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Joined: 14 Feb 2009 / Male ♂ 		Last Post: 7 Apr 2010
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Randal   
7 Apr 2010
Genealogy / THE MEANING AND RESEARCH OF MY POLISH LAST NAME, SURNAME? [4500]

Thank you, P3, you are indeed a wealth of information. But now I have further questions…

Do I recall seeing somewhere that there was a Polish mayor or president or pope or something with a name very similar to “WOJTAL”? I know I’ve see mention of it somewhere around PF but I can’t find the thread just now.

And what does “topo nick” mean? I don’t understand this abbreviation.

Also, what does this mean?:

The –owski ending usually indicates a topo nick

I know you’ve explained the meaning of “-owski” before, but if you could again…
Randal   
2 Apr 2009
Law / How do I verify a Polish company's existence? [240]

The most disturbing film I ever saw was a docudrama about this young, sweet, bright-eyed and virginal Eastern European girl who wanted to see the wonders that lay outside of her boring little village. So she signed up with an employment service that promised to take her to America. It took her there, alright.

It turned out to be an elaborate scam and she ended up being held against her will and sold into sexual slavery far from home in America.

No girl should ever –ever- respond to any solicitation on the internet or to any such travel or employment service. It could very well end up being the worst mistake of her life.

No one should think they’re safe or that they’re too smart to be taken advantage of. It could happen to anyone. Tell your daughters and sisters, your students, your friends and neighbors and nieces.
Randal   
27 Mar 2009
Life / Price of cigarettes in Poland? [192]

Marlboro Lights 7.95
Benson Hedges - about the same
LM reds 7.45
Nivada reds 6.95

U.S. dollars?
Randal   
26 Mar 2009
News / US to deploy Patriot missiles to Poland [405]

US wants to seize Iraqi oil

Oh, give it a rest, man. Other kooks claim Bush did it for personal wealth. So where's all this oil and money?
Randal   
26 Mar 2009
News / US to deploy Patriot missiles to Poland [405]

it's one of the few places in the US that isn't in recession.

Maybe this is because you have Mexicans and not the other system suckers?
Randal   
26 Mar 2009
News / US to deploy Patriot missiles to Poland [405]

we were lied to by our leaders

An often repeated untruth. Nearly every smart mind in the world thought there were WMDs in Iraq. Bush just took that and ran with it.

50% of the pop. here is Mexican

I feel for you. But they are better than, umm... another, much lazier and more criminally inclined minority group.
Randal   
26 Mar 2009
News / US to deploy Patriot missiles to Poland [405]

The prospect of nuclear war has changed greatly in recent times. During the cold war, both sides were constrained by the threat of mutual annihilation and level heads were able to prevail. This is why nukes were limited to responsible nations. No more. Today there are unstable nutjob crackpots and terrorist governments with nuclear weapons and they seem willing to use them, consequences be damned. And much like these ground wars we are fighting today, it is difficult to defend against an enemy who is willing to blow themselves up in order to win, and for little more reason than they think their god is better than others’ god.
Randal   
25 Mar 2009
News / US to deploy Patriot missiles to Poland [405]

Americans have a reputation of stupid and are stupid as a result of a long and drawn out process which i believe is a deliberate one ... someone actually made an effort to turn you into a nation of morons.

Well, you're right there. And the payoff just came as those responsble just took power.
Randal   
25 Mar 2009
News / US to deploy Patriot missiles to Poland [405]

I am all for compulsory military service in some form. For all the freebies lazy American ingrates enjoy –from free medical care to college tuition paid- I think everyone should have to serve, say, two years of some service between high school and college, like some other countries do. A simple give-back for all they get for free. They would also learn things that would benefit society as a whole, such as discipline, self reliance and respect, things much lacking in our Liberalized society today.
Randal   
25 Mar 2009
News / US to deploy Patriot missiles to Poland [405]

Why must you argue with me about everything? I said nothing about ground fighting forces only; I have repeatedly said total military personnel. My statement is correct while you used bad numbers on your stat before. You mentioned Army fighting forces. We here have four branches of military: Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines. Plus Coast Guard, Reserves and National Guard troops.

We also have about one million domestic police officers and a bunch of border patrol agents –not that they have anything to do with this discussion but they are first responders in homeland security.

Please, you're trying to show that America's military preparedness is compromised and this is simply not the case. That is little more than anti-Bush Democrat propaganda.

The war in Afghan is stupid. Unlike the urban warfare in Iraq, the fighting region is so rural that our Air Force alone should be able to take care of the job.
Randal   
25 Mar 2009
Love / How to show a polish Guy I like him [56]

i'm not so good with women

You're a good look lad, Cardo. I would think the girls would be throwing themselves at you! And you look sexy in that dress. :)
Randal   
25 Mar 2009
Life / How far apart do Poles stand when they talk? [46]

Perhaps there were more but they just preferred to stand so far away I never got to meet them personally.

Lol... It's good to know about standing close when talking to Europers. I'll use that next time I'm talking to a Polish chick! ;)
Randal   
25 Mar 2009
Life / How far apart do Poles stand when they talk? [46]

European people tend to stay to close when they talk. ... I prefer the American way, plenty of space.

I agree with Eurola. Europeans stand way close when talking. Americans stay much farther away. That's how we like it!
Randal   
24 Mar 2009
News / US to deploy Patriot missiles to Poland [405]

Well, according to Wiki my number was low. Turns out we have a little more than 1.4 million active personnel and another 1.4 million reserves. With 138,000 in Iraq, that’s still only about 10% of our total active duty personnel.
Randal   
24 Mar 2009
News / US to deploy Patriot missiles to Poland [405]

I think all told we have about 1.2 million. I’m not sure exactly but I recall that was the number getting bandied about a couple years ago in discussions of troop deployment numbers.

So our troops in Iraq really only account for about 10% of our total personnel.
Randal   
24 Mar 2009
News / US to deploy Patriot missiles to Poland [405]

Interesting, Sok. I really had no knowledge of it. I guess I could have researched all that myself but thanks.

conscription has recently been abolished, Randal. You had to sign up but I think they revised the position

That’s how it is here. You have to register but active service is voluntary.

How many personnel in the Polish Military?
Randal   
24 Mar 2009
News / US to deploy Patriot missiles to Poland [405]

Well our military needs patriots, currently Polish airforce is relatively small but modern and trained to a point where our pilots are arguably the best in Europe but we do not have anti-ballistic sams, thats a pretty big defense gap and if we did not get them for free we would have to buy them and since our military is in the process of gigantic modernisation we have enough stuff to spend money on without additional expensive assets to buy.

So they don’t have anything to defend against even like Scuds? What about the Polish Navy? Any missile defenses there? Any missile cruisers, aircraft carriers or nuke subs? (Lol… an old joke had the Polish Navy with screen doors on their subs!)

Is Polish military service volunteer or compulsory?
Randal   
24 Mar 2009
News / US to deploy Patriot missiles to Poland [405]

Patriot missiles is the topic. Poland doesn't need these to be honest. It is equipped enough to deal with modern contingencies.

No one here has much spoken of Poland's military capabilities...
Randal   
19 Mar 2009
News / US to deploy Patriot missiles to Poland [405]

Sasha, you say "Obama is a first american president who understands what "diplomacy" really is."

Good post, Henry. There is much truth in it. But I would disagree with your last line conclusion. Obama's dishonest and sneaky radicalism represents American Liberalism at its worst. He will push America far to the Left, from which it will take years to recover.
Randal   
18 Mar 2009
Life / Do you think that Polish people are rude? [951]

So you’re telling me that Poland has its share of hicks and rednecks, Polish trailer trash? How about ghettos? Any black ghetto garbage culture?
Randal   
18 Mar 2009
Life / Do you think that Polish people are rude? [951]

not sitting on their balconies with a beer and only wearing their underpants and a baseball cap

Is this a common problem?

Did the 9 mins it took you to respond include the time spent moving your finger across the screen as you re read that post or was it figuring how to use the keyboard?

LMAO...
Randal   
16 Mar 2009
Love / How to show a polish Guy I like him [56]

Don't be too eager. Guys hate needy chicks.

I guess I shoulda said, many guys dislike needy girls.

But some just wanna pork 'em and run!