Moved back from Canada to Poland:). Here are the reasons why.

Assuming these are simply curtains, it doesn't seem like a particularly Polish obsession ?!

Practically every house I've been in (with a non-mediteranean climate for example) has them.

Maybe I've got it wrong.


Bloody -5C here in Ireland last night. Don't know what's going on.

the white are firanki, the red are zasłony (curtains)...

Arrgghhh!

net curtains we call them. I hate them with a passion. Associated with people who are both old and nosey over here. Not very common otherwise.

regardless, I cannot stand them lol

I like the net curtains. I think they might have also served as bug screens.
Mine are plain white and I love to see them billowing in the breeze.

A good illustration of where "Polish Jokes" come from. The term in the "Old Chicago Neighborhood" was "Stubborn Polak". But Poles aren't as stubborn as they are intransigent. To the Pragmatic American this is construed as stupidity, but in reality Poles are quite intelligent. In fact Pragmatism makes Americans look more intelligent than they really are and Poles are much more intelligent than their intransigence makes them appear.

It depends on what kind of "Polish joke" you're talking about. There were Pierogi, Keilbasa, stubborn and subhuman intelligence jokes about Polish people. The latest version of "Polish jokes" of Polish people having subhuman intelligence was introduced by Hollywood in the 1960's with the help of big media.

NBC boss and Polish-Hater George Schlatter in the 1970's bragged about how suhbuman intelligence jokes about Polish people renamed "Polish jokes" would be used to condition the American public to perceive Polish people as having inferior intelligence and even make some Poles feel that way, if their brains keep getting bombarded with repetitive "Polish jokes" by his TV shows like "Laugh-In", etc.

George Schlatter bragged about how his TV shows would impact American culture to his personal whims. And it did to a certain degree.

I know what you saying, I like the cotton net curtains though:)


I would agree with that, but sometimes it is not really that smart. Sure they come across as having their opinion and all that, but this particular characteristic causes some problems when it comes to collective benefits within the society.


very good observation:, however, intelligence is only good when it is paired with the will to agree with the group - that is intelligence in my opinion. This is really a topic for another thread.


that was all a way of keeping Poles in their place as immigrants, a political manipulation and was done to other ethnic groups as well in the US. Irish and Jews come to mind, now it is the Mexicans.

Kurwa
I didn't think I would say that but I keep hearing the word "Kurwa" the longer I am here.
I hear it on the street, outside my window (just happened this morning) or on the tram.

So Kurwa this and Kurwa that.
You know "Kurwa" that she wanted to leave me?

What do you think "Kurwa"?
Who do you "Kurwa" think I am?

and on and on and on.

- 7 C in Szczecin, I wonder how is Fuzzy doing in Wroclaw (no snow here yet), nor it is in the forecast for this week:)

Don't worry you have some coming your way on Thursday, should be quite a bit by the looks of things.

aphrodisiac wrote:


we got a few inches of snow on the ground already. I'm about to head out for my morning run, I'll let you know how it is :)

Phew

I thought it was going to be a "WTF Aphro? It can't be - sure it's + 13 here!"

: )

this is what I am hearing:) Can't wait:)


OK, have a nice run:)

cold weather makes the man humble ;)

aphro wrote:


nice one!

i always say when it comes to running, the winter seperates the men from the boys ;)

aphro wrote:


apparently the cold weather brings the polish runners out, i saw more runners this morning than I've seen all month. i guess they all like the winter wonderland of snow.

he, he............I don't run at all, I dance lol
On the serious side I wish I was able to run- bad knees syndrome :(. I have a huge park next to my place.


hard to say why. I see no runners in my area. At one point I was the only one:(.

Its cos they can spot the dog shite better and that most of it is covered.

it is because their cars have broken down.....

cold as hell
so the winter is here. There is no snow yet, but it is cold as hell and with the humidity in Szczecin it even feels colder. I am already wearing my winter clothes and I am still cold.

Time to go shopping for warmer attire and I still don't understand why I got rid of all the warm sweaters when I was moving back to Poland.

What can I say? I hate winter with passion. Always have and always will;(.

Time to consider moving to a warmer climate.

aphrodisiac wrote:


I notice the same thing in Poland. People simply do not run here and I constantly get weird stares when I go for runs, especially in small towns. Where I lived in the USA before I left for Poland, amongst the running community, I was merely a number (and NO, i didn't live in Oregon ;) ). I would head out at 5:30 a.m. for my runs before going to work and I'd pass countless numbers of runners, even at that early of an hour.

aphrodisiac wrote:


aaahhh, BOY do I love to discuss weather with good ole' aphrodisiac :D

but yeah, I second that. I completely hate it.

aphrodisiac wrote:


what about Szczecin? oh wait.......

well, just keep jogging- it is good for you:)


I think you DO:). Still NO snow in Szczecin btw:). Just a really cold wind and temps below zero. I gather you know WHAT they are.


he, he.......as I said, no snow yet and as I think Mark Twain said: weather is the only thing one cannot control, or something similar.

Not much to report lately since the novelty of the place is wearing off and I am too lazy to post:)

aphrodisiac wrote:


it's always entertaining to see the degredation of someone's posts. Poland does that to you. in the beginning, it's interesting....but shortly after, it's mostly all just frustrating.

that is not the case. I am just comfortable and pretty peaceful, so there is not that much to write really:)

Poland is a magic world if you like alcohol and women.I never stop phantasizing this destination.It is an extreme sensation,slavic extreme and taste for strong pleasures.Wrong country for a foreign woman except if she likes pierogi.

southern wrote:


another interesting point about Poland.

regarding expats, i think we can all agree that it's almost entirely men. as for the women, yeah, it's not the place for them.

i've met a few women in wroclaw who were here just to teach ESL or to work a short contract with their company and each and every one of them were unhappy here. the other women i met were mostly students, wives of successful businessmen, and they were just as unhappy. nothing to do, lousy weather, always complained that the food was too heavy and greasy and took every opportunity possible to fly back home.

if you're a polish woman and decided to move back to poland, totally different.

Hmm, I know a few women who are happy here. All of them are experienced in their career though and are here to further that career. Two of them are ESL, the others are working for the Polish branch of American/British companies.

But yes, female students do seem to ***** and whine constantly about Poland. I'm also not surprised that the wives of businessmen hate it - Poland is definitely provincial in nature (Warsaw excluded) and not the place for someone who likes to be pampered and treated with style.

It is the competition.When they see the gorgeous polish women they become depressed.Hopefully for them polish men compensate.

I drink from time to time, but I am not interested in women;).


How do you know? You are a foreign woman now? lol


maybe women don't venture that much in foreign countries in general?


I would agree with that. I have higher tolerance for Poland then some spoiled Westerners for sure. I also know that many who leave miss Poland afterwards.


If you think about it most of the world is provincial.

Time to change habits.


Don't say that.Countries like Italy,Spain,Greece and even Turkey are afloat with foreign women.Not a good place for men though who usually end masturbators.

Slavic countries.The revenge of the frustrated western man.

delphiandomine wrote:


they came to Poland to further their career? what was their previous career in ESL like?

delphiandomine wrote:


I'm going to Warsaw for the FIRST time tonight so I'll have to get back to you on that one.

says YOU?


weather might be the reason as well as sexual frustration- sex tourism/revolution:).

Yes,the most accurate description I heard about polish girls was:village girls,like our Vlaches from the village.
Provnicial nature also explains in part polish conservatism opposite to Czech tolerance(only 7% province in CR).