The Questions Thread

[DrVanNostrand]

Wow cheers mate this is awesome

No worries. I'm curious, what interests you in coming to Korea? Any idea on what time of year or how long you'll spend? There are four very distinct seasons here, each with different experiences to be had; autumn in September/October would be my pick.

 

[Bumpswithagrin]

Sounds like you're trying to watch pr0n!
Go to the adobe shockwave page and download the latest version, then you might have to update your web browser too. Happens every so often to me and that usually fixes it.

Believe me, I'm not watching pr0n I get it on BigFooty, the tipping website, innocent things like that. Thanks, I'll try that, what a pain.

I thought shockwave was dead.

Either Way, use Chrome and not IE.

If you're using Firefox that's the problem. Got to a point where it's unusable

I'm using Chrome, not IE or Firefox.

Thanks for your replies

 

[TheFreshBanana]

No worries. I'm curious, what interests you in coming to Korea? Any idea on what time of year or how long you'll spend? There are four very distinct seasons here, each with different experiences to be had; autumn in September/October would be my pick.

I don't really know too much about Korea. My family is from China, so I've been there a lot, but I went to Japan for a very short stint last year, and was astounded by how different it was. I'm intrigued to see what Korea was like.

A second cousin of mine, who I met last year, spent a fair bit of time studying in Korea and told me to check it out and had a lot of good words to say about it. Honestly, I had never even gave Korea a second thought before.

A friend of mine, who I'm travelling with, was really keen about it, and that's a big reason why we're going. Plus, we have an international friend who we went to high school with, who just finished his time in the army and is living in Seoul right now.

We're going pretty soon, we're probably going to book flights in the next couple of days leaving around the 20th of June to the 3rd of July. Just during the holidays for uni. I learnt last year how refreshing it is to get away during the holidays for uni.

 

[DrVanNostrand]

I don't really know too much about Korea. My family is from China, so I've been there a lot, but I went to Japan for a very short stint last year, and was astounded by how different it was. I'm intrigued to see what Korea was like.

A second cousin of mine, who I met last year, spent a fair bit of time studying in Korea and told me to check it out and had a lot of good words to say about it. Honestly, I had never even gave Korea a second thought before.

A friend of mine, who I'm travelling with, was really keen about it, and that's a big reason why we're going. Plus, we have an international friend who we went to high school with, who just finished his time in the army and is living in Seoul right now.

We're going pretty soon, we're probably going to book flights in the next couple of days leaving around the 20th of June to the 3rd of July. Just during the holidays for uni. I learnt last year how refreshing it is to get away during the holidays for uni.

Korea is very different from Japan, so you won't be disappointed. Having a local to show you around Seoul will be fantastic, especially a Korean-speaking local. Despite how heavily English is studied here (it's brutally crammed down students' throats at the best of times), it's really not widely spoken in the general community. But any restaurant or cafe you walk in to will certainly have an English menu.

You'll have no problem getting around either; public transport is extremely frequent and really cheap. All the major cities have a subway system, and the Seoul network is probably the best in the world, really easy to use and navigate. And by the off-chance the subway doesn't go where you're going, there's millions of buses going to any corner of the city you could possibly imagine. Get yourself a T-Money card at the airport and you'll be all-set (it works in buses, subways and taxis all over the country). The subway and bus are W1250 for a base fare (about $1.50AU). Taxis are extremely cheap compared to Australia.

Two weeks is a decent amount of time, so you should see a fair bit. That'll be coming into the peak of summer, so it'll be touching 30 near Seoul, and a few degrees warmer down south. I could get really specific with places to go, but I'm sure you'd rather play it a bit by ear (but feel free to ask). Enjoy

 

[peternorth]

When entering your home for the day, do you continue to wear shoes or take em off?

 

[MrsEddieBetts]

When entering your home for the day, do you continue to wear shoes or take em off?

Shoes off immediately. If I'm not going anywhere else for the day then the bra comes off too and it's into comfy clothes for me.

 

[gaskin]

When entering your home for the day, do you continue to wear shoes or take em off?

Off straight away.

 

[Catfish Alley]

Yeah, off. No socks or shoes. Just comfortable t-shirt and shorts or something.

 

[peternorth]

Shoes off immediately. If I'm not going anywhere else for the day then the bra comes off too and it's into comfy clothes for me.

nothing like sheding clothes carrying all sorts of societys germs for the day! i cant comment on bras, but hear they're restrictive and can hurt. so yeah must get "them feels" afterwards.

 

[peternorth]

Off straight away.

Yeah, off. No socks or shoes. Just comfortable t-shirt and shorts or something.

thanks for the quick replies.

my MIL always wears shoes inside the house. even upstairs where its mostly carpeted.

 

[peternorth]

next question

making sandwiches. how do you cut them once made? triangles or rectangles?

 

[Catfish Alley]

Either triangle or I don't cut them at all.

 

[MrsEddieBetts]

Triangles for sure

 

[gaskin]

Rectangle but I'm more of a roll person so I don't eat sandwiches that often.

 

[peternorth]

just remembered i had 2 sangas today. i cut one in triangluar, the other rectangular format.

 

[Cruyff14]

Shoes off as soon as I get in the door.

Triangles.

 

[dales.girl38]

Triangles.

Although I hate it when you get a sausage in bread and it's on an angle, makes the sausage to bread ratio all off. Madness.

 

[BotsMaster]

Triangles.

Although I hate it when you get a sausage in bread and it's on an angle, makes the sausage to bread ratio all off. Madness.

Like this?

(this is correct btw)

 

[dales.girl38]

Like this?

(this is correct btw)

Yeah, it's the standard way but I don't get it. Meat to bread ratio is all out of whack.

 

[Quivorir]

 

[Marklar_33]

Shoes off mostly, but I'm often out getting wood (giggety) for 2 fires, so it's on and off

No sandwich cutting, why waste time!?! Usually, I just smash 20mm of peanut butter on a slice of bread and away I go!

 

[Marklar_33]

Oh yeah, and also clothes totally off. I'm keen on nuding up at home. Mrs hates it because we have floor to ceiling Windows everywhere, but doesn't bother me.

I remember a surprise visit from the sister in law whilst I was bare on the couch. I had just enough time to find a shirt and stand behind a chair. Conversation went on for 5-10 minutes before I let her know of my situation, which horrified her deeply, much to my enjoyment!

 

[Ahern2Boof]

thanks for the quick replies.

my MIL always wears shoes inside the house. even upstairs where its mostly carpeted.

My housemate wears thongs in the house. Maddening.

 

[TheFreshBanana]

What's the term to describe a sports fan who just sits on the couch but critiques sports like he's a professional?

It's like sport couch... something something like that

 

[Catfish Alley]

Armchair quarterback?