September 23rd - Paintless Dent Repair Party #2

[kntrider]

Thank you soo much Adam and William for putting it together.
Was great to meet you guys and hang out.

Glenn did and amazing job of getting that horrible crease out, I'm very happy with the work he did.

Hope to see you guys at the meets.

[Adam Payrot]

Thank you soo much Adam and William for putting it together.
Was great to meet you guys and hang out.

Glenn did and amazing job of getting that horrible crease out, I'm very happy with the work he did.

Hope to see you guys at the meets.

I'm in between school and work right now, but when I get to work, I'll send you the info on that polish I was telling you about.

[channelmaniac]

I'm in between school and work right now, but when I get to work, I'll send you the info on that polish I was telling you about.

Was it this one?

[Nexus Flux]

Hey it's Lech Walensa. The ship yard electrician turned political reformist. He started the Solidarity movement in Poland.



(the only reason I know is because I'm Polish too)

[black roadster]

(the only reason I know is because I'm Polish too)

That explains soooo much!

[redmenace]

Well, Nexus Flux *is*, of course, a classic Polish name.

I'm happy with Glenn's work. Thanks to the host (W) and organizer (A) for making it happen.

[channelmaniac]

Well, Nexus Flux *is*, of course, a classic Polish name.

So is Meathead...

[Nexus Flux]

OK then, here is a small list of other Polish persons you might recognize


-Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński: poet (I put that one in here since we share the same name)

OK now to the good ones

-Tadeusz Kościuszko: commander and revolutionist, fought in the American Revolutionary War as a colonel in the Continental Army on the side of Washington, trained Wasington in military tactics, designed and built West Point, called by Thomas Jefferson, "as pure a son of liberty as I have ever known."

-Nicolaus Copernicus (Mikołaj Kopernik): astronomer proposed the heliocentric view of the solar system

-Maria Skłodowska-Curie: pioneer in radioactivity, first two-time Nobel laureate and the only person with Nobel Prizes in two different fields of science (physics and chemistry)

-Emil Konopinski: designer of first atomic bomb

-Casimir Zeglen: designed first bullet-proof vest

-Kazimierz Proszyński: inventor of the first cinema camera

-Leo Gerstenzang: inventor Q-Tips

-Stanisław Ulam: codesigner of hydrogen bomb

-Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit: (born in Poland)

-Marian Smoluchowski: worked on the kinetic theory, presented an equation which became the basis of the theory of stochastic processes

-Mieczysław Wolfke: discovered of two types of liquid helium, did ground-breaking work in holography

-Pat Benatar: (Patricia Mae Andrzejewski), American singer

-Fryderyk Chopin: composer, pianist

-Joseph Conrad (Teodor Józef Korzeniowski): English writer

-Isaac Bashevis Singer: writer, Nobel Prize in Literature (1966)

-Henryk Sienkiewicz: writer, Nobel Prize in Literature (1905)

-Melchior Wańkowicz: non fiction writer, author of Monte Cassino

-Kazimierz Pułaski(Cassimir Pulaski): Father of American Cavalry, military commander, moved to America, where he became a notable commander of the American Revolutionary War

-Admiral Hyman George Rickover: "Father of the Nuclear Navy", longest-serving active duty military officer in U.S. history with 63 years of continuous service

-Władysław Eugeniusz Sikorski: played a prominent role in the decisive Battle of Warsaw, when Soviet forces, expecting an easy final victory, were surprised and crippled by the Polish counterattack

-Zbigniew Brzeziński: political scientist, advisor to US President Jimmy Carter

-Karol Józef Wojtyła, John Paul II, Pope

-Saint Adam (Albert) Chmielowski

-Saint Raphael Kalinowski

-Saint Jan Kanty

-Saint Maksymilian Maria Kolbe

-Saint Stanisław Kostka

-Saint Faustyna Kowalska

-Saint Stanislaus of Szczepanów

-Marshall Josef Pilsudski (1867-1935) major political and military leader of the early 20th Century

- Lech Walensa

-Roman Polanski: film director

Should I go on?

[Treibenschnell]

Oh the list of Polish jokes that come to mind...

[channelmaniac]

Oh the list of Polish jokes that come to mind...

Aren't those the same ones as Aggie jokes?

[black roadster]

Aren't those the same ones as Aggie jokes?

Exactly. Up north all the Aggie jokes are Pollock jokes.

We tease Kamil but I've got a wee bit of Polish in me. Mostly Scottish and Irish though.