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guesswho   
15 Feb 2011
History / Was Daniel Fahrenheit a Pole? [138]

A scientist best known for inventing thermometers. He was born in Danzig (Gdańsk) when it was a part of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. But most of his life he spent in Germany.

JaneDoe, Danzig's population was always to over 98% German, the language was always German too and so him just as well as Johann Hewelke (Hevelius), Arthur Schopenhauer and many others were all Germans.
guesswho   
12 Feb 2011
Genealogy / Polish looks? [1410]

What ethnicity or race do i look like?

you look very Polish to me.
guesswho   
8 Feb 2011
Genealogy / Jewish Roots of Poland [638]

I can't believe that anyone even bothers to call Poles Anti-Semitic.

unfortunitely the fact is that some Poles "dislike" (not to say hate) Jews (observed in Poland and on PF).
guesswho   
7 Feb 2011
Life / Rate Poland (Life Quality / Culture and People / Food): 1-10! [232]

oh, I see what you mean Ash, the influence of the big car companies in the US on the mass transit due to the increase of the car production. Well, you know how it is, money talks and bs walks.

It's the same with the speed limit on the German autobahns, the huge car companies have their hands on it there too and that's why the Germans still enjoy to drive as fast as their cars can go (not everywhere though).

Well in terms of resource use, use of space and in many cases, utilisation of time... public transport wins hands down (in cities and medium sized towns...)

yep, in the big cities for sure but no chance in the rest of the states.

Have any of you ever see a trailer inside? They can be amazingly huge and comfortable, unlike the tiny apartment in blocks.

I've seen both and you're absolutely right about it.
guesswho   
7 Feb 2011
Life / Rate Poland (Life Quality / Culture and People / Food): 1-10! [232]

What's disgusting about the way people live...?

I didn't start with it but if it's OK for one to point out the trailers in the US then it's also OK to mention the communist blocks in Poland too. Besides, don't get me wrong, I'm not criticizing people here, I'm criticizing the post communist architecture as in my eyes, living in one of those blocks is not better than living in a trailer.

No it's because the motoring lobby bought it all out and brought it into disrepair...

now you're talking like an America expert Ash :-)
Where do you have this information from? I'm asking because I've never heard about it.

Ain't nothing shameful about a good public transit system.

of course not, did I say that?

MUCH more efficient than private motoring

It depends. I personally don't see it that way. At least not in the US.

And have you been to L.A lately??

I hate big cities. I lived in NYC before and I hated it.
guesswho   
7 Feb 2011
Life / Rate Poland (Life Quality / Culture and People / Food): 1-10! [232]

Sure there are little differences but basics are the same

oh, little differences, lol So there's just a little difference in music, food, houses (AC etc.), culture, mentality etc... This list could be very long grubas.

no trailer parks in PL,basically no mass transit in the US

you carefully picked the two that are on your plus side, lol I could easily provide a list of pros on our side too and the list will be guaranteed much longer but this is not what I was trying to say here at all. I'm talking about differences without showing my preferences. Different doesn't necessarily mean better or worse, just different. Whether something is better or worse, everyone has to decide for himself. We all tend to prefer what we're used to.

Btw. You don't have any trailer parks, that's true but you have very many post communist block areas that I personally find even more disgusting than trailer parks (or at least equally bad). As far as mass transit, well bigger cities usually have it. Then again you should know the reason why it's not as popular here as in Poland, it's because most of us have at least 2 cars (family) and the mass transit wouldn't be lucrative here at all.
guesswho   
7 Feb 2011
Life / Rate Poland (Life Quality / Culture and People / Food): 1-10! [232]

Obviously you lack patience for other culture as it is clearly displayed in your posts, or you are simply unhappy in Poland, which maybe the case since you are leaving. homesickness is what your problem is.

I don't think it's a lack of patience or homesickness (OK, maybe he's a little homesick). The life in Poland is totally different than in the US. Poland, even though is making progress, it is still pretty underdeveloped comparing to the states and this is probably one of the reasons why he's going back home.
guesswho   
11 Jan 2011
Work / Black English Teacher going to Wroclaw [247]

Jews are not a race you know. what a sh*t arguement
.

again please point out where in that quote did i make a spelling mistake?

argument

typo I guess
guesswho   
23 Dec 2010
Travel / Best places to visit in Poland [91]

if you don't spend it, you take it back home with you.

and we both know, he'll most likely blow it all, lol

Gdansk and Wroclaw have much nicer old towns.

absolutely agree with you here.
guesswho   
21 Dec 2010
Life / Stubborn Polaks, anyone knows? [77]

Just don't worry about it. The more you try to go against it the more people will say it just to make fun of you. In this particular case I know that Tygrys is just having fun. No insult intended (I'm sure).
guesswho   
17 Dec 2010
Life / Rate Poland (Life Quality / Culture and People / Food): 1-10! [232]

The only reason they are not so willing to smile is that they have to many things to worry and most of these things are connected with money

That's why I mentioned poverty.

What crazy idea let you to think that someone in modern times cares for history?

according to my observation, many Poles do care about history a lot but this is not really what I meant by posting it. The attitude of a nation is being created over the ages and so many bad events in Polish history caused the general pessimism of Poles.
guesswho   
17 Dec 2010
Life / Rate Poland (Life Quality / Culture and People / Food): 1-10! [232]

see Fuzzy,Americans smile too much, Poles not enough- cultural differences.

Almost right but Poles would most likely smile more if they had more reasons to it. More wars than freedom and poverty over the ages (maybe not now but in the past) wouldn't make anyone very optimistic, I guess.
guesswho   
16 Dec 2010
Life / Rate Poland (Life Quality / Culture and People / Food): 1-10! [232]

unlike US no Good health care

Not quite, some people here have a really good health care. It's just not equal for everyone.
Well, it's just not socialism where we live here. It has good and bad sides but then again, which country and system doesn't?
guesswho   
16 Dec 2010
Life / Rate Poland (Life Quality / Culture and People / Food): 1-10! [232]

cos they eat unhealthy crap?|

Yes, some Polish food is tasty but it doesn't mean it's healthy.

Here's the list of the top 15 healthiest countries in the world.

ohsheglows.com/2009/06/30/worlds-healthiest-countries-where-does-yours-rank/
guesswho   
14 Dec 2010
Life / The Polish Wedding - What is it Like in Poland? [338]

Who doesnt?

Due to the facts presented on PF, Brits are behaving pretty bad when wasted. I never seen anyone peeing on Washington's monument (or any other monument) here.

Definitely go with a live band.

Good that you've mentioned the band, lol The drummer (at the party I was at) was so drunk that he peed in his pants and fell of the stage, lol
guesswho   
14 Dec 2010
Life / The Polish Wedding - What is it Like in Poland? [338]

The Polish Wedding - What is it Like?

I don't know how it is in other parts of Poland but I was invited once to a Wedding party in Radzyn Podlaski and it was funny as hell. After a while everyone got wasted and later on they started fighting with each other. Police and Emergency came, picked up few guys and it was the end of the whole party. I was told that it is normal and that the party will continue the next day. I didn't go, it was enough "amusement" for me.
guesswho   
9 Dec 2010
Law / Zloty lifts Poland's Economy [43]

you're right about that, as soon as Poland will join the Euro club, the situation there will get much worse.
guesswho   
6 Dec 2010
Genealogy / Do Polish people have big noses? [450]

Do Polish people have big noses?

Jeez guys, LOL What comes next? I bet you pick randomly 10 Poles and every single one of them will have a different nose.
guesswho   
15 Nov 2010
Genealogy / Polish looks? [1410]

If not, which nationality do I look like I am? I am a mix of Polish, English, Irish, Scottish, and probably a few other random things, but I have no clue which, if any of those, I resemble!

If I had to pick it, I'd say, you got something Italian in you but then again, you can't really go by one's looks to determine his/her origin.