USA, Canada / Any Poles in Texas! [61]

Hi,

I just moved from Dallas/Ft. Worth to Chicago about 5 months ago. Getting used to Chicago. Dallas has alot of good things going for it, but for affordability...live in Tarrant County which is the county of Fort Worth and Arlington. The weather is good pretty much all year, but be prepared for the Summer. Just as Chicago has brutal winters...it is the opposite for Texas. I lived there for almost 20 years after college.

I never met one Polish person in Dallas. If they were Poles, they were born and raised in Texas and have lost much contact with their original roots. Believe it or not...there is quite a large population of individuals from former Yugoslavia as well as some Greek. My ex was from Serbia.

It all depends on what you want. Race relations are still pretty much an "us and them" mentality. If you don't sound like us or look like us...you're not one of us. Remember one thing...Texas is a red state.

USA, Canada / Any Poles in Texas! [61]

That is true. There are Polish people down in San Antonio. In fact, I met one lady who saw my Texas plates who was Polish and said she lived there for 14 years before moving here. Her daughter still lives there.

Language / Polish Lessons Units [189]

Thank you, thank you so much!!!! This is starting to make sense to me. I am going to take a Polish language class starting in the fall...not really for credit, but just for me.

Greg

Food / Stuffed cabbage - gołąbki - recipe [59]

I am from Louisiana and we make this as well, but with the final product, you add tomato puree on top and cook just a little bit more....and eat it wish hot mashed potatoes.

Love / Are there Polish women who date black guys? [281]

It is such as any case. People fall in love with people. People date each other. I don't know if it has to do with a particular race. Talk to anyone...there will be negative and positive comments equally.

Language / Polish Lessons Units [189]

THANK YOU SO MUCH for doing this. I am a black guy in Chicago with many Polish friends and they are trying to teach me a few Polish words, but this really helps in the pronunciation of the words.

Thanks,
Greg(Jacek)

Genealogy / Are all Poles blue eyed and blonde? [451]

not all Poles are blonde/blue. My best friend is full Polish with black hair and green eyes. Me...I am a black guy from Louisiana with grey eyes.

Food / Bigos Recipe [151]


I love Bigos. Remember, I'm your black brother with all of the Polish buddies here in Chicago. Anyway a good friend of mine made some and it was so good that I have got to try to make it myself. I'll be doing it this weekend...so it could be a disaster...I'm a cajun boy from the South.

Greg

Food / Bigos Recipe [151]

Yep, all my buddies here say I can cook pretty good. I try to cut fat when I cook, but sometimes you just have to let the fat be fat and think about it later, lol

Food / Bigos Recipe [151]

LOLOLOLOL...sometimes you've gotta have that fat though, but not everyday, lol

Love / Are there Polish women who date black guys? [281]

It all comes down to personal preference...a person might fall in love with a Black guy or a Black girl might fall in love with a Polish guy or anyone else for that matter. Doesn't make the person a slut or tramp or whatever...it's what you want to do and who you love. I think the key is what a good friend told me..."it does not matter who you love...it's that you love..."

Food / Bigos Recipe [151]

I love golanka. We eat them down south in greens or black eyed peas. I had no idea when I went to the Polish store with my best friend here in Chicago, Marcin that the Polish ate them as well. Now, when you eat one...you must have a hot pepper on the side with a glass of lemonade...it will send you to the stars, :-)

Food / Bigos Recipe [151]

That is what my Polish buddy here in Chicago told me. Golanka and beer with mustard. He told me most people in Poland eat them at sporting events. I love them.

USA, Canada / Polish language classes in Chicago or surrounding area? [44]

Hi my friends,

I as well want to take Polish classes. I live off of Austin and Belmont. Does anyone know where I could take them? I made a deal with my Polish buddy...he is going to take classes to speak better English and I figured since I am around Polish guys and girls all the time, I would take Polish classes.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

News / What is wrong with Poland that Poles emigrate? [167]


Amen, Kataryna, I am American and not Polish, but live here in Chicago after moving from the South. I see plenty of Polish struggling just trying to make a living...a better life for themselves. I see nothing wrong with that. America paints the picture many times of give me your "tired and poor" but that is not the case. It seems to me they only want others under their conditions.

There is no sin with someone wanting a better life. That's why so many Mexicans cross the border into Texas each day...the only want a better way of life. If you listen and believe the media you will be lost. The media will have you thinking that Blacks do nothing, but rob and steal and want to be on welfare when in reality there are more whites on welfare than Blacks....in addition the media never focuses on the hard working Blacks because...it's not newsworthy.

Think for yourselves all of you. Always before you place judgement put yourself in someone else's shoes and just be thankful that you are fortunate enough that it is not you.

News / What is wrong with Poland that Poles emigrate? [167]


I live off of Austin and Belmont. When I moved here I had no idea I was in a Polish neighborhood. I just liked the place I chose to live...and then I asked my neighbor next door, "what's that writing on that church across the street?" He told me he was Polish and it was a Polish church...and let me know I was in a Polish neighborhood. I then asked, "where do people go out around here?" And he told me there's people around your age that go up the street to Krocodiles...so that Friday I walked up the street and met my first Polish friend there and through him I have a load of Polish friends that I hangout with. In fact, I'm about to go visit one of them in a few minutes.

Life / Why there is always around a horrible smell of sweat in Poland [188]

I don't know...I just always thought it was an East European thing. The Polish are not the only ones guilty of this...my old roommate was from former Yugoslavia...and he never would stink, but he would get to the point where...if it were just 3 or 4 more hours without a bath...he would be full stink going on. I told him about it and he said we bathe too much here in America. He would laugh at me because when I lived in TX I would bathe 2 or 3 times a day

News / Poland's fight against paedophilia [277]

You know I have a good friend in Texas who is a police officer and I asked him could a pedophile be rehabilitated. He told me in his honest opinion he believes they will always have it because it is psychological; however, he believes that if a person does want to get better...they can use the tools taught to them not to hurt children. He said it is a disease...something triggers them to hurt children, but if they realize when they are about to do it, then they can better control themselves, but as far as a cure...he does not believe there is one. He said it is so sad that psychologically they can't help themselves. He said people do need to be careful about their kids...period whether there are pediphiles around or not.

Love / Are there Polish women who date black guys? [281]

Uh, what about a White Polish guy giving himself to a Black guy? LOLOL

Love / Are there Polish women who date black guys? [281]

Kisses

Love / Are there Polish women who date black guys? [281]

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL, good one!!!! :-)

Life / The Poles - do they "bumble" through life? [29]

here we go again, lol

Love / Are there Polish women who date black guys? [281]

WHY is this a topic? What effing difference does it make? Some Polish girls would not date Black guys and some would. Some Black guys would never date a Polish girl...and some would...Why is this a topic? People are people...they do what they want forget what either side has to say about it.

Life / 3 reasons why you hate Poland. [1049]

1. The Catholic Church and Religion
2. Closemindedness(is that a word)
3. The economy sucks

USA, Canada / Polish language classes in Chicago or surrounding area? [44]

They teach Polish Classes at Wright College right off of Nagle and Montrose. I am thinking about taking some of them.

Life / 3 reasons why you hate Poland. [1049]

i haven't been there yet, but me and my partner will be going this summer...he's from Rodum(sp)

News / Polish Mom claims daughter got pregnant from swimming in pool! [162]

believe it or not, that's not the first time this has happened. i read an article from back in the 70's which stated a 13 year old girl had become pregnant from swimming in a pool with a bunch of young boys. no one believed it, but they evaluated her and her hyman was still in tact...the article stated those 8 boys in the pool had ejaculated in the pool and she became pregnant...how true that is..i dunno.

News / Are Polish People Being Discriminated Against? Problems getting a US visa. [258]


Nice article.

Love / I'm getting married to a Polish guy and need advice before visit his family; gifts, topics, customs [82]

ekcampos
I'm a black guy in Chicago and hopefully will be going to Poland next year with some of my Polish friends. We will be going to Krakow. I can't wait.

History / Polish hatred towards Jews... [1290]

Leszek49
You know I asked one of my Polish friends why they hates Jews. The number one reason is truly because that's what they were taught or rather learned, but they also stated the Jews killed Jesus. I told them the Jews did NOT kill Jesus. It was the Romans, but they were instrumental in getting him crucified. The stated he had performed blasphamy under Mosaic law. But the Jews did not have the power to execute him.

There was nothing but silence in the room when I stated this fact which meant to me they knew and believed the same thing, but chose to go along with learned behavior.