Work / Self-employed American living in Poland? Is it possible? [54]

You nailed in delph.
And at 33% self employment tax would knock you down to $1340 a month take home pay.
You are only allowed to have like $1500 in your savings account to be on Medicaid.
We need more information here from Iwrite4Food as it is apparent that he can not even afford a plane ticket to Poland to start with.

Lets be honest here.


>>>but I'm getting older and want access to better and cheaper healthcare than I can afford in the U.S.)
So what is your handi cap that qualifies you for Medicaid being you are middle aged and collecting Medicaid ?
You say your Medicaid covers 100% of your health care now but want access to cheaper healthcare than you can afford in the U.S. ?????
What is cheaper than free ?
By any chance is Trump booting you off Medicaid or have you milked it for as long as you can and no longer qualify ?


If Iwrite4Food is on Medicaid it would qualify him for Food Stamps (free food) too ????
Say you are a free lance writer is like me saying that I am a free lance consultant.
Very very vague that confirms/means absolutely nothing.
You say that, "What I make here will afford me a very nice lifestyle in Krakow but enough to have a nice flat and save $$$ at the end of the month for marriage and retirement."

If that was true you would not be able to qualify for Medicaid.
In my humble opinion you are dreaming a pipedream that is beyond your financial capabilities and current assets.
Like Joker said, "If you cant make a decent living in the USA don't expect it to happen in Poland."

Life / Typical Polish house and family [46]


Wasn't that forty years ago if I remember correctly in what you said about spending a couple of days there ?


LMAO - so did my grandma.
So it was a Polish thing then....... lol.

News / Polexit? Almost half of the Poles believe that Poland would be better off outside of the EU [548]

Can't argue that.
Two years ago today the zloty was 4.21.
Today it is 3.85.

News / Polexit? Almost half of the Poles believe that Poland would be better off outside of the EU [548]

Keep putting a bowl of milk out for a cat and it will never leave either.

Life / Typical Polish house and family [46]

That's a fact Joker and not funny at all.
My Polish grandmother seldom ever let anyone in her living room.
When we were allowed we were required to take our shoes off and then ask if we had clean socks on AFTER your trousers had been examined to see if they were clean enough to sit in one of her over stuffed chairs.

This included my Polish grandfather who was always treated like a second class citizen.
He was notmally 'required' to sit on his bench in the kitchen.

Life / Opłatek, not presents, epitomises the true Polish Christmas spirit [85]


Could this be because we Christians profess that Jesus is the reason for the season ?
We Christians celebrate the birth of Christ and the Un Believers have no reason to celebrate Christmas so they ridicule our religious beliefs.


What I have read about Poland's Christmas's is that it is now more about commercially imposed emphasis on food, booze and presents.
Is midnight mass still the highlight of Christmas celebration in Poland ?

Language / -ski/-ska, -scy/ski, -wicz - Polish surnames help [185]


It is commonly believed that "-sky" is a Jewish surname while "-ski" is not.
The correct spelling of this common surname suffix in Polish is "-ski", and Poles usually kept that spelling after immigration to America.
There are 14 to 15 million jews in the world yet only about 5% of them actually practice their faith.

Work / Business ideas for Poland [63]

Some Polish person could become a millionaire over night with my ideas.
One of them would be to invent a mouse flavored cat food.

Work / Language Teachers - do you feel respected in Poland? [86]


The old days of bullying with intimidation of students by a teacher/instructor are over.
Some school teachers get that little bit of authority over children and suddenly become geniuses lording over students by demanding respect.
How is a teacher to feel respected when the student is more mature then the teachers ?
We have seen that scenario right here on the Polish Forums.
It's the student that is paying for a teachers services so mutual respect must be shown.

Love / Sexually liberal ----- Is this a fact or myth for Polish women living in Poland? [61]

I guess you hang out with a different kind of crowd then I do.
I have only heard how Polish women make good wives, mothers and how hard they work to have nice things.

Love / Sexually liberal ----- Is this a fact or myth for Polish women living in Poland? [61]

I am most offended that you would make such a degrading comment about Polish women.
Because a woman loves to have sex does not make her a slut.
NEVER in my entire life have I EVER heard here in America that Polish women have any such image, EVER !
I can't say the same for the Jewish women though when I went to college.

Work / The Polish Land Forces (ARMY) - I want to enlist [20]

You also might want to consider being a mechanic for tanks as not only would that keep you from being a direct target in a conflict but also give you a free education as a heavy equipment technician with lots of hands on experience making you a prime candidate for a very good paying job as a civilian when you got out of the military.

Just my thought anyways.

Love / Sexually liberal ----- Is this a fact or myth for Polish women living in Poland? [61]


Oh my gosh yes !
(I did run across one that was rather frigid here on the P.F. though)

Polish girls look and act wholesome, but good lord do they love sex.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

District of Beyoğlu, on the European side of Istanbul, Turkey ?

Genealogy / DOBZYN, PLOCK ? Need more information [15]

To the best of my knowledge, No - Bialasy is north of Plock district.
I haven't been there though in years so my memory of it has faded.
Białasy is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szczutowo, within Sierpc County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east central Poland.

Off-Topic / Random movies (not Polish) proposed by forum users [95]

The Irishman
This one is suppose to be a good one.
Very long but good.
"The Irishman," fabled director Martin Scorsese's new three and a half hour Mafia saga.
Coming out on Netflix on Nov. 27, 2019.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

Oh I saw that when I was in Poland last summer.
It is the Monument to the Revolutionary Act located in the very center of Rzeszów at the confluence of Łukasz Ciepliński Avenue and Józef Piłsudski Avenue.

It's much bigger in real life than your picture portrays.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

I'm tellin' ya.


He's rolling cigars.
A cigar roller.

Love / Are the Polish the most suspicious people in Europe? [73]

Don't trust anything you hear and only half what you see.
Even salt looks like sugar.

Genealogy / What are common Polish character traits? [425]

One of the most admired traits of the Polish was 'hard workers'.
This trait seems to have been lost in this generation.
Poland must not have had welfare programs in the old days. yes ?

News / How could PiS better spend billions instead of 500+ ? [280]

However Greece has a ace in the hole with their lucrative shipping economy that Poland does not have.
Today, shipping is the country's most important industry worth $22 billion plus.
If related businesses are added, the figure jumps to $24 billion, employs about 400,000 people, and shipping receipts are about 1/3 of the nation's trade deficit.
Poland does not afford such a luxury.
Besides back then the economy was thriving in the E.U. and today it is declining.

News / How could PiS better spend billions instead of 500+ ? [280]

Like Dirk once said, "Poland is milking the E.U. for all they can get."
The gravy train eventually runs out of track.

News / How could PiS better spend billions instead of 500+ ? [280]


Welcome to Socialism........it works great until the other guys money runs out.

Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1450]

Ah, thank you for your patience in explaining that to me.
Much appreciated.

Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1450]


Everywhere in the U.S.A. anyways.


I would tend to disagree with that.
Pickled pigs feet is a type of pork associated with Cuisine of the Southern United States, Mexican, Chinese, and Scandinavian cuisine.
The feet of domestic pigs are typically salted and smoked in the same manner as other pork cuts, such as hams and bacon.
It is common to preserve them in a manner very similar to home canning and processes for pickled vegetables typically a saturation of hot vinegar brine is used.

bing.com/search?q=pickled+pigs+feet+jar

Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1450]


I am not joking you.
You can buy pickled pigs feet in most large grocery stores.
The meat is very tender and sweet.
I know they sound unappetizing but once you get past the visual they are quite a delicacy.
One of my Polish fathers favorite snacks.


My favorite is a grilled cheese sandwich with a slice of sweet onion and a slice of tomato in it while grilling.
I will have to admit that you Polish girls are much more creative with your recipes then American women are.

Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1450]

The only time I ever had pickled onions was when they were in with Polish pickled pigs feet.

Off-Topic / Random Sports News [875]


I wasn't aware that I was.
Do you just need someone to chat with again ?
Now back on topic please.

Off-Topic / Random Sports News [875]


Polish people don't as they are pretty much a no nonsense bunch and very superstitious.
Americans on the other hand don't take life as seriously as the Polish do.
Back on topic please.