Life / Is it McPoland? [63]

Mcdonalds salads are known for being fattening and the only fruit is apple slices while parents can just put grapes, bananas, carrot sticks or celery in the lunch without fattening salad dressing and cheese.

Life / Is it McPoland? [63]

You cant be sure parents will pack a lot of junk food in their kids lunch. Some parents put fruits and veggies kids are simply not going to get at Mcdonalds. Some do put soft drinks and junk food but at least there is personal choice involved.

Genealogy / Is Czarnecki Really A Polish Or Actually A Sephardic Jewish Surname? [110]

Postage costs are going through the roof!

Life / Is it McPoland? [63]

Its a good idea not to eat that in one setting, Fuzzy, but I see your point. A picnic still gives the parents options and doesmt require sending any money. When I was in school we always brought our own lunches on field trips.

Life / Is it McPoland? [63]

A picnic with food from home sounds like.

Life / Is it McPoland? [63]

Its surprising to see so many people defending a corporation that has done far more harm to living beings than good.

Genealogy / Is Czarnecki Really A Polish Or Actually A Sephardic Jewish Surname? [110]

Isnt one of the richest men in Poland's last name Czarnecki? You could be related to him, Nicki.

Genealogy / Is Czarnecki Really A Polish Or Actually A Sephardic Jewish Surname? [110]

Czarnecki goes well with the first name Nicole. Has a nice sequence of sounds.

News / Could be in prison for 10 years for trying to bribe the Polish traffic police [39]

It makes you wonder how often people try bribing and how often it actually works...

Life / Is it McPoland? [63]

They have added a lot of choices to the menu. There's also a new Smore's pie and a few smoothie varieties along with their McCafe choices like Frappacinos and such. Much more than those artery clogging hamburgers. They have taken some clues from Sonic and added whipped cream and other amenities to their shakes. Quality has gone up. The french fries are only good when they are fresh though. What I don't like is when they make a ton of fries and leave them sitting at the fry station for thirty minutes so they get dried out and stale. They taste awful but when they are fresh they are the best except for Freddy's. Freddy's Frozen Custard has the best fries imho.

Life / Is it McPoland? [63]


That's the worst thing about it. I never buy the McBurger.

One thing I have noticed, they are slowly but surely phasing out the silly clown and making Mcdonald's more like Starbucks in atmosphere. It's not nearly as garish.

Life / Is it McPoland? [63]

Mcdonald's deserves careful scrutiny. If it gets too big, it will control Poland's food production. Maybe keeping it small is a good idea. America is pretty controlled by Mcdonald's which is why we have those huge commercialized animal feeding operations.

Genealogy / Do I look Polish? (my picture) [375]

I am wondering if you are Slavic?

Travel / Is Sleeping in Car in Poland (while passing) legal? [13]

And dont forget to dress in lots of layers and bring a pair of insulated gloves and a hat that covers the ears. I like ones with earflaps that tie under the chin. With a good hat, long sleeves, a t shirt and insulated gloves, I dont feel the cold. The hat and gloves are essential in frigid temps!

Oh and on your feet, might want to invest in a good pair of snowboots and some kind of insulated or self warming socks. Just be sure your head, hands and feet are protected. You can buy some hand warmers, too. They fit in your pocket and keep your hands warm.

News / Heavy storm / tornados cause chaos and flooding in Poland [23]

Tornados are indeed devastating. Had an Ef 5 sweep through this town. Too scary!

Life / Schizophrenia treatment in Poland [19]


Now I am curious. How are they different? Are there just less services or some other kind of treatments entirely?

Real Estate / Poland's apartment prices continue to fall [1844]


Bubbles are by products of housing booms.

Real Estate / Poland's apartment prices continue to fall [1844]

So there are no high rise apartment buildings anywhere in Poland?

Real Estate / Poland's apartment prices continue to fall [1844]


When housing prices fall, no more refinancing and it's harder to get the value of the mortgage out of selling the house. If it's an apartment, it means the owner will get less each month for rent. If he gets less, he spends less. This has a ripple effect in the economy.

Real Estate / Poland's apartment prices continue to fall [1844]


When prices are higher, people spend more money. When prices start falling, they no longer have the extra money to spend. This causes economic chaos. It's the flattening of the bubble that causes things like recessions and depressions.

UK, Ireland / Crying Polish truck driver on British roads is Internet hit [269]

Traffic circles are a notoriously bad idea!

Jon, the poor guy has been through enough. He has paid his 30€ by now and the cops know who he is. He has learned his lesson the hard way.

UK, Ireland / Crying Polish truck driver on British roads is Internet hit [269]

P3undone, so true! Also, the mans truck was blocking aother road which is actually worse than just being parked on the shoulder.

UK, Ireland / Crying Polish truck driver on British roads is Internet hit [269]

Eberhart, the law exists but isnt a problem everywhere. Certainly isnt one here. That fact should be acknowledged.

UK, Ireland / Crying Polish truck driver on British roads is Internet hit [269]

Eberhart, there shouldnt jave been any. Are you aware this pronlem does mot exisr everywhere but seems to be quite widespred across the pond. Its time to figure out the root cause and implement appropriate changes.

UK, Ireland / Crying Polish truck driver on British roads is Internet hit [269]

Oh so its just confusing for them so they do the easiest thing possible. I can see why it would be a problem. Thanks isthatu, it is becoming more clear. However, this raises another concern...just how safe is it with all these confused lorry drivers on the highways?

UK, Ireland / Crying Polish truck driver on British roads is Internet hit [269]

It was't just him. He had pictures of hundreds more. Why are all these people parked only in the U K? It is strange. What is the explanation?

UK, Ireland / Crying Polish truck driver on British roads is Internet hit [269]


What does that have to do with it? If people are parking on the shoulder it's because there isn't another place for them to park.

UK, Ireland / Crying Polish truck driver on British roads is Internet hit [269]

If the guy was in fact British instead of Polish, this forum would be much more brutal towards him. Can you imagine the response if a stiff upper lipped Brit acted like that? It might have been funnier though since it is along the lines of British humor. This incident with the Polish driver fits the criteria as well.

The thing about it is the Polish man is acting the exact opposite of what is expected of men in the British culture.

Real Estate / Poland's apartment prices continue to fall [1844]

All those people relying on the higher prices think differently. To them, it's a crash.

UK, Ireland / Crying Polish truck driver on British roads is Internet hit [269]

With the cameras rolling, why would somebody act like that? It just doesn't seem natural for a man, especially to throw about his arms like that.