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Joined: 20 Feb 2007 / Male ♂ 		Last Post: 2 Sep 2013
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szarlotka   
28 Oct 2008
History / Poland war propaganda poster - can anyone explain this picture? [292]

that's what my british friend told me about english colonization scheme

It worked didn't it. Compared with the US model of:

"You will franchise your high streets to McDonalds and Starbucks"
"You will learn to love the NFL and NBA"
"You will make all women cheerleaders...."

it seems quite refershing
szarlotka   
28 Oct 2008
History / Poland war propaganda poster - can anyone explain this picture? [292]

So, empire building was right for the Brits but wrong for everybody else?

No it was right for the English. If I mention Scotland and Panama and the Act of Union you would realise that Scotland weren't terribly good at the old empire building bit.
szarlotka   
28 Oct 2008
News / Will economic crisis hit Poland? [38]

In the worst secenario Poland is going to have 2-3% GDP incearse in 2009

I would be wary of scenarios painted on data less than a week old right now
szarlotka   
28 Oct 2008
News / Will economic crisis hit Poland? [38]

No country is an island in the global economic sea, well apart from North Korea maybe. The question for Poland would appear to be slow down or recession
szarlotka   
27 Oct 2008
Life / Where to do laundry in Krakow? [24]

Yeah, why do socks get lost one at a time

Spike Milligan had the same problem. They are all in the 'Lost Sock Mine of the Sahara'
szarlotka   
24 Oct 2008
News / Poles are coming home [35]

Just goes to show that not all UK journalists work for the Daily Fail. A nice article from the Telegraph

telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/poland/3248852/Polish-immigrants -leaving-Britain-What-the-Poles-did-for-us.html

And to prove further that good journalism is not dead, read this one from yesterday. Nothing to do with Poland, a lot to do with life. IMHO one of the finest pieces of writing I have ever read. I'm not ashamed that it moved me to tears.

telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/3242030/It-took-courage-for-the-paren ts-of-Daniel-James-to-say-goodbye-Rugby-Union.html
szarlotka   
22 Oct 2008
Travel / Ostroda to Elblag Canal Trip [6]

So Szarlotka are you saying that it's quite common for this kind of trip to be taken over by large groups of drunken Poles?

I was saying that we've all had trips spolit by drunken yobs. My experiences of such days were not in Poland. Some in the UK, one notable nightmare on a boat trip in Greece and the trip from hell in a train in Siberia come to mind
szarlotka   
21 Oct 2008
Life / Unusual Sightings in Warsaw - millions of black crows... [22]

In the UK it ends to be starlings that bomb around in great numbers. There is one well known site where they swarm around at dusk. I feeel sorry for the people with cars parked nearby. messy
szarlotka   
16 Oct 2008
Language / My Learning Polish Woes... [64]

translation please :)

Calling my bluff eh? The polite meaning is I am a fool
szarlotka   
15 Oct 2008
Life / Polish Names day traditions? Presents? Food? [39]

yes, but i think it's limeys' speciality...

It's all over PGTX. We're just not compatible. First you admit to not liking Shaun of the Dead and now this. I'm sorry it had to end this way..

LOL Just messing, too much Guinness.....
szarlotka   
15 Oct 2008
Travel / a little help please, getting into poland without passport. [4]

I think that for EU citizens the requirement is either a passport or a national ID card (which we don't and hopefully never will, have) so I think you will be unlucky David. Best bet is to phone the Polish embassy or check their web site.
szarlotka   
15 Oct 2008
Law / How do I get a .pl / Poland domain name? [9]

in fact the last time I checked Poland and Portugal have the most expensive domains in the whole of the EU.

Yes but it's still cheaper than Norway, Moldova and Greenland !

200 Zl is about the cheapest I can find Noob
szarlotka   
15 Oct 2008
Travel / My trip to Poland - I hated Katowice, loved Krakow, and adored Bielsko [59]

Since we have a number of Coventry residents or ex-residents on this thread and since I am currently working there for at least two days each week for my sins, I would like to ask them a question.

Please give me the name of a pub in the city centre where I can get decent beer without getting a severe kicking or volleys of verbal abuse. I'm sure there must be some!