Life / Womans day in Poland? [242]

On second thought: you may wish her happiness. It's a good wish, no doubt. Don't forget to say nice things to other women around in room if there are any. In fact all day to all women you may say some nice word and that would be appreciated by most but some feminist who might see that day as discriminatory and point for example to daily violence against women vs "stupid" flowers once a year.

Can't come up with any typical wishes other then .. Happy Women's Day Sweet Heart and similar, sorry.

Life / Womans day in Poland? [242]

Definitely don't wish her just happiness. This day is to celebrate ALL women, womanhood, females. No need to particularly focus on ONE human being but rather celebrate her belonging to world of femine. Don't turn 8th March into Valentine Day, we celebrate Valentine, too.

Poles would often discuss what is female and what is male on this occasion and include their female pets plus wonder whether Moon is Her or Him.

Genealogy / SURNAME:CZARNECKI [27]

Czarnecki family info here:
czarneccy.com/html/introduction___offer.html

Life / Cannabis / Weed in Poland... How much does marijuana cost per gram and how easy is to get it? [355]

Quality differs but good stuff is available. I am not positive how it is grown but it may be dried by freezing (?) as sometimes you would find buds very hard and need a knife to cut.

It is best to apply for drug counseling program when in trouble otherwise you would have prison term to do which may be postponed for years or changed for community service.

You can't buy off police, I wouldn't recommend it with any small money, they would likely arrest you and press bribery charges against you.

I don't have latest about prices but so called 5th "piatka" cost about 100 PLN

Life / Disco Polo - No No No No No! [95]

Donald marzy (not really disco polo....)
youtube.com/watch?v=Ll1XAJogPps

Love / My Polish wife doesn't want to move to the UK with me - what to do? [96]

At last resort: bribe her. Let her be a wifehouse while in UK with car at her disposal.

Law / Opening a Polish Bank Account by a foreigner in Poland. Recommendations. [299]

^ Yes. Bank would mail you your set of passwords first. Then plastic card and token for internet use. Then you'd need to call bank and "activate" bank card and internet token. You may sign all papers at home as bank will deliver all paperwork to you. You send xerox copy of your passport back in enclosed envelope - and you're set. ... So you'd need address to pick up your mail. As for statements bank would offer you internet or sms statements instead of paper ones.

Food / 'de volaille' - I need the recipe for what sounds like devil eye?? [9]

^
de volaille ....chicken de volaille

Genealogy / Why are some Polish people dark complected, and others very light [511]

We have a bag of mixed DNA I think. For centruries Poles were and still are mixing with Germans, Balts, Gypsies, Jews. Turks, Tatars, Scandinavians.

News / What's the stupidest question asked about Poland? [414]


"Where is it?"

Life / Do Polish People steal a lot? [330]

I shall confess. The list:
tootpaste, several chocolate bars from a store, found wallet with cash and id but returned ID only - cash stolen, cash from cash register at work, food and other stuff from work, lost book from library didn't pay fine, rode bus with no ticket (still do from time to time), stole some cash from my mama's purse long time ago. Over all I've been clean for last years with exception of stealing from bus company in my town. Oh, and once I had asked an office clerk to triple the number of working hours on my card, she did it and I got paid three times as much as I shoold (LECH beer company btw)

That is a lot!!! :) OMG

Life / Poland's Environment, recycling [79]

I do save myself papper and plastic botles and have to carry them to special containers some 50 yards which is fine. My beer botles I'd leave outside garbage can and they are later picked up by some junkies who'd sell them later. I don't return bottles myself because they never welcome you well with the bottles. They'd say it's for "exchange only" ...Customer service sucks in Poland big way. I notice Poles don't save water. They'd wash dishes in running water, no soaking. It is happening especially in housholds where there is no individual meters. Still many simply think saving water or energy is a sympthom of poverty. They can afford it.

Some pics from Warsaw:

fz.eco.pl/?a=odpady-067

Genealogy / Josef Surowiec from Wojkon (can't find this town) and his ancestors [24]

Good, searchable map of Poland:

mapa.szukacz.pl/

It's in polish so you'd need to fill in under "MIEJSCOWOŚĆ" (location) and click "POKAŻ" (show). Then zoom map in or out "ZBLIŻ" or "ODDAL"

Life / Favourite Polish movies? [107]

My favourites:
Poszukiwany, poszukiwana
Popiol i diament
Potop
Pan Wolodyjowski
Seksmisja
Kingsajz
Out of recent ones I liked "Jasminum" (with Gajos ) and "Pogoda na jutro" (very funny! with Stuhr)


I happen to have english subtitles file for it, if that is what you need, let me know.

Language / Polish Swear Words [1242]

[quote]Jestzce Polska Nie Zginala[/quote


That's priceless! lol

Language / Polish or any Slavic language key to any other Slavic languages? [126]

Good one, Miranda! u made me laugh.

Language / Polish or any Slavic language key to any other Slavic languages? [126]

A true story.
Two Poles were riding a taxi cab in Prague and one was loudly complaining about how expensive Prague supposedly was, how horrible was the local bear and so on. At one point one Pole said: "and their language! it sounds just childlish!"

Hearing this was enough for the local cab driver who stoped the car suddenly and turned toward two Polaks saying: "A wasz je lepsi?" (And yours [language] is better?)

"A WASZ JE LEPSI" sounds to Poles really funny as if proving that czech language IS in fact childlish (in sense of a child trying to speak properly but making funny pronanciation mistakes)

And of course there is well known "Szukac, szukalem, szukalam, szukacie" which is polish for "looking for" and czech for that popular f. word.

Genealogy / Is tallness common among Polish people? [201]

haha Perhaps they are cheap, so true. Unfortunately I'm hearing they are getting more chauvinists like English these days which is sad.

Genealogy / Is tallness common among Polish people? [201]

It's totally misplaced question. The proper one, suitable one should be: WHY ARE POLES Soooo SHORT???
To answer your question though: Poles are on avarege shorter then the Duch or Scandinavians or Germans (who IMO have large mumber of trully tall folks).

News / Polish Immigrants Leave America for Europe [210]

What I didn't like in US was HOUSING. I always had a choice to live in a rat hole and still pay 1/3 of my income for it or spend half of my monthly money for more decent conditions (not to mention humiliating and never working roommate situations) ....

News / Polish Immigrants Leave America for Europe [210]

...cough... cough ...I am a living proof. I Left US several years ago and have never regreted the move.

Genealogy / Do Polish people have big noses? [451]

The Chineese among themselves sometimes would call white people "big noses" and it i would be rather dregatory.

Life / ways to block someone on gadu gadu [20]

Yesterday you asked for ways to ADD contacts so I thought I'd give you alternative but hey good luck!

Genealogy / Michal Kreczak born in Kropiwinica - looking for survivor of Polish Air Force [13]

You may try government organization dealing with veterans affairs.
info@udskior.gov.pl

Their website in polish:
udskior.gov.pl

Life / ways to block someone on gadu gadu [20]

Have you heard of Miranda IM messenger? It has conectivity to gadu gadu numbers and all the feautures are actually in english.

Off-Topic / An English Version of Gadu-Gadu? [105]

I am on TLEN which is antother type of messenger but compatible with GG network, so I can contact and be contacted by GG folks.

Off-Topic / An English Version of Gadu-Gadu? [105]

To find him you'd need his GG number or his nickname or his real name. You could also have all GG members listed acording to their location I think. OR ...you may spam everybody throughout GG network with your message...just send over 2.5 million messages.

Life / Do Polish People steal a lot? [330]

Now mark your 2x4s with Polonium.

Language / Polish/Ukrainian words similarities [209]


yup and in polish we have only one word for both "tongue" and "language"

Language / Polish/Ukrainian words similarities [209]

Ukrainian and Russian are closer.
Polish is closer to Russian but some people may argue here I think. In Ukrainian quite many words are identical with polish ones....
To me Russian is more understandable then Ukrainian but that again maybe due to me having rather more exposure to Russian language.