USA, Canada / Shipping box to Poland from USA [22]


It was the 60gig and I had to make sure it got there! :)

Love / Polish men and sex [89]

I'm starting to really worry about you.....

Any woman who doesn't appreciate flowers, or a kiss on the hand or any of those liitle considerate gestures, has something amiss. That just does not happen here in the US (at least not in the majority). Maybe you are in the wrong country!

Love / Polish men and sex [89]


Sparrow, my god, have you been dating pirahnas or women? Seems like someone(s) really done a number on you!

Love / I've Loved One Polish Woman Deeply, Now I am ready for More [19]


Gee southern, that kinda sounds like a good match for you! be a sport! :)

USA, Canada / Shipping box to Poland from USA [22]


You also need to consider the value of the item being sent. If you have to insure/register it, it has to be signed for and secured at every point alond the way, which can add to the delivery time, up to one month instead of 10-14 days. But at least then you know it won't "disappear" in transit, which people have warned me about.

The recipient may also have to pay a duty upon receiving the parcel. That is what happened to me when I sent an Ipod to a friend for Xmas.

Love / Polish attitude towards sex [194]

So then what is the point of the advert? It costs a lot of money here to buy commercial airtime, especialy in the prime time market. If I were selling something, I would want a return on my investment!

Or maybe these adverts only have this effect on Southern? ;D

Love / Polish attitude towards sex [194]


And what products would those adverts be marketing?

Love / Polish attitude towards sex [194]

Quoting: shopgirl
I'm guessing that most of the ads in Europe are directed to a male audience?

No, not really. [/quote]
Are u sure bout that? :D


So are there not any shirtless guys with fab abs to do the forecast?


Yeah that was a bit much...I don't think people really cared that much...maybe a slow news day? :)

Love / Polish attitude towards sex [194]


I'm guessing that most of the ads in Europe are directed to a male audience?


This country (US) has a strong religious "right" that has a lot of influence on media. This country was established by Christian sects who immigrated from England in order to practice their beliefs freely. Now we have a country that has some difficulty separating out Christian themes from "state"because is it so pervasive in the culture. There is always a controversy going somewhere between keeping freedom of religious expression (like prayer in school, or that the currency says in God we trust) and retaining family values. We have a generally conservative culture because of these roots.

Also, we have TV's with parental locks or chips to screen out programming. You can buy music Cd's with clean or explicit lyric content (labels on cds-and Wal Mart only sells clean versions by artists), radio stations are being pressured now to try to tone down what rap music they play that is offensive/degrading to women. Talk radio hosts are always getting in trouble for comments made, so that there is this battle between freedom of speech and those who want to censor what is said.

Not everyone here in the US is conservative, though. I am a liberal. (But religious conservatism has been hammered into me to a degree, anyway.) I was raised as Christian, and even though my faith is different now, some of that "programming" is still in me. But on the other hand, I really don't see the need for my daughter to watch individuals having sex on a TV show. I think sex education is the parents responsibility, although I don't have problems with it being taught in school. What I care about is that the messages sent to children regarding sex are balanced between aspects of responsiblity, safety, health, etc. Problem is, no one can agree on what that balance is because of varying religious ideas.

I think the media sends conflicting messages about sex that can cause young people to make poorly informed choices. I am wondering how Poland statistics compare to other European countries for teen pregnancy, and STD's. I don't think it would be fair to compare Poland to US because of population size. Maybe in Europe, ppl are desensitized to sex in media and advertising and don't pay that much attention anymore?

History / Soviet war monuments in Poland - what to do about them? [133]

May 8, 2007
This from poland.pl/news/article,Polish_monuments_are_a_Polish_matter_says_PM,id ,274088.htm

'No one has the right to interfere in Poland's decisions how to name streets and what monuments can be seen in the cities', Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski has said.

This is an internal affair of any country, the premier observed as Moscow voiced its criticism and concern over plans to remove Soviet-era monuments from Poland's landscape.

The article says there are about 2K communist era monuments in Poland. (Wow, that will be a big job to remove all those. What to do with them? Sell them on Ebay! Give money to charity. I think Russia can buy them back. Or trade for fuel. I'm being silly, here, ok?)

And I am wondering, what about all those old checkpoint markers you see on maps of Poland. Why are they still there? Would that not be an eye sore?

Love / Polish attitude towards sex [194]

Are you serious? That sounds more like France, right?
And this is OK? What do parents tell the kids when they start asking questions about what they see?

Love / Polish attitude towards sex [194]


From what I can tell of reklama (adverts) on Polish media portals, sex is a big component in advertising, like what is in the US. But since I am still learning Polish, and can't always translate the verbiage/audio, I wonder if the content is toned down compared to what we are blasted with in the US. What about the commercials on Polish TV? How far do they go?

BTW, I really don't like for my daughter to watch channels that are not geared to children because of the racy commercials.

History / Soviet war monuments in Poland - what to do about them? [133]

Yeah Daff, I wuz bein' facetious! Sometimes the Russian govt's attitude just burns me, that's all! :)

History / Soviet war monuments in Poland - what to do about them? [133]


Everyone should go ahead and get rid of all monuments that boast of Soviet occupation. Let Russia have a hissy fit. They'll get over it......eventually.

Genealogy / Family Pictures of loved ones in Poland [21]

This was very common a generation or two ago. I have seen many pictures like this in my family's album, as well. It is a little creepy, but it was a way of remembering the family member.

These days people do a memorial booklet with a current photo, and maybe a poem, and something about the memorial service, as a keepsake remembrance. Just one of the joys of Photoshop, I guess.

How are you doing today? Did your sister have surgery yet?

News / POLISH LITTLE GIRL SHOT DEAD BY AN ITALIAN [104]


The people on this board are here because they do love Poland and all things Polish. You know this! No one here wants Pole bashing or anything of that nature.

Love / I cheated on my girlfriend (I'm British, my gf is Polish) [167]


That is what I would expect.
Something like what happened with Princes Diana and Prince Charles: trapped in a loveless marriage and staying in it for children, having affairs to make it bearable.

Is that what you meant (Daffy and Shelley)?

Love / I cheated on my girlfriend (I'm British, my gf is Polish) [167]


Do you think this happens very often?

Love / I cheated on my girlfriend (I'm British, my gf is Polish) [167]

In your mind, how do you separate the two? What is the difference.

News / POLISH LITTLE GIRL SHOT DEAD BY AN ITALIAN [104]


Puzzler, it was here. You laid it out for us.

"I encountered wonderful people, but also lots of prejudice towards me as a person of Polish extraction there. So called 'Polish jokes,' which portray us as excrement-smeared cretins, seem to have been ingrained deeply in the American psyche. I was very hurt.

Then in Canada I encountered even worse prejudice - folks laughing rudely at my last name, telling unheard of slurs about Poland and Poles, discrimination in school and workplace.

The so-called Canadians are the worst racists I have ever met."

And then you apologized. :)

Love / I cheated on my girlfriend (I'm British, my gf is Polish) [167]


Like I said before, you are a rare and special gem! :)


I think the stats are close to "even" between men and women in Europe. I was reading an article last month on MSN about the differences in attitudes about cheating between US in Europe. The article said the Europeans are much more discreet with affairs and are more likely to view them as non threatening to the relationship, whereas in America they are more "in your face" and usually result in breakups. I don't agree with everything in the article, but it was interesting. They also said that part of the allure for cheating was in "not getting caught" and that there is an understood contract in an affair "you don't do anything to jeopardize my primary relationship" or it is over.

Love / I cheated on my girlfriend (I'm British, my gf is Polish) [167]


Yeah, that's me too! I have a hard time believing people who say things like "I didn't know what I was doing". No matter how much I drank, I still knew my name, where I was, and what I was doing! But I don't really know what it is like for other people, because I'm not them. Maybe alcohol affects people differently. (It certainly seems to make some people agressive and ready for a fight).

I haven't gotten the impression from Sad Guy that cheating is likely to be habittual for him. He has remorse for what happened, he wants to keep the relationship. I think he will learn something from this experience. Why come on to a forum asking for advice, when he has to know he's probably going to get hammered by a lot of people who don't approve? Anyone can make a mistake. I think he is sincere.

They still have a lot to work out. Maybe they will get through it.....maybe they won't.
I think it will take her a long time to trust him again. He has to be willing to accept the consequences, and be patient while she tries to learn to trust him again. It is up to these two to decide if the realtionship is worth the price.

Love / I cheated on my girlfriend (I'm British, my gf is Polish) [167]


But that;s not what I am saying. To automatically jump to assigning blame to ANYONE doesn't always help. I am saying it takes two to make a problem or SOLVE a problem. How well a relationship works often depends on how you solve problems. I'm gonna look for a guy that I can cooperate to resolve problems in such a way, that they are really solved, and don't keep coming back to haunt us. With skills like that, a couple can really grow and deepen their trust.


That is an excellent point, Ranj! Forgiving someone elses FREES "you"!

Love / I cheated on my girlfriend (I'm British, my gf is Polish) [167]

You know, there was a time when I would have said that if a guy cheated, that would be "the end", "we are done", and so forth.

But now, I would look at this situation closer. I would ask myself "did I contribute to this in any way, am I partly responsible"? I would want to see if this was a wake up call to fix something in the relationship that had been neglected, or if the relationship had run out of steam....some anaylsis would be my first task. Then I would weigh up the the good things versus the bad, to see if the loss of trust could be rebuilt or is it not worth it.

I would talk it out and take it slow. But that's just me...

(I know this may not pertain to your particular situation, but I have learned that life is not always "black and white" but a wide ranges of grays).

History / Soviet war monuments in Poland - what to do about them? [133]

The Russian youth group NASHI is protesting in Estonia on behalf of Putin. This group of 20 somethings has been accused of being paid protestors. It seems strange to me that a bunch of university age kids wouldn't rather be with friends, (or playing sports or something) rather than demonstrating whenever someone goes against Putin.

Bizzarre and creepy....

Travel / What's happening in Poland. [7]


So, you might as well tell me "how it was", OK?
Did it rain? Were they awesome (of course)!
Just try not to rub it in too much :)

Life / Poland: The Things That Make Foreigners Lift a Brow [123]

Puzzler, everyone has a "bias" in their opinions. You know that!
;) Even researchers make allowances for research bias.

History / Polish Constitution Day on May 3rd [14]


I would happily stand in the rain and under threat of lightning....it would not matter :)
I'd get a boat if it begain to flood! Nothing would make me go :)

But I hope it doesn't rain on you tomorrow! Enjoy it for me! Tell Artur I love him!
:D

History / Polish Constitution Day on May 3rd [14]


Oh, that hurts! :D

You KNOW how much I LOVE them!
It's just NOT FAIR! (crying, sobbing, temper tantrum in progress) :(

(I've been listening to Myslovitz all morning, sigh)

History / Polish Constitution Day on May 3rd [14]

Who is playing?
Why aren't you out there partying? :)