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Polish weekends - more work or family time?


outintheyard 27 | 517  
10 Jan 2008 /  #1
What do polish do on weekends? In poland? Do many work. Do they just do the usual club thing or are they more inclined to do family things? ME ! I just putz around on the farm. Any one want to come clean the barn?
hello 22 | 890  
10 Jan 2008 /  #2
You can check the article about Poland weekends. Many clean barns, but not necessarily on the weekends.
krysia 23 | 3,058  
10 Jan 2008 /  #3
Some Poles don't believe in working on Sundays.
I know a few such Poles who won't do anything on a Sunday. They won't mow the lawn, trim the bushes, clean the barn or go weed the garden because they consider that work. They say it's God's day and is a time to rest.

On Sundays families get together and eat dinner and just visit each other and talk about stuff and gossip. Then go for a spacer, to the park, get some delicious pastry from the bakery. People in Poland walk a lot that keeps them slim.
OP outintheyard 27 | 517  
10 Jan 2008 /  #4
People in the US could learn a great deal from taking sunday off and beiing with family. MAybe families would last longer here if this were true.
Ozi Dan 26 | 569  
11 Jan 2008 /  #5
On the rare occasion that we would visit other Polish friends on weekends, I can fondly recall the abundant food. I remember eating lots of gherkins, pickled herring on black bread, as well as beetroot soup etc. Never liked the desserts though - the cakes were always too dry! I remember one ocasion where an old babcia gave my four year old brother a glass of brandy that she thought was blackcurrant juice - good memories.

Unfortunately, now where I live, there is hardly any Polish community let alone Polish delicatessens. I'm lucky to find a jar of Globus brand gherkins or plum powidl, which annoys me.
OP outintheyard 27 | 517  
11 Jan 2008 /  #6
The good old days! Polish delicatessens still exist on the south side of Chicago. It is well worth the trip. I try to get up there once a year to Bobaks market MMMMM I can smell it still! As for the cakes Well... I think we need to let the French do the baking or the Germans. That is ok with me.
lowfunk99 10 | 397  
11 Jan 2008 /  #7
I don't know about that. The best bakery by me in the north burbs of Detroit is a Polish Bakery.
Seanus 15 | 19,674  
11 Jan 2008 /  #8
They come to English lessons
z_darius 14 | 3,965  
11 Jan 2008 /  #9
What do polish do on weekends? In poland?

They enjoy using their hands to make things but they are not really lovers of culture, opera and classical music and deep culture. They enjoy welding and riveting things together more than literature and deep philosophy.

source: https://polishforums.com/archives/2005-2009/uk-ireland/give-15219/

I have lived outside Poland for over 20 years and I strayed from this national pastime, so I haven't even taught my daughter how to weld things together yet.
plk123 8 | 4,142  
11 Jan 2008 /  #10
As for the cakes Well..

you need to hit up pasieka bakery on milwaukee av.

URL

oh my.. hahahaha rofl. D
Eurola 4 | 1,902  
11 Jan 2008 /  #11
Never liked the desserts though - the cakes were always too dry!

Oh no, they are the best. I can't stand the gooey, sticky, sugary pastries. I take the polish ones over any other choices at any time.
plk123 8 | 4,142  
12 Jan 2008 /  #12
the gooey, sticky,

baklava is the best pastry ever! hehe :)
OP outintheyard 27 | 517  
14 Jan 2008 /  #13
Hmm I could almost smellit now and will I ever check this bakery out! Thanks for the info on Pasieka. Krysia , If you are out there? Put your driving gloves on ANd I will race you to Pasieka loser buys Oh And by the way I must warn you , I drive a 160 MPH VW diesel
noimmigration  
15 Jan 2008 /  #14
family time lol, the poles left their kids at home to come to the uk.
Ozi Dan 26 | 569  
16 Jan 2008 /  #15
I take the polish ones over any other choices at any time.

Okay, I'll admit that ponski (correct spelling??) are one of my favourites. It could also have been the fault of the old crones who were cooking the desserts too.
z_darius 14 | 3,965  
16 Jan 2008 /  #16
family time lol, the poles left their kids at home to come to the uk.

Didn't you protest in this thread of yours URL : "Are polish pupils harming native british childrens education?" How could they be doing it if they live in Poland?

If you really intend to be a lawyer the only option I see for you is being notary public. Simply improve your spelling and go through life banging those seals on documents people need certified. Other than that, for the purpose of the legal profession you are brain dead.

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