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23 Apr 2010
USA, Canada / Do Poles feel America is going down the drain? [149]

What i suposed to do, grow potatos in my back? buy a goat?

No, little less chemicals for the sake of nice lawn color seeping into the water supply would be a nice start...
The only reason I'm still going on with this is because the homeowners associations are one of the major culprits in keeping up this stupid (and harmful) idea of what the home and lawn should look like, keeping them alive with fear of decreasing property values.

I have a degree in engineering and I still find the time to invastigate what native plants should and will grow in my area, how to create a healthy ecosystem that does not use unnecessary resources or harms the environment.

That is virtually impossible in most of current gated communities. They have to cater to the lowest denominator, who believe nice green lawn, at all cost, is a status symbol.
f stop   
23 Apr 2010
USA, Canada / Do Poles feel America is going down the drain? [149]

Think of the homeowners association as of a personal trainer helping your fat-lazy-happy American as$ to get in shape.

Oh, c'mon, paying the landscaper gets your a$$ in shape??
If you're fortunate enough to actually own a piece of earth, you owe it more than to turn it into a fertilized/pesticided/overwatered suburban piece of rubberstamp wastelawn. But then, you don't really own it, since you don't get to make any decisions about what's done to it.
f stop   
23 Apr 2010
USA, Canada / Do Poles feel America is going down the drain? [149]

I can sell my house in this neighborhood in less than a month.

Great! You'll probably will be looking for something without the Homeowners Association next.
;) I won't tell.
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23 Apr 2010
USA, Canada / Do Poles feel America is going down the drain? [149]

Have to be able to afford it first.

It's more about the freedoms you give up for this promised security. For example, in most of these gated communities here you can't even plant a fruit tree in your (supposedly) yard. No pickup trucks or vans allowed in your driveway. You have two colors you can paint your house - white or light beige. Essentially, your house has to look like all the other houses in the neighbourhood.

Here is my favorite Ben Franklin quote:
"They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
f stop   
22 Apr 2010
USA, Canada / Do Poles feel America is going down the drain? [149]

Did you know that it takes more energy to recycle than just to create a new item?

yes, that is probably true, but how does the sea of plastic garbage in the Pacific fit into that equation?
f stop   
22 Apr 2010
News / Is it possible that Polish president was assasinated? If so then, by whom? [921]

you'll never convince most of the cretins on here to consider anything but the Russian propaganda version. They're THAT naive to think that an investigation dictated by the perpetrators will yield the truth. Good on you for keeping this going.

most agree that you are one of the biggest cretins here.
Why wouldn't we listen to Russian reports? That's where the accident happened... we should listen to who? Swedes? wait for the Polish version, which will probably come after the presidential election?? Oh, wait, we should listen to YOUR version! LOL
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22 Apr 2010
USA, Canada / Do Poles feel America is going down the drain? [149]

U.S. Prison Population Tops 2 Million (Unemployed, But NOT Counted)

Really! To me, unemployment numbers indicate people who are looking for work and can't find any. You really think that the prisoners should be included??

As a matter of fact, anyone that is NOT looking for work should be excluded!
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22 Apr 2010
USA, Canada / Do Poles feel America is going down the drain? [149]

LOL You really like the US doom and gloom scenario, huh?

I don't know where you get the 17% unemployment, you should be looking here: bls.gov
- That means that 90% are employed.
- Most kids I talk to love college.
- Volunteering is our new party theme.
- We all try to 'out-green' each other.

But, like I said, the bad news sells better that no news. I can easily google all the bad news myself, but as long as you enjoy yourself... carry on.
f stop   
22 Apr 2010
USA, Canada / Do Poles feel America is going down the drain? [149]

More and more, THIS is Amerika:

No, this is America people like you want to read about, and the media is happily obliging you.
Nobody is interested in normal people with challenging jobs, sending their kids to colleges, involved in their communities and taking care of their environment.
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22 Apr 2010
USA, Canada / Do Poles feel America is going down the drain? [149]

Seriously? Where do you live? Mayberry?

I'm surprised at you, convex. Unless you choose to live in a gheto, or hang around with crackheads, life in US is very safe. I never lock my car, most of the time forget to lock my front door, and although I am in FL now (NOT in a gated community), I lived in Chicago, New York, Miami, Connecticut... etc etc.. and the only time I had anything stolen from me was on vacation abroad. Can't think of any of my friends or co-workers getting robbed either...
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21 Apr 2010
Food / Home made fruit vodka from Poland [10]

I just remember it as being some spiritus poured over cherries. Needed sugar!

Piorun - I was looking at what to do with sugar syrup in your recipe - strained, cooled, then what?
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19 Apr 2010
Love / Do most Polish women just want a friend or a bf? [13]

I believe that most of the time the woman will just want you for a pal is if you don't turn her on or she's in love with someone else already. Regardless of nationality.
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16 Apr 2010
News / Is it possible that Polish president was assasinated? If so then, by whom? [921]

You are so full of s**t! If you fly them you would know they have fuel dumping system!!
All you do is negate and negate, and when confronted with irrefutable evidence your only recourse is more squealing. Typical ignoramuses. Putin's perfect pupil's...

What a waste of empty space...

Olga was just as diplomatic and convincing with the fuel dumping. Paranoid, gullible fool.