Food / 'Wigilia', the traditional Christmas Eve supper in Poland [77]

I am excited to go!!!! There will be thousands of people packing the theatre!!! Can't wait to be moved by it!

Food / 'Wigilia', the traditional Christmas Eve supper in Poland [77]

Yes! We will all go to the movies. I plan to see Les Miserables. Family members want to see The Hobbit. It's going to be a Merry Christmas. The movies are a tradition with us but I want to eat a fish sandwich because it's Christmas and people are supposed to eat fish to express their faith.

Food / 'Wigilia', the traditional Christmas Eve supper in Poland [77]

I will probably just have a Filet O Fish sandwich from Mcdonald's on Christmas :)

News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2971]

I am pretty much pro choice, just not about mid and late term abortion. Once the embryo's cns is developed, should the woman have the right to abort?

The morning after pill, for example. I am all for that and feel no woman should be restricted about obtaining them.

News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2971]

Women should be allowed to have abortions shortly after conception but to take it to the point where the woman is already several months pregnant is ridiculous. The argument the woman is trying to avoid changes to her body becomes completely absurd by then and late term abortion is murder pure and simple.

Life / Latest urban art in Łódz - what do you see? [20]

It just looks too weird to be on the side of a building. Would be fine in an art museum. It reminds me of something Dali would paint. Sort of. That little yellow guy is creepy. Maybe he's some kind of pervert in the painting and that's why he looks so freaky?

News / 1.3% birth rate = Poland's slow death [221]

Shawn, there's two sides to every issue. On the one hand, you have people who want to wait to have kids. On the other, you have people who want to have as many kids as they can. People should have the freedom to do what it is they choose.

Love / Are polish guys always looking for girlfriends? [5]

Are you hoping he will be your boyfriend?

If you are hoping for that, it sounds like he is not really bf material if he is talking like this. He doesn't sound like he wants a gf and who wants to be with someone like that? You would be undervalued and appreciated and you deserve so much more.

News / 1.3% birth rate = Poland's slow death [221]

There isn't a question. It's just a matter of myob and leave people alone. Let them worry about what works best for them.

News / 1.3% birth rate = Poland's slow death [221]


I was driving around today, saw several cars and several houses but not one bird in the sky or on the ground, anywhere. People expect these birds to control the insect population but there aren't enough of them to amount to a hill of beans. There are plenty of humans though. Everywhere. Why do people worry so much?

And as for pensions and such, anything that depends on one generation to take care of another is like a pyramid scheme and is seriously flawed and doom to fail. There should be a different way that older people can support themselves than this scheme.

News / 1.3% birth rate = Poland's slow death [221]


The point it, the human species is no where near extinction and even if a birth rate slows, it does not mean the population will vanish over time so let people decide for themselves when they will start a family. It shouldn't be felt as a pressure from an outside source.

News / 1.3% birth rate = Poland's slow death [221]


That is just flawed logic.

News / 1.3% birth rate = Poland's slow death [221]

I guess this means Polonius3 will do his best to take care of all these kids he wants everyone to have.

News / 1.3% birth rate = Poland's slow death [221]


Polonia is just a matter of being closely related to Poles no matter where you go! If you have close Polish relatives, you are Polonia!

News / 2000 tonnes of asbestos in Wrocław? [12]


Asbestos was sold primarily in commercial applications which is why it is removed from buildings so often. Although people could buy asbestos sheets, it was generally too expensive to put in products used by the housing industry. My Aunt works for the state Department of Air Quality and I was worried about asbestos in some old floor tiles in the home so I asked her about it and she in turn asked a coworker and that's what she told me.

News / 2000 tonnes of asbestos in Wrocław? [12]

The danger is in the removal at this point since no one uses asbestos anymore but if it isn't being removed properly in one location, chances are there are other locations with the same problem and that can mean more risks to the average person. This is why they tape each individual area off even though it's only one place.

News / 2000 tonnes of asbestos in Wrocław? [12]


The main problem is not knowing how much you are being exposed to. Let's say it's just one place one time. Likely not going to harm most people. But, if it's one place, most likely it's many places and that is harmful.

USA, Canada / Who is better informed, the expat or the Polonia crowd? [144]


P3 is awesome! Oh nevermind, I thought you meant P3undone and you were talking about Polonius. LOL. My mistake.

News / 1.3% birth rate = Poland's slow death [221]


Haven't the birth rates been published on PF many times? My impression is a lot of Poles are having babies in the UK.

News / 1.3% birth rate = Poland's slow death [221]


The problem is, Legend, you do not put real humans into the equation and you just assume these are the reasons for decline in population when It has more to do with other factors. The point being, generations fluctuate in number and you cannot rely on each one always being more than the last. If you want to see more kids, then you need to figure out how to make the world a wonderful place for them. Then you will see more of them.

News / 1.3% birth rate = Poland's slow death [221]

Notice how they all run to Britain and then have kids? It tells you something about what they need to feel comfortable having a family.

News / 2000 tonnes of asbestos in Wrocław? [12]


That is kind of scary. They are supposed to seal it off so the dust stays in one area or, at the least, spray everything with water before removal.

Off-Topic / Loading a photo of Poland from your mobile/cell phone takes 30 seconds, come on! [86]


Pawian, there's an easier way. Just email the photos from your phone to your email account. That way all you need do is download once your PC gets the email. :)

And what's these pictures of bookshelves? Is this the "real" Poland?

JK, Pawian!

USA, Canada / Do many Polish people in America hate Americans? [592]


I admit we are compared to many in the world but a lot of us do not have money for a luxurious lifestyle full of travel and leisure.

News / 1.3% birth rate = Poland's slow death [221]


There's a lot more work to be done figuring out how to keep it from burning so dirty. Also, it is hard to get. Ever seen the way they top mountains to get it?

Nuclear energy has a lot of potential - just needs some tweaking.

News / 1.3% birth rate = Poland's slow death [221]


But not oil, That is why the technology is more important. You would need to find a planet that has some kind of life on it in order to find oil and you would need a planet lacking any kind of life capable of utilizing the oil and even then you would be considered an invasive species harming the delicate evolution of that planet. You would deprive future souls of using their own oil. Would that be just and ethical?

Getting oil on the ocean floor? Deep sea drilling? You do know it's easier for men to walk on the moon than it is this?

News / 1.3% birth rate = Poland's slow death [221]


Well, most importantly people need water. You would be surprised at how water is treated around the planet. So much of it is polluted and then what little is left they put a huge price tag on. Water challenges will be paramount in the coming years.

News / 1.3% birth rate = Poland's slow death [221]


You know, in Canada they are converting oil sands to oil which is very costly. If they are going to that much trouble, it should be a heads up on the situation and you should realize there isn't a lot of oil left. No one knows how much there is because to find out, one has to drill and hope they get an active well. Many times wells are drilled then nothing. No oil comes out of it. If it were so easy to get this mysterious oil you claim exists, they would have gotten it before converting oil sands. It would take more energy to get the oil than the amount of oil produced.


Solar panels are the best option.


It's not a matter of "workers" more like, "people requiring resources to exist."

News / 1.3% birth rate = Poland's slow death [221]


This is true and the technology should be enhanced. Human species should devote a lot of time and energy toward this.


How can you honestly believe this about oil? There is only so much oil in the mantle. After it is extracted, it is gone forever. It will not be there after it is used and it is being rapidly depleted now. Doesn't matter how much oil is under the oceans because it will be used just as quickly. Then after that -nothing- unless new technology is developed.

News / 1.3% birth rate = Poland's slow death [221]

That is not true. Overpopulation IS a huge problem facing the human species.