USA, Canada / My boyfriend is being deported to Poland because his US visa expired, help needed [53]

convex wrote:


just a thought:

it might be worth looking at how many poles actually applied for a visa to the USA 2 years ago, and how many applied over the past year. with the job market being down now, layoffs everywhere, etc., people they typically deny may not be applying as often now because they simply can't afford the trip. successful people with real estate in Poland almost always return. poor people looking for a new life elsewhere generally have less money and overstay.

all I'm saying is, you don't know how many applied, you only know what percentage of them were denied or accepted. during a crisis, people with money are generally not affected, so for them, they're still traveling and still getting visas just as easily as before the crisis because the criteria for "yea or nay" is still more or less the same.

not an opinion, just a thought.........

also, let's not overlook the fact that America had an economic meltdown recently.....this is sure to lower the number of applicants.

Law / I have to fix Karta Pobytu for EU citizens [20]

Jonnie wrote:


what does this mean? that you are an EU citizen?

I've done a KB several times, I can answer some questions, but mind you, I'm American....I don't know where you're from so it may be different.

First, yes, you need Zameldowanie. I didn't know you could get a temp. Zamel. If there is such a thing, I would doubt you can use it. a KB gives you residency for 1 year and you need to have Zamel. the whole time (legally).

yes, they require details of business/work.

a residency card costs around 450zl after everything is said and done.

after you apply, they have i believe 90 days to review it. after the review period, they may come back to you and tell you things you still need.

regarding taxes, well, that is all connected with your work. in order to work here (legally) you need to be registered with the tax office. and yes, you will have to show proof of this.

you said "long time here".....how long? with the current Schengan rules, it's a bit tricky.

Life / Trying to find a good office supplies store in Poland [5]

haha, this thread cracks me up, especially the Hanna Montana part.

i'll never understand office supplies in poland, especially notebooks. haha, i have to always sift through notebook after notebook, just to find one that doesn't have a unicorn on it or a color pattern that would make someone question my sexuality.

Real Estate / House prices in Poland to drop more or rise again? [228]

convex wrote:


it's great that your apt. is "rock solid" and that it can withstand scud missles and tank rounds, but honestly, a lot of people say that about apts./houses out here, and i just don't see the point of it.

my family, and all of my friends back home in Duhmerica have wooden houses. 2X4's, plywood, sheet rock, some insulation, i juz. dom. unless you're anticipating tornadoes or hurricanes, what's the point of spending all that money on brick and concrete and whatever else people use out here to build their........fortresses. i'd love a brick home, they look beautiful and I'd assume hold heat quite nice, but would I spend an extra $100,000 so I could have brick? no. as for hurricanes and tornadoes....i guess that's what home owner's insurance is for.

Life / Why Poles are so crazy about their country? [55]

revokenice wrote:


myopia.

i see it just as much here in Poland as I did back home. clouds the mind, and pisses a lot of people off.

Life / Why Poles are so crazy about their country? [55]

revokenice wrote:


my apologies for answering a question with a question, but:

How do you feel when dealing with overly nationalistic americans?

Life / Why Poles are so crazy about their country? [55]

Torq wrote:


HAHAHAHA.

I'm afraid to comment on this one because it's possible Torq left his computer on while he was in the bathroom or picking up the mail or something and some little kid walked by and posted something really quick when he wasn't looking.

Ziemowit wrote:


HAHAHA, and then apparently that same kid may have walked over to Ziemowit's apt. and done the same.

Language / Polish was chosen the HARDEST LANGUAGE in the world to learn... :D [1558]

ooohhh, i guess i'll throw another question up. please translate these sentences into Polish:

"with a few women"

"with a few men"

"with a few men and women"

"with a few children"

"with four children"

"with four women"

"with four men"

and, for the hell of it, "with eight children".

just another attempt to show the inefficiency of Polish. the true test here would be if all native Polish speakers on this forum would have to type an answer right away without calling Kasia or Piotr or Magda for their opinion, along with everyone typing their answer simultaneously so that they can't read posts from others and then say, "OOOHH...that's right, it should be xyz...."

anyway, enjoy!

Language / Polish was chosen the HARDEST LANGUAGE in the world to learn... :D [1558]

ziemowit wrote:


oooh ziemowit, always anxious to throw in the pot shots when good ole' Fuzzy writes something about Polish.

ziemowit wrote:


actually, your post made no such suggestion.

but now that you are, why would you assume I don't already know how to do it? OOOOHHH, that's right. I almost forgot how incredibly condescending your posts are every time I show some intelligence. FUZZYWICKETS couldn't possibly be qualified enough to discuss Polish on this kind of level.

does the lady in your life get as turned on as I do watching how masterfully you can conjugate Polish nouns? i bet you have that body paint stuff and go through all 7 cases....

Polish Tutor wrote:


you know, as well as I do, that this is utter bollocks.

as for the rest of your post............anyone?

Language / Polish was chosen the HARDEST LANGUAGE in the world to learn... :D [1558]

ziemowit wrote:


ziemowit wrote:


two things:

1) If you assume I already know how to do it, why would you then give me advice on how to do it?

2) Why the hell would I write the answers to the questions????!!!!! I posted those questions to "show how inefficient the Polish language is," and all that good stuff. Why would I challenge people on this forum with questions, and then immediately thereafter post the answers???!!!

by the way pappy, I don't see any of your answers....;)

Ziemowit wrote:


oh, boo hoo hoo. quit back peddling. you made a snide comment towards me, as you always do, and then decided to not only assume I couldn't already do it on my own, but followed it up with advice on the subject I had never asked for. you're more than welcome to give advice, there's no doubt your Polish is better than mine, just don't be so snide about it, dear Yoda of Polish. maybe other posters tolerate it, but if you keep posting with that tone and continue to take pot shots, i'm going to call you out on it every time, pompadour.

Love / 20% of adult Poles are single and live with Mummy! [238]

convex wrote:


Koreans as well.....and the Chinese i knew in America did the same.

Language / Polish was chosen the HARDEST LANGUAGE in the world to learn... :D [1558]

Ziemowit wrote:


hahahaha......oh paaaaleeease. first and foremost, people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones, me boy. this is why you've gotten yourself into this pickle. don't play the "it's not my first language so that's why it may come off as offensive to some" card. you know exactly what you said, how you said it, how snide it was, and you know exactly what your "tone" has been like in previous posts directed towards me. i don't have to give you past examples because you know exactly what i'm talking about.

and for what it's worth, my comment about the "body paint".......come on man, you're a big boy. talk about thin skinned. good luck reporting that one to the mods here.

"FUZZYWICKETS said that I conjugate nouns with body paint on my lady! I demand he be spoken to about this!"

i can already hear the mods laughing at that one.

Magdalena:

excellent work. I do however have one question:

with 4 men, with 4 women.....does "4" conjugate to "czterema" for both men and women? I'm not suggesting you're wrong, but I have heard from native Poles "czteroma".

?

Language / Polish was chosen the HARDEST LANGUAGE in the world to learn... :D [1558]

Magdalena wrote:


i know the sheer number of English verb tenses can be a bit tedious to start, but you simply can't compare them to Polish.

let's see:

I will have......future perfect.....now insert ANY past participle of ANY verb, and you are set. Change the person from I to he, she, we, they, etc. etc., no difference.

Have you had....present perfect.....same story. insert ANY past participle of ANY verb, use the same I, we, he, she, they, it, you.....on and on.

Polish? you chose byc? ok.....

jestem, jestes, jestesmy, jestescie, jest, sa, bylem, bylam, byla, bylo, byl, bylismy, bylysmy, byliscie, bylyscie, byli, byly, bylbym, bylabym, bylby, bylaby, byloby, bylibysmy, bylybysmy, byliby, bylyby, bylibyscie, bylybyscie........bede, bedzie, bedziemy, bedziecie, bedziesz, beda......badz, badzmy, badzcie, bedac......on and on.

and we haven't even mentioned "bywac".

imagine how big a task that is for a Polish learner when a new verb is introduced.

once you hear a new verb in English, you can immediately insert it into a sentence using any person, any tense....all you need to know are the present, past and past participle forms. 3 things to remember per verb. the rest.....all English verbs follow the same damn pattern.

English most certainly has it's difficulties, but it's 100 fold easier to use and learn new English verbs compared to Polish.

Language / Polish was chosen the HARDEST LANGUAGE in the world to learn... :D [1558]

Magdalena wrote:

I wasn't arguing against any of this so.......agreed.

Language / Polish was chosen the HARDEST LANGUAGE in the world to learn... :D [1558]

Lyzko wrote:


congratulations, you just made fun of a child less than 11 years old (pre-junior high is below that age) who had an unfortunate upbringing and didn't learn to read or write properly and most likely cannot speak properly either.

and no, because the NY Times printed it doesn't make it any better.

trying not to sound too overly sensitive here, ale.....stary.......that child is not normal and you're making a mockery of him.

Language / Polish was chosen the HARDEST LANGUAGE in the world to learn... :D [1558]

Lyzko wrote:


because to be THAT poor at spelling, that is not a child who had a normal upbringing.

Lyzko wrote:


let's not, because that's junior high school, not pre-junior high school.

Lyzko wrote:


children of below-normal I.Q. levels exist in every country and the child who wrote that clearly does not have a normal I.Q. (and probably terrible parents or lack there of), so what is the point of your post?

Travel / Why some travelers hate Poland? [45]

if we're talking strictly from a tourist's perspective, i can't understand why a traveler would hate Poland.

Polish families in general are quite hospitable, so if you're popping in and out of apts. for a week or two visiting a friend's family for example, there's really not much to dislike.

it's still zloties here, so chances are your currency allows you to spend freely.

if you're a dude, well, we all know about polish girls....some of the finest specimens in the world.

the country in general is quite safe, assuming you're white.

although they're not clean, PKP, trams/buses are reasonably priced, and regarding trams, most foreigners don't pay for tram tickets anyhow.

for a foreigner, late May to late August, Poland can be an enjoyable place to visit.

Travel / Why some travelers hate Poland? [45]

Delphiandomine wrote:


i don't care how they compare to the rest of Europe. PKP is a cheap alternative, but dirty regardless.

News / Official language of EU (is not Polish) [119]

Torq wrote:


it's comments like this that allow me to sleep at night not feeling like i have a learning disability :)......(although there a select few out there that won't agree with your comment, Torq)

Wroclawboy wrote:


i could use a representative like this.

Language / Polish was chosen the HARDEST LANGUAGE in the world to learn... :D [1558]

random question to the Poles i've been meaning to ask:

why oh why do you call a tuxedo a "smoking".....

Travel / Krakow a safe and friendly city for foreigners? Read this! [161]

peterweg wrote:


this couldn't be further from the truth.

Travel / Krakow a safe and friendly city for foreigners? Read this! [161]

jonni wrote:


doesn't it?

Canada also showed what they think of the Czechs recently by stripping THEM of visa-free travel rights due to too many illegal Czechs living there.

funny what happens when you break the rules.

Travel / Krakow a safe and friendly city for foreigners? Read this! [161]

peterweg wrote:


sounds like a good plan. not reality yet in Poland.

News / THE ARMY OF POLAND - THE REALITY [395]

shopgirl wrote:


sounds like Fox News in America.

USA, Canada / Some of the major cultural differences between Poland and America? [11]

Polandforeigner wrote:


i SWEAR i didn't start this thread.

Polandforeigner/troll, i created a thread looking for opinions of people who have lived in both countries a few months ago (my MO was a bit different than yours) but here you go:

https://polishforums.com/usa-canada/speak-english-lived-america-new-love-hate-41802/4/

i'm sure you will find a wealth of information in there......oh.....wait......actually, it's a complete wasteland with little to no information at all, z powodu = lack of true candidates on this forum.

sorry, can't help you.

Law / Visa Stamp if you overstay (American with a Polish Wife) [29]

i don't see what you can do here Pete. you overstayed your visa......times 2.

you are illegal in not only Poland, but all of Schengen.

USA, Canada / Do you speak English? Have you lived in America? New LOVE/HATE list......... [144]

nice, grubas.......nice.

Law / Visa Stamp if you overstay (American with a Polish Wife) [29]

i know a small handful of expats in poland. every single one of them are, or were before they left, living here either on a work permit or karta pubytu.

there's another difference worth mentioning.....when americans overstay their visas in poland, it's generally because they simply don't know the law (like the guy that started this thread) or they weren't sure but came anyway and didn't do their paperwork in time, whereas then this person usually ends up going back home. the same can not be said for america.....when foreigners come, they know damn well what the laws are and how long they can stay, and generally end up staying for a much longer time.

in america, nearly every native born pole i knew was living illegally or wound up in america on some fly-by-night sketchy marriage decision. along with that, while living in poland, i routinely hear, "oh, my brother was in america and lived with our aunt for a year.....," or, "yeah, I worked there for 18 months, i just overstayed my visa and then came back to poland eventually," and the like.

it's simply routine in America. those that don't believe this are those that haven't lived in America to see for themselves.

to all that like to ***** about it, quit *****ing about the visa issue between america and poland. poles overstay their visas....constantly.

everybody should be subjected to a country's laws. if you're an american living in poland and you overstayed your visa, it's time to go back home.

USA, Canada / Getting a VISA to USA by a Polish person nowadays [339]

peterweg wrote:


Hilfiger polo shirts in Poland cost over 300zl.

convex wrote:


i miss american supermarkets in general, if anything for the low prices, but yeah, Whole Foods is fantastic.

Revokenice wrote:


in any event, that's an absurd comparison considering the population differences of Ireland vs. the US.

Ireland: 4,460,000

USA: 309,000,000

USA, Canada / Do you speak English? Have you lived in America? New LOVE/HATE list......... [144]

ronwest wrote:


true, true, true. surely life in communist Poland was a dreamland compared to today's life in the USA.

hey ronnie, Reality just called, he said you guys can meet up whenever you're ready.