American...Polish Resident...Returning to the land of milk and honey

convex wrote:


hahaha, nice. i knew that comment was coming. sounds like a good advertising campaign for walmart clothes. "Withstands even the harshest climates of former soviet Poland!"

convex wrote:


warm climates, good choice. which did you like the best? it's odd you didn't end up somewhere a wee bit warmer in europe, seeing you like warmer climates, no?

plus, imagine how much cheaper Walmart shorts and tank-tops would be.

Starter hoodies+hanes ahem, undergarments+a bunch of other cheap crap, yea. the best clothes latin america and south east asia have to offer...


Polish woman. I lived in Prague for a while, cool place, got tired of going to Wroclaw on the weekends, so I moved up.

I like nola the best, by far. Awesome city, shame about all that water...

Peeps have been brainwashed to not like WalMart.
WalMart has perfectly good, brand name clothes. They carry the same things other retailers do. And $100 buys a whole lot of them.

Don't really care much for the brand name, if they fit, and they last for a year...and I can get an entire months clothes for $100, seems like a fair deal to me. The hassle plus the baggage fees on the European flights makes it easy to justify spending $100 on some clothes to tide me over.

convex wrote:


i fly Lufthansa when I go to the states and I'm allowed my carry on and one piece of luggage up to 23 kilos.

I flew LOT and connected to AA because of a cheap business hookup. Normally through FRA, but it was booked up and had to fly over BRU this time (sadistic, never again). The problem that I usually have is switching airlines, and making my connection in the US (going through customs). It a lot less stress to just take a backpack with a laptop and some books than to lug a bunch of crap around. Besides, Walmart always has my styles in stock :)

I would never expect you to agree with anyone completely. (You have a real problem with that) :s
I only tossed in the brand names thing because FW seems convinced WalMart only sells rags.
I don't shop there often but their stuff is the same as elsewhere. And cheap.

trener zolwia wrote:


I'll be in the states in 3 weeks, I'll have to check it out.

Your mixing people with what an family is? :o


Good lfight! Although it's a bit late to say it :/

I've uttered the words a couple of times, once or twice, well, maybe...might have just thought it quietly in my head...I agree...hmm, sounds strange and foreign...

Is Poland really the land of milk and honey?

I thought that Israel held that dubious distinction. LOL Ha eretz chalav ve dvash!

-:)))))) (sorry, couldn't resist)

lelakek et ha etzba'ot!

I thought Israel was the land of sahlab and pistachios...

The US seems to be the land of Buffalo wings and Mountain Dew...

convex wrote:


how rude of you to bring that up!

2 things I can't get in Poland.

damn you!

once to get to your land of milk and honey you can have a bath in Mountain Dew, not that it has anything to do with mountains or dew;) (fekking sugary soda drink)

Yea, I'm kind of an ass like that. And for bonus points, for the price of a cabbage stuffed kebab, you can gorge yourself on both. Myam...

Don't they have WalMarts in Poland?


You mean every bar there doesn't sell yummy chicken wings either?? Man, maybe Poland really is behind the times!

The only place in Europe that has walmart is the UK, where they're branded as Asda. You have pretty much the same thing here, but in my opinion the clothes are a lot worse quality at Tesco, Carrefour, and Real.


They have them in the touristy places. I think Telepizza does wings too, but the palate is a bit different, not too big on spicy, I have no idea how you can eat wings that aren't spicy. On the plus side, nearly every bar has tasty beer..

Yeah, they have to be spicy. But I don't go for the traditional "Buffalo" flavor so much. I prefer Cajun BBQ flavor. I can eat two dozen of them yummy little suckers! And blue cheese. Each one must be dunked in blue cheese dressing!

I'm with you on the blue cheese dressing. Just seems so natural.

On a side note, they're shelling out on the range here and it sounds like the T6s are training too, turboprop whine is nice.. It's like being in a warzone, ah, home.

aphrodisiac wrote:


there must be a heaven because that's the only explination for the existence of Mt. Dew.

po prostu, heaven in a can.

trener zolwia wrote:


oh come on Mom, they don't have............oops!

Germans have it, but interestingly enough, no Dr. Pepper, which seems to be sporadically available in Poland.

In the land of money? I thought the national debt was in the trillions and that the economy is still floundering/flagging ;) ;) Milk and honey is money in Cockney rhyming slang.

Best of luck, convex. You can see the delights of Gliwice soon if you wish :) Sometime in the new year as the renovation will take another month or so yet.

Little things, little things. If we just ignore them, they will go away eventually...


Will give you a ring and you can show me around that gem of Silesia :)

Oh yes, the old laissez-faire approach to the economy ;)

My wife gave me a ring a year ago so no need for that ;) ;)

Hope you are having fun in the US :)

Lol.


You ever been to the states, Seanus?

Got my motorcycle license today. It was fairly straightforward. You can either do a written test (on the computer), and a skills test, or take a two day basic riders course. I opted for the riders course, you get some other handy little things like a discount on your insurance, discounts at shops, etc. Anyway, it consisted of two days of classroom and riding instruction, 8am to 5pm. Didn't learn much, but it was a good experience nonetheless. Most of the guys in the course were military, one was in Herat as an interpreter/interrogator with recon while I was cruising through town :) Total cost, $150. Went to the Highway Patrol office this morning, waited around for about 15 minutes, did the written test, then went to the tag agency and exchanged my license, took about 5 minutes for them to take the picture, and issue the new license...$14. Theoretically, I could have skipped the course and went through the test for a grand total of $14 spent for a motorcycle license. As is, I spent a whopping $164. That beats paying a couple thousand zloty any day. Now I can legally ride my bike in Poland, yay and whatnot.

Now, there are some upsides, and some rough downsides to this. The majority of drivers here are idiots once they get onto the road. The very basics of driving seem lost to them. Check mirrors? Indicate before a turn? Hang out in the right lane with no intent or desire to pass? Send an important message while you're driving? Yessa, all that and more.

Still alive though.

Found a Polish restaurant up in OKC, will be heading up that way tomorrow :)

geeze convex, seems like you're having a damn good time. why would you want to leave all that? i mean honestly, why leave the states to go live in some little apartment in europe again?

But he lived in a fairly big apartment....?

In a nice area to, it was about a 5 minute walk to the Rynek. Say what you like about Poland sitting in Wroclaw Rynek on a hot summers day admiring the sites and drinking beer is great.

Have a safe journey you fugly bastard i'd like to have that beer finally, looking forward to your feedback once you're back too.