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From: Denmark
Interests: Film, Science Fiction, Sociology, Cultural Integration, Strength Training, Rowing

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ak_nelson   
30 Jan 2007
Love / Women around the globe [37]

Eng women want Polish men

Chivalry?

*sorry, misunderstood.... need sleep i think.
ak_nelson   
30 Jan 2007
Language / Website with Polish language sounds [8]

Hi, I was looking for something with audio myself a while ago. Here's what I found:

cs.rit.edu/~spr/polish/names.html or

golem.umcs.lublin.pl/users/ppikuta/lessons/downld.htm or

apronus.com/learnpolish or

odur.let.rug.nl/Ehoutzage/polish.html

polskaludowa.com/dzwiek.htm
ak_nelson   
29 Jan 2007
UK, Ireland / Welcome to the UK, passport please.... [13]

As for the "are you alright" comment thats quite usual in conversation...not a pick up line..

Oops, that was confusing how I combined the two. I got that. Although that would have been really funny... I'd have been thinking everyone was hitting on me. The Irish are an attractive bunch, so maybe dangerous too. :)
ak_nelson   
29 Jan 2007
UK, Ireland / Welcome to the UK, passport please.... [13]

All those drinking ones, made me thing of one of my faves:

knackered = very tired, worn out

It's so appropriate somehow. Fits the feeling well.

"are you happy"

This reminds me of people saying "are you alright?" in Ireland. At first, I kept wondering what in the world seemed so wrong with me! Did I look nauseated or something?

Oh, reminds me of my embarassing misunderstanding of "to chat up" = to try to pick someone up. I thought it was just normal "chatting". I told someone that "I really enjoyed chatting them up" :) :)
ak_nelson   
28 Jan 2007
Life / How are Poles generally viewed outside Poland by other nations? [84]

Thanks for posting this. Some interesting stuff.

Although, I don't think views in the US and UK can be extended to "other nations" so easily.

Young Poles have earned a reputation for being hard-working and there are very few complaints.

Is this hard-working reputation really viewed so positively by most in the UK?

I see many workers (especially physical labourers) here in Denmark feel quite threatened by the polish work ethic.

If Poles have problems with stereotyping, it is rather their stereotype of themselves that does them an injustice.

Perhaps in some cases, but there's much more to it than that most of the time.

It is because of Communism that Poles have a poor self-image.

It did take quite a toll. Communism is also why many non-poles have a negative image of Poland. This takes different forms in different places. Here in Denmark, I think it has to do with some deep-seated (and well deserved, IMO) guilt for not interfering in atrocities taking place in a neighbour country. In the US, it's the "we had to save your asses because you couldn't take care of yourselves" negativity and a remarkable absence of guilt for, or even recollection of, how long they just sat on their asses and watched the horror show (again, IMO). How do attitudes compare in the UK?

one may conclude that ability and integrity in political life are in short supply everywhere today

No doubt about that!
ak_nelson   
27 Jan 2007
UK, Ireland / gay guys in London seek surrogacy female [134]

I do find your post a little too perfect

Rereading it, I can see what you mean. Thanks. :)

I'm just so fascinated by how different social and cultural groups integrate and relate, and there's so much changing these days. I get rather absorbed in the topic. Obviously. :)
ak_nelson   
27 Jan 2007
UK, Ireland / gay guys in London seek surrogacy female [134]

Everything you would expect an unmarried, childless, politically correct person to say.

If only!

Nothing perceptive about it in the least.

It depends on one's perspective.
ak_nelson   
27 Jan 2007
UK, Ireland / gay guys in London seek surrogacy female [134]

I happen to know a lesbian couple that have a daughter who is 12 and is very confused about what's right or wrong. Even after being told that there is no right or wrong, she still looks at her mom's and thinks that this how her life should be. So, I think it can have a negative effect.

Pueberty is a tough and confusing time for all kids, and perhaps it can be harder for kids with gay parents. But, there's also the kid who's dad gets drunk and beats up mom everynight or the mom who's having an affair with the gardener....etc, etc. I think those kids are much less likely to have their parents sit down and explain to them how and why their family is different than most. Gay families are almost obligated to discuss intimate relationships, in a way heterosexual families generally aren't... and often don't.

Is that a bad thing? Actually, maybe it's not. How messed up are most young people about sex these days? It's become almost taboo for parents to talk about inimate relationships and sex with their kids. Kids are left to "figure it out" on their own. If they are told anything usually it's of ideals their parents may not even live up to, let alone people their own age. Many people get so concerned with what others might think that they neglect honesty with the ones they love, even themselves.

These days families are so different and face so many challenges just to stay together, that I don't believe the privledge to turn away potentially caring, loving parents exists any more. The traditional family is quickly becoming a myth in this days world and it's not going to change back, something new must be born an nurtured. I don't think we can afford to be so picky, as to blindly refuse gay families from raising children. Personally, I'm more concerned with pedophiles, rapists, murderers, exploiters, etc. being able to raise families than I ever could be about homosexual, interracial, handicapped, or underprivleged couples having children. It seems much more productive to be honest with ourselves and work on developing new traditions and ideas of family, than to sit around and mourn and glorify the past, saying "things were better when...". Why not value a family based on how loving, harmonious, and supportive it is; rather than the characteristics of it's individual members?

Many people say, "but we have so many problems already, why add to them?"
But it's already there, homosexuality is about as likely to go away as pre-marital sex. I think that acknowleding gay families may well be a path to resolving some of these challenges facing society.

As far as kids getting teased in school goes, isn't there always something? I went to a predominately "white" school and I got ruthlessly teased for being "too white". Go figure.

/end rant :-)

Oh, and yes the original "gay guys in london" were idiots to post something like that here. But, unfortunately, idiots seem to come in all forms.
ak_nelson   
27 Jan 2007
Food / Vegetarian food in Poland? [83]

What's the point of switching to vegetarian food besides the hope for animal cruelty elimination anyway?

Simply not liking meat. The taste the texture. I've never really liked it. I stopped eating it when I realized to only times I did was when travelling and people insisted I try some local speciality with meat.

The treatment of animals is also a consideration, but it's also possible to by 'free range' meat that comes from animals. Of course, it's more expensive, but I wonder if more people buying it would be more productive towards changing things than not eating meat at all would do since vegitarians are not part of the target audience of sellers.

But we are omnivores........being vegetarian is an unnatural state.....

Substitute 'vegan' for 'vegetarian' there and I would agree with you.

There are amino acids in animal products which are unavailable elsewhere. Vegans strictly eat no animal products whatsoever, where as vegetarians will eat eggs, dairy products, or even fish.. depending on how they define themselves.
ak_nelson   
27 Jan 2007
Love / having an affair with a Polish man (but he has a wife and a child) [266]

he also doesnt trust me fully yet he always says when we talk about it what if i change my mind and then he is alone

Hmm. So then, he'll just keep cheating on his wife until he finds someone worth leaving her for? What a man! Ha. It's surprising he's able to perform in bed at all. No backbone. No balls. No fun. Better run...