USA, Canada / Moved back from Canada to Poland:). Here are the reasons why. [868]

aphrodisiac wrote:


no. i am not suggesting you are lying. lying is completely different than just BS'ing.

what i am saying is that it was 13 C in Szczecin yesterday, not 20 C.

we should end this because we're boring other PF members. just stop BS'ing.

USA, Canada / Moved back from Canada to Poland:). Here are the reasons why. [868]

aphrodisiac wrote:


i could think of several reasons why people living in Poland BS about Poland, I see it all the time on this forum....but i digress.

oh, and yes, when it's 13 C outside (in the meantime I checked several other weather sites, their archives also confirm that it was 13 yesterday in Szczecin) and someone says it's 20 C, it's BS. are you suggesting that your intuition, your innate ability to decipher outside temperature, is more accurate than finely tuned thermometers at weather stations?

that's aaaaall i'm sayin'.

as you were.

USA, Canada / Moved back from Canada to Poland:). Here are the reasons why. [868]

aphrodisiac wrote:


it wasn't anywhere near 20 C in Szczecin yesterday. quit your BS'ing, that's all I'm saying.

aphrodisiac wrote:


wow, a balmy 10...."for sure"? i assume you're wearing your socks today....

USA, Canada / Moved back from Canada to Poland:). Here are the reasons why. [868]

aphrodisiac wrote:


by 11 degrees C.......yes.

20 degrees C in Szczecin yesterday, you say??? I just checked the weather in Szczecin yesterday on this website:

polish.wunderground.com/history/airport/EPSC/2010/9/30/DailyHistory.html?req_city=NA&req_state=NA&req_statename=NA

and it says that the high yesterday in Szczecin was 13.

you were right the first time at 9:07 when you said it's time to take out the warm socks.


in wroclaw right now (13:18 p.m.) it's 9 degrees C, light drizzle. Lemme guess, 22 and sunny in Szczecin....

USA, Canada / Moved back from Canada to Poland:). Here are the reasons why. [868]

aphrodisiac wrote, regarding yesterday's weather in Szczecin in response to my post, at 20:36:


that's strange, considering you wrote this yesterday at 9:07 a.m., before you made the above comment in response to my post:

"Polish weather is kind of unkind I would say. After a week of sunshine, wearing flip flops (must be the only person wearing flip flops last week in Szczecin- getting stares from fashionable Polish women, who would never leave the house with their bare feet) I had to put the so much hated socks on. I realized that I would need an umbrella on daily basis, as well as a pair of boots asap.

did the weather make some miraculous change after you wrote your post at 9:07? I live in Wroclaw, statistically the warmest city in Poland, and the high was 9 and it rained all damn day. i find it hard to believe that a city 6 hours north of me was sunny and warm. unless of course we have different ideas of what's sunny or warm.

USA, Canada / Moved back from Canada to Poland:). Here are the reasons why. [868]

aphrodisiac wrote:


yeah? how was it today? 9 and raining here in wroclaw.

enjoy.

Life / The Polish national 'brand' [21]

wildeckerenegat wrote:


I pay 800zl every month to an organization I simply have no use for but have no choice in the matter. How's that for socialist ideology.

Oh, and believe me, nobody sees Poland as liberal.

Love / THE POLISH DISEASE, wanna marry a Polish girl ? read on... [197]

aphrodesiac wrote:


i can agree to that. i avoid those threads like the plague but this one i found especially pathetic and was compelled to write something.

Life / Let`s compare prices of services and products in Poland [359]

which sometimes makes me think the USA may be the biggest culprit of unclaimed income.

think of the millions of Americans working in restaurants, diners, bars, night clubs, cafes, etc., and they all work on tips. tipping is such a huge part of American culture, something that makes it unique to the rest of the world. tips are almost always given in cash so the USA has no idea how much money these people are really earning. bartenders in busy night clubs in major cities in the USA can take home $500 or more in one night, all in cash. a waitress working in a swanky uptown restaurant can take home just as much, and uncle Sam never sees a dime of it.

Love / THE POLISH DISEASE, wanna marry a Polish girl ? read on... [197]

39 year old guy, unmarried, who has dated many women and now decides to go on an internet forum to ramble, paragraph after paragraph about a polish girl who doesn't sleep with him anymore and is a terrible person in general....

man, i'd love to sit down for an hour with any of his ex-girlfriends and get the other side of the story....

Life / Let`s compare prices of services and products in Poland [359]

f stop wrote:


just checked the avg. gas prices for Georgia and Alabama (the deep south), as of today they are $2.55 and $2.56.

"local beer" is very vague. you can buy a 30 pack of domestic beer in the US for under $15. these are 12 oz beers, so about 21 half liter, poland sized beers, for $15. less than $1 per half liter of brew. a good import goes for around $25 per case.

i don't eat at McDonald's, but I know a run of the mill cheeseburger can be bought at McD's for $1.

i also think your car insurance quote is a bit off. sure, in the deep south you can insure a car for $50/month, but when you get into the bigger cities on the east/west coast, it can easily triple. most people in NJ where I'm from can't get insurance policies for under $1200 a year.

only the big thick Sunday papers get to be over a dollar. otherwise, papers in a local town are 50 cents or even less. even daily papers in NYC are 50 cents.

all in all, a decent list f stop. if you are in fact in the deep south, we certainly have different perspectives regarding price, but no matter where you are in America, it's entirely cheaper to be there than in Poland. i'm still baffled every day with how expensive things are here vs. there, real estate first and foremost.

Real Estate / Is this a bad time to buy an apartment in Poland? [142]

warszawski wrote:


no, poland.

Wroclaw Boy wrote:


you could very well be right. maybe it's all hype, but speculation often times dictates prices.

Real Estate / Is this a bad time to buy an apartment in Poland? [142]

i'd say it's a good time to buy.

i just sold mine and because of market changes over the past year or so i had to go down considerably in price to sell it. i wasn't ready to sell 2 years ago and it makes me sick to my stomach when i think about the offers i got on it back then compared to now.

for people with a large chunk of cash looking to invest in real estate, maybe see if the market jumps if and when the Euro 2012 comes to town and then dump them for a quick buck, it could be a great time to buy.

Food / Why is it that some Polish people refuse to eat anything that is not Polish? [120]

Just Me wrote:


you are saying here that your in laws in So Cal eat too much Mexican, and that you "get really tired of it." you then say that what people eat is "no business of ours".

earth to Just Me, but we live here in Poland and just like when your in laws push another plate of mexican in front of you and you cringe, it's the same for many of us being served up yet another huge plate of meat and 'taters or a big pile of greasy pierogi. poles eat polish food and when you look for something else in poland, more often than not, it's overpriced and tastes like crap.

Just Me wrote:


naaah....too easy.....i'll pass.

USA, Canada / PolAms -- do you regard yourselves only as 'white Americans'? [187]

a valiant attempt to save face, maybe you fooled a few newbies on this forum, but you know i'm laughing out loud at what you have just written, Delph.

USA, Canada / PolAms -- do you regard yourselves only as 'white Americans'? [187]

jonni wrote:


i beg to differ. regardless, facts are facts.

jonni wrote:


you must not read anything Delph writes on this forum.

USA, Canada / PolAms -- do you regard yourselves only as 'white Americans'? [187]

jonni wrote:


because he has written every single one of those things.

jonni wrote:


again, he has admitted on this forum he is not a native speaker.

anything else jonni?

USA, Canada / PolAms -- do you regard yourselves only as 'white Americans'? [187]

MediaWatch wrote:


I can assure you, Delph is not American.

Jonni wrote:


Delphiandomine lives in an apt. rent free, does not have a family here, works part time as an English teacher and has a bogus online foreign services business that generates zero income (lindenia). Of all people you could have chosen to use in that statement, you chose him?

MediaWatch wrote:


He is certainly a mystery. He is not a native speaker of English which means that he may have Scottish blood but he wasn't born and raised there. It's posssible he bounced around a lot as a child and just never developed a native tongue.

It is kind of entertaining to read what you all are writing about him, saying that he is anti-polish, has so many bad things to say about Poland, because to be honest, I feel the exact opposite. He goes on this forum all the time and makes Poland look so much more than it really is.

If you ask me, he's just a frustrated young kid with little direction and nothing to come back home to and is simply struggling with the fact that Poland is all he's got.

Travel / Hospitality, Scenery, Food, Clean Streets: My POSITIVE experiences in Poland (!) [39]

plk123 wrote:


NOW they come from fish farms, but poles were eating carp long before there were fish farms and the tradition lives on. i guess what i am saying is that way back when, the same fish that were available in lakes and rivers are the same fish swimming polish waters today.

in america, i was an avid fisherman and carp there are considered a garbage fish. any fisherman will tell you there that if you catch a carp, throw it up on the bank. carp eat roe, killing the populations of other fish in the water. it's possible that for that very reason there isn't much else in polish waters besides carp.

Travel / Hospitality, Scenery, Food, Clean Streets: My POSITIVE experiences in Poland (!) [39]

Teffle wrote:

i agree with the carp thing, but there doesn't seem to be many other species of fish in polish rivers and lakes so i guess it's all that is available. my mother in law cooks it for Christmas and just breads it and fries the hell out of it. it doesn't taste too bad but the bones are just brutal to try and sift through.

Travel / Starbucks in Wawel Castle, Krakow. Is this a joke or true? [42]

convex wrote:


i know what you're sayin', but 3 for a coffee for a middle class american is still much more affordable than 15 for a middle class pole.

Travel / Starbucks in Wawel Castle, Krakow. Is this a joke or true? [42]

convex wrote:


not arguing whether the one in wroclaw is busy or not, just saying it only caters to people willing to blow a lot of money on coffee. which again is totally fine, if it's full, hey hey, business is good, keep it goin', but 1 Starbucks is not going to change the coffee culture in Poland. i will still walk to work early in the morning and have nowhere to go to get something hot on the go.

convex wrote:


bring on the awful high fructose corn syrup, soda tastes better there than here. when you eat a piece of cake, a chocolate bar, pizza covered in pepperoni, you're not concerned about the ingredients, you just want it to taste good. when i drink a soda, i want the same.

Travel / My (short) Poland experiences - bad luck? [142]

Zetigrek wrote:


as do I.

it always cracks me up to see 2 big polish guys, track suits and pumas on, walking side by side through the market square holding ice cream cones. i have 2 friends flying in today from America and I know once they see that, they're going to laugh their pants off.

Travel / Starbucks in Wawel Castle, Krakow. Is this a joke or true? [42]

first of all, i gotta wonder if a Starbucks coffee in Poland will taste anything like Starbucks coffee in America. Pepsi/Coca Cola products taste COMPLETELY different in Poland than in America and they're made to more exacting standards than a cup a' joe. Starbucks coffee here will have different water, different milk, different sugar most likely.....different coffee. i'm not a coffee drinker so i couldn't tell you the difference myself.....but i'm just sayin'.

Cardno85 wrote:


secondly, the idea of a Starbucks is great, but the actual Starbucks......a bit expensive for Poland. having coffee/tea products on the go is simply not part of Polish culture and it's something i miss about america. it's 7:30 a.m., i'm on my way to class, where can i buy a cup of tea to go? uhhmmm.....nowhere. 8:00, 8:30, makes no difference. it drives me nuts.

you don't even see travel mugs in poland. in the states, people often times make coffee/tea at home in the morning, put it in a plastic/stainless steel travel mug, and off they go. saves a ton of money and keeps your coffee/tea hot for an hour or more.

USA, Canada / American Polonia. Wisconsin - the most Polish state? [112]

delphiandomine wrote:


......by blood?

Travel / My (short) Poland experiences - bad luck? [142]

seanus wrote:


you've lost me dude.

Travel / My (short) Poland experiences - bad luck? [142]

zetigrek wrote:


sure. right after I learn you english grammar and spelling.

i NEVER critique people for their english if they're a non-native, but you simply asked for it.

masz.

Travel / My (short) Poland experiences - bad luck? [142]

plk123 wrote:


you will never have time for something that isn't there. you misread, you swung, you missed. nothing more to say. moving on.

zetigrek wrote:


american.

USA, Canada / American Polonia. Wisconsin - the most Polish state? [112]

delphiandomine wrote:


my mother is 100%, I am 50%. it seemed appropriate at the time to mention my mother to Bookowl for i most certainly do not think Pol-Ams are in any way inferior and he seems to be questioning my judgement and/or credibility.

sure, my mother is 100%, her mother (my babcia) lived with us my whole life so i had plenty of polish influence, but i see no reason to label myself as a Pol-Am. i feel more american than anything else, whatever that means.

what about you Delph? what do you claim yourself to be?

Travel / My (short) Poland experiences - bad luck? [142]

plk123 wrote:


eeeeeasy boy.

look at post #26.

Avalon wrote to me:

"What is wrong with that? I happen to believe its better here than the UK. I have a good life and I can earn money here if I want to. my kids can grow up safely and I have everything I want. 7 years now and I am not tired of Poland at all. As WB will tell you, you're in for a shock when you go back.

whereas I then followed up by asking, "go back to where?". the statement was directed at me so i responded accordingly. Avalon knows WB is from the UK and was probably assuming I was just the same, which I'm not.

kumasz?

and yes, FIM.