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.

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.

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!

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.

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 / 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]


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

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 / 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.

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]


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 / 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 / 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]


That is just flawed logic.

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]


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]

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.

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]

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.

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 / 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.

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.

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 :)

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

News / Wigilia for homeless & needy [18]

Very nice and charitable but I bet the weather was chilly!

News / Wigilia for homeless & needy [18]


Nice to see so many benefiting from his generosity!

Travel / Rihanna complains about lack of privacy on Polish beach [150]

Pfft every time I go someplace with people I feel the same. There are people all over this planet and most of them are annoying.

News / Poland and Germany should unite, says Lech Walesa [72]

They are already united. It's called the EU.

History / Slavic vs Germanic thinking.... and the philosophical differences [251]

When you think about it, Germans have never really done a great job exanding, not like the British, Spanish or French. When they did try it, it didn't work out. The one great accomplishment they have is exporting. Good idea to stick with that.