36 Big Differences My American Family Noticed about Poland - Part 3 of 3

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It's the summer of 2023, and 9 family members of mine from Alabama and Texas have just spent 2 weeks touring Poland for the first time where they visited various cities, met my Polish friends and family, and tried many of Poland's tastiest dishes. During these 2 weeks, I made careful note of every funny difference they noticed about everyday life here. In this new series of 3 videos, it's my pleasure to share them all with you. I look forward to your comments :)

[@smiechuwarte-qt8pn]

Small correction, Poland did not disappear from the map 3 times . The process was that its territory decreased in three steps. The third step resulted in the disappearance from the map for 123 years. If my memory serves me right, in the times of its greatest prosperity, Poland had an area of one million square kilometers. I know this little compared to the current area of the USA. The US in the 18th century was not as big as it is today

[@LoveMyPoland]

Thanks for the correction. I got it slightly confused myself. As I said, WHAT A HISTORY!

[@PiotrPilinko]

1138-1320: Fragmentation of the Realm (division into districts) - during this period Poland no longer existed as a kingdom.

[@CieplinskiPawel]

@@LoveMyPoland BUAHAHAHAHA, there you have it Russ😉 Just mention anything from even recent Polish history and an average Pole will quote you facts from the whole 1000< years of it🤯

[@LoveMyPoland]

@@CieplinskiPawel Gotta love this country 💗

[@smiechuwarte-qt8pn]

@@LoveMyPoland Just @bartoszwoowiec5965 is wrong, for example, about whether Poland as a state ceased to exist in 1939. As Poles, we had a government in exile in London, an army in England and an underground AK army in Poland, secret schools, courts, etc. Besides, many countries temporarily occupied by Nazi Germany had temporary governments in London, for example France . The split into principalities in the 12th century was not a loss of independence. For example, Germany was divided into principalities until the 19th century and no one claims that there was no Germany . I wasn't going to comment on this, but I couldn't help but incorrect information .

[@donnajarzen8460]

We (from Georgia) we’re in Poland 3 weeks ago for our son’s wedding. They picked us up from the airport and as our now daughter in law was driving to the venue where we were staying I noticed there were no signs stating the speed limit. She said you just have to know what it is in different areas! We had a wonderful time and everyone was so nice. A traditional Polish wedding was so much fun!

[@akkudakkupl]

Glad you liked the Polish wedding :-) Hope you didn't end up with too huge of a hangover ;-) Speed limits are standardized in Poland (and most of EU) - 140 on highways, 110 on high speed roads, 90 on "normal" roads, 50 in cities (all speeds in km/h). There might be places with elevated or decreased speed limit and signs are used in those circumstances.

[@CieplinskiPawel]

_Polish wedding_ is an entire institution of it's own!!! 👹 Also: not really true with speed limits. Whenever it's different then _normal_ there are signs and there are also entire zones with given speed limits, also clearly marked. What I mean by _normal_ is probably what she meant, the limits are always the same* for: - city 50*; - outside city 90 - outside city more than one lane 100 - express way one lane 100 - express way multiple lanes 120 - highway 140 - residential zone 20 * When speed limit is directly below the sign marking city limits it means that's the limit *for the entire city!* And often it actually increases maximum speed. Like when small town is predominantly alongside main route (limit 90) you may have sign _70_ below the sign _city_ so you don't have to slow down to 50.

[@CieplinskiPawel]

P.S. There's no right turn on red🚦*unless* additional light _green arrow right_ is on‼️

[@CieplinskiPawel]

@@peteroz7332 🤣 Yup. Thanks❕

[@peteroz7332]

@@CieplinskiPawel 👍🙂

[@piotrr4097]

When it comes to the schools’ names - the long versions are the official ones. In practice nobody use them in that form. Usually the schools are being called just by the patron name, or by the number.

[@gregdubiel5454]

Yep, so in this case it would have been Liceum Sienkiewicza. Much simpler. Or little towns that only have one high school, they call it "liceum". No need to include patron's name

[@Asptuber]

Aah, interesting to know. I've noticed these names, they seem to exist (at least to some degree) in Slovakia and Ukraine also. What I like about them is the "imenia" - once you learn that it means "named after" so many things get easier to mentally map. I too would mentally just call it school/lyceum/gymnasium Henryk Sienkiewic (or whatever the name was). Where it gets weird is with airports and theatres and such - I always wonder if the locals at all pay any attention to whoever the place is named after? (You do you have that too, don't you in Poland? Or am I again just mixing up my central-Slavic countries... I do that a bit.) (In Finnish and Swedish there is no convention to write "named after" when it comes to place names, it just becomes "Celsiusskolan" or whatever, which must be much harder for foreigners to parse.)

[@piotrr4097]

​ @Asptuber well, to make it more complicated, sometimes it is not the name of the school, or the number being used, but the street name, where the school is located, or the colloquial form of the name. To give you the example. In the city of Bytom there are two high schools considered most “prestigious”: No. 1 named after Jan Smoleń and No. 4 named after Bolesław Chrobry. The first one is located on the Strzelców Bytomskich Street, while the second one on Sikorski Square. The first one is usually called just “Smoleń”, but sometimes you may meet somebody saying „chodzę do Jedynki” (I go to the One) or even „Chodzę na Strzelców”. In the second case it is extremely unlikely that you meet anyone using the patron name and also very uncommon that someone uses the number. Most people will call the school “Sikorski” or colloquially: “Sikorak”. In case of theatres it is different. If there is more than just one theatre in the city, it may happen that the full name is applied. But not all theatres are named after somebody or something. Some of them have their own names, which also are in common use (like “Teatr Bagatela” in Kraków). The airports usually have patrons, but most people probably do not even know them. Just the location is in use: either the actual, or the “general”. For example Katowice Airport is named after Wojciech Korfanty, but nobody call it that way. Anybody flying from this airport will say “lecę z Katowic” or „lecę z Pyrzowic” (“I’m flying from Katowice” or “I’m flying from Pyrzowice”). Katowice is the biggest city nearby (although located around 30 km from the airport) and the capital of the region. Pyrzowice is the small village, where the airport is located.

[@CieplinskiPawel]

Yup, in this example it'd be just _Sienkiewicza_ or often even shorter: _Heńka._ Also a lot of schools are called regardless of the official name, like in my city there's one on the hill and that's exactly how everyone is calling it: _na górce_ (on the hill). In the district where I used to live there were 2 schoolers: new and old. And that's how we were calling them.

[@CieplinskiPawel]

@@Asptuber Yeah, also you combine all the words into one that makes it impossible to remember even 15 years after graduation. Like my _ammattikorkeakoulu_ in beautiful Jyväskylä:) As I mentioned schools but also other facilities have casual names. Like Chopin Airport (Warszawa) people call Okęcie. Main route connecting the capital with Silesian Industrial region we call Gierkówka and I honestly don't know which number os it officially:) Also sometimes some streets/districts etc. are called by the name of their *communistic* patrons! We changed those officially after 1989, but for example in Katowice if you ask locals for _Wieczorka_ street you'll get directions to... whatever it's officially named now:)

[@lesfleurs9781]

Chicago here. It is against the law to have anything hanging on your rearview mirror, since it obstructs your view. Poland is called a Phoenix for a reason. It always rises from the ashes.

[@RussellNelson]

That's the theory, but you see a lot of people with things hanging, like Little Trees, or fuzzy dice, or parking passes.

[@Maciej-Komosinski]

In practice (in everyday speech) no one uses the full name of the school (which is just the official name with obvious parts like "primary school number") - we say in short "chodziłem do dwunastki" ("I went to the twelfth") or "kończyłem Sienkiewicza" ("I graduated from Sienkiewicz [school]"). Even formally, you don't need to mention both the number and the name of the person the school was named after, but obviously the school itself wants to display and advertise both.

[@nataliakatarzyna6279]

As for toilets, they are usually free in shopping malls and in places you're a customer, e.g. you eat in a restaurant and you can go to restroom for free. But payed toilets at railway stations drive me crazy... Anyway great video! It's always interesting what would surprise tourists in our country 😁

[@batwing-plays]

37. firearms law and firearms culture. 38. Tipping. 39. Price labels in Poland present how much you pay including taxes. 40. So many more Poles live in apartments than houses.

[@CieplinskiPawel]

41. US *only* there's right turn on red🚦, if at all anywhere else it's either sigh or light of _green arrow right._

[@jonathanr.]

@@CieplinskiPawel Turn right on red is allowed everywhere unless there is a sign prohibiting it, some people don't know it and wait for the green light to turn to the right, dumbasses.

[@peteroz7332]

42. amount of traffic, speed limits on motor/expressways, number of lanes in usa v pol .. yet with fewer lanes the traffic seems to flow smoother & faster i Pl.. 43. general cleanliness, littering... 44. the feeling of safety after sunset.. and overall... 45. no or much fewer fake smiles in Poland

[@szymonandrzejak7496]

Rondo jest najlepszym rozwiązaniem na świecie. Poprostu genialne, fakt że trzeba mieć minimum rozumu czego nam na szczęście nie brakuje😀

[@fiucik1]

W takim razie zapraszam do UK gdzie rond jest pewnie z 50 razy więcej niż w Polsce. U nas jak jedziesz między miastami i jesteś na "głównej", to nie musisz sobie zawracać głowy którędy masz jechać, nie musisz zwalniać czy się zatrzymywać, po prostu jedziesz. Swego czasu zanim zrobili S3 jechałem krajową trójką nad morze z Dolnego Śląska. Do samego Świnoujścia. Prawie 500km. Było może z 10 skrzyżowan na których musiałem skręcać. W UK na odcinku 50km masz z 15 rond. Ledwie wrzucisz "piątkę" a już musisz hamować bo znowu rondu i znowu musisz patrzeć który zjazd jest twój...I potem wychodzi że średnia prędkość miedzy miastami to 55km/h...

[@peteroz7332]

​​@@deadziomagic to jest to w hemel hemstead czy spaghetti w birmingham? 🤔 czy może jeszcze jakieś inne? 😲

[@frytek68]

roundabouts: the Mythbusters (tv show) dealt with this. they arranged some intersections with roundabouts and stop signs on an abandoned airfield, they trained some volunteers how to drive through them... and then they ran some traffic for a while counting passing cars. roundabouts were about 20% more efficient, so here's your answer. and what is also important, a naughty driver can ignore a stop sign which is hazardous to other drivers or pedestrians. and the roundabout forces you physically to slow down. you just have to do it. you cannot ignore it, so its safer too.

[@coin5212]

It's just incredible how I just sit there watching your videos like I'm hypnotized. Please make more of such content it really brings me joy

[@theUnicornOfPower]

@4:51 To be honest, that's the official name of the school, but usually the people would either refer to it as "Czternastka" (number 14) or "Sienkiewicza" and most people from the area would know what you mean.

[@bartoszjasinski]

heh, I went to the "Technikum Elektryczno-Elektroniczne nr 4 imienia Marii Skłodowskiej-Curie"

[@Idntgt]

"Elektryk" then!

[@E.S.K.]

My high school was also named after Maria Skłodowska-Curie but we called it Kiri 😅

[@agnieszkastuglik5744]

I went to this primary school: "Szkoła Podstawowa nr 2 imienia Urszuli Gruszczyńskiej-Hermachowej". Also impressive when I look back at it.😂

[@PawelGonera]

During the winter Czantoria offers night skiing. It is really pretty with lights of Ustroń down there.

[@wadysawkostrzewski8557]

I recall when my American uncle was for first time in Poland was shocked how many statues and monuments are dedicated to tragedies in Polish history. After 11/9 he understood more why we have so many of them and why we erect them

[@TheFightinglrish]

Hi Russ! Hope you are doing well. I was worried not seeing you for over a month. I am glad you are back. Can you tell us, what was your family reaction to the salt mine in Wieliczka? Did they enjoy it?

[@LoveMyPoland]

They were in a state of total awe. Loved it! 💪

[@elfeintwentyfives1620]

lol you did not take then mushroom picking or jagody picking or wild plums picking the small yellow ones are in season now i think...their reaction would had been priceless!

[@rozacrain5784]

My favorite was also bubble gum❤ had it in Poland in my car. Sadly can confirm the little bottles are nowhere to be found in Oklahoma 😔

[@PanLukash]

Zespół Szkół Elektronicznych imienia 25-lecia Ludowego Wojska Polskiego w Bydgoszczy Tam się uczyłem 😅

[@LoveMyPoland]

Łał!!!

[@mompofelski4191]

Many thanks. Watched all three.

[@tedzawistowski4731]

Well done, Russell!!! Clear and precise explanations!! Hope to.see you soon!

[@LoveMyPoland]

Thanks so much, my friend 😌😁

[@rmo1343]

im so so happy in mexico never would leave

[@Ttlreess]

School names can get even longer. Mine for e.g. had special facilities (and/or teachers) to help students with disabilities so the full name was: "Szkola podstawowa nr 17 im. Bronislawa Koszuckiego z oddzialami integracyjnymi w Kaliszu". Similarly bilingual schools can have "dwujezycznymi" instead of "integracyjnymi" in their name. Though most of my friends referred to this school as "siedemastka" which is totally understandable ;)

[@worldcitizen181]

Russell czy ty wiesz, że masz przerąbane? Jak ty swojej familii z USA pokazałeś taką idylliczną Polskę to będziesz miał ich na karku co roku na wakacje. Dasz radę? 😂😂😂😂👍👍👍👍

[@LoveMyPoland]

Haha, I'm rougher and tougher than I appear. I've got this!

[@worldcitizen181]

@@LoveMyPoland No nie byłbym taki pewny? Jak im odmówisz to się obrażą. 😂😂 Pożyjemy zobaczymy? Jak dzieciaki zaczną jęczeć, że chcą wakacje z kuzynami to zobaczymy jak będziesz mięknął. Ja to już przerabiałem, a to tylko dwa końce Polski. 😂😂😂😂 Powodzenia

[@ebojano]

Great video. As usual :)

[@ebarteldes]

I learned how to drive with a stick - I had a VW Beetle, and it had a stick. And my Fiat UNO was also stick. They are much better than automatic, they save gas since you have more control. Granted, this was in Brazil

[@utahdan231]

My cousins in Poland drive automatic transmission. Volvo makes great automatic SUV.

[@peteroz7332]

they used to be better, more control and more fuel efficient.. but those times are gone - automatics are much better nowadays.. apart from one annoying thing (start/stop ☹️🤬)

[@worldcitizen181]

Russel I have an idea for a new series. Maybe you would do a series of films with Americans living in Poland permanently or temporarily for some reason. How they are doing, how they live, what made them come to Poland, etc. etc. etc. I know you're not an "ordinary American in Poland" whatever that means but a respected and respectable person and I'm thinking to myself that maybe with this damn war in Ukraine you would make videos with the US military in Poland. I know there are a lot of them in our country and they support our military. I mean films with ordinary soldiers i.e. how they live their lives here in this Poland. Are they happy, or maybe not, is it something new for them, or maybe not, do they keep them only in the barracks or maybe they can go outside, what are the relations with the locals and such.

[@LoveMyPoland]

I love the idea. Thanks 👍

[@agata3958]

Loved this series 😊

[@LoveMyPoland]

Thanks 😊👍

[@andrewkosalka3843]

I enjoy your videos every time. I was born in Poland and grew up there. I know from your videos that you grew up in Houston. Houston is still in my heart, even though I don't live there anymore. Greetings from California.

[@davebellingham9413]

This was a great trilogy, thanks.👍🏻

[@LoveMyPoland]

Thanks, Dave!

[@januzi2]

3. According to the Cities Skylines, the roundabout is the best solution if there's a high traffic in the area. 4. You should definitely not drink & drive, because you will spill the beverage while bumping into the other cars and pedestrians.

[@elfeintwentyfives1620]

ha ! you think this is bad? try when poland was still communist...today you may be able to talk yur way out in court back then you were caught you suffered. and i am glad that this had not changed...when i was 9 my best friend got killed by drunk driver...he was celebrating his last day as a civilian before reporting to base . that SOB hit my friend so hard his chest was cracked ipen and they found his lungs and heart inside his jacket...

[@Asptuber]

It is probably also a good solution when there is not so much traffic. Back on our first road trip in Poland (maybe 2002?) there weren't yet many rondos (I'll adopt that name, roundabout is too long and cumbersome) and we saw the remnant of a horrible crash at an intersection somewhere on road 19 near Krosno. Straight 4-way crossings are a death trap if anyone is prone to speeding.

[@sienkiewiczmonika1161]

Można uniknąć płacenia za toaletę, jeśli się wstąpi do urzędu miejskiego, urzędu pracy lub banku.

[@spiety75]

Buying gasoline on gas stations - in Poland you fill up you car tank and next pay for it at cashier desk (maybe take hotdog also :)) In US it is little bit complicated ...

[@n900video]

How is sticking your card into the pump more complicated than having to walk somewhere to pay? 😃

[@utahdan231]

Yes , because besides hot dog you can buy different food. 😅

[@Stefiiiz]

You didn't have to use tea towels 😁 You can easily buy small towels serving as washcloths in many places, like Jysk and Ikea, it's just not that common to use them as such in Poland.

[@LoveMyPoland]

Jysk, yes! I forgot about that store. Ikea is over 1 hour away from me. I'll be ready next time 😉

[@JearBear6896]

Hi, I’m an engineer in the US and have been looking to move to Poland. How would I properly apply for jobs in the country?

[@LoveMyPoland]

That's a great question. I'd contact international companies that have locations here and go that route first. You can also check www.pracuj.pl. They have all sorts of listings there.

[@cathulhu3772]

Good luck! Judging by comments of the foreigners under various films about Poland, most are extremly happy with their decision. I've seen some statements that it was actually best decision of their life. I guess fact that most Polish woman are fit and beautiful and have much different mentality than western counterparts is one of the main factors. xD

[@frofro7134]

more more history from your family visit :-)

[@ebarteldes]

Traffic stops are very similar to Poland in Brazil.

[@MrArchDelux]

06:15 I love how no. 12 is not actually a difference about Poland, just an observation, mainly Russell's. ;-)

[@LoveMyPoland]

It was a huge difference for the family to see such sights, but I worded it poorly.

[@jurekprzychodzen6454]

My intention here is to critique, not criticize Russell. He knows more Polish history than we, Poles, can reasonably expect a person who grew up in a different culture to know. The one detail that escaped his attention is that Poland didn’t disappear from the map three times. - Just once. As he said, it happened in the consequence of the partitions of Poland, and there were three of them. However, the first two were ‘only’ partial partitions. Only the last one was complete. I want to thank Russell for being an ambassador of Poland and Polish culture! P.S.: I just read the message that Russell pinned. So, do ignore everything but the last sentence.

[@LoveMyPoland]

Thanks, Jurek!

[@bozenkank9720]

Ha ha ha ...Visited Poland this year and had a lenghty discussion about Rondo vs 4 way stops , lets just agree that we did not agree 😂

[@akkudakkupl]

In the end they do the same thing, but a roundabout is more fluid in moderate traffic conditions. What Poland needs it turn on red. While we have a green arrow ("warunkowe") that allows us to turn on red - it only allows to do so when it is lit and when it actually exists on the signalization.

[@E.S.K.]

What's 4 way stops? :p

[@Asptuber]

@@E.S.K. Normal intersections where two roads meet. The idea is probably that everyone should stop.

[@E.S.K.]

@@Asptuber oh dear lord...that's the worst crossroad ever.

[@capeviolet]

Washcloths - I moved to PL last year and have been struggling to find one in the shops!

[@LoveMyPoland]

Try Jysk!

[@player400_official]

Maybe try ,,Zespół Kształcenia i wychowania” with them

[@ediedek2040]

Hi. And weren't they surprised when paying in the shop that the price on the label is the one at the checkout (no tax is added)?

[@LoveMyPoland]

Yes! Good one! Where's the sales tax??

[@utahdan231]

@@LoveMyPoland😅😅 included.

[@penguinsfan251]

The Monongahela and Youghiogheny Rivers flow north.

[@RussellNelson]

A few rivers in the US flow north. The Racquette River in NY is one of them. But yes, most of them flow south. Speaking of NY, in Watertown there is a small manufacturer of "Little Trees", which look like pine trees but which are impregnated with scents of varying types. They're probably available everywhere in the US, including Arkansas and Texas. I saw a knock-off in Poland.

[@rafabartosik9870]

If you speak about Wunder Baum then that's not a knock-off. Little Trees came to Europe to Germany at first and because of that they were named Wunder Baum. It is under this name Little Trees are being sold across whole Europe.

[@pinang1]

omg I'm Polish and haven't seen a car scent bottle in my life

[@GourangaPL]

don't you wanna change this mini-series name to 48 things and do 1 more episode? :)

[@LoveMyPoland]

If I had 48, there'd definitely be another one 👍😊

[@frofro7134]

omg yes!

[@GourangaPL]

@@LoveMyPoland maybe next summer take them to some popular seaside place like Mielno, Ustka, Władysławowo

[@danielmarkiewicz8489]

small remark, electric vehicles does not have transmission at all :) just one gear

[@LoveMyPoland]

Of course 😀

[@PiotrPilinko]

Actually most of them has a fixed gear ratio (usually not 1:1). So there is a very simplified gearbox. Some of them have more complicated gearbox (like transmission in Formula E cars, where electric motor revving at 25k rpms). Also some producers (like BYD) made an electric cars with... manual transmission (BYD e3).

[@danielmarkiewicz8489]

@@PiotrPilinko no. this is not gearbox, this is just transmission of rotation from engine to wheels. only porshe taycan and audi etron has 2 speed automatic transmission but without ability to choose which gear you want

[@utahdan231]

Tesla has park ,drive and reverse. It’s a stick or touch screen.

[@CieplinskiPawel]

Hmmm... None of my American friends ever mentioned _washclothes..._ 4:49 *BUT:* kids do use full names of their schools in the US. Which is usually longer that what we use😉 In your example kids would just say they're going to _Sienkiewicza._ And often even shorter, I bet in this example it'd be _do Heńka._

[@LoveMyPoland]

I wonder if it is a Southern thing...

[@CieplinskiPawel]

@@LoveMyPoland Well loofahs are also popular at least in Texas (that's the only southern state I have friends from). And that's also completely new to me... *Yes,* apparently washcloths are a thing everywhere in the US, I just never heard of them. One of the reasons may be I never met an American 1st time in Europe so I just missed the initial _shock_ 🙂

[@user-kj4rx2ud9h]

❤

[@jwaleczek]

Czantoria!

[@penguinsfan251]

Good for Poles that they can drive stick shift. I always get a car with a clutch and that is getting harder to do in the USA with all the slushboxes.

[@E.S.K.]

We get our driving exam in this type of cars. Nowadays you can make a driving licence for automat only but then you can't drive with withe the stick car. I was getting my driving exam 15 years ago and stick was the only option back then.

[@swedenreality6082]

did you do wydmy duńskie?

[@swedenreality6082]

did you do Mazury

[@tomaszlech1432]

👍😀

[@swedenreality6082]

did you do jeziora

[@annsmith4897]

💟🇵🇱💞

[@dominika3762]

Most ppl only would say szkola/podstawówka nr 14

[@swedenreality6082]

did you do karpaty?

[@SuiGenerisAbbie]

Russell, two things plus a question for you, please. And then a final observation about the map of the USA behind where you were standing / sitting. 1) I learnt to drive a stick. I loved it, except ... on steep hills! 2) Roundabouts in England were really hairy. Dad kept getting stuck in them. He drove all of the time when were were in The UK in the mid 80's. >> Russell, Question please: How do Polish police pull people over, specifically once they are following you and noticing that you are doing something wrong? Do they just wave those light sabers at lollipops are you, or what? Or, do they stand out in the middle of the street and flag people down waving those lollipops? What is the specific process, please? I have tried to look it up online and cannot find anything. Last one, please: The map of the US (behind where you are sitting) is out of perspective. In other words, Washington and Oregon states are too big in relation to all the other states. Washington state and Oregon state are simply not all that big. 😱

[@RussellNelson]

The trick with roundabouts in England, in fact driving anywhere in England, is to pick another car and follow it.

[@E.S.K.]

If the police are following you, they just turn on the lights and you have to stop. But the Lollipop is for routine checks or speed checks. They wave them in front of you (go out into the street and wave them from a distance to pull over) and you have to stop. I am a native speaker of Polish, I have lived here all my life and I have had a driving license for 15 years and there has never been such a "light sword" in my life :p

[@SuiGenerisAbbie]

@@E.S.K. Great response. Do the light wands that Russell showed in a photo when he was talking about the Polish police, ever get used?

[@SuiGenerisAbbie]

@@E.S.K.I want to add how terrific your English is. Well done!

[@rafabartosik9870]

@@SuiGenerisAbbie Yes, it is used after dark or in adverse weather condition.

[@elibelly5560]

😘👍

[@witoldradomski4354]

Electric cars don't have automatic transmission !. Due to the nature of this type of motor , they simply don't need any, neither manual or automatic

[@PiotrPilinko]

Almost all of them have fixed ratio single gear transmission (to adapt high speed revving engine to the much slower wheels rotation). Some of them have automatic transmission (i.e. in Formula E) and I've read about BYD e3 with 6-gear MANUAL transmission (sic!)

[@WojtasSP320]

Point 12 (36) - ok but what is the difference (between Poland and US)?

[@LoveMyPoland]

It was more about taking a lift, eating sausage at the top, going down by Alpine coaster, etc. We don't have such opportunities every day where we/they come from.

[@RichFrisk]

How to learn Polish?

[@elfeintwentyfives1620]

i will say this as any pole will part of the reason poles are multilingual....we start by learning how to read in foreign language we usually take about a 4 months to be understood and anywhere from 8 to 14 months to be fluent...but with very thick polish accents another few months if exposed we loose the accents most of the time... for example russ being in poland since the 90s still speaks with american accent but had been losing it slowly over last 6 years but it makes him sound if he is with hearing deficiency or from south eastern part of poland but he can be understood without issue..me on the other hand i dont get to speak in polish much over past 40 years...russ YOU will loose the accent eventually trust me:)

[@shylockwesker5530]

Oh, Come one, nobody says the whole name of their school. Either say the number "Chodzę do jedynki" or the patron's last name "Chodzę do Batorego".

[@LoveMyPoland]

My 11 year old son told my family the whole name. I think he wanted to get a reaction. It was effective 💪

[@rmo1343]

toilets? have you been to teaxs buckis?

[@LoveMyPoland]

No. Are they nasty?

[@utahdan231]

Only truck drivers use them.

[@piotrsobota6402]

@lovemypoland can you have some point about usa things happening right now ? like living as a younger person is unbearable and stuff like this ? or its just our news agenda ?

[@utahdan231]

He lives in Poland over 20 years. What does he now?

[@szymonandrzejak7496]

Dla mnie różnica pomiędzy USA a Polską na dzień dzisiejszy, że będąc w USA bardzo ciężko znaleźć coś unikalnego w USA, czegoś lepszego, unikalnego, niespotykanego, natomiast w USA brakuje mnóstwa rzeczy z Polski.

[@elfeintwentyfives1620]

i agree...but being a railroad fan i found few unique things,since i live on east coast about 30 minutes west if NYC it gets harder...well i did find bit of a strange rail museum in brooklyn that specilizes in subways and some trains as locomotives...also there are at least 3 places that are rare elsewhere around the world that put rail cars on barges to get trains to queens section of NYC. in PA there are few sight seeing railroads. in NJ about an hours drive from me there is a railroad museum tht is unique by its sheer existence in boonton NJ where the museum is combined with rehab. in baltimore the rail museum is something to see. now there was a working train yard that was ran by amtrak about 5 km north of the st louis arch that had at least 3 rotating train tables...but since late 90s it had been shrinking, i have the bug from constantly visiting the train museum in warsaw just 500m west from dworzec centralny give or take and as a 3 year ild fell in love with that museum... especially a very unique set a panzer train that had been recently restored sadly i do not think they fixed a hole in its armor...had to stop going there since i left on 1984...

[@penguinsfan251]

There is plenty that is unique in the US. You need to look for them.

[@januszlepionko]

​@@penguinsfan251Geography doesn't count.

[@utahdan231]

O , tak. Polakow 😂😂

[@ukaszwieczorek1621]

Couldn't have a nice dump for free here in Poland is a shame. Toilets should be fre and I would prefer pay that in taxes.

[@olekklos8670]

im polish and rly im ashemd with pay toilets, thats not qa human way

[@Idntgt]

inhuman is what is happening inside the cubicles sometimes :/

[@KoRbA2310]

But it's normal across the EU, even in Germany you will pay for the toilet in more touristic places.

[@elfeintwentyfives1620]

i remember the 70s and how messy public toilets were where you did not pay. look at it this way it makes people keep the toilets clean

[@ukaszwieczorek1621]

That payed toilets is a shame. That should be amortised in the price of something else.

[@user-yl2hx6vt6z]

Hi Russell. Czy w Ameryce są tacy ludzie jak u nas którzy jeżdżą na byku zamiast próbować ich ujeżdżać na rodeo. m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/oXXdna2QgrOcqs0

[@LoveMyPoland]

Są tacy, tak 😂🙂

[@77seban]

Don't drink and drive you spill too much 🙂 just joke 🙂

[@LoveMyPoland]

😉

[@rmo1343]

does poland have a buckes?

[@LoveMyPoland]

No, not yet

[@szymonandrzejak7496]

Jedną z najbardziej unikalnych spraw z USA a nie ich w Polsce są Steak Hause.

[@rmo1343]

usa is so so ready to thouw you undr the bus just like ucraine best of luck to you

[@rmo1343]

are you ready to fight belurussians?

[@tomektomaszewski1928]

Walking - not Poland only, whole Europe. We dont drive unless it is necessary. Manual transition - if you learn manual you can drive any car, if you learn automatic you can’t. Again whole Europe I believe. Roundabouts - obvious reason, the flow is better Police - stricte alcohol policy, true and I fully support that Paid toilets - whole Europe again. Even on fuel stations in Germany Refresher- I hate them Washcloths - whyyyyyy School names - you will never hear what you said. Only the number. The name of course exists but it is not the most important part