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PennBoy   
1 Nov 2010
USA, Canada / Greenpoint is still Polish? Nightclubs and bars for Poles. [18]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenpoint,_Brooklyn

We don't know everything about Greenpoint; we are not even sure how many Polish people live there. While Polish institutions have not collected solid data, U.S. statistics indicate that five years ago there were 17,000 Poles in Greenpoint, including those members of the community born in the United States. That's fewer people than we may have thought, but still a sizeable group, especially since they constitute over 43 percent of the population in the neighborhood.
PennBoy   
31 Oct 2010
Language / The Future of Polish Language [179]

It's already been influenced alot by English, just from the time communism fell in Poland look how many new words appeared. I think there's no need for that, surely you can make up a new Polish word for its English counterpart.
PennBoy   
30 Oct 2010
News / Upping the speed limit in Poland [92]

is this a wise move:

It took me 3 1/2 hours to get to the Warsaw Airport from Stalowa Wola where i used to live, distance of 230.95 km.
PennBoy   
30 Oct 2010
Genealogy / Is tallness common among Polish people? [201]

Nazis experimented by inseminating German woman by Serbian dinaric highlanders.

Is there any written proof of that today?
PennBoy   
29 Oct 2010
Genealogy / Is tallness common among Polish people? [201]

Yep. Going back to the movie cop analogy - if the tough cop isn't called O'Rourke or Murphy then he'll probably be call Kowalski or something ; )

Haha yep, or like McCluskey the big Irish American cop in The Godfather.


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PennBoy   
29 Oct 2010
Genealogy / Is tallness common among Polish people? [201]

Dinaric sub-type (Serbs and Croats), since 28% measure 190 cm or more in height, as opposed to only 20% in Holland and 1.5% in France

28% of Serbs, are you serious? that is alot. Here in the States they say 4.5% of Americans are 190cm or taller, but that's including, Hispanic and Asian Americans which are not, i'm sure the percentage for white Americans is much higher, i don't know how it is now but just a few years back they were second after the Dutch.
PennBoy   
29 Oct 2010
News / Poland goes bankrupt? [110]

Argentina went bancrupt with the deficit as high as only 100 mld dol. of debts. Poland's today deficit is 260 mld dol. of debts...

Because Argentina started crying like a little girl, Poland has had much tougher times and will get past this "little" issue.
PennBoy   
29 Oct 2010
Genealogy / Is tallness common among Polish people? [201]

Because tall Dutch guys are definitely taller than you. (Think 200 cm or even taller!)

Yea right i'm sure there are tons taller than 196, 200cm or taller is way too tall, but like you said it depends on the girl and how tall she is.

You'll find a lot of Irish-Americans come from farming stock.

Big, tough, broad shouldered, tall, leathery etc. Basically the typical cliché of the indestructible & tenacious Detective O' Rourke in some cop movie or whatever.

The type isn't exactly rare in Ireland but not what you would call the norm either.

You're absolutely right, most came during the famine in the 19th century, the ones that were most affected by it the farmers. Came to America lived in the inter city, did hard labor, industrial jobs, just like later the Polish immigrants.
PennBoy   
29 Oct 2010
Genealogy / Is tallness common among Polish people? [201]

That's what I mean. So, do I go to Ireland, or do I go to Poland? (Or should I date an Eskimo?)

I'd date a tall Dutch girl lol, but here in the States i'd have to go to Minnesota or Iowa to find Dutch Americans in large numbers. Going back to my theory, it's gotta be the food and amount, i know many Irish Americans and some are very tall, taller than me even.
PennBoy   
29 Oct 2010
Love / What do Polish guys think of Irish girls? [187]

Polish women are ugly f..king Sluts all of them. Home wrecking tramps who should not be allowed in Ireland. You can tell them a mile away they look cheap and dirty.

HAHAHA one must have stolen your man. I'd say at least half are pretty and are not dirty, maybe some country girl from hujowa gorka.
PennBoy   
29 Oct 2010
Genealogy / Is tallness common among Polish people? [201]

Depends on how tall the girls around them are. (See, in a country like Ireland, I'd be pretty f*cking tall!)

hmm i thought the Irish were tall men, i think short i think Sicilian Portuguese or Greek
PennBoy   
29 Oct 2010
Genealogy / Is tallness common among Polish people? [201]

I'm 180 cm tall, which is relatively short for Dutch standards.

183 is average for Dutch men, tallest in the world, i think if every person growing up in Poland was as well fed, protein intake, calcium, vitamins all that as westerners get they'd be up there on top. AJ shorter people may live longer but they don't get girls, many die childless.
PennBoy   
28 Oct 2010
Life / Weather in Poland - some explanations [30]

haven't been to Poland in a few years maybe weather has changed, last time i was in the winter time and it was bitterly cold, -20 Celsius, even colder during the night. Summers of 95' and 96' were very hot, at least a month and a half straight hot dry weather, remember all the grass turning light yellow from the heat and sun.
PennBoy   
28 Oct 2010
Life / Poland's Next Top Model (TV show) [73]

Polish, especially accent, is strange.

to you because you don't understand it, Polish sounds nice elegant, if spoken correctly not by some hick.
PennBoy   
22 Oct 2010
Life / Poland's Next Top Model (TV show) [73]

Poland's Next Top Model (TV show)

jesus christ, most these girls are butt ugly, they're just messing up the image of a Polish girl.
these are Polish girls, model material.








PennBoy   
21 Oct 2010
Life / Weather in Poland - some explanations [30]

I dunno about beach in the summer, i don't think it gets hot enough on the Baltic coast, it's all a matter of preference most Poles like cool or cold weather, and seeing the four seasons is a good thing.
PennBoy   
21 Oct 2010
Classifieds / Asian Events in WARSAW? Is there any? [6]

i don't know about evens but there are many Vietnamese
uwaga.onet.pl/11526,news,,wietnamczycy_w_polsce,reportaz.html
PennBoy   
21 Oct 2010
News / Do Poles take Kaczynski seriously!? [199]

Do Poles take Kaczynski seriously!?

Poland needs a young energetic politician to lead it, not old commies who think of the past too much and are corrupted, maybe Wojciech Olejniczak? just a suggestion en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wojciech_Olejniczak
PennBoy   
20 Oct 2010
Love / How should I approach this young Polish man that I like? [48]

Basically, if he hasn't made a move in six weeks, is it likely that he's not interested in me that way and should I just let it go?

He might be just a little shy many Polish men are, or is a bit intimidated, he's probably just not sure how to approach an English girl, he don't know what your reaction might be. Just go up to him tell him you don't normally do this, but you like him and would like to hang out with him some time.
PennBoy   
19 Oct 2010
Life / Foreigners in Poland and what they think of us [54]

Maybe because English is one of the most popular languages in the world, actually the most popular (not counting Chinese of course, lol)

well how convenient for them!! taking the easy, lazy way out as always. Then learn some other language, if English just so happens to be most popular.
PennBoy   
19 Oct 2010
Life / Foreigners in Poland and what they think of us [54]

why, because they don't learn Polish?

Doesn't have to be Polish, they don't know any foreign languages, and expect people in the country they're visiting to speak English. Most Belgians speak at least two foreign languages usually English and German.
PennBoy   
19 Oct 2010
Life / Foreigners in Poland and what they think of us [54]

and the princess from the USA complaining that nobody speaks English! well, you've been there a couple of years and still no word in Polish?!

No No don't say that, she's nice :)