| Author | Message | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 2496 Registered: 8-2001 |
What ordinary activity is much considerably more complicated in South Korea than elsewhere & how????? | ||
| Emeraldink (Emeraldink)
New member Username: Emeraldink Post Number: 351 Registered: 4-2007 |
Is it more complicated because of language? culture? traditions? climate? goegraphy? politics? economy? Would it be as complicated North of the border? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 2498 Registered: 8-2001 |
Username: Emeraldink Post Number: 351 Registered: 4-2007 Posted on Wednesday, August 01, 2007 - 6:03 am: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Is it more complicated because of language? no culture? notraditions? no--except traditions specifically about that activity, I guessclimate? no goegraphy? no politics? noeconomy? no Would it be as complicated North of the border? I don't know | ||
| Sixtyeight (Sixtyeight)
New member Username: Sixtyeight Post Number: 271 Registered: 6-2007 |
an activity that people do? in groups? alone? inside buildings? inside something significant? outside? could it be a daily activity? does it have a significant rate of frequency? is the activity done in the West? USA? France? Portugal? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 2500 Registered: 8-2001 |
Sixtyeight Post Number: 271 Registered: 6-2007 Posted on Wednesday, August 01, 2007 - 1:56 pm: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- an activity that people do? yes in groups? possibly alone? more commonly inside buildings? yesinside something significant? yope outside? yes could it be a daily activity? yesdoes it have a significant rate of frequency? yes is the activity done in the West? yesUSA? yesFrance? yesPortugal? yes | ||
| Sixtyeight (Sixtyeight)
New member Username: Sixtyeight Post Number: 295 Registered: 6-2007 |
is it done at a specific time of day? when the need arises? when "nature calls"? at mealtime? when requested? once? twice? 3x? a day? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 2501 Registered: 8-2001 |
Username: Sixtyeight Post Number: 295 Registered: 6-2007 Posted on Thursday, August 02, 2007 - 2:43 pm: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- is it done at a specific time of day? no when the need arises? yes when "nature calls"? no at mealtime? possibly but unlikekly when requested? no once? twice? 3x? a day? This varies a lot. In the US, I probably average about 2x week, but sometimes every day & sometimes not for a couple of weeks. In South Korea, because doing it is so much more cumbersome, I rarely do it more than once a week. | ||
| Emeraldink (Emeraldink)
New member Username: Emeraldink Post Number: 388 Registered: 4-2007 |
Can it be done several times a day? Or is it something that you "do" all day long, like fasting? Is it related to: Exercise? Physical activity? Grocery shopping? Travel? car care? Cloths, shoes, accessories? Your appearance? Housekeeping? Could you hire someone to do it for you? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 2503 Registered: 8-2001 |
Emeraldink (Emeraldink) New member Username: Emeraldink Post Number: 388 Registered: 4-2007 Posted on Saturday, August 04, 2007 - 8:02 am: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Can it be done several times a day? Yes, but that wiould be quite unusual Or is it something that you "do" all day long, like fasting? no Is it related to: Exercise? no Physical activity? no Grocery shopping? no Travel? nocar care? no Cloths, shoes, accessories? no Your appearance? no Housekeeping? no Could you hire someone to do it for you? yes | ||
| Sixtyeight (Sixtyeight)
New member Username: Sixtyeight Post Number: 315 Registered: 6-2007 |
is there one room in the house where you would be most likeley to do the activity? or is there a place where you find yourself doing it more often? kitchen? bathroom? bedroom? living room? foyer? entertainment room? dining room? or car? front porch? public place? sidewalk? theater? are any objects relevant to this activity? anything need to be bought? anything held in your hand? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 2506 Registered: 8-2001 |
Posted on Saturday, August 04, 2007 - 2:29 pm: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- is there one room in the house where you would be most likeley to do the activity?no or is there a place where you find yourself doing it more often? yes kitchen? bathroom? bedroom? living room? foyer? entertainment room? dining room? or car? front porch? public place? yes--& NO to all the other places sidewalk? theater? are any objects relevant to this activity? yes anything need to be bought? yes anything held in your hand? yes | ||
| Emeraldink (Emeraldink)
New member Username: Emeraldink Post Number: 405 Registered: 4-2007 |
Would someone do it for you as a favor? Could it be done while you are somewhere else? | ||
| Mycroft (Mycroft)
New member Username: Mycroft Post Number: 282 Registered: 10-2003 |
Anything to do with writing or posting letters? | ||
| Emptyhead (Emptyhead)
New member Username: Emptyhead Post Number: 57 Registered: 6-2006 |
Public place - Office? Bus stop? Train station? Restaurants? Library? School? College? Any other teaching institute? Road? Park/Garden/Lawn? Beach? Market/Shop? Is it relevant to find this out? Any electronic or electrical equipment involved? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 2510 Registered: 8-2001 |
Would someone do it for you as a favor? yes Could it be done while you are somewhere else? yes Mycroft (Mycroft) New member Username: Mycroft Post Number: 282 Registered: 10-2003 Posted on Thursday, August 09, 2007 - 11:49 am: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anything to do with writing or posting letters? yes Emptyhead (Emptyhead) New member Username: Emptyhead Post Number: 57 Registered: 6-2006 Posted on Thursday, August 09, 2007 - 3:52 pm: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Public place - Office? no Bus stop? no Train station? no Restaurants? no Library? no School? no College? noAny other teaching institute? no Road? no Park/Garden/Lawn? no Beach? no Market/Shop? no Is it relevant to find this out? yes Any electronic or electrical equipment involved no | ||
| Booklover (Booklover)
New member Username: Booklover Post Number: 555 Registered: 4-2007 |
is the public place a post office? have anything to do with stamps? Korean characters (of alphabet) relevant? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 2512 Registered: 8-2001 |
Booklover (Booklover) New member Username: Booklover Post Number: 555 Registered: 4-2007 Posted on Friday, August 10, 2007 - 4:17 am: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- is the public place a post office?yes have anything to do with stamps? that's part of it Korean characters (of alphabet) relevant? no | ||
| Emptyhead (Emptyhead)
New member Username: Emptyhead Post Number: 60 Registered: 6-2006 |
Is activity related to something other than stamps as well? Like letters? Parcles? Money orders? Telegrams (do people still use these things in era of WWW)? Or only with stamps? Way you stick stamps on letter? Money relavent? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 2516 Registered: 8-2001 |
ptyhead (Emptyhead) New member Username: Emptyhead Post Number: 60 Registered: 6-2006 Posted on Friday, August 10, 2007 - 7:43 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Is activity related to something other than stamps yes as well? Like letters? yes Parcles? yesishMoney orders? I don't know Telegrams (do people still use these things in era of WWW)? ditto Or only with stamps? no Way you stick stamps on letter? That's part of it Money relavent? no | ||
| ~damia~ (~damia~)
New member Username: ~damia~ Post Number: 858 Registered: 9-2003 |
is it relevant where the letters etc would be sent? would it still be a problem if you were sending to someone else in Korea? or if you were sending something overseas? would you have to take id along to post letters? is it something to do with payment for the letters? stamps? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 2522 Registered: 8-2001 |
~damia~ (~damia~) New member Username: ~damia~ Post Number: 858 Registered: 9-2003 Posted on Monday, August 20, 2007 - 3:08 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) is it relevant where the letters etc would be sent? no would it still be a problem if you were sending to someone else in Korea? yes or if you were sending something overseas? yes would you have to take id along to post letters? nois it something to do with payment for the letters? yesstamps yes | ||
| Sixtyeight (Sixtyeight)
New member Username: Sixtyeight Post Number: 435 Registered: 6-2007 |
please indicate if any of these steps are more complicated when sending a letter in Korea buy stationery buy envelope write letter insert letter into envelope seal envelope write "to" address on envelope write "from" address on envelope purchase a stamp affix stamp to envelope submit letter to postal employee or...drop letter in mailbox is there any step missing? would a letter be weighed? would there be some special calculation for postage? | ||
| Christine (Christine)
New member Username: Christine Post Number: 30 Registered: 8-2007 |
Hm.. this wouldn't cover why it's difficult to send mail from Korea elsewhere (unless the return address is the hard part), but does this have anything to do with the fact that there are mostly no signs labeling street names, most streets do not have names at all, and houses do not usually have numbers on the outside? That house numbers are not in the order of where they are on the street but rather when they were built? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 2524 Registered: 8-2001 |
please indicate if any of these steps are more complicated when sending a letter in Korea buy stationery no buy envelope no write letter no insert letter into envelope no seal envelope no write "to" address on envelope no write "from" address on envelope no purchase a stamp no affix stamp to envelope yes submit letter to postal employee no or...drop letter in mailbox yes is there any step missing? yesish would a letter be weighed? no more likely than elsewhere would there be some special calculation for postage? no Christine (Christine) New member Username: Christine Post Number: 30 Registered: 8-2007 Posted on Saturday, August 25, 2007 - 2:47 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Hm.. this wouldn't cover why it's difficult to send mail from Korea elsewhere (unless the return address is the hard part), but does this have anything to do with the fact that there are mostly no signs labeling street names, most streets do not have names at all, and houses do not usually have numbers on the outside? no That house numbers are not in the order of where they are on the street but rather when they were built? no | ||
| Suido (Suido)
New member Username: Suido Post Number: 81 Registered: 8-2007 |
are the stamps of a different design to elsewhere in the world? Different size? shape? Different method for sticking them to letters? Do the stamps affect the dropping of mail into a mailbox? or are they two separate issues? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 2529 Registered: 8-2001 |
Suido (Suido) New member Username: Suido Post Number: 81 Registered: 8-2007 Posted on Saturday, August 25, 2007 - 9:39 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) are the stamps of a different design to elsewhere in the world? no Different size? noshape? no Different method for sticking them to letters? yes Do the stamps affect the dropping of mail into a mailbox? no or are they two separate issues? yes | ||
| Suido (Suido)
New member Username: Suido Post Number: 85 Registered: 8-2007 |
are the stamps self - adhesive? does licking the stamp work? or pressing onto a wet sponge? or do they require addition of an adhesive? glue? sticky tape? pins? paper clips? liquid nails? actual nails? other? are the mailboxes designed differently to elsewhere? the size of the slot important? its location on the mailbox? is the mailbox difficult to access/reach? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 2531 Registered: 8-2001 |
Suido (Suido) New member Username: Suido Post Number: 85 Registered: 8-2007 Posted on Saturday, August 25, 2007 - 10:08 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) are the stamps self - adhesive? no does licking the stamp work? no or pressing onto a wet sponge? no or do they require addition of an adhesive? yes glue? yes sticky tape? no pins? no paper clips? no liquid nails? no actual nails? no other? no are the mailboxes designed differently to elsewhere? no the size of the slot important? no its location on the mailbox? yes is the mailbox difficult to access/reach? see previous answer | ||
| ~damia~ (~damia~)
New member Username: ~damia~ Post Number: 869 Registered: 9-2003 |
so for the stamp bit is all thats relevant that you either have to take glue with you, or else buy glue there (if you can do this)? anything else relevant about the stamp? is the slot near the top of the mail box? in the middle? at the bottom? is it too high for many people to reach? or so low people have to bend over? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 2540 Registered: 8-2001 |
~damia~ (~damia~) New member Username: ~damia~ Post Number: 869 Registered: 9-2003 Posted on Friday, August 31, 2007 - 9:53 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) so for the stamp bit is all thats relevant that you either have to take glue with you, or else buy glue there (if you can do this)?yes anything else relevant about the stamp? No. What's relevent about the stamp is that you have to go to the troubler of getting a special glue & gluing it on is the slot near the top of the mail box? yesin the middle? no at the bottom? no is it too high for many people to reach? no or so low people have to bend over? no--there's no problem aboiut the slot's location on the mailbox | ||
| ~damia~ (~damia~)
New member Username: ~damia~ Post Number: 875 Registered: 9-2003 |
slightly confused, above you said the slots location on the mailbox was important, but now you're saying its not a problem? are we still looking for something about the slot? something thats important but not a problem? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 2546 Registered: 8-2001 |
~damia~ (~damia~) New member Username: ~damia~ Post Number: 875 Registered: 9-2003 Posted on Sunday, September 02, 2007 - 12:35 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) slightly confused, above you said the slots location on the mailbox was important, but now you're saying its not a problem? are we still looking for something about the slot? something thats important but not a problem?The problem is not the location of the slots on the mailboxes, but something closely related | ||
| L1233799 (L1233799)
New member Username: L1233799 Post Number: 8 Registered: 7-2007 |
Is it computer gaming. In South Korea, computer gaming is so extreme that people have been know to die playing world of warcraft. | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 2547 Registered: 8-2001 |
L1233799 (L1233799) New member Username: L1233799 Post Number: 8 Registered: 7-2007 Posted on Monday, September 03, 2007 - 10:59 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Is it computer gaming.no In South Korea, computer gaming is so extreme that people have been know to die playing world of warcraft. | ||
| Noobdogg (Noobdogg)
New member Username: Noobdogg Post Number: 16 Registered: 9-2007 |
Is it difficult to insert the letter through the slot because it is too narrow, or the protective flap is very stiff? Is some specific method required to insert a letter? Are the mailboxes specific w.r.t. where the letter is headed? For example, in some places in India there are walls with about 15 different mailboxes classified by state or country of delivery. So it would be annoying to find the correct mailbox. Or maybe there's a code of some kind you need to refer to before identifying the correct mailbox. Maybe there's a separate slot for express mail and normal mail, and you couldn't figure out which one it was because there was no sign in english? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 2549 Registered: 8-2001 |
Noobdogg (Noobdogg) New member Username: Noobdogg Post Number: 16 Registered: 9-2007 Posted on Wednesday, September 05, 2007 - 9:27 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Is it difficult to insert the letter through the slot because it is too narrow, or the protective flap is very stiff? no Is some specific method required to insert a letter? no Are the mailboxes specific w.r.t. where the letter is headed? no For example, in some places in India there are walls with about 15 different mailboxes classified by state or country of delivery. So it would be annoying to find the correct mailbox. Or maybe there's a code of some kind you need to refer to before identifying the correct mailbox. no Maybe there's a separate slot for express mail and normal mail, and you couldn't figure out which one it was because there was no sign in english? no | ||
| Emeraldink (Emeraldink)
New member Username: Emeraldink Post Number: 471 Registered: 4-2007 |
Does opening mailbox slot cover require a lot of strength? two hands? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 2550 Registered: 8-2001 |
Emeraldink (Emeraldink) New member Username: Emeraldink Post Number: 471 Registered: 4-2007 Posted on Thursday, September 06, 2007 - 9:22 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Does opening mailbox slot cover require a lot of strength?no two hands no | ||
| Noobdogg (Noobdogg)
New member Username: Noobdogg Post Number: 43 Registered: 9-2007 |
Is it more complicated physically or mentally? | ||
| Sixtyeight (Sixtyeight)
New member Username: Sixtyeight Post Number: 550 Registered: 6-2007 |
Is the complication regarding the location of the mailbox itself? is the mailbox in a location other than the post office, requiring some travel to get to the mailbox? are mailboxes considered s scarce? is there something to do with the security of the mailbox? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 2552 Registered: 8-2001 |
Sixtyeight (Sixtyeight) New member Username: Sixtyeight Post Number: 550 Registered: 6-2007 Posted on Sunday, September 09, 2007 - 2:49 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Is the complication regarding the location of the mailbox itself? yes is the mailbox in a location other than the post office, requiring some travel to get to the mailbox? no are mailboxes considered s scarce? yes is there something to do with the security of the mailbox? no ************SPOILER***************** Koreans face two problems with snail-mail: 1. Stamps must be stuck on with glue 2. Mailboxes are found ONLY at poat offices. Result: It's complicated to mail a letter in Korea | ||
| Noobdogg (Noobdogg)
New member Username: Noobdogg Post Number: 57 Registered: 9-2007 |
nice one! |
