Joanne Ralbovsky/Cuca and Judy Wormuth were close friends. And am I from Johnstown, Novy Yorku. Before funeral homes opened, we brought Foods to the homes. ...
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boggiegrey
Aug 6, 2012 12:45 pm
Vilo, my father was Slovak and mother Polish. Lasak Funeral Home did bury our family when it was located on Congress Street, across from St. Cyril Church and...
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William C. Wormuth
senzus
Aug 6, 2012 7:43 pm
Joanne, Another note: When people were "laid out", in their homes, a basket filled with flowers was hung on the wall next to the door. I think that when I...
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boggiegrey
Aug 6, 2012 11:08 pm
Vilo, my dad's name was Anthony Cyril and his mother's first name was Justina. His father's name was Joseph. My father had a sister named Mary and another...
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William
wfbrna
Aug 6, 2012 11:14 pm
... My mother was also buried in the brown robe of the Third Order of St. Francis. She died in September, 1958, and was laid out at home. The wake at home...
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Ron
amiak27
Aug 7, 2012 9:29 pm
On this last trip to Slovakia I headed off on an extended hike without my passport, figuring that I was inside the EU and would not need it ... but upon...
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LongJohn Wayne
daxthewarrior
Aug 7, 2012 11:07 pm
WOW! What a bigotted perspective. LOL  ... but then again... it IS from the Atlantic. ________________________________ From: Ron <amiak27@...> To:...
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LongJohn Wayne
daxthewarrior
Aug 7, 2012 11:11 pm
Thanks for the tales, Jo Ann & Vilko! Fascinating. ________________________________ From: boggiegrey <boggiegrey@...> To: Slovak-World@yahoogroups.com ...
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votrubam
Aug 8, 2012 4:52 am
... Most U.S. hotels ask for a guest's driver's license even if s/he pays cash in case any damage is discovered. Europe-wide, the only two recognized forms of...
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Ron
amiak27
Aug 8, 2012 6:31 am
What specifics do you read as bigoted? Personally, s a native American I have always been baffled by our tipping system. But there are other points. I found...
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Ron
amiak27
Aug 9, 2012 12:27 am
If I were to add an item for a tourist coming to America, it would be to expect a terribly deficient telephone system. My neighbor in the coffee shop just...
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William C. Wormuth
senzus
Aug 9, 2012 12:56 am
Joanne, I have been working on your family history and have your Grandfather's Birth/ Baptism records. His Mother was Maria Vavra ...
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William C. Wormuth
senzus
Aug 9, 2012 1:23 am
There are two Land Line 1. T-com 2. Orange and three Mobile 1. Orange 2. T-mobile 3. O2 Â Phone Companies Slovakia I you have T-com and try to call Orange, you...
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Ben Sorensen
benamilka
Aug 9, 2012 2:40 am
The quality of the calls here in the USA and in Slovakia on cell towers has now become comparable- before, there was truly a difference in the signal quality....
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Karen Kosky
trixielixir
Aug 9, 2012 6:08 am
Funny you say this. Â I am a railroad conductor and see a good 5000 people a day. Â We always laugh at how amazing it is that every other language is so much...
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Ron
amiak27
Aug 9, 2012 6:03 pm
Thanks for a really different perspective, Karen. On the positive side it is nice to live in a country where people are comfortable speaking their mother...
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Ben Sorensen
benamilka
Aug 9, 2012 10:39 pm
WHAT? I CAN'T HEAR YOU!!!!!!!!!! ... Ben ________________________________ From: Ron <amiak27@...> To: Slovak-World@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, August...
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William C. Wormuth
senzus
Aug 9, 2012 10:50 pm
HUH???????  WHAT????? ________________________________ From: Ben Sorensen <cerrunos1@...> To: "Slovak-World@yahoogroups.com"...
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votrubam
Aug 10, 2012 4:24 am
... [...] ... The loud speakers above are not European. Among the Europeans, the Germans and Americans had a reputation of being loud tourists decades before...
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Karen Kosky
trixielixir
Aug 10, 2012 6:18 am
Just referring to the most common languages I hear. I do, however, find it amusing that Spanish is no longer considered a European language! In my travels,...
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Ron
amiak27
Aug 10, 2012 3:29 pm
With Spanish so common in the Americas it is hard to think of it as European, almost like American English has overwhelmed the original Island version. In 1988...
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Helen Fedor
helentrib
Aug 10, 2012 4:12 pm
I'm translating something that an acquaintance's terminally-ill father dictated, in Slovak, to her brother (who typed it up) many years ago. It's about his...
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Karen Kosky
trixielixir
Aug 10, 2012 4:33 pm
... Too funny! I haven't had any other problems in the EU and, actually, I had the opposite experience when I had a layover in Berlin. We got off the plane and...
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John J. Nadzam
johnnadzam
Aug 10, 2012 6:31 pm
Can any of you help my friend, George Paich, with his question highlighted (green) in the trailing e-mail? John J. Nadzam ... From: geo-n-sal58@... To:...
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votrubam
Aug 10, 2012 6:40 pm
... Words can often appear amusing with cursory reading. The comment spoke of "loud _speakers_," not of the historical origin of their languages. Most native...
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Armata, Joseph R
jarmata00
Aug 10, 2012 8:34 pm
dokusil gardinu - he tried gardening? s~ifta - a work shift? Joe ... From: Slovak-World@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Slovak-World@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of...
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Helen Fedor
helentrib
Aug 10, 2012 9:11 pm
Hi Joe, Nice try, but no sivara (as we used to call them). Neither of those fit the context. dokusil gardinu -- The subject of that sentence is his arrival...
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lkocik@...
lrrykck
Aug 10, 2012 9:40 pm
Helen  I don't speak Slovak, but have a minimal grasp, or understanding  of some conversational Slovak, just from growing up around it. Of course it can be...
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Helen Fedor
helentrib
Aug 11, 2012 12:21 am
Larry,I'd considered a "gardina"--guard connection, but couldn't figure out how to make it work. I'm going to talk with his daughter this weekend, so I'll see...
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Karen
trixielixir
Aug 11, 2012 6:15 am
Interesting trivia: I was poking around a site called FindTheData and happened upon a list of Body Mass Index by country. The highest percentages were Arab or...
