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kaprys   
9 Jun 2020
Study / School meals in Poland [145]

@Atch
But kids in Polish schools are given milk/yoghurt or fruit /veggies free of charge, too.
Some eat them, some don't.
Milk is tricky as some would claim that only calves should drink cow's milk. Others don't digest lactose etc.
kaprys   
7 Jun 2020
Study / School meals in Poland [145]

There's actually one more issue. If a kid doesn't like the food, they won't eat it.
Some kids are too used to junk food and snacks.
So no matter how healthy the menu is, if they don't like it, they won't eat it.
And they won't feel hungry if they feed on snacks.
kaprys   
6 Jun 2020
Language / Short Polish<->English translations [1033]

@Ernestoc
I can't make everything out.
But the first thing is służba w armiach obcych /service in foreign armies. I don't understand the abbrevation but he was a kapral /corporal.

Dark (?) blonde hair (if that's a c for ciemny), blue eyes, dark eyebrows.
As for usta, nos, broda/mouth, nose, chin, I believe they put 'prop.' But I'm not sure. If so it might be short from proporcjonalne meaning regular/in right proportions.

Chest 95/88
Height 168 cm
Sight : normal (?)
General health condition: (category ) 'A', fit/able.
He was wounded in his right leg -w prawą nogę.
Because he was injured/wounded (ranny) he was in hospital in Hungary in 1915.
I can't make out what's written in red.
What I can't understand is last but one page. It says udział w wojnach which roughly translates as participation in wars and they put światowa (?), which suggests a world war but the dates given don't match the dates of ww1 afaik.

He was in the Russian front and a prisoner of war/front rosyjski, niewola.
He was awarded some sort of foreign medal /distinction (?) /odznaczenie zagraniczne but I can't read it.

It would be great if someone else might have a look as well.
kaprys   
6 Jun 2020
Life / Why Do You Love Poland? [907]

@Zlatko
The key word is 'tiny'. Trees are more common in tiny streets. And the trees in the link are tiny.
When they grow the sidewalk will get bulgy.
Anyway, just two random places.
You just can't compare places like that.
It's funny you mention Budapest as I remember I often felt like in a frying pan at Hosok Tere there. But I can't say all Hungary is like that. It's not.
kaprys   
6 Jun 2020
Study / School meals in Poland [145]

All of the menus presented have something to complain about really. If we looked for some more online, we'd find some more to complain about and even if we found one with no salt and no sugar, someone may complain about why it's vegan/gluten free or why it's not etc.

I asked about schools in the UK as I remember watching a Jamie Oliver show about schools dinners and lots of things were ready made and fried if I remember well. I don't know if things have improved since then.

Moderation is the key.
kaprys   
5 Jun 2020
Life / Why Do You Love Poland? [907]

@Zlatko
You can take a ride in Nysa only in some trips organised by PRL themed agencies. I haven't seen this car for years.
I have been to Bulgaria.
Have you been to Poland?
kaprys   
5 Jun 2020
Study / School meals in Poland [145]

@mafketis
It's always the snacks.
I remember watching a documentary about obesity once and they blamed the snacks and I agree.
The question was why in the past obesity wasn't the problem even though people often ate three large meals, high in fat.
So the snacks, different lifestyles (walking less etc ) and sugar added to everything were to blame.
kaprys   
5 Jun 2020
Life / Why Do You Love Poland? [907]

@Zlatko
Have you ever actually been to Poland?
I don't see any commie cars really in the streets -just some renovated ones for tourists in Warsaw or Krakow.
And I have been to Hungary and Bulgaria -and I don't think they're better looking than Poland. Just my opinion, though.

And there are lots of trees in Poland, lots of forests, too.
kaprys   
5 Jun 2020
Study / School meals in Poland [145]

How does the menu compare to such menus in the UK and Ireland then?
I believe there was a time when they wanted to introduce strict rules when it comes to healthy eating at schools and it all failed.

Generally, Poles are getting bigger. And you see a lot of that in kids and young people. There are definitely more obese people here than 10 years ago or so.
kaprys   
4 Jun 2020
Genealogy / Want to find a person [754]

@Ernestoc
Just a random result for my google search of old książeczka wojskowa
nikt.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/ksiazeczka-inwalidzka005-1200pxl.jpg
On the right - służył w armii obcej zaborczej rosyjskiej (served in a foreign army of a partitioner: Russian -roughly translated), so it must have been issued later in Poland.

Anyway, it's not a common find so you're lucky you have yours.
If you're on Facebook, try looking for Polish translation or geneaology groups and post photos of the book.
kaprys   
4 Jun 2020
Genealogy / Want to find a person [754]

I'm afraid I can't help.
In 1914 Poland was still partitioned -I don't know why the title is in Polish unless there were some strictly Polish units in the partitioners' armies.

Książeczka wojskowa is 'military book/let'.
Poland regained independence in 1918 so if it was issued after this date, it would be less surprising for me.
But I'm not an expert. I'm afraid you need to ask someone more knowledgeable in military records.
For the time being, you can just translate the info from the book.
kaprys   
4 Jun 2020
Genealogy / Want to find a person [754]

If it's książeczka wojskowa, then it's Polish. Are you sure it's WW1 you have in mind?
kaprys   
3 Jun 2020
UK, Ireland / Why are Polish people, especially women, so disrespectful toward the English? [437]

@Zlatko
Warsaw paid its share in the nation's history.
A city rebuilt from ashes by its people who chose to live there even when there were no conditions to live.
How do you ask a country for a tiny strip of land? :)
And I doubt people of Kraków would like to have all the politicians there. There's even a song whose title roughly translates to English as don't move the capital to Kraków.
kaprys   
3 Jun 2020
News / Nazi gold train 'found in Poland' [90]

@Ziemowit
Nah, I remember about it mostly when someone mentions hidden Nazi trains. The thought that they may contain artwork is more appealing to me than just mere gold.
kaprys   
3 Jun 2020
History / Life in Poland in 1800-1900 [18]

In fact there are several places called Jaski /Jaśki

pl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ja%C5%9Bki

pl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaski_(wie%C5%9B_w_wojew%C3%B3dztwie_lubelskim)

The fact that it is said to have been burned by Russians may suggest Eastern Poland but we still don't know which place and years you're interested in.
kaprys   
3 Jun 2020
Genealogy / Want to find a person [754]

Try looking for him here
wbh.wp.mil.pl/pl/skanywyszukiwarka_zaawansowana/
Choose bazy personalne. Start with imię (first name) and nazwisko (surname) and check if any results match.

I just reread it and if he fought in ww1 he might have been in the Prussian, Russian or Austrian army as Poland was partitioned back then. If he lived in Tarnopol, I guess he was in the Austrian army.

Not sure where to look for records from the Austrian -Hungarian Empire.

Not sure if there will be data on regular soldiers but check here
statearchives.gv.at/kriegsarchiv
kaprys   
2 Jun 2020
News / Nazi gold train 'found in Poland' [90]

Still a chance to find 'Portret młodzieńca'.
After all, I'm pretty sure it's kept in the train in right conditions.
And another way to promote the region.
kaprys   
29 May 2020
Life / Examples of popular Polish music? [787]

Meluzyna is a great song anyway -originally from a film for children.
Ostrowska is amazing -tiny blonde with a rock voice. Plus having seen her make up from the 80s or so, she seems to have been avant garde for Lady Gaga.

But apparently rock singers would record songs for films for children in the eighties
Felicjan Andrzejczak

youtu.be/t37hWBodr7Q
kaprys   
17 May 2020
Genealogy / Is there a list of names of who was in Poland's Anders army? [34]

@Ignatovich
The first one is from the 1970s and it confirms registration of temporary residence of a foreigner at the given address (30th July - 26th August). Marian's citizenship is given as British.

The next two are probably older. The last one confirms that he was a member of the Polish Army in the USSR from 25th ?, 1942.
He was a member of Batalion S since July 1st.
The middle photo shows a stamp of Batalion Specjalny (Special) so it's probably that Batalion S. Part of the stamp is written in Russian. I'm not sure of the first word in Russian, the rest is the same as in Polish. Batalion S in the USSR.

Strz. might refer to strzelec =shooter/ rifleman ?but someone more knowledgeable might provide more info.
kaprys   
15 May 2020
History / Is there a list of those in the Polish Army during WWII? [192]

@Philpast2
There's a Gerard Pastuszka born in 1928 in Chorzów (close to Katowice) on Arolsen
collections.arolsen-archives.org/en/archive/68540666/?p=1&s=Gerhard%20pastuszka&doc_id=68540666
You can contact them to look for your Gerard.

Was he in the Polish army?
Do you know the fate of numerous Silesians at the outbreak of WW2?
kaprys   
15 May 2020
Genealogy / Do I look Polish? (my picture) [375]

@simpleboi95
Do you do your eyebrows?

You look white European so you may pass as a Pole. Your blonde looks kind of reddish in the pics - it happens but not very common here.