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Zutronius
Joined: 16 Apr 2007
Location: Suncheon
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 Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 10:51 pm Post subject: Dumpster Diving |
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| Is anyone here skilled with the art of dumpster diving. While living in Toronto, I started dumpster diving to see what I could find. More often than not, I was able to pull out fully functional electronics (tvs/computers) and even a fully functional electric wheelchair. Does anyone dumpster dive in Korea and if you do, have you found any goodies? |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 10:55 pm Post subject: |
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I have a friend who did a lot of dumpster diving. He found quite a bit of furniture, and once found some homemade porn. I'd post it on here but probably that would get me in trouble, so PM me if you want the link.
Incidentally, I believe a lot of Korean cuisine is the result of Koreans dumpster-diving outside US mess halls during the war. |
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BreakfastInBed
Joined: 16 Oct 2007
Location: Gyeonggi do
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| Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 12:52 am Post subject: |
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sojourner1
Joined: 17 Apr 2007
Location: Where meggi swim and 2 wheeled tractors go sput put chug alugg pug pug
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| Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 1:06 am Post subject: |
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| RACETRAITOR wrote: |
I have a friend who did a lot of dumpster diving. He found quite a bit of furniture, and once found some homemade porn. I'd post it on here but probably that would get me in trouble, so PM me if you want the link.
Incidentally, I believe a lot of Korean cuisine is the result of Koreans dumpster-diving outside US mess halls during the war. |
I believe that. I believe that the American military also shared food with Korea from the 1950's through the 1970's which turned them on to breads, pizza, ice cream, chocolate, potatoes, BBQ grilled meats, and things like hamburgers and hotdogs.
I have never seen lasagna in Korea. Maybe it never made its' way to Korea since I never saw it in the US army either.
In Korea, I would not know how or where to go dumpster diving as there are no dumpsters, but people do set stuff out on the side of the streets which often is good stuff. You have to be careful as the stuff could still belong to someone who is moving in or out of an apartment who simply has not collected their stuff after a truck drops it off or when waiting for a truck to come pick up. In America, I used to get things in like a hard wood kitchen table and chairs near dumpsters, but never soft upholstered furniture as it's dirty and difficult to clean. I prefer thrift stores since they are cheap, but have serviceable merchandise. |
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NightSky
Joined: 19 Apr 2005
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| Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 1:22 am Post subject: |
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I have never seen lasagna in Korea. Maybe it never made its' way to Korea since I never saw it in the US army either.
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Um dude, Pizza Hut has lasagna. |
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SuperHero
Joined: 10 Dec 2003
Location: Superhero Hideout
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| Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 1:26 am Post subject: |
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| NightSky wrote: |
| Um dude, Pizza Hut has lasagna. |
wrong - it's just called lasagne. |
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mistermasan
Joined: 20 Sep 2007
Location: 10+ yrs on Dave's ESL cafe
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| Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 1:30 am Post subject: |
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so far...a big ol mirror, a little side table and a cool old wooden produce tray (it is a keeper for sure). and i wasn't even scouting.
wooden stuff is so much cooler than plastic. |
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spliff
Joined: 19 Jan 2004
Location: Khon Kaen, Thailand
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| Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 1:35 am Post subject: |
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According to my father who was here for two years during the war, a can of spam could produce miracles underneath the table.  |
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NilesQ
Joined: 27 Nov 2006
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| Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 5:16 am Post subject: |
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| I think the dish being refered to here is budae jigae, translates to army stew. When I first got to korea, some Koreans I worked liked to have this for drinking soju with. I was curious as to how spam and hot dogs worked their way into a "Korean" dish. My co-workers told me that it was food scrounged from American Army bases. Hence the term Army Stew |
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Ronald
Joined: 14 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 5:58 am Post subject: |
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I used to do it back in Georgia. It's our national pastime there lol. Mostly when I was in high school. We would hunt down anything made of metal and take it to the junk yard. They would unload it and pay us by the pound. We mostly did it for extra beer money.
I'd rack up about $100 for a truckload of useless metal found anywhere. One time I found a huge chuck of iron from a grand piano that weighed about 600 lbs. It fetched about $50 bucks. The things you do for beer money huh. |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 7:07 am Post subject: |
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| NilesQ wrote: |
| I think the dish being refered to here is budae jigae, translates to army stew. When I first got to korea, some Koreans I worked liked to have this for drinking soju with. I was curious as to how spam and hot dogs worked their way into a "Korean" dish. My co-workers told me that it was food scrounged from American Army bases. Hence the term Army Stew |
That's the one I was thinking of.
By the way, perhaps I should mention this dumpstered homemade porn was Korean and from 1989. |
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Zutronius
Joined: 16 Apr 2007
Location: Suncheon
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| Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 8:27 am Post subject: |
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| RACETRAITOR wrote: |
| NilesQ wrote: |
| I think the dish being refered to here is budae jigae, translates to army stew. When I first got to korea, some Koreans I worked liked to have this for drinking soju with. I was curious as to how spam and hot dogs worked their way into a "Korean" dish. My co-workers told me that it was food scrounged from American Army bases. Hence the term Army Stew |
That's the one I was thinking of.
By the way, perhaps I should mention this dumpstered homemade porn was Korean and from 1989. |
I'm sure after some soju, the leg warmers and neon colors in the porno aren't too much of a distraction. |
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Shimokitazawa
Joined: 14 Dec 2007
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 10:09 am Post subject: |
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OP,
If you ever find yourself living in Vancouver, scope out the areas (West End) where the Japanese live. They throw out all kinds of newish functional sheit.
Isn't "Dumpster Divers" an Indy film out of Vancouver?
On that note, also check out Murray Siple in Carts of Darkness.
http://www.murraysiple.com/work/video/cartsOfDarkness/index.php
One man's garbage is another man's treasure  |
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Zutronius
Joined: 16 Apr 2007
Location: Suncheon
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| Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 12:15 pm Post subject: |
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Shimo,
Thanks for posting that. Interesting vid. |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 5:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Zutronius wrote: |
| RACETRAITOR wrote: |
| NilesQ wrote: |
| I think the dish being refered to here is budae jigae, translates to army stew. When I first got to korea, some Koreans I worked liked to have this for drinking soju with. I was curious as to how spam and hot dogs worked their way into a "Korean" dish. My co-workers told me that it was food scrounged from American Army bases. Hence the term Army Stew |
That's the one I was thinking of.
By the way, perhaps I should mention this dumpstered homemade porn was Korean and from 1989. |
I'm sure after some soju, the leg warmers and neon colors in the porno aren't too much of a distraction. |
This is Korean '80s, not our '80s. |
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