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Cali   
23 Jan 2013
News / Poland rejects H1N1 vaccine [28]

Kudos to the Polish! the Pandemrix H1N1 swine flu vaccine, which was made by British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline in 2009 has been causing lots of kids sick (narcolepsy) in Europe. Nasty stuff not used in the US, thanks God!!! Here's what it's like to go thru:

"...is plagued by hallucinations and nightmares. When she wakes up, she's often paralyzed, unable to breathe properly or call for help. During the day she can barely stay awake, and often misses school or having fun with friends. She is only 14, but at times she has wondered if her life is worth living."
Cali   
21 Jan 2013
USA, Canada / Better life in USA or Canada? - expats opinions and your comparison [143]

The Kiwis remind me a bit of Canadians

I lived down under for a few years: canucks aint even close. The Kiwis are as you described canucks above. NZ: great people n a beautiful country! Again, Canadians not even close to them, bro! But then you lived along the weed trail stretching from OR to WA, along that northwest carridor n you won't see that many non-whites until you cross the border to Vancouver, sorry, I mean, Hongcouver as been called over there :)

Never noticed any racist tendencies

hey rysavy,

Let me refresh your memory: way back in the late 90s, the Canadian Royal Airborne Regiment was disbanded by the canucks govt. Reason: during its presence in Somalia, the regiment exhibited an "outrageous racist" behavior towards the local populace. So "my dear," go figure! Happy MLK!
Cali   
21 Jan 2013
USA, Canada / Better life in USA or Canada? - expats opinions and your comparison [143]

I was in Los Angeles and walked around

A few things:
1) LA is very, very spread out, bro! You got downtown LA and adjacent areas, mostly made up of light mfg and some dilapidated dwellings. So most tourists are confined to downtown and NO ONE would go outside its area. Why? To get to those areas is a challenge, you need the wheels! Plus the downtown area is sitting at the grid of many freeways - unless you were the one fella walking on the 10 a couple days ago - you won't see that many people walking, especially tourists in crappy areas! These areas are not that bad but you might get bugged by homeless people, I mean a lot of them! And really there is not that much to see outside downtown. Why would you wanna go there then?????

2) Subway, or Metro Link, is only for commuters getting to/from downtown to adjacent areas. Again, very few tourists would take the Metro system. If you decided to, then get your head in a paper and read it or glue ur vlady face to the window, if you get a window seat and don't stare!!! Here people don't stare at other people, bro!

Bro, you gotta really chill!
Cali   
21 Jan 2013
USA, Canada / Better life in USA or Canada? - expats opinions and your comparison [143]

They wear colourfull shirts and short at least in summer.Will have red hair and be very fat and tall.

hey vlad,

No need to get defensive..., bro. Some look like a Romanian gypsy fortune teller from Coney Island, no doubt, but, hey, I've seen some 300-pounders w/ a maple leaf too. Let's face it, diet aint too good on both sides of the border.
Cali   
21 Jan 2013
USA, Canada / Better life in USA or Canada? - expats opinions and your comparison [143]

In U.S. you may get in real trouble if you arepoor and have no medical insurance

hey vlad,

some corrections:
Welfare - if you're dirt poor then your chances for getting free medical are better, say, if you make $20k or less, you aint getting it. So if you get sick or end up in ER, man, they'll take everything from ya, but, again, till 20k you're fine. Now, getting gov't cheese, not a prob, but aint enough to make on it; you end up in a project that is infested w/ drug users n other criminal scum. So staying on welfare makes you actually poorer w/ very, very few life prospects. Canada fares much better than the US, indeed!

Weather - I'm from NYC, oh, maann...ain't missing much of that am/pm pi..s, snow, ice, you name it! Cali weather I find to have been so far the best, bro! I'm glad you don't like LA! But lotta canucks flock to So Cali, thats fyi.

Culture - not sure about folks north of the border...I worked w/ some canucks abroad n they appeared very limited though knew a lot about hockey...To my shock, Canadians were very racists regarding non-whites, especially Asians, Vancouver often is called Hongcouver… Canadians appear kind, polite, et cetera, but I find all this to be a veneer...very superficial and feeling inferior to their southern neighbor. However, lotta entertainment talent comes from Canada...

Crime - gun control, but lotta bullying in school lately - a big case regarding a HS kid committing suicide. Their school system is less than adequate when compared to the US.

Econ - very cyclical, all depending on natural resources, which Canada has plenty. As long as China keeps making toasters n coffee makers n importing those resources, the loonie will stay very strong, stonger than the US dollar.

Would I recommand moving to Canda? yeah, this is a country that still offers some great opportunities...
Cali   
14 Jan 2013
UK, Ireland / Polonization of Britain - Tipping Point Confirmed in 2011 Census [97]

'perfidious Albion' btw, not 'perfidious british'

hey brains,

fyi, I used it in a context as an adj to describe Brits. Whatever, whatever, babe! Just watch those vowels so you dont sound too funny...btw, you do, right?

the action of some idiotic Poles

hey isthat4fact,

listen whos talking here...A fella w/ a BS (literally) degree who doesn't know that his pompous queen is still the head of Canada n Australia...who dares to call Poles, idiots. isthat4fact, you’re amazing. You asked for some links...go google, don't be lazy, bro. No one is gonna give u anything on a silver platter, bro - you yourself, pal, gotta do some digging. Perhaps that's why you ended up in Poland teaching English cuz you couldn't get a job back in the UK, thus making Poles scapegoats for your miserable life. Don't blame others and/or the system, get a good education...Or you may end up as another Martin-the-pool-guy over here. Sorry, the truth might hurt, but that's what it was, my friend.
Cali   
14 Jan 2013
UK, Ireland / Polonization of Britain - Tipping Point Confirmed in 2011 Census [97]

a great time in history, and food, housing etc were short

hey jonny,
agree w/ ya! I put "ask" in quotes because the Brits never foced them to leave the country, they just "asked"...due to the above cited issues, and, among others, such as the Brit gov't was afraid that the Poles might decide to "attack" commies (? it's not easy to cross the Channel being unnoticed n then head to Poland, right?) under Gen Anders directions, thus upsetting Stalin. Bottom line, they wanted to get rid of them.

Again, there is some truth to it, but, on the other hand, the Brits want to put a positive spin on this whole tragic situation. That's why they are called perfidious British, I guess, w/o no reason.
Cali   
14 Jan 2013
UK, Ireland / Polonization of Britain - Tipping Point Confirmed in 2011 Census [97]

were not still *technically British* as you put it.

hah, hah, that's a good one, bro! The Poles were "asked" to move (or face lower rations) to the countries which were still de facto under the Brits.

Poles who went to Canada went there by choice

That's another good one, too! The British pompous queen is still an official "head" of gov'ts in Canada n Australia (as you, obviously, know, there's a huge movement in both countries to get rid of her), which are a part of Common Wealth, just in case you forgot...meaning that she, ie, your pompous queen, can dissolve both parliaments in Canada n down under. Oh, yeah, forgot to mention that some Poles were sent to Rhodesia too, which, obviously, according to your public schooling, back then (in the 50s) was not a British property, right?

I'll tell you what, bro: Uncle Goebbels would be very proud of ya! Pls don't breed...
Gotta get another cupa coffee, you're really funny, pal!
Cali   
13 Jan 2013
UK, Ireland / Polonization of Britain - Tipping Point Confirmed in 2011 Census [97]

Britain against the Nazi's and were welcome as refugee's after the war.

Oh, c'mon, Pete, you gottta be kidding me! The Brits shipped about 20 thou Poles to Canada (and fewer numbers to Australia, South Africa), which is still technically under the Brits! They were not welcome in the UK! And the beloved Polish hero, Gen Anders, was not even given a military pension; he ended up working in some kinda sh..ty factory till his death...That's really kosher, Pete!!! So don't give me that sh..t about England's generosity, okay!?
Cali   
13 Jan 2013
UK, Ireland / Polonization of Britain - Tipping Point Confirmed in 2011 Census [97]

I'm confident many younger English speakers will grow to fully comprehend that other countries and peoples are not there simply for them to visit, occupy, exploit or ignore.

why not? That's what the Brits did during their hegemony whent they "ruled" the world. Maybe bad Karma is catching up w/ them now. Hey, look, Poland got stiffed back in the 40s by the "wise men" who were sucking up to Stalin. Way back I saw a Canadian program about the Polish soldiers in WW2: They didn't let the Polish to march in the victory parade! While others were marching to the tunes of the Her Majasty band, those poor fellas (Polish pilots) were sitting in a bar...Hadn't the "wise men" sold Poland to the Soviets, Poland mightve been better off economically now, meaning people wouldnt have to flee the country as refugees and/or economic migrants. I'll tell the Brits: suck it up now! It's a pay back time! I hope Poles will flood the island till it tips over! (Literally)
Cali   
12 Jan 2013
UK, Ireland / Living with Poles in London [16]

Oh dear, you really are not a very clever person at all.

he might be an Indian guy....I can hear his accent...
Cali   
10 Jan 2013
Study / Bachelor's in aerospace in Poland - how high is the level? [23]

if you want to do it, do it at the Uni of Tech in Warsaw. The dept you want to check out is called, by its Polish acronyms, MEL (aerospace n somthing else). There is a lot of Polish scientists in Cali and on the east coast working at top unis. They all came to the US in the 70s & 80s. (And my uncle was one of them.) They have specialized in a theoretical aspect of aerospace. On top of that, some are brilliant computer scientists n employed by gov't agencies, say, NASA. They all sound like Edward Teller, having a very thick accent. But, hey, that's the way to go bro! Btw, it's also easy to get a scholarship to top grad schools here as a MEL grad. Good luck!
Cali   
9 Jan 2013
News / Achievements of the Tusk's Polish government [532]

brainwashing of the masses continues

so the Polish people cant make the "right choice." I mean if Im unemplyed, living in poverty n there are tons of people like me then, sorry, I don't get it, why would i wanna vote for this guy?
Cali   
9 Jan 2013
News / Achievements of the Tusk's Polish government [532]

Why did Tusk win the second elections?

yeah, that's a legit question: why? You hear so much anti-tusky stuff on this forum that you wonder why this guy is in office? That's like Obama, when you read the papers and talked to people, this guy had no chance to win. Guess what? he smoked his Rep rival...
Cali   
9 Jan 2013
News / Predictions about Poland for 2013 [85]

the total Polish population in the UK is on the rise

According to Manpower, Poland has a shortage of qualified labor. If properly re-trained, close to 600k jobs could be created. This might hold the flood to the UK, but, again, tha's a lot of people to retrain...plus the cost that could go along w/ that.
Cali   
9 Jan 2013
UK, Ireland / Polish city that's moved to Britain [120]

hey wro boy,

Adele is a little bit on a heavy side, but, hey, she is cute! but the bummer is she smokes!!!
Cali   
9 Jan 2013
UK, Ireland / Polish city that's moved to Britain [120]

Many Brits are over weight and have bad teeth

hey wro boy,

Americans are worse, you got a lot of 300-pounders; but Brit's oral hygiene is horrible, its gotta be all that tea, I figure....Jay Leno pokes fun at you guys all the time. Isn't a dental plan included in your national hlth program in the UK?
Cali   
9 Jan 2013
UK, Ireland / Polish city that's moved to Britain [120]

Either he had very bad taste or had just finished a long stretch.

Hey jonny,

I'm sitting over a cupa coffee n reading this sh..t; that's funny, bro!!!
Cali   
6 Jan 2013
History / Life in communist Poland - personal relations [354]

travel in time is impossible

hey Gum,

That'ts off the topic but, it's possible (in theory though, nonetheless still) to travel to diff, or say, as they call them, parallel universes; google in...
Cali   
6 Jan 2013
History / Life in communist Poland - personal relations [354]

we gotta use quantum physics (theory of diff universes) and send gum back to the past where he again might re-enjoy the old good days under Gierek n other comrades.

seems ridiculous to me to use such icons to sell things

hey sean,

That's a funny ad! it shows what comrade Lenin couldn't accomplish in his workers' paradise. But filthy capitalists let you call for one zloty everywhere! That's what I call a cell paradise. Outta curiosity: who is the promoter?
Cali   
5 Jan 2013
Law / Poland economy is slowing down - how does it affect you? [117]

Well do you have any prove?

Here's a link countrystudies.us/poland/ and the common theme about the Polish industry under the Communist Party is... "encouraged inefficient and low-quality production that discouraged trade with the rest of the world..." or "the continued existence of inefficient state enterprises lowered productivity significantly." On top of that, I mentioned The Economist, but you need to google to find the piece...

Btw, I was not aware that Poland had a "hi-tech" industry w/ fiber optics (I guess in its infancy). But btwn me n you if you mentioned that here, most people will giggle...It's like saying Poland had tanks to face the Germans in 1939. The overwhelming majority in the West, including the US, wouldn't believe you as their perception of the Poles is based on documentaries showing the Polish Army on horses charging the Germans tanks. Sadly, these are the facts n perception n you have to shrugem off n move forward! Like I said the current gov't MUST clean up corruption and nepotism. Dunno maybe look at the S'pore blueprint when they cleaned up their corruption back in the 60s...Well, gotta go now...
Cali   
5 Jan 2013
Law / Poland economy is slowing down - how does it affect you? [117]

hey ironside,

Am afraid pawian is right. Poland's plants I mean pretty much all mfg was not up to the world's standards. There was a piece in The Economist was back saying it would make more sense to get rid of those smoke stacks cuz 1) they were very ineffective and 2) pollutants (the Southern Poland, e.g., Katowice has had one of the highest lung cancer cases and TB was rampant). There was very little industrial export, except agricultural goods, cuz of the quality of products made in those plants. Fiats (Fix it again Tony, as we call here) were exported only to Libya. Even the shipyards were not that efficient to compete w/ the Koreans, the Brazilians or even the Japanese (who were bumped off by the Koreans later, who now are screaming about the Chinese). To be honest, not putting Poland down, but she couldn't under the commies make any decent products to compete against the West. Thats why lotta factories havbeen sitting as no one wants to buy them, again, cuz it would be more cost efficient to just demolish them and then build something else. You gotta understand that the market forces are very brutal, just look at Yorkshire, which used to be a mighty mfg place, but now it's a pretty much rundown city.
Cali   
3 Jan 2013
Law / Poland economy is slowing down - how does it affect you? [117]

does not reflect the true inflation (especially the food prices)

You’re right, but the true rate of inflation excludes food, gas, et cetera, items that are considered volatile. For example, a couple mths ago in Cali a gal of gas was running over five bucks! Now it dropped down to $3.5. That one buck and a half price swing wont be counted into the rate due to the commodity’s volatility.
Cali   
2 Jan 2013
Law / Poland economy is slowing down - how does it affect you? [117]

I think both sides of the political spectrum in Poland MUST recognize that Poland has made a HUGE leap forward in 20 yrs since the commies had relinquished their power! I looked at some pics of Warsaw (that's where my folks came from) n gotta tellya what was like then, say, in the 70s and now, it's a nite n day! It's hard to believe that Warsaw was sooooo gray n grim, I mean, you gotta get yourself on prozak or other anti-depressent sh..t if you wanna live like that! Most Poles are expecting to catch up to Hanz n Franz in a few years?! Sadly, that wont happen even in 15-20 yrs unless something big happens west of the border n Poland capitalizes on it. After WWII Germany kept developing n developing thanks to US money(loans), on the other hand, Poland was building the Palce of Culture n other useless (five-plan) nonsenses, which had to be abolished when it embraced free market. It's a zaro-sum outcome (game), i.e., some gained (Germans) and some lost (Polish) after WWII. Anyway, happy n prosperous 2013 to all Poles!
Cali   
2 Jan 2013
Life / The unacceptable side of Polish culture [48]

Talking about some indiff just look at the recent NYC subways killings: remember the Asian guy being pushed down on the tracks? The poor guy was tryina climb back BUT no one pulledem up! At the same time, other guy was snapping pics of him while he was trying to get himself outta the pit and later sold those pics to the Post! Tha's f...ing unbelievable! Was he Polish? nope. The pushed guy was Asian; the guy who did the pushing was black; the photographer was Indian; and the rest, who was watching the (reality show) drama, was a mix of whites and Hispanics.
Cali   
31 Dec 2012
News / The quality of Polish media coverage [48]

Americans generally have a short attention span

You hit the nail on its head: they do! It has to be short, fast n to the point, otherwise, the viewers will flip thru it n move on to other channels. Look at BBC n Fox TV, the diff in colors n personality is huge: a serious, reserved look of BBC vs a Colgate smile of a Fox News presenter. Dunno perhaps teh US stations have a better dental plan, hair dressers :)
Cali   
31 Dec 2012
News / Failures of Poland and Tusk`s government [191]

Like Balzer said in FT, each party must recognize that small business indeed is an engine of economic growth n rather than choking it (w/ heavy taxation) the gov't should cut it some slack. Successful Polish busienss people (working their butts off) are getting punished for being successful! (Btw, successful means you start your own business and grow it.)