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jay-shi
Joined: 09 May 2004
Location: On tour
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| dogbert wrote: |
| Real Reality wrote: |
Ask rapier, derrek, or tiger beer...
... NOT!!!!
However, rapier, derrek, and tiger beer still may have some decent suggestions. |
Do you like women?
I for one would love to hear some of your advice for the lovelorn. |
Geez, and all this time I thought RR was a link spurting automated program.
Do link spurting automated programs prefer men or women?
*disclaimer: I for one, welcome our linking overlord, and more often than not find it quite interesting. |
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Blind Willie
Joined: 05 May 2004
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| Ask not if it is a sock, ask why. |
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Cedar
Joined: 11 Mar 2003
Location: In front of my computer, again.
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| The International Herald Tribune at Starbucks is NOT free. You put money into the little hole that says "1,300 won". Duhh!!! |
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katydid
Joined: 02 Feb 2003
Location: Here kitty kitty kitty...
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Getting the IHT at Starbucks may not be free but it's certainly run on the honor system.  |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2004 4:52 pm Post subject: |
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| Cedar wrote: |
| The International Herald Tribune at Starbucks is NOT free. You put money into the little hole that says "1,300 won". Duhh!!! |
100% wrong. I've been told by no less than two women who work there that it's free. The IHT wants to pump up circulation but can't technically give the paper away. In Korea it's illegal to give away a daily newspaper. The logic here is chaebols with deep pockets would quickly put the smaller papers out of business, robbing Korea of an editorial voice.
It's a bit like how the US Supreme Court ruled that newspapers could enter Joint Operating Agreements despite it being a seeming violation of anti-trust rules. Papers can share printing, accounting costs, split ad revenue etc. as long as they maintain independent editorial offices. This was a late '80s stop gap measure to keep a lot of large American cities, like Detroit and Seattle, from becoming one paper towns and losing an editorial voice.
Anyway, the IHT is free in all but name. Put 1300 won in the little hole if you want to take the paper away but don't bother if you read it there. |
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red dog
Joined: 31 Oct 2004
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Put 1300 won in the little hole if you want to take the paper away but don't bother if you read it there.
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That's what a Starbucks employee told me too. Am I supposed to pay for it even if I read it there? |
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dogbert
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
Location: Killbox 90210
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| Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2004 11:30 pm Post subject: |
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| It may be illegal to distribute daily newspapers for free, but it sure happens often. |
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The Great Toad
Joined: 12 Jun 2004
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http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/korea/viewtopic.php?p=328929&highlight=#328929
Be wary in Coffee houses they may seem safe and healing but should you be a great cream and sugar monster like me you may find yer thirst denied by cruel college K-girls. As to newspapers well they are dumb I mean ahh you should pay for them but they are always slanted and unreliable- for current news on trends and Korean events just check this general forum who is wiser than a bunch of university degree holding Ingles user? |
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