Comments on: On Resourcefulness

By: Kate Borio

Kate Borio — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 08:22:58 +0000

Audio started playing when I opened this internet site so annoying

By: lele

lele — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:25:07 +0000

The photo sums it all up. The things author described are very normal, natural to people in EE. Honestly, is it not straight forward – why to waste money on petrol, plastic bags (and don’t forget about environment, too! i dont mean co2 theres no harm in it), WHY? Is it not better so burn few more calories? use something that can be re-used? it is common sense.

I have seen surprise in many faces (especially western men, maybe they had thought i was a retarded girl dunno lol), on occasions when i used simple logic in order to do something without having the tool for it. It was funny and surprising for me to see their surprise, but I understand that there are many people out there who are not used to thinking in different ways, or shall i say, they don’t have to (at the moment, but you better prepare for any situation in life).

I am a young woman from Slovakia and Slovaks have a similar life style to Romanians, but Romanians are poorer but in some ways more blessed.

By: Kandi Meardon

Kandi Meardon — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 06:33:34 +0000

I regard something really interesting about your site so I saved to favorites . – Without music, life would be a mistake.

By: VIVIANE

VIVIANE — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 14:50:55 +0000

Toata stima pentru tine,Dane!Toti filosofii astia care s-au educat si cultivat citind revistele si jurnalele de scandal,ar trebui sa stie si sa aprecieze mai mult tendintele omenirii civilizate de a se transforma din ‘consumatori ‘in ‘prosumatori’.Oricum,dincolo de toate aprecierile negative care sunt multe adevarate(am vazut insa multe ca ele in toata lumea si multe,multe in America -departe de marile orase)..ce cauta “the gypsy from the picture”sa reprezinte poporul Roman?Romercan se refera la un rom care se vrea American,nu la poporul ROMAN.

By: Fritz

Fritz — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 07:06:51 +0000

The proper way to open a wine bottle (in Romania) without a corkscrew, is to wrap the bottom of the bottle in a towel. You then repeatedly strike the bottom of the bottle against a wall until the bottle shatters. Amidst the flying shards of glass, the blood spatter and the cries of “Du-te!” someone usually remembers they have a corkscrew in the back of their Dacia.

By: Romer!can

Romer!can — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:17:01 +0000

Thanks for the positive comments, dan! I’m glad to hear you found the content so valuable in helping you learn more about Romania. I hope to hear from you again. Come back any time!

By: dan

dan — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 23:01:52 +0000

Amice esti total rauvoitor. Te incadrezi perfect in profilul imigrantului care nu vede decat jumatatea goala a paharului.Jumatate din lucrurile de mai sus sunt neadevarate sau nereprezentative pentru Romania iar 90%sunt lipsite de haz.Ori n-ai fost decat in romania si america ,ori esti subiectiv si ignorant.Nu in ultimul rand ,nu gasesc utilitatea acestui site …poate e doar gazda frustrarilor tale. Cu speranta ca si altii ca tine vor pleca din Romania,iti doresc un Paste Fericit.Get a life!!

Dan…un Roman din america

By: Mr. Black

Mr. Black — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 11:14:31 +0000

Hi there! I found out about this blog last summer when I returned to Romania after some time abroad, so I was curious to find some expats around here and know what they feel about my country. (I’m Romanian.) This particular blog is quite all right (so far). I haven’t had time to read it “page by page” but I probably will. I do find some subtle sarcastic touches like Ana pointed out, but they’re not by far as bad as another blog of an American expat which I will not mention here and now.

However, I’m annoyed by “Emil”‘s intervention who came up with fictional arguments taken from some hungarian or jewish pulp literature book about the history of …well..the first people of Europe (us). “Chiar eu” is probably very accurate regarding “Emil”‘s backroud, but Emil can as well be half vulgarian and half hungarian from his father’s side. Such blockheads like “Emil” and the insanities that they cast should not be taken seriously.

Danno, what corruption are you talking about? Any fields in particular? I can provide you with such a thing, but you have to get in touch with me. It’s quite riscky, though… But why do you need one in the 1st place? Wanna steal ya’ daddy’s car and take ya’ gal on a ride?

By: danno

danno — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:32:38 +0000

Hi there everyone, could anyone please tell me, how high is the level of corruption there? is it possible to buy a drivers licence. And if so where and how much?

By: Ana

Ana — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:56:04 +0000

Well,

Seems pritty gloomy, doesn’t it?
Oh, but when you think about the Americans who won’t ever bother growing anything themselves, instead they’ll buy their vegetables from Australia, will have them washed in Norway, packed in India, an imported from Tansania…..hat is to cut it short…..still think that the ones grown in Romanian balconies are fresher….

The thing about plastic bags: it’s caled recycling an is the very thing you keep preaching about to everyone – but you won’t hear anything about it – remember Kyoto Protocol….???

The thing about water being cut …well it’s surely not too bad if people are still prepared from last time when it happened…several years ago, as you say…still…it never happened this to me, and surprisingly enough I have ben living in a large city for over 30 years no…well… I am yet to learn about it…from an American!

And stop complaining about people’s ingeniosity you so sarcasticly illustrate…did you enjoy the wine?