Travel / Wireless Internet connection in Poland [18]

Most of the large cell companies provide wireless cards for laptops(orange, era, plus). The only issue, is that they also require 1 or 2 year contracts like they do for cell phone service.

Also, if you dont have a Polish ID, I think its hard to get the service. Hopefully one of the locals will chime in with specifics.

UK, Ireland / Working as an au-pair in UK and leaving the host family. Is it legal? [60]


You posted a link to the IRS where it states they are required to file & pay income tax. Just because they dont do it, doesn't mean they arent required to do so.

Love / What would you think if you were me? Having lived with a Polish woman for over a year. [30]

Paul,
I'd say your lady is trying to experiment outside the relationship, and that she doesn't take relationships seriously.



I think this is like emotional cheating. It may be more if the guy were a local.

Unfortunately, what I think happens on chats/skype is that you talk with a person with similar interests, you find enough in common to not even talk about the differences, and then it seems so perfect... like a dream fantasy. And this makes the person want to have more & more contact with this untouchable (distance) fantasy.

Honestly, I dont think its a Polish woman issue, I think its her character. She doesnt seem to be respecting you & your relationship.


More points to her lack of value for a relationship, to be 36 and twice divorced.

I'd lay the cards out in the open, tell her your not happy with this contact with the other guy. If she refuses to break it off, then you have a sign, her heart is not true. How could someone pick an internet relationship over a live in boyfriend.

Love / What would you think if you were me? Having lived with a Polish woman for over a year. [30]


I think he knows its time to part, but he loves her, and is not getting the feeling back, so he's trying to find a reason behind her actions... but there are none.

USA, Canada / POLISH AMERICANS UNAWARE of KOSHER FOOD TAX? [19]

Long time ago, I used to work in a place that wanted their food product labeled Kosher. So they went through the whole process, awaited that the Rabbi will come in to inspect everything and then "certify" each product.

What really ended up happening was the Rabbi came in, signed some papers that the food is "kosher" and left. Later on, the company got a bill for $1500 per product line for labeling it kosher. I swear the Rabbi didnt take a whole 5 min to sign the papers. Nice scam indeed.

Life / International Press in Krakow [14]

Check out Galeria Krakowska. There is a huge bookstore on the first floor (unfortunately, I can't recall its name), and they have lots of books/magazines in English. I don't remember if they had international newspapers, but definitely worth a shot.

Life / International Press in Krakow [14]


For that insane price, I'd sit in the store read the paper and leave.

Life / WHAT ABOUT THANKSGIVING (ŚWIĘTO DZIĘKCZYNIENIA) IN POLAND? [52]

Why should Poland be celebrating US holidays? I think they have plenty of holidays, where everyone is off from work, offices closed, etc.

Love / help dating polish lady [78]


Are you really English? You are writing like a foreigner, and its hard to understand. Maybe she's not into your ethnicity, or can't understand you either.

Give the girl a rest, all this obsessing over her seems stalkerish.

Life / WHAT ABOUT THANKSGIVING (ŚWIĘTO DZIĘKCZYNIENIA) IN POLAND? [52]

I wish we had that many days off from work, like they do in Poland. All the religious & non-religious holidays, that people have off from work in PL, are probably more than all my vacation time.

Maybe you can work on recognizing these PL holidays in the US, so we can get a couple extra days off!

Love / help dating polish lady [78]


you came on a site asking for opinions from total strangers... you got them. just because their opinions on your situation dont agree with what you wanted to hear, is no reason to be getting all nasty.

USA, Canada / Why would someone leave Poland for the US? [120]

Poland is doing much better now, than it was in the past. Most immigration occurred 10-30 years ago, when a job in poland was tough, or the pay was hilariously low compared to what could be earned in the US.

Most people who immigrated were common folk who lived in villages, and had a choice to do a long commute to a bigger city for low pay, or work in the fields and be a poor hardworking farmer forever. Hence the lines in front of the US Embassy were packed each and every day.

But the Polish economy got better, the zloty appreciated, and all of the sudden the US wasnt as great as it could be. But immigration shifted more so to EU when the borders opened up. If it weren't for Poland being in the EU, the US would still be "gold" and immigrants lining up.

You guys dis the US, but most have not been here, have not seen the Polish communities and all they've aspired & accomplished. Had the same people been stuck in PL, their kids would not be college graduates, they wouldn't have 2-3+ homes, luxury cars, vacations, etc. They made their lives much better by coming here. I thank my parents for immigrating, because I would not be who I am today, if they had remained in Poland.

Although the economy here sucks, as it does mostly everywhere now, you can't judge just the current, the past is what made today.

USA, Canada / Why would someone leave Poland for the US? [120]

I thank your family for not immigrating also.

Food / Pierogi with fruit filling? [30]

Indeed, this place has good pierogi. For the holiday's, the line in the store is huge, and the wait sometimes over 1-2 hours!

USA, Canada / Why would someone leave Poland for the US? [120]


Well the thread reads "why would someone leave poland for the us", so I wrote why mine left, and a majority of other Poles... for a better financial life.


I do not :)

USA, Canada / Why would someone leave Poland for the US? [120]


I disagree. In Chicago, most of those who immigrated from 1970-1990 were not "educated". Those that were, got their degrees translated and were professionals once again. The masses went to factories, cleaning jobs, and became contractors.

Food / Pierogi with fruit filling? [30]

try going there the week of wigilia, you'll spend more than 5 min looking for parking, let alone the line :)

USA, Canada / Black Friday (in American stores) [28]


I hope so, because the Black Friday deals weren't that great at all. Who the heck wants to wait outside in the cold for 5 hours to get a tv for an "ok" price. I mean if they really were 50-70% off... well maybe.


Did you hear about the walmart employee that got trampled to death when the crowds rushed in at the Long Island Walmart? A guys life seemed meaningless when people wanted to save $3, jeez.

USA, Canada / Black Friday (in American stores) [28]


Not only does it not pay well, I'd say it pays horribly. Who can afford to live at minimum wage? I'm surprised their employees dont steal to even out their wages, lol.

Walmart also cuts peoples hours so they are below 32, and they aren't required to offer health benefits. So the people they have working are poor and cant see a Dr. Cheap bastards.

USA, Canada / Black Friday (in American stores) [28]


Walmart pays minimum wage, not $8. I think the only good reason to have these stores is that they are cheap to buy in. But as for lowering unemployment? I think unemployment compensation from the state is higher than the weekly wage at Walmart.

I think they need a union, lol

News / POLES the BLACKS of EUROPE? [104]


So do other white people.

Thank goodness Poles don't speak Ebonics.

News / US dollar still falling... Change in Poland? [37]


I doubt that. Too many other foreign currencies are tagged to the USD.

No AMERO!

USA, Canada / Why would someone leave Poland for the US? [120]


No, that's not how it works.

“Give me your tired, your poor; your huddled masses yearning to breathe free; the wretched refuse of your teeming shore; send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me. I lift my lamp beside the golden door.” If you have ever had the privilege to stand beneath the Statue of Liberty in New York, you would have seen these words inscribed on its base. For over 100 years these words have called out to people from all nations—welcoming all, no matter who they are, to come to America.

USA, Canada / Why would someone leave Poland for the US? [120]


are you even in the US to be claiming what you do? who the heck goes around stating what immigration status they are, if its a legal permanent resident, or a US citizen before they start talking, to see if someone will listen? maybe people are judging you on your poor accent and you feel the way you do.

I have no idea where you get your info on all these educated people that flocked to the US. Here in Chicago, 80% have at most a high school education, any one with a college degree is young and immigrated within the last 10 yrs. The only exception is those doctors & dentists... of which the population is quite small compared to how many Poles are here.

USA, Canada / No US Visa Waiver for Poles - 8/9/07 [96]


Actually a lot of the illegal ones have or are leaving. Why stay and make $10/hr, when they can go to the UK or Ireland and make at least twice that and be "legal" and not worry about being caught.

The only people coming now, are grandma's visiting their grandkids, or people just to see the US. Now is hardly a time to flock.

Actually, so few people are coming/travelling, that LOT has reduced their flight schedule quite a bit.

Life / Warsaw Vs Krakow which is best for raising family and working in? [21]

Krakow is better for raising a family & just plain living. If you want to make more money (not teaching english, but big int'l co), and sacraifice a longer commute (to save on rent costs), then Warsaw is good.

USA, Canada / Why would someone leave Poland for the US? [120]

I think the US has plenty of immigrants to supply the bottom of the food chain. I agree to think we dont need any more for a while... maybe would help us get out of this recession quicker.

Life / Warsaw Vs Krakow which is best for raising family and working in? [21]


The listings are in English, because they seek bilingual people. If they write in Polish, many Poles with no english skills will apply. So this is a method to weed them out.


Moscow is #1 most expensive city in the world. Its followed by Tokyo; London; Oslo, Norway; and Seoul, South Korea.

forbes.com/2008/07/23/cities-expensive-world-forbeslife-cx_zg_0724expensivecities.html

Travel / Nice places to visit around Krakow [14]

What about the salt mine in Bochnia, its about a 45 min train ride from Krakow, but worth it. Its not as "touristy" as Wieliczka is, and Bochnia is much older. We had a tour guide and explained lots of interesting stuff. They even have an underground hotel/motel type arrangement, where you can sleep in the mine. When we were there, the head religious Indian guy was there for a 2 week stay/retreat. He also had his own staff to clean, cook & entertain him.

USA, Canada / Polish Resturants in chicago [12]


I've never heard of this place. Where is it located?