Our house still has mosquitoes at the beginning of November. They come up through the water pipes. I stopped by a neighborhood pharmacy and asked if they had insect repellent.<\/p>\n
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“No,” said the store owner, “We don’t have anything left.”<\/p>\n
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“But there are still mosquitoes out there!” I blurted out.<\/p>\n
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“I know,” he said with resignation, “but the season for mosquitoes is over.”<\/p>\n
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I have several other odd experiences like this one of late. Not uniquely Korean in any sense.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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