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Joined: 27 Nov 2007 / Male ♂
Last Post: 27 Nov 2009
Threads: Total: 15 / Live: 4 / Archived: 11
Posts: Total: 452 / Live: 118 / Archived: 334
From: USA the land of free, or at least cheap.
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Dice   
12 Nov 2009
Travel / What should I wear in winter in Poland? [29]

Seriously, where do you think poland is? At one of the polar ice caps?

I just checked online, Poland has high day-time temp 45'F. That's freaking cold!
Dice   
11 Nov 2009
Life / How Polish are you? [74]

Dammit! Only 6%? That's BS man. I feel like I just flunked a test or something LOL!
Dice   
28 Oct 2009
Life / Is Poland a safe country for people of color? [241]

Is Poland a safe country for people of color?

In a real life we are all "People Of Color", I am a "White" Polish-American, You are a "Black" African-American. In fact I am pink and you are brown. We all are of some kind of color.

In a perfect world it would make no difference, but in the real word you will get a lot of stares in Poland, but I think you will be safe. There will be a lot of staring, but much of it will be admiration and not disapproval. You are a pretty girl, so I'm sure you are used to that. Other then that, you will be fine.
Dice   
26 Oct 2009
USA, Canada / To move back to Poland from the USA or not to move back....that is the question [119]

Ideas?

I think you should go for it. At least give it a try for a couple of years. But do it before you guys have kids, so when they come they will have a stable environment for growing up, either in PL or US.

Me personally, I would never do it, mainly because my wife and kids don't speak any Polish.
Plus I wouldn't want to leave my friends and family behind.

Also I know I could never provide for my family the standard of living we have here. I think I would have to be a millionaire to have a house like this in Poland, and we are just a middle class here.

IMO the fact that so many Poles have to travel to GB for work just to make the ends meet is telling. I don't want to have to do that, I'm to old for that :)

Anyways good luck to you guys and please let us know how it's going, maybe start writing a blog or something? That would be interesting.
Dice   
16 Oct 2009
USA, Canada / What do the Poles hate and love about the U.S.? [170]

I hate: the Jesus Freaks, a.k.a. Born Again Christians, a.k.a. Evangelists, a.k.a. the Christian Taliban. They are backwards, close minded, hatefull people, fearfull little cowards clinging to God and guns. They demand the right to shove their "Jesus" into your face, regardless if you are religious or not, but at the same time they hate all the other religions including Catholics (in their mind the Pope is "The Son Of Satan"). They actually believe the Earth is 6 thousand years old, they believe people waked the Earth together with dinosaurs. They actually WANT and pray for the final war between East and West so their "Jesus" can take over the World again. And the worst part is: they are taking over the US Government.

I love: everything else about this Beautiful Country. Everything else other then Jesus Freaks, that is. I love the honest, good, fun-loving, open-minded and helpful people. The weather - your choice of Arizona Desert, Alaskan Arctic or everything in between. I love the vast, huge, unimaginably big open spaces. I love the melting pot of cultures. I love the great food, wine, beer, art, cars, planes, highways, beaches, mountains, desserts, forests, oceans and lakes.

Oh yeah, and I love my truck too :)
Dice   
9 Oct 2009
Love / How to please Polish women? [216]

HOW TO MAKE A WOMAN HAPPY
It's not difficult to make a woman happy.
A man only needs to be:

1. a friend
2. a companion
3. a lover
4. a brother
5. a father
6. a master
7. a chef
8. an electrician
9. a carpenter
10. a plumber
11. a mechanic
12. a decorator
13. a stylist
14. a sexologist
15. a gynecologist
16. a psychologist
17. a pest exterminator
18. a psychiatrist
19. a healer
20. a good listener
21. an organizer
22. a good father
23. very clean
24. sympathetic
25. athletic
26. warm
27. attentive
28. gallant
29. intelligent
30. funny
31. creative
32. tender
33. strong
34. understanding
35. tolerant
36. prudent
37. ambitious
38. capable
39. courageous
40. determined
41. true
42. dependable
43. passionate
44. compassionate

WITHOUT FORGETTING TO:
45. give her compliments regularly
46. love shopping
47. be honest
48. be very rich
49. not stress her out
50. not look at other girls

AND AT THE SAME TIME, YOU MUST ALSO:
51. give her lots of attention, but expect little yourself
52. give her lots of time, especially time for herself
53. give her lots of space, never worrying about where she goes

IT IS VERY IMPORTANT:
54. Never to forget:
* birthdays
* anniversaries
* arrangements she makes

---------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------

HOW TO MAKE A MAN HAPPY

1. Show up naked
2. Bring food
Dice   
8 Oct 2009
Life / 3 reasons why you hate Poland. [1049]

3 reasons why you hate Poland.

I don't hate Poland, but I think Polish People have a way to go to catch up with the western culture:

1. They don't shower enough. Sometimes they shower like 1-2 times a week. That's NOT enough. 1-2 times a day is good, anything less it's smelly. Maybe you can't smell it, but trust me, I can.

2. Look in my eyes when you talk to me! Eye contact is important.

3. Don't trash people behind their back! This seams to be a polish
national sport.
Dice   
7 Oct 2009
Life / If I say POLAND, you say...? [100]

For example, I would response to this with:

POLANDDDDDDDDDDDD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ FLOWY BEASTTTTTTTTTTTT <3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3

What? "Poland Beast"?
Dice   
24 Sep 2009
Language / Polish words difficult to translate into English [66]

Another difficult one to translate: "coorvah".

As in: "Coorvah, I woke up, coorvah, took a shower, coorvah, had a cup of coffee, coorvah, drove to work, coorvah, then came back, coorvah, had some dinner, coorvah, watched a game, coorvah, an went to bed, coorvah."

I think the best way to translate "coorvah" is: "comma".
Dice   
24 Sep 2009
Life / Why are so many Polish People rude on the internet? [96]

OK, here is an example: search "Polish Cuisine" on YouTube and you get this as the first video, read those comments:

Then you search for "Italian Cuisine", first video, read those comments:

See the difference?

I personally think this is a baggage leftover from the Communist era, when people had to push and fight one another just to get daily groceries
Dice   
24 Sep 2009
Life / Why are so many Polish People rude on the internet? [96]

Why are so many Polish People rude on the Internet? I'm just wandering. Not just here, but all over the net. It maybe just me, but anywhere you go on the WWW, you can find some Polish person making incredibly rude comments, or at the very least complaining endlessly about something.

For instance: go on youtube and do a search for "Polish Cuisine". What you find is many extremely rude comments made by Poles. Now do the same with "Italian Cuisine", and the comments under the videos are totally different, most are friendly and courteous. Why is that?
Dice   
24 Sep 2009
Food / Lost family recipe for Chow-Chow (Polish style) [37]

Pistachio77

I finally finished website with my favorite polish recipes- bestpolishrecipes.com !
Check this out if you like to cook. I also welcome readers' comments, both good and bad, as I continue to experiment with new recipes and new variants of old ones.

Nice job with the website. Your Hunters Stew recipe:

One 33 ounce jar of Sauerkraut
One Savoy Cabbage
Two pounds beef
Two pounds pork
One pound of “breakfast” sausage links
½ pound smoked bacon
One pound Kielbasa
One onion
One SMALL can of Tomato paste or sauce
3 to 5 Bay Leaves
salt, pepper, oil, sugar, allspice

I don't know about all that beef and pork in there. Also, I never saw a recipe for a Hunters Stew with a breakfast sausage in it.

I do use mushrooms in mine, though. It's supposed to be a "hunters" stew, and they would put wild mushrooms in it, found in a forest.
Dice   
18 Sep 2009
News / Do Poles in Poland really feel betrayed because there won't be any US Shield? [288]

Many Poles hated US because we offered them a free missile shield. They said it was an insolt to them, what they demanded was a free shield plus lots of cash. So US changed their mind. Well now the same Poles feel insolted because US won't give them a free missile shield. Too bad. I'm just happy I wont have to pay for it with my tax dollars.
Dice   
16 Aug 2009
Life / Prices of cars in Poland? [88]

that's why you drive on the LEFT-HAND side of the street.
Read here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-_and_left-hand_traffic
Dice   
16 Aug 2009
Life / Prices of cars in Poland? [88]

Firstly, Mainland Europe drive left hand drive and in the UK it's right hand drive.

I think you got it backwards Nuisance. :)
Dice   
16 Aug 2009
Life / Why are Poles in other countries called "Plastic Poles"? [168]

Why are Poles in other countries called "Plastic Poles"? Is it because we use too many credit cards? Resemble plexi glass? Get too much plastic surgery? Use plastic bowls instead of glass? Own stock in Dupont?

Never heard of it. Sure you haven't just made it up? You know, being a troll and all?
Dice   
17 Oct 2008
USA, Canada / Getting a VISA to USA by a Polish person nowadays [339]

Can you imagine how many Polish Citizens would want to come to the US looking for illegal jobs? Probably millions. You can't really blame them for that.

Most of them wouldn't speak any English. Some of them wouldn't have any money for the return ticket. They would have to compete for the illegal jobs with Mexicans, and that wouldn't be so easy.

IMO it's better for us and the Poles to let Europe absorb the Polish workers for now, and open up the Borders in a couple years.
Dice   
30 Aug 2008
Life / IS CHEATING ON EXAMS OK? (younger Poles don't think so) [26]

Cheating in exams, mate

You could cheat on your exam too. Lets say that you've been with your exam for a long time now, and the physical attraction has faded away throughout the years. Furthermore, the excitement is gone, the chemistry is long gone, you shifted apart without even noticing, and you hardly even talk to one another anymore.

Suddenly, you meet a new exam. A much younger exam and a very, very attractive one. At first, you try hard not to think of doing something nottie with the new exam. But then the new exam tells you that she finds you very attractive also. Suddenly, one rainy afternoon after a two-martini lunch, you find yourself in a cheap motel room with the new exam, doing.... Well, anyways, this is how you cheat on an exam.
Dice   
8 Aug 2008
Food / OKOCIM PORTER BETTER THAN GUINNESS STOUT? [43]

It's sort of like comparing apples and oranges.
IMHO there is a huge difference between Polish Porter and British Stout. First of all, Polish Porter (as opposed to British Porter) is a lager (yeast-wise) and British Stout is an ale so therefore it is an entirely different category of beer. Second of all, Porter gets it's darkness from using darker malts, and Stout uses roasted malts .

Third of all, if you are tasting beers such as Stouts and Porters, that means you have an above average sense of taste, so keep on tasting, keep on experimenting, keep on rocking my friend. Good luck to you.