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Joined: 29 Sep 2006 / Female ♀
Last Post: 30 Jan 2010
Threads: Total: 21 / In This Archive: 20
Posts: Total: 947 / In This Archive: 789
From: USA
Interests: Travel, sports, reading, music

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Ranj   
11 Sep 2007
USA, Canada / Connecting flights in the USA for Polish citizens - how much time? [7]

4 hours is probably a good idea.....best to have plenty of time then to feel rushed. Just out of curiousity, why is he not flying direct to Chicago.....I know they have direct flights....LAX is extremely out of the way? Is he actually flying in from Poland, or is he coming from someplace else?
Ranj   
11 Sep 2007
USA, Canada / Connecting flights in the USA for Polish citizens - how much time? [7]

I would allow a minimum of 2 hours but probably a better idea to allow 3 hours.....what airport is he flying into? As for missing connections, is he flying the same airline once he arrives in the US? If he misses his connecting flight, most likely he will have to fly stand-by, which could take sometime, especially if he is flying somewhere that doesn't have much flight traffic.
Ranj   
9 Sep 2007
UK, Ireland / Are British people really interested to integrate with Poles? [92]

i don't think the UK has a bad word to say about America unless were talking about politics.

Tell that to my boyfriend.....lol....actually, he liked it very much when he came here to visit me.....a lot of myths were dispelled; of course, some were reconfirmed too.

some parts of America that are just truly fantastically weird like some of the deep south, now thats another planet all together :)

LOL....yeah, we were in a convenient store somewhere down south and the girls behind the counter asked my boyfriend if his accent was real? They kept wanting him to talk....he just gave me a look like "those chicks are strange." LOL.....ahhh, memories.
Ranj   
9 Sep 2007
UK, Ireland / Are British people really interested to integrate with Poles? [92]

really i am shocked!!! I love the Poles and Eastern Europe for many things but politeness isn't one of the strong points :)

In all fairness, it was on a cruise ship and I found the Polish, Russian and Romanian men more friendly than the English.....of course, I am American, and I know how we are not looked upon favorably by the English. ;)
Ranj   
9 Sep 2007
UK, Ireland / Are British people really interested to integrate with Poles? [92]

I've based my opinion on the western europe

That's fair....I will say the Eastern Europeans I have met were more gentlemanly than the Western Europeans I have met (except for my man, of course....he's a sweetheart) :)
Ranj   
9 Sep 2007
UK, Ireland / Are British people really interested to integrate with Poles? [92]

She may just have figured you would go back to Poland and leave her one day,maybe she couldnt face the eventual rejection :)

Good point.....she may have had a bad experience with a Polish man already and projected it onto you....:)
Ranj   
7 Sep 2007
News / English vs. Polish hostility [323]

Does this mean you don't discuss any longer?

No, this means I've had about 3 hrs sleep in the past 48 hours, am tired, and am just bored with it.....

Unable to defend your statements?

I already have....just don't have the patience to explain them to you, as it's like talking to a brick wall......

Yep, you definitely have made a fool of yourself, Ranj.

Bwahahahaha......not only do you make me smile, you make me laugh! Goodnight puzzly, I'm off to bed!
Ranj   
7 Sep 2007
News / English vs. Polish hostility [323]

Puzzler

In response to your last long response specifically directed to me: What's wrong Puzzly, did I hit a nerve? ;)

You truly make me smile! Have a fantastic weekend! :)
Ranj   
7 Sep 2007
News / Poland torpedoes EU Day Against Death Penalty [71]

Is it true that the number of people who die of natural causes on death row is greater than those who are put to death.

I don't know the actual stats, W, but I would not be surprised if that were to be the case.
Ranj   
7 Sep 2007
News / English vs. Polish hostility [323]

Nowadays, the tension seems to be more focused in the UK due to the influx of PL and dwindling jobs. I can see it there rather than in the US because we don't have a problem with the PL working. They've proven to be skilled, hard workers.

My argument exactly, Z. Puzz said it's a thousandfold worse in the US than in the UK....I said that most likely it was his issue and the people he had come across that had sth against HIM and not an entire race......

not to defend the attitudes at all but the morans who judge a nation/race whatever,over here in the uk probably wouldnt be able to distinguish a Pole from a dutchman

The same could be said for Americans with the same attitude.
Ranj   
7 Sep 2007
News / Poland torpedoes EU Day Against Death Penalty [71]

No, but our taxes suffer to house and feed these morons.

Unfortunately, our taxes suffer more for a prisoner on death row.....with all the appeals that have to be taken before a death sentence is carried out, it's actually more expensive to house a death row inmate than one who is sentenced to life.
Ranj   
7 Sep 2007
News / English vs. Polish hostility [323]

the comedy show "Goodness Gracious Me"

Will have to look it up.....I love a good comedy and humour!

He must have a vast knowledge of the US or a big chip on his shoulder:)

My guess is it's the latter! :)
Ranj   
7 Sep 2007
News / Poland torpedoes EU Day Against Death Penalty [71]

Why is hanging someone,ordered by politicians( shiny clean cut people that they are,not) OK but abortion of unwanted foetus' such a no no?
Not a dig,just a honest question....

That's the point I was trying to make, and I was raised Catholic.....I don't have a problem if one is either for both or against both.....just be consistent.

er,ranj,are u reading my mind lol?

Apparently so or you are reading mine;) lol
Ranj   
7 Sep 2007
News / Poland torpedoes EU Day Against Death Penalty [71]

most of polish citizens vote for capital punishment and our politicians agree that it should be in place

Same situation in the US.....I just don't understand the reasoning of people who are against abortion, yet for capital punishment or vice versa....imho, life is life and should be treated as such. It just makes no sense to me to "save em while they are young" so they can be "taken out" as they get older. To me, it's hypocracy.....
Ranj   
7 Sep 2007
News / Poland torpedoes EU Day Against Death Penalty [71]

I wholeheartedly agree with the Polish representation.....why the need to establish such a day when all EU countries have rid themselves of it.....make it a day "for the protection of life in general" not just capital punishment!
Ranj   
7 Sep 2007
News / English vs. Polish hostility [323]

Im from the UK and know absolutly no "Polak jokes" ,how many from the USA can say the same

I can, I can (waves hands wildly)! The jokes I normally hear are blonde jokes, and I still couldn't tell you any, as I am one who is not good at remembering jokes.......but as for hearing "Pollak Jokes", I can honestly say I have not heard any since I was a child, and that's been many moons ago;) I can tell you that most of the ethnic/racial jokes I have ever heard are interchangeable.....one group is always substituted for another.....it's not just Poles.....
Ranj   
7 Sep 2007
News / English vs. Polish hostility [323]

re: How do you know he's never seen a Yeti? ;)

- Do you believe you see things such as Yeti, Ranj? :)

No, but apparently Firestorm believes in them....he's the one that said just because you can't see it, does not mean it's not there....:)

re: There's predjudice everywhere

- It follows it's also in the US.

The US I think falls under the category of "everywhere"

Specifically why?

Are you actually serious when you say this?

re: it's the UK that complains about Polish people coming over and taking jobs.....

- Do you mean the British government makes such complaints, or Brits as a nation?

Well let's have a look on this forum.....I believe the people who complain most about Poles are those from Scotland, Ireland and most definitely England....

Once again what, who do you mean by 'Britain'?

Oh excuse me, England!

until I came to this forum, I had no idea people were so predjudiced against Poles!

- So? To paraphrase Firestorm, does it mean the prejudice doesn't exist?

Where in the statement that I made do I say that predjudice does not exist?

The Mexicans and other Latinos have incomparably more rights, respect and prominence in US than the Poles.

As you always say Puzzly, "PROVE IT" :)

Do you mean prejudice against Mexicans is justified by the science of geography? How? ;)

It's not justified ever in my opinion, but the US has more Mexicans coming here because of the location, just as the UK has more Polish people coming there since their initiation into the EU, as opposed to coming to US.

i.e. blaming the victim?

You said it yourself, you are a "victim". Why is that? Don't know if you realize it or not, but we are responsible for our own happiness in life......you can choose to play the victim and complain, or you can do sth with your life and make yourself happy.....:)

And is it I who make sweeping negative generalisations about whole groups of people, or you?

Hmmmm, I would say it's you:)

Why should I think about it? Shouldn't rather, say, those high on crack attempt to do that (if still able to)?

Exactly! Like I said, think about it;)
Ranj   
7 Sep 2007
News / English vs. Polish hostility [323]

You haven't seen a Yeti..

How do you know he's never seen a Yeti? ;)

Doesn't mean it isnt there..

There's predjudice everywhere, but for puzzler to say it's in the US thousandfold as opposed to England is just ridiculous......it's the UK that complains about Polish people coming over and taking jobs.....it's only natural that Britain, which received the largest influx of migrants in the EU, would exhibit more hostility....in fact, until I came to this forum, I had no idea people were so predjudiced against Poles!

Now had he said the US is much more predjudiced against Mexicans than England, then I would have agreed.....I see predjudice against Mexicans quite frequently, but that stands to reason due to geography.

where do you get your info?

- From living in both countries.

Hmmm, did it ever cross your mind that maybe it's YOU people have a problem with and not a whole race of people?

read some of your own posts. But it's still not guaranteed you'll see. Some folks have eyes but just don't see.

Very true......think about it!
Ranj   
7 Sep 2007
USA, Canada / Polish Festival - Chicago [229]

I'm back.....gotta be up in less than 4 hours and now I'm wide awake! Oh well, at least it's Friday!!!!
Ranj   
6 Sep 2007
News / English vs. Polish hostility [323]

You'll see that prejudice against Poles is thousandfold worse in US than in England.

Are you smoking crack tonight, Puzzler? As one who lives in the US and has been to England, I can say without any hesitation that your statement is completely false.....where do you get your info?\
Ranj   
6 Sep 2007
USA, Canada / Polish Festival - Chicago [229]

I'm looking for my rosary :)
(you are a good sister)

and you are a good forum buddy...."Lord, please let ranj's brother get a ride home from the game so she can go to bed since she has to be up at 5 am"......."Hail Mary, full of grace......etc, etc, etc.....:)
Ranj   
6 Sep 2007
USA, Canada / Polish Festival - Chicago [229]

biggest Blues festival

I'm going to be crying the blues if my brother calls me to pick him up from the Colts game......he was suppose to call me at the beginning of the 4th quarter if he needed a ride and he hasn't done so yet......let's all say a prayer that he found a ride and my butt doesn't have to go down there for the 3rd time today.....
Ranj   
6 Sep 2007
USA, Canada / Polish Festival - Chicago [229]

I`ve met 6 Forum members so far:)

I've met 5,,,,,actually, i take that back....i've met 6, because one forum member I met in Poland, and then she joined after Bubba and I told her about it/