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Op 16-7-2010 14:34, ervaqre schreef:
>>> I have no idea what a dobze is! But if you want an alternative to
>>> pierrogi, look for jiaozi at your local Asian supermarket if you have
>>> one. They're really quite tasty with oyster sauce!
>>
>> Dobze = good. Great even.
>
> I must admit that my Polish is not very polished anymore. There aren't
> many of them around here.

Are you explaining where all the Aglamians went? To China?

>> There are no true Asian markets here. Just a few very small toko's that do not
>> look too
>
> There is one on the Hinthamereinde, but I've never been inside so I
> can't tell how good or bad their selection is. And what is it with
> your JISBU?

Short attention span.

>>>> Overwalker!!!
>>>
>>> Says the person who has probably been to Poland more often than I have
>>> been there myself!!
>>
>> Three times. But that was over 8 years ago. Poland has since come to me. The
>> number of Polish license plates (and Bulgarian ones), former co-workers and
>> neighbors is starting to add up over here. Local supermarkets even have half
>> aisles with Polish import stuff.
>
> Ha, I have been there only two times. But if living in Little Poland
> counts, I am not really sure how exactly to count that.

Little Poland? You mean one of those enclaves here in NL?

>>>> Any time one says "it's (slightly) more than minimum wage" it means underpaid.
>>>> Even when comparing to average wage, it may still be quite a bad pay. On top of
>>>> that: any work they can't find adults for with a contract for life, is undesirable.
>>>
>>> Not undesirable for a 16 year old!
>>
>> That's a sentence that will get you into jail!
>
> I always thought 16 was legal!

Legal is such a vague concept.

>>> Though I did feel sorry for those
>>> who had been in the industry for more than 20 years. For me it was a
>>> good way to earn money to be able to travel to the other side of the
>>> world, whereas for them the roses were every day reality.
>>
>> I've worked with people who were kept in such a job because they had brain
>> damage. Brain damage caused by a work accident due to an unsafe work environment.
>>
>> It caused one guy in particular to fall several meters onto a because he lost
>> his balance when doing cleaning duties. There was supposed to be a railing
>> there. Besides memory difficulties he, oh irony, also wasn't able to keep his
>> balance all that well. He couldn't run because of that, just shuffle. Talking
>> didn't go too well either.
>
> He can still consider a career as a swashbuckling pirate though!

Not quite a man of low moral fiber, more one of low motor skills.

>> I myself have been in situations where they neglected to tell me I was supposed
>> to wear safety gear like metal tip shoes.
>
> I don't see that happening over here either. Did you also have to
> built "steigers" (don't know the translation and too lazy to look it
> up) from pine trees?

I haven't done any real scaffolding. Just a trolley to hang theater lighting and 
racks in a distribution center. Got up to 7 or 8 meters though. I threatened the 
clown that was rocking the scissorlift he'd hit the floor before I did. He took 
my threat serious enough, so he lived.

>> Yet you chose to blend in with over a billion tiny Chinese folk whilst you come
>> from a land of tall pale people with freaky round eyes... You couldn't draw more
>> attention to yourself if you wore an orange Bavaria-dress whilst blowing a
>> vuvuzela. You'd actually draw less of a crowd since most would flee such a
>> sight. Just in case it was as contagious there as in the Netherlands. The people
>> here don't even have a good excuse for such behavior. It's not like Orange is
>> playing particularly spectacular or like they all have brain damage because of
>> missing railings.
>
> Ha! And now look at what happened! They lost out again! But what do
> you want, with a national anthem in which the Dutch proclaim their
> loyalty to the Spanish king.
>
They should have struck the bits about Germans and Argentinians too then...

Since our royal family mostly consists of peoples that beat us at the World Cup, 
we know what's in store for future generations. A bull fighting matador for 
prince consort.

-- 
Danny.