knowledgeable friends?
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jaganath69



Joined: 17 Jul 2003

PostPosted: Sat Sep 30, 2006 8:08 am    Post subject: Re: Noisy F#@%er$ Reply with quote

Clemens wrote:
jaganath69 wrote:
but its saturday morning and I am in an obstreperous mood with a slight headache and the motherless b@st@rds have just started clunking their pots and pans together.


That would be the ching, kkwaengwari, and changgo in all likelihood. Three parts of the traditional samulnori performance. Try to be a little more sensitive to Korean traditional music.

As for your sleeping problem, I'd get a couple pair of ear plugs or start going to bed earlier. 8:30 am is a reasonable time for starting a music class.


Try seeing how easy it is to remove your head from your anus if you say that to my face. Better still I'll come to your place at sparrow f@rt on a saturday morning and make an unholy racket.
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davai!



Joined: 04 Dec 2005
Location: Kuwait

PostPosted: Sat Sep 30, 2006 8:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Advil= Ibuprofen. Yes, it is for muscle aches, etc. and not headaches.
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Hyeon Een



Joined: 24 Jun 2005

PostPosted: Sat Sep 30, 2006 11:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

jaganath69 wrote:
my pregnant wife is getting jacked off by it all. .


whats her complaint?
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