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crazylemongirl
Joined: 23 Mar 2003
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 Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 8:55 pm Post subject: do you end up with lots of shrapnel? |
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So I'm tidying up my house today and I'm staggered by how much loose change I have lying around the place. Just bags and bags of loose change.
The worst offender are the cheon wons. They are bulky and you can't buy much with them but the lady at the check out always wants you out of there so you never seem to be able to pay with the damn things either.
I'm sure my bank is looking foward to my visit to cash in my loose change! |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 8:57 pm Post subject: |
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| The worst offender are the cheon wons. They are bulky and you can't buy much with them |
I've always seen 'cheon wons' as nice, light and papery!!!!  |
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Wangja
Joined: 17 May 2004
Location: Seoul, Yongsan
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| Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 9:05 pm Post subject: |
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| eamo wrote: |
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| The worst offender are the cheon wons. They are bulky and you can't buy much with them |
I've always seen 'cheon wons' as nice, light and papery!!!! |
Thanks Eamo, quite brightened up a dull day at work ......  |
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crazylemongirl
Joined: 23 Mar 2003
Location: almost there...
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| Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 9:09 pm Post subject: |
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| Wangja wrote: |
| eamo wrote: |
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| The worst offender are the cheon wons. They are bulky and you can't buy much with them |
I've always seen 'cheon wons' as nice, light and papery!!!! |
Thanks Eamo, quite brightened up a dull day at work ...... |
hahaha. Just cheon wons seem to end up crumply and crinkly at the bottom of my handbag.. |
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Dan The Chainsawman
Joined: 05 May 2005
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| Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 9:10 pm Post subject: |
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| I save all my loose change in a box that I am going to drop off at a charity at some point. Beats having it kick around the loose corners of my officetel. |
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komtengi
Joined: 30 Sep 2003
Location: Slummin it up in Haebangchon
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| Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 9:18 pm Post subject: |
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I collect all my shrapnel in the hope of bringing down the current Korean currency. Its my little protest for not having 20, 50, 100 notes.
but seriously I have a big water jug that I fill with my shrapnel. one day I will take it to the bank and watch them crap themselves. |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 9:21 pm Post subject: |
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| I spend every coin I get in the shops. Even 10 won's. And I don't care if the clerk has to wait for me to count it out. |
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Maugrim
Joined: 10 Nov 2003
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| I find the coins accumulate pretty quick. But the banks here are good with them, I find. They have coin sorting machines that you can operate yourself. After last year, I took my change jar to the bank and walked out with a cool 100,000 won. It was like, free money! |
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Flossie
Joined: 19 Feb 2005
Location: Up to my nose in the sweet summer smells of sewerage in Seoul
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| Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 11:52 pm Post subject: |
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| For the first wee while when I came to Korea I couldn't understand the prices people were quoting me so I always used 10,000 or 5000 won notes and collected everything else. In about 6 months (I'm a slow learner ^^) I had over 200,000 won in coins!! It has taken me over a year to use it all up. Now I just try and keep on top of it as I go along. Much easier. |
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Qinella
Joined: 25 Feb 2005
Location: the crib
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| Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 11:59 pm Post subject: |
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| eamo wrote: |
| I spend every coin I get in the shops. Even 10 won's. And I don't care if the clerk has to wait for me to count it out. |
Me too! The coffee machines are a good way to lose that loose coin, also. |
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JongnoGuru
Joined: 25 May 2004
Location: peeing on your doorstep
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Okay everyone, what is it with this never-ending fascination about loose change??? Damn stuff's launched more threads than Tiger Beer. 
BTW, Eamo, at what point do I cease being a Dave's newbie? At the one-year mark (did that) or when I lose count of all the "So, whadda ya do with your spare change?" threads? I wanna know. |
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just because
Joined: 01 Aug 2003
Location: Changwon - 4964
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| Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 1:05 am Post subject: |
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I can never get enough coins....
Always catching the bus and never getting around to recharging my bus card......need those coins |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 3:54 am Post subject: |
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Okay everyone, what is it with this never-ending fascination about loose change??? Damn stuff's launched more threads than Tiger Beer.
BTW, Eamo, at what point do I cease being a Dave's newbie? At the one-year mark (did that) or when I lose count of all the "So, whadda ya do with your spare change?" threads? I wanna know. |
To earn your wings on this board you have to have answered queries on the location of good cheese 10 times, and got into a slanging match about K-girls versus Western girls thrice.
Then you will be given a rendevous time and place where a committe of Dave's regulars will ridicule you for 3 hours in a chicken hof.
Then you're in...........but you'll wish you were out...... |
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jinks
Joined: 27 Oct 2004
Location: Formerly: Lower North Island
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| Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 4:11 am Post subject: |
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I love shrapnel!
when I have a bucket full of baek won, I take a friend out and together we blow the lot on those crazy crane devices outside convenience stores. |
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babtangee
Joined: 18 Dec 2004
Location: OMG! Charlie has me surrounded!
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| Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 5:02 am Post subject: |
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| jinks wrote: |
I love shrapnel!
when I have a bucket full of baek won, I take a friend out and together we blow the lot on those crazy crane devices outside convenience stores. |
My wife beats me with her handbag every time I do that. |
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