Slovak World Family Last call for Easter baskets to friends and family in Slovakia. Visit my web site http://www.slovakic.com amd click on Christmas and Easter...
Hi all... I've just signed on to skype.com, which is a free service for e-mail where you can see and talk to anyone with a e-mail address and a skype ID. It...
Zuska and all, Users who have slower connections or friends overseas with slower connections can still use Skype (rhymes with tripe) to chat with these ...
Just have to put a plug in for iMAC computers. My new flat screen iMAC has a camera eye at the top center above the screen! Convenient for those who are into...
I don't want to dump water on the interest in Skype; however, you should read the EULA (end users license agreement). The thing is shot full of spyware. This...
With Big Brother in Washington D.C.and the un-Patriot Act allowing domestic spying, I am to worry about Skype? Besides, the encription in Skype is supposed to...
Not to stir up an off topic discussion - but a lot of people seem to have the wrong impression about the Patriot Act. 99.9% of us WILL NOT be monitored -...
I have another PC at home, which my son is using. He has skype and since then the PC is always full of viruses and spyware. NOD catches many, but there still...
Just my two crowns' worth in this discussion... I have been using Skype for over five years now and it has been my lifeline home since I have been living and...
Ditto for me. I am the president of a tour mine with the potential of 350 millian tons of coal in the Panther Valley, that maybe the government might want to...
The Connellsville (South-Western PA) Daily Courier has an article about the history of African-American miners in Pennsylvania. Two of them recall (_Russian_...
Hi David, Do you know if they keep record of the coal miners in Hazleton,Pa back in 1896. My grandfather John Gernat worked in one of those mines when he came...
Hi: Some records are kept, which ones where distroyed is another matter. Sad as it is, most records in time are lost or distroyed.There were a lot of different...
Ahoj all, Does anyone have any Slovak easter greetings? Thanks for yor help. Vlad ... Get your own web address. Have a HUGE year through Yahoo! Small...
Dear Slovak World Friends, Happy Easter! The Spring issue of Slovakia magazine published by the Slovak Heritage & Folklore Society International features an...
One thought came to my mind; Everybody is so interested in churches, homes, weddings, costumes........ but not a single person ever expressed interest in tools...
Julie - I love it too - i wish I knew the artist - this work is hauntingly beautiful - found it on an old postcard that came from Slovakia but usuallly they...
Helene: Can't wait! Check is already in the mail! Have a great holiday! Debra Strezenec ... Never miss an email again! Yahoo! Toolbar alerts you the instant...
... I think there is interest, but you're right, I don't know that we have discussed tools very much on this list. I always keep my eyes open for them in the...
You bring up a good point, Vlad. We have a hand axe in the family reputed to have been forged by our grandfather. That is one topic I have never brought up...
Ron, enjoyed what you and Vlad wrote. So many of the tools in the Slovak museums and skansens are so beautifully made and decorated. Re "huta" I had heard that...
It takes about 1 kilogram grapes to make a 759 mL bottle wine. I am sure there are different opinions but that would set it at about 3 pounds of grapes for a...
It takes about 1 kilogram grapes to make a 759 mL bottle wine. I am sure there are different opinions but that would set it at about 3 pounds of grapes for a...
It takes about 1 kilogram grapes to make a 750 mL bottle wine. I am sure there are different opinions but that would set it at about 3 pounds of grapes for a...
Don't get excited. Yahoo fixed their problem. I had a slow connection and punched the send tab a couple more times. Sorry for the excessive use of the...
Thank you Vlad and Ron for bringing up the tools and other interesting topics. Even in America, much of the early tools and stuff are lost down thru the years....
In dictionaries, just "huta" is given as "smelting works" or "smeltery". The 1997 SAP dictionary also has "sklarska huta" as a "glass works". The historical...
Vlad, You asked if anyone had any other Easter greeting. Let me tell you the greetings I grew up with . First a little history of the people who were in my...