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Joined: 7 Jun 2007 / Male ♂ 		Last Post: 30 Nov 2014
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Posts: Total: 4430 / In This Archive: 1677 		From: plocie ..Zachodniopomorskie Poland
Speaks Polish?: very little
Interests: riding harleys..driving off road..photography..countryside..Polish beer..

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wildrover   
29 Jun 2008
Love / Soldier born in Poland / living in England. Fiance going away for ages. Complicated... [205]

you say "I don,t know who it was who won the war of independance"

Actually i said that.....I don,t personally know the guys who won the war of independance...and i suspect you don,t either....But since it wasn,t the red indians , it wasn,t the Americans. , it was invaders from other countries..mainly the UK...
wildrover   
29 Jun 2008
Love / Soldier born in Poland / living in England. Fiance going away for ages. Complicated... [205]

As i said before....if you don,t have red skin , then you are decended from one of the races that colonised America , and almost exterminated the people that were the true Americans....I don,t know who it was who won the war of independance , but it wasn,t Americans , they wound up forced into reservations...hardly a victory....Never mind , i shall jump on my Harley , with my American flag , and go to a fourth of july party....I like Americans actually....but not keen on those who don,t know their history and think they saved the world....
wildrover   
28 Jun 2008
Love / Soldier born in Poland / living in England. Fiance going away for ages. Complicated... [205]

criticize Americans

Hee hee..this is not really relavant to the lovely Juty,s post , but never mind.....I actually have lots of American friends , but not the kind of people who consider themselves superior to anyone else , and who are aware that the only true Americans are the red skinned guys with feathers in their hair...All the others are decended from the riff raff that had to get out of other countries.....
wildrover   
28 Jun 2008
Love / Soldier born in Poland / living in England. Fiance going away for ages. Complicated... [205]

our nation achieved more in 231 years than most of the others countries

I sincerely hope that it takes Poland as long to have nutters running all over the country shooting at everybody......i like it the way it is.....I spent some years in the USA.....Poland is very different , and i am thankfull for that....
wildrover   
28 Jun 2008
Life / The strangest things in Poland [468]

There are lots of strange things in Poland...nothing wrong with that.....I like being in a different country , and in time you get used to the strange things....By the time i go back to the UK i guess i will find it rather strange there.....
wildrover   
26 Jun 2008
Genealogy / I DISCOVER THE HISTORY OF MY POLISH HOME [7]

But I'll bet wildrover's farm was not there then.

I think the farm was built in 1934...i don,t believe there was anything there before that....Its nice to know the history of such an old farm , and i am glad the family that built it survived the trauma,s of the second war.....I think they will be happy that their daughter managed to find the place at all...they didn,t think she would with only photo,s and a little information... I hope also that they are happy i don,t want to destroy the place and build new , but want to keep it as original as possible...After all it survived the war...i don,t feel i have the right to destroy it....I am happy i now know some of the history of the place from day one...and we will exchange photo,s and letters to find out more....
wildrover   
25 Jun 2008
Genealogy / I DISCOVER THE HISTORY OF MY POLISH HOME [7]

Sort of....Pomerania is the old name for the region in the north west....partly wielkopolskie , and partly zachodniopomorskie
wildrover   
25 Jun 2008
Genealogy / I DISCOVER THE HISTORY OF MY POLISH HOME [7]

Polands borders have moved around quite a lot over the years , as you say , it may well have been Polish land way back in history.....but at least now i know more about its history....
wildrover   
25 Jun 2008
Genealogy / I DISCOVER THE HISTORY OF MY POLISH HOME [7]

As the English owner of a small farm in western poland (pomerania) i was aware that prior to the end of the second war this farm would have been home to a German family...

Sometime in 1945 Russian and Polish troops would have turned up and given the family a short time to grab what they could , and get out to make way for a family of Poles that had lost their home in what was now Russian land....

Maybe this German family were not Hitler supporters , maybe they were just farmers , doing what farmers do..... Many Germans that resisted this situation or who took too long packing were killed , so i often wondered what happened to the people who built and first lived in my home...

Today i had visitors , a nice German lady and her husband...Seems that Monika is the daughter of the man and woman who built and lived in this farm , and i was happy to hear that they survived the war ,made it to Gemany , and later came back to live in the farm again...

Monika showed me some great photo,s of the farm in its early years , and of her family , and we exchanged email addresses to swap yet more photo,s and information later... I was pleased to be able to tell her that i do not intend to demolish the old farm and build a new house , but wish to keep it looking as original as possible , despite it being cheaper to start from scratch....

I am very happy to know the history of my house , and meet some nice people , i hope maybe one day the guy who built this place can come to have a look at his old home....
wildrover   
25 Jun 2008
Life / The strangest things in Poland [468]

go in dirty shoes into someones apartment?

In UK most houses have carpets...usually there is a doormat at the entrance where you are expected to wipe your feet.....But the Polish way seems a better idea....
wildrover   
25 Jun 2008
Travel / What has changed (travel-wise) after Poland's joining the Schengen zone? [15]

The Germans coming to Poland dump surreptitiously tones of rubbish into our woods.

Are you sure its the Germans...its usually Poles from the towns i see doing this.....I would have thought the German waste disposal services would be pretty good , and it would not really be on to load up your car with rubbish and drive it all the way to Poland......
wildrover   
25 Jun 2008
Life / Things to be afraid of in Poland? [109]

This post was from noimmigration...so i expect it will be some kind of insult against Polish people , or anyone non British...i should ignore it if i were you....most of us do...
wildrover   
24 Jun 2008
Love / Soldier born in Poland / living in England. Fiance going away for ages. Complicated... [205]

I am sure that one day people will say the British soldiers were wrong to have been in Northern ireland , and that killing Argentine soldiers was pointless because the Falklands clearly belongs to Argentina....It won,t change my conviction that i did my duty , yes followed orders , and served alongside some good guys , some of who never came back... BUT THIS POST IS ALL ABOUT A YOUNG LADY WHO IS CONCERNED ABOUT HER MAN BEING AWAY FROM HER FOR A TIME.....give her a break , the rights and wrongs of this war are for another place and time....Most of us are with you girl , we hope you will get through this , and your man will come back safe and well..and marry you....best wishes....
wildrover   
24 Jun 2008
Love / Soldier born in Poland / living in England. Fiance going away for ages. Complicated... [205]

I wish you all the luck lady...this is not going to be easy , but it will either make you stronger , or if your relationship is a bit rocky , it may finish it....I can understand his point of view , having been a soldier myself , but i think in this case i would give up the car rather than put my girl through such pain....You have to do a lot of talking with him about this , but in the end , if he has made up his mind to go you have two choices...either you wait for him...or you don,t....Being seperated from somebody you care about is never easy , especially if they are in danger , and he will be in danger , even if he is not on the front line....I wish you luck with this....Remember...anything that does not kill you , makes you stronger....