rybnik
12 Apr 2013
Love / My Polish wife's family hate me. Maybe it is because I'm black. Advice needed. [87]
'
I'm curious Nicki, is it schvartzer?
'
We even have a pretty-nasty word for Blacks in Yiddish.
I'm curious Nicki, is it schvartzer?
rybnik
11 Apr 2013
News / Barbara Piasecka Johnson, Maid Who Married Multimillionaire, Dies at 76 [57]
touche' Zimmy! :)
I did. I looked up "alcohol crazed" in the dictionary and there was a picture of the Johnson kids.
touche' Zimmy! :)
rybnik
10 Apr 2013
News / Barbara Piasecka Johnson, Maid Who Married Multimillionaire, Dies at 76 [57]
because they were Zimmy.
Do your homework :)
Of course smearing his kids by calling them "alcohol-crazed" is okay.
because they were Zimmy.
Do your homework :)
rybnik
10 Apr 2013
News / Barbara Piasecka Johnson, Maid Who Married Multimillionaire, Dies at 76 [57]
[quote=Marynka11]I've heard from a Polish lady who used to work as her cook that she was pretty abusive towards old Johnson. She was a typical gold digger and I don't know what the fuss was all about.
Hahaha!
That's just a re-tread from the 80's!
The same smear old man Johnson's loopy, alcohol-crazed kids tried to use in court against her.
It didn't work then..........
[quote=Marynka11]I've heard from a Polish lady who used to work as her cook that she was pretty abusive towards old Johnson. She was a typical gold digger and I don't know what the fuss was all about.
Hahaha!
That's just a re-tread from the 80's!
The same smear old man Johnson's loopy, alcohol-crazed kids tried to use in court against her.
It didn't work then..........
rybnik
9 Apr 2013
Travel / Storks - the Symbol of Poland [59]
I had NEVER seen a stork until I had my first sighting back in 1978.
I, like most New Jerseyans my age, had only heard and read about them.
I was enthralled, to put it simply.
And to see their nests! Magnificent.
I re-tell the experience to my daughter (apparently ad nauseum) over and over again.
I can't wait to bring her to Poland and show her myself!
I had NEVER seen a stork until I had my first sighting back in 1978.
I, like most New Jerseyans my age, had only heard and read about them.
I was enthralled, to put it simply.
And to see their nests! Magnificent.
I re-tell the experience to my daughter (apparently ad nauseum) over and over again.
I can't wait to bring her to Poland and show her myself!
rybnik
9 Apr 2013
Travel / Storks - the Symbol of Poland [59]
lol
does that confer an abundace of luck if the roof caves in? :)
..........If I'm not mistaken, they are also revered in Germany?
I even dreamed last year a Stork nest fell thru my roof ..lol.
lol
does that confer an abundace of luck if the roof caves in? :)
..........If I'm not mistaken, they are also revered in Germany?
rybnik
9 Apr 2013
Travel / Storks - the Symbol of Poland [59]
I just saw a wonderful piece on TVP about some storks who "ryzykowaly" (took the risk) to come to Poland from Africa despite the cold and snow and were shown all this love and attention from the locals. It really was very touching to see the locals feed the birds and worry so about them. Apparently, nothing unites a village like the presence of a mating pair of storks.
I just saw a wonderful piece on TVP about some storks who "ryzykowaly" (took the risk) to come to Poland from Africa despite the cold and snow and were shown all this love and attention from the locals. It really was very touching to see the locals feed the birds and worry so about them. Apparently, nothing unites a village like the presence of a mating pair of storks.
rybnik
9 Apr 2013
News / Barbara Piasecka Johnson, Maid Who Married Multimillionaire, Dies at 76 [57]
out of all those billions I would've settled for, say, $300,000. .................
out of all those billions I would've settled for, say, $300,000. .................
rybnik
8 Apr 2013
Life / Hey, Nice Airport Wrocław! Or! Day #1 for an American Ex-Pat in Poland. [128]
Interesting
Wrocław's grittier side.
Does this section of the city have a name?
Interesting
Wrocław's grittier side.
Does this section of the city have a name?
rybnik
6 Apr 2013
News / Barbara Piasecka Johnson, Maid Who Married Multimillionaire, Dies at 76 [57]
I wonder to whom or what she left her 3.6 billion dollars?
I wonder to whom or what she left her 3.6 billion dollars?
rybnik
5 Apr 2013
News / Barbara Piasecka Johnson, Maid Who Married Multimillionaire, Dies at 76 [57]
I love her story! I still remember daily the articles in the local papers.
It was a fascinating look inside the lives of the very rich.
nytimes.com/2013/04/04/nyregion/barbara-piasecka-johnson-maid-who-married-multimillionaire-dies-at-76.html
anybody else remember her?
I love her story! I still remember daily the articles in the local papers.
It was a fascinating look inside the lives of the very rich.
Barbara Piasecka Johnson, whose rags-to-riches tale - an immigrant maid marries a multimillionaire and inherits all of his money, fending off the furious claims of his children - was at the center of what one writer called "the largest, costliest, ugliest, most spectacular and most conspicuous" probate battle in American history, died on Monday near Wroclaw, Poland, where she spent much of her childhood. She was 76.
nytimes.com/2013/04/04/nyregion/barbara-piasecka-johnson-maid-who-married-multimillionaire-dies-at-76.html
anybody else remember her?
rybnik
31 Mar 2013
Life / Hey, Nice Airport Wrocław! Or! Day #1 for an American Ex-Pat in Poland. [128]
Brings back memories Jason.
May I wish you a belated "zissen pesach"..........................and keep posting.
I enjoy your perspective: fresh and delicious.
Brings back memories Jason.
May I wish you a belated "zissen pesach"..........................and keep posting.
I enjoy your perspective: fresh and delicious.
rybnik
21 Feb 2013
Life / The Best Things About Poland [24]
citizen67,
I love the three things you cited.
I never, until now, thought of those two Army-related items you cited as distinctive nor stylish.
I do now
Thanks
ps I too love gołąbki...........
citizen67,
I love the three things you cited.
I never, until now, thought of those two Army-related items you cited as distinctive nor stylish.
I do now
Thanks
ps I too love gołąbki...........
rybnik
20 Feb 2013
Life / Men in Poland in the forest? Just men? [133]
not entirely true, asian women in countries like Cambodia, Thailand, Philippines certainly squat when resting and working (peeling, washing, etc)
guys squatting in circles and not all of them are drunk or drinking...just conversing, (you will note that I also told you that young male children/teens do it.....not girls... just boys...thats what makes it so peculiar looking to me...it is a purely male province just as it is in Asian countries)
not entirely true, asian women in countries like Cambodia, Thailand, Philippines certainly squat when resting and working (peeling, washing, etc)
rybnik
12 Feb 2013
Food / Polish head cheese [46]
Same here!
Ah the memories. We kids loved it( galaretka) too.
wish I had some right now :) Mmmm pycha
Same here!
Ah the memories. We kids loved it( galaretka) too.
wish I had some right now :) Mmmm pycha
rybnik
12 Feb 2013
Travel / Completely random views of Poland, a co! [80]
used to do a lot of my shopping there back in the day :)
that and the Cepelia shops
A landmark store, recognized by many
used to do a lot of my shopping there back in the day :)
that and the Cepelia shops
rybnik
12 Feb 2013
Travel / Completely random views of Poland, a co! [80]
just wanted to say i'm really diggin this thread
that Picaso was cool But the "aparat do masaźu" turystyczny, no less, was the bomb! lol
just wanted to say i'm really diggin this thread
that Picaso was cool But the "aparat do masaźu" turystyczny, no less, was the bomb! lol
rybnik
6 Feb 2013
News / Amb. W. Sobków's response to G. Coren's "Today I am make first column in Polski" [59]
when will all this Jew v Pole end????
will it ever end???
when will all this Jew v Pole end????
will it ever end???
rybnik
30 Jan 2013
UK, Ireland / Polish women that go "off the rails" in London [15]
not a good idea
Maybe I should move to Zabrze :-)
not a good idea
rybnik
30 Jan 2013
Love / Polish Catholic girl - do you have the same relationship problem as me? [28]
++
ultimately, your parent s will get over it :)
Live your life before it passes you by.
++
ultimately, your parent s will get over it :)
rybnik
28 Jan 2013
History / Do Silesia people consider themselves to be Silesians, not Poles nor Germans? [15]
the Silesians I know, and I know a few, live in the Zabrze - Rybnik region. They feel very Polish and are proud, as they have a right to, of their Silesian background.
They feel mostly German and speak an German dialect.
the Silesians I know, and I know a few, live in the Zabrze - Rybnik region. They feel very Polish and are proud, as they have a right to, of their Silesian background.
rybnik
28 Jan 2013
Language / Dupa - what a beautiful Polish word [103]
no
Have you ever played the Polish card game called 'dziura w dupie'?
no
rybnik
28 Jan 2013
Language / Dupa - what a beautiful Polish word [103]
WielkiPolak's post jogged my memory as it relates to this word.
My childhood friend Andziej (when I was a boy my father took me along to other Polish families where I was befriended by their sons - Andziej was one of them).
Andziej's mother was a proponent of corporal punishment. She was always beating him. And Andziej seemed to relish antagonizing her pushing her buttons (mind you we're about 6 years old). One of those buttons which he pushed often was his use of vulgar Polish words. He absolutely loved saying "kupa gówna, kupa gówna) and duźa dupa! Saying those words always cracked him up, enraged his mother and sent me to a neutral corner :)
WielkiPolak's post jogged my memory as it relates to this word.
My childhood friend Andziej (when I was a boy my father took me along to other Polish families where I was befriended by their sons - Andziej was one of them).
Andziej's mother was a proponent of corporal punishment. She was always beating him. And Andziej seemed to relish antagonizing her pushing her buttons (mind you we're about 6 years old). One of those buttons which he pushed often was his use of vulgar Polish words. He absolutely loved saying "kupa gówna, kupa gówna) and duźa dupa! Saying those words always cracked him up, enraged his mother and sent me to a neutral corner :)
rybnik
25 Jan 2013
rybnik
24 Jan 2013
Language / Dupa - what a beautiful Polish word [103]
let's have sex
E.g., how do you understand the phrase: dać dupy?
let's have sex
rybnik
24 Jan 2013
Language / Dupa - what a beautiful Polish word [103]
Now that's a "loaded question" :)
btw I didn't know Tuwim was also Jewish
Rybnik, what do you know about dupa????
Now that's a "loaded question" :)
btw I didn't know Tuwim was also Jewish
rybnik
24 Jan 2013
Food / What's your favorite Polish beer? [870]
I just came back from Belgium.
I'm not impressed with the beer.
Sorry
I just came back from Belgium.
I'm not impressed with the beer.
Sorry
rybnik
24 Jan 2013
Food / What's your favorite Polish beer? [870]
my gripe against Polish beers is that they lack depth.
they are shallow, IMHO, as compared to say Slovakian beers (Złoty Bażant) and Czech beers (any of their delicious pilsners).
my gripe against Polish beers is that they lack depth.
they are shallow, IMHO, as compared to say Slovakian beers (Złoty Bażant) and Czech beers (any of their delicious pilsners).
rybnik
24 Jan 2013
Love / Annoying sister-in-law of my Polish hubby [30]
i did
Did you know that the tsar Ivan the Terrible killed his son for disobedience
i did
rybnik
24 Jan 2013
Love / Annoying sister-in-law of my Polish hubby [30]
seriously, if your in-laws are like my ex-in-laws, you are done!
Poles of their ilk can carry a grudge like nobody's business (my Mom, God rest her soul, included).
What can you do?
Depends
If you want to make peace and bring things back to where they were (more or less), then apologize.
If you don't give a rat's a.., do nothing (as my ex did).
Good Luck!
It ain't easy I know
Wat can I do now?
seriously, if your in-laws are like my ex-in-laws, you are done!
Poles of their ilk can carry a grudge like nobody's business (my Mom, God rest her soul, included).
What can you do?
Depends
If you want to make peace and bring things back to where they were (more or less), then apologize.
If you don't give a rat's a.., do nothing (as my ex did).
Good Luck!
It ain't easy I know