Travel / Poland - never again [593]

While they are asleep, here is one and the only reason why I will never go to a country like Poland where they don't operate under the American rule of never, ever refusing treatment in the emergency rooms to anyone without asking a single question. A point that is totally non-negotiable to me. If I want to go to a jungle, I will go to a jungle.

Here is why. Back in 2002, I went for a bike ride through a park in Palatine. Like a complete moron, I wasn't paying attention and hit a tree with my face. It was one f***** mess that later needed 50 stitches to make me look like a human again. Somebody called 911 and the ambulance guys were picking me up in about 10 minutes. In the ER, nobody asked who I was or how I was going to pay. After the MRI scan they installed the above mentioned stitches, asked me if I have insurance, I said yes, gave them the name, and I was on my way home. That's it.

Now, imagine the above in a hospital that wants cash up front, and I mean cash, not a credit card. That MRI alone was probably a grand or two. In Warsaw, I would have to have that kind of money on me while on a bike and in shorts. Even if I did, that money would have been stolen within minutes as I was waiting for the ambulance.

Never again. Again.

Travel / Poland - never again [593]

My patience is infinity.

Life / I'm British in Poland and I think that it's time to go back to the UK! [240]


Beats the hell out of me why I am wasting my time, but, since I already clicked, here is my comment.

No, you never forget. You just become a lot less fluent after 50 years of not using it. Still remember your first phone number? How about the names of your teachers from the elementary school?

News / Polonophobia rising in Israel. [144]

I like you more and more.

Whoever wrote ISRAELI MINISTER TELLS EU TO GO TO "THOUSAND HELLS". are you sure this go to thousands hells is the exact quote. My sources tell me that the thought was expressed a bit differently.

EU vs Israel? Let me think. Hmm, a bunch useless spineless wonders in Brussels vs the smartest and the bravest people surrounded by a sea of barbarians who would kill them in a nanosecond if they knew how. Not an easy call to make. I will be back tomorrow.

Travel / Poland - never again [593]

"Please do" is not an answer to "will you STFU?"

The proper answer is either yes or no.

Travel / Poland - never again [593]


Thanks. That is exactly like me.


If I post my birth certificate issued last September in Warsaw, will you STFU?

A simple yes or no will do.

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

@Rich Mazur
I apologize for some errors in my Post 223.

It should be within not withing. Also, that I am a very manager. should be that I am a very bad manager.

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


How true. All the Polish engineers at my last place of employment were the very best and at the top withing the engineering department. They would argue, just like me, but they were smart and supremely proactive. One of them would walk into my office to tell me that I am a very manager. My response was that I liked his balls to tell me that to my face. He left confused and laughing.

When I came to the US in 1967, I instantly ran into the Polack jokes. One of them was on a bulletin board of Stewart Warner where I started, showing a revolver with the barrel pointing back and Polish Gun right under it. That bs lasted about a day or two. Then I threw a fit, told them that some of the best guns are made in Radom, and that it was the American-made M-16's there were often found jammed next to dead Americans in Vietnam. Nobody ever offered a Polish joke in my presence.


My wife is Polish. She came to the States when she was 17 so she speaks very good Polish. We married in 1970 and when our first daughter turned 1 and showed signs of being annoyed by other kids in an all Anglo 'hood because of the few Polish words she picked up from us, one day we switched to the English only, with no exceptions, between ourselves and everywhere else. This decision paid off very well. The the extra money I earned as a manager and later as a director, the position I held until my retirement was a tangible proof. Had I clinged on my Polish heritage, whatever it means while living in "America", I would have never been promoted, and, thus, denied the extra 50 grand a year for about 20 years. That 50 is my immediate salary raise plus the managerial bonus. Do the math and see what being fluent in English does to your cash flow.

Even in Poland it pays to know English. A friend came to the States a while back. Her son hated it here so he went back. Luckily, with his English he became a tour guide for foreign tourists. Last time I heard, he was doing very well.

Without trying to be funny or offensive, there is only one reason why a Polish person deserves to be called dumb or stupid: it's for clinging to everything Polish - the newspapers, books, movies, TV, radio, bars, restaurants, and the company he keeps, while neglecting English and the immersion in the culture of the country he chose to be his new home. If this is your choice you lose the right to complain about the non-assimilating Muslims and how you are being exploited at your low-paying job.

Travel / Poland - never again [593]


Do you understand what "for the last time" means as included in my post 148?

Also, do you understand what FO means or do I have to use the full phrase?

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

Why do Americans (and Canadians) hate Polish people?

The question itself is arrogant and has a load of self-importance. For me to hate you, you have matter and be relevant to me. (Trolls, that "you" was editorial. I really have no feelings, good or bad, about Crow).

For example, I don't hate Mongolians because they don't matter to me. But I do MS-13 and, by extention, everybody from El Salvador because they should not be here, legally or not.

Travel / Poland - never again [593]


You are beyond pathetic. Do you know what sarcasm is? Do you know when somebody is yanking your chain? I admitted doing it in my 131 and you still take it literally. No wonder I left Poland and have even less desire now to go back.

OK, for last time, how do I prove that I was born in Poland and lived there until graduation? I gave you choices so either answer or FO.

Travel / Poland - never again [593]


Are you OK? Unidiomatic phrases after 50 years of not using the language? I can barely put a sentence together in Polish without some hesitation. Plus,I did my damnest to forget it and switch to English everywhere - at home, at work, in the Polish stores and restaurants, even in the Polish Consulate - to the total exclusion of Polish. My kids do not know one word in Polish other than kielbasa, pierogi and oplatek. I made sure that they would not have any split loyalties and learn that terrible Polish the locals here do.

So, don't make me laugh with those "unidiomatic" phrases. If you stayed in bed for 50 years, you wouldn't know how to walk.

Travel / Poland - never again [593]

I am going to make an exception to my rule never to debate kids and women, and ask you which of the "forged" documents I mentioned in my totally sarcastic Post 131 would you like to see?

Secondly, if I post one you like, are you (1) going to accept it and say oops, sorry, or are you going to say that it's indeed a forgery and proves nothing?

BTW, how the f*** can anyone prove from a distance that he speaks a language with the Google translator being as good as it, in fact, is? OK, genius, your turn to explain that little problem.

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

You may have a point. Here, in the best country on earth, aka the USA, engaging perfect strangers in a short smalltalk is routine. While cruising,I often end up at McDonalds for breakfast. On many occasions, I would notice a group of older guys just sitting there, sipping coffee and enjoying their conversation. As shyness is what I left in Poland, I would walk right up, say hi and ask if I can join in. Always and without any exceptions I was greeted with sure sit down. With my usual sensitivity in such matters, my first question is often, is this a Trump territory or Hillary? BTW, the only time the response was "Hillary" it was to have fun with me for a moment.

Could I do in Poland?

Travel / Poland - never again [593]

Hey, geniuses, read my Post #131 or is it too much effort?

Life / I'm British in Poland and I think that it's time to go back to the UK! [240]

Are you talking about me or some other person? I am asking since I never expressed any "hate" toward the Polish Consulate. I can express hate directly by saying "I hate..." without relying on your unusual ability to read between the lines or filling in the missing words I chose deliberately not to write.

Which brings me to the subject of freedom of speech. Once I knew a Russian working at the same place where I was. Sometimes we would go lunch and talk about things. Almost always, when he was ready complain about the US, he would lean forward and lower his voice to a whisper. His fear of KGB or whatever it was when he was leaving Russia was so ingrained.

The above connects to this forum as follows. It seems that some here assume that others express themselves in riddles for whatever reason. So, instead reading the text as written, literally and without looking for some hidden subcontext, they guess, infer, decipher, decode, looking for what was not said directly. So, let's see now who needs treatment and meds.

So, my dear detective and the seeker of truth: wait until I write "I hate..." to be sure that I really do. I don't need or appreciate your assistance in this matter.

Travel / Poland - never again [593]


In the world of logic and reason, to claim that somebody is lying, the claimant must meet at least one of these conditions:

1. The claimant knows that a statement is not true because the claimant knows what is true. Me claiming I had dinner with you yesterday would factually be false and, therefore, a lie.

2. The claimant knows that the likelihood of a statement being true is practically zero. Me saying that last week, being 76, I lifted 2000 pounds has zero probability of being true.

3. The claimant knows that an untrue statement was made with full knowledge and premeditation. Not every statement that is not true is a lie.

You are welcome.

Travel / Poland - never again [593]


OK. Time to fess up.

One morning, after taking a badly overdue leak, I fired my computer and, bored out of my mind, I decided to create my new alternate reality. My being an American finally got to me. Like how much of that anyone can take without going nuts.

Just like some guys with all the plumbing, prostate and all decide to be a chicks, I resolved to be a European. Being black or Asian was not an option for obvious reasons.

Not being sure from what country, I took a dart from my desk and, with both of my eyes fully closed, I just threw it at the world map in my rec room. And, wouldn't you know, it landed smack on - you guessed it right - Warsaw, Poland. Wow, holy s***, now I was Polish. Then I realized that I need some supporting docs in case I get challenged by some annoying clowns on PL.com.

Consistent with that, I created a fake diploma from the Politechnika, a birth certificate (USC would be envious how it came out) and, finally a counterfeit US passport showing clearly that I was born in Warsaw, Poland, instead of Indiana. The fact that this act carries some major penalties - you see, the feds here take very dim view of such activities - was not a factor in my decision because the fun I would have yanking some distrusting moron's chain would be worth the risk of serving years in a federal pen. Not to mention the fines.

To further support your so totally justified suspicions, I would like to offer to you this link:

amazon.com/Dumb-Things-Women-Get-Hurt-ebook/dp/B01N1MTJIG/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1516978366&sr=1-3&keywords=dumb+things+women

This version, published in November of 2016, is not the first so I lost a lot of reviews - some good, some bad. What is true - you can really trust me on this - not a single review claimed that my English was even marginally bad. Not even one. They hated me for many other reasons, but not that one.

The reason I mentioned my literary achievement here is that a guy who claims be born and raised in Poland until the fully formed age of 24, without any English classes, could not have possibly write anything like that. No way. Which finally proves beyond the shadow of a doubt that I am nothing but a big fat liar and a fake. Well, actually I am not fat but that's what we often put between "big" and "liar".

BTW, if you would like a copy for free, I will be thrilled to send you a docx file if you pm me your email address. Short of that, just click Look Inside over the book top edge to read the Introduction and the first few pages.

My sincere apologies for being so terribly deceitful.

Travel / Poland - never again [593]


How did you conclude that? Please walk me slowly through your perverted way of reasoning.

Travel / Poland - never again [593]

I hope so.

Comparing a family with a country is actually easy. My place has this invisible red line with an invisible message: you cross it without my permission, you die. And I have a very nice Beretta which is always loaded and ready to enforce the above rule. Why do we look at Israel with disapproval for having the same approach to the invaders is beyond me.

My point is that my rule does not allow any strangers in, even if they promised to cut my grass and shovel snow - things I just don't like doing. There is no amount of money some a-hole from Pakistan could pay me to let him live with me in my spare bedroom if there was any possibility he would rape my daughters or my wife.

Sweden, Germany, and UK do it and proudly insist on doing it. This is beyond sick and cannot be explained in any rational terms.

But I agree with your explanation. Still sick.

I noticed that some call Merkel fuhrer. IMO, this is an insult to Hitler as Hitler was doing his best to make Germany stronger rather than cause its destruction.

BTW, just curious, how much time would I serve in Germany for writting that last sentenced? It feels so good to live in the best country ever created, the USA.

Travel / Starbucks in Poland? [149]

I apologize. Forgot that people in the US and Poland earn the same. My bad.

Travel / Poland - never again [593]


It's very depressing and serves as yet another reason for me to stay here and lovingly stare at the US Constitution. With all my posts in the past, I would be serving life-no-parole in Europe or get decapitated by one of the followers of the religion of peace.

BTW, I am really curious why the Euros are doing it? Normally, people act to have more power, sex, or money. How allowing the foreign, unemplyable, and hateful scum into, say, Sweden makes any anyone there better off. I just don't get it.

As a side note: trolls, here is your opportunity to say that there are many things I don't get, so go for it.

Travel / Starbucks in Poland? [149]

How can Poles afford this expensive fattening garbage at five bucks per cup, twice a day? That's two and half grand a year. Even in the US, that's a lot of wampum.

Travel / Poland - never again [593]


Yes, I can if based on statistics. Generalization does not mean everybody. It only means that there is a pattern worth considering when my safety is concerned. Five Koreans teenagers walking down the street - no problem. Five black teenagers - big problem.

Today, even statistics are "racist". Quoting the crime data showing black murder rate being so many times higher than whites', will get you fired faster than anything; maybe with the exception of claiming that rape is the single most often falsely reported crime in the US.

It's a fact that women use their ability to lie as a weapon but if you say it you are done. This is why I would never go on a business trip with a woman. To many guys this turned out to be a career ending experiment. In the she said he said situation the guy is screwed every time.

Life / Is time on Poland's side? Unsustainable future. [21]


I just did that in this thread:

https://polishforums.com/life/poland-british-think-time-back-25565/8/

Life / I'm British in Poland and I think that it's time to go back to the UK! [240]


Yep, that sums it up. I actually was part of that brain drain and used the German quota to get in.

Travel / Poland - never again [593]


Didn't you ever go to a restaurant so bad that you would never want to go there again?

My comments about Poland are such a review. Add to this my 50 years of not using Polish, and the decision was simple when I realized I would be dealing with morons in the event of a medical emergency. At my age and after two incidents where my life was on the line, nothing is more important. When Poland passes a law that will require all hospitals to treat all patients with life threatening conditions without asking a single question before the treatment starts, I may reconsider. It's that simple.

Life / I'm British in Poland and I think that it's time to go back to the UK! [240]


It was not simple. At a conference in Western Europe, my father met a guy who was the head of PLM in Maastricht in Holland - a Dutch version of Instytut Electrotechniki w Miedzylesiu. After my graduation in 1966, both me and my father worked at the Instytut. I picked that place to make it easier for me to get a leave of absence for three months "to go na praktyke at PLM" almost immediately after I started.

The next step was to get the passport. At that time, it was either private (blue?) or panstwowy (green). I got green and only for Europe, so I was good to go to Holland and no farther. Still, as soon as my foot was on the Dutch soil, I was at the US Consulate in Rotterdam to apply for the US immigration status. It took a while, but after 9 months I was finally on my way to NY. The hardest part was to extend my passport to the US. Without that, I could not go there without going through the process of applying for a political asylum in Germany. That idea was never an option for me. Instead, my father used his contacts at UB to get me what I needed. No, he was never a member of PZPR but did some consulting for UB. End of the story.

Life / I'm British in Poland and I think that it's time to go back to the UK! [240]


All I know is that in the Polish language and the way it's spoken there are too many noise words that add nothing to the message. In fact, all that prosze pana subtracts from it.

Travel / Poland - never again [593]


You are correct. My bad. It was Solec 99. The hospital is also on Solec down the street. I stayed on Dobra 22/24 through AirBnB.

The fact that the clinic and the hospital are public does not change anything. If they don't take credit cards the minimum a decent human being with a functioning brain would do is direct a sick guy like me to the nearest private facility. Instead, as under commies, the moron just wanted to get rid of me without any valid reason like me being impolite. I was too sick to be impolite and I spoke as well and anyone in Poland, as at no time my Polish was an issue.

Poland has a problem of the habits and the customs from the days of communism still lingering. Eventually, you will be like the US where a customer is more important than a clerk and getting information does not involve what we compare to pulling teeth. On the other hand, I admit that the US Embassy was just as bad, but that's another story.