Life / I'm British in Poland and I think that it's time to go back to the UK! [240]


It's a new thing then, isn't?


I like his way of thinking; basically, what he is saying is: "They're not just being ******** to you, they're being ******** to everybody! They are equal opportunity ********."

Yeah, that makes sense.

Life / I'm British in Poland and I think that it's time to go back to the UK! [240]

What's a pesel?

Food / Cooking Polish kiszka [99]

I just bought some kiszka yesterday in a local Poltown, it looked like a big bratwurst to me. So I bring it home, throw it on the grill with some onions and guess what... the damn thing fell apart on me! Good thing i was grilling it on tinfoil, so none of the kiszka fell through the grates. I already had some onion choped up with it, so it worked out well. My wife loved it. Are you supposed to cook it loose? If so, why do they sell it in casing?

BTW, I think I remember eating something like this when I was a kid, but I thought that loose stuff like this was called "kaszanka". Or is it all the same?

Work / Salary expectations in Poland [373]

1500zl, huh? If the $ is about 2.5 zl (thank YOU, Mr. Bush!) then that's $600. Is it a week or a month? If it's $600 a month, that's about $133/week = $3.33/hour.

Work / Salary expectations in Poland [373]

Do employees in Poland get payed their salary on weekly, bi-weekly or monthly bases?

What is the current average annual household (or individual) income?

What is an average price for a house in Poland and what are your average mortgage payments?

UK, Ireland / I have concerns over the British immigration policy so I wrote to my MP. [126]


Well, I am proud of them too. But the fact is that it would be much better for EVERYBODY (Poles and Britts) if the UK Government allowed only Poles with needed skilled jobs, education, and most of all English language skills. Much better for both Britts and Poles IMO.

UK, Ireland / I have concerns over the British immigration policy so I wrote to my MP. [126]


You should post it here, Mr. H.!
IMO it would be much better for everybody if the UK would've allowed the work permit to SOME Poles only. Only the ones with needed skills, language, clean record etc. This way the Britts wouldn't feel threatened by the Poles and the Poles living in the UK wouldn't have to put up with the prejudice from the Britts.

UK, Ireland / Time for the Poles from the UK to go home [437]

I feel like some Polish living in the UK are taking Winston’s words a bit too personally, although I understand where they’re coming from too.

Maybe what Winston really means is that an overwhelming number of Polish migrant workers in the UK is not the fault of the Poles themselves, but rather the Polish and most of all the British Governments? They have failed in protecting the British Average Joe from losing his job to a migrant worker and are exposing the Polish Average Stas to the ethnic abuse and below average working conditions in a foreign country.

Just a thought.

I found this on YouTube:
The Polish Onslaught - UK
youtube.com/watch?v=wJZzQJOuWJo

News / Polish Immigrants Leave America for Europe [210]

"Polonophobia" is not even a word. It's just a product of imagination of some Poles with a chip on their shoulder frequenting these Forums. Try to find “Polonophobia” in eny English dictionary, I dare you.

News / Polish Immigrants Leave America for Europe [210]


No it's because they were here illegally, or have never learned English, or have never got a college degree.
And most of all, the majority Poles I know that had to leave the US to start all over somewhere else had to do that because of a drinking problem; but that's another story.

USA is exceptionally open and tolerant to other cultures. If you feel "oppressed" here you should had never left your home village.


Hey, don't you know that Canada is not a part of the US? Jeez, these people don't even know basic geography! LOL


That is a wishful thinking on your part, especially disturbing because of that smiling face at the end of this quite. You are truly a sick man, Puzzler.

News / Polish Immigrants Leave America for Europe [210]



It must be one of those funny differences between British English and American English. Here in the U.S. when we say "Asians" we mean Chinese, Koreans, and Japanese etc. I understand that in the UK Asian means Pakistani, Indian, Bangladeshi. Am I right?

News / Are Poles good enough for USA (to go there without a visa)? [288]

Fair enough, Matthias.


The ones who came here in the 80's had a Green Card from the start and are citizens now. I know because I'm one of them.

News / Are Poles good enough for USA (to go there without a visa)? [288]

Well, we'll see how it goes for Canada. It will be an indicator of things to come when the U.S. waves its visa requirements for Poland.

You would think that since Poles can freely and legally work in Western Europe, they would stop overstaying their visas but for some reason it's not the case. Maybe people need some time to change their way of thinking?

News / Polish Immigrants Leave America for Europe [210]


The difference is that over there they will be living legally. And yes, they are illegals we're talking about here, many of them do not speak English. In Europe they're not limited to illegal jobs. Also these countries have health insurance and social net if anything goes wrong.

On the other hand if you're here legally and you have some kind of a college degree you'll live way better here then you would've anywhere in Europe.

News / 10,000 ISRAELIS READY TO CLAIM FOR POLISH CITIZENSHIP AND POLISH LAND! [628]

Poles are emigrating not immigrating, or to be exact, they are migrant workers. The point is tolerance as opposed to hatred.
BTW, aren't they Polish Jews?

News / 10,000 ISRAELIS READY TO CLAIM FOR POLISH CITIZENSHIP AND POLISH LAND! [628]

Julie, this way of thinking may be normal for Polish Americans in the States, but it's impossible to comprehend for Polish living in Poland.

Look at the title of this thread: it implies that Jews are going to take over Poland, and it is a some sort of an emergency. What's funny is that this is happening at the same time when millions of Polish are living and working all over Europe, and they receive help and tolerance wherever they go.

The words "double standard" come to mind, don't they?


Maybe one day, but I seriously doubt it.

UK, Ireland / Polish and Irish should love each other [65]

What deaths are you talking about? Haven't heard anything.

News / Polish Immigrants Leave America for Europe [210]

IMO if you're here legally, you speak the language and have some education then you're lucky enough to be a part of the American Middle Class. What that means is that your standard of living is somewhere on the level of the European upper class, so there is no reason to flee the U.S. as the title of the thread suggests.

On the other hand, if you're here illegally, don't speak the language and do not have an education, you're much better off living and working in Western Europe, or even Poland, where the social net is much wider.

I think that most of the people who are returning to Poland or are moving to Western Europe fall into this category.

And then there is the Great Emigration of the 80-90's. This is quite a different story; these are the Solidarity guys who came here when Poland fell into the chaos of the Commie Regime after the spring of the 80's. Many of them had land up here because the Western Europe at the time was too afraid to help Polish Anti-communists, for the fear of reprisals from the USSR. These people are in the retirement age now and many of them decided to retire in Poland.

News / Polish Immigrants Leave America for Europe [210]

Another reason I would not want to move out from the States to any other country is the standard of living. I don't think it would be possible for me and my family to achieve an equal lifestyle and wealth if we were living anywhere in Europe, being just a part of the Middle Class.

IMO it is much better to work and live in the Western Europe if you are a single mother, or you do not have an education, or you're sick and requaire a social assistance, or don't speak the language. Most European Countries have much wider and more elaborate social net. But they do pay a price for it, and that is taxes on the Middle Class.

On the other hand if you are an educated professional and a part of the Middle Class in the USA you can afford a lifestyle reserved only for the rich class in Europe.

News / Polish Immigrants Leave America for Europe [210]

Me personally, I would never leave the U.S. to work and live in Poland or anywhere else. First of all my wife and kids don't speak Polish, we would miss our friends and family, we could never (I don't think) get our carriers going somewhere else, I don’t know if my college degree is worth anything over there, it would be such a culture shock for my wife and kids, but also for me. I was born in Poland and I speak Polish, but I've spend most of my live here in the USA; so a move like that would be extremely difficult for me and near imposible for my family.

News / Polish Immigrants Leave America for Europe [210]

Honestly, if I was a Polish living here illigaly, I would have left the U.S. to work somewere in Europe too. How can you compete with Mexicans in the illigal job market? You can't. There is so many of them here, even employees and managemant speek some Spanish now. I had to take some Spanish classes too, and learned even more at work. I used to run a couple of restaurants and the dishwashing crew and half the kitchen was always Mexican (or South American). They work for a minimum wage and they're the best workers you could ask for. So if they give you a fake SS#, so what? Whithout them half of the dinning industry would've gone under. And they're genualy good people too.

BTW, when working legally in Europe you get a health insurance, unemployment, retirement etc. Why would anybody consider working and living somewhere else illegally? That makes no sense.

Life / Womans day in Poland? [242]

Do young people celebrate March 8th, or is it remembered by the older generation only? I thought that was an old Communist celebration remembered only by the old folks?

Food / What is your favorite Polish Vodka? [653]

I have to taste potato vodka and grain vodka side-by-side one day, and see the difference for myself. It would be an interesting experiment.
And yeah, EbonyandBathory is right; it’s difficult to find Polish Vodka in the U.S. All you can get here is Absolute (Sweden), Grey Goose (France), Stoli (Russia).

News / Are Poles good enough for USA (to go there without a visa)? [288]

Again, Matt: for the n'th time: If you have a family here (legally) or friends who are willing to support you or enough assets to support yourself YOU WILL GET A VISA.

I wish that anyone could come here, make some money and help their families; unfortunately, this is not possible at the moment. USA has too many illegal immigrants from South America at the present time. It simply wouldn't be good for the U.S. or for Poland.

Food / What is your favorite Polish Vodka? [653]

I would also say Belvedere or Chopin.
I think that Zubrowka sucks ass, but it is possible that I drank the "fake" Zubrowka, since the real one is outlawed in the USA because of the poisonous Bison Grass.


Aren't all top shelf vodkas made strictly out of wheat nowadays?
I did try Luxusowa, it was good but it had an aftertaste.

News / Are Poles good enough for USA (to go there without a visa)? [288]

So what you're saying is that you want to come here to visit someone who is here illegally, but you're getting pissed when they refuse you a visa because so many Poles are here illegally. WHAT?


No offense my friend, but this sounds more like a joke than a serious statement :)
Can't you see the irony in that?

News / Are Poles good enough for USA (to go there without a visa)? [288]


So wouldn't your family send you a copy of their taxes to provide evidence how much they make and a letter stating that they will support you when you're here? C'mon, everybody would do that, especially if you're coming here to visit them.

Once again: if you have a family here or friends who are willing to support you or enough assets to support yourself YOU WILL GET A VISA.

As far as losing the $100 if you don't get the visa, I agree that sucks, but hey; why would you go somewhere where you can't afford to stay and you have no one to provide you with support?

News / Are Poles good enough for USA (to go there without a visa)? [288]

Matthias, if you have a family here or friends who are willing to support you or enough assets to support yourself YOU WILL GET A VISA.

A $100 fee for a visa is nothing in comparison to the whole trip. You will spend a $100+ a day easily + a $1000 or two for the airplane tickets. Why would anybody go vacationing to a country that they can't afford? I don't take vacations in France; I vacation in Jamaica or Mexico! Catch the drift?

I think you take it personaly, and it is not the smart way to do it.

News / Are Poles good enough for USA (to go there without a visa)? [288]

In this case, it is not about the terrorists. Visa restrictions existed before 9-11. It's about how many people come here from a particular country on a tourist visa and then overstay and work illegally. No country likes that, especially a country whose #1 issue at this time is the illegal immigration. If we could one day actually build the Southern Border fence (politically a very dangerous subject) then maybe the Government could get a handle on the illegal immigration crisis...

Again, if you have a family or friends willing to support you here or have enough assets to support yourself you will get a visa anyway.


Agree.

News / Are Poles good enough for USA (to go there without a visa)? [288]

Matthias, I don't disagree with you that Poles should have the privilege of the VWP.
Let's not kid ourselves though, most of the people who get their request for a visa rejected were planning on illegal work - otherwise why would they want to go "on vacation" to a country they can't afford?

On the other hand if you have a family here (legally) you will get a visa. But you're right, you shouldn't have to pay for it or go through all the hoops.


I agree with that 100%, look at Richard Reid (the Shoe Bomber), and I believe that some of the 9-11 highjackers came here on a German Passport.