USA, Canada / How to get Drivers license in IL without social security? [96]


Looks like a pretty old thread???

Either way, I'm totally against it but here it is:

"...Eleven states issue drivers licenses to illegal aliens, including Alaska, Connecticut, Idaho, Louisiana, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Utah, Washington and West Virginia..."

theamericanresistance.com/issues/drivers_licenses.html

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Off the subject - are you a 76 'driver' for ual? (since you seem to live in Chicago)... Just curious.

Love / Should a marriage proposal to a partner from Poland be done in private or public? [27]


An old thread way before my time here at PF but YOU should've proposed to him first! ;)

See, problem solved... Hope things turned out great for you two.

Life / Giving tips in Poland [235]


Because those are not minimum wage "service" professions but rather jobs where you have to be educated.

When I started delivering pizzas my "education" or training took less than an hour - then I was on my own. That's why I was paid minimum wage which I then more than doubled and sometimes trippled with tips. It paid for me to be friendly AND punctual AND to deliver to as many customers as I could and that's what I did.

I am not looking down on service professions, far from it, I've held a few myself. However, many European "properly remunerated" waiters and waitresses without a doubt make less money than they'd have in the US even though the base salary is higher in Europe. On the other hand, the quality of service overall and attentivness is higher in the US thanks to - you guessed it , the "im-properly remunerated" tips.

There are some cases when I too wonder if the person should be tipped or not but overall it's a great system. If you don't like it - simply don't tip.

Life / Womans day in Poland? [242]


What? October??? I always thought we, men celebrated the International Day of Men between March 9th and March 7th the following year? I feel cheated! LOL

On March 8th my dad often leaves small notes for my mom (in her car, on the mirror, attached to the garage door opener, you name it). When I was a kid I thought it was so silly but now I realize how much my mom loves those notes.

They ARE silly and often illogical; usually he'll write something like "You are my sunshine and I'm your sunscreen factor 50 - let's sing in the rain", "I'm glad God made You", "You can keep my rib as long as you want!", "roses are red and sky is blue, where's my pretty wife - I need you!"

Of course he does the whole flower and gift thing too but my mom loves the little notes and saves them all...

So happy Women's day to all the ladies here;

This "small note" is to all the XX representatives here - "Thank you all for making the world prettier and gentler".

This includes all the ladies, even those not born yet.

Life / Mixed race girl in Poland, good idea? [149]

Jemma - don't listen to the few rasists you've encountered. Don't think of them as Polish rasists, instead think of them as morons, in this case Polish morons. There's beauty in each and every race and if they fail to see that, well, that's their problem.

Unfortunately racism, xenofobia, etc. will probably always exist. We humans like to feel better about ourselves by pointing out people who're somehow "different". However, people become very accepting when they see respect from the "unusual" individual. In your case you're trying to learn a new language and enjoy to hang out with your friends and I for one respect your open mind.

Maybe one of your friends has family in Poland? If so, whenever they go for a visit see if you can tag along? I bet ya you'd have a blast and people would be nice to you.

So avoid racist morons because they'll always find a reason to hate someone or something - it's their way to be visible because otherwise they'd be "nobodies" - or "dum nobodies" to be specific.

Life / Mixed race girl in Poland, good idea? [149]


Huh?

Enkidu - you remind me of blacks here in the States who say blacks by default cannot be rasist! LOL. Retarded but many believe it. (Off the subject - yes, I said blacks and not African American because unless they were born and raised in Africa they are Americans who happen to be black.)

Rasism exists in each and every culture (or lack of) - your psychoanalysis is confusing and irrelevant here. Just give the girl advice on how to deal with rasist jerks, that's what she's asking for, not your definition of what she's experiencing...

Life / Mixed race girl in Poland, good idea? [149]

Are you saying until now no Poles have ever been racist? What??? You mean Poles have always treated other minorites well? Lithuanians, Ukraininans, Jews, etc? Got news for you, as long as Poland has existed there have been rasist and xenophobic members of the society. The same applies to Lithuanians, Ukraininans, Germans, etc, etc. Rasism exists everywhere.

Your "in 20 years maybe" statement is just ignorant at best and whitewashy at worst. Reading your past posts makes me believe you're an inteligent person so I'll just assume you were blinded by temporary insanity, that's all

Love / How to convince English boyfriend to learn Polish? [39]

Agata - I think when you truly love someone you want to learn as much about this person as possible. My ex-wife (ex due to my own stupidity) learned conversational Swedish AND Polish. (I'm born in Poland but raised in Sweden so I use Swedish most of the time when talking to my parents - easier for me).

She was severly dyslectic which made it even harder on her and the first 100 words or so she learned on her own (bought Rosetta Stone CD for Swedish and Polish). I never asked her to do it instead she did it all on her own. One day she told me I was handsome in Swedish and I instinctively replied she was beautiful in Swedish before I realized she spoke Swedish to me. A minute later she said the same thing in Polish!

A relationship has to be a 2-way street engagement! In mine unfortunately she put in much more effort than I did. Frankly I was pretty clueless. It sounds to me like your boyfriend is making the very same mistakes I made - he's taking you for granted.

Since he learned some Spanish before and his relationship with the Spanish girl fell apart he might feel like it was all for nothing. Stupid thinking of course as what you've learned is yours forever. Having said that, I think he is a taker and not a giver when it comes to emotional fulfillment.

Be very careful before you decide to marry him. Not sure he's worthy of you.

Good luck to you both...

PS. I like Softsong's approach, maybe it'd work for you two?

Language / Polish Swear Words [1242]


Interesting, I was about to say the opposite... In my view New Yorkers and Californians curse a lot but overall I think Poles curse much more than the average American...

Language / Polish Swear Words [1242]

Yeah, you def. sound like someone from Kalifooornia... LOL


These words absofukin'lutely do exist! LOL

Life / Which on the list of Polish girl's names do you like the most? [67]

"...Please rate them in order best to least =) ..."

You live in the US or Canada, correct? (for pronunciation purposes)

1 - Emilia & Klaudia (couldn't decide which)
2 -
3 - Izabella or Izabelle (don't like Izabela as much -> bella = beautiful)
4 - Julia
5 - Olivia (if you live in N. America Oliwia would get mispronounced all the time)
6 - Cecylia
7 - Celina
8 - Sabina

My favorite girl name is Norah but that wasn't an option... LOL
youtube.com/watch?v=Ii2tVV1saZc

KDOT or Kasia ;) - congratulations to you!

...congrats to Hippie68 as well - see where all that "free love" leads to? LOL

USA, Canada / Dual citizenship - US doesn't care if you don't give up Polish passport [103]


I became US citizen while in the military, in fact, they helped me with all the paper work.

One of the administrators explained the Oath to me this way. (Don't remember the exact wording so I'm paraphrasing)

"The US government will not prosecute you or anyone else for keeping your (in my case) Swedish citizenship. What the Oath means is what's in your heart. So ask yourself, if God forbid Sweden (or country of your choice) finds itself on a collision course with the US, we - the US military - want to know we can count on you being an American first and foremost. Can you handle that?"

I think that's a pretty good, common sense summary what it really means. I am proud to be a US citizen and think anyone considering it should look into all the obligations of a citizen, not just the rights. As someone pointed out, it's a privilege and not a right.

Disagree with you PLK - first of all the process is pretty painless. They do the work you do the paper work. Second of all, if you don't have any skeletons in your closet you have nothing to worry about. Everyone panics about the Patriot Act, etc which supposedly took away some liberties. An average ACLU lawyer would rip apart most of the EU governments and their "liberties" they think are so much better than ours.

Anyways, I don't want to turn this thread into them versus us. I simply wanted to point out that becoming a US citizen is a privilege (and likewise it's a privilege to become a Swedish, Polish, etc. citizen) and that the secret clearance process is not that bad and sometimes beneficial for jobs in the civil world. Just my penny on the subject.


Most of your posts in the past seemed to be very intelligent. This one is simply idiotic.

USA, Canada / Dual citizenship - US doesn't care if you don't give up Polish passport [103]


You're correct convex and since the US is the only country I know of where you get citizenship by simply being born on our soil (are there other countries that do the same? I don't know) many kids are US citizens AND citizens of their parents country at the same time.

For example when Hong Kong was about to be turned over to the Red China many pregnant Hong Kong'ese (is that a word? ;) women gave birth in the US to give their child "an escape" route just in case. Nothing really happened but there are thousands of about 13 years old kids in Hong Kong with US passports. When they turn 18 they're supposed to chose one citizenship.

However, nowadays dual, sometimes triple or more citizenships are pretty common. Case in point, a friend who's born in Zimbabwe, raised in South Africa, educated in the UK and now lives in the US. I know for a fact she has a South African passport, a British and a US passport. Not sure if she has a Zimbabwe passport too.

The other part of your post I disagree with but won't ruin this thread with pointless discussion on issues we probably won't ever agree on. So lets agree to disagree on that.

USA, Canada / Dual citizenship - US doesn't care if you don't give up Polish passport [103]


Well, don't know enough about this subject so maybe I'm wrong. I found a reference about German-American kids having to chose by the time they turn 23 (?) but I think that's German law.


germany.usembassy.gov/acs/dual_nationality.html


Which one(s)?

I remember an immigration attorney helping my friend many moons ago who said the US were very unique in the world in that regard. So what other country can vacation while being pregnant, give birth there and come back home with an application for citizenship in that country for that child?


I agree, that's just wrong.

The guy/gal created a thread and no one, including the mods, should be changing the thread's title unless it was racist, sexist, etc.

USA, Canada / Dual citizenship - US doesn't care if you don't give up Polish passport [103]


Hmm, I stand corrected.

Surprised to see Mexico on that list. In the late 90's my then neighbors welcomed their child much prematurely while in Mexico. The parents were both American but the mother's grandparents came from Mexico so they thought about getting Mexican passport for their daughter to make it easier for them (as a family) to own vacation property there. This was a while back but I could've sworn they gave up the process as they're told they'd have to become citizens of Mexico first before their daughter could follow. Again, that's quite a few years ago.

Overall though as I said I stand corrected.

USA, Canada / Dual citizenship - US doesn't care if you don't give up Polish passport [103]

I assume you're taking your little bird, correct? It was Sokata, I think? Is filing a flight plan mandatory? Can you just go vfr without any paperwork? What's 100LL or whatever fuel you use go for? That's what I enjoy the most, jump in an airplane and go. Very different from the job aspect.

Happy tailwinds on your trip.

Life / Womans day in Poland? [242]


Has Putin gotten that Memo??

History / The Gustloff - one of the worst maritime disasters that seemed to never have happened [66]


I recently watched a Netflix movie titled "A Woman in Berlin" (Anonyma: Eine Frau in Berlin). It's in German with English subtitles and is based on a true story. A lady's memoirs from the Soviet occupation of Berlin turned into this movie. Shocking is an understatement; basically every woman had to be raped and humiliated over and over again to pay for "German sins."

History / The Gustloff - one of the worst maritime disasters that seemed to never have happened [66]

Spiritus - not sure if this constitutes "One of the worst maritime disasters"? If the ship was properly marked with red cross insignia then it was one of the worst maritime war crimes. Maritime disasters are usually result of an "act of God". God, nature, etc. had hardly anything to do with this murder.

Life / Womans day in Poland? [242]

Yeah, right.. He might have a different title but he's still the Thug-in-Chief...

Life / Womans day in Poland? [242]


unfortunately I agree...


I wish we celebrated it here in the US. Yesterday I brought a nice bouquet of some Hawai'ian flowers to a local cafeteria/diner just outside Honolulu where I know several of the ladies who work there daily. Then I said "Happy Women's day to you all" and the ladies gave me this perplexed look as if "is he hitting on ALL of us"? LOL

Oh well, when I explained they were all very excited. I think I might have started a new tradition in the Aloha State... LOL

I posted this on another thread but it probably belongs here...

If Women Controlled the World!

wltc.org/Documents/Jokes/WomenRuled.htm

Language / Polish Swear Words [1242]

Your hypothesis is (in my view ;) flawed and I have no idea how to prove it either.. LOL

Seriously though, I fly for a living and get to meet many people but I seldom stop to inquire about their class status. From my observations cursing in the US is definitely an East coast & West coat phenomenon. Note, people curse everywhere but New Yorkers and Californians put it to extreme. Maybe they're just pissed because they have the highest taxes in the nation? I don't know...

However, whenever I hear the Polish language whether in the US or Europe or Asia (MANY Poles in Shanghai, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur) I always try to stop by to say hello and attempt to practice - I mean butcher - my Polish. More often than not before I reach the table, corner, etc. I hear 'kurva' this and 'kurva' that, 'cholera', 'wpierdole', 'huj', etc, etc. I don't know what their "class status" is but surprisingly often I'll hear female voices cursing too.

In fact, a few times I was totally perplexed as I see this seemingly classy lady, dressed to kill who appears to be an attorney, a business woman, etc. yet the words out of her mouth are as sharp and foul as a sailor's lingo.

Note, my observation is extremely unscientific and maybe I simply have very bad luck and always (or often) seem to run into potty-mouthed Poles? Not criticizing either way, just pure observation and a reply to "Maciej" who earlier said:

"...I think Polish people overall don't swear as much as other nations (e.g.. Americans). I mean - when Poles swear, they are really angry or something while American use the f*ck word on any occasion.. :}. There are exceptions of course - come to Poland and take a walk in the evening by a liquor store or forest preserve..."

Life / Womans day in Poland? [242]


Is that true? Even though women on average live 5-10 years longer than men?


That depends on the employer here. Not saying you're wrong just that it depends. I wish in this arena we were more like Sweden where they have "parenthood leave" and not just maternity leave. Many couples split it up with the woman staying home half the leave and then the father takes the rest. We probably should increase the length of the stay BUT not until they find a way to pay for it.

Genealogy / Why the escape in the 1800s ? Searching for my family roots. [25]


Could be many several reasons. War(s), poverty, oppression by the Russians, Prussians or Austrians (depending on what part of Poland your family was from), or maybe better job prospects in the US? West Virgina had many new mines being developed and mining industry was a very old profession in Poland with many experienced miners.

Love / What to Get my Polish Guy for Valentines Day. [77]


Cancer? I thought you were pretty young? Of course one never knows nowadays, let's pray (hope if you prefer) that's not the case... Have fun in Poland and give us the scoop about the new boyfriend you'll undoubtedly meet there... ;)

Life / COMBATING "POLACK" JOKES [460]


Where did you hear that??? I was told those jokes existed waaay earlier than that.
Supposedly Poles (although many were also Ukrainians, Russians, etc.) were the first group that reached the US soil en masse without any knowledge of the English language whatsoever. Previous groups could some, although very limited English. Most Poles could say "no English - I'm Polak" and that's how it started.

Life / COMBATING "POLACK" JOKES [460]


What, are you French now? ;) Just keedin' - backing out was probably a smart idea, things got kind of strange here very fast...

UK, Ireland / Help Renouncing UK Citizenship and gaining Polish one [24]


Not quite true as if you have a US passport but live in a different country the first $84,000 (or is it 89?) is tax free. Also, you don't have to be US citizen to be required to pay taxes in the US. Same applies to permanent residents (green card holders). So I doubt anyone would give up his/her US passport to avoid taxes. There are much easier ways to do it - move to another country and start paying taxes there. Notify the IRS of the aforementioned - done.


Probably because that's how things were done in the past. You could only have one citizenship (passport) and if you didn't many jobs weren't available to you (military, post office, government contracts, etc., etc.). I'd say what he did was logical and what most people did then and still do. You should always hold citizenship in the country you intend to live in for the long term. That way you can fully participate in the society.

Don't make any rush judgments - you can live in Poland as British citizen too. It's quite possible that a few years down the road your Polish grand children will be posting messages on the 3-D super-Internet asking why the hell their grandfather gave up his British passport and what do they need to do to get it back??? ;)

Life / Womans day in Poland? [242]


So is that mandatory or voluntary? If women are forced to retire early and thus suffer lower pensions/retirement benefits why isn't anyone suing for sexism and gender discrimination?


Starts at sunrise on March 9th and ends at sunset on March 7th the following year! ;)

Genealogy / Why the escape in the 1800s ? Searching for my family roots. [25]


According to Göring maybe... LOL

I see your point but the choices were either horrible occupation (Russia), just as horrible occupation (Austria) or less horrible occupation (Prussia).