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dominic



Joined: 10 Mar 2003
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Sat Jan 10, 2004 8:25 pm    Post subject: anyone else hate this? Reply with quote

I've put up with this for 3 years and now I want to know if anyone else wants to kill these guys at 7 in the morning. I sleep with a fan and my window closed and use ear plugs and they still wake me up.
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buddy bradley



Joined: 24 Aug 2003
Location: The Beyond

PostPosted: Sat Jan 10, 2004 8:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yeah, those guys make me crazy. I have to use a pillow, and even then I refuse to flush my toilet after my first leak.
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ohahakehte



Joined: 24 Aug 2003
Location: The State of Denial

PostPosted: Sat Jan 10, 2004 9:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

"Land of the Morning Jackhammer"
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lush72



Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: I am Penalty Kick!

PostPosted: Sat Jan 10, 2004 9:27 pm    Post subject: Re: anyone else hate this? Reply with quote

dominic wrote:
I've put up with this for 3 years and now I want to know if anyone else wants to kill these guys at 7 in the morning. I sleep with a fan and my window closed and use ear plugs and they still wake me up.

Strange- I don�t even notice them anymore! BUT- in the beginning I was annoyed with all the racket! I found that by EMBRACING them- that is windows wide open- you quickly de-sensitize yourself to this phenomenon!
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rapier



Joined: 16 Feb 2003

PostPosted: Sat Jan 10, 2004 11:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I know what you mean. The very first morning i awoke in Korea, I thought the vegetable seller with his megaphone was actually calling people to arms- "The north is invading! Get your weapons ready!".
Now i fortunately live on the 3rd floor and no veggie trucks ever come down my street, thank God.
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Starperson



Joined: 23 Mar 2003

PostPosted: Sun Jan 11, 2004 1:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I hate them too.
One of mine sounds really stressed out and angry, as if he really is calling out army commands.
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crazylemongirl



Joined: 23 Mar 2003
Location: almost there...

PostPosted: Sun Jan 11, 2004 1:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

My area is nice and quiet in the morning. The bizzare thing is I live in a commerical area but as it's mostly bars and brothels 7am is as queit as it gets.

clg
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Zed



Joined: 20 Jan 2003
Location: Shakedown Street

PostPosted: Sun Jan 11, 2004 2:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

ohahakehte wrote:
"Land of the Morning Jackhammer"

Hey, you stole my line.
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mithridates



Joined: 03 Mar 2003
Location: President's office, Korean Space Agency

PostPosted: Sun Jan 11, 2004 6:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

A friend of mine and I had planned to find where that truck driver lives in our neighbourhood and go to his door in the morning, saying
"BATTERIES! WOULD YOU LIKE SOME BATTERIES!!???? I'VE GOT..A, AA, AAA...C AND D, BATTERIES!"
etc.
Of course we never went through with it, it was just a pipe dream.
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kangnam mafioso



Joined: 27 Jan 2003
Location: Teheranno

PostPosted: Sun Jan 11, 2004 8:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

i lived in 3 different apartments in korea and each time i moved something strange happened. a perfectly good building directly next door (right outside my window) was demolished and a larger building was erected in its place. it never fails. ear plugs don't do much for a jackhammer at 7am.
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