Genealogy / Americans of Polish descent. How many of us are on Polish forums? [216]

27. Josef XXXXX (surname removed) Trzebiska, Austria 1911 17 View View View

that's what I got at the Ellis Island website, I am real sure that's my dad's father. But Trzebiska does not seem to exist.

y'all, the elllis island website is here to search records:

ellisisland.org

Trzebinska?

Food / Stuffed cabbage - gołąbki - recipe [59]

I can handle a bit of bacon but too much pork always lands me a big zit on my right shoulder and often diarrhea so I like to stay away from it. I used to love spare ribs (pork) as a kid but after several years of not eating pork it was not possible to enjoy the flavor anymore and i have no idea why.. but pork, if you don't eat a lot of it, has a horrid taste compared to beef.

hows that for an answer?

the best 'beef' I've had lately is the Buffalo burger they've been selling at our local supermarket, excellent stuff. Probably because it's grazed instead of raised in a stall eating corn.

Food / Stuffed cabbage - gołąbki - recipe [59]

honestly.. I don't think so since my daughter experiences the same thing and it was we 2 who agreed and said 'NO MORE PORK!!'

just guessing but my guess is that eating pork requires some adjustment and if you eat lots of it, most likely you've adjusted.

Raccoon probably is a suitable replacement. Both raccoons and pigs seek garbage to eat.

back to our meal.. I like the idea of sauerkraut added in too, I will definitely try that. I have a few jars of kraut in the fridge, been fermenting in there since October of 2009 and it still tastes great. amazing stuff, sauerkraut.


My grandfather had a superb polish sausage recipe, mixed pork and beef and all spiced up, it was excellent after being in the smoker for a day. Kielbasa!

Life / Mental health problem or one of the grieving stages? Death and denial in Poland. [93]

this is really odd.

History / POLES NOT KEEN ON REPRODUCING? WHY ARE THERE SO MANY GERMANS AND RUSSIANS? [67]

I can answer this.

When a Polish man marries a German woman, the children are suddenly all German, when a Russian man marries a Polish woman the children are suddenly all Russian.

Being that the original Polish genome already carries the other two traits, it caves in easily from pressure on either side..

I have a solution.

More Germans should marry more Russians and then we'd have more Pollacks.

Genealogy / Americans of Polish descent. How many of us are on Polish forums? [216]

They did their best anyway.

I have not posted the photos of my grandparents from the more eastern Polish side yet.. maybe later. I have some qualms about it being that there are so many cousins on the net i might get trampled.

News / Giant Jesus Rising in Świebodzin ( Tallest in world ) [323]

It's ok.

I could have made them a much nicer rendition in oil though.

Genealogy / Americans of Polish descent. How many of us are on Polish forums? [216]

That's the conclusion I came to also.. both my grandparents on that side of the family spoke very little English.. My grandmother spoke next to zero English, up till the day she died at almost age 95.. my grandfather spoke 5 languages but his English, as I recall, was never real good. I never knew either of them very well, my grandfather died at age 72, I was only 5 or 6 years old.

Probably his sponsor or perhaps even his mother's name.. tracing that side of the family back isn't easy. I have a cousin who is trying to do in depth genealogy, maybe he will find some answers.

That side of the family had a big drinking problem which isn't helpful either.

Genealogy / Americans of Polish descent. How many of us are on Polish forums? [216]

Thanks, I'll make sure my cousin is aware of that site. he does a much better job with this stuff than me.

I handle visuals. I have the family photo album.

This is an interesting item.



possibly the long lost uncle.

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Genealogy / Jewish Roots of Poland [630]

just another case of jewish identity theft.

I think jews make up their history as they go along, whatever is convenient today.

News / Polish Foreign Ministry 'prepared' for new Wikileaks material [100]

conspiracy nuts.

Life / A frozen then burst pipe in Poland - what to do. [18]

probably you know this but in case you don't.. if you let the faucets drip just a teeny tiny bit when it's real cold, the pipes won't burst.

Life / How do the Polish feel about air pollution in their cities? [35]

I grew up as a steel town kid. Most of my uncles worked for Bethlehem steel, lots of coal dust, the coal ovens.. the slag would light the sky red at night..

I can't think of one uncle that did not die of emphysema. maybe one will come to mind..

News / A devestating verdict on the Polish church [279]


Using jewish behavior in Poland as a precedent, we need to get some really good legal representation for the Palestinians and do to the israelis what their people do to others in other countries. Take the land back. Just think, we could end a majority of the fighting in the world today in the process.

As far as the church goes, the RCC is probably the greatest holder of wealth on earth so I really wouldn't spend half a second worrying about them.

Maybe that news site could get a translate widgety.

Life / Babcia or Busha - any social class difference? [359]

for what it's worth, I was always told that 'Babcia' was a ukranian/polish form of Busia.

Where I come from, the old pollacks frowned upon it's use, because they were very opposed to being identified with ukranians.

I think I may have actually been spat on once even as a kid for using it without knowledge of the above.

News / A devestating verdict on the Polish church [279]

I'm pretty sure it's called the Roman Catholic Church for reasons that have very little to do with Poland.

why don't you head to Vatican City and tell them to stay out of Poland too?

Life / Babcia or Busha - any social class difference? [359]

actually I use the word pollack quite lovingly, I am one.

I asked the question as kid and that is the answer I got. pretty funny, that 10-15 years later as a college student in New York City, one of my favorite places to eat was this little Ukranian restaurant in the east village called 'Odessa".

In that restaurant, the word "babcia' was heard often. You could just sit there eating and you would hear it 5 or 6 times in 30 minutes, really. I did ask the waitress what version of grandma that was and even she said it was ukrainian.

I am pretty sure Odessa still exists in the east village, on Ave A and 6th St. Go there yourself and ask the ukranians what they think if you don't believe me.

Life / Babcia or Busha - any social class difference? [359]


yes, and I am sure our friend Chicago_Pollack will be very interested in your opinion too.

maybe you are just insecure or something.

Life / Santa Must be Polish - by Bobby Vinton [5]

funny, yeah he's polish. My parents loved him when I was a kid.

Life / Babcia or Busha - any social class difference? [359]


dictionaries are not always perfectly correct. If you compare a webster's dictionary printed in the year 2000 with a webster's printed in 1960 you will find plenty of discrepancies.

News / A devestating verdict on the Polish church [279]


I've been ex-communicated. But yes, I was raised Catholic.

Minus the Black Virgin so common in Poland, we never did that here. have you ever met Jesus? Read the bible? if not, maybe you should mind your own business.

Life / Babcia or Busha - any social class difference? [359]

Probably not, but my Busha spoke 3 or 4 English words at most and the rest was Polish, much to your consternation. Had i called her babcia she would have ignored me.

You seem to have gotten up on the wrong side of the bed this morn, mama.

News / A devestating verdict on the Polish church [279]


funny thing, I have been to hell and back and I can verify that most of your popes are in hell.

Life / Babcia or Busha - any social class difference? [359]

what makes you so sure she's of 100% Polish descent just because she lives in Poland?

If this board is any example of modern day Poland, a lot of people living in Poland today are not really Polish either. We left Poland 100 years ago, as it was being over run by Ukranians claiming to be Polish too.

It's just a matter of borders and piece of paper that says Polski or Polska these days. Rather meaningless.

I honestly don't mean to offend you and I have no idea what you are getting so gagged up about.

Love / Good looking Polish women with ugly men [416]

comfort.. ugly men stick closer to home. Life is a bit tougher for them and they and often have better personalities. though sometimes ugly is a personality disorder in itself, means they don't take care of themselves ( and likewise can't take care of anyone else). from my experience anyway.

gotta look on the inside, though. Sad to say, most of the really good looking men I 've known in my life, and a few have been true beauties, but they were w-h-o-r-e-s too, they get so many offers.. I have to admit, it's real difficult to trust a good looking man and I have often heard the same of myself, even when it wasn;'t true.

people don't trust you in relationships when you look too good. sad fact of life.

News / A devestating verdict on the Polish church [279]


I'd have to argue with you there.. and say.. it is actually everyone's business because the Catholic church is extremely influential, it affects the lives of catholics and non-catholics alike.

At any rate I never once made a derogatory statement concerning your priest, as my polish is not fluent enough to read the article. Like I said, a translate widgety at the news site would be a good idea. If he is being accused of being an anti-semite however, he's probably doing something right, since every non-jew and their mother is accused of being an anti-semite these days.

News / A devestating verdict on the Polish church [279]

Truth be told ender, I am a rock solid Christian who left the church in search of truth, not religion. The Lord is my life. I think the Catholic church has done quite a lot for the civilized world, and never forget the crusaders who held back the muslims for so very long, a thing people love to use as a way of making the church look bad.. but the church did what it had to do so it and it's people were not enslaved by muslims. I give the Catholics and their solidarity in these types of situations a heap load of credit. I also think the hard line the church often takes in matters of things like abortion and euthanasia are correct, for civilization to continue morality in life's most basic matters must be upheld. However, I strongly disagree with the'religion' of the church.. the pope is NOT God nor his only representative on this earth. They teach catechism and want to hide the bible away. 500 years ago the RCC would have burnt at the stake any person who owned a bible, that is the biggest mistake they ever made and it cost the church a lot, the reformation resulted from these erronoeus teachings of church first and Jesus second, not to mention the fact that these days they even prefer the virgin mother as savior to the lord jesus himself, a co-redemptor. It's bullcrap, they made a lot of stuff up out if thin air to profit and empower themselves.

My catholic family more or less disowned me for several years after I left the church, ender. but nonetheless, I am aware that there are many many fine people in the RCC and if I had to choose between a society of homosexuals and jews or the church and it's hardline minions, I would choose the church, simply on principle. I could survive among them, the others are more interested in perverting and demoralizing my children than helping them one little bit.

my grandfather was an orphan, raised by the Catholic church, I actually owe quite a bit to them. I am not angry at them, we simply disagree, politely, on the true path to salvation.


and that is why he said that we should not pay heed to doctrines of men and if a man wants to eat he should work, right?

Off-Topic / I thought my house had ghosts, but according to a paranormal psychic it is hovering demon [30]

well.. having actually been there and done that, a lot like you.. we had a new house and you could hear someone coming up the stairs at night.. even the very very strange sound of chains moving around in the attic.. twice, at night (I was about 7) I saw a hooded ghost thing, like it was wearing a dark brown monks robe, tie around the waist and all, but the face when it looked at me was pure darkness, no eyes, nothing..

I could go on because I had a few experiences later in life too, and also my daughter has had a few real whammies.. but anyway there is an answer it surely is not psychics. psychics might actually make your problem worse since they work with spirits.

try this, it is real simple. next time you sense something, whether you are sure or not, you say, out loud 'Help me Jesus". saying the lord's prayer out loud helps whole bunches too.

whether you believe in Jesus or not, it doesn't matter, just do that and they will leave immediately. ghosts and demons fear Jesus more than anything in this world. be careful, they can hurt you and make you sick too..

maybe it's a trial of faith for you, do that.. help me, Jesus.. and you will find soon even, you do believe in him. Lots of people get saved this way.

Off-Topic / I thought my house had ghosts, but according to a paranormal psychic it is hovering demon [30]


You're welcome.

It can take a few weeks sometimes longer for it to dissipate completely, just keep at it...

Church is good for the strength of fellowship (if you know of a good one) but Jesus is really all you need. This is his realm completely. He sets the captives free ;)

Sounds like you'll have quite a testimony when all is said and done.

Love / Good looking Polish women with ugly men [416]


except me.

25 year old men still try to pick me up. I get such a chuckle out of it, they must be really hard up.

but yeah, and it's men too.. after so many years of drinking and who knows what.. raising kids takes a lot out of you for sure but also makes you a lot smarter... earns you patience..

I went skiing last week. One guy bought me beer at the bar all evening then hamburgers at a restaurant, then al;ong came another asking for my number..

it's alright if the dinner is good and beer is on tap. I do offer interesting conversation, no doubt.. and I am a superb slalom skier. But I do have to head home at 8pm golly gee.

This eternal life thing is very interesting.. I got saved at age 34 by Jesus and don't seem to have aged very much since then.

Thank you Jesus, he is my life.