Life / Why Polish people should be proud of being Polish? [370]

I don't think there is anything to be proud about being born in Poland, or having Polish parents.
Where, and to whom we are born is pure chance - not anything we actually did that we should be praised or condemned about.
Only the way we live our lives, the choices we make, the sacrifices we make for our families and how we treat others that can, legitimately, be something we can be proud about.

History / Digital reconstruction of Warszawa - Miasto Ruin - rebuilding the destroyed Warsaw [31]


I'm baffled, too. It actually bothers you that this simulation was made? Because we should look at old pictures instead?

History / Digital reconstruction of Warszawa - Miasto Ruin - rebuilding the destroyed Warsaw [31]

here is some more: youtu.be/twDouTqS4c8

USA, Canada / Are there any Polish people in Florida? [311]


wow. I almost missed it!
I've got to check it out.
K.. smart trainers are them fancy sneakers, right? ;)

Travel / My visit to Poland - Likes & Dislikes. [137]

ans she was so excited about going to Poland..
LAgirl, sometimes the memories grow fonder with time.. anything else, that was a pleasant surprise in Poland?

Life / SOME OBSERVATIONS ABOUT POLAND AND POLISH SOCIETY [297]

some thieves are very ingenious! It's been said that if some of the more enterprising ones devoted as much effort to honest work as they do to their schemes, they would be successful businesmen.

That said, I don't know anyone in my family that steals, so I resent the idea that this is a Polish trait. Now, if anyone of them were to become a drug addict, for example, then all the bets are off. My point is that stealing is not a genetic trait, but most probably a result of circumstances.

Snap! Wrong thread. Oh well.

Language / Harmless old-fashioned Polish swear words/phrases [159]

my fathers:
jasna cholera
and, of course, psia krew.
Never heard my mother or any of my grandparents curse.

Life / Do you collect mushrooms in your country? Poles in Poland do. [79]

the way I remember, it was a family affair. Grandpa, kids, everybody was picking mushrooms.. And not like here, one or two kind of mushrooms, I remember there were at least 10 different mushrooms that were good, and a hundred very similar ones that will kill you. Some of them from one lick.

Life / Do you collect mushrooms in your country? Poles in Poland do. [79]

this mushroom picking always scared the sh1t out of me. One wrong mushroom and poof! a whole family can die. There were always horror stories whispered on the subject.

Work / Mechanical engineer born in Poland, grew up the States. Go back to PL. How? [29]

I never thought I'll speak against getting degrees, but this is an exception - photography. You've exibited already? I swear, the more you 'learn', the harder it is to be original. All you need nowadays is the knowledge of tools, and there is no reason to go to school for that. You have to be able self-learn the tools, and fast, since something new and entirely different will pop up the minute you finish your class.

BTW, Bartolomieju, when was the last time you were in Poland and for how long?
My suggestion would be to dramatically downsize, work for 6 months saving every penny, then take a leave of absence and go to Poland for however long those pennies will allow. Don't burn your bridges anywhere, because times, they have a way of a'changing.

USA, Canada / Are there any Polish people in Florida? [311]


we have tons of people from MI here.
Palm Bay and Melbourne are almost the same.
I'm much older than you - I have a son older than you!
Are you down here already?

Law / How much does the average Pole have in cash savings? [38]

coins,
land in Caribbean... ;)
jewels? I have not looked into that yet.

Life / SOME OBSERVATIONS ABOUT POLAND AND POLISH SOCIETY [297]


love that song.. and I appreciate the post. My new credo "to try at least half as hard to find good in people, as much as I dwell on the negatives".

Genealogy / Polish-Ukranian roots and genes [72]


that just shows that all this fighting and differentiating is so silly.
Blond hair and blue eyes is genetically disposable... get over it.

Law / How much does the average Pole have in cash savings? [38]

you should not have your savings in a bank. You should buy stuff you think will appreciate in value.

Language / Do Poles prefer US American or UK English language? [147]

which one is this:

youtube.com/watch?v=8nI6sUSizWk

News / Poles drinking more than ever, as incomes rise. [19]

Re: water and breathing (and vitamin C) - I'm a believer! I do all that every Monday morning, then drive to work trying to remember what problems I left festering on my desk before the weekend begun. ;)

(today is different. Configuration control tools are down, we all are cruizing the internet)

My point was that, for example, some people get anxious socializing, and they think that taking a pill is more acceptable/better/less damaging than having a drink.

News / Poles drinking more than ever, as incomes rise. [19]

what is?

News / Poles drinking more than ever, as incomes rise. [19]


I think that's just pretense. People will make excuses, play games, but the only honest reason to drink is to make yourself feel better. If youy feel really bad, you have to drink a lot. If you just want to unwind after a long work week, you don't need that much. It's really a way of self medicating. Amazing how many people have to take anti-anxiety pills, or sleeping pills or pain pills... have a freaking drink, you pvssy!

Just don't be an idiot and get yourself addicted. Dry yourself out often.
Na zdrowie!

News / Topless sunbathers acquitted in Szczecin, Poland [128]


SoBe was my home for few fun years! Technically, the only legally nude beach in Miami is Haulover. On the South Beach, you can get away with being toples, but if some some highly strung individual watching her offspring complains, cops have to say something. Few select hotels on the strip promote nude sunbathing around their pools.

Life / SOME OBSERVATIONS ABOUT POLAND AND POLISH SOCIETY [297]

so let me get this straight - US just barges in uninvited and "gives" Poland a battery of Patriot missiles (at mil$ a piece, at least), and will hand over the interceptors (about $10mil each!) and Russia objects? Jealous?

And are we sure Poland is not paying for it?
Oh, wait... do the gifts come with US troops?

Life / SOME OBSERVATIONS ABOUT POLAND AND POLISH SOCIETY [297]


I thought it was gypsies that steal your kids, not jews

Life / SOME OBSERVATIONS ABOUT POLAND AND POLISH SOCIETY [297]

That's one of the major reasons I'm afraid to bring my friends to Poland. They've been begging me for years! One rude encounter with a saleslady or waitress and their day will be spoiled. I know... thin skinned! ;)

I'll always remember from Poland this certain tone in my mother's voice when she was talking to someone she needed to get something, or get something done, like she had to supplicate herself, put herself down. Even the words she used, the dimuniatives... I hated it. Last time she visited Poland she had to buy socks, and saleslady gave her some attitude, like "who do you think you are", and it all came back to her and she swore she'll never go back again. Ever. She seems to send more money to Poland than she's got to live on, but she'll keep her word.

Life / SOME OBSERVATIONS ABOUT POLAND AND POLISH SOCIETY [297]

True! I'm sure he would be fermenting something in no time at all! Wouldn't anyone?

Life / SOME OBSERVATIONS ABOUT POLAND AND POLISH SOCIETY [297]


oh, for jah's sake, aren't you exagerating a little? And if you're so worried about his "influence", stop giving it more attention. There are many other OBSERVATIONS ABOUT POLAND here you can comment on, or come up with your own.

Seanus, I really don't believe we (I mean Poles, Germans.. Eskimos) are all that different. Everyone wants to be healthy, have their kids happy and put a freak-on at night. (JK!)

If you put a Pole, a German an Australian, whoever, in the same dire straights, it's not where they're from, but how high they set their ethics bar at, that will differentiate them.

I think Polish people are amazingly adaptable, even holding on to old ways, in the place you're never going to leave, is an adaptation of sorts. But put a Pole on a deserted island, and he'll be Crusoe in no time.

Life / SOME OBSERVATIONS ABOUT POLAND AND POLISH SOCIETY [297]

to me the best things is Poland were the two extremes: summers and holidays in the little village w Świętokrzyskim, and rest of the year in Warsaw.

In Warsaw I liked the "inteligencja" (for the lack of a better word), in vibrant quest for more, more: books, music, art, fashion, always expanding for new ideas. Solving the world problems and criticising trends during endless hours in cafes and pubs. Going to people's homes and hearing the sweetest music, or someone's poetry that makes the hair on my arms stand up.

Villages hold a special place for me as well, bucolic images so perfect that I almost doubt they are my true memories. But they are. Rides on horse driven wagons.. Villagers tsk-tsking when I show up as a stylish waif that I spend too much on clothes and must not have enough left for food, or happily pinching my fat cheeks when I show up looking like a wreck. And village weddings!

Then, there is camping out at the foot of old ruins or living out of a canoe na Mazurach..

Life / SOME OBSERVATIONS ABOUT POLAND AND POLISH SOCIETY [297]

I don't know what happened in Norway, or Sweden, or wherever that is where indian immigrants supposedly don't even try to integrate (the way it was described they take advantage of social services was especailly concerning), but here, they are most educated, law obiding, non-obtrusive neighbours hell bent on fitting in. Sometimes it is even painfull to watch. They even want to party with us, always bringing gifts. ;)

But I don't know - why the difference? Maybe it is easier to integrate here, so they don't need the support of their group as much (financial or otherwise)?

Life / SOME OBSERVATIONS ABOUT POLAND AND POLISH SOCIETY [297]

good man. I vow to point out your bigotry whenever I see it. In defence of Poland.


I work with two indian Phds, smartest, well travelled, most helpfull and selfless people I know, and I re-read this thread, imagining one of them was reading it, and I physically cringed.

I also have noticed that whenever the brain-numbing foreigner bashin' thread gets really going here, it usually takes one person to point out the insanity of judging people by color of their skin, or by sheer chance of where were they born, only then other voices, way more eloquent than mine, come out.


Yes, there are people like you all over the world.


I'm very proud of my country, but some of my friends wanted to know what is this polish forum I've been talking about, and I would be trully ashamed to point them here, mostly because of the stance you represent.

Life / SOME OBSERVATIONS ABOUT POLAND AND POLISH SOCIETY [297]

Torq


aww, I'm picking on you... You are the one that thinks all is fair, including all manner of insults and censorship in defence of Poland's good name. I'm defending Poland! I think all your racist comments should be removed!

Life / SOME OBSERVATIONS ABOUT POLAND AND POLISH SOCIETY [297]

perfect title for the thread: SOME OBSERVATIONS ABOUT POLAND AND POLISH SOCIETY.
It's not the polish sluts, or theves, or jew-haters, or those who don't know Polish hitory (God forbid!) that will diminish Poles in the eyes of the world.

Torq is representing the most shameful aspect of Poles.