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duns0014
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Location: Ilsan
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spliff
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Location: Khon Kaen, Thailand
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blurgalurgalurga
Joined: 18 Oct 2007
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| I guess I'd do it, if I didn't have a job already. It's only six months, and the chances of getting blown up by a mortar are fairly low. |
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boyne11
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| Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 8:53 pm Post subject: |
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| blurgalurgalurga wrote: |
| I guess I'd do it, if I didn't have a job already. It's only six months, and the chances of getting blown up by a mortar are fairly low. |
Not if the mortar round lands on you.  |
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postfundie
Joined: 28 May 2004
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| Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 1:47 am Post subject: |
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| yeah I saw that job too....if anybody goes for it, it'd be great to hear there story |
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bassexpander
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
Location: Someplace you'd rather be.
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| Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 5:41 am Post subject: |
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| Any reason for multiple posts on this? |
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PGF
Joined: 27 Nov 2006
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| Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 6:09 am Post subject: |
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I'd do it in a second if I wasn't about to get married here in Korea and have a baby.......
because "Incidents of shelling into the Green Zone are almost non-existent. "
lol
no really, before coming to Korea, I looked into going to Iraq.....the money is great; but i couldn't find an ESL job in Iraq back then, so he I am, with all my limbs intact . . . .
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GreenlightmeansGO
Joined: 11 Dec 2006
Location: Daegu
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| Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 6:25 am Post subject: |
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I'd do it if I was American...nonetheless, I'm still thankful I'm not...American.
Sorry for the cheap-shot  |
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PGF
Joined: 27 Nov 2006
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| Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 7:30 am Post subject: |
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| GreenlightmeansGO wrote: |
I'd do it if I was American...nonetheless, I'm still thankful I'm not...American.
Sorry for the cheap-shot |
you're probably only here because you are not an american and can not get a job back home that pays the measly 2000/ mo you get here
cheers
sorry for the cheap shot |
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twg
Joined: 02 Nov 2006
Location: Getting some fresh air...
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| Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 9:11 am Post subject: Re: Esl job starting at $7500 a month |
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Worst case: Some religious wack-jobs might kidnap you and upload the video of them chopping your head off to YouTube.
Best case: You lose an eye when the car bomb goes off. |
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lastat06513
Joined: 18 Mar 2003
Location: Sensus amo Caesar , etiamnunc victus amo uni plebian
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| Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 12:03 pm Post subject: |
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| That is peanuts compared to what alot of other contractors are getting over there......I'd have to ponder it for a while. |
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The Bobster
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 1:08 pm Post subject: |
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| lastat06513 wrote: |
| That is peanuts compared to what alot of other contractors are getting over there......I'd have to ponder it for a while. |
Well, I'd hope the trained mercenaries who carry guns and go out of the Green get paid more than an English teacher living in a trailer ...
I read the ad just now and gave it some thought. I'd be more sanguine if the accomodations were better.
The $ looks like about 3 or 4 times what I normally make - if it were twice that again I might actually sign up. For 6 months? Assuming you survive, you'd have stories to tell and bragging rights in any group of educators you'd be in a room with for, well, forever, I guess.
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"It was a quiet night in the Green Zone - too quiet.
"I was in my office late, after curfew, though I'd been warned about it repeatedly. I ask my students to give me their best, though, so they deserve the best from me, and the essays they'd written that week hadn't been vetted by the CIA flunkies assigned to us, so there was no way to print them out and bring them home for grading ...
"Sure, I was nervous, and the red pen was flying, just so I could get the things done and get back to the trailer - I was keen to get back on the 'net and continue arguing with Bramble and Big Bird at the Cafe. They want to lend moral support to terrorist groups like ALF and Earthfirst!, fine - I'd let them know what it's like to meet real terrorists, right up close and personal ...
"Suddenly, a shot rang out, a single shot breaking the pristine silence of the night, a silence I had come to cherish in my time there. I knew there was no religious holiday to account for it, and for some reason, just that one rifle round, all alone in the night and so much more ominous than a fussilade or even a mortar round, made me stop what I was doing and look out the window.
"Big mistake.
"How many times had I been told the drill? Never, NEVER, stand next to a window, especially when snipers might be afoot. The glass shattered into a thousand brilliant shards as I dropped to the floor and reached in my waistband for the contraband Baretta I'd bought in the market my second week here, after my first roommate received his million-dollar wound and got shipped Stateside ..." |
Hmm, maybe I could turn the experience into a bestseller, since I've already got a few paragraphs down ... working title : Blood On the Board Marker.
But who should play me in the film version? That part's got me stumped. |
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lastat06513
Joined: 18 Mar 2003
Location: Sensus amo Caesar , etiamnunc victus amo uni plebian
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| Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 7:50 pm Post subject: |
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| American contractors working as plumbers and carpenters in the green zone make alot more compared the average ESL teacher in Korea, not just the gun-totting mercs. |
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boyne11
Joined: 08 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 8:16 pm Post subject: |
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| lastat06513 wrote: |
| American contractors working as plumbers and carpenters in the green zone make alot more compared the average ESL teacher in Korea, not just the gun-totting mercs. |
of course... you're outside working your azz off while exposing yourself to a sniper fire. |
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