Travel / Polish Zoos and their animals [27]


They shot her. Her name was Tatiana, she was a 4 year old siberian tiger. She jumped over a 20 foot high wall and a 15 foot wide moat. The year before she chewed a part off the zookeeper's arm. So she already had a taste of human blood and was probably pissed she had to sit in a cage with some people laughing at her and teasing her.


Yes, I've seen this proboscis monkey (nosacz in Polish). He was staring at me too.

Love / Proposing to my Polish girlfriend [33]

Shop around, there are many jewelry stores in Poland, because the design of a ring is more important than the price.

Life / Pre Paid Visa cards [27]

So in Poland you also can't get a credit card without a credit history?
Funny, because I overheard some Poles in the US laughing at Americans that if you have no credit history you can't get a credit card, and how can you get credit history if you can't get a credit card? So it's the same in Poland after all.

If you know someone in Poland, you cold co-sign on a credit card or get a card from your own country, which are accepted in Poland.

Travel / Polish Zoos and their animals [27]


That place is so huge!!! I've been to Brookfield, Milwaukee, Texas, Florida, Denver (which is a newer, modern type zoo), all the midwest zoos and many, many others but San Diego is still the largest. Last December the white tiger from San Francisco Zoo escaped and killed and attacked some japanese guys who were teasing it. And I was in San Francisco at the time and couldn't go because they closed the zoo.


Yes, that is awesome. They also have a baloon ride and you can see the whole zoo. I liked the baby giraffe the most. South Dakota has a drive thru Wild Bear park I went to again this year, with bears walking all over the street in front of your car, the way it used to be in Yellowstone Park years ago, untill there were too many bear attacts because people were feeding the bears and the bears would also go through their garbage. Now the bears are being tranquilized and flewn over to territories far from campsites.

When I had a chance to visit the Warsaw Zoo a few years ago, it was closed for renovation. That's too bad they had to close the whole zoo and lose money, they could have parts of exhibits open.

I liked the London Zoo, they had a Minah Bird who would be talking to people and just a nice, pleasant zoo.
I'm a Zoo-a-holic :)

Travel / Polish Zoos and their animals [27]

I heard Warsaw Zoo is in need of new enclosures. Was there once as a kid when visiting Poland. Seamed a little grey and dirty and it smelled bad.

Food / What are some Polish cereal brands? [5]


I think he meant breakfast cerals like corn flakes, captain crunch, cookie crisp, honey bunches of oats or fruit loops

Law / The new Law in acquisation of Polish citizenship in 2009 [15]

Oh no! How will Americans now get their Polish citizenship if they don't speak Polish fluently? Poland is discriminating against Americans! They treat Americans like second class citizens, like beggers, like they are worse than Polish citizens!

Genealogy / Name Identification from an old passport [17]

Looks like Wawrzyniec Stolarz to me too after seeing the name Józef Stolarz.
And it's not a passport, it's a work book.

Genealogy / Name Identification from an old passport [17]

Looks like Wawrzyniec Hularz?

News / Poland Rejects US Missile Shield (talks will continue...) [80]


And there you go. You made my point.
I wasn't born in Poland and into their mentality.

News / Poland Rejects US Missile Shield (talks will continue...) [80]


Typical Polish belief. Just because you need a visa you feel like a begger. There were visas to Poland, did we feel like beggers? We could care less, big deal. Why do the Poles feel like they have to be bigger and better than everyone else? Why you trying to come here anyway? And once you're here, all you care about is how much money you make. That's what America is to Poland, MONEY. We live here, we pay taxes, we are poor, homeless like everywhere else in the world, but that is overshadowed by the image America portrays as being rich and Poles see that image and it transforms into MONEY!!!! You come here and don't obey the rules, (you make your own rules) and cheat and lie just to get ahead. Poles give a bad image in America by walking around drunk, stealing and lying and act like they are better because they came to America.

And the INS does have information on the illegals, except they hide all over Chicago and can't find them.
Look what's happening in England? They can't stand you there

Food / Is it just me, or is the Polish diet rather unhealthy? [119]

When the chinese come to Poland, there won't be any roaming dogs on street and Poles should keep a better eye on their pets. Maybe if they learn how to clean up after them, the chinese won't follow them home by their scent?

News / Poland Rejects US Missile Shield (talks will continue...) [80]

First Poles were complaining they don't want a missile built, acting tough, but now when it's not going up, they freak out claiming the US won't protect them from Russia.

Whatever we do will never satisfy Poles. They always have to complain about something and they are always right.
America should never abolish visas to the US.

Food / Is it just me, or is the Polish diet rather unhealthy? [119]

Polish food has more cholesterol. Szmalec and bacon grease, kielbasa, pierogi with meat, salceson, jellied pigs feet etc. Poles eat a lot of meat. Poland also has an obesity epidemic but America has more people and you see more of them. Plus it's not the food that makes them fat but the exercise, happens when people drive around in cars instead of walking, anywhere you live. That's why there are many more fat Poles now than ever.

News / Poland Rejects US Missile Shield (talks will continue...) [80]


Poles complained when the US was going to build it, now Poles complain it's not.

Genealogy / Researching surname of Sopel from Drohobyczka [3]

The Drohobyczka parish belongs to:
Parafia Rzymskokatolicka p.w. Matki Bożej Szkaplerznej

Address:
Parafia MB Szkaplerznej
Drohobyczka, ul 58, 37-753
Edward Sokolowski - Rector

tel. 016 651 1391

Life / Dogs in Poland - why do we keep them? [28]

it wouldn't work anyway. Poles never obey the laws

Life / Scammed in Poland again [49]

Poles are very creative. They keep coming up with new scams everyday. Lol

Food / Is it just me, or is the Polish diet rather unhealthy? [119]

He sounds like a bad cook. I wouldn't eat anything he makes either...:(

USA, Canada / Taste of Polonia 2009 Chicago, Illinois [33]


All beer is bitter.
How can anyone drink that świństwo is beyond me...
Carrot juice is much tastier and healthier.

Food / Who drinks fruit juices in Poland? Best Polish juice makers? [25]

I grew up on carrot juice, rarely got sick, very high in magnesium and anti cancerous. Very healthy. Best made from organic carrots.

News / Gazeta Wyborcza: US Backing Off Polish Missile Bases [40]


Poland complained when the misile was going up, now they complaine it's not.

Life / Polish Train Travel - Scary? [101]

Put some dog poop in a purse and set it someplace and watch the robbers face when he sticks his hand in there! LOL.

News / How do people react when you tell them you are Polish? [71]

Depends where you are when you tell them the good news ;).

Food / Recipe for Polish potato noodle stew/soup/meatball [11]


Yes, the one made with raw potatoes are called pyzy or kluski śląskie.

Related:

Meatball and potato soup


Not sure. But Poles usually eat potatoes and meatballs as a second dish (not a soup). But let a female gives her opinion :) .

Meatballs are good. The more balls, the better they are.
That sounds like "żurek" which is also called "kwas" because it's made of a soured wheat base. You can make it with meatballs or kiełbasa.

And majoran is a basic seasoning for this.

Food / Recipe for Polish potato noodle stew/soup/meatball [11]

they're also called "kopytka". I love them with mushroom sauce.

Life / Most overpriced things in Poland? [72]


Not everyone in America makes a couple times more than in Poland.
In America the mortgage payments, car payments, taxes, school, medical bills, groceries etc are very high and people have their homes forclosed because they can't afford their house payment and taxes. In America people have to drive long distances to work, many urban areas don't have public transportation like in Poland. In America you need a car to survive, it's a necessity that every 16 year old has to have. Cars in Europe can also run on alternate fluids, people don't need to drive 60 miles to work, they can just take the bus and if they do drive it's not that long of a distance. In America every penny counts, we are not so rich like other countries imagine we are. How many people live in mobile homes just to have a place over their roof? And still they have a hard time paying their rent fee, some people live on a fixed income so every time the price of gas goes up, it puts a strain on other bills.

And don't tell me that people in Poland don't complain when gas goes up too.

News / Most important invention made in Poland [53]


My father wrote a book about it, was popular at first, he had orders from around the world. Now we got boxes of them sitting in the basement

Life / DO ADULT CHILDREN EXPLOIT THEIR PARENTS IN POLAND? [22]

That's what mom's are for.

Love / Need help in relationship with a Polish man [33]


Lol. So what was the reason he married you? GREEN CARD????