Zarqawi's Virgins ...

[Bullseye]

Fuel helps a lot but a really good sense of balance goes even farther.

R,
Bullseye

[bearandoldman]

Fuel helps a lot but a really good sense of balance goes even farther.

R,
Bullseye

Definetely, especiallly with a shifty load like wer concrete and going around a corner.Of course getting too much fuel and running rich will really mess up the onboard computer balance system. Was oprating one day and had to dumpt some dirt down the riverbank at a friends place, though I was going to make that 20 foot drop with my truck, luckily I saved it. Heard the story about the foreman on a job saying" look at that dumb Polak he's got his truck upside down, asked him if he knew the proper way and the Polack answerd bacl, every time
I do it that way some one fills it up"

[Bullseye]

Man do I know all about the Polish Concrete Truck! I've hauled a few basement floors back in my day, one truckful at a time. Thank goodness for pumper trucks! Rolling those hand trucks full of concrete on bouncy boards stretched across open foundation trenches can be quite an eye opener. Especially if you ride one in!

R,
Bullseye

[bearandoldman]

Man do I know all about the Polish Concrete Truck! I've hauled a few basement floors back in my day, one truckful at a time. Thank goodness for pumper trucks! Rolling those hand trucks full of concrete on bouncy boards stretched across open foundation trenches can be quite an eye opener. Especially if you ride one in!

R,
Bullseye

Yup, sure will make you pay attention, 12 inch wide plank looks awful norrow over a trench, even if it is only 4 feet deep. Have seen thempumper tricks in action, man that is a far cry from the old days, almost makes concrete workk look like fun. I said ALMOST.

[John fox]

I'm also 2nd generation American from my Polish mother and went 12 years to a catholic school. Some of the nuns are still remembered fondly by this old guy in spite of the rulers and pinches.
I'm a new member here and glad to join you.
P.S. I went to my 50th Highschool reunion last year and 42 of us talked about the good times and some of the nuns we had.

[bearandoldman]

I'm also 2nd generation American from my Polish mother and went 12 years to a catholic school. Some of the nuns are still remembered fondly by this old guy in spite of the rulers and pinches.
I'm a new member here and glad to join you.
P.S. I went to my 50th Highschool reunion last year and 42 of us talked about the good times and some of the nuns we had.

Well glad to hear from another fellow Polak, we got to stick together as we are the chosen ones. Finally another guy, somewhat near my age, I got about 5 years on you though as I graduated high scool ibn 1950. Must have been the Felican nuns as that is what seemed to be in every Polish Catholic Church School. They were not really taht bad but they did give athreatening appearand as they stred at you with their arms folded under thier habit, wonder if any of them had bad habits??????

[John fox]

We had the Sisters of Charity as teachers. Not a Polish school as my father was Irish but I did live close to a Polish neighborhood.

[Rich G]

OK Guys (Bullseye & Len), I finally read this thread and just had to chime in .... I am a proud graduate of St. Leocadia Grade School in Wilmerding, PA. Len I also had Felician Nuns, and yes they could swing a ruler or throw a "Fast Eraser", but my all time favorite was their ability to use that Index Finger and move a 100 Lb. Kid across the room with one push. Some of those Nuns could put Jet Li to shame. I hated to diagram sentences (remember that?), but did very well in math. I have to admit by the time I went to Public H.S., my Catholic School Class of 13 was head & shoulders over the rest in Math. As mean as some of those Nuns could be, I did get a great start in education. Ended up in Graduate School (Mechanical Engineering) at the University of Pittsburgh. My Grand Parents came from Austria, and both my Parents spoke fluent Polish and Slovak. My dad also spoke Russian (not bad for a RR guy, huh?) Anyway, could not pass up this great thread. Whoever started it, thank you ............. Rich G. (Dobre Notz) .... And Yes, I'm damn proud of my Heritage, Parents, and GrandParents .... You guys know you are too!!

P.S. My wife, Susie went to Blessed Sacrament in Natrona Heights (Pronounced Natrooniiiaaa Hiiiitesss), PA. (That's Polish Heaven on Earth). She had Nuns from the order of St. Joe's .............

P.S. / P.S. My best friend in grade school, Anthony Kopczynski, and I always wondered if they (NUNS) had hair under those habits?????

[bearandoldman]

OK Guys (Bullseye & Len)

P.S. / P.S. My best friend in grade school, Anthony Kopczynski, and I always wondered if they (NUNS) had hair under those habits?????

Always wondered that myself, probably had shaved heads in order to stay cool under all that dark brown or black wool.
Boy, some of us have a lot of things in common, more than we probably ever thought.
Did you know the 3 Polish cowboy Gene Dobre, Gene Kuye and Gene Autry?
How about the Polish Prince, Bobby Vinton. My Dad, before he changed his name as a young man was spelled Jendrziewski, with a . over the Z, pronunciation yind gee yev ski.

[Bullseye]

Aren't we a bunch, reminiscing fondly about being physically acosted by a bunch of crazed penguins, as we lament the passing of the "good old days." I guess we all turned out pretty well in spite of all the collective beatings we took. That kind of stuff today would cause serious problems for the parish. I freely admit, sometimes I needed my head smacked to realign my thinking. I don't know where I'd be today if someone (Sister Mary whoever) hadn't rubbed a little elbow grease on my forehead. To make high quality steel, you got to give it a lot of heat and a good pounding.

Most of my relatives have no less than twenty letters in their last names. Sure glad I don't sign their checks.

R,
Bullseye

[bearandoldman]

If they tried that today they would all be wearing one piece orange jammies, that is the locle jail uniform, orage jump suit. Bullsey you probably desereved every one you got and some tah they misssed out on, iIknow I did. Most of Michigans thumb used to be related witha lot of them pong names also. Usually ending with an i. Was in the west end of the UP last week where there were a lot of Finns and Cornish in the mines in the old day, must have been a lot of Polaks too, because ther sure are a lot of road names up there that end in ski.