PlasticPole
9 Sep 2010
Genealogy / Polish nationality? Which of the following (if any) determine being Polish. [231]
Beaches would belong to the Polish Nation.
Beaches would belong to the Polish Nation.
PlasticPole
9 Sep 2010
Love / Polish girls hard in relationships [156]
That's not true. He will just take advantage of you and not respect you. You need to be assertive from the very beginning.
If I play my cards right, I can really walk a man on a leash like a dog by being submissive.
That's not true. He will just take advantage of you and not respect you. You need to be assertive from the very beginning.
PlasticPole
9 Sep 2010
Genealogy / Polish nationality? Which of the following (if any) determine being Polish. [231]
They have to grant us our own state and we get to run it. New Jersey could be ours and we can decide who lives there.
So what did the Polish Nation of America get when the US government officially recognised them?
:p
:p
They have to grant us our own state and we get to run it. New Jersey could be ours and we can decide who lives there.
PlasticPole
8 Sep 2010
PlasticPole
8 Sep 2010
PlasticPole
8 Sep 2010
Genealogy / The surname "Turek" [11]
It sounds like the town Turin, though I don't know if his family is slavic and from that region of Italy and that's why he has that last name. It's strange that he doesn't have a last name like Mueller.
It sounds like the town Turin, though I don't know if his family is slavic and from that region of Italy and that's why he has that last name. It's strange that he doesn't have a last name like Mueller.
PlasticPole
8 Sep 2010
Genealogy / The surname "Turek" [11]
It's that time of the year again, or almost, and a local Oktoberfest is starting in September. Why, I don't know. The man hosting it owns a German restaurant and his last name is "Turek". That looks like a Slavic name, not a German one. Could this be a slav posing as a german? Why would he want to do that?
It's that time of the year again, or almost, and a local Oktoberfest is starting in September. Why, I don't know. The man hosting it owns a German restaurant and his last name is "Turek". That looks like a Slavic name, not a German one. Could this be a slav posing as a german? Why would he want to do that?
PlasticPole
6 Sep 2010
Genealogy / Polish nationality? Which of the following (if any) determine being Polish. [231]
They integrate well. Everytime there's a war, the Native American warrior is right there fighting for the US so they are definitely a thread in the fabric that is America. Plus, they have their own nation, which is kinda cool. I think American Poles need our own nation, too.
Native Americans, unsuccessful).
They integrate well. Everytime there's a war, the Native American warrior is right there fighting for the US so they are definitely a thread in the fabric that is America. Plus, they have their own nation, which is kinda cool. I think American Poles need our own nation, too.
PlasticPole
6 Sep 2010
Genealogy / Polish nationality? Which of the following (if any) determine being Polish. [231]
For native Americans, it's real. They get money from the government and everything :)
For native Americans, it's real. They get money from the government and everything :)
PlasticPole
6 Sep 2010
Genealogy / Polish nationality? Which of the following (if any) determine being Polish. [231]
Yes, it's like native Americans. They identify themselves as Americans but have their own sovereign nation within the US. Same with Polish Americans. We are the Polish nation within America.
Isn't nationality mainly a matter of self-identification?
Yes, it's like native Americans. They identify themselves as Americans but have their own sovereign nation within the US. Same with Polish Americans. We are the Polish nation within America.
PlasticPole
6 Sep 2010
Off-Topic / Does anyone else find Cygans fascinating? [60]
They are know to afflict with evil eye.
I find gypsies fascinating even though they are annoying and I feel a small amount of pity for them.
They are know to afflict with evil eye.
PlasticPole
5 Sep 2010
Genealogy / Polish nationality? Which of the following (if any) determine being Polish. [231]
Some of them keep in touch with family there. Those who do not might have this fantasy about Poland which has no basis in reality. That's where you get the Plastic Pole types who run around waving their kielbasas in the air.
I think the Americans of Polish descent have the same folkloristic idea about Poland and probably will have the same effect on a visitor from Poland.
Some of them keep in touch with family there. Those who do not might have this fantasy about Poland which has no basis in reality. That's where you get the Plastic Pole types who run around waving their kielbasas in the air.
PlasticPole
5 Sep 2010
Genealogy / Polish nationality? Which of the following (if any) determine being Polish. [231]
Those folks are prolly planning to return to Netherlands, but are waiting till they can go dutch ;)
They will return.
One day.
Those folks are prolly planning to return to Netherlands, but are waiting till they can go dutch ;)
They will return.
One day.
PlasticPole
5 Sep 2010
Genealogy / Polish nationality? Which of the following (if any) determine being Polish. [231]
I get your point but some of us have family in Poland and remain connected. We are proud Americans but we call ourselves Polish as well. Maybe not "Poles" because that implies we are subjects of Poland, but "Polish" fits us just fine.
Because your great- great- great-grandfather was Polish, you are Polish too, even if you yourself, your parents and grandparents have never set foot in Poland?
I get your point but some of us have family in Poland and remain connected. We are proud Americans but we call ourselves Polish as well. Maybe not "Poles" because that implies we are subjects of Poland, but "Polish" fits us just fine.
PlasticPole
5 Sep 2010
Genealogy / Polish nationality? Which of the following (if any) determine being Polish. [231]
There's a lot of people who had more than one grandparent who made the long journey from Poland. The Italians can all move to NY and call it "Nova Italia".
Isn't New Jersey mostly Italian?
There's a lot of people who had more than one grandparent who made the long journey from Poland. The Italians can all move to NY and call it "Nova Italia".
PlasticPole
5 Sep 2010
Genealogy / Polish nationality? Which of the following (if any) determine being Polish. [231]
We might take over the state of New Jersey, changing the name and kicking out all non-Poles. That way we have our own state.
You might get your New-Poland sooner than you think!!!
We might take over the state of New Jersey, changing the name and kicking out all non-Poles. That way we have our own state.
PlasticPole
5 Sep 2010
Genealogy / Polish nationality? Which of the following (if any) determine being Polish. [231]
Nonsense! We are the Polish nation within a nation.
As per the 2nd generation they're not Poles anymore, they are Americans. Americans of Polish anchestry, but that's the only thing Polish they have.
Nonsense! We are the Polish nation within a nation.
PlasticPole
30 Aug 2010
USA, Canada / American Polonia. Wisconsin - the most Polish state? [112]
The most Polish state in the US is New Jersey. Second, New York. Third, Pennsylvania.
Then, you got Illinois and maybe Michigan. Wisconsin follows after all those.
The most Polish state in the US is New Jersey. Second, New York. Third, Pennsylvania.
Then, you got Illinois and maybe Michigan. Wisconsin follows after all those.
PlasticPole
27 Aug 2010
USA, Canada / PolAms -- do you regard yourselves only as 'white Americans'? [187]
I always choose "white" or caucasian because I have no black or Indian blood so that is what I choose. My skin is white, so I choose "white" on any form.
The US Census seems to divides Americans into white, black, Hispanic, orietnal, Pacific Islanders, native Americans and a few other, but lumps all the rest in the 'white American' categoo. There has been a movement in somw quarters of Polonia to have PolAms cross out that term and pen in 'Polish American'. How do you feel about that?
I always choose "white" or caucasian because I have no black or Indian blood so that is what I choose. My skin is white, so I choose "white" on any form.
PlasticPole
8 Aug 2010
Life / How do Polish people feel about an English teacher with crimson dyed hair? [10]
You have the right to blue skin, too.
You have the right to blue skin, too.
PlasticPole
8 Aug 2010
Life / How do Polish people feel about an English teacher with crimson dyed hair? [10]
Polish people are into alternative fashion styles, so pink and purple striped hair would be a big hit in the classroom!
I was just wondering how the majority of Polish people feel about unnaturally dyed hair. Would it be acceptable for an English teacher to have crimson-colored hair?
Polish people are into alternative fashion styles, so pink and purple striped hair would be a big hit in the classroom!
PlasticPole
4 Aug 2010
Life / Yard waste / plastic burning - is such typical behaviour in Poland legal? [30]
US has always been a socialist nation with tinges of capitalism.
Hell, you should see the USA, the entire banking and mortgage system is socialist.
US has always been a socialist nation with tinges of capitalism.
PlasticPole
4 Aug 2010
Life / Yard waste / plastic burning - is such typical behaviour in Poland legal? [30]
You think that's a Polish attitude? Before they moved, I had neighbors that barbequed on days with 45 mph wind and a burn ban. Another neighbor was burning **** in his yard and that's not even legal where I live under any circumstances! It was like, so scary, I was waiting for my house to catch fire.
a close neighbour is out in his garden at 22:30 and start doing his rubbish/yard waste burning.
On one of the hottest nights of the year, when everyone in the neighbourhood has got their windows/doors open to try & cool down.
the area looks like it is covered in a low lying thick white fog.
So typical of the "i don't give a $hit about anyone but myself" Polish attitude.
On one of the hottest nights of the year, when everyone in the neighbourhood has got their windows/doors open to try & cool down.
the area looks like it is covered in a low lying thick white fog.
So typical of the "i don't give a $hit about anyone but myself" Polish attitude.
You think that's a Polish attitude? Before they moved, I had neighbors that barbequed on days with 45 mph wind and a burn ban. Another neighbor was burning **** in his yard and that's not even legal where I live under any circumstances! It was like, so scary, I was waiting for my house to catch fire.
PlasticPole
4 Aug 2010
Love / 'Battered husbands' - still a taboo subject in Poland [387]
It depends on the state. Where I live, 99% of the time, the woman gets custody of the kids.
Care to back that up with some cold hard evidence, such as written judgments analogous to your claim? I'd like to think that the US judicial system is more proactive than that.
It depends on the state. Where I live, 99% of the time, the woman gets custody of the kids.
PlasticPole
1 Aug 2010
News / POLISH GAS RESERVES [40]
You need to research hydraulic fracturing if you have shale beds and be sure the chemicals they put into the ground to release the gas from the shale won't pollute your ground water. Make sure the condensate tanks do not pollute the air. If Poland experiences a gas boom, the threat to the environment will be significant.
Possibilities are endless. Just plant more beans. ;)
You need to research hydraulic fracturing if you have shale beds and be sure the chemicals they put into the ground to release the gas from the shale won't pollute your ground water. Make sure the condensate tanks do not pollute the air. If Poland experiences a gas boom, the threat to the environment will be significant.
PlasticPole
28 Jul 2010
Love / 'Battered husbands' - still a taboo subject in Poland [387]
Men can be jerks, but you wonder how it all starts. What makes them that way? Perhaps they had domestic violence in their household and witnessed it as kids. They lost their souls along the way.
Men getting more money at work is a different matter. You have to change the mentality. People still consider the man to be the one bringing home the main income while the woman takes care of the kids, so the men get more money.
Men can be jerks, but you wonder how it all starts. What makes them that way? Perhaps they had domestic violence in their household and witnessed it as kids. They lost their souls along the way.
Men getting more money at work is a different matter. You have to change the mentality. People still consider the man to be the one bringing home the main income while the woman takes care of the kids, so the men get more money.
PlasticPole
28 Jul 2010
Love / 'Battered husbands' - still a taboo subject in Poland [387]
You have to walk away, anyway, if only for a few minutes, or overnight, if necessary. You can't let someone's threats hold you hostage. If someone acts that way because you have taken a break, it's their responsibility. All you can do is regulate your response to it, so it doesn't come back on you.
Marriage counseling might be the only hope.
The best option if its got to this stage is to walk away...but that option becomes difficult if you share a home and have kids...
You have to walk away, anyway, if only for a few minutes, or overnight, if necessary. You can't let someone's threats hold you hostage. If someone acts that way because you have taken a break, it's their responsibility. All you can do is regulate your response to it, so it doesn't come back on you.
Marriage counseling might be the only hope.
PlasticPole
28 Jul 2010
Love / 'Battered husbands' - still a taboo subject in Poland [387]
ZIMMY, you make a good point. Domestic violence is a pattern in a relationship and any time the police are called or it occurs, it is a clear indication the relationship is dysfunctional and severely damaged. Change is needed and someone needs to step in and pressure the couple into realizing they are in a destructive pattern that requires altering. It doesn't help to point to either the man or the woman and blame them. Sometimes, it's button pushing followed by a reaction. If it doesn't stop, the only thing to do is spend time apart, if they don't believe in divorce, or divorce if they do believe it's okay.
The key is to get the couple to notice when they are headed toward a fight and get them apart before it happens, so they can clear their heads and think logically, without emotion interferring. Both of them have to make an effort for it to work. If either of them refuses to acknowledge a problem and that it needs to stop, no excuses, the intervention will be a failure.
ZIMMY, you make a good point. Domestic violence is a pattern in a relationship and any time the police are called or it occurs, it is a clear indication the relationship is dysfunctional and severely damaged. Change is needed and someone needs to step in and pressure the couple into realizing they are in a destructive pattern that requires altering. It doesn't help to point to either the man or the woman and blame them. Sometimes, it's button pushing followed by a reaction. If it doesn't stop, the only thing to do is spend time apart, if they don't believe in divorce, or divorce if they do believe it's okay.
The key is to get the couple to notice when they are headed toward a fight and get them apart before it happens, so they can clear their heads and think logically, without emotion interferring. Both of them have to make an effort for it to work. If either of them refuses to acknowledge a problem and that it needs to stop, no excuses, the intervention will be a failure.
PlasticPole
28 Jul 2010
Love / 'Battered husbands' - still a taboo subject in Poland [387]
The police need to persuad them to attend therapy. This is where the cops step in and act as mediators, since, most the time, the couple will not press charges.
The police need to persuad them to attend therapy. This is where the cops step in and act as mediators, since, most the time, the couple will not press charges.
PlasticPole
28 Jul 2010
Love / 'Battered husbands' - still a taboo subject in Poland [387]
The subject of husband battering should be taken seriously since a man can't strike back or else he'll be accused of domestic violence since he is stronger. Women can also be emotionally abusive. These people need therapy.
The subject of husband battering should be taken seriously since a man can't strike back or else he'll be accused of domestic violence since he is stronger. Women can also be emotionally abusive. These people need therapy.