History / What was it like in 1989+ in Poland when the Soviet house of cards fell? [237]


You don't get his 'picture'! Who's really delusional here?

Do you realise what is the title of this whole post?
I don't know Antek but how he saw some things in changing post communist Poland is interesting and what's your problem? Have you got any experiences you want to tell us about, if not, why bother.


What about:
- he went to Russia and just realised, how very different the little things in Poland became after the end of communism. He realised it when he saw the unchanged Russian's way of living (including small things like cigaretts without packet, no quality clothings).


Really! How dumb one can be.

Antek was from a poor Poland, which was changing drastically when freed from communistic opressors and thievs called Russians. These 'friends' as they called themselves, were stealing from Poland for the past 44years, when we look at all the facts from the year 1989.

That's why Antek was proud of his new and free country while visiting Russia and looking at things. Get it?

Language / Polish verbs are confusing/I get many results when I look them up in an online dictionary [54]


Not only this one is rubbish! LOL

I like this nice statement about Polish language from 'difficult languages' :)

"Comparing the German language with Polish is like comparing apples and oranges. While there are connections between the languages, they are not inherent and organic but rather the result of language restrictions placed on Poles during times of German military occupation....

"...While German is the predecessor of Anglo-Saxon as well as the base of the English language, Polish is a Slavic language with its own unique alphabet. And while German continues to change and morph with the time and its users, the Polish language of today is much more similar to it's original, ancient composition. Older than both French and English, Polish remains one of the most difficult languages to speak or learn. Considering the countries are neighbors, their languages are amazingly unlike one another in general."

Language / Polish verbs are confusing/I get many results when I look them up in an online dictionary [54]


Eureka! Where does English alphabet comes from, huh?

What else you wonna add?
Remember Lyzko,you won't change the facts in the a/s statement about the Polish language, just be nice, stop arguing, focus and try to remember it by your heart:

"...Older than both French and English, Polish remains one of the most difficult languages to speak or learn."[/b]

Language / Polish verbs are confusing/I get many results when I look them up in an online dictionary [54]


Did anyone tell you, it's impossible to count words in any language? If not, it's time your learn this facts.
There are probably millions of different words in Polish but how many exactly it's impossible to tell.
New words are added on every day basis.

How many words you have listed in your dictionary doesn't mean you have all the possible words.

Language / Polish verbs are confusing/I get many results when I look them up in an online dictionary [54]


Your student's opinion is just their limited opinion only. You shouldn't base your opinion on somebody's private view.

Daily typical Polish language is rich as well . The only difference is, who's the speaker because some people have limited vocabulary and it happens in every language.

Genealogy / Looking for information: Gałęza, Dybka, Wojkrow, Zyma. [9]

Map of Chodorów and Kremerówka from 1933:

mapywig.org/m/WIG100_300DPI/P51_S38_STRYJ_300dpi.jpg

Today's map:

maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=embed&hl=en&geocode=&q=Khodorov&ie=UTF8&t=h&ll=49.4,24.3167&spn=&z=9

Kremerówka used to be placed between Żyrawa (now Zhyrova) and Chodorów (now Khodorov). Look at the two maps. I think Kremerówka is part of Żyrawa today? Not sure but it looks like it is.

Some shocking facts also places and surnames connected with military settlements after the WWI

kresy.co.uk/exp_main.html

News / Over 2 million Poles drowning in debt [19]


Only 2mlns people?
Not bad when you look at some shocking and unbelivable facts, how the Polish government is 'killing' their own citizens:

In short....the Polish average worker is taxed at 23 800zł yearly and in household where 2 people work, one wage goes towards paying income taxes plus some other compulsory fees connected with the income.

The average Polish worker in reality is taxed at 52% from which 39.5% makes income tax plus insurances and the rest is VAT tax (GST) and other compulsory fees paid to the government.

As an example, Americans pay only 23.6% yearly income tax at least from the year 1958.

Life / How many Jewish people live in Poland? [145]


Where is your proof? It's time you get your facts right and stop spreading these lies Harry.

From Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collaboration_with_the_Axis_Powers_during_World_War_II

Unlike in most European countries occupied by Nazi Germany - where the Germans sought and found true collaborators among the locals - in occupied Poland there was no official collaboration either at the political or at the economic level.

There are known & proven facts that with nazi Germany collaborated their allies but not only, the list is long:
Ukrainians, Bielarussians, Estonians, Lithuanians, Latvia,Slovakians, Russians, Italians, Hungarians, even Jews and they were known asKapos, Albanians, Romanians,
also Belgium, Denmark, France ,Great Britain (Brittany), Greece, Netherlands, and many more

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collaboration_with_the_Axis_Powers_during_World_War_II

Life / How many Jewish people live in Poland? [145]


Any links? Why don't you post some?

Don't forget that some people were able to speak Polish from the listed countries but they were not Polish nationals , also even if the collaborating Jews were from Poland they were not Polish. It was their own choice not to be called Polish, that's how they treated Poland.

Life / How many Jewish people live in Poland? [145]

You Harry a laughing stuff !

Of course these people would say what they wish to say! They were collaborators working against POLAND!
All of them, all these listed people are Jews ,Ukrainians or Russians. You can clearly see their names.

Life / Homosexuality in Polish Culture [231]


A post by me about gay people????
Could you show me the exact post?

It was not a POST, I did express my point of view here about gays but I don't rememeber who put the post or what the post was about, that's all.

My point of view on gays is still the same today. I have to and I am able to tolerate gays if needed but I have my rights to be able to express my view about this and no-one is going to change it .

It's just discusting!
That's how I really feel about this gay thing and ...to ITsAllAboutMe: it has nothing to do with Poland, can you believe?! I live long enough in Australia, while the problem with gay's rights aroused not only here but around the world.


And who are you?
At least I am not shamed of my Polish roots!?
Many people (or even most of them) in Australia are not happy about gays actions in recent years. It's a matter of time when we won't be able to say: I am heterosexual. There are countries today who do not call children by their gender (why not?) and who mostly teach young children about only same sex marriages etc.

I don't like it . I don't like my child to grow in society where it'll become unpopular to grow up in a family with mum&dad but it'll be trendy with two mums or two dads; or not to be called a girl or a boy.

Lately the UN dared to recommend that Australia be more 'welcomed' (how much more???) towards gays and many people were just shocked at the proposition. I am happy that the Aboriginal communities are protesting about it, something needs to be stopped.

What else this gay people want to change in our world.?
Isn't it enough what they already have? How much more power do they need to destroy completely view of normal, not gay, family these days?

I don't want to discuss these gay things with anyone here on this Polish forum. It's not a right place to do it here! So don't expect any answers from me!