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ShortHairThug   
14 Aug 2011
Life / How many Jewish people live in Poland? [145]

Well put but there's a flip side to this as well that a Jew and a Jew-lovers alike completely ignore and in a way making it a self-fulfilling prophecy. When your typical hate filled Jew or his supporter spreads his nonsense through a let's say half truthful if not outright deceitful article or post it usually reinforces this negative stereotype of Poles that had been propagated, nurtured and conditioned in the west, especially in your average American Joe. That's being felt by more and more of the younger generation by being exposed to it through travel. Instead of honestly debating the topic of interest to you, you bring it down to what amounts to be nothing more than a few slogans reinforcing this negative image of us. Most of the Jewish posters here are hatemonger themselves, skillfully manipulating and stirring **** up. While this sort of behavior could have been tolerated by the likes of you and ignored by the rest as not so many Poles were exposed to it by a simple isolation in a sense of travel restriction as well as language barrier, that's not the case anymore.

This leads to resentment and that neutrality you speak of will soon be a part of the past if it's not already. Perhaps someday when even your average westerner has a better grasp on the topic at hand it might even backfire on them on that front too. There's definitely a room for an honest debate but wherever I look all I see is slander and outright attack on us Poles by the Jewish community and if you think that's getting unnoticed or ignored by most of the younger generation than keep living in that bubble of yours and keep deluding yourself. Open your eyes, this forum is a microcosm of a much wider world that exist out there and to be perfectly honest, all I see is a fight for converts to the Jewish cause whatever that might be in a rather nasty way which leaves a bitter taste in my mouth and in turn it is virtually impossible to ignore or stay indifferent to.
ShortHairThug   
13 Aug 2011
UK, Ireland / Is moving to UK now a good idea? - antipolish prejudice of the Brits [231]

Albanians turned up in a village of 900 souls.

Hardly as there would’ve been not enough jobs for the original 900 souls yet for all those Albanians. Kidding aside are you telling me that all that hatred bottled up inside your society across the board and of all social status that manifests itself either through the action of the Youth as in recent events or the nasty comments under some article by those that prefer to be anonymous and blaming everything on newcomers for their society was perfect in every way before that? Somehow it’s hard for me to swallow that the 180 turn that Britain took from the Britain shown on those 80’s sitcoms is the fault of the Poles themselves? Yap Keeping Up Appearances once again.
ShortHairThug   
13 Aug 2011
UK, Ireland / Is moving to UK now a good idea? - antipolish prejudice of the Brits [231]

Please merge this with another relevant thread, Mods. Many thanks!

Legit concern on his part, don’t you think?
Sean, perhaps a bit more positive comments about England on your part as to why his impression is wrong in your opinion. Why tuck it away somewhere and not give it a chance for some input from those that live there. I personally would like to hear Poles take on daily life in Britain, what it's like for them.
ShortHairThug   
9 Aug 2011
Travel / Watch out for airport personnel stealing stuff on regional Polish airports. [64]

Tygrys, you’re way off topic now so let’s get back to the subject matter at hand shall we? Did you find my package yet? You Yankee Thief's. Yes Patrycja19, it has been a couple of years now, enough time for this matter to be resolved yet no sign of my package, no one got caught, perhaps you guys are just slow or all is not as rosy as you think. This is not a hearsay either, this is a fact based on my own experience.
ShortHairThug   
9 Aug 2011
Travel / Watch out for airport personnel stealing stuff on regional Polish airports. [64]

Sorting is done by machines

So is my labeling of envelops and so do the native Indians on the reservation that sent my stuff, perhaps it's time for you to get a new pair of prescription glasses and a new cartridge for your printer so you won't have to label yours by hand anymore, than again no one ever accused a Postal employe of being smart or keeping up with times.

When you hear about going postal, it's because many employees are retired from the military who have issues before they were hired.

Believe it or not but other countries military personnel also goes on retirement and into civilian jobs. Yet this **** happens only in America. Try again.
ShortHairThug   
8 Aug 2011
Language / Survival Polish (some basic lessons : ) [9]

Some basic lessons....

Nah, couple of pints with me and you’ll cuss like a native in no time.

Yes :-( . It isn't very good really.

You have to admit, it gives it that foreign accent.

I still don't get the "scotch me", and I consider myself a somewhat accomplished Polish swearer.

LOL. Care to have a beer or two with me?
ShortHairThug   
8 Aug 2011
Travel / Watch out for airport personnel stealing stuff on regional Polish airports. [64]

Thiefs get arrested and it is taken seriously……………But unlike in Poland, who just let stealing go by, stealing mail in the US is a federal crime.

I suspect theft is not the culprit, most of the time people like you simply go postal and their lazy ass won’t be bothered anymore. Laziness Tygrys, laziness!! (Wam po prostu zwisa) if you know what I mean, alluding to the story below. Let's face it, for some strange reason this job is a magnet to some of the strangest characters out there and deranged individuals, especially in the States. Case in point, Whitefish Bay last year where a mailman delivered his mail in the buff. After a formal complaint filed by a woman, the man was arrested but the DA felt the evidence wouldn’t stand up in court and the case would not lead to a stiff enough sentence. Unlike my previous remark no pun intended here, he even kept his job. That speaks volume as to how seriously the USPS management takes any sort of complaint into consideration. Dismissed for the lack of evidence is the order of the day, no one guilty no crime committed. Perhaps my package might still arrive in 90 years or so, strange things do happen, infect that did happen on several occasions in USPS which made a national headlines. I just hope that someone is kind enough to forward my package after all that time. I might even make a descent profit with the cigarette costs rising as they do. Who the fvck knows, strange things do happen indeed.
ShortHairThug   
8 Aug 2011
Travel / Watch out for airport personnel stealing stuff on regional Polish airports. [64]

Good point, but it doesn't change the 'fact' that some slimebag pilfered my goods, more than likely in a country that begins with the letter P.

BS. Last time I was in Chicago staying there for 3 months I ordered 3 cartons of cigarettes of the Indian reservation in US, needless to say package never arrived I wonder if that also had something to do with Polish Post Office. Last time I’ve checked USPS has a monopoly there, Not sure though it could have been sand through UPS or FedEx as well, still no relation to Poland yet the package disappeared, go figure. I’ll bet it was a country starting with U.
ShortHairThug   
7 Aug 2011
Travel / Watch out for airport personnel stealing stuff on regional Polish airports. [64]

There have been reports (and I can tell it from my own experience on the Wroclaw airport) that personnel on most Polish airports regularly steal stuff from traveler's suitcases.

It’s no secret that’s the way US states supplements their income, confiscating private property of unsuspected Polish travelers in the name of homeland security. Check out what State Agency for Surplus Property in your own state to see what they have on sale through EBay in terms of the items and how much money it generates. Of course those are not all the items as the more valuable are split among the personnel that works there. They even boast they have a 98% success of reselling those crappie items to the general American public. I guess everyone in US is an accessory in theft. They freely admit that they’ve been doing it since 2004 on all US airports but each state has jurisdiction over the items confiscated to do with them what they please. What about Chicago O’Hare where Poles are frequent target for their luggage to be search by the custom officers because they will always find items that will be useful for them. I’ve heard plenty of stories from Górals who had their oscypeks' confiscated as supposedly illegal substance they carry on board. Interesting perhaps they should stop selling booze in a duty free shops if you can’t take it with you since that also seem to be the favorite with those custom officers.

Who is responsible for that? Who hires/pays the personnel to work on the airport?

Yep, Poles have been asking these very same questions for years now. If it turns out that what you say is true I’ll say good for them, recoup that lost property by any means, preferably employing the very same tactic that US government does.

To be honest I don’t think anyone would want your soiled underwear.
ShortHairThug   
6 Aug 2011
USA, Canada / Why are Polish restaurants not successful in the USA? [698]

and what sort of pie would you like master?

LOL. I love your sense of humor already.
Actually I was looking forward to a more dramatic response it’s my turn to be a Troll for a day you see, but this explains a lot.

No I live in England

I’m glad you didn’t take my remarks personally (zwracam honor).

LOL love life, no complaints at all it's very spicy thank you,
any more spice we'll be in the intensive care unit!!!!

A bit more information then I needed to know but then again it’s my own fault for bringing it up. :))

but polish food I only cook it because he loves it !

Don’t tell anyone, but the secret to Polish dishes is Więcej vegety i maggi and I’ll guarantee you’ll have much better results.

As to the question Why? Plethora of reasons but none given by the Yanks worth contemplating. I’ve been to the states and can honestly and sadly say it’s been my experience as well. In a well-established Polish communities State side, one can find plenty of Polish restaurants that are thriving, some serving an excellent food at reasonable prices as well as some that are not so great, nothing to boast about in either case. It all boils down to their customer base as well as the owners but in either case not very well known to the greater outside community. This is a failure on American Polonia part and in a way it gives the validity for this thread as they’ve been there for a while now.

When you ask an average foreigner about Polish cuisine you draw a blank, hell vest majority of Poles themselves have no idea how rich our kitchen is. One look through this forum gives a rough estimate as to the extent of everyone’s knowledge foreigner and a Pole alike, (pierogi, bigos, schabowy, rosół, barszcz, kopytka). Very easily explained by who the immigrants were at the turn of the century. As for the new generation of Poles you have at least two generations that grew up on the most basic of Polish dishes due to the reality we found ourselves in, except for a very brief glimmer of hope in the early 70's the shortages of the Solidarity era effectively sealed our faith in our own exposure to our culinary art as the country struggled for the freedom. The question of what’s for dinner at that time was a challenge in itself and putting together a meal an art form. Contrary to what you have may read on this very forum, Poles do like to explore other cuisines and don’t shy away from it but it’s also nice to get back to the familiar taste of your childhood. We’re all guilty of that.

Familiarity and exposure is a number one cause in my opinion closely followed by the knowledge of the food which in turn would generate a greater verity on the menu sustaining more of the same business without really competing with an established one in the area for the same few Poles be it the Old or New immigrants. Poles and locals alike have no idea as to what else can a Polish restaurant offer besides the few items I have mentioned above but Poles are the ones who I would have to rely on to get the business going in the beginning which brings us to the feasibility of such enterprise.

Let’s not forget the fact that certain ethnic foods are much better suited for a fast pace world we live in, prep time, cooking time, ingredients, suppliers, do I have to prepare everything from a scratch or can I use ready-made frozen stuff etc., they all play a role of how much profit a restaurant can generate and still have a reasonable enough prices to compete in that over saturated market. Let’s face it; anyone that ever tried frozen pierogi can taste the difference. If you asked me this question; if I would seriously consider opening a Polish restaurant the answer would definitely be NO. There are much easier ways to make money with a greater profit margin than running a restaurant.

Consider this a starting point in this debate, it’s only a tip of the iceberg of the possibilities that can be explored as to the question of Why Polish restaurants are not present or visible on the US market?, and elsewhere of course or why don’t we see more Polish restaurants now? Could the restriction of travel of the Polish citizens during the communist times also have played a role? Effectively changing the dynamics of our exposure and presents in the Western Europe and US alike for the better part of the last century? Perhaps even explaining this gap between Polish vs. other ethnic food on the market.

When a reader reads the title of this thread his subconscious impression is how inapt Poles are even in the most basic of businesses out there, it was designed that way on purpose to steer this debate in that direction. The readers’ comments for the most part confirm that for me so to post anything meaningful is pointless. For me the course of this debate has been predetermined by the very title of this thread hence the Troll like behavior on my part for which I do apologize.
ShortHairThug   
6 Aug 2011
USA, Canada / Why are Polish restaurants not successful in the USA? [698]

To partake in the discussion about food first you have to know something about it, clearly your culinary experiments make me rather think otherwise, and the taste? One can only imagine what it taste like. There's your American food critic in a nutshell.
ShortHairThug   
5 Aug 2011
USA, Canada / Why are Polish restaurants not successful in the USA? [698]

well, glad we could help with all that bland food :D

You don't know the definition of bland till you try some authentic American cuisine out of the vending machine.

American noodles
American Steak

Oh yah, I forgot. Perhaps some other American culinary delights such as Cheese in a can? What will they think of next.

LOL

And something I would be afraid to feed my dog and you feed it to your kids.

Kids Food
ShortHairThug   
5 Aug 2011
USA, Canada / Why are Polish restaurants not successful in the USA? [698]

Poland's pride and joy!

Yep, we’re doing our best to keep you afloat during the hard economic time by buying the few things you still produce there but even that might change soon.
ShortHairThug   
5 Aug 2011
USA, Canada / Why are Polish restaurants not successful in the USA? [698]

Perhaps some of the A1 steak sauce too? Some of us like to enjoy a good steak without killing it’s natural flavor. Typical commercial to push American product. LOL I'll give you that you sure have your marketing to a T. Even the worst product out there can be sold in america with no problem with that constant bombardment on TV.
ShortHairThug   
5 Aug 2011
USA, Canada / Why are Polish restaurants not successful in the USA? [698]

300+ million people, not everybody is a fat fast food eating slob.

There’s no misconception when a typical American homemade meal consist of either a readymade frozen TV dinner, Rom'n Noodles, some Baked Beans reheated out of a tin can along with some Spam to go with that and perhaps some Mac and Cheese on the side out of a ready to serve carton to go with that.
ShortHairThug   
5 Aug 2011
USA, Canada / Why are Polish restaurants not successful in the USA? [698]

Who are you kidding, if all your hot dog joints closed all of a sudden and the same happened in Poland we are back to square one, homemade meals for us but you would starve to death.
ShortHairThug   
5 Aug 2011
USA, Canada / Why are Polish restaurants not successful in the USA? [698]

Could it have ANYTHING to do with the food they're serving?

It sure does, shows how impatient the Yanks are. Instant gratification, drive through culture, some food requires a bit longer to cook and some TLC during preparation and of course at least an hour to enjoy the fruits of your labor to delight all your senses. Having it served on porcelain plates and eating it with real silverware in company of friends and family instead of eating it alone out of a carton in your car on the way home also helps in delighting your senses and enjoying few pleasures that life has to offer, but hay whatever floats your boat, who am I to judge?
ShortHairThug   
5 Aug 2011
USA, Canada / Why are Polish restaurants not successful in the USA? [698]

Good way to lose weight? Marry a polish man, the food is not nice!

LOL. Kitchen is a woman’s domain, testing her culinary skills ranks high when it comes to choosing a wife, now get back to the kitchen and bake me some pie woman!

Really like most polish culture but the food bland, bland, bland!!!!!

Looks like someone needs to spice up their love life, change the position once in a while. Perhaps in a year or two with proper diet and exercise you’ll be able to do that.

Answers the question about polish restaurants any where other than Poland!!!!! Not sucessful

American, right?, just tell me where you’re from and I’ll bet there’s at least one in your area that have been there for ages but sadly you only know your the way to McDonald's.
ShortHairThug   
27 Jul 2011
Language / How many words does the Polish language have? [30]

one did say 350,000 but that was when you figure in all the changes that are applied to root words because of the nasty grammar rules in the Polish lingo.

What’s your problem? Kurwa mać!! That’s the beauty of the Polish dictionary; you look up the root word, no need to put every single one in the dictionary. That’s why people constantly ask that dumb question, what does that word mean? I can’t find it in the dictionary. If you know the root you can pretty much figure out the meaning but you won’t find it by looking it up unless you know the root.
ShortHairThug   
24 Jul 2011
News / Observations made by Her Majesty's departing Ambassador to Poland Rick Todd. [9]

extremely pro-active and hard working so his next posting is likely to be a step up, one of the G8 or larger Commonwealth countries rather than palm trees and golden sands.

Than you definitely did not bother to read the article. Step up? Yes, he is taking a post of Governor but the place is Turks and Caicos Islands so it is palm trees and golden sands after all for him. Perhaps It’s time for well-deserved R&R.
ShortHairThug   
17 Jul 2011
USA, Canada / Why are Polish restaurants not successful in the USA? [698]

the seaweed wrap, the sticky sushi rice, the fish, the avocado, soy sauce....none of it is Polish food so all of it needs to be imported giving you a meal without any Polish ingredients at all.

It takes time for the food to be imported losing its freshness in the process, guess we are back to square one.

they can't really screw it up unless the food isn't fresh.

Buena Appetite.
ShortHairThug   
17 Jul 2011
USA, Canada / Why are Polish restaurants not successful in the USA? [698]

Cough; You call that a criminal act? Getting a stock tip from an insider friend happens all the time in the circles she moves in. Nothing unusual there, what's different is that she was proven guilty of telling few white lies once caught. LOL

Insider trading is pretty much the norm, unlike prosecution in those cases which are rare indeed.
ShortHairThug   
11 Jul 2011
Life / Racism and for what? (story of Egyptian guy's living in Poland) [149]

Like I’m supposed to take some anonymous person at his word, get real! Look another anonymous nick that jumps on this bandwagon, nothing but a bunch of Trolls, perhaps even one and the same Troll. Word of advice, if you’re looking for trouble you will find it sooner or later, just like everywhere else. Mafia my ass, you’ve seen too many movies and your phantasies run wild.
ShortHairThug   
9 Jul 2011
Life / Joe Palooka (Pałuka) from 1920s: the comic-strip character [6]

One of the earlier negative stereotypes of Poles was the comic-strip character Joe Palooka (Pałuka), a good-natured but stupid prizefighter, which predated Ameica's 'Pollack jokes' of the 1970s

BS. His character was based on Pete Latzo whom he allegedly met outside of a poolroom. It's a hell of a stretch on your part, for the character to be Polish his surname would have to be (Pałka not Pałuka) as suggested by you. Besides as a slang term "palooka" has many meanings but in the boxing world at that time the term "palooka" was used to describe a third-rate prizefighter and that's how it would have been perceived by the readers at that time. It still does, take a good look at the end of this scene, though the modern slang meanings fit in quiet well too.
ShortHairThug   
21 Jun 2011
Genealogy / Town or village name Lipine [13]

Can anyone help with this town, village, etc.?

Post the picture of the postcard here, perhaps there’s a clue on it as you obviously spelled the name wrong. Are you sure it's not Lipno?
ShortHairThug   
20 Jun 2011
Food / Why is it that some Polish people refuse to eat anything that is not Polish? [120]

Let’s state the obvious; we all eat the food that we grew up on as it gives us comfort. Till this day I eat boiled potatoes smothered in sour cream sprinkled with dill as a main dish sometimes, I wouldn’t call it food but it does give me comfort as it reminds me of my childhood.