Food / PIZZA & KETCHUP served only in Poland? [159]

Magdalena wrote:


yes, i have my own pizza shop. just to name a few varieties of pies we make, we have an "I'm the Shizznit" pie, "Shine my Shoes" pie, and "Who da' man?" pie (my personal favorite)

;)

on a more serious note, i'll just say that pizza in poland simply isn't pizza. just like chinese food in poland isn't chinese food.

Food / PIZZA & KETCHUP served only in Poland? [159]

moderator wrote:


PPWWAAHAHAHAHA! oh, you're a funny one, mr. moderator.

Magdalena wrote:


i've never tried it, but i'd imagine it's just as bad.

Food / PIZZA & KETCHUP served only in Poland? [159]

magdalena wrote:


indeed I am. i wrote "magda" as the author, meaning "magda2010". i guess i should have been more precise. she wrote this:


which obviously is opposite to your opinion.

oh, and "Magdalena", pizza sucks in Poland.

isn't it about time you learnt how to use the quote function

Food / PIZZA & KETCHUP served only in Poland? [159]

magda wrote:


that's because you don't know what good pizza tastes like and without the ketchup, it's just cheese and bread.

what you eat is commonly known in the rest of the world as a "cheese, bread and ketchup sandwich", only it's warm instead of cold.

pizza without good italian tomato sauce is simply not pizza.

Life / Returning to Poland. Where should I go? [16]

dtaylor wrote:


define "a sh1t load". depending on how much money we're talking as well as maybe how old you are, just do it for the cash and save for something later down the line. then if you have to take a cut in pay when you move on to something else, you'll have a nest egg already built up.

just sayin'.

USA, Canada / Poles in PA (Pennsylvania)? [7]

there are plenty of poles living in PA. Pittsburgh has a high concentration of them, and also along the PA/NJ border, on the PA side.

News / Poland still developing strong economy despite red tape [8]

bureacracy is still going strong in poland, in my mind, for one very big reason: it gives underqualified Poles jobs. 5 people to do one person's job, but at least they're all employed. lots of people pushing paper around for their 1400 PLN per month, but they have a job, their company pays for their medical insurance and social security......socialism pushes along.

consolidate all the BS paperwork that Poland drowns in every day, and watch the unemployment rate double.

USA, Canada / Better life in USA or Canada? - expats opinions and your comparison [143]

what you write mr. West is completely, and conveniently leaving out the fact that obama inherited the worst economic crisis the world has seen since the great depression.

when bush took office, america was BOOMING......and look what he left behind.

obama is spending money, sure, but it's in an attempt to rescue the country from economic meltdown. maybe it's a good decision, maybe it's bad, but it's something to maybe try and stop the bleeding. new job creation is on the up and up lately......

bush created debt through entirely different means.

you simply can't compare the two.

USA, Canada / Better life in USA or Canada? - expats opinions and your comparison [143]

Ronwest wrote:


dude, did you just compliment Bush, criticize Obama, and say "approval ratings plummet daily" in the same breath?

Life / WHY DO POLES USE ENGLISH WORDS IN CONVERSATION? [396]

seanus wrote:


terrible comparison.

Life / WHY DO POLES USE ENGLISH WORDS IN CONVERSATION? [396]

yeah, but you know it's still bad. even the tongue and cheek words had to come from somewhere.

i personally don't like the borrowings mainly because i don't catch them often times in conversations. i'm not expecting an "owac" to come flying out or some awful pronounciation of an English word ending in "ing" but then it does, and it goes totally over my head. then i'm met with a half embarrassed look from the person i'm speaking with, the light bulb goes on when they repeat it, i roll my eyes a bit and we move on.

i'd prefer to just hear polish when i'm speaking polish, that way i know what to listen for!

USA, Canada / Better life in USA or Canada? - expats opinions and your comparison [143]

skysoulmate wrote:


that old gag.

skysoulmate wrote:


you sure?

skysoulmate wrote:


no, but you'll systematically molest/rape our children and get away with it, carry out crusades, inquisitions, drastically affect the way our country runs its politics, not pay taxes, deny evolution among other scientific facts which goes on to poison and retard the minds of our country's children on top of indoctrinating them with YOUR religious views when they are far too young to think for themselves, threaten them with hell.....

News / US shouldn't interfere in Polish election (Polish-American Advocacy Initiative) [60]

Sokrates wrote:


now THAT sounds American!

it always cracks me up to see thread after thread digress into history lessons. oh, it also bores me.

USA, Canada / Better life in USA or Canada? - expats opinions and your comparison [143]

plk123 wrote:


most doctors earn above 100K, but jeez, 100K is pretty damn good to me. considering the national avg. salary for people above 25 in the USA is around $45,000 a year, 100K is pretty damn good, and it's more than what 99.9% of the world earns per year.

News / US shouldn't interfere in Polish election (Polish-American Advocacy Initiative) [60]

delphiandomine wrote:


and


which is case and point why Poles, people that can't speak English, and certainly people that have never been to America.........do not know $hit about the USA.

zajebiscie Delph!

delphiandomine wrote:


to some up..........what do you know about "American Polonia"? Ever met one?

keep tootin' that america-hating vuvuzela of yours, kid.

USA, Canada / Better life in USA or Canada? - expats opinions and your comparison [143]

Pinching Pete wrote:


indeed.

Language / Difference between Polska & Polsce? [26]

i believe it's we śnie no?

USA, Canada / Do many Polish people in America hate Americans? [592]

Zajec wrote:


is that why Poland has BY FAR more of it's population living in America than in any other foreign country?

Face it Poland, your country likes America. And for most young people that claim to not like it, you sure as hell seem to enjoy America's products and culture. Just walk through a store or turn on your TV at night.

I can certainly understand why people have issues with America. I'm American and I have issues myself with my own country, but the blind animosity from people that have probably never even been there or that constant attitude and rolling of eyes when they hear anything about the states....that I simply will never understand.

Food / Eating Kielbasa - how do you cook yours? [119]

get yourself the real deal home made pig fat in lard form, cut up a white onion, and slice a big piece of kielbasa in half. melt the pig fat in a frying pan, drop in your onions and kielbasa, cook as long as you like........

then, of course.....HOHOHO.....why even say it.....lather some good rolls with the pig fat, and crack open a bottle of the clear stuff.

hot sauce completes this meal for me, but most poles don't do spicy.

it's totally vile, but totally beautiful.

Language / Difference between Polska & Polsce? [26]

to the OP.......yet again, Polish claims its next victim.

if i had a dime for every time a foreigner said, after being corrected on a case ending, "what? oh come on.....what the f#uck is that?" i'd be a very rich........wait......foreigners don't study polish!........ok, so i'd have a water cooler filled with dimes maybe.

plk123 wrote:


spanish and italian work NOTHING like polish.

USA, Canada / Better life in USA or Canada? - expats opinions and your comparison [143]

tygrys wrote:


assuming doctors would get paid in the US as horribly as they get paid in Poland.

guy goes to college for 8 years plus internships/whatever else he/she needs to do to become a doctor, and then at the age of 30 starts earning 2500pln per month, just a little bit above the country's avg. salary. no motivation? no $hit.

in the US, they would never socialize the entire system and start paying doctors "a little above the national avg.".....the entire country would be out of doctors. doctors in america are rich. period. they go through a lot of school, often times having to pay for it out of their own pockets, and then they go on to make hundreds of thousands of dollars a year. and they should. and they do.

you're nuts if you think Obama, or whoever is in charge of america is going to introduce a healthcare system where doctors are getting paid......say.....$60,000 a year.

the more you think about the shite wages doctors get paid in poland, the more you have to wonder why the hell they bothered to even become one.

twenty something year old guy from america comes to poland to explore europe, learn a second language and teach ESL.....and earns more than Piotr, a native pole who studied medicine for 10 years.

Law / Can I come to Poland with my girlfriend on the student visa as a dependent? [40]

delphiandomine wrote:


it's great to see you coming to your senses, delph. many of your most recent posts display the same attitude towards poland. it's only a matter of time in this country. right around when the 2 year mark starts creeping up on you and the honeymoon is over, you start seeing Poland for what it really is......a difficult place to live.

News / Majority of Poland's kids physically unfit, claims PPA. [41]

polishcanuck wrote:


i hear this over and over on this forum and in the classroom....americans are fat, they all eat fast food.......bla..........bla...........bla.

but i'll say one thing, when it comes to working out, running, aerobics, cycling, lifting weights, playing sports.....Poland can't hold a candle to the USA. go to any city in america and you will see runner after runner, cyclist after cyclist, and gym after gym.

I'm an avid runner myself, and it still cracks me up to see the looks I get from people as i go running by, especially in small towns. as a matter of fact, a perfect example occured just yesterday morning. it was around 6:45 a.m., i was running through a small but popular polish town in the south west of poland, and at one point i passed an old restaurant with a group of guys standing outside drinking beer. as i passed, one of them yelled out, "szacun! powiem szacun!" that's certainly not the first time that happened, poles yell out to me with stuff like that all the time. in america, you could do the same thing at 5:00 a.m. on a tuesday morning and people wouldn't even bat an eye.....because in America, it's completely normal. when I had a corporate job in the states, I was out running at 5:00-5:30 a.m., and I routinely would pass other runners at that time.

lots and lots of people in america exercise, and many are quite hard core about it. it's just that america is a country of over 300,000,000 people, which means there are a large number of fat asses as well.

Life / Anyone else suffering from mosquito bites in Poland? [52]

Polonius3 wrote:


in america there is a wonderful little innovation called "screens on windows". you can leave your windows open all day long, no bugs. the only way they can get in is through a door.

Work / Are you teaching English in Poland? [120]

delphiandomine wrote:


yeah? I have a degree in Biology and spent 3 years working full time for a corporation of 1000+ employees in America before coming to Poland. Imagine that. Care to tell us your experience working for a large company?

you're a 25 year old kid who graduated from college and came to Poland to live.....rent free. don't forget that, Mikey.


what he said.

Work / Are you teaching English in Poland? [120]

delphiandomine wrote:


pure bollocks. what an obscene exaggeration.

first and foremost, how many Polish people does this forum know who teach English full time that have even a few years business experience under the age of say 32? Polish teachers graduate with their Master's in English degrees and go right to a language school and start working or translating or whatever they do to make ends meet, including teaching Business English. they don't go work for some corporation for 5 years, get real business experience, and then start working as an English teacher. neither do they sit at home and read business news "religiously" every day. why? because you're an English teacher, not a business consultant. a qualified english teacher knows the language through and through, the vocabulary within the lesson, and how to teach it accurately and effectively. period. chances are, if they were to ask you how long you've been studying business, they'll ask it using the wrong verb tense.....a much bigger fish to fry regarding their English skills.

aside from that, if the student insisted on a teacher who was knowlegable in business, you sure as hell aren't qualified to give advice on the subject because you read The Economist and the daily headlines. Go to work for a corporation for a few years, see what life is really like in the bullpen, and then we'll talk.

Work / Moving to Poland from the USA. Question concerning CELTA certificate.I need help [32]

if you ask me, the CELTA for most people is the difference between getting a job in Poland in 2 weeks, or 4 weeks. so essentially, it doesn't matter whether you have it or not.

schools look at it as a guarantee that you're serious. you invested the time and money, i guess you aren't going to leave the country next week. other than that, once you have 6 months under your belt and you're not a complete tool, as a native speaker, the CELTA is like the guy that hooks you up with your first office job. you needed him then, you don't need him now.

any education is good education, and i can understand why people do the CELTA. coming from another country, not knowing the language or the system, going for a CELTA is at the very least peace of mind.

BUT, i wouldn't recommend it to anyone unless they were really young and clueless. In Wroclaw, a native with a college degree and a good head on his/her shoulders finds work without a problem.

USA, Canada / Why do Americans (and Canadians) hate Polish people? [226]

zetigrek wrote:


this is a silly thread for sure, but if i may add, i hear Poles telling off-color jokes about the plane crash all the time.

PlasticPole wrote:


are you for real man? you've got some serious anti-american issues dude.

USA, Canada / Do you speak English? Have you lived in America? New LOVE/HATE list......... [144]

convex wrote:


it's the answer any sensible American would give......but it simply won't fly on PF.

USA, Canada / Do you speak English? Have you lived in America? New LOVE/HATE list......... [144]

plk 123 wrote:


the crocodiles pick up the slack.