Maybe I used wrong expression in the first place.... when I started it.
My mum also worked ( she had to ) was independedent and at the same time was the best mum on the world.
I meant about these women who don't have much of their all life, interest, who devot themselves too much for children and don't let them to grow up as they always want to look after them, always help financially.... Maybe better expression would be "kwoki"
The rings get me confused. OK. when engaged in Poland, the ring is on left hand on the woman. But when she marries it gets moved to the right hand?
And do guys wear their wedding band on the right hand? is that correct? Do all Polish people follow that rule? In the US everything is on the left hand.
OK. So when Polish married people come to the US, do they change the placement of their rings? I gonna find out tomorrow, because I'm invited to some Polish people for thanksgiving dinner and I'm gonna check and glance at her hand and see where she wears it.
When and if I get married again, I'm keeping it on my left hand, because I'm right handed and it would always be in the way.
What's strange in Poland is that women in stores sit at the cash register. I've heard poles call medium size clothes "emki", small - "eski", Large - "elki" The door-knobs are round The hot water is on the right marked with red.
I think in Poland wedding ring is on right hand but when woman's husband dies she moves it on left hand. I don't know if people still do it but older generations did.
Wearing my wedding ring on my right hand took me a bit of getting used to - then I ditched it because it just kept on getting in the way!
What I find strange is how younger people round where I live are so much more polite than the miserable oldies. I go for a lot of walks along a path on which cyclists go - when I get out of the way for an oldie they almost never say thank you. There seems to be a cut-off point aroung 45 where Poles become old grumps (and, coincidentally, seem unable to drive without aggression or in a straight line).
What I find strange is how younger people round where I live are so much more polite than the miserable oldies. I go for a lot of walks along a path on which cyclists go - when I get out of the way for an oldie they almost never say thank you. There seems to be a cut-off point aroung 45 where Poles become old grumps (and, coincidentally, seem unable to drive without aggression or in a straight line).
That is true and so diferent to UK . I find in UK older people nice, friendly and cheerful. Lots of young people are rude, loud, mumbling no speaking and with very little manners. I could only suspect it is partly result of Blair politics.
Couple strange things in Poland: 1. Drafts. Any air movement in the appartment/house is considered deadly. 2. Strange combination of foods are considered poisonous. For example: no water after eating apples or pears....things like this. Any milk products after meat - certain death.
I remember these things when I was kid living in Poland, but when I visit once in a while, they are still there.
Milk is rightly seen as bad for you in Poland. It's for small kids only.
For older people, well, where do I start? Saturated fat - bad Casein - that's used in glue (skin on top of heated milk) Insulin-like growth factor 1 - implicated in breast and prostate cancer Calcium - implicated in causing prostate cancer and OSTEOPOROSIS (yup - you heard me right: calcium is BAD for your bones)
But it's good for little kids though - milk is designed for infant mammals. What a surprise, that one. I mean, when was the last time you saw an adult woman attempting to breastfeed from another except in some rather late night movie?
I was sometimes amused when I was in Polish banks or Polish post offices and saw guys wearing guard/police suits and showing their pistols. It seems every bank in Poland has its own private guard/s. Like in the cowboy movies. Sometimes they are not real guards, though - they are relatives of the bank's manager etc. But that's life... :)
Did you know that here in USA some older folks are taking a bus to go the electrical company headquaters to pay their electric bill as well as to gas company to pay their gas bill? :)
