History / What does it mean to be Polish? [46]

yep. my oldest isnt interested in anything right now, only that her heritage leads
to polish, but youngest, wants to learn it, she is the curious child, so, quite possibly
if these polish classes are at night (at reasonable hour) I might take her along with me
to learn. :)

Life / is it easy to live in Poland? [58]


Casper is it really that bad there? not hearing much of this on here, what the heck
is going on that you would say that?

History / Poland During Russian Rule [7]


Krysia, I understand completely , no need to explain.
I just had mine get in the tub, and cooled her down, shes not throwin up
just a high fever, in the next few hours , if it goes back up that high, were
heading out, I know this is a battle I wont win, she needs antibiotics.

I hope your 3 year old feels better, something must be going around. I asked her
if there was any kids sick at school ,she said no, so it could have been from anywhere.

another sleepless night.


well, shes still with the fever, and tomorrow I think we will go to her drs.
I think its the flu. hopefully not, but her temp was very high last night, put her
in the tub twice to get the fever down.

so far she is perky. and eating. p

News / Mine disaster in Poland [23]

Theres still hope, Keep praying the rest make it out .

many prayers to those who did not make it. God Bless.

History / Poland During Russian Rule [7]

Thank you :)

I am worried a bit cause the Metabolic Disorder I was posting about in other thread
is what she has. weve had some rough hospital stays.

I just hope she can beat this fever or we are going in.


Krysia, if you dont hear from me tomorrow, or next day or two, I will send
them, my youngest is pretty sick tonight, not sure if I will be home in next few
hours, hopeful we dont have to go any further then the local hospital.

Thanks for offering, I will get in touch with you soon as we get better .

P

History / Poland During Russian Rule [7]

Krysia, that is sad, we forget how hard they had it, I try to remind my two that times
now are so much better then when my parents were growing up and their parents
twice as hard. yet they made it.

If you would :) translate those, they are in the old Russian, I was able to learn
how to read the month and date, "somewhat an accomplishment " lol

it was difficult because the sentences/words all run together to me.

I will send them tomorrow, my Daughter has a fever tonight, so I am keeping eye
on her for now.

But thank you so much, I will get these out to you :) big hugs :)

History / What does it mean to be Polish? [46]


Excellent info, Thanks, by the way, I consider myself Polish, but American first as this
was where I was born. all Grandparents and parents minus 25% if that is all polish.
Cities they lived were Nowogrod K Lomza, and Osiek K Oswiecim, and Polanka Wielka,
Again near Oswiecim, and last was Kolno.

I dont think there are conditions, yes if you live there you are Polish citizen, but
like when Poles come to America, they still say I am Polish, even if they came 5 years
ago, or 100 years ago. the nationality dont change, only the citizenship. most
still Practice their Culture here.

oops, the other 25% is the Question in another post about German (possible) heritage
but again, I dont know for sure. they lived in poland, all of them.

and if they hadnt came here, we would still be there, I would have learned more,
and know how to speak it, all grandparents died early on, and I never learned it, the
only time my parents talked polish was at christmas, so we didnt hear what we were
getting!

By the way babylon, printing that, I am wanting to learn so much, this is like the
first post which caught my attention that is really helpful for me to understand more
about Poland, its people, where it began, those Questions ran thru my mind, I had
a time on the intranet finding the right Words to get to the sites. very informative.

Thanks Really :) alot.

Real Estate / Poland Property...should I be scared [127]


No its Casper, thats cool, hes got alot going for him, and on his way to a good place!

Im glad to see him, maybe Another Ania and MikeC might come over. few others.

Spiritus hasnt been on as of late, wonder whats up .

Life / Are Polish People Racist? [1037]

I know, I have one from my Aunt Marys wedding here too the date is 1911!

the dresses were just amazing, one of her friends had made all of these dresses
by hand for her wedding! and the guys were all spiffied up, really a classic.

Life / Are Polish People Racist? [1037]


I am very proud of mine, today I recieved a picture of my Great Great Aunt who
celebrated her 50th wedding anniversary in 1938, and my Kuzynko Kazmier sent it
to me (they have bigger picture) and its amazing!

Life / Worrying observation about Polish attitudes to lying and cheating [62]

Depends on the Situation, I stand by my post, she was a drunk, I learned nothing
in her class, our parents pay top dollar taxes (which pays their salary) and send
us to school to learn. so while shes in the bathroom nippin the bottle, kids in the class
are going crazy , total chaos, yeah, again, I say, I stand by my post.

I probably could have turned her in, and then risk getting hurt by other kids, no thanks
i preferred catching up with the book and working on learning. that was all on my own
as this teacher was good for nothing. if I am a Cheater, then I am . no more then
anyone else.

News / Mine disaster in Poland [23]


This seems to be happening alot- recently in America, now Poland?

Travel / Why is Poland so Un-Sexy? [84]


your a fine one to talk! Last I heard, this forum was owned by someone else.

Genealogy / Luranc/Lorans surname [17]


wanted to say, my moms uncles did change their name to lorenc then to lorence.

finding all their info was pretty darn challenging, course here i have all of it now,
but now, its all poland. :) Ill never find it ...

Travel / Why is Poland so Un-Sexy? [84]

Now that there is no excuse for. she had no right to grab you, that isnt from
post war, that is plain downright rudeness.
she couldnt grab you mom by the arm like that , I am sure your mom would have
knocked her silly, I know my mom would.

Travel / Why is Poland so Un-Sexy? [84]

lol maciej, that you did!! I see a side to you I never saw before lol lmao!

BUT its all in good fun.

Travel / Why is Poland so Un-Sexy? [84]


Not at all, rather cool! all around nice guy! by the way hows those smelly books :)

lol - kidding :)

Life / Worrying observation about Polish attitudes to lying and cheating [62]


I agree with this, as in 9th grade, i had chicken pox and was off for 3 weeks of school
math was not my favorite subject, and when I came back to school to get all my
homework, the teacher handed me by mistake the teachers handbook.

I tried to not use it as i had my own, but I had asked her to help me with understanding
the homework she gave " back then she was a drinker" so when I asked her she
looked at me dumbfounded and said just follow the directions.

so I used the book to get me thru all the answers and tried to understand it, but
still had trouble, that section of learning I did cheat, and with good reasons, no one
was helping me to learn, especially the teacher. my parents couldnt help because they
both dropped out to help their parents and work. so I was on my own, I dont feel
bad that I did that, because I was cheated from learning.

I think it depends on Why/What. every situation is different. I didnt want to get a
bad grade all because my teacher was to drunk to work with me.

Travel / Why is Poland so Un-Sexy? [84]


Aniah, No prob :)

Life / Worrying observation about Polish attitudes to lying and cheating [62]


your right, but as he stated on that post, and I was going to say maybe it was because
of history and how poland has been CHEATED so many times !

WOW, I was thinking that. serious!

Genealogy / Luranc/Lorans surname [17]

what town? lol.

ive got four great uncles, one who came to the states, other three stayed in poland.
whether they survived the war (dont know)

there are more then one osiek, mine is located near Oswiecim.

I was also told by my mom, my grandmother said her father was like a mayor
someone told me this would be town administrator. I dont know cause
I cant find links to anything pertaining to this.

I dont know polish, so there fore, grandpas legend is just that, a legend ...
cant prove his involvment in politics.

Genealogy / Luranc/Lorans surname [17]


yes, agree, and I am sure they are all polish, what I heard thru family stories
was GGG grandfather was military, fell in love with Polish maiden, gave up rank
horse and all, moved to poland to be with his love.

it was a story passed down, I have no proof, I dont doubt it isnt true, but would like
to further the history if I need to go in another direction and find the area they
started from. this name has had me stuck for a while.

Travel / Why is Poland so Un-Sexy? [84]


what a load of crap.

it takes all kinds. ever hear of rosey palms? should hold ya over till ya move!

UK, Ireland / Everything Gone Polish in UK [18]


earthquakes and landslides.

oops cost of living is crazy in Cali !!!

but agree, the warmer weather would be a plus.

Life / Worrying observation about Polish attitudes to lying and cheating [62]


agreed.

Plenty of men out cheatin right now, and they arent polish.

Love / what the opposite sex looks for [38]

geese give us some credit. your describing models, there is not one man alive who

posesses every perfect feature, just like there is no woman alive who does.


ooops, forgot to add, when ya take off the makeup on a model, she aint no
bread and butter.

Plastic surgery, makeup, etc etc.

and even some guys do extra to make themselfs look perfect.

not even necessary. I dont envy movie stars let me tell ya.

News / What are your 10 fave things about Poland? And 10 least favourite? [130]


Krysia, the big mushrooms we have are way up north, we used to go lookin for them
but I dont get to go anywhere much nowadays.

if there is a muchroom growing in my neighborhood, ten times out of ten, its unedible!
that is when you break out the bb gun and try to anialate it so it dont return on your
lawn! lol

Genealogy / Mogila and Czyzyny towns in Poland [10]

Yay Krysia :) Let me tell you, it means alot when you get past a wall that holds
the information to your Great grandparents. I know you made his day!!!