Work / Hands-on agricultural jobs in Poland? [20]

@Zlatko
Whatever you want to do you need to know how to do it. So you either need proper education, experience or a plan. Or all of them. And some luck.

Do you have experience in acting or agriculture?
How do you plan to perform in a play and collect the crops in one place. Unless it's a village culture centre? Nothing wrong within them but you need to know the language. I doubt they do musicals.

If you want to open a restaurant, again you need to have experience, know how to start a business in Poland, hire people, rent a place, find good suppliers etc.

Study / School meals in Poland [145]

@delphiandomine
So when's the right time if not the breakfast break?
Some start at 9 so it'd be funny to start your school day eating. And if they get their fruit before 10, they can have it then or leave for later as not everyone eats school lunch.

Study / School meals in Poland [145]

Actually kids I know get them after the second lesson in the schedule.

Work / Hands-on agricultural jobs in Poland? [20]

There are jobs available in farming this year as corona closed the borders.
But I honestly don't think it will be easy to mix working in farming and entertainment.

Study / School meals in Poland [145]

@delphiandomine
Kids get fruit and veggies for free in Poland. There's that UE programme.
Don't you have it where you teach?

Genealogy / Seeking a copy of Na Rubieży, issue 11, 1995 [3]

I can't see it on polona.pl, but check it out yourself.
Or contact the society that publishes it
archiwa.org/archiwa/stowarzyszenie-upami%C4%99tnienia-ofiar-zbrodni-ukrai%C5%84skich-nacjonalist%C3%B3w-we-wroc%C5%82awiu
There's an email address there.

Study / School meals in Poland [145]

@Atch
I don't think that would apply to Polish schools only.
I'm sorry but I just can't believe schools around the world everywhere but Poland offer superhealthy menus.
Is fried food really served on everyday basis in Polish schools? Frying hundreds of pieces of meat seems quite inconvienient.
As for sandwiches, keep in mind what they'll put in bread, cheese or ham. And I somehow doubt sandwiches served at schools don't contain salt or sugar.

Study / School meals in Poland [145]

Just to make it clear to anyone who doesn't have a clue about life in Poland: social welfare finances school dinners if necessary.

Life / Song help? "taki mały"...and it's not Taki Maly Taki Duzy! [3]

@notadebate
Just a guess tak mało ziarna sieje się - but I don't know such a song. Put it in google translate and listen if the sentence I wrote sounds like something she sang.

Genealogy / Obtaining Original Poznan Parish Records, Greater Poland archives? [22]

@Missmarie
It might be your great grandparents wedding record -click on SKAN next to their names.
You will get on familysearch.
Record number 192

As for birth records less than a hundred years old you need to contact the civil register office
I guess the one in Melgiew
usc@melgiew.pl

History / MAP OF POLAND IN 1880'S [95]

@deanna 1965
Was the name typed in the document?
Is there a chance someone's handwriting was not legible?

Study / School meals in Poland [145]

@Atch
But kids in Polish schools are given milk/yoghurt or fruit /veggies free of charge, too.
Some eat them, some don't.
Milk is tricky as some would claim that only calves should drink cow's milk. Others don't digest lactose etc.

Language / Short Polish<->English translations [1043]

@Looker
Quite possibly

Study / School meals in Poland [145]

There's actually one more issue. If a kid doesn't like the food, they won't eat it.
Some kids are too used to junk food and snacks.
So no matter how healthy the menu is, if they don't like it, they won't eat it.
And they won't feel hungry if they feed on snacks.

Life / Izabela? - Advice with Polish name for a girl [36]

@Belucia123
Iza, Izunia.

Language / Short Polish<->English translations [1043]

@Ernestoc
I can't make everything out.
But the first thing is służba w armiach obcych /service in foreign armies. I don't understand the abbrevation but he was a kapral /corporal.

Dark (?) blonde hair (if that's a c for ciemny), blue eyes, dark eyebrows.
As for usta, nos, broda/mouth, nose, chin, I believe they put 'prop.' But I'm not sure. If so it might be short from proporcjonalne meaning regular/in right proportions.

Chest 95/88
Height 168 cm
Sight : normal (?)
General health condition: (category ) 'A', fit/able.
He was wounded in his right leg -w prawą nogę.
Because he was injured/wounded (ranny) he was in hospital in Hungary in 1915.
I can't make out what's written in red.
What I can't understand is last but one page. It says udział w wojnach which roughly translates as participation in wars and they put światowa (?), which suggests a world war but the dates given don't match the dates of ww1 afaik.

He was in the Russian front and a prisoner of war/front rosyjski, niewola.
He was awarded some sort of foreign medal /distinction (?) /odznaczenie zagraniczne but I can't read it.

It would be great if someone else might have a look as well.

Life / Why Do You Love Poland? [907]

@Zlatko
The key word is 'tiny'. Trees are more common in tiny streets. And the trees in the link are tiny.
When they grow the sidewalk will get bulgy.
Anyway, just two random places.
You just can't compare places like that.
It's funny you mention Budapest as I remember I often felt like in a frying pan at Hosok Tere there. But I can't say all Hungary is like that. It's not.

Study / School meals in Poland [145]

All of the menus presented have something to complain about really. If we looked for some more online, we'd find some more to complain about and even if we found one with no salt and no sugar, someone may complain about why it's vegan/gluten free or why it's not etc.

I asked about schools in the UK as I remember watching a Jamie Oliver show about schools dinners and lots of things were ready made and fried if I remember well. I don't know if things have improved since then.

Moderation is the key.

Life / Why Do You Love Poland? [907]

@Zlatko
What Polish cities lack trees?

Life / Why Do You Love Poland? [907]

@Zlatko
You can take a ride in Nysa only in some trips organised by PRL themed agencies. I haven't seen this car for years.
I have been to Bulgaria.
Have you been to Poland?

Study / School meals in Poland [145]

@mafketis
It's always the snacks.
I remember watching a documentary about obesity once and they blamed the snacks and I agree.
The question was why in the past obesity wasn't the problem even though people often ate three large meals, high in fat.
So the snacks, different lifestyles (walking less etc ) and sugar added to everything were to blame.

Life / Why Do You Love Poland? [907]

@Zlatko
Have you ever actually been to Poland?
I don't see any commie cars really in the streets -just some renovated ones for tourists in Warsaw or Krakow.
And I have been to Hungary and Bulgaria -and I don't think they're better looking than Poland. Just my opinion, though.

And there are lots of trees in Poland, lots of forests, too.

Study / School meals in Poland [145]

How does the menu compare to such menus in the UK and Ireland then?
I believe there was a time when they wanted to introduce strict rules when it comes to healthy eating at schools and it all failed.

Generally, Poles are getting bigger. And you see a lot of that in kids and young people. There are definitely more obese people here than 10 years ago or so.

Law / Father died in Poland, I live in Canada, how do I proceed with the will and inherited debt? [6]

I guess you will have to do it sooner or later anyway.

Genealogy / Want to find a person [762]

@Ernestoc
Just a random result for my google search of old książeczka wojskowa
nikt.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/ksiazeczka-inwalidzka005-1200pxl.jpg
On the right - służył w armii obcej zaborczej rosyjskiej (served in a foreign army of a partitioner: Russian -roughly translated), so it must have been issued later in Poland.

Anyway, it's not a common find so you're lucky you have yours.
If you're on Facebook, try looking for Polish translation or geneaology groups and post photos of the book.

Genealogy / Want to find a person [762]

I'm afraid I can't help.
In 1914 Poland was still partitioned -I don't know why the title is in Polish unless there were some strictly Polish units in the partitioners' armies.

Książeczka wojskowa is 'military book/let'.
Poland regained independence in 1918 so if it was issued after this date, it would be less surprising for me.
But I'm not an expert. I'm afraid you need to ask someone more knowledgeable in military records.
For the time being, you can just translate the info from the book.

Genealogy / Want to find a person [762]

If it's książeczka wojskowa, then it's Polish. Are you sure it's WW1 you have in mind?

UK, Ireland / Why are Polish people, especially women, so disrespectful toward the English? [437]

@Zlatko
Warsaw paid its share in the nation's history.
A city rebuilt from ashes by its people who chose to live there even when there were no conditions to live.
How do you ask a country for a tiny strip of land? :)
And I doubt people of Kraków would like to have all the politicians there. There's even a song whose title roughly translates to English as don't move the capital to Kraków.

News / Nazi gold train 'found in Poland' [90]

@Ziemowit
Nah, I remember about it mostly when someone mentions hidden Nazi trains. The thought that they may contain artwork is more appealing to me than just mere gold.

History / Life in Poland in 1800-1900 [18]

In fact there are several places called Jaski /Jaśki

pl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ja%C5%9Bki

pl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaski_(wie%C5%9B_w_wojew%C3%B3dztwie_lubelskim)

The fact that it is said to have been burned by Russians may suggest Eastern Poland but we still don't know which place and years you're interested in.